31 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL 012

August 3, 1989

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
STUDENT UNION

Sponsored by:

Representatives-at-Large
Music Representative
Tri-Executive

Authored by:

Representative-at-Large
A BILL

Julie O'Brian
Adam Kaplin
Charles Ellis
Scott Teruya
Alan lkeya
Julie O'Brian

BILL HISTORY
UCSU has been an active participant in the United States Student Association for a
number o years excluding the past year. UCSU has been a fee paying member since
1984 and even hosted the Na tiona! Student Congress in 1986.

Past administrations have gathered knowledge from various USSA workshops and
applied it towards goals including the 1986-87 Tuition Freeze Campaign and the
creation of CSA. Two years ago UCSU sent six representatives to the National
Congress, last year they sent two.
On July 20th Legislative Council voted to support CSA (Colorado Student
Association) joining USSA. On July 29th CSA became an official member of USSA,
giving CU eight delegate positions at the National Congress this summer.
This year's Na tiona! Congress will be held August 4-9 in Berkley, California.
BILL SUMMARY
This bill .allocates an amount not to exceed $1277.00 + GAR to send UCSU
representatives to the 1989 USSA summer na tiona! congress in Berkley, California
August 4-9.
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Council of the University of Colorado Student
Union, THAT:

SECTION 1:

An amount not to exceed $1277.00 + GAR shall be allocated
from Central Reserve to cover partial costs of sending UCSU
representatives to the 1989 USSA summer National Congress.

SECTION 2:

A written report will be submitted pursuant to 24 ECB 1/4.

SECTION 3:

This bill takes effect upon passage.
BUDGET

$570.00

Member registration fee @$190 x 3
Meal ticket @$50 x 3
Parking @$7
Transportation (by car)
Airline travel

150.00
7.00

250.00
Total

300.00
$1277.00

8[0)l89- PASSES- LEGISLATIVE-COONCIL ~ ~SPECIAL ORDtR- A-CCLAMATION

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Kurt Colburn
President Pro-Tempore
Summer Replacement
UCSU Legislative Council

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Dawn Massop
UCSU Executive

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Alan Ikeya
UCSU Executive

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Robert Ervais, UCSU Legislative Council President Pro-Tem

F'HOM:

Karey Ullemeyer, UCSU Representative at Large

DATE:

September 21,

RE:

1989

USSA Congress Report

I attended the 1989 USSA Congress in Berkeley, CA from August 4August 7, 1989,
UCSU paid for my registration fee , Ineal package
and transporta t ion to the congress.
Overall, I feel te conference was extremely beneficial.
I was
able to meet and exc!k~pge ideas with student leaders from other
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campuses, especiall y~ew York and California scho o ls .
with numbers of BSA and UMAS (MEChA) leaders at o ther campuses to
pass ~on t.o the CU student groups .
The general sessions, in my ey es. wer~not appropriate and took
up too much time with topics unrelated to higher education.
The sessions featured speakers who focused on issues such as-Gay/Lesbian rights, boycotting grapes. etc ... I feel these
topics should have been presented 1n a works hop setting.
It
would have been much more beneficial if things like the
reatuhorization of financial aid and tuition costs had been
covered in the general sessions.

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I attended a workshop track on recruitment and retention .
This track consisted of 5 .sessions that r·anged fror how financial
aid and tuition limit the numbers of minorities at schools to
course curriculum.
Dick Grego ry, a well-known speaker and
facilitator, led the final workshop wh ich dealt with how to
change your campus.

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There were als o meetings during which amendments to the USSA
Con.st.i tut.ion were discussed and voted on.
These meetings were
not always successful.
At one point , members of the ~eople of
,e_olor caucus left during vot ~L n9 because they were so angry.
t6lorado was often frus ~rated be1ng such a small region and
received criticism fro~ e "',leral New York members.
I think. they
felt we were racist because we didn't represent any minority
, .... groups.
fn the future, I would suggest spending the money to send the
maximum number of delegates possible.
Howeve r, I do not suggest
that they are all UCSU r epresentatives.
It would be a very good
idea to send the. President of BSA and UMAS, since these are v ¥'-active groups at the congress.
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omitted by: Julie O'Brian

The annual USSA congress that meets every summer is the one
time each year that a large representative body of students, both
leaders and activists, gather to set priorities for USSA. Every
member school has the right and the responsibility to send
representatives to the congress. Representation numbers is based
on the size of the institution. Colorado University at Boulder
can send up to eight representatives to the congress. Colorado
as a state can send up to forty-five. This year UCSU sent three
voting representatives to the National Congress held in Berkeley,
California.
Six different types of activities were scheduled over a five
day period. These included: regional meetings, workshops,
Affiliate/caucus meetings, task force meetings,plenary sessions,
and General sessions. Standing committees also met periodical l y
throughout the congress, but since I did not participate in any
of t hese I will limit my discussion to describing their purpose.
Regional Meetings: The Rocky Mountain Region includes Colorado,
Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada. Unfortunately only
representatives from Colorado, and Utah were present from our
region. Regional meeting were designed to give students a chance
to develop policy in a smaller setting, to have a support group,
and to elect representatives to the board of directors. Wendi
~ 7own from Utah, and I were elected from our region to serve on
urle board of directors. Regions were also seated together at the
general and plenary sessions.
Workshops: A variety of workshop tracks were offered. In our
region we decided to go to different tracks with the hope of
sharing the information we gained from our specific workshops. I
chose the Organization track. This track focused on direct
action organizing as a way to empower students. We were given a
basic model for organizing in our first workshop. The remaining
workshop focused on putting the model into action. This workshop
was my favorite part of the congress. Not only did I gain
i nsight into methods of organizing around issues, but I also had
the opportunity to hear what sort of things worked at other
schools across the country. This highlighted one of the most
important functions of USSA, to act as a networking resource for
schools across America.
Affiliate/Caucus Meetings: Caucuses served to divide
congressional participants along lines of shared special
interests. The caucuses (affiliates) included: Community College
Affiliate, Graduate and Professional affiliate, National people
of Color Student coalition, Lesbian\Gay\bisexual Caucus,
Non-traditional Student Caucus, Students with disabilities
caucus, Veterans caucus, Women's affiliate, and Women of Color
Caucus. These caucuses elected voting and non-voting members to
he board of directors, as well as developing legislation to be

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( .sk Force Meetings: These meetings were for special interests
in cluding environmental concerns, peace, women's issues, and
general national policy on a variety of issues. I at t ended a
meeting on farm policy in the United States that was not only
informative, but also allowed me to understand something I had
never understood before.
Genera l sessions: These were designed to inform the congress on
USSA an d i t's functions as well as on issues that can relate to
access to education. On general session we had a woman named
Karen Thompson speak on disablism and homophobia. Some congress
delegates felt this was an inappropriate topic for the general
session. I found this talk to be very inspiring and helpful to
my understandi ng how these two problems can be overlooked on our
own campus.
Plenary sessions: This was a meeting of the entire congress in
which we changed the byl aws and the cons t itution, and set a
policy platform for the organization for the next year. These
sessions were somew hat like a legislative council meeting with
two-hundred voting members instead of twenty.
The congress was an amazi ng opportunity for students from every
imaginable background to come together to discuss their
~imilarities.
Unfortunately, diversity often brings with it
ifficulty, especially when dissenting opinions are
under-represented, as was the case with Colorado. At the
congress, one group with 60 delegates was successful in
dominating the agenda with their own interests. The result
raised significa nt questions about the future of the
organization, namely can USSA establish a focus to organize on
the primary issues of education? That focus exists in the real
day to day effo r ts of the national office, and consumes almost
all of the organi zation's resources. It has become part of
UCSU's role in the organization to assure this focus permeates
all aspects of USSA.
USSA walks a fine line, trying to find a balance between its
leadership of the national student movement and its role as the
student voice in national education policy and legislation. On
issues with direct impact on students, most notably financial
aid, civil rights, accessibility for the disabled and the role of
research on campus, federal decision making determines the
character of higher education. USCU's participation in USSA is
the only way it represents CU students on these issues. Despite
the need for change with USSA it is an organization we can't live
without.

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