Student Activities-The Future of SRM

摘要

The mood in the committee meeting was serious. The action on the table could mean big changes for the Student Activities Committee and SRM. The discussion went on for at least an hour, with committee members voicing strong and passionate opinions. Theproposal that lay before the committee would create a new contest for students, the Undergraduate Range Management Exam, or URME. Some feared this would be the "kiss of death" for the only individual competition at the Annual Meetings, the Plant Identification Contest, a long-standing tradition that began in 1951, Others argued that range management was more than Plant ID and that more activities for students were entirely appropriate and would result in more student members becoming "regular" and even active members upon graduation. The vote was close, but a new opportunity for students was launched.