{"id":3533,"date":"2014-11-24T15:56:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2014-11-24T15:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:56:25","slug":"executive-4-13-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/executive-4-13-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive 4-13-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Call to Order: 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: Bedard, Aronoff, Harrington, Coates, Shah, Petit, Sinapi, Clarke<\/p>\n<p>I. Finance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We only have $1500 left (it is in Programming)<\/li>\n<li>Sailing team is coming for loan to go to World Competition<\/li>\n<li>Midnight Madness fund going to Block Party and mocktails, Slush fund going to Rammies<\/li>\n<li>Extra money will roll over into tax, but if the amount is for under $1,000 we can approve it in exec.<\/li>\n<li>We could take money out of tax for groups but we shouldn\u2019t because it is supposed to be there for emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>We have a cd up in May and we\u2019re taking it, not investing it again. We\u2019re going to use it for rope\u2019s course and men\u2019s crew team among other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>II. Campus<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Police survey: On 7 add question, \u201cIf yes, where?\u201d, on 11 change well being to safety, on 13 take out \u201cbe able to\u201d in both parts, and on 16 change \u201cassailant\u201d to \u201cindividual\u201d. Also, last question should be, \u201cShould they have firearms?\u201d (yes or no question).<\/li>\n<li>Send out the survey through Survey Monkey. Jodhi and other officials will review and revise survey before sending it out.<\/li>\n<li>Vote on survey: 8-0-0<\/li>\n<li>Gianna Prata as vice chair, Vote: 8-0-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>III. External<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had first meeting Friday<\/li>\n<li>For lawsuit, by May 7<sup>th<\/sup> we need undisputed facts, so we\u2019re helping lawyer compile them. For example, we\u2019re proving that we are a majority of the population.<\/li>\n<li>The lawyer gave us some ideas: create good publicity because the few stupid kids make us look bad and boycott Narragansett businesses so that owners get mad at town council.<\/li>\n<li>O\u2019Brien will get Amanda contact information for Narragansett Coalition.<\/li>\n<li>With SEC for next fall we want to get a speaker- police officer who will go over proper etiquette when dealing with police officers when they come to your house. This will be mainly for Narragansett residents. Allen mentioned that ACLU also does a similar thing, Amanda would like to team the two up.<\/li>\n<li>Should hand out flyers\/magnets to realtors to give to all students who rent property so that they know about External Affairs.<\/li>\n<li>In September, we should set up block parties for all the different neighborhoods so that students and regular residents can meet and start out on a good foot.<\/li>\n<li>Chris Raupers wants to start intramural teams for the different neighborhoods.<\/li>\n<li>Maybe attack Durkin???<\/li>\n<li>Utilize survey monkey!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IV. Cultural<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 finalists from SEC\u2019s Last Comic Standing will perform at Rammies (Dave thinks they should start after opener not before).<\/li>\n<li>Half done with the order of the show.<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine and Ivy are giving us a good deal on flowers for Rammies.<\/li>\n<li>Campus Copy- going to get thick cardboard for awards so they do not fall apart.<\/li>\n<li>First Night- give out something at our table like gavel key chains or gavel pens. This will come out of First Night budget.<\/li>\n<li>Also going to make a bigger copy of the committee poster to hang up at table, pass out little candy, and get hot water for dunk tank.<\/li>\n<li>Right before school ends committee is going to create posters for First Night<\/li>\n<li>Battle of the Cans up until Thanksgiving next semester. Every group asked to participate. Feinstein is looking to help us out, and we\u2019re going to ask Ronzio\u2019s for free pizza for winners.<\/li>\n<li>Kim- people are doing homework on the computer and they shouldn\u2019t be!! Dave is going to write up an office code of conduct and will post it in the office so rules are clearly displayed.<\/li>\n<li>End of fall semester next year, will attempt another Holiday Fair with different cultural groups. Hopefully it goes better than Dave\u2019s J<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>V. Vice President<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BBQ- we\u2019re going to have to have it in a park<\/li>\n<li>Chairs, give me a list of committee members so I can make sure everyone is actually on a committee that works for them.<\/li>\n<li>Talked to Melissa and we\u2019re having a retreat at the end of September. Will get a set date tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>Also, we will have a small executive retreat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>VI. Academic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ronald Bickham for Vice Chair 6-2-0<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with USA Today guy tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>Checked 5 out of 6 newspaper kiosks and they are all working<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Effectiveness- looked at report, but there is no incentive to change<\/li>\n<li>Exam rights flyers are done, going to put them in dorms<\/li>\n<li>Also, going to put posters in buildings that have common exams<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re going to have four, big fancy ones made that should last us a while.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VII. Secretary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Going to vote for kudos from now on. This week it goes to Anthony for the arming campus police survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>VIII. President<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Got ice cream for block party ($350)<\/li>\n<li>Going to Stop &amp; Shop to get mocktails stuff<\/li>\n<li>Everyone should help out for an hour<\/li>\n<li>First presidential candidate coming, there is time slotted on Thursday at 1:30 to meet with student leaders in the Senate chambers. Don\u2019t know who constitutes student leaders.<\/li>\n<li>There is an open forum scheduled right after. Please ask thoughtful questions and dress nicely. Going to talk about selling beer in the Ryan Center with President, but need to prioritize what to talk to President about at first meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a day for exec dinner- meet in Senate Office at 6:45 on Sunday. We\u2019re going to the Mews!<\/li>\n<li>Give class schedule to Dave for meeting time next semester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Done: 8:24 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call to Order: 7:05 p.m. Attendance: Bedard, Aronoff, Harrington, Coates, Shah, Petit, Sinapi, Clarke I. 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