The following are meeting minutes from the Senate meeting. The Senate meets every Monday at 5:30 PM in Room 318 on the third floor of The Commons. These meetings are open to all students to listen to discussion. If you would like to present an issue, please contact the Speaker of the Senate, Steve Gilmore, in advance so you can be added to the agenda.
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September 25, 2006
5:32 meeting called to order.
Thaddeus and Terrance not here yet.
Good with the minutes.
WEEK IN REVIEW –
SEB didn’t have outdoor meeting, rain.
New retriever article coming out tomorrow. This week would like to put in article about what SGA is doing.
Michael, this Friday 430-? Harbor courtyard, SGA open forum.
Alex, study of students feelings of parking. Carpooling idea, blackboard.
EXEC REPORTS
Jordan –
scholarship stuff, will send out an email.
Studentsavingsclub.com – essentially the red card program, on a national level. Charge students nothing. They charge businesses, and set up. Yale part of it, has worked well for them. Will even give UMBC the advertisements.
< ENTER TERRANCE >
Jordan had budget committee meeting, discussing fees. People seem to have problem with athletics at fee forum.
Recreational enterprises fee – creating and development of recreation facilities outside of the RAC. Outdoor basketball courts, vball courts, hockey spot, etc. $5 this time taken out of athletics fee. $5 only goes towards these recreational enterprises.
$5 more next cycle, $5 more next cycle. $15 total going only to recreational enterprises fee for students.
Fees not approved today, suspended a week.
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NEW BUSINESS
Reports and office hours -
Reports due Friday at midnight. Reports is a way of holding selves accountable. Stipends could be revoked if work not put in.
Alex thinks we should just write down hours.
Brittany brings up point that last year that was how it was and no one did it.
Jordan – computer kiosk could have sign in function on there.
David- do people get anything out of reading other’s reports? Do people get anything out of office hours. This stuff is in place to make SGA as effective as possible.
Avi – pays attention to what someone else on same committee has done.
< ENTER THADDEUS… and his toe >
Thaddeus – task board, to put up things need done each week. Centralizing in office more convenient.
Alex – might be better to say which projects were worked on each week, who was involved, and who’s needed for future. Reports shouldn’t be done in an individual basis. Should be organized by project.
Nayana
Tried to send a new legislation to house about getting two members.
House finance committee member will have to be present at every meeting.
FYA – will work for legislative branch, need to work on getting to know them better. Carrie planned event for them during free hour, Friday.
Senate and house having joint meetings? Asking for being able to all get together at once. Over a family dinner? Impossible to find time that everyone can be there at same time. Free hour best time so far.
Carrie sent out Excel spreadsheet.
Smoking policy effects all on campus.
Projects –
Advertisement, harbor hall, esuds came up a lot last week.
Avi doesn’t see relationship with Catonsville and arbutus as something SGA should take on.
Wouldn’t be an overnight project. If the SGA was to take this on, have to define what goals SGA has.
Shuttle system – GPS systems for directions and tracking.
Majority of drivers are students.
Thaddeus will research GPS stuff.
David Hoffman went to the Phi Beta Sigma pajama jam, and loved it.
6:55 end of meeting.