The weekly ASCIT BoD meetings have been moved to Fridays at 12:10 PM on the Olive Walk (near the glass display cases). In the case of a torrential downpour, the meetings will be in SAC 15.

Here are the results of the ASCIT General Elections of 2009.

Congratulations to the new ASCIT officers.

Anthony Chong, President
Andrey Poletayev, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Deboki, Vice President of Non-Academic Affairs
Michael Maseda, Director of Operations
Maral Mazrooei, Treasurer
Nadia Iqbal, Director of Social Activities
Andrew Price, Board of Control Chair
Zenan Chang, Conduct Review Committee Student Chair
Chris Kennelly, Sarah Marzen, and Hanna Liu, Tech Editors

NO won the election for BoC Secretary. The Review Committee is working to appoint a new BoC Secretary. If you would like to be considered, or would like us to consider someone specifically, please email me.

Numerical results will be published once the BoC Secretary position is settled.

Contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Cerundolo
ASCIT Review Committee Chairman
jrc@caltech.edu

ASCIT general elections are open until 11:59 pm, Monday, February 9. You can vote here.

Candidate statements are posted on the wiki and can be found here.

Contact the Review Committee Chairman, Jason Cerundolo, at jrc@caltech.edu, with questions or concerns.

To celebrate the reopening of the ASCIT Screening Room, SAC 23, and the upcoming ASCIT election season, Movie Chairs Faith Shuker-Haines and Will Steinhardt will be showing the movie "Election", starring Matthew Broderick and Reese WItherspoon! It will be held at 8:00 pm today, and there will be food and drinks.

On January 26th, there will be a vote on the most recent proposed bylaw amendment. Polls will be open from 10:00 AM to 11:59 PM. For more details, see the below information on the bylaw changes. Questions or concerns? Contact the Elections Chairman, Jason Cerundolo, at jrc@caltech.edu.

This is a short summary of the bylaw amendment. The proposed changes in this amendment are very extensive, and everyone is strongly encouraged to read through the text of the actual amendment. The amendment, as well as a draft of the bylaws with the amendment applied, is available at http://ugcs.caltech.edu/%7Ejrc/elections/.

• Bylaws updated to reflect current situation, specifically with regards to technology.
• The jobs of ASCIT and its officers are clearly defined, and the BoD is restructured to be more streamlined.
• Vice President position is replaced by ARC Chair and IHC Chair.
• Director-at-Large position removed.
• Operations Director position created to oversee operations including ASCIT publication, property, and clubs.
• Secretary is appointed instead of elected, similar to the IHC.
• BoD operations pertaining to funding approvals, staff, voting, resolutions and policies are better defined.
• Excomm and Election Committee are combined into a Review Committee, appointed by the IHC. The Review Committee serves as oversight and manages elections and consists of one student from each House.
• The elections process is streamlined and updated. Elections are moved back so as to not conflict with House elections.
• In the event of vacant office, the Review Committee may appoint a temporary acting officer or call a special election to fill the position.
• Explanation of dues and club funding is simplified.
• Stipulations for funding publications are updated.
• Unnecessary and redundant language is removed and simplified.