WOWZA! Your student government representative is thinking about possibly starting to initiate a process to consider something. This is HUGE!
Anyone who knows anything about student government knows that they get up to some WACKY stuff, like contemplating the idea of doing a bureaucracy or something. CRAZY! So expeditious!
Imagine a parliament of owls, but then imagine just owls, and they are sitting around a table, and then imagine that the owls are actually people, but instead of being people they are students at the Harvard of the Middle East, and their job isn’t to stand around and hoot at squirrels, or trains, or foxes, or mice, or dogs, or parakeets, but to say that they will maybe commit to an action, plan on pondering about a thing or two, and perhaps make a motion to hold space for a vote next week, should they feel like it; which, of course, is hard to say because student government is such a whimsical and unpredictable bunch, but your rep looked at the Bylaws last week, and they might consider changing something at some point next year, if they decide to run again.
“Why should I care?” you might ask. Your student government representative has weighed this issue, and rolled it around in their head like Sisyphus rolling his burdensome stone in his endless struggle with eternity. To sum up: they are planning on bringing to your attention the fact that, once they finish deliberating on whether to begin executing a blueprint, they will introduce a motion to form a quorum.
Once the quorum is established, the least important committee member can embark on the treacherous and enthralling journey of taking the minutes.
Soon, the Quorum, like an army of frogs (except that they are not green and don’t croak until they’re 80-90 years old) will convene on Slack to vote to potentially vote. After that, the minutes-taker who hasn’t been to the last three meetings needs to screenshot everything that is said and record the resting blood oxygen levels of each present member.
Insider information indicates that a working group Google Doc is in the early stages of creation–all they need is a vote from the student advisory board and a final okay from your student government representative, and the document will be well on its way to creation! Hurray for democracy!
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