/ en /policy/assembly-policy <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Assembly Policy</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hoverholt</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-08-15T13:47:46-04:00" title="Thursday, August 15, 2024 - 13:47" class="datetime">Thu, 08/15/2024 - 13:47</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-image-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-policy-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/policy_page_logo/public/images/geneseo-and-suny-logo_0.png?itok=JceXUryZ" width="300" height="100" alt class="img-fluid image-style-policy-page-logo"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">3-315</div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-approved-by field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Cabinet</div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-effective-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">06-04-2009</div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-date-last-revised field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">07-01-2024</div> <div> <div>Category</div> <div>Student Affairs</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-responsible-office field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Vice President for Student and Campus Life</div> <div class="field field--name-field-responsible-office-number field--type-telephone field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="tel:585-245-5618">585-245-5618</a></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-policy-scope field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><meta charset="utf-8">The following constitutes the "time, place and manner" policy on the use of facilities owned by Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó for peaceable speech and assembly. This policy shall apply to any Campus Constituents or Unaffiliated Party.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As an institution of higher education, the College respects and fully supports the free speech rights granted to individuals under both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and New York State law. As a public entity, partially funded by New York State tax dollars, the College will provide a designated public forum to Campus Constituents and Unaffiliated Parties for the exercise of free speech rights. To comply with existing law, the College recognizes that it will dedicate its resources to this effort – including staff time for the management of the designated public forum, the costs or lost revenue associated with the use of space itself, and possible use of University Police and other administrative office staff – to provide for the safety of participants and orderly exercise of rights.</p> <p>In drafting and adopting this policy, the College weighed its competing obligations and responsibilities to meet its educational mission; its obligations as a public entity to provide a designated public forum; its audit and control obligations in managing New York State property under SUNY jurisdiction; and, its obligations for the orderly and safe operation of its campus, while responsibly managing and allocating its scarce resources in pursuit of its educational mission for students.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-policy-definitions field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3195" hreflang="en">Campus Constituents</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3199" hreflang="en">Exclusion Periods</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3201" hreflang="en">Manner</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3202" hreflang="en">Peaceful Picketing or Other Orderly Demonstrations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3200" hreflang="en">Place</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3196" hreflang="en">Student</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3198" hreflang="en">Time</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3197" hreflang="en">Unaffiliated Party(s)</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-policy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>Assembly Time, Place, and Manner Conditions for Public Areas on Campus Grounds&nbsp;</h3> <p>Free speech and peaceful assembly are fundamental to the purpose of a college as a center for open inquiry in the search for knowledge and insight. Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó is strongly committed to the protection of these rights. However, these rights bring with them a concurrent obligation to maintain a campus atmosphere conducive to scholarly pursuits, residential living, and respect for the rights of all individuals.</p> <p>As stated in the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustee’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.suny.edu/sunypp/documents.cfm?doc_id=351">Rules for the Maintenance of Public Order</a>:</p> <p>No student, faculty member or other staff member or authorized visitor shall be subject to any limitation or penalty for expressing his or her views or for assembling with others for such purpose; peaceful picketing and other orderly demonstrations in public areas of campus grounds and buildings are not subject to interference provided there are no violations of the rules included in this policy and the aforementioned Rules for the Maintenance of Public Order.&nbsp;</p> <p>Assemblies, demonstrations, and similar expressions of First Amendment rights may not infringe on the rights of others or disrupt essential operations of the College.&nbsp;</p> <h3 id="e35213cd49411ae37318831fb65023efe">General Procedures for Assemblies</h3> <ul> <li>The use of amplification equipment will not be permitted.</li> <li>The construction of shelters and other temporary structures or camping on campus grounds is prohibited. </li> <li>Dangerous instruments as defined by NYS Penal Law, including but not limited to poles, flag poles, bats and other similar athletic items, clubs, sticks (including sticks used to hold signs) are not permitted. </li> <li>Possession and/or ignition of an open flame of any type, including, but not limited to, torches are not permitted.</li> <li>Entry into any private office o