Fall 2015
Committee:
Executive Committee
Whereas, local student body government delegates, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses through their process during a Student Senate for the California Community Colleges (hereinafter referred to as SSCCC) General Assembly1 eliminated the Senator designation of At-Large Senator and replaced the aforementioned designation with External Affairs Senator: and,
Whereas, the intent of such designation was to insure that each regional grouping of the local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses would have a SSCCC Senator that could assist the regional grouping’s local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses in understanding how to engage their local California state elected official from the California State Senate of State Assembly in their local office: and,
Whereas, it is often quipped ‘that all politics is local’: the SSCCC External Affairs Senators have abrogated their responsibility to regional local student body governments, and decided that their job is to engage their local student body government’s, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses California State Senator or Assemblyperson in said State Senator’s or Assemblyperson’s state capitol office in Sacramento, California: incurring an unnecessary financial travel and lodging burden on strained SSCCC budget resources,
Resolved, that SSCCC External Affairs cannot use the travel and lodging fiscal resources of the SSCCC for Sacramento California state capitol visits unless they demonstrate in writing, via video, or by some other means that they have assisted every local student body government in their designated region in knowing the location of their local California State Senator or Assemblyperson; has provided a local legislative visit workshop at a region meeting; and, provides monthly legislative updates to their regional local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses related to the California legislative issues that the SSCCC or their local student body governments, and and SSCCC recognized Caucuses have deemed important, and or necessary, for the students of the California Community Colleges.
Whereas, the intent of such designation was to insure that each regional grouping of the local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses would have a SSCCC Senator that could assist the regional grouping’s local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses in understanding how to engage their local California state elected official from the California State Senate of State Assembly in their local office: and,
Whereas, it is often quipped ‘that all politics is local’: the SSCCC External Affairs Senators have abrogated their responsibility to regional local student body governments, and decided that their job is to engage their local student body government’s, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses California State Senator or Assemblyperson in said State Senator’s or Assemblyperson’s state capitol office in Sacramento, California: incurring an unnecessary financial travel and lodging burden on strained SSCCC budget resources,
Resolved, that SSCCC External Affairs cannot use the travel and lodging fiscal resources of the SSCCC for Sacramento California state capitol visits unless they demonstrate in writing, via video, or by some other means that they have assisted every local student body government in their designated region in knowing the location of their local California State Senator or Assemblyperson; has provided a local legislative visit workshop at a region meeting; and, provides monthly legislative updates to their regional local student body governments, and SSCCC recognized Caucuses related to the California legislative issues that the SSCCC or their local student body governments, and and SSCCC recognized Caucuses have deemed important, and or necessary, for the students of the California Community Colleges.