Student Union Tribunal members announced that Union President Carl Woog has committed actions worthy of impeachment during Monday night’s weekly Senate meeting.

According to the Tribunal, the Union’s judiciary branch, Woog’s ‘gross neglect’ of his responsibilities are cause for his removal.

Senators can make a motion calling for Woog’s removal as soon as Oct. 30. Three-fourths of the Senate must approve any motion made to remove Woog.

Woog said he will ‘absolutely not’ resign and declined further comment about his recommended impeachment.

Sen. Deon Provost (Myles Standish Hall) asked senators to consider all of the evidence against Woog before making a decision, and he said he feels the Tribunal’s ruling demonstrates that the Union’s system of operation works.

‘The process isn’t what’s making everything the way it is it’s the people,’ Provost said.

Provost later said he would not make a decision before he sees all the financial records from the summer.

Senate Vice Chair Rowan Armor filed a petition against Woog and former Executive Vice President Remie Ferreira on Oct. 4, calling for their impeachment based on deceit, misappropriation of funds and failure to produce a set of bylaws in a reasonable amount of time.

Once Ferreira resigned on Oct. 21, the Tribunal rendered all charges against him moot. Woog apologized for his behavior during the Oct. 21 Tribunal hearing to determine his impeachment, promising to try and advance the Union in the next two months.

Sen. Ernie Clarke (School of Hospitality Administration) said listening to the Tribunal’s decision was ‘painful,’ and he could not make a decision regarding Woog’s removal because he could not understand the ruling.

But Cote said he felt his ruling was clear enough.

‘We do have a job that is as important as any other one in the Student Union, and we resent the notion that we are not serving the student body because we are not catering to a third-grade reading level,’ Cote said.

Diana Zito temporarily stepped down from her position as chair of the Student Union Allocations Board and said, as a student, she feels the Union needs to refocus and could be more effective working in small groups.

‘The Senate is being blamed for a lot of what’s happening, when in actuality, you guys have done nothing wrong,’ she said.

Senate Chairman Joel Fajardo said he is not sure if the Senate should remove Woog but called him an ‘ineffective leader,’ specifically regarding the way Woog conducts Union business.

‘Carl Woog is the most dishonest person I have ever met in the Student Union or Boston University that I can recall,’ Fajardo said. ‘I have no doubt that he will lie and manipulate again, if he can do so without being caught.’

After apologizing for his curt behavior during the Tribunal hearing, Woog addressed the current controversy surrounding President-elect Daniel S. Goldin and advised the Senate to avoid making any rash decisions.

‘I, for one, think that we should take no action at this time,’ he said. ‘We should wait it out.’

BYLAWS AND BUDGET

The Tribunal ordered the Executive Board to operate under the current E-Board bylaws that were enforced last year and declared the bylaws passed within the budget at the Oct. 7 meeting invalid.

The bylaws stipulated new procedures for E-Board allocations. Under the Tribunal’s ruling, the budget itself is still valid though it remains unapproved by Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore but any bylaws passed in the budget would have to become amendments to last year’s bylaws.

VP of Finance Joe Rollin said he disagrees with the Tribunal’s ‘foolish mistake’ regarding the bylaws, and he has no idea whether he will attempt to make amendments.

EVP POSITION REMAINS OPEN

Fajardo and Armor have both applied for the Ferreira’s vacated EVP position, and Woog said he would also consider members of the E-Board to fill the position. Fajardo said he does not feel Woog will consider his application because he thinks Woog has already made a decision; however, Fajardo did not say who has been selected.

‘He has already decided, as indicated by VP of Financial Affairs Joe Rollin, that the selection was already made and that there was no changing it,’ Fajardo said.

Rollin refused to comment on Fajardo’s accusation.

Armor also said he feels Woog will not take his application seriously because he filed the petition calling for Woog’s removal.

Despite allegations that the EVP position has already been filled, Woog said he will continue to take applications until 5 p.m. today. Applications forms which require contact information and no qualifications or other information are available outside the Union office, he said.

WEBSITE DELAYED

Although the Union had planned to launch its new website Monday, it was delayed indefinitely because it is not yet ready, said Sen. Marc Webber (Shelton Hall), the Public Relations Committee chair.

‘I don’t want to open it up to the public quite yet,’ he said.

Rollin said Union members have been working on the site since June.