Student Senate Minutes
February 8, 2009

I. General meeting of the Student Senate was called to order by Speaker Hogan at 6:00 PM.
	A. Absent from the meeting were members:
	B. Also attending the meeting was:
II. Preliminary Items
	A. Roll Call
	B. Corrections/Approval of the minutes
	C. Gallery introductions/business - Dean Gilchrist, Football Team, Student 	Athlete Advisory Committee President, Jerry Wolmering, Sue Limestall, Slavina 	Stoyanova Andrew Kling b2717@truman.edu (Projekt Oskar), Index.
		A. Projekt Oscar Reps - Trying to bring exiled Russian popstar to 				Kirksville. Here tonight to solicit funding and support. The artist was 			famous in Russia but made problem against Russian military action. He 			received death threats and was forced to move to the US. He is currently 			looking for a new market in the US. This would be his first stop on a 			college tour. He represents a minority in Russia, GLBT, and soci-political 			issues. Securing funding for a colloquium/round table discussion series. 			Wanted to have a chance for students to interact directly with him. Would 			like to set up dance master class with groups on campus and students. The 			show will be held at Wrong Daddy’s and will include parts in Russian and 			English. The art department will transform the venue into a European 			dance club for the night. Initial funding cycle has been very successful. 			Looking at a budget of $4000-$5000. Friday April 4th. You Tube “The 			Oskar the Wind Live.” 
			- Crump - Thinks this is a great idea that represents Truman. There 				is an entertainment aspect but also an educational aspect as well.
			- Serroque - Will this cost students anything?
			- Kling - Admission cost for the show but not for the roundtables 				or the dance workshop. Emphasizing the on campus events not off 				campus. Private funding will be used for the off campus event.
		B. Rec Center discussion involving football team’s use of the rec.
			- Esfeld - The resolution we passed a few weeks ago specifically 				pertained to the ROTC. The resolution was broad and opened up 				the possibility of other athletic and educational activities to take 				place in the rec. The director of athletics proposed the idea of the 				football team using the rec from 5:45 to 7:00. 
			- Wolmering - The practice at this time of year is just conditioning 				drills. 
			- Gilchrist - Believes we are here because of an email where she 				denied the request. Commends Lizz for her presentation for to the 				Board of Governor’s and JoEllen for her work on the Student 				Conduct Code. When she received the request from Mr. 					Wolmering, she took the liberty of saying no because the situation 				with ROTC has not been working out. Sue Limestall had to open 				the Rec every morning because it did not work out with the janitor. 			Student workers were not interested in signing up for those early 				morning time slots. Copied Lizz on the response to make sure the 				body was aware. If this is something the Student Senate wants, 				would like to set a date when these requests can come in. It is hard 				to accommodate this with two weeks notice.
			- Esfeld - Feels it would be unreasonable to ask Ms. Limestall to 				come in so early every day. What alternatives do you see?
			- Wolmering - This has been an issue for a few years. Have been 				told that unless athletics has been bumped out of Pershing by non-				athletic events, they could not request time in the rec. The request 				came now because of the resolution passing. Some of the Student 				Athlete Advisory Committee members feel there is a student that is 			ready and willing to work that shift.
			- Athlete Advisory - There is a current rec employee willing and a 				non-employee. Unsure of what kind of training would be 					necessary.
			- Flanagan - How long do you need the rec center for the team?
			- Wolmering - From now until Spring Break. Right now, baseball 				and softball comes in everyday for practice from 5:30-7:30 AM. 				Pershing Building is booked from 5:30AM-10:30PM. It was built 				in 1958 when Truman only had three teams. There is not enough 				space.
			- Flanagan - So the football team would only need the rec for 8 				days total? (Yes). Would you say it would be better for the team to 				practice at 5:30 AM rather than from 10:30PM-12:00AM in 				Pershing?
			- Wolmering - Understands that the football team cannot use the 				rec in peak hours. If they request the space again next year it would 			be for the same time slot.
			- Esfeld - The turf will be ready next year. Would you still need to 				use the rec? When Pershing is renovated with this still be the 				same?
			- Wolmering - Right now it’s a question of weather. The 					renovations will not add space, just update the facilities.
			- Esfeld - What usage do you see from 6:30-7:00AM?
			- Limestall - There are students using the rec at that time but they 				are not using the main gym.
			- Esfeld - What kind of wear would we be looking at on the floor if 			this would happen every year?
			- Gilchrist - Was told that it was not made for intercollegiate use. 
			- Limestall - It is refinished every May. Does not think it would 				cause faster wear or that it would need to be refinished earlier with 				just each year.
			- Esfeld - Would it ever be more than eight days of use?
			- Wolmering - There may be an addition of two or four days.
			- Esfeld - What other sports do you forsee making a request?
			- Wolmering - Basketball doing individual workouts in the 					morning by reserving half the gym. Volleyball in August before 				students are on campus. Perhaps soccer. 
			- Alberts - There are two different things going on. One would cost 			extra money and one wouldn’t. If the rec center opened at 5 AM, 				the team could just go in and workout on their own. But that is 				different than opening it early.
			- Wolmering - These are students using the facilities they just 				happen to be a team.
			- Limestall - It usually requires three people to open the rec but if 				this request goes through it would only require two because the 				weight room won’t be open.
			- Gilchrist - The problem with having students opening the center, 				we would have workers coming in when there is a chance the team 				could go outside to practice.
			- Hayes - Feels this is a totally reasonable request. Feels it is 				detrimental to train from 10PM-12AM. If people aren’t using the 				space at that time, why not make use of it. Wolmering offered 				funds towards opening the rec earlier.
			- Jenkins - Agrees with Hayes. Knows wear and tear was a concern 			at one point. 
			- Football Player - Football coaches have students lined up and 				ready to work.
			- Gilchrist - Agrees with Wolmering on this point. Appreciates 				volunteers but the hiring needs to be done through the rec to ensure 			they’re properly trained.
			- Football Player - Team willing to pay for their training.
			- Yajie - Whats the difference between conditioning and students 				using it normally? (Nothing).
			- Flanagan - Agrees with Hayes. Agrees with Gilchrist that there 				should be a deadline.
			- Gilchrist - The hiring process happens in the Fall. that would be 				the ideal time for a deadline in order to inform student workers of 				the earlier shift.
			- Esfeld - On the issue of hiring students, would this 5:30AM 				would make it harder to recruit students? (No). You currently do 				not have the staffing to do this. There is support for this idea but is 				unsure it is possible for this semester. You are not currently 				recruiting or training any new students. Not sure there is anything 				to do at this point.
			- Sumter - Has original document concerning rec center use from 				1996. This includes a priority list. 
			- Hemmelgarn - Moves to end discussion time. Rescinded.
			- Piel - Moves 5 minute recess.
			- Summers - In full support of letting the team use the space this 				semester. They share their facilities with everyone else. 
			- Gilmore - Moves straw pull to see who would allow the team to 				condition on Monday’s and Wednesday’s with the ROTC this 				semester. In the future this will be reviewed for future action. 				Opinion is 16-0 in favor of motion.
			- Gilchrist - Originally thought the ROTC would be a class. It is 				not a class it is an activity requirement that they put in the syllabus 				of all of their classes. Felt misguided and wanted to clear up point.
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary - No report.
	B. Treasurer - Keep talking to Philip about budget stuffs. Use the copy log.
	C. President - Curriculum Survey is still up. Do it. Board of Governor’s meeting 	was Saturday and it went well. Appropriations Apocolypse Task Force will be 	meeting not this Tuesday but the following Tuesday. No Ex Comm on February 	18th.
	D. Vice President - Starting on retreat stuff. If anyone has ideas regarding fun 	activities, let Larry know.
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - Lot’s of talk about re - restructuring. There is a recreation 	advisory committee that would be awesome to consult on this but they haven’t 	met since 2001. It needs 7 student members which may be hard to find. Tom will 	be running the election this year. A lot of problems we’ve been having has to do 	with having not enough bodies on the body. Next year will be a year of flux and 	lots of things happen in a year of flux. 
	B. Staff Advisor - Board of Governor’s meeting went really well. Find people to 	take over for you. There will be a series of student affairs forums starting February 	17th.  Looking for as much student feedback as humanly possible. 
	C. BOG - Board meeting was awesome and Lizz did a great job. Technology 		report due tomorrow. Reorganization of campus is being reorganized. 
	D. Speaker - Will be discussing election dates later tonight and the election 	packet. Tech committee has been doing a ton recently. You all are in for a “hell” 	of parli-pro at the retreat. 
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs - Research Mentor of the Year has 10 nominations and will 	extend the deadline throughout this week. The survey has had 900 people take it. 	It will be open until tomorrow. Would like to see 20% of the student body take it. 	Will forward the results out to the body. Still working on University Conference 	Day. 
	B. External Affairs - First lobby day training was Saturday. Taking the video and 	using it for later lobby days. Was on KTRM with Leigh today about Storm the 	Captiol. Encourages everyone to write a letter this week for the letter writing 	campaign. One member started going to city council meetings and will attend 	regularly. 
	C. Student Affairs - This Wednesday is the FAC/SAB/Senate roundtable at 6PM 	in the CSI commons. The next Wednesday will be the Greek Roundtable. March 	31st will be the athletic roundtable. 
		i. Campus Diversity - Working on getting new members. 
		ii. Campus Environment - this Friday at 8:30AM there will be a 				presentation on the sustainability initiative in one of the SUB 3rd floor 			conference rooms. The internship position is still open. Bike Co-Op got a 			huge grant from Walmart to do the bike garden.
	D. Technology
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications Director
		iii. Webmaster
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director
		vii. Constitutional Review
VI. Old Business
	A. Flanagan - Moves second reading of Res Hall Resolution.
		- Flanagan - Went to RHA last week to get their input. They had problems 			with lines 31 and 32. Want it to be a formal opinion to address a concern 			and to address it later. Would like those lines removed. 
		- Esfeld - Proposes the insertion of “The student senate recommends that” 
		- Hogan - Been hearing a lot of how this has stirred up controversy with 			the RHA. It is our job as the Senate to identify issues and come up with 			ways to resolve them. This problem was brought before us by concerned 			students. We’re not mandating anything but we are saying that RHA 			should do something to fix the problem. Highly discourages anyone from 			amending the resolution to water it down. Feels it is preposterous to be 			brow beaten by RHA. Tired of being bullied. This is a legitimate problem 			and we did our job. 
		- Hayes - We’ve had problems in the past with RHA but we’ve worked 			with them to come to solutions. They should come talk to us if they have a 		problem with the resolution.
		- Wagner - RHA does not do a good job of accurately representing the 			residence halls, residents or SA’s. Does not feel it is necessary to worry 			about the wording. This is not an unreasonable request to ask them to look 		into it.
		- Sumter - We are not making them do anything it is just an opinion and 			request. 
		- Passes 7 - 0 - 3.
VII. Money Motions
	A. Jenkins - Moves that no more than $960 be spent for Diversity Week no later 	than March 30, 2009.	
		- Esfeld - Is this including Projekt Oskar?
		- Jenkins - No this is just for the progressive dinner and publicity.
		- Passed. 
	B. Schutter - Moves that no more than $1350 be spent on Storm the Capitol no 	later than March 11, 2009.
		- Gilmor - How many people are you expecting?
		- Schutter - this is planning for 50 people.
		- Esfeld - Will that number be able to be expanded?
		- Schutter - Feels there will only be 50 people. She has requested one 			school bus so as many people as the bus can fit can attend.
		- Crump - Is APO under our logistical constraints?
		- Schutter - They will be sending between 15 and 20 members. They get 			service hours for it.
		- Passed. 
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Wagner - Moves 15 minutes to discuss scholarship.
		- Wagner - Has four criteria for scholarship. First, GPA from 2.5-3.5 as the 		minimum GPA. Any thoughts?
		- Jenkins - Feels it should be 3.0.	
		- Gilmor - Feels it should match Senate’s GPA requirement of 2.75. 
		- Wagner - How need based should this be?
		- Gilmor - Historically it has been all merit based. We couldn’t really 			determine need.
		- Summers - Did this last year. It was merit based. 
		- Wagner - Is it important that the student service based?
		- Jenkins - What is the ideal candidate? Feels it should be someone who is 			well rounded. Some service, some leadership.
		- Summers - No organizations should take precedent. 
		- Gilmor - Thinks leadership should be leadership whether it is elected or 			non-elected. 
		- Flanagan - Would like to see the applicants communicate the impact of 			their leadership roles. 
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements

Adjourned at 8:04PM.
Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on