Executive 10-28-2014

Attendance: Anderson, Boutmy, Cicero, Frenette, Hetland Kilduff, Maynard, Patterson, Rode, Sit, Solomon, Uy, Yip

7:03

DOC:

–  Sheri will put group of the Month on the Union Wall

–  Newsletter is out

DOM:

– Will do a marketing campaign on Academic Complaints and Campus Complaints

– Want to have a sheet/log to keep next to box so people can fill out all the information needed for projects.

– Will make it easier than email

– Print on color paper

 

SOARC:

–  Space reservations opened up yesterday for next semester

–  Any group that has not been Senate (re-)recognized cannot request space

–  SANKOFA can’t reserve space technically but already have space given to them

–  SOARC has no ability to take this away

–  Will reinforce By-Laws rules that groups need to be present at meetings

Cultural:

–  Liaisons are having meetings this month

–  Working on getting a liaison for MUSIC (currently it’s Patterson)

–  Spirit of Giving is starting up; will be passing envelope around at meetings for collections

Finance:

–  A Capella Funding

–  Either pay groups based on concerts so they can figure out programming and arrangements

–  Or give them money as a start up capital and allow them to use their Recruitment Line to fund their arrangements.

–  They have to fund arrangements themselves from then on out

–  Prefer this method

–  Talked to the Cigar

–  Need to figure out what to do with the truck; replace it, get rid of it?

–  Needs new tires as well

–  CSIC:

–  Thinking about hiring a part-time trainer to be shared by Varsity and Club Sports

–  Trainer would also be accessible to Fencing and other groups we oversee

–  Hockey is the only group that has a trainer because they raise money

–  Need to figure out how to organize sports group because there is no benefit to them to take on new benefits

–  Taking in more groups decreases available money for other groups, since CSIC doesn’t get more money for acquiring more groups

–  Either provide them more money for taking on more groups, or the money that would go to the individual sports group through Senate should go to CSIC

–  We should do a Referendum and an Opinion Bill saying that Student Senate would approve the amount of Student Fees going towards CSIC

–  Should be done by Exec, not Finance

–  Should there be an increase in Student Activities Tax?

–  $88 per student and allows every group to put on big events

–  CSIC handles all the groups and doesn’t get any change in funding no matter what they do; while SEC gets an increase in funding as needed for programs

– SEC doesn’t have a budget, they just get a blank check

– Should do it as CSIC does

– SEC gets more than CSIC and they can come in and request                              however much they need

– Other groups like EMA don’t have the opportunity to put on big                              events

– SEC can ask for more money and then charge more for concerts

– CSIC doesn’t have this ability to ask for money

 

 

External

–  Elections week!

–  We have a list of places to vote that has been given out

–  Will learn shortly who is on the new town council

–  8 students went to town council meeting

–  A new ordinance passed, will find out more information soon

–  Halloween went well with respect to police contact, arrests

CIO

–  Starting to revamp the website

–  Scholarship is going well

Campus:

– No report

– Complaint: Students on the weekends are parked near the library and are getting towed

-Students with On-Campus passes getting ticketed for parking in the Off-Campus back lots

Treasurer:

–  Stipends are out

–  You have 60 days from when it’s released to cash your check

–  Getting a new shredder for Kim

President:

–  Keep desks and Senate offer clean

–  Kim needs Bios and pictures so she can update the website

–  John Sears is coming November 19th to address Senate

–  Provide him with a list of questions in advanced that he can address

–  See Joe if you have any

–  Dining, dorm lock-outs due to new Persona system, putting up new dorms in parking areas, Facilities

–  Senate Minutes

–  Instead of printing out minutes every week, Kim can send them out via List-Serv

–  You can always print out a copy via List-Serv