Student Senate Minutes
September 16, 2007

I. General meeting of the Student Senate was called to order by Speaker Poindexter at 6:02 PM.
	A. Absent from the meeting were members:
	B. Also attending the meeting was: Andy Meyer, Lauren Johnson,
II. Preliminary Items
	A. Roll Call
	B. Corrections/Approval of the minutes
	C. Gallery introductions/business
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
		- Szewczyk - Emily Meyer to chair of SOCC
			Meyer - Was chair last year. Would like to continue her work.
			Senate moved into closed session.
			Approved. 
		- Szewczyk- Jessica Mierkowski to chair of Parking Appeals Committee. 
			Senate moved into closed session.
		- Szewczyk- Andy Meyer to Legislative Director
			Meyer - Junior Poli Sci major. Has been campaiging and working closely with MO Senators. Would like to bring 
			Van Amburg - What other organizations are you in? (None)
			Miller - Do you have any Jeff City Senate experience? (No)
			Esfeld - How informed are you with current Jeff City issues?
			Kiddoo - How do you feel bipartisan legislation should effect legislation?
			Hayes - What would you like to accomplish? Address issues with MOHELA and beyond.
			Wisa - Have you looked over the stading rules and constitution? Slightly.
			Esfeld - What do you plan on doing with the position? Advise senate as to current issues. Programming to educate students about outside legislation and issues.
			Senate moved into closed session.
			Nomination Failed.
		- Szewczyk - Suzanne Russel to Athletics Advisory Committee Chair
			Russel - Plays intramural soccer. Feels that club sports sometimes get pushed aside by varsity sports. Wants to make sure their voice is heard. 	
			Senate moved into closed session. 
			Approved. 
		- Poindexter - Appoints Jessica Catron, Lauren Johnson, Kim Burgess, Risa Suzuki as associate senators in the form of a slate.
			Approved. 
		- Poindexter - Garrett Boatright as the RHA representative
			Boatright - RHA oversees all of the house senates. There are members from each hall senate in RHA.
			Poindexter - RHA chooses a representative and then they are sent to Senate to be approved.
			Hayes - Garrett was David's SA last year. He is an excellent representative of RHA.
			Alberts - All we do is recognize that the organization is in good standing. Once we allow them a seat they can change their representative or send an alternate etc.
			Approved.
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary - Please remember to send in excuses for the General Meeting, Ex Comm, Office Hours, and Committee Meetings. Chairs please send committee meeting minutes and attendance!
	B. Treasurer - Budget requests!!
	C. President - The application for the BOG rep closed on Friday. We have three applicants. Emily and Matt will begin the process of sending names to Jeff City. Has been in contact with President
		Dixon who is running a search committee for a new VP of enrollment management. She did not ask the student body for a student rep. Since one is not on the committee we have the ability to 
		help plan how student input will be included. Maybe something similar to what was done over the summer? A group of ladies have contacted Matt about setting up an organization that dealt
		with sober driving for all students. Possibly have discussion time in the future to decide how to get involved? These ladies have no experience and need a lot of help. They have the drive and 
		the man power to do it. Currently on campus there is no standard for a posting policy. The CSI, the library, and the dorms have separate policies. Maybe we should compose a committee to 
		decide overarching posting policies for the campus. Executive Committee meeting will be Tuesday at 7PM. An email regarding location will be sent out soon. Everyone is more than welcome 
		to attend.
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - Email out a primer on how to talk to administrators and such. There is some news on how tenure and promotion will be handled under the new system. A lot of faculty are 		concerned it will be harder. Faculty will be holding other faculty to a higher standard than they were held to. Omnibus curriculum bill is an interest point. Some afraid that students will come in
		with credit but won't be prepared for the next class. 
	B. Staff Advisor
	C. BOG - BOG meeting was 6 hours! Woo! There was a report on the implementation of reorganization. They hadn't thought how it would affect students. If you or anyone you know is affected by 		reorganization talk to emily. BOG took tours of MO. Next meeting will be in October during Homecoming Week.
	D. Speaker - We had 5 people turn in petitions for elections. So far no ethics violations. Elections are this Tuesday. Encourage people to vote. Really excited by all the associate applications. Let's do
		a lot to integrate these new students into our body. 
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs - UGC meeting last week. There was a report on Senate Bill ... The report was a summary of the big points of the bill. Spoke about transfer credit and whether or not we will
		lower our requirements for transfer credit. Student ratings of professors and courses was discussed. Discussed repeat policy. Will be working/talking the repeat policy. If you have any input 
		or if you want more info on the discussion contact David/Lizz. Early warning system is in effect now. Senate should be proud and take credit for it!
	B. External Affairs Chairwoman - Completed budget estimate. Continuing to meet with people. Committe is starting work on all of the projects. Each member is familiarizing themselves with higher
		education legislation. 
	C. Student Affairs - The rec center birthday went well. There were signs stating that Senate was a sponser. There was a brief history of Senate working to build the rec and a BOG poster. 
		i. Campus Diversity
		ii. Campus Environment - Currently have 4 members. recycling has increased by 20% in the past month. A lot retributed to Senate's recycling bins. 2 documents signed by President Dixon
			for "greening up" campus. Looking into creating a rideshare program. The Blue Key board has been taken down in the SUB. Will work with Blue Key to get a classified ads on 			website for people to share rides. Working on the Bike Co-op. A lot of people are interested in being environmentally friendly but aren't sure how to go about it. Planning on educating
			students. Redoing Truman maps to include bike rakes and the University Farm. Another resolution to look at would be printing at Truman (ie: possible refund of printing fee, cover 			sheet with user name pointless and lack of double sided printers). Beginning Earth Week planning. 
	D. Technology
	E. Rec Center Review - Three problems identified : # of ellipticals, weekend times, and availibility of check out equipment. Plan to go out and talk to students to find out about concerns with the rec.
	F. Budget Review - There is a lot that needs to be done. Reading through the OAF document, one of the biggest complaints about Senate is its student approval reading. Tossing around idea of
			having a student survey this semester to gauge our ratings. 
	G. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications Director
		iii. Webmaster
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director
		vii. Constitutional Review
VI. Old Business
VII. Money Motions
	A. Reconsideration of Bike Co-op Money Motion - Moves that $200 be spent on travel for bands and $400 be spent stage/sound equipment rented from the Baptist Student Union to be spent no 		later than October 15, 2007.
		Graber - Would like to see the money motion itemized so we know where Senate's money is going exactly.
		Esfeld - How much say would we have in the bands being chosen etc? Would personally like to see all bands from Kirksville.
		Szewczyk - We would like one large headlining band from Columbia and several bands from Kirksville.
		Graber - If we are using money to support bands, we should support local bands which in turn supports Kirksville and Truman.
		Hadley - Likes the overall idea of this concert but would rather see just local bands.
		Miller - How much is SAB spending? ($600)
		Miller - Moves to strike $200 on band travel to keep the acts local. 
			Szewczyk - Does not accept as a friendly. $200 is not strictly for travel. Kirksville bands may request money. This was not written to draw just Columbia bands.
			Mozaffar - Understands concerns but is worried that we may not find enough local bands.
			Hogan - We don't want to limit ourselves.	
			Amendment withdrawn. 
		Passed. 
	B. Milburg - Moves that no more than $20.00 be spent on the Homecoming Alumni Reception. This money shall be spent no later than October 31, 2007. 
		Miller - Thank you for the breakdown. We can tell students how their money is being spent. 
		Approved. 	
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Bike Co-op Concert Money Motion Revisit
		Graber - We passed this money motion last week for $600. We would just like a little more information on how the money will be spent. Itemized list.
		Szewczyk - Waiting on an email with the itemized budget. $200 of the money we allocated is being held aside for entertainment and may not be used.
		Wiley - Has an itemized budget and met with SAB last friday. SAB matched $600.
			$400 stage/sound equipment
			$200 travel for bands
			$250 for publicity (cardstock for recruiting bands and table tents/flyers for advertising)
			$100 for hospitality for the bands
			$20 four $5 gift cards for the movie theater
			$45 on bike parts for assembling a raffle prize
	B. Wiley - Will be writing a resolution this week about space allocation to organizations on campus. What this is aiming at is that Senate will approve an organization for space showing support of the
		student body and then the organization will be sent to the Space Allotment Council for consideration. 
		Hayes - Will you be more specific about the term "space allotment". What will space be alloted for, etc.
		Wiley - As of right now we are working for the bike co-op. This would be a permanent space. Other orgs with permanent space: Senate, SAB, Women's Resource Center.
		Hayes - In the resolution make sure to be clear that it is dealing with permanent space. 
		Szewczyk - We're trying to work so that when space is available and there is an organization that needs a space we could act as an intermediary for them. 
		Wiley - Right now the campus is undergoing a lot of change building wise. Include in the resolution that new space could be considered for allocation?
		Russel - Have either of you spoken with the campus planner or the administration about what we want to do?
		Szewczyk - The administration is really unsure about what to do because there is no precedent. This resolution, in theory, would take responsibility out of the administrations hands. If
			we take this initiative it could be very beneficial to the student body.
		Alberts - Currently, the only way to get space is to have someone give it to you. Are you ready to get requests? Who are you kicking out to make room for the bike co-op? Do you want
			to be in charge? This is a large step for Senate.
		Szewczyk - Can imagine a situation where that would come up. There is a lot of unused space on campus. Hopefully we can take steps to get that space used if not forever but until the 			University has a better idea for it.
		Hayes - Can see good benefits coming out of it. This is a great responsibility for senate to have because it will give the students more of a voice. You might want to create two resolutions.
			One for allocation in general and another for the more controversial allocation of new buildings. Wouldn't want one to fail because of the other.
		Boatright - Would your resolution include allocations within rennovations in the dorms?
		Wiley - One resolution concerning space now and then another concerning future space. 
		Hogan - When you're putting this together maybe you should include the ability to take revoke approval.
		Wiley - Idea to have evaluation period for all orgs with space (semester based/yearly).
		Alberts - The hardest sell will be getting the administration to go along with it. 
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements

Meeting adjourned at 8:22 PM
Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on September 18, 2007