Attendance: Bruce, Anderson, Boutmy, Cicero, Hetland, Kidd, Kilduff, King, Maynard, Patterson, Rode, Solomon, Yip, Zawatsky

5:00

Bruce:
– Updates:
– 2010 was when Student Senate unanimously voted to use tax dollars to fund the rock wall
– Lighting part of the fields was another matter voted on. $180,000 was allocated towards this but renovations have not occurred
– Meeting again March 10th to talk about lighting of the Tibet’s field
– Jodi Hawkins is waiting to hear back from the lighting company to get a new quote
– Looking to find the least expensive way to do this project and will be taken care of completely by the end of the year
– The new Sailing Coach approached Bruce two weeks to discuss policies and procedures of Senate
– Trying to get the Club and Team to work more together
– Want to update 36 fleets: estimated to cost $385,000
– Going to start approaching alumni
– Want to start a matching program with our Tax Proportion Account to fund this project since the costs are high
– Our tax proportion account is healthy and we have been approached about being too fiscally conservative…
– This is a project for Senate to consider
– Sailing is open to all students and open year round; very good about paying Senate back for any loans= why we should consider helping
– Stipend Issue
– Bill going on floor this week
– Issue that needs to be squarely looked at: consistency and a way of putting a system in place
– IFC/Panhel: we stipended these groups which are selective, which now creates a precedent
– Need to talk to IFC/Panhel; leave the same amount in their budgets and move budgets to programming. Take care of the finances internally and then continue to figure out a fair/equitable system for stipending
– Last semester, the bill written does not have an expiration date. The new bill will challenge this
– The original stipend bill lost because it said “needs to be inclusive,” which was not agreed on by the Senate body
– NEED CRITERIA for stipending
– Currently, 7 groups get stipends, Senate being one of them

Kidd:
– Next Tuesday is the Presidential Q&A
– Mandated by By-Laws even if opponents are unopposed

President:
– No longer have class on Saturday
– The Faculty Senate meeting was very successful especially since Faculty Senate did not want to have classes on Saturday either
– Also approved to give Faculty Executive Committee power to edit the Academic Calendar
– 48 hours before changes are made, an Open Forum has to occur
– Senate Pictures are Wednesday
– Formal is this Friday
– Want to put a couch in the office

VP:
– Formal is coming up
– Need Commencement Speaker Applications

SOARC:
– Met with MUSIC and SEC at last meeting
– SEC will come back in Fall or Spring but MUSIC probably won’t
– Meeting with the Cigar Monday to discuss stipends for the editor

Finance:
– Budgeting is going well
– Working on hidden expenses
– Report will be on the floor this week
– Secretary, DOC, DOM, and CIO stipends have gotten shaved back

Treasurer:
– Stipends are out

External
– Working on the Emporium issue (the guy)
– Contacted him and the guy said “I don’t care”
– He wants to sell the spot
– Senate could make a deal with the university where we put Capital Improvement money to contribute towards creating a paved lot
– Only thing we can do is sue him due to his lack of caring

Academic:
– Idea to work on facilitating Senate understanding of what goes on during meeting
– Want to see voting records so we can hold students more accountable
– Will allow us to look back at student votes
– Clicker system
– Shouldn’t cost more than $2000
– Working with CIO Yip on this

CIO:
– Working on projects

Campus:
– Met with Facilities because people are having trouble getting around campus
– People with broken legs/etc are supposed to call RIPTA to get picked up
– Scheduling a meeting to discuss the points that were made
– We signed another contract for the beginning of the year with RIPTA
– Want to advertise the services RIPTA provides (like services to South County Commons)
– Also want to make other information more accessible such as numbers to call, what Safe Rides is, etc.

Cultural:
– Ace of Cakes went well!
– Raised $130 for Rhody Outpost
– A lot of people showed up just to look around; Dining Facilities attended
– About 34 teams signed up and 3 teams didn’t show
– Last day to register for DIVERI is this Friday the 27th