Sponsored by Joe DeBonis ’10 and the Executive Committee
WHEREAS Ivy Council acts as a useful networking and information sharing body among the Ivy League schools;
WHEREAS Dartmouth’s Ivy Council serves as Student Assembly’s representative to the Ivy Council;
WHEREAS there are bi-annual conferences in the Fall and Spring, which provide a forum for Ivy League schools to discuss various issues that arise in their respective student governments;
WHEREAS issues from each school are discussed at the conferences;
WHEREAS past issues discussed at the conferences have included the Committee on Standards (or its equivalent), campus security, course evaluation systems, and ROTC and the LGTBQA community;
WHEREAS the spring 2007 conference will be held at Brown University on April 13, 14, and 15;
WHEREAS possible issues that will be covered at the conference this year include (but are not limited to) environmental sustainability on campus, recruitment and retention of student government, gender-neutral housing, and academic and departmental advising;
WHEREAS the information gathered at the conference will be relevant to many issues and projects that exist in Student Assembly;
WHEREAS discussion of these issues can lead to new and useful ideas for projects and policy;
LET IT BE RESOLVED that Student Assembly allocate up to $600 to finance Ivy Council’s dues, transportation, and other expenses necessary to attend the Spring 2007 Ivy Council Conference.
Proposal to Endorse Ivy Council’s Ivy-Wide Climate Neutrality Resolution
Sponsored by Joe DeBonis ’10 and the Executive Committee
WHEREAS Dartmouth is an active and contributing member to Ivy Council;
WHEREAS environmental issues such as sustainability and climate neutrality are important issues for the student body and administration of Dartmouth;
WHEREAS Dartmouth is at the forefront of campus sustainability;
WHEREAS an Ivy-wide resolution of campus neutrality would be in accordance with the environmental goals and ideals of the College;
WHEREAS such a resolution will be passed by Ivy Council at the spring 2007 conference, contingent upon the support of each school’s student government;
WHEREAS, as the Resolution states, “Embracing environmental sustainability and clean energy is in concert with universities’ existing goals and values, including service to society, realization of social justice, the training of future leaders, and technological advancement”;
WHEREAS, as the Resolution states, “Ivy League universities are in a unique position in society to demonstrate leadership in addressing global climate change and have the academic and financial resources to be global leaders on this issue”;
WHEREAS the student group Sustainable Dartmouth was part of an inter-Ivy coalition that drafted and ratified this resolution;
WHEREAS the Resolution calls for each signatory to adopt the goal of individual and collective climate neutrality through a combination of increased energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, and the purchase of carbon offsets;
LET IT BE RESOLVED that Student Assembly endorse Ivy Council’s Ivy-wide Climate Neutrality Resolution and become a signatory thereof. (See following)
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