Senate Meeting of March 4th, 2026

The senate meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 4th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in Husky Union Building room 250 and online on Zoom. Pizza and a selection of soft drinks will be provided.

Agenda

1. Call to Order (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
2. Approval of Agenda (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
3. Approval of Minutes (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
4. Land Acknowledgement (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 2 min.) [INFORMATION]
5. Announcements and Public Comments (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 15 min.) [INFORMATION]
6. UW Food Pantry Recognition (Sponsor: Maitri Karia, Time: 10 min.) [ACTION]
7. Bylaws Amendments (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 30 min.) [ACTION]
8. Reinstate Article VIII of Bylaws (Sponsor: Riley Talamantes, Time: 5 min.) [ACTION]
9. Resolution The Right to Affordable Parking Information, Second/Third Reading (Sponsor: Tarik Brown, MJ Mencias, Ryan Wicklund, Riley Talamantes, Time: 20 min.) [ACTION]
10. Adjournment (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]

Announcements

• Zehra Khan shared that a graphic about interacting with ICE agents being done and will be shared with senators by the end of the week.
• Hector Delgado shared about an event put together by UW Planetarium Arts and Collectivo Arte GUENDA, “Constelaciones y Supernovas: Paintings Inspired by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey” that will take place on Friday, April 3^rd, 5-9pm. More information in the slides.
• Maitri Karia shared the steps for onboarding new senators for the next academic year.
• Juan Mora reminded everyone about upcoming events:
  • Food survey will be sent out soon;
  • Graduate Research Symposium taking place on May 13^th;
  • Yoga Class at the IMA on March 12^th (RSVP required);
  • Drag Show on March 28^th at the ECC Theater with performance by
• Ryan Wicklund shared about the Federal Grad Student Lobby Day on March 25^th, including a meeting with Senator Patty Murray.
• Maitri Karia shared about the President Ana Cauce Welcome Center opening soon;
• Joseph Riggio from ASUW shared about Amnesty International’s UW chapter, which has an opening for an internal policy parliamentarian.

Next/Previous Senate Meetings

• Senate Meeting of February 25th, 2026
• Senate Meeting of April 8th, 2026