GSC hears plan for greater student inclusion in VSO approvals, discusses intergovernmental efficiency measures

The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) may soon have more say in approving Voluntary Student Organizations (VSOs), according to a plan Associate Director of Student Organizations Pete Cerneka presented to the Graduate Student Council (GSC) on Monday. The plan expands the current VSO approval process to include a committee staffed by student government members that will decide on approval after administrative and budgetary reviews by the University and the ASSU. A version of the plan was presented to the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) last week. Cerneka floated a later-stage plan to also cap the number of student organizations on campus and sunset inactive organizations to make space for new ones. The number of recognized VSOs on campus is reaching the capacity Stanford can handle, according to Cerneka. Stanford currently recognizes more than 700 VSOs, and over 500 of them receive funding from the ASSU.

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