The conference was delayed due to lack of a quorum, which means that less than half of the representatives attended on time. Additionally, only 43 out of 66 represen-tatives took a vote on the last agenda item, enactment of general rules. Considering the importance of the conference, the representatives were obligated to take part in conference because this conference was the second legislative organ’s conference to the students’ general meeting, as is prescribed in the rules of the Student Association. The representatives need to ponder the meaning of representation.
To make matters worse, many representa-tives who attended the conference did not represent in a matter worthy of praise. Some did notconcentrate on the meeting agenda, some watched a baseball game without concern, and some seemed to be addicted to online chatting. Only a small minority of representatives took charge at the conference. This behavior defeats the original purpose of the conference, gathering the opinion of each group.
It might be too neat a solution to put all of the blame on representatives. Have you ever paid attention throughout an entire conference? Undergraduates pity their representatives who sufferend through the all-night meeting, but pity is not all they feel.
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