Originally published December 10, 2009 at midnight, updated December 11, 2009 at 4 p.m.
Tuesday’s special election for new leadership in the Stouffer Neighborhood Association, a community of residents in the Stouffer Place Apartments, is being protested by former president Seyool Oh as not being legitimate.
More than 70 people voted in the election, which elected a new president and vice president.
Oh, Jin Hae, South Korea, graduate student, said he filed an appeal after the executive committee of Stouffer Place voted in October to dissolve its leadership group and hold special elections. In his appeal, Oh said the decision to dissolve the executive committee was against SNA’s constitution. He said he thought that the housing department and the office of the vice provost for student success was interfering in what he called an “autonomous organization.”
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, upheld the appeal, but she said it was for a procedural error. The leaders of SNA held another vote to dissolve the executive committee, which led to Tuesday’s vote.
“It is a democracy, where the majority rules,” Roney said. “And so there was a decision made that he disagreed with.”
During the time, Oh said SNA was removed from the Student Involvement and Leadership Center’s group list and its Web site shut down, leading him to believe SNA as a whole was in the process of being dissolved.
Roney said SNA has not been and will not be dissolved.
“We have an individual who, twice now, has — and I say this as respectfully as I can — twice he has refused to respect the decision of his peers,” Roney said. “There are very talented new officers for SNA, and we’re excited about the future.”
The majority (97%) of residents are against the KU Housing Department's decision to dissolve the SNA. The Student Senate passed an SNA resolution on December 2nd, 2009 and fully supported Seyool Oh.
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Student files appeal in SNA election
I am very much looking forward to a new SNA. Much damage has been done to this community and it is time to move on with new honest leadership. One might also ask who was this Stouffer senator who fought for this resolution and who surveyed the community to determine the 97% support? If you guessed Seyool you're right. Don Claus
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