September 27,
2005
Ninth Senate
Call to order
The meeting was called to
order at 4:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Senators Bybee, Mewes,
Ojeda, Ramirez, Rawson, Riggers, Sherpa, Smith. President Racich,
Vice-President Ambriz, Ernie Williams, Ben Schuster, Sheldon Allen, Randi
Brott, Pam Laird, Jimmie O’Harra, Brandon Lytle, Senate Secretary Myndie
VanHorn.
Excused Late: Johnson,
Hanson, Allison Rohde.
Absent: Ron Smith.
Approval of Minutes:
Motion to approve minutes of
September 20, 2005, Senator Bybee, second Senator Rawson. Unanimous approval.
Vice President of Administrative Services
(Administration Communications)
■ Ron
Smith- absent, other commitment.
■ Ernie
Williams- Apologize for Ron Smith, unable to make the meeting as he had
another commitment. Checked the website for co-curricular funding requests, as
of this morning there were none. For those who are interested in putting in a
funding request, they need to get the requests in.
■ Brandon Lytle- informed
the Senate that there are some trips coming up: WSU vs. Stanford October 8th
($15 tickets), Sonics vs. TrailBlazers in
Executive Communications
■ President
Racich- informed the Senate that she has had students bring her concerns about
the mid-term grades not being posted. Instructors don’t always know where you
as a student are sitting so students are unable to see where they are sitting
grade-wise in their classes so that they can get tutoring help in time. This
may be something the Senate may want to look at.
■ Vice-president
Ambriz- Reminder of finance committee meeting after Roundtable Thursday. Will
be discussing September budget. Remind people to vote.
Judicial Communications
■ Sheldon Allen- the “Confluence”
constitution has been approved. Judicial will have the Residence Hall
Association constitution approved by Friday. Elections start tomorrow, make
sure to remind people. The League of Women Voters will be manning the polls;
they will have one person at each location. Ernie, Brandon and Chief Justice
Allen will be picking up the boxes at the end of the day for counting.
■ Ben
Schuster- The reason that the League will only have one person manning the
polls is that they have been stretched thin with the fair just getting over, it
was decided by the Judicial branch that this was still staying within the
election code. Request that the Senate consider allocating more funds for the
Judicial branch as the budget was only increased by $250 and it is going to
cost $400 for the League to man the polling locations.
Committee Reports
Randi Brott- A
reminder that all committees should have minutes from their meetings.
Committees can either get those to her by email or by dropping them in her box
as soon as possible after the meeting. All committees need to have policies and
procedures. If there any other questions or concerns committee members are
welcome to contact her.
Faculty Senate- Senator Hanson reported that he and Senator Johnson attended the
meeting last Thursday. The meeting
was an introduction meeting. The significant changes that are coming through
are the office that Faculty Senate plans to take over in the SUB, and that Gen
Ed moved to its own committee. This makes it harder to make changes to the core
curriculum.
Curriculum Committee- Senator Hanson reported that he and Senator Johnson had just come from the curriculum
committee meeting. The committee discussed the change in the Gen Ed moving into
its own committee. Next semester there will be no more paper time schedules, it
will be on the net. They will be printing small booklet that breaks down some
of the core classes and procedures for registration but it will be no where
near as big as the paper time schedule we have now.
Ways and Means-
Senator Ramirez reported that the committee met on Thursday and went over the
bylaws. Made several changes. Will be meeting after today’s meeting and
Thursday after Senate. “Everyone’s welcome, thanks for your input.”
ITPG 13- (Information
Technology Planning Group) President Racich
reported that this Group is a five year plan for technology on campus. The
Group is appointed by Dene Thomas. The Group is divided into 6 groups and one
of the groups (Equipment and Infrastructure group) needs 3 to 4 people from
“this body.” Some of the information that needs to be gathered are ideas for “Technology Pizzazz” such as kiosks or
webcams. Need to find out the favorite classrooms on campus and why they are
the favorite classrooms. There are a lot of other issues on the table and she
needs the information back by October 7. Senators Mewes, Sherpa and Bybee
volunteered for this subgroup.
Old Business
None.
New Business
■ Resolution 05-F001: Faculty Senate SUB
office. Discussion ensued. Motion to vote Senator Rawson, second Senator
Riggers. Roll call vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Resolution passed.
■ Senate Bill
05- F017: Appointment of Jason Crenshaw to Associate Justice, Motion
to vote Senator Ramirez, second Senator Sherpa. Roll call vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.
■ Senate Bill
05- F018: To approve the expenditure of $333.33 for student housing
website, Motion to vote Senator Ojeda, second Senator Ramirez. Roll call
vote: 10 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill
passed.
Senate Information Reports
■ NWSLC-
(Northwest Student Leadership Conference)- Will be held at
Audience Time
■ Pam
Laird- asking that the Senate support Whitedove going to the Idaho Indian
Education Summit in Coeur d’Alene October 6. Needs help with food and lodging
while up there.
■ Jimmie
O’Harra- invitation to Open House for Web Development and Computing tomorrow
night.
■ Ernie
Williams- informed the Senate that he had received a call from President Thomas
at about 4 p.m. asking about the resolution. President asked Ernie if he would
inform her of the result of the vote after the meeting. Ernie informed the
Senate he would be letting the President know that the result of the vote on
the resolution was unanimous. Also wanted to inform the Senate that the $4.99 student
special at Old Country Buffet has been reinstituted one day a week, flyers will
be printed soon.
■ Senator
Sherpa- received a message in her mailbox regarding the library hours and said
she would be checking in to the hours at the library.
■ Senator
Smith- had a student mention that Sodexho doesn’t have any hours listed.
Discussion ensued regarding the inconsistencies at Sodexho. Ernie Williams
suggested the Senate invite Dale Askew to a Senate meeting.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn Senator Ramirez,
second Senator Smith. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Myndie VanHorn
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Resolution 05-F001 Roll Call Vote |
05-F017 Roll Call Vote |
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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 |
X |
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Ramirez |
X |
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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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05-F0018 Roll Call Vote |
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Bybee |
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Hanson |
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Johnson |
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Mewes |
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Ojeda |
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Ramirez |
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Rawson |
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Riggers |
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Sherpa |
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Smith |
X |
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