ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

September 13, 2005

Ninth Senate

 

Call to order

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m.

 

Roll Call

Present: Senators Bybee, Hanson, Johnson, Mewes, Ojeda, Ramirez, Rawson, Riggers, Sherpa, Smith. President Racich, Vice-President Ambriz, Brandon Lytle, Ron Smith, Tony Fernandez, Ernie Williams, Ben Schuster, Sheldon Allen, Pam Laird, Galo Albor, Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

Absent: Allison Rohde- excused sick.

 

Approval of Minutes:

Senator Bybee, modification to August 30 minutes: page 2 Senate Bill F005, still needs fixed. Motion to approve September 6 minutes Senator Bybee, second Senator Ramirez, minutes passed unanimously.

 

Vice President of Administrative Services (Administration Communications)

■          Ron Smith- yield time to Ernie Williams

■          Ernie Williams- Just a notification that the co-curricular committee is set and are putting information online for accessibility for those who are on the committee.

■          Brandon Lytle- Upcoming events announced. SPB sponsoring Paradigm will perform at noon in the solarium on the 22nd. Intramurals softball tournament this weekend, are still taking late registration for teams. Clubs and orgs meeting this Friday 10 a.m. in LIB TCC, clubs are required to have a representative attend.

 

Executive Communications

■          President Racich- none

■          Vice-president Ambriz- President Racich will be gone this Thursday for Roundtable, if there is anything for the agenda contact me.

 

Judicial Communications

■          Ben Schuster- Met Friday and reviewed the Circle K constitution and found it to be acceptable.

 

Committee Reports

Ways and Means- Senator Ramirez, will be meeting today after the senate meeting.

Book Exchange- Senator Bybee requesting that senators on the book exchange committee put times in his box that you would be available for a meeting. Senator Mewes, question to Senator Bybee- requesting a response for the student technology fees committee that had held vote online. Bybee responded that he voted yes on SPB.    

Diversity Committee- Senator Smith would like to figure out a time to meet. I am on the President’s Council Diversity Committee and they are looking at updating some of the agenda for the school wide diversity statement, and it might be good to have a student voice on that just to look some of that over and see if we have anything to recommend to that.  

 

Old Business

None.

 

 

New Business

■          Senate Bill  05-F011: Mardi Gras Bead Donation to LCSC KAREs. Motion to vote Senator Ramirez, second Senator Smith. Roll call vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

■          Senate Bill  05- F012: Appointment of Sheldon Allen to Chief Justice. Motion to vote Senator Hanson, second Senator Ramirez. Roll call vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions, bill passed.

■          Senate Bill 05 - F013: Funding for I.C.A.N. (Idaho Community Action Network).  Senator Ramirez gave an explanation as to what the I.C.A.N. and D.R.E.A.M. (Developmental Relief Education for Alien Minors) Act are. Senator Ramirez explained that this money will go to 13-14 LCSC students for hotel rooms in Boise for a workshop on the D.R.E.A.M. Act.  The senate invited Galo Albor to speak about it. Albor spoke.

Motion Senator Rawson, second Senator Mewes. Roll Call Vote for friendly amendment to allow for amount to be changed to $500.00. 6 Yes (Johnson, Mewes, Ojeda, Ramirez, Rawson, Sherpa), 2 No (Hanson, Riggers), 2 Abstentions (Bybee, Smith) Motion for friendly amendment failed.

Motion for friendly amendment Senator Smith, second Senator Rawson. Motion to add periods behind I.C.A.N. for consistency. Friendly amendment passed unanimously.

Motion to vote on Senate Bill 05-F013 as amended Senator Mewes, second Senator Sherpa. Roll call vote: 9 Yes, 1 No (Hanson), 0 Abstentions, bill passed.

■          Senate Bill 05 – F014: Appointment of Ben Schuster to Associate Justice.

Motion to amend the agenda for the current Chief Justice (Schuster) to swear in new Chief Justice (Allen) before he resigns as Chief Justice. Motion to amend the agenda Senator Smith, second Rawson, passed unanimously. New Chief Justice Allen sworn in by outgoing Chief Justice Schuster.

Motion to approve Senate Bill 05-F014 Senator Bybee, Second Senator Riggers. Roll call vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed. Bill signed by President Racich.  Associate Justice Schuster sworn in by Chief Justice Allen.

 

Senate Information Reports

■          Senator Johnson- nominations for the general education committee have come out. They are as follows: Scott Brainard (TI), Rhett Diesner (Education), Larry Haapanen (Humanities), Eric Martin (Social Science), Ed Miller (Natural Sciences), Mike Owen (BTS), Sheila Watkins (Nursing and Health Sciences). The general education committee was a sub-committee of the curriculum committee of the Faculty Senate and has been removed is now its own committee. “The function is to revue and recommend changes in the general education throughout the college and the general education core curriculum. As well as monitor the effectiveness of general education throughout the college and the general education core. Publicize and advocate for general education for the students, faculty and staff at the college. Maintain an ongoing study of general education philosophies and models nationwide. And coordinate college-wide actions to maintain the relevance of general education in the changing society.”

■          Senator Smith- There’s a Diversity Committee that has been appointed by the President, this committee was around in 2000, and the committee is looking at the cultural diversity statement of the college and the goals of the college. One of the things they are going to look at is that the college has a cultural diversity statement, but they don’t have a complete diversity statement which has a lot of other groups in it. If anyone has time to look at those, they are listed as the “agenda for a change” on the website you should be able to find it. I can get the exact URL if anyone is interested.

 

 

 

 

Audience Time

■          Senator Bybee- Motion for Executive Session, seconded by Senator Smith. Roll Call Vote: 4 Yes (Bybee, Riggers, Sherpa, Smith), 6 No (Hanson, Johnson, Mewes, Ojeda, Ramirez, Rawson), 0 Abstentions. Motion Failed.

 

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn Senator Ramirez, second Senator Ojeda. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m.

 

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn

 

05-F011 Roll Call Vote

05-F012 Roll Call Vote

 

Y 

N

A

 

Y 

N

A

Bybee

X

 

 

Bybee

X

 

 

Hanson

X

 

 

Hanson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  05-F013 (friendly amend) Roll Call Vote

    05-F013 (2nd friendly) Roll Call Vote

 

 

 Y

N

A

 

Y

N

A

 

Bybee

 

 

X

Bybee

X

 

 

 

Hanson

 

X

 

Hanson

X

 

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

05-F013 Roll Call Vote

05-F014 Roll Call Vote

 

 

Y

N

A

 

Y

N

A

 

Bybee

 X

 

 

Bybee

X

 

 

 

Hanson

 

 X

 

Hanson

X

 

 

 

Johnson

 X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

 

Mewes

 X

 

 

Mewes

X

 

 

 

Ojeda

 X

 

 

Ojeda