SENATE MEETING MINUTES

31^st LEGISLATURE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

I.            Call to Order

            Roll Call

II.            President St. Rose states that the E-Board would like to nominate the following candidates into these positions: AVP Community Affairs - Tim Walter, AVP Student Life - Cristeen Dapaah and Rules Chair - Frank Greco. Floor is open for questions. Vote is taken to approve Cristeen Dapaah for AVP of Student Life and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.  Vote is taken to approve Tim Walters for AVP of Community Affairs and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. Vote is taken to approve Frank Greco as Rules Chair and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. President St. Rose swears in the new AVP’s.  President St. Rose would like to nominate the following people as senators: Elizabeth Desimone, Laura Gielski, Jessica Mead, Kafilat Hassan, Darryl Hamiliton, Veronica Asibey, Melissa Stoll and Tanisa Bancroft.  Floor is open for questions.

            President St. Rose swears in the above people as Senators. 

III.            Approval of Agenda

A.   President St. Rose adds UPD.

B.    EVP Brady adds Sign-up sheet for new Senate applications, Vacancy and Fall Fest.

C.    Treasurer Gabriel adds Activity Fee and Treasurers meeting.

D.   AVP Hirsch adds Advisement and Academic Clubs/Space.

E.    Rules Chair adds Constitution and House Rules.

F.    AVP Walters adds Questions and Comments.

IV.            President St. Rose Report:

A.   I would like to recognize Mike Meyers from UPD. Mike states that officers have been out directing traffic.  Last month there were two drills a fire drill and an active shooter drill. We will be working with Buffalo Police on cracking down on house parties off campus.  Emergency Management has an alert system up and running.  What this system does is notify students of campus wide emergencies. There are a few bugs in the system that we are currently trying to work out. President St. Rose states that UPD will come and give a report twice a month.

V.            EVP Brady Report:

A. I would like to congratulate the new AVP’s and Senators.

B.  Senate training will be at Lasertron on Saturday.  We will meet at Grover Cleveland Circle at 9:15 am.

C.    This Friday we will have our Mandatory Organization meeting in Bulger Communication North at 3:00 pm. All organizations must have 2 organization members and Senators are welcome to attend.

D.   We will have a new process for interviewing Senate applications.  There will be a sign up sheet on Cindy’s desk to schedule an interview.

E.    There is a vacancy for a secretary if you are interested please do a letter of intent and put it I my mailbox.

F.    Fall Fest - College Humor is coming and flyers are being sent out. I will be asking for help in the near future.

VI.            Treasurer Gabriel Report:

A.   I had Dave create a poster stating what your mandatory activity fee does.

B.    There is a Treasurer meeting on Tuesday September 11^th.  A letter was put in every organizations mail box.

VII.            Standing Committee Reports:

A.  AVP Hirsch Academic Report:
- Advisement - our main goal is working on advisement.  I am working with Dr. Payne and Provost Ponton regarding this.
- The Academic Clubs have offices scattered all over campus. I have been working with the Academic departments to help find space.

 B.    AVP Jueckstock Communication Report:
- Aids Walk - Pride Alliance is getting some students together to participate in the walk and they are asking USG if they are interested.  If you are interested in walking please let me know.
- Thursday in the Quad is cancelled this week because the job luau is this week. I would like to thank everyone who helped out last week.
- Carnival of Clubs is Thursday September 20th during Bengal Pause.  USG hopefully will be doing the drunk trike and we are asking everyone to help out.
- Violence Against Women Ad Hoc Committee will sponsor a luncheon thisThursday during Bengal Pause in Weigel 203.
- USG info cards - please fill these cards out with all the correct information. I will be ordering t-shirts so please write your size down in the corner of your card.
- Mail boxes - please check your mail boxes this is our way of communicating with you.
- Since I am the liaison for the Day Care Center I want to announce that they got reaccredited.

C.    AVP Dapaah Student Life Report:
- Questions & Comments

D.   AVP Walters Community Affairs Report:
- Questions & Comments

E.   Rules Chair Greco Report:
- I am passing out the attendance policy in the constitution and the House Rules which we will briefly review.  

VIII.            New Business

A.   Treasurer Gabriel states that she is working with Sarah Velez to extend the Student Union hours to 2:00 am.  It will be too costly to keep the Union open any later than that.

IX.            Constituents Questions/Announcements

A.   Senator Nunez asks about the Food Service Committee.  AVP Jueckstock states that she is chairing the Food Service Committee since there is no Senator Pro Tem. There are a lot of people involved and we are trying to work out a time to meet. When I have the information I will put it in your mail box.

B.    AVP Hirsch asks how much it will cost to keep the Union open later.  Treasurer Gabriel states that they need a full time, part time or an administration person.  We are working with the President because she said she would help us with this.  So, as of now there is no set figure.

C.    AVP Walters makes a motion that the Public Relations Committee works on a mission statement for USG and form a draft to put forth by the Senate for vote no later than November 1^st.  EVP Brady 2^nd.  Floor is open for discussion.  President St. Rose takes the motion off the table.  EVP Brady call to question.    Vote is taken on the motion that the Public Relations Committee works on a mission statement and does not carry 8 yeas, 10 nays and 7 abstentions.

D.   AVP Jueckstock announces that next weeks senate meeting will be held in Bacon Hall room 115.

X.            2^nd Roll

XI.            Meeting adjourned.