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 30^th 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 25^th, $200 goal
• Allen’s house= possible party after senate meeting
• Senate formal- shooting for Thursday December 10^th, 2^nd to last day of classes, Amalfi again
• Reading day is Monday December 14^th

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.