Student Assembly - Resolution 41 (2025-2026)

Restructuring the Executive Board

• Term:
  2025-2026
• Assembly:
  Student Assembly
• Status: Tabled Indefinitely
• Abstract: Restructuring the Student Assembly Executive Board to include the Chairs of the Policy, Finance, Communications, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committees, to enhance Executive Board functionality by ensuring committee leadership has direct input on assembly decisions.
  

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  3. Authored by: Lydia Blum ’27, Eeshaan Chaudhuri ’27
  4. Sponsored by: Christian Tarala ’27
  5. Reviewed by:
  6. Type of Action: Internal Policy
  7. Originally Presented: 02/12/2026
  8. Current Status: Second Reading Calendar
  9. Whereas, according to the Student Assembly Bylaws, the Executive Vice President is tasked
  10. with “holding monthly executive sessions with all committee chairs” to “promote collaboration
  11. between offices and committees of the assembly”
  12. Whereas, infrequent Executive Cabinet meetings have limited committee chairs’ opportunities
  13. to provide direct feedback to the Executive Board members on matters affecting their
  14. constituencies,
  15. Whereas, according to the Student Assembly Standing Rules, “the chair of each committee shall
  16. transmit the minutes of meetings of their committee’s meeting to the Executive Board within
  17. seven (7) days of a meeting”, yet Executive Board members do not follow up with chairs or
  18. attend meetings at least monthly,
  19. Whereas, elected committee chairs maintain engagement with their constituencies and their
  20. constituents' concerns and are familiar with standard assembly procedures,
  21. Whereas, the elected committee chairs have demonstrated commitment and dedication to the
  22. assembly by holding weekly/bi-weekly meetings, collaborating professionally, and engaging
  23. with the Cornell community, as well as members of the assembly,
  24. Whereas, Line 32 of the Bylaws should be amended to the officers of the Assembly shall be a
  25. President, an Executive Vice President, a Chief of Staff, a Vice President, for Policy, a Vice
  26. President for Finance, a Vice President for Communications, a Vice President for Diversity,
  27. Equity, and Inclusion, a Parliamentarian, an Archivist, and all Committee Chairs (including the
  28. committees of: Policy, Dining Services, Student Health Advisory, Environmental Policy,
  29. Academic Policy, Technology, Student Employment Policy, Infrastructure Fund Commission,
  30. International Students Affairs, and Campus Pulse)”
  31. Whereas, Section 4 of the Bylaws should be struck as all members of the Executive Cabinet
  32. comprise the Executive Board,
  33. Be it therefore resolved, this adaptation allows the Vice Presidents for Policy, Finance,
  34. Communications, Diversity Equity and Inclusion to uphold their duty of overseeing their
  35. respective committees in a more proactive manner,
  36. Be it further resolved, that remedying unproductive Executive Cabinet meetings allows for a
  37. more versatile and uniform Executive Board,
  38. Be it finally resolved, that the Executive Board be restructured to consist of: the Members of the
  39. Executive Board, as well as the Chairs of Policy, Finance, Communications, and Diversity
  40. Committees.

   

  41. Respectfully Submitted,
  42. Lydia Blum ’27
  43. College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Representative, Student Governance Assembly
  44. Eeshaan Chaudhuri ’27
  45. Vice Chair of Operations, University Assembly
  46. Christian Tarala ’27
  47. Nolan School of Hotel Administration Representative, Student Governance Assembly
• Resolution File:
  SAR41RestructuringTheExecutiveBoard.pdf (196.47 KB)
• Supporting Documents:
• Sponsors: Christian Tarala (ct665)
• Reviewing Committee: