Student Senate Minutes
April 5, 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 – FAC, Index, Brett Wiley
		A. FAC – Brings slate for approval.
			- Esfeld – Anything funded that was controversial among body?
			- FAC – A few abstentions but mostly unanimous votes. Motions 				to adjust from 62% to 32% in terms of primary budget.  
			- Russell – Has this occurred in the past? Yes. 
			- Motion passes.
			- Slate passes unanimously. 
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary – End of the Year reports are due tomorrow by midnight.
	B. Treasurer – No report. 
	C. President – Every year we do Senate awards. Please fill out ballots and return 	to Lizz by the end of the meeting. Awards will be given out at the transitional 	meeting. Are there any suggestions concerning the pro/con list? The conduct code 	came up at the Board meeting. There is a side committee to look at the wording of 	the . Would like to put this on the ballot for tomorrow. MHEC will be here on 	April 18th. Would like as many senators there as possible. Only has RSVP from 	one school. Going to start calling people. End of the Year reports need to be to 	Libby. 
	D. Vice President – No Report. 
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor – The vote is about ready to go for tomorrow. Thinks 	everything is set but still fiddling with pictures. Minor ethics stuff has come up. 	Nothing scandalous. Results will be announced Wednesday at 9 in the SUB. 	Gossip among faculty is all about next year’s budget and a little bit about the 	posting policy (all on your side). 
	B. Staff Advisor – Board meeting was interesting. Thanks for helping pass out 		hotdogs and other senate information. Senate was the only group that showed up. 	EOY went really well. Good luck with campaigning and getting people to vote.
	C. BOG – Dividers for Pershing was approved and the energy audit failed at 	yesterday’s Board of Governors meeting. Posting policy was well received 	however committee was made to investigate wording about Good Samaritan 	policy. Truman has not historically given honorary degrees. In 2002, Faculty 	Senate approved the giving of honorary degrees. Three names have been brought		up for degrees	Charles McClain, John Ashcroft, and Mel Carnahan.
	D. Speaker – Tom is dead. If you have not sent in your bio and picture you must 	have it turned in within the next hour and a half. The hearing board will meet just 	before the announcement of results. 
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs – Been working on things for SRC. Passing around sign up 	sheet for Senators to work the registration table. The Research Mentor of the Year 	will be announced Tuesday around 10:45 before the Plenary Address. Brining a 	resolution next week suggesting Helen Keller get an honorary degree. 
	B. External Affairs – Last meeting on Tuesday at 6:30. Going to SUB Advisory 	Committee tomorrow. If you have anything to share with them, email Tina. If you 	have discussion item ideas for MHEC, email Leigh.
		- Flanagan – Wants to talk about Wet Events at MHEC. When is furniture 		coming in? (This summer).
	C. Student Affairs – Last roundtable was last week.  
		i. Campus Diversity – Diversity Week was a success. Not the biggest turn 			out at the Progressive Dinner but it has been received well.
		ii. Campus Environment – Survey results are in. 500 people have 				responded. 
	D. Technology – Have email survey results back. 90% approval for Google and 	35% for yahoo and 53% for Microsoft. Google will be set up for next semester.
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications Director
		iii. Webmaster
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director
		vii. Constitutional Review
		vii. EOY – Alanna Pruessner was named Educator of the Year. Banquet 			went well.
VI. Old Business
VII. Money Motions
	A. Schutter – Moves that no more than $200 be spent on food for MHEC on April 	18th.
		- Schutter – Still waiting on RSVPs. Will not spend all of the money.
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
X. Other New Business
	A. Hayes – Moves that the meetings scheduled for Monday April 13th be 	cancelled.
		- Hayes – Feels it would be hard to get new senators to come to this 			meeting because of Easter weekend. Would like to move the transitional 			meeting.
		- Alberts – The packet states that the first meeting is on Monday. 
		- Esfeld – Doesn’t think new senators will show up that Monday. 
		- Gilmor – This means our transitional meeting will occur after MHEC 			and old Senate will be meeting with other schools.
		- Esfeld – That is how other schools do it. They should be bringing new 			and old members to the conference.
		- Flangan – Moves to add language to have a general meeting on Tuesday 			the 14th at 6 PM. 
		- Motion fails.
	B. Hemmelgarn – Moves 12 minutes of time to introduce the resolution 	concerning the sustainability initiative.
		- Hemmelgarn – See power point presentation. 
		- Esfeld – Have you talked to Dr. Krueger about the public signing? (Yes). 		Spell out TSUSI in the final section.
		- Flanagan – What does PEAC? (President’s Environmental Advisory 			Committee) What will be the hardest benchmarks to achieve?
		- Hemmlegarn – Local food will be easiest due to the work that has 			already been done. Only 7% of students disagreed with the signing of a 			sustainability initiative (results from survey).
		- Bates – Consider informing staff council.
		- Flanagan – Going to staff council this Wednesday. Will mention this.
		- Passed 11-0-1
	C. Esfeld – Moves discussion time on the Sexual Assault Amnesty Clause ballot 	initiative.
		- Esfeld – Most of the Board are thinking in legal terms. Wants to put the 			current wording on the ballot with a pro/con list. Students could vote on 			the inclusion of this clause in the updated Conduct Code. 
		- Serroque – Where their only objections to do with wording?
		- Esfeld – It was the absoluteness. They would go for not actual amnesty.
		- Flanagan – They don’t like the idea of absolute amnesty.
		- Serroque – Why did they schedule the next meeting for June? (It is every 		two months).
		- Flanagan – Do we still want to do a petition? (Yes).
		- Ballot initiative passes. 
	D. Crump – Moves discussion time on the SOC ballot initiative pro/con list. 
		- Bates – Space is not provided through the SERVE Center it is through 			the CSI. Just reference Greek councils. 
		- Crump – Would like to know the general consensus. Bullets or 				sentences?
	E. Hayes – Moves no more than 10 minutes to discuss the Senate meeting time.
		- Hayes – Has always loathed the current Senate meeting time. This is a 			time when a lot of Greek organizations are meeting. It is a very important 			and active group on campus that is underrepresented on the body. Realizes 		there is no good time to meet during the week but this meeting time is 			worse. On holidays, we have poor attendance. Hates leaving home early 			on long weekends.
		- Esfeld – Does not have personal problems with the meeting time. 			Understands that it is an issue. Thinks we should recommend the new 			Senate look at alternate meeting times. Just because it is a tradition doesn’t 		make it right.
		- Alberts – Greek orgs used to exempt members to attend Senate meetings 		now it seems to be the other way around. 
		- Flanagan – Noticed problems with meeting right after breaks. Changing 			it to Monday nights may be a good idea. 
		- Sumter – Wait until after elections and let new body decide. 
		- Russell – Should decide which group participates most and how change 			would affect them. 
XI. Announcements
	A. Tuesday is SRC. It is not a day off, it is a day on. Woo.
	B. 
Adjourned at 7:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on