The following are meeting minutes from the House of Organizations meeting. The House meets every Tuesday 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 House, Nayana Davis, in advance so you can be added to the agenda.
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Call to Order
8:05
Roll Call
Absent: Ozell, Archiana, Joy
Approval of Minutes
Ross said something he didn’t say.
New Business
A. General Ledger Allocation for Super Bowl Party
Jay- Super Bowl parties are thrown by many student orgs. Student Affairs, OSL, SEB and other are putting up volunteers to ‘rock the commons’. The commons will be open, free game room, tvs will have games showing.
Ross- What is the $500 for?
Jay- it is going to sent to OSL and if there is any left, I think it will be divided.
VOTE For 4 Opposed 0 Abstaining 1
B. Confirmation of Shane Spencer as SGA Justice
Nayana- this was tabled last semester because she wasn’t here, and she isn’t here again.
TABLE IT (Group)
David- Have you been in touch with her?
Nayana- yes.
Ross- If this doesn’t pass, it would have to be completely reworked. How would that work with Jordan stepping down.
David- If the appoint
Committee Reports
A. Student Life
Danielle- I have a commitment at 9:00 so I will have to resign my position.
Nayana- Will this be your last meeting?
Danielle- Yes.
Nayana- Could we work at 7?
Ozell- that won’t work for me?
Nayana- how about we push the meeting back 15 meetings?
General Consensus.
Nayana- Now on we will be meeting at 8:15. We need to appoint a new head of SLC. Because we have grown large enough so that everyone doesn’t have to be in both, we have decided to split the meetings. Ross will be in charge of that.
Ross- Everyone needs to get into Corps time. Email me and let me know which committee you are interested in.
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B. Finance
Nayana- Joy wanted to have the finance committee meeting at 7 but that may be too late.
David- I have 4 applications for recognition. They need to be done by the 4th week if it is to be for this semester
General Discussion
A. In House Elections
Ross- How do we want to do it for this semester?
Nayana- I think we should send it out to student orgs list proc and leadershape graduates.
Ozell- I think we should look into the new transfer student.
Carrie- Becky Pawn should have a list.
Nayana- do we want the candidates to attend a meeting?
Yes.
Nayana- When should we have the elections.
Ozell- 2 weeks from now.
Ross- we should have a lot of advertising for next week.
Nayana- do you want to add another week onto it, so they have time to adjust their schedules?
Ross- are we going to put something in the retriever.
Ozell- Can we have it as a weekly announcement.
Phil- He can put it right when you log into myUMBC.
B. Other
Nayana- open discussion
Phil- We do need to set sometime because there are about six additional allocations that need to be looked over. You need to set a time for next week anyway.
Alex- Joy said that 7 is the best time. I can’t do it before 7 on T/Thr.
Nayana- You can pick any day. How about Monday at 5:30? Just for next week it will be Monday at 5:30. Phil, are you contacting the student orgs?
Phil- I will let them know.
David- Can we finish the process of picking the dates? At least times that you can propose to the two other members.
Ozell- Joy is the head of the committee and she isn’t here.
Nayana- and we don’t have a head for SLC.
David- Should we talk about that now?
Ross- Where are we leaving off?
Danielle. Delta phi is working on new constitution. The other organization is dissolving. There are several orgs violating the 5 member rule. We need ot get an updated list from her. All the orgs need to be contacted because they are in 2nd semester violation.
Ozell- For the Greek groups, a lot of the groups that were in violation last semester are good this semester. They have until may before any action can be taken. We are trying to set up a new policy on how orgs can form but we haven’t set a date.
Nayana- I asked anyone to email me and apply. Danielle if you can meet with the new head.
Danielle- There was quite a bit of interest in the mock trial. The professor is back on campus. Just a reminder.
Ex-Officio Reports
A. David Hoffman
-One thing that is in the process of happening, extending the study place hours. OSL hopes to extend them MTWR, and later on Friday as well.
Danielle- who would staff it?
-David- that is what we are working on.
Ross- people have come to me and told me they would use it more if it were open when they weren’t in class.
B. Carrie Mann
-There are a number of interesting things in different committees. We won’t be doing any reports this week.
C. Nayana- Jordan is resigning. Does anyone have any questions?
Ozell- What is the direction you see SGA going in now? What do you think that Jordan overlooked.
Carrie- Most of the things that are happening now, we were both in support of. Everyone is doing excellent work and I like the projects. There are some minor things, keeping the office clean. I think we have done an excellent job dealing with administrators. I want to involve students that aren’t in SGA. I want to thing about how we can get them involved. If we can make ourselves more visible. I have all the confidence in you guys. I won’t be too many changes felt.
Nayana- Tomorrow at 1 Carrie will be sworn in and Jordan will be de-inaugurated.
Ross- Is there a time morning when we can talk about student life.
Danielle- I’m in SIC TWR mornings. Email me if you need to.
Announcements
The retreat is this week. Everyone is expected to be there, from 10 -5. We worked hard on planning it.
Ross- Next week is involvement fest.
Carrie- there are sign up sheets to work at the table during the week. There are tables for elections and for money and finance. It would be great for House members to work at the finance desk.
Nayana- and the sign up sheet is downstairs.
Roll Call
Absent: Archiana
Adjournment
8:33
Pass the Gavel