Student Senate Minutes
October 12, 2008

I. General meeting of the Student Senate was called to order by Senator Gilmor 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
	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 - Use the copy log. 
	C. President - Met with Julie Lockbaum and Dr. Kelrick about Bringing Theory to 	Practice conference. Want to apply for a grant that is associated with mental 	health stuff. Truman is unique in level of academic stress. Not sure what form the 	proposal will take. If you are interested in writing a grant, please speak with Lizz 	or Brett. All of the information from the conference could be applied here on 	campus. Feels Truman is way ahead of other campuses in the US. Saw a lot of 	examples of student mentors. Listed several ideas from the conference. 
	D. Vice President - Meeting with interim president on October 20th. Questions? 	Email Brett. Truman students are funding the university more so than the state. 	Students should thus have more control. Let students know that they can start 	applying for their own SIC. 
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - Spoke with President Krueger. He wants to be involved in 	external affairs. Believes running the nuts and bolts of campus is the job of the 	Provost. Spoke with President Dixon about her compensation. The extra money 	was to buy off her tenure. She will continue working on fundraising. The board 	was not obligated to give her that much severance. She was thinking about 	coming back as a piano teacher. She has given Truman more money each year 	than some past presidents have given in their presidencies. Continue working on 	outreach and get more people involved. 
	B. Staff Advisor - Apologize for not being visible for the past month and a half. 	Officially starts in the CSI on Wednesday. Some issues with staff compensation 	study that was conducted. Some people are in the process of redoing their position 	description questionnaires. 
	C. BOG - Also meeting with the interim president. Thanks people that attended 	the last BOG meeting. Stadium turf has not reached completion yet. $20,000 per 	game missed and $2,000 for every day late. The first $26,000 will be given to the 	athletic department to compensate for traveling to other schools for games. The 	rest will be given back to the athletic fee committee to spend as they see fit. The 	emergency light in Red Barn Park is broken because of construction. Final figures 	for freshman class is 40 less than last year. 70% of Senior testing place above the 	50th percentile. Spoke with WCS hall Senate and they want a newspaper stand. 
	D. Speaker - Apologizes for being late and for the lack of agenda. Agenda 	deadlines will be Saturday at midnight. 
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs
	B. External Affairs Chairwoman
	C. Student Affairs
		i. Campus Diversity
		ii. Campus Environment
	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
VII. Money Motions
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on