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Anti-Student Union e-mail campaign involves UM Curators, Chancellor in Student Union debate
Megan Henderson
Issue date: 1/21/08 Section: News
McClain told the Senate he was not worried the letters would affect the Curators' decision.
"The Chancellor [Guy Bailey] has responded to her [Bridgett Johnson's] letter and hopefully things go OK by the meeting on Jan. 31," McClain said. "We'll know for sure when we go there, but I've been in contact with our student curator [Tony Luetkemeyer] and I think that things should be fine."
McClain also said he will attend the Curator meetings at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"The Curators are very intelligent people and when they are reviewing this they will realize exactly how things happened," McClain said. "They won't be afraid to ask questions. I'll be at the meeting there, too, and so I'll be there to answer questions for the Board of Curators and so will the Chancellor.
"I think the Chancellor has a lot of influence into how things are done on our campus and his opinion is definitely significant and carries weight with the Board of Curators."
The proper course for the students to take would have been to file a grievance with the Superior Court, McClain said, instead of writing to the Curators.
"The point is, it wasn't submitted to the Superior Court and it didn't go through UMKC's process," he said. "So as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really any validity in the argument because if you wanted to make a point then you would have done it the right way."
UMKC Superior Court hears its first case
Bridgett Johnson has filed suit against the SGA, seeking $1,000 in unpaid wages for her role as election director.
During the Jan. 16 SGA meeting, SGA President Sean McClain told the Student Senate of the pending litigation.
"[Johnson] filed grievances with us [SGA] for $1,000 more," McClain said. "We are denying the $1,000 just so you guys know…"
McClain cited two documents: the Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC) bylaws and the election code. He said the documents give conflicting instructions on how to pay the election director.
"The Chancellor [Guy Bailey] has responded to her [Bridgett Johnson's] letter and hopefully things go OK by the meeting on Jan. 31," McClain said. "We'll know for sure when we go there, but I've been in contact with our student curator [Tony Luetkemeyer] and I think that things should be fine."
McClain also said he will attend the Curator meetings at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"The Curators are very intelligent people and when they are reviewing this they will realize exactly how things happened," McClain said. "They won't be afraid to ask questions. I'll be at the meeting there, too, and so I'll be there to answer questions for the Board of Curators and so will the Chancellor.
"I think the Chancellor has a lot of influence into how things are done on our campus and his opinion is definitely significant and carries weight with the Board of Curators."
The proper course for the students to take would have been to file a grievance with the Superior Court, McClain said, instead of writing to the Curators.
"The point is, it wasn't submitted to the Superior Court and it didn't go through UMKC's process," he said. "So as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really any validity in the argument because if you wanted to make a point then you would have done it the right way."
UMKC Superior Court hears its first case
Bridgett Johnson has filed suit against the SGA, seeking $1,000 in unpaid wages for her role as election director.
During the Jan. 16 SGA meeting, SGA President Sean McClain told the Student Senate of the pending litigation.
"[Johnson] filed grievances with us [SGA] for $1,000 more," McClain said. "We are denying the $1,000 just so you guys know…"
McClain cited two documents: the Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC) bylaws and the election code. He said the documents give conflicting instructions on how to pay the election director.
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Sean McLame
posted 1/22/08 @ 4:07 AM CST
McClain? More like...McLame!
Marcus Leach in 2008!
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