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ASG
Takes Clubs Off-Line
& Rebecca Packard
| ASG Vice president
for Finance and Administration Amanda Cristelli said she requested
the passwords for the e-mail accounts be changed, but she had intended
for the links to the Web sites to be taken down, not for the Web sites
to be deleted. She faulted a miscommunication between herself and the IT Help Desk. Cristelli said the Web sites would be re-instated immediately. However, the situation caused numerous complaints from student clubs, especially as many claimed that they had never been informed by any one in ASG about the changes that would be taking place. In e-mails exchanged between Cristelli, Dean of Student Life Zav Dadabhoy, ASG members and Greg Hoeck, IT professional, the miscommunication was evident. In an e-mail to Hoeck, Cristelli requested that all club Web sites be removed and passwords for the e-mail accounts changed. “We are attempting to streamline our processes and all paper work must go through ASG before any club account/Web sites are re-instated or created,” Cristelli said. Cristelli said ASG’s Web site is ineffective because it cannot be efficiently maintained, especially without the clubs updating their pages. Many clubs do not use their club e-mail accounts or Web pages. Sophomore Brandi Swing, a sociology/criminology major and president of Winter Guard, said her club used to use the club e-mail account to keep the campus, especially other clubs, updated on events. “Now that we can’t mass e-mail other students and clubs there is no reason for us to use our e-mail account,” Swing said. Cristelli said that because of the changes ASG is planning to make with their Web site, all clubs needed to prove that they actually used their accounts by filling in the appropriate forms. ASG’s desire to shut off e-mail access was intended to get the club officers attention because the necessary paperwork had to be turned in. However, in an e-mail to Hoeck, responding to the numerous complaints he received from clubs, Dadabhoy said that he had not given Cristelli the authorization to completely turn off all club Web sites and e-mails. Cristelli had proposed deactivating e-mail accounts and Web site access due to clubs not complying with ASG policy. Dadabhoy said that in his opinion, deactivating access was too harsh, but he was willing to authorize that the links to the club Web sites that are currently on the ASG Web site be removed. Cristelli said that she has been trying to get club officers to provide receipts and update their Web pages for months. Several times she provided the forms to officers but the forms were never filled out. However, many clubs and club sponsors claim that they were never informed of the situation or told they had to fill out paperwork. The Environmental Club was one of the clubs affected by the situation. Jessica Viges, a senior Biology major, said she did not know that the passwords for the e-mail accounts had been changed. “I called IT and they re-set the password for me. I didn’t know that ASG had changed the passwords because we were not told anything by our president or anyone else.” Viges said their Web page was not affected because “it’s in the works.” In fact, an e-mail from Cristelli to club sponsors regarding the situation was not sent out until two hours after the club accounts had been turned off, leaving many in a state of confusion, not knowing who was responsible and how to fix it. Steven Titus, the senator for clubs and organizational funding, said that he received many calls and e-mails about the situation, and had no information to give the individuals who were contacting him, as he had not even been informed of the plan to completely shut off club Web sites and e-mails that day. Representatives of clubs found themselves confused, as they were used to dealing with Titus, and were then re-directed. Titus said that he himself is confused about why he was not informed about the plans to change club e-mails and Web sites. “As the club senator, I am responsible for dealing with the clubs, and also for mediating between ASG and clubs. When I am left out of the decision making process, the clubs are left in the dark.” |
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Tuesday, March 11
Fashion Show, 6-9 p.m., OUC Ballroom
Wednesday, March 12
Dating Coach, 6-9 p.m., OUC Ballroom
Thursday, March 13
Annabelle Lee-Band, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Fountain Plaza
Student Organizational Workshop, 2 p.m., OUC, Mesa Verde
Laugh Out Loud, 8 p.m., Life Science
Monday, March 17
Dodgeball Tournament, ELC
Evening of Women’s Poetry, 7 p.m., Hearthwell Lounge