The
meeting was called to order at
Present: Senators Caines, Coleman,
Johnson, King, Munguia, Nicholes,
Rodgers,
President Martinez, Mr. Smith, Mr. Williams, Mr. Lytle, Senate Secretary
Absent: VP Wak Wak (Excused)
Minutes:
Mr. Williams: *Received an email from Whitney regarding the
card swipe system. C-BORD has been
awarded the bid. We are now in the
process of working out when they can come out and look at our facility because
they book installation ahead of time. He
will let us know when it looks like that is going to happen. *Has asked
Ron Smith: Follow-up on questions asked at the
Roundtable Meeting: *The Co-Curricular
fee, $3.50 paid by CDA students does come down here to be sought after
competitively by all eligible organizations.
The $5.00 government fee stays up there with them. *The Bookstore is definitely LCSC. As far as the books online, that is going
through the shared government process right now and in front of the deans to
make sure we haven’t missed something there.
The Bookstore is a little skeptical saying well if I put it on there
then they’re just going to go to someplace like Amazon.com. with the potential
of losing a lot of sales.
Brandon Lytle: Basket ball deadline has been postponed until
tomorrow due to insufficient registrations.
Basket ball league will start on September 27 with however many teams we
have. Cribbage tournament is set for
Thursday, September 23 at
Executive Communications:
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President Martinez: *Putting
together on October 16th a Legacy Project Auction to be held at the
Community Center. The WCC and all campus
areas are booked for the month of October.
*He and Senator Nicholes had a good time
attending the Leadership Conference in
Committee Reports:
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Book Exchange: President
Martinez reported. He and Bruce
Twitchell met and talked about some preliminary issues and about ideas for a
Policies and Procedures Manual to put some longevity to the Book Exchange. If you want to be on the committee let him
know.
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Clubs & Orgs Council:
Senator Caines reported that the Clubs &
Orgs. Council would meet on Friday, October 1 at
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Comm. Board: Senator Rodgers
reported. The Comm. Board met on
Friday. Senator Rodgers is not a member
of the committee but attended part of the meeting. Bruce Twitchell was elected as chair. Brandon Lytle reported that a majority of the
meeting was devoted to The Pathfinder.
Comments that were made were about some wasted space in some issues as
far as full page ads. Readability was
talked about, the flow of the paper, how it was kind of choppy, some of the
articles moved up and down and it was hard to follow. The editing was another thing that was
brought up. Making sure that each
article is proofread thoroughly before it is sent to print. A lot of time was spent on a new proposal
they have submitted for the purchase of a new camera and some new software to
create the paper with, and some new computers so that the Editor and Business
Manager can send information back and forth easier from a PC to an Apple. Senator Coleman asked if the Editor was open
to the advice. Mr. Lytle stated that the
Editor did not attend the meeting but did send representatives and he planned
to meet with him and make sure that all of the information gets back to
him. *Mr. Williams – asked about the Radio
Club. There was no Radio Club/Station
representative at the Comm. Board meeting.
Discussion ensued. Senator
Coleman volunteered to get in touch with Tate Smith regarding the Radio
Club/Station to find out where it stands.
Old Business:
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Senate Bill 04-F009, Motion to take the bill off the table for
discussion by Senator Coleman, Second Senator Johnson. Motion Carries
Motion to pass, Senator Coleman,
Second Senator Caines. Discussion indicated improvements from the
beginning of the semester and the
fact that ASLCSC will need to advertise upcoming events. There was
some skepticism as well. Roll Call Vote: Caines: Yes,
Coleman: Yes, Johnson:
Yes, King: Yes,
Munguia: Yes, Nicholes: Nay, Rodgers:
Yes. Bill passed
New Business:
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Senate Bill 04-F0012, Motion Senator Caines,
Second Senator Mungia. Discussion ensued. Many positive comments were made regarding
the candidate, Laurie Racich. Bill
passed unanimously.
Welcome Senator Racich to the table.
Senate Information Reports:
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Senator Coleman: Next week the
League of Women Voters will be registering voters on Wednesday and Thursday
from
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President Martinez: Announced
SUB Board meeting will be on Friday, September 24 at
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Ernie Williams announced that there will be a group that is part of I
Care out and about on campus that is registering people to vote. They are
non-partisan.
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Senator Rodgers: Started
discussion regarding the Dine with Dene event scheduled for October 13 and having
and open forum with candidates running for office. Discussion ensued regarding what candidates
may or may not be available. It will be
checked into further to see if it can be worked out.
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Senator Rodgers: Discussed the
Northwest Student Leadership Conference (NWSLC) being held November 19-20. Cost is $70 per person. Senator Coleman brought up that Residence
Life is sending RAs to this conference (4) and it might keep costs down to
travel together. He also suggested the
possibility of sponsoring more RAs to attend the conference.
Motion
to adjourn Senator Johnson, Second Senator Caines. Motion Carries. . Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully Submitted by: Laura Wilson