R 38, Erich Fabricius Appreciation Act

Erich Fabricius Appreciation Act

R 38, 87th Session

Version Info:

9-23-2007, as initially introduced: HTML

Version Downloads (Senators only).

Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Compton and Webb (Corresponding)

Current Status:

Enrolled

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO EXPRESS STUDENT GOVERNMENT'S APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF ERICH FABRICIUS

Summary of Purpose:

Thanks Erich Fabricius for his improvements to the elections system

Consideration History:

9-20-2007:

Filed for introduction

9-23-2007 Senate:

First Reading
Fast Tracked by consent
Adopted by acclamation

Online Text

(as of 9-23-2007, as initially introduced)

RESOLUTION 38

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO EXPRESS STUDENT GOVERNMENTÕS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF ERICH FABRICIUS

Short Title: Erich Fabricius Appreciation Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senator WEBB (corresponding) and COMPTON

Signatories: Student Senate President DOUCETTE

First Reading: September 5, 2007 Version Date: September 20, 2007

Referred to: [legislative fast-track intended] .

WHEREAS, voting remains an integral part of any democratic society; and,

WHEREAS, trust in the system in which votes are cast has a direct relationship to the trust in the officials and the institution to which such officials were elected; and,

WHEREAS, during the 2007 Spring General Elections a parsing error was discovered in the tabulation software for write-in votes, causing a delay in the processing and subsequent release of voting results; and,

WHEREAS, Erich Fabricius, author of many of the web technologies that Student Government uses today to carry out many of its duties, including the voting software, promptly and successfully corrected the error in the tabulation software, allowing the final results to be tabulated and released; and,

WHEREAS, Fabricius also offered to harden the underlying voting software and was allowed to do so in time for the 2007 Fall General Election; and,

WHEREAS, in addition to enhanced security, the revised voting software included a number of functionality improvements that substantially expedited the tabulation process, including real-time automatic LDAP queries, predictive write-in mapping, and a refined interface; and,

WHEREAS, Fabricius has neither asked for nor accepted any payment for the above-mentioned services and improvements; now therefore be it,

RESOLVED, that the N.C. State University Student Senate, on behalf of the Student Government and the Student Body extends its appreciation to Erich Fabricius for his pro bono services.

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