Meeting Started at 7:10pm
Attendance: kuoh mattmcal nikitnainwal shaurya slobo trliu kevinma tanx jvperrin nickimp willh karentu jasminev charchar axyang gleeb lilulu shikhardhingra dkessler kpengboy bzhen bchieng zdong shasan andycui abackus shichenh tnn asai tmochida
- Copies of Constitution passed around
- RT #5236: Monitor Replacement + More Double Monitors
- 12 Replaced; 4 new doubles; 1 for 3rd staff monitor
- $270 per monitor; total ~4800
- Unanimous passages
- Hours are the better for now
- Pubstaff added a new staffer
- Patchy spots filled in
- RT #5543: Vote on Banning [REDACTED]
- Sahil details situation
- Pubstaff dealing with user while AC down
- Confrontation and talk of media
- Nick came later to talk, though person left shouting
- Apparently repeat offender
- Matt talked to her earlier today regarding sorrying
- New policy requires notification of banning
- UCPD number posted at Pubstaff desk
- Unanimous approval; banning commences now
- Sahil details situation
- LAN party set for this weekend (Sat, 5:35pm)
- In-N-Out to be purchased at party
- Invited to Brian's kickback
- "CalHacks is stupid" --Nick
- 30 lbs of nuts to arrive on Wednesday
- Board games welcome in addition to CS:GO
- No 5v5 requirement
- Computer building concurrent
- Restrict non-OCF members to 1 invite per member
- RT #5527: Buying mousepads
- ~$100 amount of QcK and QcK+ gaming pads
- Using ASUC money (lab improvements)
- Unanimous passing
- Tech Talk Wrap-Up:
- ocfweb finally finished installing
- make update takes a while for first-timers
- RT #5401: Constitutional Changes
- Originally to change elections
- In past, membership was low, so people knew who they were electing
- Shift elections from start of semester to end of semester
- Faculty Advisor to be removed
- "Active membership" role deprecated
- Hasn't existed over a decade
- Try to remain inclusive through BoD
- Charles: what is a special GM?
- Kevin P: Never happened
- Matt concurs
- Nick: Used for emergencies (i.e. new elections)
- Kevin P: Never happened
- Changes:
- They instead of he/she?
- "They feels colloquial" -- Matt
- Passes
- BoD inclusive of new members instead of open to everyone
- "OCF-Sponsored" a historical idea of multiple locations
- Passes
- Ban on OFC
- Salty over misspellings, especially on job applications
- April Fools joke (ofc.berkeley.edu still works as of now)
- Daily Cal during printing hacking incidences last semester
- Questions over enforcibility
- 18/29: Passes
- Removed over Constitutional Boycott threat
- BoD reviewing over all managers (i.e. DM, DGM, DSM)
- Nick argues that they are under the Bylaws
- Matt says already under BoD review though GM, SM
- Andy says just put "actions and appointments"
- Kevin P argues Cabinet should be under explicit review
- Remove "General Membership"
- Change to "member" vs "BoD member"
- Quorum
- Restrict to "2/3 BoD"
- For the 5 greater requirement, required 8+ BoD members
- In case of too few BoD members
- BoD membership from Bylaw only
- To be discussed later
- GM, SM already have power over Bylaws
- Term of Office
- Term begins immediately when previous term ends
- Inline with election changes
- What happens to abstaining votes during contested elections?
- Abstains excluded from voting pool
- Anyone could be nominated
- Worst comes to worse, just dissolve already
- Elections meeting and quorum
- Meetings have to be done during preannounced BoD meetings
- Andy says quorum needed for such an important event
- Nick says people already had a voice
- Election day would be moved in case of major conflicts
- Cannot vote remotely
- People must be elected; could impeach later
- Ridiculous examples of people missing BoD from Shaurya
- Nick says stuff must be announced
- BoD quorum changes? Would change constitution over elections meeting anyway.
- 10/29: Fails
- What happens if people get lazy and don't show up?
- Shaurya brings a long "example" of perhaps negative use of GM
- Proxy votes
- Previously physical mandate; change to "personally"
- Vague and misinterpretable; what about email and Skype?
- No changes
- Freedom of Speech
- Passes
- Freedom of Information
- Except budgets currently
- Addition of "upon request"
- "Budget" ambiguous
- Made into "expenditures"
- Anti-Hazing wording
- No longer LEAD Center jurisdiction
- Redundant with ASUC Constitution Implicit
- Kevin P favors a short reminder
- Things would get out of date on our side
- Kevin P rescinds request
- Participation in Governance (i.e. BoD meeting rights)
- Passes
- OCF Conduct rule includes right of denial
- Passes
- Bylaw authorship authority
- Shift to BoD responsibility
- Passes
- Seconding amendments rule
- Passes
- Annotation Constitution Rule
- Link to old document due to heavy revision
- Passes
- Incapacity of GM, SM and Meeting chairing
- Chair of meeting goes down roles
- Perhaps impeachment meetings down need chairs
- No Confidence Conflict of Interest Clause
- Passes
- Bylaws in charge of Other Directors
- Passes
- They instead of he/she?
- Constitutional Changes Seconded; Send to GM
- Originally to change elections
Meeting Adjuorned at 8:34pm Kevin Ma