Although the Constitutional Convention for the Government of the Student Body did not have quorum at its meeting on March 23, members of the steering committee approved a draft of the constitution for discussion.

Only six members of the Constitutional Convention were in attendance at the meeting, but plans to discuss a draft written by Jamey Hansen, convention chairman, was scheduled for March 30.

Members of the steering committee, a working committee of the convention made of college delegates, approved Hansen’s draft, which will be discussed to help develop a new constitution that will be voted on by the student body in April.

Hansen’s draft contains several changes from the constitution now in use.

In order to resolve the recent debate about the validity of special seats and to avoid “triple representation,” Hansen’s draft proposes up to 10 non-voting representatives, with the first four seats representing the non-traditional students, students with disabilities, international students and American ethnic minority students.

The Senate would determine the procedures for appointing and seating such representatives through the bylaws for the remaining six seats.

The 10 non-voting representatives would possess all senatorial rights except voting privileges and would also be included when determining quorum.

In an effort to bring the student body closer to the GSB at the beginning of the school year, Hansen drafted guidelines for a Fall General Election three weeks into the semester. This idea was met with a negative reaction by the members present at the convention.

The members agreed to change the proposition of the General Election to a senatorial two-thirds vote to approve the speaker and majority vote of the senate to oust a speaker.

Although not included in Hansen’s draft, the committee also discussed the possibility of adding a requirement of a 2.0 grade point average in order to serve as president of GSB.