SENATE MEETING MINUTES
31st LEGISLATURE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
I. Call to Order
Roll Call
II. Approval of Agenda
A. President St. Rose adds to his agenda A Moment of Silence and Justice Appointments.
B. EVP Brady adds (D) Open Positions and then Questions & Comments.
C. AVP Jueckstock adds Mailboxes and Ad Hoc Committee and strikes BSCTV Committee under New Business.
D. AVP Walters deletes Leadership Conference and adds E-Mail Update changes and Committee Time.
III. President St. Rose Report:
A. Senate Training - I would like to thank all the senators that came out to training on Saturday. We had fun and for those of you that did not come to training I’m sorry we didn’t tell you it was mandatory. If you didn’t come to training please team up with someone so you can get familiar with Robert Rules.
B. Today is September 11th I would like to take a moment of silence.
C. I will move the Justice Appointments under New Business because at this time they are not all here.
D. College Wide Committees - Every year a list is given out for the student Wide College Committee. The college wide committee affects the college students directly or indirectly and has more impact on the student. If anyone is interested in being on a committee please see me after the meeting.
IV. EVP Brady Report:
A. Swear Ins - I would like to thank AVP Dapaah and Rules Chair Greco for helping me out with the Senate interviews. I would like to recognize the following students for the Student at Large position: Cassie Dann, Deleesa Carrasquillo and Nese Yazicilar. Floor is open for questions. President St. Rose states we will vote on each candidate and do a roll call vote. Vote is taken to appoint Deleesa Carrasquillo to Student at Large and passes 23 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. Vote is taken to appoint Cassie Dann to Student at Large and passes 23 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. Vote is taken to appoint Nese Yazicilar as Student at Large and passes 23 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. President St. Rose swears in the new Student at Larges.
B. Senate training - I would like to thank AVP Jueckstock and Rules Chair Greco for their help.
C. Fall Fest - we had a trouble finding a replacement for our headline but we now have Colin Quinn.
D. The following positions are still open: Secretary, Senator Pro Tem and Vice Treasurer. If you are interested in any of these positions please write a letter of intent and put it in my mail box.
V. Treasurer Gabriel Report:
A. Today we had our first Treasurer meeting and it went very well.
VI. Standing Committee Reports
A. AVP Hirsch Academic Report:
- Academic Advisor Committee is a committee that deals with advisement and we work with the Provost.
- Foundations for the year - currently I am working with the academic clubs, organizations and academic campus services to bring back programs.
B. AVP Jueckstock Communications Report:
- Carnival of Clubs is next Thursday in the Perry Quad. I am looking for volunteers to help me.
- T-shirts - I am working with Dave in Press Services on a logo. If you did not give me your size please see me after the meeting.
- Mailboxes are up on the fourth floor. Please check you mailbox periodically because that is the way we communicate with you.
- Ad Hoc Committee for Violence Against Women met last week and we had a luncheon which was very successful.
C. AVP Walter Community Affairs Report:
- I would like to inform the Senate that I will be gone for 2 weeks for military training.
- My e-mail address is: AVPCommunityaffairs@yahoo.com
D. AVP Dapaah Student Life Report:
- There will be memos in my organizations mailboxes regarding 1 on 1 meetings.
- Homecoming is 2 weeks away and there are a lot of things to do in order to participate in this event. I will be putting a memo in your mailboxes.
E. Rules & Regulations Greco Report:
- The following organizations missed the mandatory meeting and their budgets are frozen: BSC Dance Co., Commuter Council, Criminal Justice Club, Water Polo, CRAGG and Fashion Technology Assoc. The organizations have until Friday to file a grievance with Judicial Council to have a hearing about why they missed the meeting. After this they will get an automatic 5% budget cut.
VII. New Business
A. I would like to recognize the following students to be appointed Justices: Ananda Vidal, Krystyna Markut and Henry Zomerfield. Floor is open for questions. President St. Rose states we will vote on each candidate and take a roll call vote. Vote is taken to appoint Henry Zomerfield as a Justice and passes 22 yeas, 2 nays and 1 abstention. President St. Rose states that we will vote to appoint Krystyna Markut as Justice. Treasurer Gabriel objects to vote by roll call and to vote by standing up to save time. EVP Brady 2nd. President St. Rose states that vote will be taken by roll call to change the roll call voting to a stand up vote. Treasurer Gabriel takes back the vote. Senator Perez states that this is too important and we should take the time to take a roll call vote. Floor is open for discussion. Treasurer Gabriel states that the reason I wanted to change the roll call vote is because we already asked them questions and we only need to vote on them being Justices. President St. Rose recognizes Rules Chair Greco. Rules Chair Greco states that Treasurer Gabriel wanted to change the roll call vote to a stand up vote but now she took it back therefore we are back to the order of the day. President St. Rose states we will vote to appoint Krystyna Markut as Justice and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0. President St. Rose states that vote will be taken to appoint Ananda Vidal as Justice and passes 22 yeas, 2 nays and 1 abstention. President St. Rose swears in the new Justices.
VIII. Constituents Questions/Announcements
A. EVP Brady announces the committees that the Senators are assigned to. President St. Rose states that if you are not satisfied with the committee you have been assigned to see EVP Brady. You will be given 1 week to change your committee. Floor is open for questions and comments.
IX. 2nd Roll Call
X. Meeting adjourned