The student activity fee, one constitutional amendment, and a few senate initiatives were discussed at this week’s ASFLC meeting.
The proposed student activity fee of $6.50 per credit was approved by the Institutional Fee Review Board, Mason Shea, student body vice president, said. The current fee is $4.95 per credit.
Shea presented the fee proposal to the board last Friday, he said.
The fee must now be approved by both a budget committee and the Board of Trustees, Connor Cafferty, student body president, said.
This means that the fee has been approved by the first of three phases, he said.
“As of right now it’s on track to get the $6.50 that we’re hoping for,” Shea said.
Later in the night, a constitutional amendment was passed unanimously as Resolution 16-048. The amendment clarified the eligibility requirements for Student Court Justices, Meryl Ramsey, speaker of the senate, said.
Student Court Justices are required in cases of an ethical violation within the ASFLC. The Student Court Justices may not be current senators, according to the updated constitution.
Chief Parliamentarian Nicola Walker, Vice Parliamentarian Chance Salway, and Senator Mercedes Romero collaborated on the resolution, Ramsey said.
Romero was not able to be present at the meeting, so Ramsey introduced the bill on her behalf, she said.
Another issue brought up early in the night was reaffirming ASFLC’s Common Ground values statement.
Glenna Sexton, vice president of Student Affairs, proposed the idea.
“Personally I really think they’re quite valuable to us as a community.” Sexton said.
The Common Ground values statement was endorsed by the ASFLC in 2011.
The statement includes promises to “honor the historic mission of our College” and “show dignity to ourselves and our diverse cultures.”
The statement was also endorsed by Common Ground, known at the time as Code Red, and the President’s Cabinet, Sexton said.
“Now is a good time for a reminder,” she said, “To me this is our foundation, this is who we are at Fort Lewis College.”