A preliminary global dining services board composed of representatives from several campus student governing bodies will be formed this semester, SGA President Aaron Kraus announced at last night’s legislative assembly meeting.

The board, initially proposed by Kraus as one of three sweeping changes to student groups for this legislative agenda, will tackle student dining issues and work under the Residence Halls Association as a subcommittee of the already-existing Dining Services Advisory Board.

The board will contain 11 members: three from Student Government Association, RHA, and University Commuters Association, and two unaffiliated at-large students.

It will be piloted for the remainder of the semester, with a final review in the spring to determine its necessity for students.

Kraus recognized there are no issues currently on the table for the board, but hopes the dialogue between the range of student representatives will bring up issues important to students.

“It’s more of a chicken-and-egg situation,” Kraus said. “We want the board to review and come up with changes; I hope new ideas and changes are a result of this board’s creation.”

Any changes suggested by the board will be considered by DSAB first before moving to other officials, including Dining Services Director Pat Higgins.

The announcement comes after Kraus delivered a Feb. 8 ultimatum to RHA. He warned the group to join the board or face investigation by the SGA’s Student Governance Board.

Initially, RHA President Hannah Putman voiced concerns that such a board had the potential to make changes that could inadvertently affect meal plan-holding students, and there were already outlets in place to voice grievances on meal plans.

“It wasn’t really clear what this committee would work on,” Putman said. “It made no real provisions to protect students.”

The RHA executive committee worked to revise the resolution, which it presented to Kraus.

“It’s not everything I wanted, but it’s a decent compromise,” Kraus said. “I wanted the SGA to have veto power over anything, but we gave that up.”