University of Colorado Student Union

Legislative Council

October 21, 2009                                                                                                        71LCB04             

Sponsored by:                          Daniel Ramos                                                               Tri-Executive                                                                Christine Thai                                                               Tri-Executive               

                                                                                               

Authored by:                            Blaine Pellicore                                                 Legislative Council President    

A Bill to Expand the Use of Funds for the Alternative Breaks Program  

 Bill History

Alternative Breaks international travel is a top request from the CU-Boulder student body.  Students at the University of Colorado have been requesting international Alternative Breaks trips for years.   CU-Boulder is #2 for alumni currently in the Peace Corps, one example of the demand to go outside the US in a service-related manner.  Students want to volunteer abroad.

Alternative Breaks is growing and we are looking to expand service to outside of the national borders.  We believe this will provide Alternative Breaks with a new cross-cultural component, allowing us to provide more opportunities for more students.

When students come in inquiring about international travel, we can point them to a few different directions.  Alternative Breaks would like to be able to provide that option so that we have the ability to cultivate the Alternative Breaks community further, creating more leaders and more civically engaged individuals in the local, national and international communities.

We believe this will provide positive public relations for the Alternative Breaks program, which in turn will help to grow and expand the program, potentially inviting donors to support Alternative Breaks and therefore allow Alternative Breaks to open its doors to a more diverse student body community, which is one of our ongoing goals.

 

Bill Summary

This bill allows the allocation of Student Fees to fund international travel for the Alternative Breaks Program.

THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Council of the University of Colorado Student Union THAT: 

The Student Fee allocation for the Alternative Breaks Program will now have the ability to fund international travel.

 

Vote Count

10/22/09                                                          Passed on 1st reading

11/5/09                                                Amended and passed on 2nd reading                                    Acclamation   

 

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Blaine Pellicore,                                                Daniel Ramos, UCSU Tri-Executive

UCSU Legislative Council President                  

 

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Christine Thai, UCSU Tri-Executive                   Thomas Higginbotham, UCSU Tri-Executive