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Hello,
I apologize for the recent malfunctions of the website. Some unexpected errors occurred and it took me some time to figure out what was wrong and then how to fix it. Tonight I will be performing some site maintenance to help ensure this does not happen again. I will post again when I know how long the site will be down for this update. Please be patient, and it should go smoothly.
Thanks,
Sarah

We all disagree from time to time and that’s what democracy is all about. We voice our opinion even if we are in the minority and it all comes down to a vote that we cast, a motion we make and how people respond to it. The majority decides what the course would be. This is no different for SGA. This is what democracy is all about. There is a flow of debate and the majority decides. At the end of a meeting, we can continue to debate each other and try to convince one another in the most civil way possible. Sometimes we get through to people and other times we don’t. We can continue trying or simply learn from our failure and do a better job in the future. Democracy is not about getting what one always wants. It is about compromise and cooperation. We give up something to gain something. It is not about yelling at someone after meeting because we were unable to get what we wanted. It is not suggesting one is “uncommitted” because we disagreed with them. There are many nights that I sit through senate meetings and not get a single motion or resolution to pass. I walk out thinking of ways to reach senators and bring them on my corner to get things done. I am nowhere near having the right solution to any problem and therefore I give in sometimes, other times we reach a compromise. Many of us have worked our hearts out on resolutions and see it called “garbage” in senate meetings and, being a democratic body, we watch as our efforts go to waste because the majority disagrees with us. The next day we try again and again. Since the day I set foot here at Trinity I have always been committed to the Student Government Association and will continue to be so. I continue to be committed to this body because of the democratic ideals it comes with. If this is news to anyone, then WELCOME TO DEMOCRACY!!!

I wanted to take this time to say a big, bright, BANTAM THANK YOU to Nathan Kirschbaum for all the effort, time, and energy he spent putting together this website for the SGA. As someone who has served on the SGA for four years, I cannot be more grateful or amazed at the work that Nathan has put into creating this resource for us. We look more professional, more interesting, and more available to this campus and to our peer colleges, and ultimately this website can help shape the future of the Trinity SGA. I have been proud to be able to show this website to SGA alumni who cannot believe their eyes. I’m sorry that this Thank You is later than it should be, and I hope you will joining me in extending a hand to Nathan for the effort he has given to helping create something that has been such a tremendous success.

I want to let the Trinity community know that we experienced some technical difficulties recording video footage of our first two SGA meetings this semester. But, we are excited to say that we will be purchasing new equipment within the next two weeks and hope to improve the service.

Due to poor audio quality and our inability to record the entire meeting, the Executive Board has decided to remove the video of this past Sunday’s meeting. The video from the first SGA meeting of the semester, while it was complete, was also removed because the audio totally failed.

With the implementation of the new equipment we expect to resolve these technical issues for future SGA meetings and you can look forward to viewing them live every Sunday at 7pm.

Have you ever thought to yourself: “It would be cool to see a map of the world that indicates where all Trinity students currently are?” Probably not. But here is a map that indicates where in the world Trinity students were when they accessed this website in the last 24 hours:

You may also be interested in knowing that in the first week of operation this website has had 2,177 hits. We have been averaging around 100 unique visitors each day in addition to the growing number of regularly returning visitors.

It’s great that so many of you are finding the site useful. Look forward to even more interesting content as the SGA starts to delve into the big issues this semester.