Senate meeting- 4/7/08
1. Call to order at 5:41pm
2. Roll Call- Rahilla absent, Jeff will be late
3. Minutes approved
4. Week in Review:
- SGA in the halls: Wed. at 8 in Chesapeake
5. New Business:
- SL18-0708- Retriever budget:
o Answers to questions provided by Kyle Clelan
o Vote- 8 For, 0 Opposed, 1 Abstaining, 2 Absent PASSED
* JL19-0708- SGA Budget:
o Already talking to SAFRB
o Stipend for election board chair will raise
o Six new laptops to replace aging desktops and laptops- will allow for mobility but will be able to be locked down on desks
o Exec. Fund- will raise, but a portion will be dedicated to spirit
+ Possibly have exec. Budget out and present to Senate at start of year- strong disapproval of this
+ Split up the $15,000 into a $12,000 discretionary fund and $3,000 for spirit
o Leadership training- Will go up to fully cover Leadershape
o SFZ budget will increase
o Line item to set aside some money for future of Prove-It
o Salaries reset to pre-‘07-‘08 levels.
o Readership budget will go up
o Study Place money will ensure staffing exists
o Fall retreat site cost will increase so this covers it
o Vote- 8 For, 0 Opposed, 1 Abstaining, 2 Absent PASSED
* JL21-0708- Mirror Ball:
o Hosted by Honors college, mirror ball=disco ball. It is a semi-formal event. Last year there were 100-200 students that came, not all from Honors College.
o Not a student organization, so they can’t allocate through Finance Board
+ They could lose honors college funding if made into a student org.
+ Student org. must have open selection of officers and be open to all students
o Open to all students
o This event has occurred at least the last two years.
o Vote- 8 For, 0 Opposed, 1 Abstaining, 2 Absent
6. Executive Reports:
* David H: Erin Carter will be leaving, looking for a replacement. Kyle Carter also leaving. Also, take David’s class next fall! Study Place walkthrough- $7500 security upgrade is all that is needed to make it open 24 hours.
* Brady: Remember to compile transition materials before inauguration. There has been a plan for a project to make a permanent chess board for the large chess pieces outside- about $15000 to be built over summertime.
* Dave I: Finance Board has about $6,000 left for orgs. Only $52,000 has been spent by orgs, so a lot will roll back. SAFRB presentations going well.
* Jake: no report
* Jay: Food contract announcement on Friday. Working with SAFRB. Transit system needs double cost for maintenance than what we had. We have to kick in a final $15,000 for equipment- legislation forthcoming. Cell phone kiosk coming soon- approved by Commons advisory board.
* Gabe: Ratings are pretty much compiled and formatted. Power rankings also ready- wrote a blog post. Need to put together a website.
7. Announcements:
- Natasha: meeting with rep. from Chevy Chase about ATM’s.
- Brady: trying to get a “safety walk” put together with Chief Williams towards end of April/ beginning of May
- Jake: Our student fan codes of conduct being adopted at Georgia Institute of Tech. Jake will talking with some big school donors.
- Jay: Mama’s Boys concert on Saturday in UC ballroom
- Steve: RSA having dogapelodeon on Sat. on Erikson field. CEAS wants to partner with us to do another smoking policy forum.
-Sameera: Presidential debate Wed. at 7
8. Meeting adjourned at 6:29