At last night's Student Council meeting, Council Executive Vice President Darius Nabors proposed a revision of the constitution that would shorten the language in Council's constitution as well as phase out the position of vice president for administration.
Council did not reach quorum at the meeting and the measure was not able to be voted on. In order to be put on the upcoming spring ballot, the measure now must receive 950 student signatures by Friday, Nabors, who is a current candidate for Council president, said.
One of the main problems with the current constitution is its wordiness, he added.
"The constitution should be very clear and concise," Nabors said. "It needs to be workable."
The proposed version of the constitution totals four pages, as opposed to the seven-page version currently in use.
Gavin Reddick, a representative from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said most of the changes to the constitution involve language and word usage, although he added that the most major change is the elimination of the VPA position.
According to Reddick, the VPA position is concerned largely with administrative affairs and its removal has been discussed in the past. This and the other proposed changes would allow Council to be more effective in the future, he said.
"The current constitution has been amended a lot, so this would be sort of a blank slate," Reddick said. "It slims it down and makes it more manageable."
Michael Winn, a representative from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, voiced some concern at the meeting over the timing of the proposal and the fact that the Council members did not have much time to look it over in detail.
Nabors agreed the timing could be an issue.
"Council didn't see [the proposal] for very long and that's a concern," he said.
Despite Council's inability to vote on the proposal last night, Nabors said efforts will be made to have the proposal on the spring referendum ballot.
"We'll work as hard as we can," he said.
Reddick remained optimistic about the proposal's future.
"It's not incredibly difficult" to get the signatures, he said. "It's feasible."
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