Student Senate Minutes
November 15, 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: Index, Bike Co-Op CFO candidate, Casey 	Millburg of the Kirksville Socialite, Faculty Senate member
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
		A. Flanagan – Matt Schlessman as CFO of the Bike Co-Op
			- Schlessman – Helped the co-op through SIFE when it first began. 			Recently approached to help make the co-op more sustainable. He 				is a Finance/Econ major. Has worked with accounting for several 				organizations including budgets and capital improvement plans. 
			- Robinson – Sent out his application in an email earlier.
			- Esfeld – Have you had a chance to decide if the co-op can be 				self-sustainable? What is your stance?
			- Schlessman – Would like to have a better look at their financial 				records first. Feels they could be sustainable through their own 				practices if they are willing to make certain changes. Feels it will 				be a give and take to reach the goal of sustainability.
			- Yu – Have you ever worked with any of their mechanics?
			- Schlessman – No. But will spend a few days in the shop to see 				how things actually operate. 
			- Yu – Do you plan on pursuing funding through sponsors or by 				increasing membership costs or increasing profits?
			- Schlessman – Thinks they are both reasonable ideas. Combining 				both sources would be the most sustainable option.
			- Gyawali – Have you had a chance to look at the environmentally 				sustainable goal?
			- Schlessman – That would be one of his first actions if appointed 				to this position. 
			- Approved. 
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary – No report.
	B. Treasurer – Do everything very early! 
	C. President - 	Senator of the Week is Danny Hague for his “behind the scenes” 	work on resolutions. SUEDE showcase is tomorrow at 7 PM in the SUB Down 	Under. Ugly Man on Campus this week.
	D. Vice President – At the last meeting of Faculty Senate, there was a resolution 	concerning honorary degrees. Volunteered to help with the process. Working 	with Faculty Senate executives. After Thanksgiving Break, hopes to have the final 	report for the BOG Representative slate prepared as well as the OAF resolution.
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor – Senate Holiday Party December 12 at Dr. Albert’s house. 	You are expected to wear a festive sweater and talk with people you don’t like. 	There will be soup/chili and other warm things to eat. Hat circle. Woo! Most 	faculty gossip has been about budget woes. 
	B. Staff Advisor – You have three people in this room who sit on a budget task 	force. Please pay attention to what they say. If you have questions or concerns, 	please ask. Drive safe over break!
	C. BOG – Things are moving very smoothly for the BOG rep selections. Finished 	reading 1000 pages of presidential applications. Beginning reference checks and 		narrowing. 
	D. Speaker – Glad to see a little harmony. 
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs – If you have any questions regarding freshmen seminar, 	please email Charles. There will be a photography major now. Less student 	testing. If you were confounded by the credit/no credit policy, please speak with 	Charles. If you know anyone who was dissatisfied with registration during 		freshmen orientation, send them to Charles. How do you feel about the Romance 	Language grade requirement.
	B. External Affairs – No report.
	C. Student Affairs – Sent emails to all 200 CSI chartered organizations to meet 	with them. Met with Dave about the SUB Advisory committee and restarting it. 	Also discussed fire-side Friday between 3 and 5 to showcase local music and get 	the campus more involved. Maybe Student Senate can have some involvement. 	committee members are speaking with Dean Hoffman about the Conduct Code 	Board review process. Resolution concerning casual Purple Fridays in the future. 	You can get “caught” wearing purple and win a prize. December 11th will be the 	first purple Friday. 
		i. Campus Diversity – PRISM dance was a “gay old time!” MLK Day 			Service Challenge resolution later. Have a diverse week!
		ii. Campus Environment – Harry’s Garden passed. It will be in the fenced 			in area next to WCS and the former CDC.
	D. Technology
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications – Perimeter Access Forum this Wednesday in the 			SUB Conference room at 7. Sign up for an organization visit. Give a “save 		the date” sheet to the president/secretary of the organization during your 			visit. 
		iii. Webmaster – Still taking pictures this week at Ex Comm and the 			next General Meeting. Send any events to Claire for the website. 
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director
		vii. Constitutional Review
		viii. Vision Document – Working on putting together a detailed outline 			this week. Discussion of the Vision Document in the next few weeks. 
VI. Old Business
VII. Money Motions
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Flanagan – Moves 10 minutes of discussion time for Recycling is Sexy.
		- Flanagan – Idea first came up in spring 2007 along with the idea of a 			calendar. Does not want to do a calendar but a poster campaign once a 			month with a different picture/tagline.
		- Bates – Please make sure you take into account all risk associated with 			the project. 
		- Heagney – Make sure it is not all heterosexual.
		- Flanagan – If you have any ideas or taglines, please email JoEllen. This 			will be housed in Environmental Affairs.
		- Esfeld – Back in the day we had a lot of momentum behind this. We 			were stopped by “the man.” They were eye catching and inventive. It 			would get our name out there and it is a creative interesting campaign. No 		such thing as bad publicity. 
		- Holmes – There are ways to make things eye catching while being 			classy. 
		- Potter – What we’re doing as far as student affairs is moving Senate in a 			positive direction. 
		- Robinson – Likes the idea. Only concerned with posting regulations. 
		- Flanagan – Hoping to not go through the campus photographer. Does not 		want this to be tasteless. 
X. Other New Business
	A. Yu – Moves changes to the standing rules regarding the Bike Co-Op CFO.
		- Yu – One big disagreement was whether or not the CFO should report to 		the treasurer or the Environmental Affairs Committee.
		- Serroque – Seems standard to go to the treasurer but sees merits of 			reporting to Environment as well. Why not both?
		- Robinson – Senate already passed a resolution stating that the CFO 			report to the treasurer. The job of the CFO is business related. Accounting, 		Finance and book keeping. If there is one person on the body who is 			competent in these areas, it should be the treasurer.
		- Hague – Does not want to scare away any candidates by reporting to too 			many people. Can’t make it too much of a time commitment.
		- Heagney – Seems only logical they would report to the treasurer. Feels 			they would not do much with the environmental affairs committee without 		joining it.
		- Yu – Change clause III to state “meeting with” instead of “reporting to.”
		- Robinson – Does it need to be weekly? Doesn’t want it to become 			monotonous.
		- Yu – Changes it to monthly. 
		- Tomlinson – Are we taking no action on the treasurer versus 				environmental affairs issue?
		- Yu – Would like to keep it within the committee. Like Dr. Albert’s said 			there is not much of a difference.
		- Robinson – If they’re attending a general meeting once a month, why are 		they also attending an environmental affairs meeting?
		- Hogan – Clause I says they are committed to sustainability. As long as 			this exists, they should report to the committee.
		- Robinson – Sees that clause as part of the application process not the job.
		- Tomlinson – Motions to replace environmental affairs committee with 			treasurer in clause V.
			- Tomlinson – This is in line with the original resolution. Does not 				contradict clause I. 
			- Amendment passes 8 -7 – 0.
		- Passes. 
	B. Heagney – Moves the first reading of the MLK Challenge Resolution.
		- Heagney – Students will come together to form a team and receive a 			“challenge.” The teams will be sent to areas of need in the community. 			Senate’s support will do wonders for the challenge.
		- Buckler – Is the $1000 allotted in your budget? (Yes).
		- Passes 15 – 0 – 0.
XI. Announcements
A. Recycle your paper.
B. On December 1, Dr. Albert’s stats class is giving presentations.
C. Drive Safe!
D. Next meeting will be the 29th at the usual time.

Adjourned at 7:09 PM.
Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on November 15, 2009