Alec Webley
UA Chair
College ‘11 (Political Science, concentrating in Political Theory)
chair@pennua.org
UA History
Associate Member, Facilities and Campus Planning (07-08)
1st Term: Member for the College; Safety, Sustainability, and Facilities Director (08-09)
2nd Term: Member for the College, UA Chair (09-10)
Bio
G’Day! I’m Alec Webley, the chair of the UA’s committee on Safety, Sustainability, and Facilities. In one short year on the UA, I’ve already made meaningful change for students: expanding lighting to 44th Street, extending the Spring move-out deadline, and legalizing partying during NSO. This year, with your help, I will run for UA Chair. If I win, I will steer the UA towards providing services that make your lives easier, as well as advocating change at Penn. I will return the UA to its origin as a fundamentally grass-roots organization — ensuring that the UA talks to all students, not just student leadership, and at all times, not just during elections. We can only keep Penn honest and improve student life with innovation, transparency, and hard work, and these are the qualities I will instill in the UA if you re-elect me this year. Visit me at http://tinyurl.com/webley!
Voting Record
KEY: Result (#Pro / #Con / #Abstain) OR (UNAN)imous
2009-2010 (Session #37)
Note that by convention the Chair does not vote unless the Body is tied. In the exercise of his tie-breaking vote Alec follows Speaker Denison’s Rule.
| Date | Proposal | Vote | Result |
| 9/13/09 | University Council Seat Resolution | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 9/13/09 | Attendance Policy Revision | – | PASS (22/1/0) |
| 9/13/09 | Ivy Council Relations Amendment 1 — Change to strike part of an enactment that would commit the UA to following this policy in the future | – | PASS (13/7/3) |
| 9/13/09 | Ivy Council Relations Amendment 2 — Change to strike an enactment addressing relation with Vice Chair External and UA Steering | – | PASS (13/10/0) |
| 9/13/09 | Ivy Council Resolution | – | PASS (22/0/1) |
| 9/27/09 | Climate Action Plan Resolution | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 10/4/09 | SFS Feedback | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 10/4/09 | International Student Housing Amendment 1 — Change to strike enactment clause 2, which would obligate university to waive or reduce the housing fees | – | FAIL (3/14/1) |
| 10/4/09 | International Student Housing Resolution — Commit to Committee | – | PASS (15/3/2) |
| 10/4/09 | ECAASU Letter of Support | – | PASS (19/0/1) |
| 10/11/09 | International Student Housing Resolution | – | PASS |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 1 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from mce_marker to $1410 | – | FAIL |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 2 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from mce_marker to $730 | – | FAIL (12/16/0) |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 3 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from mce_marker to $1310 | – | FAIL |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 4 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from mce_marker to $530 | – | FAIL (13/15/0) |
| 11/8/09 | PennCard PIN Resolution | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/8/09 | MERT Housing Proposal | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/8/09 | Textbooks Letter to Faculty | – | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/15/09 | UA Reform Amendment 1 — Change provision to read: “In the case of the President ONLY, the candidate must have at least six months of service …” | CON | FAIL (4/17/4) |
| 11/15/09 | UA Reform Amendment 2 — Allow freshmen to run for President (while barring transfer students) | PRO | FAIL (8/17/4) |
| 11/15/09 | UA Reform Amendment 3 — Lock out both freshmen and transfers from running for President | CON | FAIL (9/16/4) |
| 11/15/09 | UA Reform Bill | PRO | PASS (25/1/3) |
| 11/15/09 | Objection to Consideration on Open Letter on Constitutional Changes (Vote to stop discussion on the bill) | – | FAIL (15/13/1) |
| 11/15/09 | Dismissal of Open Letter on Constitutional Changes | – | PASS (22/3/4) |
2008-2009 (Session #36, Tong)
| Date | Proposal | Vote | Result |
| 9/14/08 |
Website Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 9/21/08 | NSO Fraternity Party Safety Proposal | PRO | PASS (18/4/0) |
| 10/5/08 | Standing Orders / Bylaws Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 10/5/08 | Move Out Proposal | PRO | PASS (24/0/1) |
| 10/5/08 | IVC Fall Budget Request | PRO | PASS (15/2/8) |
| 10/26/08 | PLTV Budget Request | PRO | PASS (22/1/0) |
| 11/9/08 | Bike Sharing Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/9/08 | Website Budget Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/16/08 | Zimride Proposal | PRO | PASS (19/0/2) |
| 11/16/08 | UA Winter Airport Shuttle – motion to table the proposal | CON | FAIL (1/20/0) |
| 11/16/08 | UA Winter Airport Shuttle – amendment to require each member to take on at least one hour-long shift | CON | FAIL (7/14/0) |
| 11/16/08 | UA Winter Airport Shuttle – amendment to have absences accrued from not doing the Winter Break shuttles be counted towards fall semester absences and not spring absences. | PRO | PASS (17/2/1) |
| 11/16/08 | UA Winter Airport Shuttle Proposal | PRO | PASS (21/1/0) |
| 11/23/08 | Casino Development Proposal – amendment to remove language from background alleging that discussion around the casino development hadn’t been sufficient. | CON | PASS (15/14/1) |
| 11/23/08 | Casino Development Proposal – Approve Enactment Clause 1 | PRO | PASS (17/11/1) |
| 11/23/08 | Casino Development Proposal – Approve Enactment Clause 2 | PRO | PASS (23/2/4) |
| 11/23/08 | Casino Development Proposal – Approve Enactment Clause 3 | PRO | PASS (17/9/1) |
| 11/23/08 | Online Syllabi | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/18/09 | Penn Green and Penn Arts Pre-Orientation Program Funding Request |
PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/18/09 | Open Letter to the Faculty RE Inauguration Day | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/1/09 | Undergraduate Research Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/1/09 | Bike and Pedestrian Safety | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/1/09 | Ramadan Fast Food | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/8/09 | Perelman Quad Reservations | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/8/09 | Stair Beautification Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/15/09 | College Day Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/22/09 | Spring Break Airport Shuttle Proposal - amendment to permit members to “make up” one absence by doing extra shifts on the Spring Airport Shuttles. | CON | PASS (11/6/2) |
| 2/22/09 | Spring Break Airport Shuttles Proposal | PRO | PASS (18/1/0) |
| 3/1/09 | 2009-2010 Annual Budget – amendment to reduce NEC budget for Williams Hall useage in nominations interviews by $100, redistributing it to food for the State of the School Address. | PRO | FAIL (9/13/0) |
| 3/1/09 | 2009-2010 Annual Budget – motion to consider changing the amount of the SPEC Contingency allocation (requires 60% majority to pass) | CON | FAIL (9/13/0) |
| 3/1/09 | 2009-2010 Annual Budget – motion to consider changing the amount of the Senior Class Board allocation (requires 60% majority to pass) | PRO | FAIL (7/12/1) |
| 3/1/09 | 2009-2010 Annual Budget – amendment to transfer $3000 from the UA Contingency fund to the SPEC Contingency fund. | PRO | FAIL (5/17/1) |
| 3/1/09 | 2009-2010 Annual Budget | PRO | PASS (18/6/0) |
| 3/22/09 | NEC Slate Confirmation | PRO | PASS (22/1/0) |
| 3/22/09 | Latino Coalition — Minority Education Proposal | PRO | PASS (22/1/0) |
| 3/22/09 | Asian Pacific Student Coalition — Minority Education Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 3/22/09 | Lambda Alliance — Minority Education Proposal | PRO | PASS (17/2/0) |
| 3/22/09 | UMOJA — Minority Education Proposal | PRO | PASS (18/0/1) |
| 3/22/09 | United Minorities Council — Minority Education Proposal | PRO | PASS (14/3/2) |
| 3/29/09 | PCUW Distribution Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 3/29/09 | NSO Night Time Activities Proposal | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 4/5/09 | Meal Donation | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Final Toast Budget Request | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Contingency Disbursement | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Diwali Proposal | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Airport Shuttles | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Textbook Proposal Amendment – amendment to add an endorsement of publicizing used textbook vendors through the UA. | CON | FAIL |
| 4/5/09 | Textbook Proposal | PRO | PASS |
| 4/5/09 | Intellectual Property Rights Proposal | PRO | PASS |
Attendance Record
All UA members are required to comply with the UA’s absences policy, which requires that they attend 75% of all general meeting and committee meetings.
2009-2010 (Session #37)
No meetings held this session (semester hasn’t started yet!).
2008-2009 (Session #36)
General Meetings Attended 17/19 (89.5%)
Committee Meetings Attended 24/24 (100%)
Shuttle Shifts Completed 16/16 (100%)
