ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

August 29, 2006

Tenth Senate

 

 

Present

Absent

Late

Allen

 X

 

 

Arnzen

 X

 

 

Estes

 X

 

 

Fragnella

 

 

X 

Johnson

 X

 

 

Ojeda

 X

 

 

Rawson

 X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm.

 

Roll Call:

Present: Senators Allen, Arnzen, Estes, Fragnella, Johnson, Ojeda, Rawson, President Bloomsburg, Vice-President Smith, Associate Justice Wittman, Associate Justice Vaughan.

Absent:

Audience: Ernie Williams, Brandon Lytle, Pasang Sherpa, Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

 

Approval of Minutes:

Approval of the minutes for May 9, 2006. Motion Senator Johnson, second Senator Rawson.  Unanimous.

 

Student Government Advisor:

●        Ernie Williams: Welcome back. Emphasized that he is in an advisory position. Does not tell you what to do and what not to do, this is a living classroom. His door is open if you would like to talk to him his office is Reid Hall Room 111. Good to have you back.

 

Student Activities Coordinator:

●        Brandon Lytle: Welcome. Thursday he will have a list of programs and activities that are available to students and campus community.

 

LCSC Administration Communications:

●        Ernie Williams: Advised that Ron Smith has taken another position in Seattle. The new Vice President for Administrative Services is Chet Herbst. Not sure if Herbst received the word, since he is not here today Ernie will check with him tomorrow so the ASLCSC will have the Vice President at the table. VP Smith added that the ASLCSC is now under the Student Services umbrella. Ernie responded that his understanding is that they still want the VP at the table.

 

Executive Communications:

●        President Bloomsburg: Advised that there are two bills that need to be added to the agenda. First one is the budget and the second is about the constitution of the State Student Associate of Idaho. Pointed out that there are a lot of empty seats around the table, let your friends know there are positions open. Thursday’s meeting will also cover what people missed at retreat.

●        Vice President Smith: Because of the empty seats this would be a good time to figure out how long you want to keep the positions open and when you want to do interviews. The Senate Majority Leader you elected decided not to take the position and Sheldon is filling in. Will need to elect a new Majority Leader sometime during this meeting. Committees need to be discussed after this meeting.

 

Judicial Communications:

●        Associate Justice Vaughan: Introduced self. Judicial has three seats open. Need some people in the Judicial Branch. Has two people interested but they have not filled out applications yet.

AJ Wittman Swore in Eric Estes.

 

Committee Reports:

None.

 

Old Business:

Motion to amend the agenda to add Bill 06-F001 and 06-F002 in New Business. Senator Johnson, second Senator Estes.

VP Smith reminded the Senate that there is a Resolution that was tabled at Sine Die. Senator Ojeda suggested waiting until next meeting to bring the Resolution back up. Resolution remained tabled.

Motion to amend agenda. Unanimous.

 

New Business:

●        Senate Bill 06-F001: The ASLCSC Fiscal Year 2006-07 Budget: Motion to vote Senator Estes, second Senator Rawson. Discussion ensued. Roll call vote: 7 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

●        Senate Bill 06-F002: Ratification of the constitution of the State Student Association of Idaho. President Bloomsburg explained that this transpired during the summer while he was in Twin Falls at the State Board of Education meeting. The State Student Association will include LCSC, ISU and BSU. U of I is being excluded because they do not believe in equity funding. Goals are limited to lobbying for support in Higher Ed in Idaho. The way the constitution is set up it cannot be used to back issues that do not have anything to do with Higher Ed. Can set up an Idaho Lobby Day or other issues like that. For the first year there will be no dues on the campuses. In the future there will be a line item started to deal with the Student Association. Senator Estes added that he was there and “it looks like a good ball to get rolling.” There are still a few little kinks to work out but once those are worked out it will be a good thing. Discussion ensued regarding LCSC only having one person. Motion to vote Senator Ojeda, second Senator Fragnella. Roll call vote: 7 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

 

Bill 06-F001 Roll Call Vote

Bill 06-F002 Roll Call Vote

 

Y 

N

A

 

Y 

N

A

Allen

X

 

 

Allen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Estes

X

 

 

Estes

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

Rawson

X

 

 

Rawson

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Information Reports:

●        None.

 

Audience Time:

●        Pasang Sherpa: Took the Assistant Editor position with The Pathfinder. She is at this meeting representing The Pathfinder.

●        Senator Ojeda: Reminded the Senate to look into the DREAM Act a little more to be informed for the vote next week.

●        President Bloomsburg reminded everyone that they need to meet regarding the committees afterwards.

 

Senator Johnson nominated Senator Allen and Senate Majority Leader, second Senator Estes.

Senator Rawson nominated himself, second Senator Johnson.

Senator Estes asked who would want to take this position. Discussion ensued. Motion to vote Senator Ojeda, second Senator Estes.

 

Roll Call Vote

 

ALLEN 

RAWSON

Allen

Abstain

 

Arnzen

 

X 

Estes

X

 

Fragnella

 

X 

Johnson

Abstain

 

Ojeda

 

X 

Rawson

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

3 Votes Rawson, 1 Vote Allen. Senator Rawson took seat as Senate Majority Leader and Senator Allen moved back to Senate Pro Tem.

 

Adjournment:

Motion to adjourn Senator Johnson, second Senator Allen. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:14 pm.

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn