FINANCE
Boiteau– Sailing team came this week. We gave them more money so they can go on the trip to Oregon. We gave them mostly a grant and another loan. We gave Crew Team $2500 a tax grant and a loan for $1500 to be paid back over course of 3 years. That’s it.
Coates- Questions for Finance?
Boiteau– For the fall, I think you guys need to have signature cards and to only have signature cards have signed at President’s meeting. I think the first Tuesday of every month at the President’s meeting is more efficient. It’s up to the finance chair to decide. If Jacob wants to hold a mini-presentation after the president’s meeting, it would be beneficial because no time in the office to explain all the policies. So, all groups can come at one time and get same presentation.
Coates- We can create a workshop, and make the finance committee as a whole responsible for answering questions. The group can sit through the presentation.
Boiteau– And then get signature cards for Finance Chair.
Coates- If we are going to make a commitment like this, we have to fulfill our end of the commitment and make it accessible for students. I have no problem instituting this.
CAMPUS
Juhr- I got in contact with officials for the research park. He sent an email for somebody to make a meeting. Some graffiti was removed from Control Center Maintenance, behind Woodward on the sidewalk going to Fine Arts Center. I have the general council looking over the VoteNet contract for next year.
Coates– Did you get two others at least?
Juhr- Still in the process doing that. I have been getting updates on RIPTA tracking service and they should have something in place for students by next September.
Coates– Questions?
CULTURAL
Ferreira- Our Hempfest booth was on Saturday. Only sold 9 pairs of sunglasses because it was a really bad day and nobody really wanted to buy sunglasses. We are planning on selling them on the quad or in a booth at the Union and Rock the Pond in the Fall. My committee has been working on homecoming and future survey questions. I was wondering if there was any way possible Cultural could have meetings on Wednesdays?
Coates- We’ll talk about it. Caisse may or may not be moving his off Wednesday night. We will see.
Ferreira- We don’t really have bills we need to get on the floor. If we were meeting on Monday or Tuesday, it would be too late for commuters and people working.
Roy- Committees were also meeting on Mondays too.
Coates- I need everyone’s schedule for the fall. Please. Questions for Cultural?
EXTERNAL
Troiano- We had a brief meeting outside the room today. I enlisted the help of a company for economic workshop on May 12th. We want some company. That’s it. We have statehouse Wednesday, testimony for Opportunity RI.
Coates- I could use a DOC to help me go over some talking points. Any questions for external?
SOARC
Roy- Basically, I am going to be speaking with SPO about SOARC. I have had few complaints micromanaging SOARC business. Put limits on when you can’t put flyers out. Also, I am working on what needs to get done right away next year to make SOARC better. If anybody has any ideas, let me know. Also, we are going to be adding an addendum to student organization manual that may have been overlooked or just recently thought of.
Coates- Questions for SOARC?
TREASURER
Segal- Paying the bills.
ELECTIONS
Segal- We are going to have a bill on the floor on Wednesday to be voted on the first meeting of next year for open seats. I’ll pass it around if anybody wants to see it. It was the first bill I ever wrote.
Coates– Questions? Comments? Concerns?
SECRETARY
Jones- Not really much today. Thanks for sending me your executive committee minute reports. Also, I am not sure what Dave wants to do as far as liaison positions and meeting reports, but if you let me know what you want to do or if I should send out an email to reps about meetings for the fall or anything, let me know. Other than that, let me know who you think should receive Kudos this week.
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Holzman- It’s been pretty busy. To do list going to leak well into the summer. For the searchable minutes, it costs $250 to get a custom site search. I think its worth it.
Knight- How far back are we talking?
Coates- Real far.
Holzman- It will start with what is up right now.
Knight- Digital?
Holzman- No. What is digital are the last 3 years. They are in PDF. Going back, we have bill logs to 2004 and hard copy and the library has a bunch of stuff. I am sure somebody has come up with archival technology. That hasn’t been looked to. We are going to start with site search and make everything electronically available and searchable and then will worry about growing database once we have one.
Coates- Questions?
Holzman- Apparently, the Alumni Center were cross-referencing their database to make sure they weren’t picking up any erroneous entries. Hopefully, I will get that list back from them soon.
PRESIDENT
Coates- Just came from Board of Governors meeting. Two students from RIC spoke and didn’t see anyone from CCRI. RIC also spoke out against the tuition hike. I spoke during open forum. Next Tuesday, I have been invited to go to groundbreaking of Hillside. I’m giving a testimony Wednesday at General Assembly. I have my nominee for CIO and she has graciously accepted. DOC confirmation taken care of on Wednesday. Have to meet with the new Diversity Vice President- Chief Diversity Officer. Meeting with Grady Miller before the year ends. Faculty Senate – so what happened on Thursday morning was I gave all the reasons why the shouldn’t change the drop period and they agreed to change back to 6 weeks and we would set phased implementation plan for 3-week drop period including a method of what needs to be achieved before it can be implemented including second grade option reform, syllabi restrictions, and significant improvement in the advising situation. Also, a method for expunging “W” for legitimate hardship. There is going to be a review at the end of next year to decide if that is the right course of action if these things have not been achieved. I got a call yesterday saying Faculty Senate is not going to change it back to 6 weeks but instead back to original 9 weeks. They started a new Strategic Budget and Planning Council subcommittee about finding alternate revenue streams that we are not currently finding. Field Lighting committee- I met with them today. I don’t think we are as close on it as was previously expressed. Controversy about where to take power source from. Also, this is very exciting. I saw the conceptual design for the Rock Gym today. It was delivered to the committee by the architect. It is a really cool building. The first design is outside the price range we can afford. Also, the master planning office already had a meeting about the basketball courts, which is good since we approved the money last week. Moving at an efficient pace.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Caisse- I am pulling bill off the floor because everything was worked out. I can do that as the bill sponsor.
Meeting Adjourned