Student Senate Minutes

I. General meeting of the Student Senate was called to order by Speaker Poindexter 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 - Index, Britney McNary from PSP, Phil Raine
		A. McNairy - Moves that $100 be spent no later than April 30th for the Red 		Carpet Runway.
			- McNairy - Will take place on March 25th and will benefit the 				Ronald McDonald House. Asking other organizations on campus 				to contribute to the event.
			- Approved. 
		B. Raine - Synopsis of first campus safety meeting
			- Meet march 5th at 3 PM. Attended as a representative of Res Life. 			Tom Johnson, Bob Jones, John Mounsey, Priscilla Wriggle, Joyce 				Mullins, Carl Schneider and Nick Zotos are members. Covered 5 				things:
				1. Active Shooter Guide - Should be in every classroom
				2. Emergency Response Guide
				3. Emergency Response Plan - Establishes directives for 					emergency personnel
				4. Facility Security - Issues with locking classroom doors 					and residential doors (after this summer all dorms will be 					automatically locking). Ideas about security cameras on 					campus. Open door alarm usage. Crosswalk education. 
				5. Safety Education - Prevention education, campus 						emergency response team, emergency website linked on the 				Truman page to give students current information about 					emergencies on campus
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues - Jessica Catron is no longer a voting senator. 
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary - Please work your office hours at the election table this week. Daniel 	is sending around a sign-up sheet. We need people present from 10:30 until 3:30 	everyday this week. Woo!
	B. Treasurer - Met with Bob Duffy from USA Today about the Collegiate 	Readership Program. Through February 29th we have read 154,555 papers which 	is 17th in the nation out of 500 schools in the nation that do it. It is about 20% of 	students reading papers as opposed to the national average of 8-12%. Planning on 	keeping card readers in the SUB. New copy log. Use it.
	C. President - Waiting on response from President Dixon concerning Warren 	Wells and a document about liability. She has forwarded SAB concerns to staff. 	BOG presentation is on April 5. Please send in information on things you would 	like to be included. Pictures would be appreciated. 
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - Start thinking about of your end of the year report. They are 	helpful for future senate members. Stay strong through election season. Don’t start 	slacking off now. Be thinking about what you would like to do on Senate next 	year. Contested elections are good. 
	B. Staff Advisor - When you do your end of the year reports, make sure 	everything is accurate and up to date. EOY on the 28th of April 6 PM in the 	Georgian Room. Thank you for supplying a report to Staff Council. Bike Co-op is 	slated for opening at the end of the month. Founder of American Civil Rights 	Institute will be visiting Truman on the 27th at 8 in Baldwin to speak about the 	ending of Affirmative Action in Missouri.
	C. BOG
	D. Speaker - There will be a list of things to do at the table this week. Please be 	there at your assigned time! Thanks!
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs
	B. External Affairs Chairwoman
	C. Student Affairs
		i. Campus Diversity
		ii. Campus Environment - Working on a top 10 list for the University to 			accomplish. Bike co-op kickoff on the 28th and 29th of March. Earth Week 			is going to be great this year. There will be a 2 day conference. If you are 			interested in giving a presentation, email Brett your proposal. Earth Week 			t-shirts are being sold for $10 if you are interested.
	D. Technology
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications Director
		iii. Webmaster
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director
		vii. OAF - There will be a meeting at 7:30 on Wednesday with the Oaf and 		Senate to go over results. Be thinking about the SOC and whether it is 			important and should be a part of Senate. Committee Chairs, be able to 			defend your budget.
VI. Old Business
VII. Money Motions
	A. Flanagan - Moves that Senate spend no more than $25 on a SUB Survey 	Initiative gift card to Il Spazio to be spent no later than April 6th.
		- Wiley - Could it be Kirksville Cash instead? (Yes).
		- Approved. 
VIII. First Readings
	A. Flanagan - Safety Education Resolution
		- Szewczyk - Feels our objectives from the last resolution were not met. 			The active shooter policy is not adequate. Feels that the current policy was 		copied and pasted from another university.
	B. Wiley - Local Incentive Resolution
		- Wiley - Made a few clerical changes. 
		- Hayes - Really likes the resolution and likes the program that the 				Chamber of Commerce is setting up. We should promote this across the 			university. Maybe external affairs could come up with a way to promote it. 		It will encourage people to visit new businesses.
		- Szewczyk - Maybe this could be somehow connected to the meal plan.
		- Bates - Lisa is very excited about this. 
		- Alberts - There are only a few people on campus that give incentives. We 		should let those people know about it.
		- Millburg - Business owners downtown are excited about it. Very in favor 		of this.
		- Mozaffar - Could we look at the list of businesses? (Visit the Chamber of 		Commerce website for the full list).
		- Hayes - As a freshmen, received a lot of coupons and gift cards on move 			in day. We could possibly encourage more businesses to participate.
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Wisa - Moves to reconsider the constitutional amendment motion from before 		break.
		- Hayes - Thinks this is a good way to mend some of the concerns during 			the special meeting. Would like to hear concerns now. Wants everyone to 			be comfortable passing it.
		- Wisa - It is what is sent out in the email and with the addition of 				including the Vice President in the voting of Executive Committee. 
		- Passes by a vote of 10-0-0
	B. Wisa - Moves to amend the standing rules adding clauses 7 and 8 to Article III 	section 7 as outlined in a previously distributed email.
		- Approved. 
	C. Wisa - Moves that candidates for the vice president for the April 2008 election 	shall be required to collect 200 signatures to be placed on the ballot. These 	signatures shall be presented on a separate election petition from their presidential 	candidate.
		- Alberts - What happens if one of the two do not get all of the signatures? 			Could the other not run?
		- Poindexter - It would invalidate the ticket.
		- Alberts - Would it make more sense to have a single ticketed petition?
		- Mozaffar - Not necessary because all throughout the campaign they will 			be judged separately on ethical issues. No problem getting 200 signatures 			each.	
		- Approved.
	D. Poindexter - Moves to change the election packet to include the vice president 		position.
		- Approved. 
	E. Wiley - Moves discussion on standing rules amendment concerning budget 	rules.
		- Hayes - Could you go into the history of why you are doing this?
		- Wiley - Feels this could be used to put sustainable programs into place. 			Every fall semester, a ¾ majority would be needed to amend a complete 			standing budget.
		- Hayes - Feels it should be 2/3 instead of ¾ majority vote.
		- Alberts - With 20 people, the difference between 2/3 and ¾ is one vote.
		- Hayes - Feels it should be 2/3 for consistencies sake. (Accepted as 			friendly)
		- Esfeld - Senate has seen things fall through the cracks. This would 			remind future senates of what projects are ongoing because of 				communication gaps. 
		- Wiley - Moves to change the standing rules tonight.
			- Approved. 
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements
	A. There is a sign up sheet in the office for the Day of Caring. It is the same day as 	the Big Event, but if you are not involved with the Big Event and want to do 	service, sign up.
	B. Special Olympics is April 29th. Sign up! 
	C. Daniel’s Senior Recital is April 5th at 2 PM in OP Performance Hall.

Adjourned at 7:26 PM.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on