Resolution to Reaffirm Senate Support that Cornell Establish a University Club

Whereas, The Senate, in its March 2003 meeting, strongly supported the recommendation of the University Club Task Force that Cornell establish a University Club with the mission, characteristics and capabilities described below, and
Whereas, The opening of a University Club seems as distant in September 2007 as it did in March 2003, and
Whereas, Each year the number of possible sites for a University Club diminishes as space is committed to other uses, and
Whereas, In 2002 the Cornell University Club Task Force presented to the administration a viable plan to establish a financially self‐supporting club at Cornell based on its study of the characteristics and finances of successful clubs at a number of universities, and
Whereas, The newly developed Cornell University Comprehensive Master Plan has identified the lack of social space and opportunities for faculty and staff as a major problem for Cornell, and
Whereas, The overriding goal of a University Club is to create social space and opportunities for faculty and staff,
Therefore, Be it resolved that:
The Senate reaffirms its strong support for the recommendation made by the University Club Task Force in 2002 that Cornell establish a University Club with the following mission and with the following characteristics and capabilities.

Respectfully Submitted

• Harold Bierman, Jr., Senator, JGSM
• Howard Howland, Senator, Neurobiology & Behavior
• Jane Marie Law, Senator, Asian Studies
• Alan McAdams, Senator, JGSM
• Richard Schuler, Senator, Economics
• Peter Stein, Senator, Physics
• Richard Talman, Senator, Physics

September 4, 2007

Original Resolution (recreated 1/28/2022 when it was discovered that nothing was published for Resolution 64-JMS)