SGA saga continues
Senators vent about poor leadership
Katie Barry
Issue date: 10/30/07 Section: News
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They told her to resign and she pulled a page from Amy Winehouse's song book, and said "No no no."
Members of the NCAS-SGA said they called for president Audrey Perozzi's resignation, stating, "We're not satisfied with her leadership," Speaker of the Senate Grant Van Eck summarized.
In a vote conducted through e-mail two weeks ago, 12 senators unanimously voted for her resignation, Van Eck said, counting votes not received as abstentions. Although not official, the NCAS-SGA held another vote at their meeting last Wednesday. The vote was again unanimous with one abstention.
"We felt she was not upholding her duties as president," Sangiamo clarified. "A lot of people feel that the president has two duties. To be accessible and responsible. They are no where in her."
The vice president agreed.
"SHE'S A DICTATOR"
Her role isn't to be the boss, she said, but to make sure things go smoothly.
"As a leader, she's not good. Let's say Hitler, which is overboard, but some people's personalities are a perfect fit to be a dictator. People will say, 'We don't want her cry so we're not going to tell her about her leadership.' Some people fall for that."
Perozzi has told people to shut up in meetings, she said, calling it totally unprofessional.
"We're not getting anything done due to her dictatoring ways," senior senator Nikky Nwamokobia said. "People shoot out ideas all the time. She just says no, no no. This really shows how much a dictator she is. She doesn't let the vice president take over." The vice president agreed.
"She ran the government on her own like a dictator, and often withheld information from us," Parthiv Dalal said, referring to the reasoning to bumping some student organizations down a tier for not attending the budget meeting.
"It's her job not to be a dictator," Arian Nakhaie added. "And she's not doing a good job. She thinks we can't hold meetings unless she's there. She makes up rules."
One being the issue of the quorum. "At (the Oct. 8 meeting), we voted in two senators, as well as me as Speaker of the Senate, and Luke (Sangiamo) as chief of staff. He's the most senior member. If that quorum isn't correct and it was 'unconstitutional,' then why am I still speaker of senate and why are Nirmit and Ashan still senators?"
Ousted Chief of Staff Luke Sangiamo said there has been a lack of leadership since March, and a continuous lack of professional conduct and unprofessional behavior at meetings, such as denying people the right to speak, he said.
TWO HATS TOO MANY
But others said that meetings were cancelled or rescheduled to a time not everyone was informed of.Van Eck begrudged Perozzi assuming the posts of chief of staff and secretary, as well as president.
"She tries to wear too many hats and isn't wearing them correctly," he said. "No one would be able to. As secretary, she can do attendance. She can say anything she wants because we don't have a secretary documenting meetings. She controls it all. Nobody knows what goes on at meetings. Everyone's in the dark."
It's her job as president to fill the spot of secretary, Van Eck said, by asking or appointing someone and she's not reaching out. He also said that she's very discouraging on the job, and doesn't exude leadership qualities.
"She talks about both sides of her mouth. She has undermined authority of the Senate."
ACCESS TO HER, OFFICE
"No one has access to the SGA office," Nwamokobia said, seconded by Van Eck. "Her and her friends go in and do inappropriate things. She tells people, 'If you guys want to talk to me, call me,' but it's only to convince them on a one-on-one basis how she's right," citing her inability to handle confrontation in a large group such as the SGA.
Nwamokobia noted that she's been at one meeting where Perozzi was present, adding that the president misses countless meetings for an array of reasons, attending only if she schedules it.
"She makes so many excuses," Nwamokobia said. "Her sister has apparently had 8 kids, 20 of her friends have died, and her town shut down. The entire town? I don't know what it is. Then she writes e-mails out telling people to come to meetings but says, 'Don't come up with any stupid excuses, I don't want to hear it.' She's a liar.
Now that she's getting impeached, she's finally doing her job, Van Eck said, wondering where she was when they needed her.
"You knew you did something wrong," he said, referring to Perozzi. "We want you to stay in the SGA. Be a senator. Join a committee. Just step down as president. We didn't want a problem. We wanted to keep a relationship. No one hates her. But she's not an active leader."
JUST DO IT
So why didn't she bow out gracefully instead of causing a stink?
"We're in for the same goal, not for some power trip," Nwamokobia said. "This has been stretched out too far. She should have just resigned."
Members of the NCAS-SGA said they called for president Audrey Perozzi's resignation, stating, "We're not satisfied with her leadership," Speaker of the Senate Grant Van Eck summarized.
In a vote conducted through e-mail two weeks ago, 12 senators unanimously voted for her resignation, Van Eck said, counting votes not received as abstentions. Although not official, the NCAS-SGA held another vote at their meeting last Wednesday. The vote was again unanimous with one abstention.
"We felt she was not upholding her duties as president," Sangiamo clarified. "A lot of people feel that the president has two duties. To be accessible and responsible. They are no where in her."
The vice president agreed.
"SHE'S A DICTATOR"
Her role isn't to be the boss, she said, but to make sure things go smoothly.
"As a leader, she's not good. Let's say Hitler, which is overboard, but some people's personalities are a perfect fit to be a dictator. People will say, 'We don't want her cry so we're not going to tell her about her leadership.' Some people fall for that."
Perozzi has told people to shut up in meetings, she said, calling it totally unprofessional.
"We're not getting anything done due to her dictatoring ways," senior senator Nikky Nwamokobia said. "People shoot out ideas all the time. She just says no, no no. This really shows how much a dictator she is. She doesn't let the vice president take over." The vice president agreed.
"She ran the government on her own like a dictator, and often withheld information from us," Parthiv Dalal said, referring to the reasoning to bumping some student organizations down a tier for not attending the budget meeting.
"It's her job not to be a dictator," Arian Nakhaie added. "And she's not doing a good job. She thinks we can't hold meetings unless she's there. She makes up rules."
One being the issue of the quorum. "At (the Oct. 8 meeting), we voted in two senators, as well as me as Speaker of the Senate, and Luke (Sangiamo) as chief of staff. He's the most senior member. If that quorum isn't correct and it was 'unconstitutional,' then why am I still speaker of senate and why are Nirmit and Ashan still senators?"
Ousted Chief of Staff Luke Sangiamo said there has been a lack of leadership since March, and a continuous lack of professional conduct and unprofessional behavior at meetings, such as denying people the right to speak, he said.
TWO HATS TOO MANY
But others said that meetings were cancelled or rescheduled to a time not everyone was informed of.Van Eck begrudged Perozzi assuming the posts of chief of staff and secretary, as well as president.
"She tries to wear too many hats and isn't wearing them correctly," he said. "No one would be able to. As secretary, she can do attendance. She can say anything she wants because we don't have a secretary documenting meetings. She controls it all. Nobody knows what goes on at meetings. Everyone's in the dark."
It's her job as president to fill the spot of secretary, Van Eck said, by asking or appointing someone and she's not reaching out. He also said that she's very discouraging on the job, and doesn't exude leadership qualities.
"She talks about both sides of her mouth. She has undermined authority of the Senate."
ACCESS TO HER, OFFICE
"No one has access to the SGA office," Nwamokobia said, seconded by Van Eck. "Her and her friends go in and do inappropriate things. She tells people, 'If you guys want to talk to me, call me,' but it's only to convince them on a one-on-one basis how she's right," citing her inability to handle confrontation in a large group such as the SGA.
Nwamokobia noted that she's been at one meeting where Perozzi was present, adding that the president misses countless meetings for an array of reasons, attending only if she schedules it.
"She makes so many excuses," Nwamokobia said. "Her sister has apparently had 8 kids, 20 of her friends have died, and her town shut down. The entire town? I don't know what it is. Then she writes e-mails out telling people to come to meetings but says, 'Don't come up with any stupid excuses, I don't want to hear it.' She's a liar.
Now that she's getting impeached, she's finally doing her job, Van Eck said, wondering where she was when they needed her.
"You knew you did something wrong," he said, referring to Perozzi. "We want you to stay in the SGA. Be a senator. Join a committee. Just step down as president. We didn't want a problem. We wanted to keep a relationship. No one hates her. But she's not an active leader."
JUST DO IT
So why didn't she bow out gracefully instead of causing a stink?
"We're in for the same goal, not for some power trip," Nwamokobia said. "This has been stretched out too far. She should have just resigned."
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