Letter: Restore ASFA to What It Should Have Been

LettersKen McMurray — Published March 14, 2016

I am writing in support of the proposed changes to the arts and science federation of associations’ constitution, and I do so as the founding president of an earlier version of ASFA.

When ASFA started out, the intention was to have a federation run by its member associations and not merely an arts and science copy of the CSU, to make sure the MAs were well-funded and well-represented, and to have the executive committee be there to facilitate all this—in effect being like first among equals, responsible to the MAs, not sitting above them.

Somewhere along the way, this all changed, and not necessarily for the better. This week, you will be asked to vote on the proposed changes.

I encourage you to vote for them and restore ASFA to what it should’ve been in the first place: a true federation of associations.

— Ken McMurray, BA 1996