SENATE MEETING MINUTES

31^st LEGISLATURE

OCTOBER 30, 2007

I.            Call to Order

            Roll Call

II.            Approval of Agenda

A.   EVP Brady motions to approve the agenda.  Senator Gielski so moved.

B.    EVP Brady motions to approve the Senate Minutes.  President St. Rose so moved.

III.            President St. Rose Report:

A.   President St. Rose states that he just has a few announcements today because he missed the E-Board meeting. There is a Dow Jones Internship which is a paid position. If you are interested please let me know and I can put more information in your mailbox. Thursday at HSBC Arena there is a Job Quest Fair. Also, either next week or the week after a College Senate Representative will be coming to one of our Senate meetings.

IV.            EVP Brady Report:

A.   This Friday the Buff State basketball team will play UB at the Alumni Arena at the University of Buffalo at 7:00 pm.

B.    Student Assembly - this past Friday I, Student at Large Yazicilar, Secretary Agee and Senator Prom Tem Perez went to Student Assembly. There were a couple of issues and Resolutions were brought up.  One was that if you wanted to transfer schools all 100 student level credits would be transferred equally.

C.    Pre-registration - you are allowed to register on November 1st and try to get your classes before 7:30 pm on Tuesdays so we can start our meetings earlier.

V.            Treasurer Gabriel Report:

A.  Thanksgiving Bus - the E-Board and I were brainstorming this idea.  AVP Dapaah suggested that we get a bus that will stop in Syracuse, Binghamton and NYC. The coach bus will cost approximately $4,819.50 I will open the floor for questions. President St. Rose asks where in NYC will the bus stop. Treasurer Gabriel states it will stop at Grand Central. Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to approve $4,819.50 for the Thanksgiving bus.  Senator Mead asks where the money is coming from.  Treasurer Gabriel states it's coming from VP Programming and Academic Assembly.  EVP Brady states there are no more questions or comments so we will move into a vote.  Vote is taken and passes 17 yeas, 0 nays and 2 abstentions.

B.  Student Welfare Committee Report - I would like to thank everyone who came to the meeting.  Our next meeting is on November 7^th at 4:00 pm in the Game Room 105H. 

C.  Treasurer Update - I would like to recognize Vice Treasurer Stoll to give this  report. Vice Treasurer Stoll states that since she has been on the E-Board they have been meeting with the organization Treasurer’s.

D.   Manners Matter - I would like to thank everyone who signed up the tickets are all gone.

VI.            Vice Treasurer Stoll Report: none

VII.            Standing Committee Reports

A. AVP Jueckstock Communications Report:
- Casting Hall - I met with Casting Hall and I found out about the Hair  auditions that everyone is asking about.  They are on November 25^th and the time will be announced. If you are auditioning for Hair it is a dance and a song which is 3 minutes.  Casting Hall is putting on another play Antigone which runs from November 8^th - 17^th everyone on the Senate can get a ticket.   
-  Senate Game Night - if you have been following you calendars you should know that on November 7^th from 6:30 - 10:30 we are having a Senate Game night in the Fireside Lounge.
-  Upper Level Credits - in College Senate we are discussing upper level credits, I am on the Instruction Research Committee and I have to bring back student feedback. If you don’t already know to graduate you need to fulfill 45 upper level classes and those are considered 300/400 classes.  They are thinking of lowering that or changing the number because it is a lot to fulfill.  I would like to motion to suspend the rules to discuss this for about 15 minutes. AVP Walters 2^nd.  EVP Brady states that a vote will be taken to suspend the rules and passes 14 yeas, 0 nays and 5 abstentions.  Floor is open for discussion for AVP Jueckstock to get some feed back. EVP Brady states that the rules are no longer suspended.
-  Open House is November 10^th the same day as camp day.  It starts at 8:45 am in the Sports Arena.  We don’t leave for camp until latter so you can still help out at open house.

B.    AVP Walters Community Affairs Report:
- Camp Clean-up - we are going to schedule this possibly in spring.  I am asking the Senator’s to notice anything that you would like to see done at camp.

C.  AVP Dapaah Student Life Report:
- AVP Jueckstock will give AVP Dapaah’s report.  AVP Jueckstock reminds the Senators that camp weekend is mandatory.  If you can not go to camp drop a note in AVP Dapaah’s mailbox or mine.  We will be leaving around 11:30 am.  Students who signed up for camp day will be coming up on Sunday, please help promote camp day.

D. Rules & Regulations Greco Report:
- Recognition - IPA, BSC Biology Club and German Club are up for recognition. The Rules & Regulations Committee would like to motion to accept these clubs for recognition.  EVP Brady states floor is open for questions. EVP Brady asks the organizations to please introduce themselves. Senator Manz asks what IPA stands for.  IPA representative states Information Processing Association we host the web page for USG. President St. Rose asks how you keep up with the organizations web pages. IPA Representative states that we host the web page it’s not our job to manage them.  Senator Pro Tem Perez asks the German Club how they are going to run their meetings in English or German. German Representative states in English we are going to concentrate more on the culture.  EVP Brady states we will move into vote to recognize Information Processing Association. Vote is taken and passes 14 yeas, 0 nays and 4 abstentions. EVP Brady states we will vote to recognize the BSC Biology Club. Vote is taken and passes 16 yeas, 0 nays and 2 abstentions. EVP Brady states we will vote to recognize the BSC German Club.  Vote is taken and passes 15 yeas, 0 nays and 3 abstentions.

E.    Senator Pro Tem Perez Report:
- Senator of the Month for October is Narcisa Nunez.  Please come see me for your prize.
- Game Room Committee will be meeting next Wednesday at noon in the Senate Chambers.

VIII.            New Business

A.   EVP Brady recognizes Student At Large Yazicilar.  Student at Large Nese makes a motion for Evergreen to be able to speak. James Manzione President of  Evergreen is recognized to speak.  James states that we do a lot to make a difference on campus.  One of the reasons we couldn’t be a recognized organization was because we couldn’t have a graduate student as Treasurer.  So we changed that and another reason was that we were too much like NYPIRG.  But really we are not because NYPIRG is more a service on campus and everyone pays their $2 and that’s what funds NYPIRG. Other things we do are table weekly in the Union and everything Thursday we have weekly meetings. I am asking the Senator’s that want to see a difference to vote for us to be recognized. EVP Brady asks if there is any New Business. President St. Rose makes a motion to re-vote for the candidate for the College Senate for the nominees that have the most votes.  EVP Brady states that is Old Business.

IX.            Old Business

A.   President St. Rose would like to motion to re-vote on the nominees for College Senate because we voted wrong.  Treasurer Gabriel 2^nd.  EVP Brady states that we will vote on each individual separately and the person with the most votes will be nominated for College Senate.  The nominees are: Senator Mead, Senator Nunez and Senator Hassan.  EVP Brady asks if anyone else would like to be nominated.  There are no more nominees. EVP Brady states that Rules & Regulations has a list of names that he will pass out and you will cast your vote on the paper. Votes are tallied and EVP Brady reads them off. Senator Hassan 4 votes, Senator Mead 5 votes and Senator Nunez 10 votes.  Senator Nunez is officially on College Senate the next meeting is on Friday November 16^th at 3:00 pm in Bulger. EVP Brady asks if there is any more Old Business and there is none.

X.            Constituents Questions/Announcements

A.  Senator Hassan states that PASO is having an event at Rockwell the same time as another organization.  Rules & Regulations Greco states that the constitution states that 2 organizations can not have a big event on the same day. The person who handed in their paper work in first gets to have their event.

B.    Senator Pro Tem  Perez thanks who ever has been getting the word out about the Food Service Committee meeting.  The meeting for this month is on November 14^th at 4:00 pm in the Game Room.

C.    Senator Hamilton motions to recognize Evergreen as a USG organization. EVP Brady states that the motion should have been under New Business but she will accept the motion.  Treasurer Gabriel 2^nd.  EVP Brady states the floor is open for debate. Senator Mann asks what will USG recognition do for you?  James Manizone (Evergreen representative) states that with recognition we are not just looking for funding we are looking for support.  We are hoping to reach out to other organizations and help promote private issues and concerns. Treasurer Gabriel states that this organization wants to help clean up our community while other organizations use their funding for pizza. Treasurer Gabriel asks what events you would do with the funding.  James states we would have a lot of environmental movies and bring some speakers in. Rules & Regulations Greco states that the reason my committee did not  approve Evergreen was because they did not meet the list of what an organization needs to meet and ???? Senator Pro Tem Perez ask if they get approved do they get funding this year.  Treasurer Gabriel states they will not get funding for this year but they can apply for funding for the academic year  2008-2009. There is Academic Assembly which they can apply for funds through and this gets approved by my Budget Committee. Treasurer Gabriel call to question.  EVP Brady states we will vote on ending the discussion. Vote is taken and passes unanimously. EVP Brady states we will now vote to recognize Evergreen as a USG organization.  Vote is taken and is a tie 8 yeas, 8 nays and 2 abstentions.  President St. Rose breaks the tie with a yea to change the vote to 9 yeas, 8 nays and 2 abstentions. Evergreen is now a recognized USG organization.

D.   President St. Rose states that applications are still being accepted for the AVP of Academics you have until Friday at 3:00.  Also, if you are interested on being on the NFTA committee please let me know.

E.    Ann from NYPIRG announces that Election Day is next Tuesday so remember to vote.

F.    Peter Hirsch states the AVP of Academic position was his former position.  If you have any questions regarding this please see me.

G.   President St. Rose states that he is very proud what USG has done this year.

XI.            2^nd Roll

XII.            Meeting adjourned at 10:45 pm.