At Friday’s ASASUD Senate meeting, representatives acknowledged that more could have been done to better advertise the election information sessions.
The biggest criticism of how ASASUD advertised the sessions was how late they began announcing them.
“We did a lot of things to advertise these sessions, however … we advertised them the week of,” said freshman Sen. Daiyaan Colbert. “We could have had 30 informational meetings, but if you don’t advertise them in a timely and efficient manner, no one will come.”
However, not all ASASUD members thought the information sessions were poorly advertised. Some believed the expectations for attendance of the meetings may have been too high and getting information to the public did not rest solely on ASASUD’s shoulders.
“This, to me, is a pretty good turnout,” said Director of Administration Rheya Spigner. “I think we did a pretty good job advertising for informational sessions. If someone is interested or willing to be involved in ASASUD they will find (the information).”
Money was also appropriated to several student organizations during Friday’s meeting. The College Council of Nursing Students had two requests, one for $1,287.50 to be used to purchase various items for distribution to students and an additional $423.48 to buy fliers, a banner, a tent and decorations for an upcoming event.
The Senate amended the first request to $883.50 and passed both with full approval.
The other organizations that received money were Active Minds at Arizona State University for $1,740 for pens, banners, flyers and shirts and Students for a Greener Downtown for $1,563.85 for various items to be distributed.
Both organizations received their funds without amendments and with approval from all senators.
The American Jewish Press Association and the Pre-Health Club at ASU Downtown Phoenix were also scheduled to request funds, however, representatives from the organizations were not present, causing their respective requests for $2,200 and $6,000 to be automatically declined.
In total, the ASASUD Senate appropriated over $4,600.
During the meeting, senators also discussed the slow progress being made on installing water filters in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation buildings, the Mercado buildings, the Walter Cronkite School, University Center and the first floor of Taylor Place.
The filtration system was supposed to be installed early this semester, according to ASASUD President Christian Vasquez.
“We have hit a snag with the company, so we have to reevaluate the vendor,” Vasquez said. “The vendor told us things that weren’t true.”
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