November 29,
2005
Ninth Senate
Call to order
The meeting was called to
order at 4:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Senators Bybee,
Hanson, Mewes, Ojeda, Rawson, Ramirez, Riggers, Smith. President Racich,
Vice-President Ambriz. Chief Justice Allen, Associate Justice Schuster,
Associate Justice Diaz, Media Relations Director Rohde, Committees Director
Bloomsburg.
Excused Absent: Senator
Johnson
Audience:
Approval of Minutes:
Motion to approve minutes of
November 15, 2005 Senator Hanson, second Senator Rawson. Unanimous.
Student Government Advisor
■
Student Activities Coordinator
■ Brandon Lytle- Rock Climbing Friday.
Also on Friday there will be a Punk Rock concert at the WCC with 4 bands.
LCSC Administration Communications
■ Ron Smith- Nothing.
Executive Communications
■ President
Racich- Welcome back from your break. Please sign up for the Christmas Party by
this Friday. Advised the Senate that there may be problems with individuals who
are collecting full financial aid and are scheduled to receive a stipend due to
the increased amounts of stipends. Advised that she and Senator Mewes will be
at the SBOE meeting in
■ Vice-President
Ambriz- Will be offering a class on “Fundraising Skills” at 2 pm in his office
tomorrow. Advised the he has been nominated to go to
■ Director
of Committees- Director Bloomsburg advised the Senate that Santa’s Helpers
needs help setting out cans for donations. If you are out and about be sure to
ask for donations from area businesses. The book exchange will have training
September 18, if you are interested in volunteering please show up for the
meeting. Also reminded the Senate to sign up for volunteering, right now you
basically have your choice of hours.
Judicial Communications
■ Chief Justice Allen- Reported that
Judicial received the updated request for opinions and will be meeting with the
Justices later this week to go over those requests and will be issuing the
opinions as soon as possible. There is a new sofa in the Judicial office.
Committee Reports
Christmas Craft Fair: VP Ambriz reported that the Fair is full and there is
a waiting list for vendor space. The Committee will be meeting on Thursday; the
time is to be announced. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to volunteer time
for the Fair.
Clubs & Orgs: Senator Smith reported that there was a meeting last Friday. Dale Askew
of Sodexho spoke to Clubs and Orgs about fundraising options and spoke about
the contract. Next meeting is scheduled for December 16 at 10 am in the Library
TCC.
Diversity Committee: Senator Sherpa reported that the committee is working
on plans for Human Rights Day with AmeriCorps. Meeting tomorrow in SUB 225.
Faculty Senate: Senator Hanson reported that there was a report from Tony Fernandez regarding
a couple of issues that affect the Student body. Going to be cooperating with
BSU in trying to offer a Masters Degree in Social Work and Education. Athletic
Advisory Board has also met regarding student athletes; there has not been a
student representative at this meeting as there are privacy issues regarding
this advisory board. Student representation will be involved in the future when
it is appropriate. Administrative Procedures met regarding the involuntary
student withdrawal process and are in the process of making improvements to the
draft. Higher Ed Week will be January 23rd in
Legacy Committee: Senator Rawson reported that there are two new ideas that have been talked
about in the meetings. LCSC Warrior sign on the SUB, and Student Programming
Board equipment. Policies and procedures were voted on and passed in the
meeting.
Finance Committee: VP Ambriz advised there will be a finance meeting after Roundtable on Thursday.
Santa’s Helpers: Senator Mewes reported that the committee met this morning and
discussed the planning for the distribution of presents to Santa’s Helpers
recipients. There are a few families lined up to contribute to. Will be getting
ahold of those in charge of the Reid Centennial Hall effort. Requested help in
putting the cans out to get donations.
Old Business
None.
New Business
■ Bill 05-F030: Santa’s Helpers Donation: Motion to vote Senator Bybee, second
Senator Smith. Roll call vote: 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.
■ Senate Bill 05-F031: Stipend Allocation. Motion
to vote Senator Hanson, second Senator Ojeda. Roll call vote: 8 Yes, 1 No
Senator Smith, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.
Senate Information Reports
■
Brandon Lytle informed the Senate that there have been numerous clubs
that are missing the mandatory Clubs & Orgs meetings and he will be looking
at this in the next week and sending out emails to the clubs warning that they
could lose their recognition status for failing to attend.
■ Senator Mewes reported that there will
be a Blood Drive on December 8 from 9 to 4 p.m. in the WCC.
■ Senator
Ramirez reminded the Senate to write down their time spent in the office.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn Senator
Riggers, second Senator Hanson. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Myndie VanHorn
|
Bill 05-F030 Roll Call Vote |
Bill 05-F031 Roll Call Vote |
||||||
|
|
Y |
N |
A |
|
Y |
N |
A |
|
Bybee |
X |
|
|
Bybee |
X |
|
|
|
Hanson |
X |
|
|
Hanson |
X |
|
|
|
Johnson |
ES |
|
|
Johnson |
ES |
|
|
|
Mewes |
X |
|
|
Mewes |
X |
|
|
|
Ojeda |
X |
|
|
Ojeda |
X |
|
|
|
Ramirez |
X |
|
|
Ramirez |
X |
|
|
|
Rawson |
X |
|
|
Rawson |
X |
|
|
|
Riggers |
X |
|
|
Riggers |
X |
|
|
|
Sherpa |
X |
|
|
Sherpa |
X |
|
|
|
Smith |
X |
|
|
Smith |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ES= Excused Sick