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Senate Meeting Agenda Sunday, September 30th, 2012
Crawford Hall Call to Order: 7:00 pm
Chair: Vice President Mower
I. Call to Order, Vice President Mower
II. Roll Call, Attorney General Bishop
Timothy Andres - Present Thomas Butschi - Present Adam Clark - Present Christine Felix - Present Genesis Hernandez – Not Present/ Proxy David Njoroge - Present Mark Patronella - Present Justin Pezick - Present Iman Piracha - Present Neena Robertson - Present Kelsey Shannon - Present Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED Amanda Tesarak - Present Raphael Tshitoko - Present Cassandra Worthington - Present
Storm Wyche – Not Present
Student Government of the College of Liberal Arts of Drew University
III. Approval of Minutes
Senator Worthington moves to approve, Senator Shannon seconds ->
motion passes
IV. Executive Address, President Hoffman
a. Google moderator is successful so far- keep mentioning it to people
b. Twitter/ FB/ Google Moderator should be used as a senator
c. Sophomore Project: Summer Storage Program- most of the stuff is
already in the works, just need someone to take over.
i. Senator Shannon
d. Meeting with Dean Merx, Dean Waldren
i. Posting policy- pushing to end the
V. Chief of Staff Report, Chief of Staff Nachimson
a. Meeting Tuesday for the change in the computer program
b. Saturday 11:30 am- 12:30 pm: Open house- SG tabling
c. Meeting with Dean Waldren
i. Alcohol task force is in progress
VI. Attorney General Report, Attorney General Bishop
a. Senator Tedesko resigned for personal reasons.
i. Jenika Reid has accepted Pres. Hoffmans proposal to be a senior
senator
b. Procedural error follow up-
i. all 7 proposals have been approved again
c. Public Safety
i. CPR program is in the works
d. Constitutional Revision Committee
i. Need 2-3 senators
VII. President Pro Temp Report, Pro Temp Felix
a. Meet the SG event- Cupcake decorating
b. Social Networking
c. Alcohol/ Transports- SG goal: make sure that all policies are fair
d. Blue Lights- Personal Project
e. Get personal class budgets
VIII. Dining Committee Report, President Hoffman
a. Pricing in the food court
b. Starbucks in up!
c. The milkshake machine in the C-store is going up soon
d. Why can’t you swipe more than one swipe per meal? – parents get angry
when their child has no meals left
e. Twitter should be up and running again
f. Working on the 4th Stir fry machine
IX. FACIOP Report, B&A Chair Biancamano
a. Restructuring off campus programs (language programs, DIS, etc)
i. 1-8 weeks anytime during winter, spring or summer break, for
credits or not, course might have pre reqs, students pay for
everything but credits, faculty gets paid 2 thousand per week and
after 3 weeks its 1 thousand, 10 students [still going into revision]
X. University Senate- Elections Chairs Jones and Senator Tshitoko
a. 2nd meeting b. Students will not be on this committee to be on this committee c. Drew does not have a Copyright policy
i. Fair use check list (Drew specific) d. Human Rights Policy
i. Out to date- needs to be kept up to federal standards ii. We are stricter than the federal standards
XI. SOAB Report, SOAB Chair Sulaiman
a. First board meeting on Wednesday
b. APO is on probation and will be re-reviewed
c. Asking about the “general fee” on our tution
XII. B&A Report, B&A Chair Biancamano
a. Budgets
i. Fall- $56 thousand
1. 10% goes to SG, rest goes to B&A board
b. Looking into CAP, and formulating a new CAP
c. Club Proposals
i. Comic Club: APPROVED
ii. Senator Tshitoko moves to approve, Senator Patronella seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
iii. DUBS Botanical Garden: APPROVED
iv. Senator Felix makes a motion to approve, Senator Shannon
seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
v. SJP Russel Tribunal Conference: APPROVED
vi. Senator Tesarak makes a motion to approve, Senator Felix
Seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
vii. Tri-Beta Internship Panel: APPROVED
viii. Senator Andres makes a motion to approve, Senator Robertson
seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
ix. Tri-Beta Plant Sale: APPROVED
x. Senator Tesarak makes a motion to approve, Senator Tshitoko
Seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
xi. CCC Chinese Moon Day Celebration: APPROVED
xii. Senator Tshitoko makes a motion to approve, Senator Shannon
Seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
xiii. DEAL Fern Rescue: APPROVED
xiv. Senator Shannon makes a motion to approve, Senator Tesarak
Seconds
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
xv. Ranger Run t-shirts [not under B&A, using SG budget]:
xvi. Senator Worthington makes a motion to table the proposal until
next week, Senator Piracha Seconds -> All favored, Senator
Butschi Obtained
• Timothy Andres – Yae
• Thomas Butschi – Yae
• Adam Clark - Yae
• Christine Felix - Yae
• Genesis Hernandez – Yae
• David Njoroge - Yae
• Mark Patronella - Yae
• Justin Pezick - Yae
• Iman Piracha - Yae
• Neena Robertson - Yae
• Kelsey Shannon - Yae
• Jessica Tedesco - RESIGNED
• Amanda Tesarak - Yae
• Raphael Tshitoko - Yae
• Cassandra Worthington – Yae
• Storm Wyche – Not Present
XIII. Class reports
Freshman Class
• Strategy to get response from freshman
• Put boards out in the freshman dorm rooms
Sophomore Class
• Trip/Event for the sophomore class
• Trying to make Drew more green
Junior
• Meeting about student concerns
• Talking and planning about Junior/Senior
o Friday, April 12th- Mariot Hotel
o Working on getting the budget
Senior
• Meeting with Carly
o Loosely planning Senior week
o Focusing on Champaign toast
o Picking on personal projects
Zip cars
Blue Lights
R/A Project
XIV. Student Concerns
a. Senator Tesarak- Love hate relationship between Madison, event for the
Madison town to show that we appreciate our town
i. Work on it as a personal project
ii. Bottle Hill Day in Madison
iii. Can go to Madison Town Hall meeting
b. Senator Felix- Pre-departure courses don’t count as Gen Eds
i. Can be approved- look online
XV. Announcements
a. Thursday 9:45: Funplex- Provide own transportation
b. College Dems (Mclendon- 7pm) : Debate Watch
c. No more campus wide’s starting Oct. 1st
d. [email protected] - new acorn advertisement section
e. Cross Country in NY
f. [email protected] - All SG emails for SOAB should be sent here
XVI. Adjournment
a. Senator Shannon moves to Adjournment, Senator Robertson seconds