I. Call to Order

II. Opening Roll Call

III. Approval of the Agenda

IV. Approval of the Previous Minutes

a. Minutes from the 11th meeting on November 15th, 2016 (Sent via email)

V. Guest Speakers

a. David Schafer and Micah Griggs – Giving Blueday & Leadership

Engagement Scholarship

VI. Community Concerns

VII. Executive Communications

VIII. Report of the Speaker

IX. Representative Reports

a. Sheema Rehman

X. Committee Reports

a. Rules Committee

b. Finance Committee

c. Communications Committee

d. Resolutions Committee

XI. Election and Recall of Members

a. Election of Assembly Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

XII. New Business

a. A.R. 6-019: A Resolution to Provide Funding for the Food Recovery Network

b. A.R. 6-020: A Resolution in Support of Printing SAPAC’s Crisis Line on Student

MCards

c. A.R. 6-021: A Resolution to Support Undocumented and DACAmented Students,

as well as the Continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

(DACA) Program

XIII. Old Business

XIV. Motions and Other Business

XV. Announcements and Matters Arising

XVI. Closing Roll Call

XVII. Adjournment

Sixth Assembly – 12th Meeting

November 29th, 2016

Agenda

ASSEMBLYRESOLUTION 6-019

A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK

WHEREAS, WHEREAS, FRN is committed to fighting unnecessary food waste and

preventing hunger in the greater Ann Arbor community1; AND 2

WHEREAS, Food Recovery Network (FRN) at University of Michigan is a student

volunteer organization that goes into dining halls to recover surplus 4

perishable food and donate it to local food banks, including Ann Arbor’s

Food Gatherers; AND 6

WHEREAS, FRN is committed to fighting unnecessary food waste and preventing

hunger in the greater Ann Arbor community; AND 8

WHEREAS, As a student organization, FRN is additionally committed to providing

education to students on the issues of community hunger and food waste 10

through hands-on opportunities and educational outreach; AND

WHEREAS, Since FRN’s founding in Fall of 2012, they have recovered over 19,100 12

lbs (9.5 tons) of food from Bursley Dining Hall, South Quad Dining Hall,

East Quad Dining Hall, Dance Marathon at U-M, Michigan athletics, and 14

other campus and off-campus events; AND

WHEREAS, FRN engages with the community, on and off campus, through volunteer 16

work days with Food Gatherers and community education events like our

annual Food for thought Dinner. The Food for Thought dinner serves 18

recovered food from local restaurants and invites local leaders involved

in sustainability and hunger to speak about the impact of food waste and 20

food insecurity; AND

WHEREAS, FRN operates exclusively off of 15-20 student volunteers and their gas 22

money to gather the food and deliver it to Food Gatherers who distribute

it around Washtenaw County; AND 24

WHEREAS, FRN runs two cars, five days a week, two our of every three weeks; AND

1 http://www.foodgatherers.org/?module=Page&sID=hunger-facts

WHEREAS, the pans and coolers used by FRN are from 2012 and have accumulated 26

wear and tear; AND

WHEREAS, FRN needs 100 pans and matching lids per dining hall per semester, and 28

pans are $43.77/100 pans2 and matching lids are $24.98/100 lids3 ; AND

WHEREAS, FRN plans to begin recovering food this fall in North Quad Dining Hall 30

and Martha Cook Dining Hall IF they receive funding for an additional

freezer; THEREFORE BE IT 32

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $200 to

FRN with the intention of subsiding gas of volunteers in order for them to 34

attract more volunteers; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $400 to 36

FRN with the intention of providing pans and coolers for storage in

dining halls; AND BE IT FURTHER 38

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $400 to

FRN to provide supplies for community engagement and education 40

events such as the “Food for Thought” dinner; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $3,000 to 42

purchase a freezer to store food in one of the dining halls that FRN hopes

to expand to; AND BE IT FINALLY 44

RESOLVED, that in total the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates

$4,000 to the Food Recovery Network.46

2 http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/1-2-size-deep-aluminum-steam-pan-100-per-case?gclid=COeX6ZntoNACFQiQaQodC90F2w 3 http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/aluminum-flat-lid-for-1-2-steam-table-100-per-case?gclid=CNKN76ftoNACFQWpaQodh-4FQw

Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Joseph Goldberg, LSA Anne Grech, Communications Director FRN

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-020

A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRINTING SAPAC’S CRISIS LINE ON STUDENT

MCARDS

WHEREAS, The Central Student Government at the University of Michigan is

dedicated to campus safety and promotion of campus resources; AND 2

WHEREAS, Mcards are a student’s main identification and are used frequently by

nearly all students; AND 4

WHEREAS, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (hereafter SAPAC)

and its crisis line are valuable educational and supportive resources for 6

survivors of sexual assault and misconduct as well as all students; AND

WHEREAS, 53.6% of survivors on campus have never told anyone about their 8

experience and only 3.6% have reported their experience or used any

university resource1; AND 10

WHEREAS, SAPAC’s crisis line “…is available 24-hours a day and is staffed by

professionals, who provide confidential crisis intervention, information 12

and referral services to survivors of sexual assault, dating/domestic

violence, sexual harassment and stalking. 24-hours-a-day information and 14

support is also available for the friends, partners, and family members of

survivors”2; AND 16

WHEREAS, SAPAC student co-coordinators have shown support for the addition of

SAPAC’s crisis line on student Mcards as a way to promote awareness of 18

the resource and demonstrate that sexual misconduct is not tolerated and

survivors are supported; THEREFORE BE IT 20

RESOLVED, The Central Student Government supports the initiative to print SAPAC’s

crisis line on the back of student Mcards, as follows: “SAPAC 24-Hour 22

Crisis Line: (734) 764-7771”; AND BE IT FURTHER

1 U-M 2015 Campus Climate Surveys Regarding Sexual Misconduct

2 https://sapac.umich.edu/article/182

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RESOLVED, The Central Student Government will work with LSA Student 24

Government and any other interested student governments on this

project; AND BE IT FINALLY 26

RESOLVED, The Central Student Government shall work with SAPAC and the

University of Michigan Treasurer’s Office to lobby for the addition of the 28

SAPAC crisis line to the back of student Mcards.

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Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Samantha Kennedy, LSA Yong-Joon Kim

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Noah Betman, LSA Tania Haddad, Engineering

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-021

A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT UNDOCUMENTED AND DACAMENTED

STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUATION OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR

CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, established in 2012,

provides eligible undocumented immigrants with the ability to “apply for 2

temporary deferrals of deportations and [for] work permits”1; AND

WHEREAS, DACA has enabled more than 700,000 individuals brought to the United 4

States before their 16th birthday to stay in the United States2; AND

WHEREAS, some the beneficiaries of this program include students previously or 6

currently enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions, such as the

University of Michigan; AND 8

WHEREAS in a recent national survey, conducted in June 2015 to analyze the impact

of DACA, 92% of respondents who were then enrolled in school noted 10

that DACA allowed them to “pursue educational opportunities [they]

previously could not” have pursued3; AND 12

WHEREAS, recently there has been a serious discussion about ending the DACA

program4; AND 14

WHEREAS, in light of such discussions, University of Michigan President Mark

Schlissel and more than 250 other college and university presidents 16

across the United States signed a letter, which called the need to uphold

and continue the DACA program a “moral imperative” and “national 18

necessity”5; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that Central Student Government joins President Schlissel and other 20

higher education leaders in their call to uphold and continue the DACA

program; AND BE IT FINALLY 22

1 https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2015/07/09/117054/results-from-

a-nationwide-survey-of-daca-recipients-illustrate-the-programs-impact/ 2 Ibid. 1. 3 Ibid. 1. 4 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/us/immigrants-donald-trump-daca.html. 5 https://www.pomona.edu/news/2016/11/21-college-university-presidents-call-us-uphold-and-

continue-daca.

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RESOLVED, that Central Student Government reaffirms its support of undocumented

and DACAmented students at the University of Michigan and across the 24

country.

Authors

______________________________ _____________________________

David Schafer, LSA Micah Griggs, LSA

President Vice President

_____________________________

Noah Betman, LSA

Chief of Staff

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______