Student Government Association September 2, 2008 Senate Minutes

 

I.                    Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 3:45

II.                 Pledge of Allegiance

III.               Invocation- Caitlin Revene

IV.              Swearing in of Officers

V.                 Roll Call- Ashley Jarrett

VI.              Approval of the Agenda

VII.            Special Orders of the Day

a.       Relay for Life

                                                               i.      Requesting a budget for the 2008-2009 school year, told to come in front of SFC on Thursday for budget approval.

                                                             ii.      No budget turned in last year, so nothing was turned in.

b.      Selling of Dining Hall Trays

                                                               i.      All trays that were in D-hall are now up for auction, donate at least a dollar and the money will go to some place in the town as a donation from the school.

                                                             ii.      Madeleine’s House, Elementary School, a cause that supports sustainability, or FACES

c.       Presentation of the Cup- Caitlin Revene

                                                               i.      Ashley Jarrett

VIII.         Open Forum

a.       Ashley Jarrett- Fill in the contact sheet

b.      Tara Coney- JaBari says Hello!

c.       Jordan Miles- J-Board has openings talk to him if your interested

IX.              Orders of the Day

a.       Executive Report- Caitlin Revene

                                                               i.      September 30, 2008 meeting will be in Hiner 207 for the Master Plan to present, open to the whole student body

                                                             ii.      To get the key for the SGA office you have to give Angie your Student ID and make sure to return the key when you are finished and switch id cards if someone else comes in while you are doing your office hours. Office hours are there to have the office open for people to come in and ask questions and such. Only 1 hour per week but you have to them!

                                                            iii.      We have 5 open senate seats so we are having an application process and by September 18th we will have 5 new members of the Senate, please hang them up and tell your friends!

                                                           iv.      We really need a webmaster so if you have any suggestions please have them come and talk to Caitlin or Stephan

                                                             v.      Casino Night went really well during New Lancer Days, thanks for all your help!

b.      Senate Responsibilities- Stephen Lee

                                                               i.      Your binder has all of the information that you would ever need is in that binder and do not forget to sign in for your office hours!!! If you do not do them you run the risk of being asked to leave the senate. You have to sit on one committee and we will sign up for those at our next meeting. Please read your Constitution just so you are up to date with all of our policies and such. Open forum is there for anyone to bring up issues that the campus may be facing or events that are happening on campus.

c.       Treasurer Report- Tom McArdle

                                                               i.      Student Finance Committee(SFC): we allocate the funding that we have from student activity fees. The people that sit on this committee are the Executive committee, Class Presidents, Vice Treasurer, and Auditor.

d.      Committee Reports- Committee Chairman

                                                               i.      Constitutions- Tara Coney

1.      Brief description of what they have to do with the Constitutions, do not forget to sign the cover sheet for approval. Look for the Constitutions on the desk with the sign off sheet.

X.                 Old Business

a.       none

XI.              New Business

a.       Retreat- Amanda Mason

                                                               i.      September 26th, next meeting she will send a sheet around for an answer if you can go or not. This is an overnight event we’ll leave Friday and come back on Saturday morning.

b.      Executive Senator Open Position

                                                               i.      Nominations and Voting with short speeches:

1.      Marquis Mapp

2.      Emily Van Daniker

3.      Kelly Guerin: Elected as the new executive senator

c.       Webmaster:

                                                               i.      Need help to make the website fresh and new!!!

1.      Shelton Lyda

XII.            Open Forum

a.       Cam: LP events this weekend on Stubbs Lawn and a game night on Saturday so please some support Lancer Productions

b.      SFC this Thursday at 7:30

c.       If you need to leave early pass a note to the front or ask for a pardon to leave when needed.

d.      Holly: Involvement Fair sign-up sheet is going around, it is next Tuesday at 4:00 in the Union, please sign-up or she will be contacting you with a given time. Freshman elections: Sept. 9th applications will go out, Sept. 23 applications are due by 5:00 and the mandatory meeting will be at 5:00 also. Sept. 29 the voting will begin. Elections end Oct. 3rd and Oct. 6th the notifications will go out, and Oct. 8th will begin the run-off election and it ends October 17th and are notified the 17th. October 20th will be the first SGA meeting that the freshman will attend.

e.       Dr. Pierson: gave a welcome and a brief statement about what he does as our advisor and faculty liaison. Also Dr. Pierson has spoke with Major Beech about parking so make sure you are in the right spot that your decal says at all times!

f.        BSA open house Thursday at 4:00, tell your friends!

g.       Next weeks meeting will be in Hiner 207 at 3:45

h.       Quick Ice Breaker to learn everyone’s names and such.

XIII.         Adjournment: Meeting ended at 4:35 p.m.