Highlights from last night’s Barnard Student Government Association meeting:
Jessica Nunez, SGA’s Administrative Advisor, spoke about motivating the SGA representatives to follow through on their duty to actively represent the Barnard student body. She noted that SGA does an excellent job at informing the administration of what SGA is working on, but there could be better communication with the student body about what SGA exists to do. She encouraged all SGA representatives to get to know more students around campus.
Following a discussion last week about whether to make SGA meetings non-mandatory, representatives voted on five ways to make SGA meetings more efficient. The three motions that were passed were:
Limit all discussion topics to 10 minutes, after which point a topic will be cut off. (However, there is always the option to motion to extend the discussion).
Each representative may only get on the speakers list once per discussion, until every representative has spoken.
Only two direct responses are allowed on a point, others who want to speak will be added to the speakers list.
