ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

September 12, 2006

Tenth Senate

 

 

 

Present

Absent

Late

Allen

 X

 

 

Arnzen

 X

 

 

Estes

 

 X Exc.

 

Fragnella

 X

 

 

Johnson

 X

 

 

Ojeda

 X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call to order

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

 

Roll Call

Present: Senators Allen, Arnzen, Fragnella, Johnson, Ojeda. President Bloomsburg, Vice President Smith, Associate Justice Ramirez, Associate Justice Zipse, Chief Justice Vaughan.

Excused Absent: Senator Estes.

Audience: Tony Fernandez, Brandon Lytle, Dennis Bortz, Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

 

Approval of Minutes:

Approval of the minutes for September 06, 2006. Motion Senator Ojeda, second Senator Fragnella. Motion for friendly Senator Johnson second Senator Fragnella to take out the second “should” on page 3 under “Audience time,” Friendly Unanimous. 5 Yes, 0 no, 0 Abstentions.

 

Student Government Advisor

■          Ernie Williams- Absent.

 

Student Activities Coordinator

■          Brandon Lytle- Deadlines for Intramurals. The 14th there is a pool tournament at noon, 15th at 5 pm is the deadline for 3 on 3 soccer and dodgeball registration in ACW 114. WSU / USC game coming up and tickets are $20 a piece. 

 

LCSC Administration Communications

■          Tony Fernandez- Introduced himself to the Senate and informed the Senate that he will be attending the Senate and Roundtable meetings as the Administrative representative. Be aware of enrollments, they are somewhat flat, a little over 1% down as of today which is 10th day. FTE is flat too, are a little less than a percentage point off. This is better than the rest of the state. There are two initiatives that possibly will affect this college positively. The Governor has started a task force to take a look at the nursing shortage in the state. “There will be recommendations made to augment the institutions of higher education that have nursing programs, that includes us.” Informed the Senate that he is part of that task force and will be going to Boise this Thursday for the second meeting. “What we are asking for from the state and the task force for recommendations is a new building here on this campus.” May be successful in that, but it is too early now to know for sure. The high school reform will have some initiatives to help support LCSC’s teacher education to address that problem. The issue that is before us right now is the radio station, and we need to decide if we are going to start a station or not. There are other alternatives to being on the air such as streaming on the Web. Would like to get input from the students on this issue. His email address is tfernandez@lcsc.edu. Will have to make a decision here really soon. Have to be on the air by November 8.

 

Executive Communications

■          President Bloomsburg- Went over again what he had talked to Tate Smith about in his meeting with him. Advised that he had told Tate to go ahead and buy the transmitter. Asked if the transmitter had been bought. Dr. Fernandez advised that it had not.  President Bloomsburg stated “I thought we were going ahead with it.”  Dr Fernandez stated that “this is a substantial commitment on the part of Student Government and the Administration.” President Bloomsburg brought up the Resolution that was passed last spring guaranteeing the line item for the Radio Club. VP Smith stated that the Student Government has had a substantial investment in this for quite a few years now. “If we don’t get it done now, it’s never going to happen.” President Bloomsburg stated that “we will never be this close again…would also like to know what the students think.” Co-Curricular funding proposals are due October 3, he will be getting with Media Relations Director Sherpa to get the word out. Lytle added that the due-date for clubs re-recognition is October 2. VP Smith stated that there is also the non-co-curricular funding that was set up that will be the same time frame. Stated that he thought it would be easiest if the committee was the same for both. 

■          Vice-President Smith- Clubs and Orgs meetings Sept 22, 12:15 ACW. Diversity and Legacy Committee members stick around afterwards to figure out time to meet.

■          Media Relations Director Sherpa- Advised that the Security escort information will be in the Pathfinder on the front page.

 

Judicial Communications

■          Chief Justice Vaughan- Nothing to report. Will be sitting down next week with justices to work on the election code.

Motion to amend agenda to elect new Senate Majority Leader.

Senator Allen advised that he would accept the position of Senate Majority Leader. For the sake of continuity and solidification of this body.

Media Relations Director Sherpa suggested that the position should be explained to the Senate. Senator Smith agreed and said that they should go over the Bylaws. Stated that there has been a lot of things that have been overlooked in the current situation such as agendas and the fact that the bills are supposed to be in earlier and the office hours part of the position.

Senator Johnson added that there are more requirements of the Senate Majority Leader. There are committees that are required of the position and some of the committees require a great deal of work towards the end of the semester. 

Senator Johnson nominated Senator Allen, second Senator Arnzen.

Senator Johnson nominated Senator Ojeda, second Senator Fragnella.

Senator Ojeda declined the nomination.

Senator Allen accepted the nomination.

Senator Allen nominated Senator Fragnella second Senator Johnson. 

Senator Johnson nominated Senator Ojeda, second Senator Fragnella.

Motion to vote Senator Ojeda, second Senator Johnson.

 

Roll Call Vote for Senate Majority Leader

 

 

Allen

Abstain

Arnzen

Allen

Estes

Absent

Fragnella

Ojeda

Johnson

Abstain

Ojeda

Abstain

 

 

 

Tie vote goes to Vice President. Vice President Smith stated that he would have to go with the Bylaws with the person with the most experience and his vote would be for Senator Ojeda.

Senator Allen advised that the section VP Smith was referring to was on page 5, section 1.1100. Read the section to the Senate. Brandon Lytle asked if Senator Allen was questioning VP Smith’s decision. Senator Allen stated that it was more of an informational discussion for himself and the body.

Senator Ojeda took the Senate Majority seat. 

 

Committee Reports

None.

 

Old Business

Discussed the tabled resolution. Decided that it would stay tabled as there is a meeting scheduled this Friday to discuss the resolution.

 

New Business

■          Senate Bill 06-F007: Appointment of Brenn Frei to Senate.  President Bloomsburg asked why Brenn was not at the meeting today. There was a miscommunication with the interview group and she was not informed to be at the meeting. It was decided that she will be sworn in on Thursday at the Roundtable meeting if the bill passes. Motion to vote Senator Fragnella, second Senator Arnzen. Roll call vote:  5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

■          Senate Bill 06-F008: Funding for Activity Center West Workstudy. Senator Johnson explained that the bill is aimed at giving workstudy money to Student Activities to help fund workstudy positions to keep the Activity Center West gym open in the evenings for student use. Motion to vote Senator Fragnella, second Senator Allen. Roll call vote: 5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed. 

■          Senate Bill 06-F009: Appointment of Brayton Zipse to Associate Justice. Motion to vote Senator Johnson, second Senator Allen. Roll call vote: 5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

President Bloomsburg and Senator Ojeda signed the bill and Chief Justice Vaughan swore AJ Zipse in.

 

■          Senate Bill 06-F010: Funding for ASLCSC Workstudy wages. Motion to vote, Senator Fragnella, second Senator Johnson. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 1 No Senator Allen, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed. 

 

Bill 06-F007 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 06-F008 Roll Call Vote

 

Y 

N

A

 

Y 

N

A

Allen

X

 

 

Allen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Estes

 

Absent 

 

Estes

 

Absent

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 06-F009 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 06-F010 Roll Call Vote

 

Y 

N

A

 

Y 

N

A

Allen

X

 

 

Allen

 

X

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Arnzen

X

 

 

Estes

 

Absent 

 

Estes

 

Absent

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Johnson

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

Ojeda

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Information Reports

■          None.

 

Audience Time

■          Senator Johnson: Today is Constitution Day. There is a presentation in the WCC at 7pm tonight.  

■          Dennis Bortz- Is a Geology student. Reported that in MLH there are idle rock saws and equipment. They have tried to find places to put them and they cannot be used where they are at. Have just moved them into storage. For years they have tried to find somewhere to use them. Stated that as a geology major they should be able to cut rocks open, this equipment is not being used. One suggestion was that a concrete slab be poured with a chain link fence and a roof coming off with power supplied to it.  Provost Fernandez advised him of the Unit Action Plan (UAP) process. Right now is the time to start talking to the Natural Sciences division to get them to put it on a UAP. “If it comes out of the Division and it’s a high priority within the Division, and it’s not exorbitant, there’s a very good chance that funds would be made available.” VP Smith advised that the institutional development grant would fall in this area too. Provost Fernandez advised that he is going to need the support of his faculty. 

 

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn Senator Johnson, second Senator Fragnella. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:20

 

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn