October 11,
2005
Ninth Senate
Call to order
The meeting was called to
order at 4:32 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Senators Bybee,
Hanson, Johnson, Mewes, Ojeda, Rawson, Riggers, Sherpa, Smith. President
Racich, Vice-President Ambriz. Chief Justice Allen, Associate Justice Schuster,
Associate Justice Diaz, Media Relations Director Rohde.
Excused
Late: Committees Director Brott.
Absent: Senator Ramirez
(excused sick), Brandon Lytle (sick)
Audience: Ron Smith, Ernie
Williams, Coeur d’Alene Executive Council members and advisors: Diana Whaley,
Heather Erikson, Rosa Mettler, Wendy Hunter, Tony
Parks, Heidi Wilkins, Rocky Owens. Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.
Approval of Minutes:
Motion to
approve minutes of October 4, 2005, Senator Hanson, second Senator Sherpa. 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions.
Vice-President of Administrative Services
(Administration Communications)
■ Ron
Smith- The Provost asked him to bring forward a policy
that has been proposed in the Faculty Senate on graduation honors and
qualifications for honors. Would like student input by the end of the month.
■ Ernie
Williams- Informed the Senate that Brandon is out sick today. Co-curricular committee meeting Friday at 9 a.m. in SUB 143. There are
9 proposals, he has rating sheets and you can check the proposals online. Tonight at 6 p.m. LCSC vs.
Whitworth Volleyball.
■ Brandon Lytle- Out sick.
Executive Communications
■ President Racich- Welcome to the ASLCSC Coeur d’Alene and
advisors. We appreciate your
efforts. Warrior Zone has had low attendance compared to the amount
of hands that go up during the meeting. She encouraged everyone to come
to the Warrior Zone functions.
■ Vice-President
Ambriz- Welcome Coeur d’Alene
Judicial Communications
■ Sheldon Allen- Welcome to
■ Ben
Schuster- The vote has been made official for the Constitution. Votes from the
outreach centers did not reach this body within the time frame that was given. The
Constitution has been ratified.
Committee Reports
Communications Board- President Racich reported that they met last Friday.
Several students who signed up for the Comm Board did
not show up, if she does not hear from those members she will be appointing new
members to the Comm Board. During the meeting it was
decided that Sean McCoy and Pam Laird will be co-editors of The Pathfinder. The
Pathfinder presented their budget, everything appeared
fine with the budget.
ITPG-13- President
Racich offered official thank you’s to: Senators
Sherpa, Bybee and Mewes for their efforts on that committee, they did an
exemplary job. Appreciate all of the work that they did.
Diversity- Senator
Sherpa reported that they met last Wednesday and discussed the plans and goals
of the committee. Decided to bring Clubs and Orgs together and work with them.
Next meeting will be Wednesday the 19th at 5:30.
Student Affairs-
Senator Johnson reported that there was supposed to have been a meeting last
week. Senator Johnson and Hanson showed up for the meeting and no one else on
the committee showed up. Johnson received an email from Chairperson Crook,
apologizing and trying to reschedule.
Clubs and Orgs- Senator Smith advised the Senate that there is a meeting scheduled on
the 21st of October at 10:00 a.m. in the Library TCC.
Old Business
None.
New Business
■ Resolution 05-F002: Midterm Grade Notices. Discussion ensued. Ron Smith advised that
it would be a good idea for Faculty Senate representatives take the Resolution
to the Faculty Senate. Motion to vote Senator Rawson, second
Senator Ojeda. Roll call vote: 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Resolution
passed.
■ Senate Bill 05-F021: The Bylaws of the
ASLCSC. Motion for friendly amendment by Senator Smith to change line 23 to
read “This bill will pass upon a three-quarters (3/4) majority vote of the
ASLCSC Senate and the signature of the ASLCSC President. Second
Senator Bybee. 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions.
Question from Senator Bybee, “Are we able to make
friendly amendments to the Bylaws?”
Ruling from Chief Justice Allen “Yes.” Motion for
friendly amendment Senator Bybee, Page 36 under administration section 1.130
would like to strike “past.” President Racich defined the usage of “past” and
the motion was withdrawn.
Motion for friendly amendment Senator Bybee, Page 24,
3.251 strike “of” Second Senator Hanson. 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions.
Motion for friendly amendment Senator Smith. Page 34, 2.320, would like to add section on “the
ASLCSC Secretary.” Second Senator Bybee. 9 Yes, 0 No,
0 Abstentions.
Discussion,
Senator Smith has an issue with the stipends in the Bylaws. Informed
the Senate that he has an issue with voting himself a “raise.” He agrees
that there needs to be a stipend increase but doesn’t feel comfortable with
voting himself a raise. Senator Hanson raised the point that last year they
tried to have the Constitution changed but were unable to do so because the
advertisement was not ran in The Pathfinder. According to Hanson the stipend
issue would have been taken care of last year. Senator Riggers inquired into
the grievance section. Was advised by Senator Johnson that this section is a
“work-in-progress” and will be inserted into the Bylaws later.
Senator
Smith, page 10, Definition of a Resolution, 2.200. The ASLCSC President has
been added to that. The definition of a Resolution is that it is by the Legislative
Branch and he didn’t see why the President should be part of that. Because a
Resolution is the will of the Senate and a Resolution is not binding, it should
not have to have the Presidents signature on it. Feels that
this would defeat the purpose of the Resolution. Senator Rawson informed
that a Resolution does fall under legislation and all legislation does have to
be signed by the President to make it official. Discussion ensued.
Motion
to vote on Bylaws as amended, Senator Hanson, second Senator Mewes. Roll call
vote: 8 Yes, 1 No Senator Smith, 0
Abstentions. Bill passed. Bill was signed by Senate Majority Leader Johnson and
President Racich.
Senate Information Reports
■
Chief Justice Sheldon Allen- Since Bill 05-F021 was passed there are
some issues that need to be addressed. Allen informed the Senate and the
■ Diana Whaley- Thank you to each of you for your time today. Informed the Senate that their
group had a very productive day on the campus and look forward to visiting
again in the spring. She wanted the Senate to know that they have a very dedicated group that are willing to follow the rules
and work with the Senate. Want to avoid a rift like happened last year. One
issue that has come up is the possibility of giving the Committee credit for
the time they put in. The committee does not want to separate themselves from
this body but she wanted the Senate to be aware that there are different needs
for the
Key points of Discussion with
à
Heather Erikson-
“If we were able to make our own decisions, some of them very small, it would
free up a lot of your time in order to focus on your students here in
Lewiston. Whereas we would be
representing our students in
à Rocky Owens- Last
year there was this great divide but it came together again. The first year
that they functioned as a student government they had no idea what they were
doing. This is the 6th year that they are doing this, and last year
they got behind the classification of Executive Committee. This year there has
been great communication between the two groups but he thinks the group is
struggling to define how they function as an Executive Committee. On one hand
they are trying to function as an Executive Committee and on the other hand
they are trying to represent the unique needs of the Center. An ongoing issue
is going to be is “how do we represent the ever-growing student body of the
Coeur d’Alene Center, because as the President said (Dene Thomas) it could well
be down the road that Coeur d’Alene will be a campus.”
à President
Racich- informed the group that
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Discussed how the
Council can make a stand about issues. Senator Bybee informed the Council that
they can write a bill or resolution and submit it to the Senate for
sponsorship.
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Talked about
having a spot on the agenda for
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Stipends or
credits are being looked into for the
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Possibility of a
voting station being put up in
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Discussed opening
up a spot on the Senate for a
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There was
discussion in regards to a Coeur d’Alene Senator sitting on the Executive
Council. It was decided that would be a possibility.
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Justice Schuster
brought up voting and asked if there were any suggestions to getting more votes
at the outreach centers. One suggestion that was made was that there should be
more time given to get the word out and get the votes in.
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New email address
for
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Senator Bybee-
drew attention to page 33 of the Bylaws “Eligibility for credits.” Outlining
the eligibility requirements for credits for student government members.
Audience Time
■ Reminder to show up for Warrior Zone.
■ Senator
Ojeda- concerns about what is going on with Sodexho. Senator Smith requested
that Dale Askew (for Sodexho) and Tate Smith (for the Radio Club) be asked to
the next Roundtable meeting.
Adjournment
Motion to
adjourn Senator Riggers, second Senator Ojeda. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned
at 5:50 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Myndie VanHorn
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Resolution 05-F002 Roll Call Vote |
Bill 05-F021
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Bybee |
X |
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Bybee |
X |
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Hanson |
X |
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Hanson |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Mewes |
X |
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Mewes |
X |
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Ojeda |
X |
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Ojeda |
X |
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Ramirez |
ES |
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Ramirez |
ES |
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Rawson |
X |
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Rawson |
X |
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Riggers |
X |
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Riggers |
X |
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Sherpa |
X |
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Sherpa |
X |
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Smith |
X |
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Smith |
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X |
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ES= Excused Sick