I continually have been getting asked when the first SSDP meeting is of the semester. Given that our organizational structure has changed, and I am no longer in charge of meeting planning and decision making, I had to wait to ask the acting executive board members. Chris Clanin, acting Chief Executive Officer of NIU SSDP decided that next Wednesday, January 26th, and Thursday, January 27th will be our first meetings, and they decided to space out the days to see which days more people could attend. This may or may not be permanent, in the attempt to accommodate more students interested in sensible drug policy.
While nothing has been formally set, when more details surface on the nature of these first meetings, I will post them. I will say that we are expecting a great deal more activities this semester regarding NIU SSDP, however, we still haven't found out if we will be able to access the activity fee money that is supposed to be divvied up in a non-discriminatory method.
On a personal note, I feel that if every student is required to pay a fee to go towards student organizations, there is no defensible option for this two year waiting period on funding. I feel as though it discriminates against new organizations, and as a number of members of NIU SSDP echoed, it goes against common sense, considering that it usually costs more to get a good basis of membership than to maintain it.
Either way, I'm going to bring it up at some point soon, and see how much change is going to be taking place internal to the Student Assocation Senate this semester.
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