Emily Shaeffer
Member for SEAS
Engineering ‘12 (Electrical and Systems Engineering)
UA History
1st Term: Member for Freshmen, Civic & Community Engagement (08-09)
2nd Term: Member for SEAS, Civic & Community Engagement Director (09-10)
2nd Term: Member for SEAS (10-11)
Candidate Statement (2009)
Hi Engineers! My name is Emily Shaeffer, and I’m a sophomore in Electrical Engineering. Over the past year I’ve served as an engineering rep on the UA and University Council, as the Director of Civic and Philadelphia Engagement on the UA, and as the Chair of Internal Affairs for IEEE. Last year I promised you one more engineering seat on the UA, and this year the UA went from three Engineering representatives to four. Over the past year I’ve gained valuable experience by collaborating on projects, like getting funding for student background checks and creating an Admissions Deans Advisory Boad. This year I hope you’ll support me again, so that I can continue to work on projects for SEAS students and the larger Penn community.
Voting Record
2010-2011 (Session #38, Amalfitano)
| Date | Proposal | Vote | Result |
| 4/25/09 | Muslim Chaplin Resolution | ABS | PASS (18/1/4) |
| 4/25/09 | Confirmation of Speaker Pro Tempore | PRO | PASS (23/0/0) |
| 4/25/09 | IFC-UA Textbook Exchange Resolution | PRO | PASS (23/0/0) |
| 4/25/09 | New York Times Budget Authorization Resolution | PRO | PASS (23/0/0) |
2009-2010 (Session #37, Webley)
| Date | Proposal | Vote | Result |
| 9/13/09 | University Council Seat Resolution | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 9/13/09 | Attendance Policy Revision | PRO | 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 | PRO | 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 | PRO | PASS (13/10/0) |
| 9/13/09 | Ivy Council Resolution | PRO | PASS (22/0/1) |
| 9/27/09 | Climate Action Plan Resolution | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 10/4/09 | SFS Feedback | PRO | 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 | CON | FAIL (3/14/1) |
| 10/4/09 | International Student Housing Resolution — Commit to Committee | PRO | PASS (15/3/2) |
| 10/4/09 | ECAASU Letter of Support | PRO | PASS (19/0/1) |
| 10/11/09 | International Student Housing Resolution | PRO | PASS |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 1 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from $0 to $1410 | – | FAIL |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 2 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from $0 to $730 | – | FAIL (12/16/0) |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 3 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from $0 to $1310 | – | FAIL |
| 11/1/09 | Ivy Council Amendment 4 — Change the Budget Committee’s Recommendation from $0 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 …” | ABS | FAIL (4/17/4) |
| 11/15/09 | UA Reform Amendment 2 — Allow freshmen to run for President (while barring transfer students) | CON | 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) | ABS | FAIL (15/13/1) |
| 11/15/09 | Dismissal of Open Letter on Constitutional Changes | ABS | PASS (22/3/4) |
| 11/22/09 | Support of Native Students at Penn | PRO | PASS (28/1/2) |
| 12/6/09 |
Student Representation | PRO |
PASS (UNAN.) |
| 12/6/09 | NEC Request for Contingency Amendment 1 — Cut the $500 DP ad | PRO |
FAIL (11/16/0) |
| 12/6/09 | NEC Request for Contingency | PRO |
PASS |
| 12/6/09 | Recycling Bins Budget Request Amendment 1 – Full funding for the project | PRO |
PASS (23/0/3) |
| 12/6/09 | Recycling Bin Request | PRO |
PASS (23/1/2) |
| 1/17/10 |
SCUE White Paper | N/R |
PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/24/10 |
Bylaws Amendment, Amendment 1 – Replace Trustee on Committee of Budget and Finance from (1) NEC to (1) UA | PRO |
PASS |
| 1/24/10 | Bylaws Amendment: University Committee Appointments | PRO |
PASS |
| 1/24/10 | Wharton American Sign Language | PRO |
PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/24/10 | Omnibus Recycling | PRO |
PASS |
| 1/31/10 | Budget Request: Undergraduate Research Symposium | N/R |
PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/31/10 | Green Events Checklist Amendment 1 – Change “UA Green Events” to “Green Events Certification” | N/R |
FAIL (1/27/0) |
| 1/31/10 | Green Events Checklist | N/R |
PASS (23/2/2) |
| 2/7/10 | Upgrading Academic Testing Environment | PRO |
PASS (14/4/4) |
| 2/7/10 | Contingency Budget Request: Lunar New Year | PRO |
PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/28/10 | Suspend: Brooking Amendment – Suspend the rules to consider amendment | PRO |
PASS |
| 2/28/10 | Brooking Amendment: Original – Removal and Redistribution of Ivy Council Funding to SCUE items | CON |
FAILS |
| 2/28/10 | Brooking Amendment: Lum – Decrease SCUE New Member Orientation, increase CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board, Increase SPEC Spring Co-Sponsorship, Decrease Philomathean Society, $111 to SAC | CON |
FAILS |
| 2/28/10 | Brooking Amendment: Ernst – Change Philomathean Society Spring Co-Sponsorship to Spring Non-Annuals in SPEC | CON |
FAILS |
| 2/28/10 | Brooking Amendment: Budget Committee – redistribute funds to SCUE banner, toner, and Telephone, remainder to SAC | PRO |
PASS |
| 2/28/10 | SCUE New Member Orientation Amendment | CON |
FAIL (10/18/1) |
| 2/28/10 | SCUE CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board Amendment | PRO |
PASS (30/1/0) |
| 2/28/10 | NEC Student Government Information Session Handout Amendment: Original | CON | FAIL (9/19/3) |
| 2/28/10 | NEC Student Government Information Session Handout Amendment: Horsley – fund flier, decrease funding for Spring candidate packs | ABS |
PASS (22/4/5) |
| 2/28/10 | NEC State of the School Reception Amendment | CON |
FAIL (4/21/3) |
| 2/28/10 | NEC Midnight Breakfast Amendment | PRO |
PASS (10/10/2) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Contingency Amendment: Original | CON |
FAIL (4/22/3) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Contingency Amendment: Sternberg – add a condition to the extra $20,000 (must be used only in emergency situations) | CON |
FAIL (7/20/4) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC-TRUM Amendment | PRO |
PASS (UNAN) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Connaissance Muslim Students Association Amendment | PRO |
PASS (28/0/2) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Connaissance Amendment: Philomathean Society – fund Philo line item, cut SAC | CON |
FAIL (4/25/2) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Connaissance Amendment: Liu – Move $3000 from Spring Non-Annual Co-Sponsorships to Philomathean Society line item | CON |
FAIL (5/23/2) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Connaissance Amendment: Sanchez – Increase SPEC Spring Non-Annual Co-Sponsorships by $3000, cut from SAC | PRO |
PASS (20/5/6) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Fall Fest Amendment – Increase Fall Fest by $2000 from SAC | ABS | FAIL (7/18/6) |
| 2/28/10 | SPEC Connaissance Amendment – Increase Spring and Fall Non-Annuals by $2250 each, cut SAC by $4500 | CON | FAIL (5/22/3) |
| 2/28/10 | UA Dolphin Accounts Amendment | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 2/28/10 | UA Ivy Council Amendment – Ivy Council Fall Conference | CON | FAIL (5/23/3) |
| 2/28/10 | Class Board: Sophomore Skimmer Increase Amendment | CON | PASS (19/10/2) |
| 2/28/10 | UA Annual Budget 2010-2011 | PRO | PASS (UNAN.) |
2008-2009 (Session #36, Tong)
| Date | Proposal | Vote | Result |
| 9/14/08 |
Website Proposal | N/R | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 9/21/08 | NSO Fraternity Party Safety Proposal | N/R | 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 | N/R | PASS (22/1/0) |
| 11/9/08 | Bike Sharing Proposal | N/R | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 11/9/08 | Website Budget Proposal | N/R | 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 |
N/R | PASS (UNAN.) |
| 1/18/09 | Open Letter to the Faculty RE Inauguration Day | N/R | 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. | CON | 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) | PRO | 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. | PRO | 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)
General Meetings Attended 15/19 (78.9%)
Committee Meetings Attended 14/14 (100%)
2008-2009 (Session #36)
General Meetings Attended 17.5/19 (92.1%)
Committee Meetings Attended 24/24 (100%)
