Attendance: Boutmy, Brommell, Cicero, Hetland, Maynard, Rode, Sit, Solomon, Uy, Yip, Zawatsky<\/p>\n
6:04
\nSOARC:
\n– Re-rec is tonight
\n– 13 groups didn\u2019t do it
\n– Sankofa
\n– Surf Club
\n– We isolated their keys since they will be de-recognized
\n– Yearbook will not be recognized as a group but a decision on them will be made in a month
\n– They are working on recruitment
\n– Anthropology and Classics will be forming a new club together
\n– Will merge their funds
\n– Have to give groups two weeks to repeal their funding status
\n– Groups will find out their status tomorrow
\n– Some groups will not be on the bill if they are repealing
\n– Bill will be on floor next week
\n– Vote for re-rec will be on 22nd
\n– Also want to put out an Opinion Bill acknowledging that Bruce can recognize Academic groups on campus and we support it
\n– All groups must be recognized for liability reasons
\n– These groups can choose to become Student Senate recognized if they want to
\n– SAA is unhappy…
\n– … because they now have to start registering events through SEA instead of the Alumni Center
\n– Powerlifting
\n– Needs an instructor for lifting
\n– Administration wants someone certified to be at their meetings
\n– Waiting on Safety and Risk
\n– Will table bill for uniforms until we hear back from Safety and Risk
\nExternal
\n– Talked to Econ professor today
\n– Would like to have one of the professors (pay him) to do a head count of the Narragansett economy
\n– Would pay $400-$1000 pending who we get
\n– We want him to study how we impact the economy and what the effect of us boycotting the town would be
\n– Student Life cannot help directly
\n– Head of town council is running for State Governor
\n– District 35 (SK and Narragansett)
\n– Ran unopposed in Primary as Democrat
\n– Idea to back the Republican candidate
\n– Want to show that we have power because they see us as irrelevant
\n– Still waiting on video from Forum
\n– Sam wants to sue the town
\n– Boycott:
\n– Need to figure out how to make it happen
\n– Need to make it as easy as possible for students
\n– Split up and appeal to student orgs
\n– Want to get consensus from students after doing the research
\n– Want to make deals with Wakefield businesses to make this easier
\n– Want to do enough of a boycott to create a noticeable profit decrease
\n– Work with MUSIC and have them reach out to students
\n– Arrests have gone down
\n– Police need 30 arrests\/week to pay for police they have<\/p>\n
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DOM:
\n– Working on scholarship poster
\n– Yip has designs for it already
\nVP
\n– Working on Mentor\/Mentees this week
\nAcademic
\n– No report<\/p>\n
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President:
\n– Him and Sit are now members of the Equity Council
\n– Will attend Board of Directors Meetings for rest of year
\n– Working with SAA to promote Vote Yes on Question 4
\n– Michelle Ferrara for By-Laws (Approved)<\/p>\n
\nTreasurer:
\n– No report<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Campus:
\n-Met with Facilities
\n– Thinking about making a group of Baker, Campus Committee, Dining, etc to discuss issues on campus
\n– Looking into getting bike racks
\n– Noise issue still a problem
\nFinance:
\n– Bill on the Floor to choose the new Finance Chance will be on the 22nd
\n– Nominations would start the 29th
\n– Voting will take place on November 5th
\n– Then Brian will resign
\n– MSA needs money for food event (post Ramadan feast)
\n– Event is on 24th
\n– Need immediate consideration
\n– A lot of people go; not necessarily a lot of students
\n– If we were to fund them half, they would need a loan from us
\n– Will most likely ask for $1000-2000
\n– Same problem occurred last year
\n– If we fund them through Contingency and they charge people, they will owe us that money to pay off the grant
\n– If we deny them the grant, they will have two days to procur funds
\n– The Cigar computer grant
\n– The sheets were filled as two separate grants; now combined into one.
\n– There\u2019s a $20 difference between the amount in the bill and what was requested so that will be fixed
\n– Last year they said they weren\u2019t using Media Mate (a national advertising group)
\n– Now they want to do it, but they aren\u2019t budgeted for it so they will be asking for money
\n– Sign Language
\n– Will be approaching Finance for an event
\n– $300-$400
\n– Turns out they are doing this for WOW
\n– This is actually WOW\u2019s event so they are getting more money through Sign Language
\n– They were denied full amount by Dan Graney
\nDOC:
\n– No report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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