{"id":6045,"date":"2016-12-19T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2016-12-19T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:20:23","slug":"soarc-11-28-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/soarc-11-28-16\/","title":{"rendered":"SOARC 11-28-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTENDANCE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Committee: <\/strong>Sam King, Eric Wang, Austin Cordova, Romanuel Percy, Michael Bachials, Austin Faria, Dan Depetro, Natasha Nemeth, Jen Scotti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent:<\/strong> Dan Bertel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Committee<\/strong>: Zach Taylor<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\"><strong>Groups to talk about re-recognition bill<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">SOLC\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group needs funding to run retreats.<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Funds for retreats will be in senate accounts.\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">All groups will still be able to have retreats<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">SOLC will still complete forms for retreat\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Signatories for the retreats will be the Student Senate President and Treasurer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Room now over fire capacity<\/p>\n<p>Motion to suspend conversation: passed (4:08pm)<\/p>\n<p>Moved to Atrium 1 (4:15pm)<\/p>\n<p>Motion to resume conversation: passed (4:22pm)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group status: academic\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group submitted their mission statement emphasizing a close relationship to the Center for Student Leadership Development.\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">The submitted mission statement was taken from the SOLC website, not their constitution.<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group submitted the correct mission statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">There is a SOLC class (classified as an internship)\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">The SOLC group has no relationship to the class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Supplies for the organization are retreat specific<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">SOLC has been a gray area for many years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">SSDP (Students for Sensible Drug Policy)\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Understands how the group may be construed as political\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">National organization encourages chapter to be political\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group has the independence to not advocate for specific policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Feels as though the group is educational in nature\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Discusses current policy and how it is harmful<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Does not have official stances on drug policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Needs funding to participate as a group\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Hemp-Fest: educated students on the harms of the current drug policy\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Advertisement for events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Funding to send members to national conferences for workshops and outreach activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Panhellenic Council\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Self identified as social\/other\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Senate cannot fund philanthropic organization<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group did not submit a mission statement to clarify the group\u2019s status\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Provided one at the meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\"><strong>Other Groups<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">B.O.N.D.\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Submitted new recognition material<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Revised their category from community service to outreach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Muslim Students Association\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Group self-recognized as a religious group<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Mission statement clarified that the group is more cultural in nature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Alima International Dance Association\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Submitted a constitution<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Recommend taking group off probation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Asian Students Association\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Submitted material to be in line with the model constitution<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Recommned taking group off probation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Musically Inclined\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Resubmitted mission statement<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Clarified that the group is not academic in nature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">URI Quidditch\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Resubmitted mission statement<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Recommend taking group off probation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: <\/strong>\u00a06:00pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Sam King, Eric Wang, Austin Cordova, Romanuel Percy, Michael Bachials, Austin Faria, Dan Depetro, Natasha Nemeth, Jen Scotti Absent: Dan Bertel Non-Committee: Zach Taylor COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Groups to talk about re-recognition bill SOLC Group needs funding to run retreats. 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