StuCo debates HOP proposal
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a Student Council debate over a proposal to shift social programming to the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP).
- The paper reported that President Anuj Mittal proposed giving HOP all of the Council’s social programming duties; after debate, no conclusion was reached and the discussion was extended to later meetings.
- The article says Mittal proposed a chair and five-senator panel for HOP, with each senator leading committees, and reported that class social funds under HOP’s control could reach almost $30,000.
- The reporter writes that Class of 2002 President Stephen Goutman supported separating social programming from policy work and said, "Anything that sacrifices their [class officers] time prevents them from doing their work,"
- The article adds that Class of 2003 Vice President Sarah Cummings questioned the proposal and said, "The main thing I'm concerned about is that people without any titles will fall through the cracks,"
- According to the article, the proposal was scheduled for another discussion on Dec. 5, when Mittal would seek the two-thirds majority needed to enact it; the article says there was not yet enough support for it to pass.