Committee on Student Organzations

The Committee on Student Organizations was established in 1994 to do 6 things.
1. Carry out disciplinary process as established by in the Student Organization Handbook.
2. Review disciplinary process and procedures
3. Set policy relevant to RSO's
4. Serve as a bridge from ASM to RSOs
5. Create programs which will better connect and serve RSO
6. Advise the Student Organization

Since most of our meetings are closed door hearings and all of them have been so far. I do not have anything that I am allowed to report.
However there is one issue that the committee would like brought up to the entire Shared Governance Committee.
When the committee was created in 1994 the make up was
4 Members of ASM
1 Member of ASM Student Council
1 appointee of the Faculty Senate
1 appointee of the Dean of Students Office
1 appointee of the Chancellor

When this committee was created the Student Organization Office was part of the Dean of Students Office and therefore the representative from the Dean of Students Office was also the Student Organization Office rep.
The Student Organization Office, has since become separate of the Dean of Students Office, therefore the Dean of Students Rep, cannot also be the SOO rep.
However, it states nowhere in the resolution that the Student Organization Office can have its own voting representative, since the resolution was never updated when the DOS Office and SOO Office split.
The committee therefore has asked me to bring this issue to Shared Governance Committee and have 1 appointee of the Student Organization Office added to the resolution after 1 appointee of the Chancellor
If you have questions about this committee or the proposed change. Please comment or send me an email- cohagan@wisc.edu

Thanks,
Conor