MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Sam King, Eric Wang, Austin Cordova, Romanuel Percy, Michael Bachials, Austin Faria, Dan Depetro, Natasha Nemeth, Jen Scotti

Absent: Dan Bertel

Non-Committee: Zach Taylor

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

• Groups to talk about re-recognition bill
  • SOLC
    • Group needs funding to run retreats.
    • Funds for retreats will be in senate accounts.
      • All groups will still be able to have retreats
      • SOLC will still complete forms for retreat
        • Signatories for the retreats will be the Student Senate President and Treasurer

Room now over fire capacity

Motion to suspend conversation: passed (4:08pm)

Moved to Atrium 1 (4:15pm)

Motion to resume conversation: passed (4:22pm)

• Group status: academic
  • Group submitted their mission statement emphasizing a close relationship to the Center for Student Leadership Development.
    • The submitted mission statement was taken from the SOLC website, not their constitution.
    • Group submitted the correct mission statement.
  • There is a SOLC class (classified as an internship)
    • The SOLC group has no relationship to the class.
  • Supplies for the organization are retreat specific
  • SOLC has been a gray area for many years
• SSDP (Students for Sensible Drug Policy)
  • Understands how the group may be construed as political
    • National organization encourages chapter to be political
      • Group has the independence to not advocate for specific policies
    • Feels as though the group is educational in nature
      • Discusses current policy and how it is harmful
      • Does not have official stances on drug policy
  • Needs funding to participate as a group
    • Hemp-Fest: educated students on the harms of the current drug policy
      • Advertisement for events
    • Funding to send members to national conferences for workshops and outreach activities.
• Panhellenic Council
  • Self identified as social/other
    • Senate cannot fund philanthropic organization
    • Group did not submit a mission statement to clarify the group’s status
      • Provided one at the meeting
• Other Groups
  • B.O.N.D.
    • Submitted new recognition material
    • Revised their category from community service to outreach
  • Muslim Students Association
    • Group self-recognized as a religious group
    • Mission statement clarified that the group is more cultural in nature
  • Alima International Dance Association
    • Submitted a constitution
    • Recommend taking group off probation
  • Asian Students Association
    • Submitted material to be in line with the model constitution
    • Recommned taking group off probation
  • Musically Inclined
    • Resubmitted mission statement
    • Clarified that the group is not academic in nature
  • URI Quidditch
    • Resubmitted mission statement
    • Recommend taking group off probation

 MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME:  6:00pm