Charlotte Scales Back Participation in ASG

Executive News

Dear NC Student Body Presidents, UNCASG Leaders and Delegates:

Charlotte will no longer be attending ASG meetings as a delegation. I will continue to work with my colleagues on the Presidents Council in the greatest capacity possible. The Presidents Council is the only effective and functional service provided by ASG to the students of our state. I have arrived at this decision after multi-year discussions with past Student Body Presidents of Charlotte, current SGA officers and student leaders from across the state.

ASG has become the culmination of every dissonant and negative possibility of bureaucracy. Years of ineffective dialogue, squandered funds provided by the students of North Carolina, and now, the lack of a voice on the Board of Governors has prompted me to discern the value of ASG to the students that Charlotte 49er leaders have an obligation to serve.

My decision is in no way an attack on other Student Body Presidents or other campuses. I am honored to serve on a Council consisting of such accomplished, articulate and honorable leaders. I look forward to working with all 17 Student Body Presidents throughout 2007 and 2008.

Charlotte will consider full participation in ASG when our delegates will be able to focus on the issues affecting students, instead of:

Suffering from a complete lack of communication and organization which has resulted in painfully delayed agendas, incredible vacuums of information and either an implied or intended veil of secrecy
Investigating why the UNCASG President is not sitting on the Board of Governors, as the position is responsible for
Pondering details regarding personal issues that prevent ASG leadership from performing required duties
Entrusting an organization to be run by a leader that has received a vote of no confidence by the Presidents Council

I encourage other Student Body Presidents to join me in expressing our shared distaste of the current representation we have with those that build policy affecting every student. The future of state level advocacy for students may be uncertain, but we can stop the stagnant mess currently masquerading as the voice of the UNC system by beginning to make a drastic change.

Sincerely,

The image