Wednesday night’s Government of the Student Body meeting discussed the resolution in support of the new student organization recognition policy before postponing the vote.

Keith Bystrom, associate counsel of the University Counsel, and Gail Ferlazzo, associate director of the Memorial Union and GSB adviser were present to answer GSB’s question about the current policy.

Bystrom thanked the GSB for holding the forums about the policy last semester and explained what they had done with the policy.

“We did make some clarifications in the policy,” he said.

Bystrom explained that the new policy makes a distinction between status and beliefs. He added that the policy expanded the right for groups to deny membership based on beliefs; the right is extended to all groups, not just the religiously affiliated.

“We have a few little things to clear up [with the policy],” Bystrom said.

GSB senator and senior in aerospace engineering Jeffrey Rothblum proposed an amendment to the current resolution, which only supports version eight, to support possible future versions of the policy. Rothblum explained that this would prevent unnecessary legislation if the policy would change only a few words, without changing the meaning of the policy. He added that GSB could vote on it again if the senate felt it necessary.

GSB senator and senior in political science Rachel Allen opposed the amendment, explaining GSB needed to keep up with any changes to the policy.

“Every time the policy is changed, we need to be aware of it,” she said.

If the policy is amended, GSB would be prohibited from voting on the same thing and thus prevented from voting on a new version of the policy if another one was made, even if the senate thought it necessary.

Rothblum quickly withdrew his proposed amendment.

After it was discovered that there could be a new version of the policy as early as Monday, the senate voted to postpone the vote on the resolution until next week.

The meeting continued past publication time.