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===Spring 2011=== "'''Officers:''' Co-Presidents: Nick Fogel '12 and Francesca Barrett '12 Treasurer: Jack Noelke '13 Secretary: Krista Pickett '13  '''All-Campus Representatives:''' Class of 2012: Amanda Weatherhead '12 Class of 2013: Jay Mehta '13 Class of 2014: Teddy Onserio '14 Community & Diversity: Zach Evans ’12  '''Freshman House Representatives:''' Sage: Dylan Dethier '14 Williams: Taylor Foehl '14 Dennett: Robbie Feder ’14 Mills: David Stephens '14 Pratt: April Jenkins '14 Armstrong: Anshita Khandelwal ’14  '''Neighborhood At-Large Representatives:''' Currier: James Elish '13 Wood: Charlie Cao '13 Dodd: Liz Vizconti '13 Spencer: Wen Han '13   ==Spring 2010=Past Representatives===

2. Ephs for Relief Competition: As part of the Ephs for Relief coalition supporting Haiti, CC helped to facilitate a fundraising competition (including students, alumni, faculty and staff) against Amherst that raised over $18,000 for relief efforts – � with over $10,000 of that coming from Williams.

8. Gender and Sexuality Resource Center: In response to the Mills-Dennett 1 incident, CC has worked with the Queer Student Union, the Women’s Women�s Center, and the Senior Staff to establish a Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. In addition, CC resolved to support Gender Neutral Housing, a full-time assistant Director of the Multicultural Center, updated LGBTQ training for JAs and Baxter Fellows, and expanded Queer studies course offerings.

9. Improved Funding Allocation Process: CC redesigned the “subgroup �subgroup allocation process,” � allowing student groups to receive funding without the stress or inequity of the previous system.

18. International Student Winter Break Housing: To respond to the need for winter break housing, CC helped to connect international students to off-campus housing options in the Williamstown area. CC has worked with the Dean’s Dean�s Office and Campus Life to establish a more permanent program.

21. Religion and Sexuality Discussions: In response to the Athletes’ Athletes� Bible Study separation from Williams Christian Fellowship, CC has worked to facilitate conversations and understanding regarding the intersection of sexuality and religious beliefs on campus.

1. ’82 �82 Grille Revitalization: CC continues to work to make the ’82 �82 Grille a more accessible student space.

5. Lower Goodrich Dance Space: CC is working with the Dance Department and the Dean’s Dean�s Office to open the Lower Goodrich Dance Studio as a practice space.

* In the fall of 2008, College Council created an All Campus Social Calendar to inform the student body about events on campus and help organizations in their planning processes. Click [http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/cc/calendar.php here] to view the calendar. See the [[All-Campus Social Calendar]] willipedia page for information about how to post an event on the calendar or subscribe to the calendar manager’s manager�s weekly upcoming events email.

* To improve communications between CC and student groups and ensure that all students groups know that CC is dedicated to supporting them, interested in advocating on their behalf and determined to address issues important to them, CC created the CC liaison program in the Spring of 2008 and continued the program in the Fall of 2008. Through this program, all CC members were assigned to be a liaison to a few large student groups. Each liaison is responsible to making contact with the groups he or she represents and determining the best way to foster good communication and effective collaboration between CC and the group the liaison is responsible for representing. Suggested methods of contact include meeting with the group’s group�s leadership a few times a semester or attending the group’s group�s meetings a few times a semester.

* In the Spring and Fall of 2008, CC worked with members of the senior staff—including staff�including the Provost, Dean of the Faculty and Dean of the College—to College�to improve the college’s college�s support for club sports teams, ensure that club sport coaches received fair salaries that were annually adjusted for cost of living changes, and create a formal and fair process for approving and recognizing new club sport teams. As part of this process, the senior staff and CC officially defined categories of club sports teams and outlined the support provided by the college to each category of team. See the willipedia page on [[Club Sports Policies]] for the result of this work.

* 1914 Library Reform: CC proposed amending the school’s school�s policy that prevents the 1914 Library from using the proceeds of sales of books in its collection that can no longer be used for classes to benefit the 1914 Library. In the past, money from those sales was just put into the school’s school�s operating budget. Thus, the 1914 Library did not do the significant work necessary to make the sales. Under the proposal pushed by CC, the 1914 Library would be able to use that money to add to its book collection—without collection�without the school decreasing its current or future financial contributions to the library. The Provost's office agreed to change the policy. Thus, going forward, the 1914 Library will be able to sell its unneeded books and use the proceeds to purchase books for the 1914 Library collection.

* Donation Reform: Recognizing the College’s College�s need to raise unrestricted funds, CC proposed allowing alumni to earmark a maximum of 50% of their donations to the school for any officially recognized student groups. The earmarks per alumnus would be capped at a maximum of $50 per alumnus per year. CC believed that this would increase the number of alumni donating to the school, increase the resources available to student groups and not take too much away from the school’s school�s unrestricted fundraising—fundraising�-if it encouraged more alumni to donate, it might even add to the unrestricted fundraising. Unfortunately, the administration worried that this program would encourage groups to directly solicit money from alumni and substantially detract from the pool of unrestricted donations. Since the school wants one point of contact with alumni and is determined to maximize its unrestricted funds, this project was unsuccessful.

* Term Bill Laundry System: This project—putting project�putting laundry costs on term bills—was bills�was brought to the Senior Staff and tentatively rejected. The school recommended resubmitting a more environmentally friendly program. The project also faces substantial financial hurdles. A substantial initial investment would be required to put this system in place.