Student Senate Minutes

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:
II. Preliminary Items
	A. Roll Call
	B. Corrections/Approval of the minutes
	C. Gallery introductions/business - Index
	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 - No report.
	C. President - On Tuesday there was a meeting to talk about conference planning 	day in the Spring. Sent in ideas and assumes it will be about the curriculum. 	Would like to have a student run lunch or forum about the curriculum from 	student perspective. Attended strategic planning meeting last week. Think about 	writing your end of the semester reports. Think about your list of expectations. 
	D. VP - No new news about Service Council. Vice President is a new position and 	would like recommendations about the position before he leaves in December. 	Bowling for Gold is this Saturday. All proceeds go to Missouri Special Olympics. 	Please RSVP by midnight tonight. Holiday Party on December 8 at 6 PM at Dr. 	Albert’s house. Stand by for details on Senate After Dark Party Part III.
IV. Auxiliary Reports
	A. Faculty Advisor - No report.
	B. Staff Advisor - Happy that everyone made it safely back to Kirksville. Big 	Scream stuff on December 7th. Be on the look out for details. Dr. Albert’s Holiday 	Extravaganza. Be ready to make witty banter. Have a great last week of classes.
	C. BOG - Meeting this Saturday at 8 AM. There will be a presentation by 3 	students about Light a Light. Dean Gilchrist will be making a report possibly on 	the Student Conduct Code. There will also be a financial report. They will be 	approving budget for our lobbyists. Field turf is still not complete. In 2011, there 	will be a renovation of “Missouri Kitchen.” Housing rates will be voted on at this 	meeting. There will be a general increase of 4.8% across the board due to dining 	services. Ryle Hall will have a smaller increase to account for food service and 	because half of the building will be closed for renovations. We have an ongoing 	capital campaign at Truman. We have raised over $15 million in the last year and 	a half. The largest chunk of this money goes towards scholarships. 
	D. Speaker - No report.
V. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs - Would like students to have more input on University 	Conference Day. Finally got results of computer literacy survey. The most 	interesting results were that there is no difference between international students 	and domestic students in respect to computer confidence. 70% of students feel the 	LSP does not increase computer literacy skills while 50% believe their majors do 	not increase their computer literacy skills. Met with Dave Carroll and Dean 	Coughlin about library hours. The hours will remain the same next semester. To 	open the library an extra hour would cost approx. $15,000 more a year. The 	computer lab would need to be moved from the third floor to the first floor as well 	as opening a first floor café. Would like to see the committee chairs working on 	this project together next semester. Research Mentor of the Year committee is 	meeting tomorrow. Things are going smoothly.
	B. External Affairs Chairwoman - Still working on Storm the Capitol. 
	C. Student Affairs - Starting conversations about the Mix-It-Up program for this 	spring. University safety meeting this week. 
		i. Campus Diversity - Helping Bertha Thomas with MLK Day. Excited 			about the Mix-It-Up event. It will be part of the three part service even the 			MAC is putting together. Wants to do an FAC event in February to help 			organizations understand the process. Thinking about doing a Diversity 			Showcase during Diversity Week in addition to the Diversity Dinner. 
		ii. Campus Environment - There will be a student internship for the 			President’s Environmental committee. Double sided printing doesn’t work 		automatically. You must inform the person working the desk. 
	D. Technology
	E. Other Reports
		i. Historian
		ii. Communications Director
		iii. Webmaster
		iv. Ethics Justice
		v. Recruitment
		vi. Legislative Director - Pre-filed legislation will be able to be viewed 			Tuesday.
		vii. Constitutional Review
VI. Old Business
	A. Flanagan - Moves second reading of Conduct Code resolution.
		- Flanagan - Sent out an email with recommendations about what to add. 
		- Esfeld - Do you have a final report?
		- Flanagan - No. Will email it out after the meeting. We have until next 			week to turn it in. 
		- Tabled until report is finished. 
	B. Yu - Moves to remove the Recyle Bin resolution from the table.
		- Yu - There have been a few minor changes in the past weeks. There is no 		longer a need for any money from Senate. Added that they will be 				specifically outside bins. Added appropriate titles. Added two bullet points 		that included the bins are funded by student organizations and they 				demonstrate the university’s dedication to sustainability. 
		- Passes 10 -0 - 0. 
VII. Money Motions
VIII. First Readings
IX. Discussion Items
	A. Wiley - Moves discussion time on CGIU.
		- Wiley - This comes out of Dan’s presentation last week. 
		- Esfeld - Feels the Where As clauses are good but they do not say 				specifically why we’re doing this. What connects this initiative to Senate?
		- Wiley - Will include information from Arete, Truman’s Mission, etc.
		- Hayes - If we don’t pass this tonight, will the dollar amount go up?
		- Wiley - The price is an estimate from Travelocity. Not sure I they will go 		up.
	B. Esfeld - Moves discussion time on the Curriculum Commission report.
		- Esfeld - Working on getting everyone bound copies. They will be in your 		Senate mailboxes. Questions/Comments?
		- Hayes - Will read over it again. Liked most of the common things in each 		model. Likes the emphasis on the portfolio and interdisciplinary thinking 			for first year students. Wasn’t sure about concept of thematic clusters of 			courses. Thinks it would be difficult for all faculty on campus to 				coordinate a particular theme in a meaningful way. Not sure how students 			would feel about sticking with a particular theme semesters on end.
		- Wiley - Surprised they included two models that do nothing. This gives 			them an out if they don’t want to do something more progressive.
		- Esfeld - There is a do nothing model.
		- Wiley - Why would they include these if the point is to redo the 				curriculum?
		- Esfeld - They are terrified that no one would like their models or any 			change. People kept fighting for a minimal change model. Hoping that 			people will see them as ridiculous because they don’t do anything.
X. Other New Business
XI. Announcements

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