ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

October 24, 2006

Tenth Senate

 

 

 

Present

Absent

Late

Allen

 X

 

 

Arnzen

 X

 

 

Estes

 X

 

 

Fragnella

 X

 

 

Frei

 X

 

 

Karen Johnson

 X

 

 

Kent Johnson

 X

 

 

Ojeda

 X

 

 

 

 

Call to order

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

 

Roll Call

Present: Senators Allen, Arnzen, Estes, Fragnella, Frei, Karen Johnson, Kent Johnson, Ojeda. President Bloomsburg, Vice President Smith, Chief Justice Vaughan, Associate Justice Zipse.

Excused Absent:

Audience: Tony Fernandez, Ernie Williams, Brandon Lytle, Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

 

Approval of Minutes:

Approval of the minutes for October 17, 2006. Motion Senator Karen Johnson, second Senator Frei. Unanimous.

 

Student Government Advisor

■          Ernie Williams- Flu shots now available in student health center for $18. Call or drop by to get an appt.

 

Student Activities Coordinator

■          Brandon Lytle- Andrew Becker tonight. $5 non-students, $2 students. NBA game sold-out, won backstage tickets.

 

LCSC Administration Communication

■          Tony Fernandez- Governors task force on nursing will have a press conference next Tuesday. Governor may announce some things that will affect this college and other colleges and universities.

 

Executive Communications

■          President Bloomsburg- Senator Ojeda and he just came from a meeting with CAMP explaining what Student Government is. All of the CAMP students live in College Place and had some concerns about what was going on at College Place. Sent emails to Karan Morscheck and she is unable to come to the meeting today or Thursday. Invited Cindy Durgan to meeting on Thursday regarding the WarriorZone. Advised that he has had a couple of applications come in for Committees Director. Advised he will have a decision made by Monday.

■          Vice-President Smith- Those on the Finance Committee had an extra submission in their boxes, the club submitted it on time, there was some confusion.  

■          Media Relations Director Sherpa- Put up flyers for Communications Board and has been involved in Contemporary Social Issues with getting more information.

 

Judicial Communications

■          Chief Justice Vaughan- Will provide an election code to anyone that did not get a copy. Ways and Means will meet soon to discuss the election code and have it back in the Senate.

 

Committee Reports

Alumni: Senator Karen Johnson advised that they have set up goodsearch.com that donates 5 cents to the alumni committee every time it is used. Powered by Yahoo. First time you go it will ask who you want to benefit and you just put in LCSC Alumni. Also working on www.icarekits.com. Can go there and order care packages for students.

Clubs and Orgs: VP Smith reported that they met last Friday, had several guests. Brandon presented a travel policy at the meeting. There will be about 15 clubs participating in Warrior Discovery Day.  

Faculty Senate: Senator Kent Johnson reported that the biggest thing is possible changes with incompletes. As it currently stands you have one semester to get an incomplete changed which causes problems when the student is graduating. Provost Fernandez added that when you have an incomplete you are “walking” not “graduating” the student may have to reapply to graduate if the coursework is not completed.

 

Old Business

a.                   Resolution 06-F001- Senator Estes advised to keep it tabled. Legacy Committee is still working on this issue.

b.                   Bill 06-F015- Senator Karen Johnson advised that she gave the list of books to Senators last week. Senator Estes advised that we would have to find out if these books are even available in the bookstore. Bill remained tabled.

 

New Business

■          Senate Bill 06-F018: Establish an emergency fund.  Senator Fragnella stated that she thought a Committee should discuss this bill. Senator Kent Johnson stated that this needs more than a bill and replenishment. Thinks it needs to be set up differently. Feels there is some groundwork necessary before this is established. Senator Ojeda passed the gavel to Senator Allen. Senator Ojeda agreed with Senator Kent Johnson. Senator Ojeda took the gavel back. President Bloomsburg stated that this bill might need to be withdrawn and set up an ad hoc committee. There were several comments in regards to the language on the bill. Senator Kent Johnson stated that he thought the bill should be withdrawn and rewritten. Senator Estes stated that they should sit down as a group and hammer out the specifics. VP Smith stated that if this bill were tabled it would leave it as is. If the bill were withdrawn then work could be done on it. Senator Karen Johnson motioned to withdraw the bill, second Senator Kent Johnson. Unanimous. Bill Withdrawn.  

■          Senate Bill 06-F019: Northwest Leadership Conference. Senator Allen asked what the specifics were in regards to people going. Senator Kent Johnson advised that the specifics will be ironed out in the near future when the dates get closer. Motion to vote, Senator Kent Johnson, second Senator Estes. Roll call vote: 6 Yes, 1 No, 1 Abstention. Bill passed.  

 

Senate Bill 06-F019 Roll Call Vote

 

Y 

N

A

Allen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Estes

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

Karen Johnson

 

X

 

Kent Johnson

X

 

 

Ojeda

 

 

 X

 

Senate Information Reports

■          Senator Kent Johnson stated that he received a letter regarding the complaint about Student Health and the issue that was brought forth a couple weeks ago. Senator Johnson also read an email from a student regarding the LCSC website and the fact that there are no pictures of non-traditional students on the website. VP Smith stated that he would bring this up to the Presidents Council on Diversity. Provost Fernandez added that they could bring it up to the marketing committee. Reminded the Senior Senators that this issue was also brought up by Laurie last year that the pamphlets that come out are typically younger. Mean age on the campus is 27 according to Provost Fernandez; the average age is coming down. VP Smith added that this is “a funny number” because it starts out at 18 rather than starting at 1.  

 

Audience Time

■          Brandon Lytle advised that he is working on the travel policy for all clubs that are traveling without an advisor. Each group member will be required to fill out a form before the trip. There will be set steps that will have to be taken. Will also have to have a full-time employee in 24-hour contact with the group.

■          President Bloomsburg asked who would like to be on the emergency fund ad hoc committee. Senators Kent Johnson, Karen Johnson, Frei, Fragnella and Ojeda volunteered.

■          Senator Allen Ways and Means after Finance.

           

 

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn Senator Fragnella, second Senator Frei. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:11 pm.  

 

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn