Students and administrators will meet once again to voice their opinions on tailgating hours, ticketing and pass-outs when the Football Task Force reconvenes after it receives the chancellor’s charge.

The task force members were waiting for Student Body President Will Quick to choose four students to join the task force to reconvene. Quick submitted the students’ names Wednesday — himself; Bobby Mills, Student Government executive assistant and member of the Wolfpack Club board of directors; James Hankins, Senate president pro temp.; and Connie Justice, alumni ambassador and Homecoming chair.

Tom Stafford, vice-chancellor for student affairs and co-chair of the task force, said the chancellor asked the task force to reconvene this year as it agreed to do last year.

“After seeing how everything worked [we have] … to do another complete assessment of everything and determine whether we need to make any changes to the policies we have in place,” Stafford said.

According to David Rainer, associate vice-chancellor for environmental health and public safety and co-chair of the task force, the task force is waiting on the chancellor’s charge, which he will issue after the names of the student committee members are finalized.

“I know we’ll look at the rules we’ve adopted last year,” Rainer said. “We’ll look at the crime statistics at the games. We’ve also started keeping medical statistics at the games — emergency medical responses and what they relate to.”

Stafford said the topic that will receive the most attention in the meeting is the issue of the allotted four hours for tailgating.

“I think the current time is appropriate, but I know there’s going to be a lot of discussion about that and I’m open to consider other points of view on that,” Stafford said. “I want to hear the different reasons.”

Zach Adams, Student Senate president, wrote a proposal to extend tailgating from four hours to five.

“The suggestion is that tailgating be restored to four hours, plus the hour that the majority of students are spending in the stadium before kickoff,” the proposal reads.

Quick said part of the reason students were concerned with the limited tailgating hours is because they have to get in the line to get good seats an hour and a half before the game starts.

The proposal included objectives, the proposed solution, costs and a schedule for tailgating.

“While five hours is not enough time to perform many tailgating traditions, I do understand that as more time is added, the occurrence of belligerence increases,” Adams said in an interview Wednesday.

According to Quick, Sgt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police has said the student section has done a good job with “self-policing.”

Quick said the Greek organizations in particular have been making sure fans are following policies and lines are orderly.

“We’ve done a lot of things as students to warrant an extension on hours at least in the student parking lots,” he said.

Quick said he intends to focus his efforts on an extension of hours in the student parking lots and that in reality, the alumni think they are complaining about students but are actually complaining about “young alumni.”

“We don’t get very many complaints from students against students,” he said.

Adams said his interests also included extending hours in the student parking lots, but that alumni should also get the same privilege.

Quick said if the University doesn’t grant tailgaters more hours, he would like to see more gates for students.

Stafford said the ticketing policy will also be reviewed in the meeting.

“There’s no system that you can use that’s going to be perfect and be received very well by everybody, so you have to understand that from the start,” he said.

Stafford said he was initially concerned about the ticketing procedure because the students who got in the line first would get the best seats and that could potentially create problems in the line. People have gotten harmed in the line pushing to get in the front, according to Stafford, but said there is a plus side to the policy.

“The one thing I liked very much about it is that it results in our students getting in their seats early before the game starts,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, that’s very good for our team. If they are still out in the parking lot halfway through the first quarter, they’re not out supporting their team,” he said.

Quick said he thinks the ticketing procedure worked well and he’s happy with it.

Another issue Stafford said will probably be discussed at the meeting is pass-outs.

“My own personal opinion is that we should no longer allow pass-outs and I know that would generate controversy,” he said.

Quick said although he wants to keep pass-outs because they are unique to N.C. State and Clemson, he would be willing to trade them for more tailgating hours. He said they were an even bigger deal in 2005 because the task force at the time had recommended that they be banned, but the chancellor kept them.

Adams agreed, but said not all students may think this way.

“Personally, I would want to take a survey of random students to see how they felt. While I might compromise pass-outs, I can’t say with confidence my constituents share this view,” he said.

Quick also said he wants to see more Campus Police in the student parking lots.

“They do a really good job dealing with students because they deal with us on a regular basis,” he said.