SGA holds its first general body meeting of the year

SGA holds its first general body meeting of the year

By AIMEE CHO · The Johns Hopkins News-Letter · September 1, 2023

The Student Government Association (SGA) held its first weekly general body meeting of the year on August 29 to discuss the Board of Trustees Resolution, the Barbie At The Beach (BATB) Funding Bill, Spring 2023 Bylaws Updates and the Caucus Constitution Amendment.

Board of Trustees Resolution

Vice President Jackson Morris and Junior Class President Resham Talwar presented the Board of Trustees (the Board) Resolution that calls upon the Board to amend its system to annually nominate two faculty trustees for four-year terms as well as one graduate and one undergraduate trustee for two-year terms. Morris noted the need to better represent the University on the Board as young alumni trustees were removed from their positions in the process of reducing the number of trustees from 65 to 35 from 2010 to 2015.

BATB Funding Bill Presentation

BATB is a musical festival event organized by the Junior Class Programming Council in collaboration with WJHU Radio, the Hopkins Student Organization for Programming Events (HOP), the Sirens, the Eclectics and Alpha Phi Omega as well as Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Programming Council Member John Liu presented the bill to ask SGA to commit $2500 with the Junior Class Programming Council funding the rest.

Spring 2023 Bylaws Updates

Secretary Amy Li introduced the second reading of the Spring 2023 Bylaws Update Bill, initially formed in April.

Caucus Constitution Amendment

Senior Class Senator Mufasa Cruz Moreno presented the Caucus Constitutional Amendment which proposes changes to the SGA Constitution that aim to increase the voice and improve the membership and work of the caucuses.