Student Senate Minutes
November 16, 2008

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
	D. Guests of Honor
	E. Membership Issues
	F. Appointments/Administration of the Oath
		- Esfeld - Appoints Alyse Jenkins to position of a voting senator.
			- Wiley - Why do you think it is important for you to be a voting 				senator instead of an associate senator?
			- Jenkins - Feels she cannot accurately represent the students 				without having a voting position.
			- Closed Session.
			- Approved. 
		- Esfeld - Appoints Suzanne Russell as EOY committee chair.
			- Russell - Wants to carry on the tradition. Professors consider this 				a high honor.
			- Closed Session.
			- Approved. 
	G. Changes/Approval of the agenda
III. Executive Reports
	A. Secretary
	B. Treasurer
	C. President
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor
	B. Staff Advisor
	C. BOG
	D. Speaker
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
	A. Esfeld - Moves a final reading of the scholarship hours resolution.
		- Esfeld - It is the same as last week. Feels it is ready to pass. 
		- Passes 8 - 0 - 1
VII. Money Motions
	A. Wiley - Moves that no more than $850 be spent no later than November 20th, 	2008 for the Guides for Sustainable Living.
		- Wiley - This money was already moved once but the original invoice was 		lost and this must be passed again. Feels they came out well.
		- Flanagan- How many copies do we have?
		- Wiley - There are 400 copies. 25 copies will go to each of the sponsors 			listed on the back. The rest will be distributed however Senate sees fit. 			Anyone who wants to pass them out should feel free. Limited the number 			of copies to limit paper waste but Tom will place the guide online.
		- Hemmelgarn - This will also be on the Green Tab on Truview.
		- Passed.
VIII. First Readings
	A. Yu - Moves a first reading of the Recycling Bin resolution.
		- Yu - Current estimates of donations would require no more than $400 			from Senate to cover the rest of the costs of the bins.
		- Russell - Where will these be placed?
		- Yu - One at the intersection of Pickler and Baldwin. The other will be 			between Ophelia Parrish and Missouri Hall.
		- Hemelgarn - in line 28 specify “outdoor” recycle bins
		- Menown - Included titles of Krueger and Gilchrist
		- Wiley - Are they just for paper?
		- Yu - They will be for aluminum cans and plastic bottles.
		- Robinson - Will glass be included?
		- Yu - Will talk to Howard and see how glass bottles can be handled. 			Currently limiting it to plastic and aluminum because it could be 				hazardous to workers retrieving the recyclables.
		- Flanagan - How soon will these be on campus?
		- Yu - Hoping to have funding finalized by next week and place the order 			before Thanksgiving Break. They could be installed before break.
		- Hemmelgarn - All things placed in the bins will be sorted out at the 			recycling center.
	B. Flanagan - Moves first reading of the Ryle Hall Cafeteria Resolution.
		- Flanagan - Has discussed this extensively with Ex Comm.
		- Esfeld - Uncomfortable with Line 22. Cut part about survey. Senate 			talked about this several years ago and were in support of this.
		- Hayes - Remembers the surveys from several years ago. They asked 			which dining concepts students would like. He was excited at the time but 			now realizes that concept dining would be disastrous for the students. He 			is in support of this resolution.
		- Sumter - Against this resolution. Does not think the school is stupid 			enough to run into the problems that another concept dining option could 			cause. Feels there is a piece of the puzzle we don’t know about. We need 			to find out if they are planning on changing our meal plans to 				accommodate the dining options. This is a trend across the country. Will 			Truman fall behind if we don’t do this?
		- Hemmelgarn - Concept dining is not environmentally friendly and 			wasteful.
		- Menown - Does not feel students running out of meals is the most 			pressing issues. Feels the location would not give the athletes a place to eat 		and would cause traffic problems. Feels one concept dining option is “hip” 		enough.
		- Slattery - At the forum, Dennis said that meal plans would stay the same 			except for a declining balance.
		- Russell - Would like to see the results of the survey before passing this 			resolution.
		- Esfeld - When will the results be released?
		- Flanagan - The survey ended on Friday. Hopefully the results will be in 			this week. 
		- Esfeld - Would like to see results by Ex Comm.
		- Hayes - Feels we should pass this regardless of survey results. We should 		encourage new students to eat in the dining halls because they get a wider 			variety of foods and more bang for their buck.
		- Robinson - Being a freshmen, to give students enough credit to keep 			track of their meals and not be stupid enough to run out, he disagrees. 			Students run out without realizing it.
		- Wiley - He was the last student on the food advisory committee. It is 			Dean Gilchrist’s responsibility to convene this committee every year and 			she hasn’t since spring of 2007. 
		- Crump - It is a reason of nutrition and how it would affect students living 		in Ryle and Grim. 
		- Flangan - RHA held a forum and almost every student in attendance was 			opposed to the change.
		- Wiley - Feels there is hearsay in the resolution.
		- Flangan - Should she visit organizations and have direct quotations from 			them?
		- Wiley - Yes. Have a statement to lend credibility to each phrase. 
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Wiley - Moves discussion time on the Clinton Global Initiative University.
		- Wiley - Dean Minnard approached Brett to speak about the conference. It 		is February 2-5, 2009. Students apply to attend the conference. Met with a 			group of five students that are interested in writing a proposal. Feels it is 			appropriate for Senate to put funds towards this endeavor. The Provost, 			Interdisciplinary Studies are donating money. The only fees for students 			are flights and lodging. Food and admission are included. Would like to 			fund two students.
		- Hayes - This is appropriate to come out of the student initiatives budget. 			Would like these students to come speak to us.
		- Crump - How much would it cost?
		- Wiley - The conference is in Austin, Texas. The longer we wait the 			pricier tickets will become.
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements
	A. Athletes roundtable Wednesday at 6:30.
	B. Prism dance this weekend.
	C. Email reports to Libby and Lizz so they can go in the minutes. 

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Piel on