Attendance: Harrington, Boiteau, Holland, Petit, Sinapi, Bedard, Shah, Clarke, Simon
Call to Order: 7:09 p.m.
I. External
- Coalition meeting this Thursday 6:30-8 in the ballroom. TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS WE WANT STUDENTS TO COME!
- After this, going to focus on recycling program , money from town manager, going to form a committee to discuss best option
- Town manager is trying to charge surf club more money than before
II. Campus
- Been sick in bed
- Tried to establish delegation but almost everyone had legitimate excuses for not being at meeting
- Hertz- We should contact students from other schools that have this program.
- Zipcar is the other option, but its very restrictive.
III. DOC
- Newsletter is done, was waiting on NASA but they never answered us
- Switched to breakdown of new recognition (RAMS)
- SAWA’s adds did not work because they had to wait so they are putting two more in today.
- Cigar put in elections adds after elections so we are getting money back from them
- Going to put an ad in the Cigar for the coalition meeting
IV. Finance
- Bill for money to SEC on floor tomorrow (Jim Gaffigan)
- Bill to pay for busses to bring kids from campus to the BC/URI basketball game.
- Potential person for computer tech
- Finance 101 was informative
- Met with guy from WASP, demoed an inventory tracking system (to monitor supplies)
- Talked to Bruce, need to see comparable systems
V. Treasurer
- Paying the bills
VI. Cultural
- Holiday fair November 30th from 7-10 p.m., 8 groups have shown interest
- Clothing drive still in process, need to find drop off locations
VII. SOARC
- Meeting went well but people did not sign in
- Re-rec due tomorrow by 6:30, have 30 out of 80something
- Definitely enough communication, groups are just dumb
- If they don’t get it in they have to wait about 3 weeks until other group’s paperwork is reviewed. They will not be recognized for this time and cannot get money.
VIII. Vice President
- Senate orientation Wednesday 10/14 from 5-6:30
- Everyone has to go
- Ice breaker
- How to speak on floor
- Breast cancer walk- GO!!! It is October 25th, $200 goal
- Allen’s house= possible party after senate meeting
- Senate formal- shooting for Thursday December 10th, 2nd to last day of classes, Amalfi again
- Reading day is Monday December 14th
IX. President
- Sorry I was not on campus, had a sinus infection
- Meeting was under 30 minutes- apathy or lack of material?
- Committees need to create projects to work on, this semester or next semester, easy or complicated
- We get paid activities tax, so we need to work for it
- Going to say the same thing to the general senate at meeting
- When people motion to adjourn, Vidhi can say no.
- Allen can give finance 101 presentation or go over Robert’s rules of order
- Soon everyone will have full committees so no longer an excuse
- Jim Gaffigan tickets on sale, Kim has a list of buildings that need flyers, pick up and distribute
- Homecoming next week- PROMOTE!
- Hot dog contest- now with buns and 5 minutes
- Provost Hayes and VP Alfonzo teaming up for students to do research projects- $40,000
- Meeting with President’s leadership team next Tuesday from 4-6 in Green Hall conference room
- Project discussion next Wednesday closed meeting
- Lobbyist affiliate- temporary committee will report to external
- Andrea Hopkins will help us- assistant VP for Public relations
- New exec time for next month- Wednesday at 5
- Rachael Gaudio Vice Chair for Campus, 9-0-0
- Article in ProJo, URI tuition is increasing 9.9% for in-state tuition ($10,460) and 4.5% for out-of-state tuition ($27,000)
- What are we discussing with President?
- It is to get our ideas on floor and President will do the same, find common ground
- Advising system
- Open line of communication between URI community and administration
- Parking
- Projects
- Traffic issue
- Emergency protocols
- Off-campus jurisdiction
- Multiculturalism
Adjournment: 8:16 p.m.