A new committee has been formed to discuss the implementation of recommendations outlined in previous Veishea reports.

The announcement of the committee’s formation came the day after the Government of the Student Body showed unanimous support for the continuation of a spring celebration while meeting with ISU administration officials at GSB’s Wednesday meeting.

The committee has yet to be given a title.

Veishea, an annual ISU spring celebration, was suspended for 2005 after the April 18 Campustown riot, which caused more than $100,000 in damage. ISU President Gregory Geoffroy said the riot embarrassed the university and created the need to examine the future of Veishea.

Assistant to the President Tahira Hira and Assistant City Manager Bob Kindred are the first two to be named to the committee.

“It’s a real honor,” Kindred said.

Kindred was the co-chairman of the Commission on Improving Relations Among ISU Students, the University, the City of Ames and the Ames Community.

The committee has yet to appoint any additional members. Eight to nine representatives from across the Ames community, including ISU students and faculty, city officials and long-term residents will be named soon, Hira said.

The committee will work out ways to implement two separate charges, Kindred said.

The first is from the 2004 Task Force on Assuring Successful Veishea and Other Student/Community Celebrations Report. It encourages students to take a more active role in the Ames community, he said.

The second charge is to develop and support the theme of one community.

“Never mind what is different, what do we have in common?” Kindred said.

Those at the meeting, including Thomas Hill, vice president for student affairs, and Peter Englin, dean of students, said the meeting progressed further discussion for spring celebrations.

“This meeting was productive, full of good ideas,” said Will Rock, GSB vice president.

Rock said one of the problems with Veishea was it lost focus of ISU pride and became a place for a mere celebration.

“Everyone wants a spring festival — it would be nice if it were Veishea, but it doesn’t have to be,” Rock said.

“We need to decide what we want it to be.”

Jacquelyn Armstrong, GSB Richardson Court Association senator, said the support GSB showed for a continuation of a spring celebration reiterated what their constituents want.

“It showed a great representation of the entire university,” she said.

A “town hall” meeting is set to take place at 7 p.m. March 7 in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.