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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5:34 meeting called to order
Everyone here except for matt.
Minutes approved.
Week in review:
Adrienne: article made front page. Food forum turn out not as big as hoped. Seb willing to help, not pay for. Allocated $300 for photographer – that money will be used for advertising now. Want to start advertising in April.
Mike – RSA meeting – talked about dance. Seem to be interested in helping with $, but need formal proposal from SGA. Suggested first x number people get $y off ticket. Put up a few hundred dollars (RSA) to help cover first x cover discount.
Thaddeus - athletics meeting – talked about field hockey team being gone. Saving athletics $175,000 a year to not support field hockey. Thaddeus was asked if SGA could illustrate want for replacement field; no way we’re going to be able to keep practice field by research building. Erickson foundation had to help renovate driving range field (only alternative at this point). ALSO, SAC meeting – promotional stuff, frequent fan cards, lots of questions about field hockey team. Athletics was in a deficit that was greater than $500,000, and university has required paying back some of deficit.
Elani – Commons advisory board – 11 members, how commons is utilized.
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Solidarity coalition not here, so, moving on.
JL07-0607 KB Singh for Election Board Chair
Has been on for 2 years. asking to be appointed as election board chair. Questions can be asked to KB through email.
Carrie – chair has to remain impartial. How will you do this? Talk to separately, figure out solution.
Steve – your committee, ideas? Have some people in mind, know them well. Looking for professionalism and being able to keep privacy.
Carrie – diversity. Do you have a plan to help recruit diverse candidates? Hoping to go out and talk to people, instead of just noting that elections are up. Won’t be as much advertising. Don’t want everyone to be tired of it before it starts. Want to also make sure it’s separate from Quadmania.
Adrienne – less advertising? Don’t think advertising has as much to do with turn out as presidential candidates.
Avi – too much publicity can be bad publicity. Yes, people eventually get sick of it, I think.
David – what replaces publicity? Publicity still there, but looking to change long drawn out advertising to short, sweet process. Don’t know for sure yet though, don’t have a board.
Steve – referendum questions. Pro con section? Not aware what happened last year, but did advertise year before. So, yes, planning to.
David – can you estimate what a reasonable turn out would be? With 5 serious candidates. Looking to get 2,500 votes.
David – recruit people to run for president and vice president? what will you tell them? part of them has to want to be with sga, and can only work with people who want to but don’t know how.
IN FAVOR: 9
Opposed: 0
Abstaining: 1
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SGA Ad in retriever
Full page ad in 12 issues of retriever – 20% discount – works out to be $3,888
Also will have 2 from last year that were never used.
SGA pays for Retriever (everything that keeps them running), and also pays to put ads in their paper.
Ads don’t cover all of expenses.
SGA gives Retriever $50,000. Many other campuses are funded independently of the SGA.
No one considering removing them as charter organization.
Retriever can’t put event that happens over weekend, can’t go in until almost 2 weeks later.
Location of ad within in paper important (mike). Would paper be better spent doing print ads at common vision?
Creeeeeeepy (steve looking over president Hadfield’s shoulder)
Possibly not doing an ad every week – just when we have something big going on.
Alex – we should have something to put in the paper every week.
Elani – might over look if there were an ad every single week.
Carrie – SGA update not guaranteed to get in each week.
Deadline for paying retriever? Don’t think so.
Mike – half page ads?
Alex- more appealing ads would make the $ worth it.
We could work out details over the summer before next school year. Then SGA could ask for new details between SGA and retriever.
Carrie – no organization is SGA’s.
David – why not commit to 7 ads, get discount, then get more if need.
Thaddeus – table till next semester?
In favor: 1
Opposed: 8
Abstain: 1
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JL09-0607 Lesa Marks
A Sondheim scholar. Because is in other organizations, should there be something involving organization she’s involved with, she would recuse herself from the situation so it didn’t look biased.
In favor: 9
Opposed: 0
Abstain: 1
JL08-0607 Shane Spencer
In favor: 9
Opposed: 0
Abstain: 1
The piece of legislation has been friendly amended – lesa and shane will serve for 2 year terms, not 1. (for: 8, opposed: 1, abstain: 1)
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Carrie – sent out report, will send out another before finals.
Gabe – working on study group program over break.
Announcements – winter ball tonight, 8:15 doors open, 8:30 start.
Sga retreat coming up!!! Woooo.
SGA cookie swap.
Something pertinent, from mike.
SGA stress free time. volunteer sign up.
Roll call: everyone here except for matt (Danielle and Elani left early)
6:59 meeting adjourned forever!! (the semester)