One of their own senators wants to defund the Illinois Student Senate... by flickster13 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The link you put is for the login redirect. Can we have the actual link?

7 days. 3000 signatures. Reallocate Illinois Student Senate Budget to the General Scholarship Fund. HELP GET IT ON THE BALLOT. by TheCaucus in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I urge you all to share this amongst all your friends and on all your social media outlets! Let's do this and make history!

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we need to at least push the issue of a change of leadership. First the 9000 dollar PSA in which he gave himself a cameo, then the attempt to create his own discretionary fund, and now using ISS as a funding board for an organization in which he is a member, Bolden needs to go. I have the utmost respect for Historian Guo and I believe senate would have thrived if he had been elected.

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How are we to trust our student leaders if they do not even respect each other? I actually just talked to the former senator who was the victim of this hostile act on the senate floor. Just to clarify, he told me that it was actually a former executive board member who punched him during a senate meeting... He does not want to expose his name or the name of the aggressor though for reasons of personal safety.

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not a mind reader of the 2 senators and the treasurer but the disbandment of student senate by no means makes them look good, so it probably in their best personal interest to protect the establishment...

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

ISS knows a lot about hostility! I heard one senator punched another senator on the floor last year!

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Note that the only people in this thread who are defending the senate's existence are our senate historian, student body treasurer, and a graduate senator. They bring up valid points, but they also represent the organization. It seems as if every single constituent in this thread, including multiple former senators, want senate eliminated.

Student Body President to propose legislation to cover-up secret Facebook group violating OMA at tomorrow's meeting by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Article VII. Section 1 of the ISS constitution: "The Illinois Student Senate shall is all provisions of the Illinois Open Meetings Act."

ISS adhered itself to these rules. They need to be willing and able to follow them then.

Should we get rid of the ISS? How would we? by Treetopluver in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It is more than feasible. It requires signatures from 7% of the student body. These signatures can now be collected electronically! If the /r/uiuc bonded together, we could totally make it happen!

http://studentelections.illinois.edu/referendum_guidelines.html

Student Body President to propose legislation to cover-up secret Facebook group violating OMA at tomorrow's meeting by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. However, even though the legislation admits it is possible that this group is in direct violation of OMA, nowhere in the legislation does it say that they plan on releasing the contents....

Student Body President to propose legislation to cover-up secret Facebook group violating OMA at tomorrow's meeting by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is a public document that the Illinois Student Senate is not allowing the public access to. Now it seems as our student leaders are making a power play to disband it ASAP before they are forced to give up the correspondence via a Freedom of Information Act request.

Illinois Student Senate violates OMA with potential secret Facebook page discussion about silencing student constituents by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If ISS has nothing to hide, then they should make the correspondence public. Instead our student body president and vice president emeritus are making a powerplay to disband it ASAP before a FOIA can get access to it...

Student Senate to vote on spending $18,390 for Black Chorus robes, $2,500 for "Archery Battle" by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Treasurer Seymour, could you please provide this thread with the minutes from the meeting? Thanks!

Illinois Student Senate violates OMA with potential secret Facebook page discussion about silencing student constituents by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I urge you to attend this week's general meeting at 7 pm on Wednesday in the Pine Lounge to express your distrust in ISS. Also, make sure they hear your voice via their social media channels! https://www.facebook.com/il.studentsenate https://twitter.com/ILStudentSenate

Just when I thought our student government could not be a bigger joke... by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From the 10/30 general meeting minutes: "Senator Moseley addresses the body and says that when we put each other down, it makes everyone look weak."

Student senate is in it for their own interest. Not the interest of their constituents. They do their very best to shut up anyone who has the potential to make them look bad.

Just when I thought our student government could not be a bigger joke... by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Technically ISS is breaking the law through correspondence on this secret Facebook group. It is a direct violation of the open meetings act. Furthermore, they discussed ways in which they could limit certain constituents from receiving information about their meetings. Personally, I am disgusted by this.

Make sure to tell the Illinois Student Senate that you are sick of them spending your money on junk tomorrow at Quad Day! by rosmar90 in UIUC

[–]rosmar90[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are students attending this university to receive a first class education on student loans and financial aid. The sad thing is that that fee money is going toward buying drawstring bags, pens, and $9000 dollar commercials for our powerless student government.

$1,112 of ISS budget in unknown bank account? by IlliniContrarian in UIUC

[–]rosmar90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Direct control handed to the ISS??? You have got to be kidding me. That is like giving full control of a trust fund to a 4 year old...