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 (gilmore2@umbc.edu), in advance so you can be added to the agenda.
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Meeting in order at 5.36 pm
All senators present except Michael
November 5th, 2007
Week update
* Atm need a safe location to place it.
o Suggestion: the courtyard
* Courses allowed to take only 3 times
* Suggestions report to the dvd rental place in the library or facebook group
“improve it”
* Website worked on
* 5000
o Sweatshirts
+ SGA members
+ Improve it members
o Hoodies
o Waterbottles and pens
+ Logo printed on pictures and added to water bottles
* 3000
o Banners
o Flyers
o Placemats
o Stress free zone
o Kick-off
o Advertisements
+ Going out to residence halls and advertising this program
* Will start next week
Senators passing: 6
Senators opposed: 0
Senators abstained: 1
Jake:
* T-shirts printed for advertisement
* Find another company for printing these shirts and shipping costs for less money
* In the future get enough proposals from other companies
o Work with a budget
First year ambassadors:
* Paired up senators
o Tasha and Jeff location on suggestions box
+ Need a safe location on where to place the atm
# (1st step) Need to contact reslife
* Contact RSA
* Ask them for suggestions on locations
# Check with other campuses for the # of atms
# Need to contact Chevy Chase
* Ask what the limit on the number of atms
+ Need suggestions on location
# Harbor Cafe
# Dining Hall
+
# Commons closed by midnight
# Atm money limited
# No atm in walker apartment
+ Expand the redcard program
# Encouraging students to use the redcard
+ Jen in charge of location placing the suggestion box
o Heather and Rahilla Town hall meeting
+ Meeting with RSA 2mrw
# RSA also setting up some kind of meeting
* 27th of November
o Harbor Hall
* SGA members should be present
o From different positions
o To what extend be involved in this
+ Work with RSA, cooperate
* Possible opportunity to advertise SGA programs
o Prove it program
o Stress-free zone
+ Supply food cost $800
* Provide information about SGA
o The goals
o Job positions
* Possible location for future
o Residence halls
o Apartments
* Advertise these meetings
o Flyers
o Work with RA’s
+ Have halls invite SGA for an info session
# Bring snacks along for the students
# Instead of telling them what we can do we can ask them what they want us to do for them
# Work with CAB
+ Depending on the town hall meetings being successful
# We can have it once every semester
* Different SGA members go to different halls for these meetings at different times
* Open to every students
* Each building
* Two dorms a night with three SGA members present
* Have a speaker for these meetings
o Micheal and Jen Music sharing
+
o Steve and Ben on the retriever weekly
+ What are they’re sources?
+ News pieces are opinions
+ What other departments do they work with?
+ Staff editorials analyzed
# No authors names present
# Negative comments
# Needs more accountability
# Lacks professionalism
+ This is a charter organization, student organization
+ Other students have the ability to set up another newspaper organization
+ Encourage the writers to write more positive things
# No journalism program for writers on how to approach an article
# Find facts
# Reliable sources
+ Have other student organizations work with the retriever weekly
# Contact other students to work with
Josh:
* 11 – 2 am
o Commons everyday
+ Help the students related to legislation
# Improvement of the education system
Executive review:
* Tailgate Friday November 9th
o 5.30 pm
o Commons terrace
o Women’s basketball team
* Wednesday Annapolis O’Malley’s legislation
o Corporate tax increase
o Josh testified
Meeting adjourned at 7.09 pm