Student Senate Minutes

I. General meeting of the Student Senate was called to order by Speaker Mozaffar 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 - Monica Morrey, Jessica from the Index
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
		- Mozaffar - Monica Morrey as Associate Senator. Approved.
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary - Office hours are starting this week. They do count as part of your 			absences so make sure you are there! 
	B. Treasurer - Use the copy log and make sure to log out of the account!
	C. President - If you have yet to fill out the doodle survey, please respond ASAP. 			Right now there are three times that work but each have a conflict with 			two people. Wants to have everyone present but doesn’t want them to go 			late into the night or starting early in the morning. Would like to sit down 			with each of the committee chairs this week to talk about what you want to 		accomplish. Would like to create a document that states Senate’s 				objectives for this year. Interested in being Diversity Chair? Apply and 			spread the word! Has one application for historian. Please email Lizz if 			you can help interview this week. Feels like elections in the past have not 			been handled well. We need more communication about who is in charge 			of what during elections. If you are interested in helping with elections, 			email Lizz. This past week, Lizz and Brett have been meeting with 				administrators and talking about issues for the upcoming year. Have the 			intention of setting up regular meetings with these administrators. Wants 			to hear feedback about Senate t-shirts, nametags, and office supplies. 			Should Senate provide them or should they be paid for individually.
	D. Vice President - VP Duties this year:
		- inter/intra senate communications. 
		- eliminate gossip. HDOC. Woo. 
		- retreat on Sept. 27th (MBTI again)
		- Diversity Chair until one is appointed.
		- Provide fun!!!
		Please keep the office clean! We are going to make better use of our 			window space for advertising. Your office hours will also be posted on the 		window. Senate t-shirt design contest. Send all designs to Brett. Please 			dress up next Sunday or send a dressy picture to Tom so we can add 			pictures on the members page. Also write a short biography so people have 		an idea of who is representing them. Use the blog!!!
		
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - No report.
	B. Staff Advisor - Welcome back! Happy to have everyone back! The University 			sponsers planning day during the summer. This year dealt with the arts and 		sciences report. Only major report has been enrollment management. 			Curriculum was heavily talked about during the president’s opening 			speech Friday. She feels campus needs to be jazzed up. Even though we 			are down freshmen this year we are still staying consistent. Dean Gilchrist 			has been soliciting for students for a Baldwin Hall Review Committee. 
	C. BOG - Bearer of bad news. We had water damage in Pershing Arena. Stokes 			Stadium is also out of commission. The Freshmen class is down 50 from 			last year. The arts and science report came back last year and several 			committees were formed from it. The Board thought of creating an 				oversight committee to make sure that ideas were being carried out. The 			members would include BOG Rep, Provost, and a BOG Member. If you 			have any questions about how the Board works, email Cody. 
			- Flanagan - Feels we need an oversight committee. We have a lot 				to lose if these things fall through.
			- Krump - The committee would make sure things were being done 			to the best of their ability.
			- Givogue - Make sure that Senate in general is giving feedback. 
	D. Speaker - Will start asking for agenda items by Wednesday so she can post 			things on the blog. To make meetings smoother, things that come up late 			will not be placed on the agenda. They will need to go through Executive 			Committee first. She read Robert’s Rules this summer and realized there 			are a lot of things Senate does not do correctly. She will be fairly strict in 			enforcing these. During the retreat, she will go over the rules.
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs - Most passionate about the curriculum here at Truman. Last 		year they worked to open topical WACT courses. There are currently 8 or 			9 topic based classes offered. Likes to work with faculty one on one to 			make small changes that may stimulate larger more innovative changes. 			Also work on policies that effect students. Last year they expanded the 			number of hours a student may take as credit/no credit. This year they may 		focus on the repeat policy. Send representatives to many meetings across 			campus. Wants Senate to be aware of a few proposals from Provost Pano. 			Contact David if you are interested in joining AA! 
	B. External Affairs - EA has two branches. A legislative side (storm the capital) 			and a Truman community side. Talk of Kirksville on the quad and tours of 		downtown for new students. Would like to see a database of off campus 			housing and an updated renter’s rights guide. If anyone would like to join, 			please contact Tina!
	C. Student Affairs - Wanted to have a safety education week in September but it 			will be moved to January 26th through the 30th will need everyone’s help 			with this. Budget will be ready by midterms. Working on roundtables and 			the conduct code. Would also like to work on posting policy and other 			Reslife policies. Wants to get more demographics involved in Senate. 			Meetings will most likely be Wednesday nights. 
		i. Campus Diversity
		ii. Campus Environment
	D. Technology 
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian - No report.
		ii. Communications Director - Signed up for a table at the Activities Fair 				on Thursday September 4th. It is from 12-4. Please sign up for a 				time slot. 
		iii. Webmaster - Send Tom your position and what you want your blog 				password to be. Also send a picture and your biography. Needs all 				of this by the next meeting. There is a new calendar. Woo! 
		iv. Ethics Justice - No report.
		v. Recruitment - No report.
		vi. Legislative Director - Will be working with Tina on local things and 				Storm the Capital. Keeps Senate informed about legislation that 				effects students on the State level.
		vii. Constitutional Review - There will be ample discussion time next 				Sunday so keep ideas in mind. Important issues:
				- We need to make a decision about FAC interactions.
				- Ethics Justice role. Make it more appealing and useful.
				- Legislative Director. Possibly make a committee.
				- Role of VP. Needs specific set of duties.
				- Campus Environment. Elevate it to a standing committee.
				- GPA requirement. Possibly 3.0? 
				- Refund request procedures.
				- Use OAF recommendations regarding spending of money
			Please email all thoughts to Tom. Will synthesize a list of 					questions to be emailed out Wednesday in order to guide 					discussion Sunday. 
		viii. Vision Committee - Will be getting started ASAP. If anyone is 				interested in joining please email Kristel.
VI. Old Business
VII. Money Motions
	A. Flangan - Moves that no more than $100 be spent on an RHA roundtable no 		later than September 8, 2008.
		- Flanagan - Planning on having roundtables this semester. This one is 			coming up quickly and needs to order food asap. It will be September 8, 			2008
		- Esfeld - Ldast time there was a lot of food left over. What are you 				planning this time? Do you plan on spending all $100?
		- Flanagan - Less food this time. Finger sandwiches and lemonade. Most 			likely will not spend all $100.
		- Approved. 
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Esfeld - Moves discussion time on the Student Conduct Code
		- Esfeld - Not much happened over the summer. We are more or less 			where we were at the end of the school year. In light of recent events, we 			really need to get going. At the BOG meeting, Dean Gilchrist gave a report 		to the board of how she planned on handling the code review. She wants 			documents from organizations, faculty, and staff with their ideas before 			December 15th. Afterwards, she will make all decisions. We want Senate’s 		deadline to be October 1st so we have plenty of time for open discussion 			with her. Those who showed interest in working in the conduct code, 			please contact Lizz. Needs one person to be the chair of the committee and 		to be the liason between Senate and Dean Gilchrist. Any questions or 			comments?
		- Flanagan - Problems: Alcohol policy, Parental Notification, Double 			Punishment (on and off campus), posting policy, Good Samaritan.
		- Hayes - Can you explain the Good Samaritan clause?
		- Flanagan - Students want to know that they will not get into trouble for 			helping a friend suffering from alcohol poisoning and taking them to 			the hospital.
		- Russell - What would be the time commitments people would be looking 		at?
		- Esfeld - The chair would have the biggest time commitment with a 5 			page max. Mostly a couple hours a week until October. If someone served 			on this committee they would not have to serve on another until this is 			finished.
		- Flanagan - Our policies cannot conflict with Board policy. 
		- Esfeld - Anyone can ask for time in front of the Board. So we could 			present information on policy.
		- Sumter - When this reaches the Board, it is likely to be passed unless 			there are major errors in it.
		- Krump - Would be willing to serve on the committee. 
	B. Esfeld - Moves discussion time on Professor Ratings Committee
		- Esfeld - They have already met two times without any student input and 			they have already drafted a document. Would like people to take a look at 			their questions and have feedback. Are they what we want when we 			register? Senate Bill 389 was passed last semester and stated that 				universities had to have some sort of professor ratings online. This would 			replace the function that Rate My Professor currently supplies. Faculty 			Senate set up a committee with equal representation of students and 			faculty members. They started meeting the week after classes ended and 			drafted this document. 
		- Givogue - Is on the committee and has been receiving copies of the 			minutes. 
		- Russell - Feels there should be a comment box so feedback can be given 			that otherwise would be missed by a 1-5 scale.
		- Hladkey - Wonders how much space comments would take up.
		- Hogan - Should not worry about physical space on the servers. Questions 		2 and 4 are mutually exclusive. The last question is superfluous. Should be 		getting distinctions about what happened in the class (type of lecture etc.) 			These sort of questions are not on the list.
		- Allan - There should be a comment box.
		- Bates - Have you thought of using some of the questions from EOY?
		- Schutter - Who is responsible for holding the committee? How do we 			make sure a student is involved? How do we fix it?
		- Esfeld - Faculty Senate. 
	C. Flanagan - Moves discussion time roundtables
		- Flanagan - RHA in Georgian Room C Sept. 8 at 6 PM
			- Media in Georgian Room C Oct. 6 at 6 PM
			- President’s Georgian Room C Oct. 20 at 6 PM
			- Diversity Georgian Room B Nov 5 at 6 PM
			- Athletes Georgian Room C Nov 19 at 6 PM
		- Zotos - What are we doing with the feedback we get from these 				roundtables?
		- Flanagan - Looking for ideas to use and used comments in discussions 			with Dean Gilchrist. Also good at getting Senate’s name out there.
		- Allan - We should publish the ideas from the roundtables to get it out to 			the student body.
		- Wiley - We could put it on the blog so students can view it and comment.
X. Other New Business
	A. Mozaffar - Moves fall 2008 election dates for September 23rd and 24th. 
		- Mozaffar - Elections would fall the week before homecoming allowing 			ample time.
		- Approved.
	B. Mozaffar - Moves the fall 2008 election packet.
		- Mozaffar - Didn’t really get feedback. There were very few changes.
		- Hayes - When reading it, the second page talked about the ethics 				committee. Felt it was too negative to have it as the second page.
		- Approved. 
XI. Announcements
	A. Esfeld - You must join a committee as part of the attendance policy. 
	B. Wiley - Organizing special guests to attend meetings during the year. Any 			ideas? Email Brett. Veggie potlucks Friday nights at 411 E. Jefferson.
	C.  Mozaffar - Meeting will be Monday at 6 PM. Possible in WCS.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on August 24th 2008.