Committee meets thanks to determination and technology

The executive committee of ASUAF deserves some special recognition.

While almost all of this semesters committee's have had trouble making quorum, the executive committee is one you would expect to make quorum consistently. It's made up of committee chairs after all, senators one expects to be a cut above the rest. They proved this by having a meeting, even though only one of their senators - Chelsea Holt - was at the official meeting place, the senate chambers.

How did they make quorum with only one senator at the meeting place? They did so thanks to the consciousness of senators, the power of technologically, and a wild game of telephone.

A wild game of telephone? Yes, and let me show you how.

Sophia Grzeskowiak-Amezquita, the committee chair, was in Tennessee during the weekend. She attended through Skype.
John Netardus was on the phone with Grzeskowiak-Amezquita.
Michael Golub called into the office and was place on speakerphone while Chelesa Holt (in the office) was on her mobile with Robert Kinnard III.

Arthur Martin, chair of the internal affairs committee, was absent.

Holt, then made sure the Skype conversation with Grzeskowiak-Amezquita was in full view of her mobile and the office's phone, before turning the volume up on both phones.

That meeting alone pretty much says to the other committees: "If you have enough members, you should be able to make quorum. Period."

While all the committees have had difficulty making quorum - and one is actually defunct at the moment due to lack of members - the executive committee decided to step up. In doing so, it has made itself a role model for the other committees and their members.

For a list of committees and the senators on them, please check out this post.