ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

August 18, 2007

Eleventh Senate

Roll Call
	Present	Absent	Late
Binkley	X
Bozzuto	X
Filler	X
Fragnella	X
Frei	X
McKee	X
Teats	X
Smith	X
Astle		X
Curd	X
O’Harra	X

Call to order

The meeting was called to order (not sure of the time).

Roll Call

Present: Senators Binkley, Bozzuto, Filler, Fragnella, Frei, McKee, Teats. President Smith, Committees Director Curd, Media Relations Director O’Harra.

Absent: Vice-President Astle, Associate Justice Ramirez, Associate Justice Wittman, Chief Justice Bloomsburg, Ernie Williams, Brandon Lytle, and Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

Approval of Minutes:

No minutes to approve.

Student Government Advisor

■ Ernie Williams- Absent.

Student Activities Coordinator

■ Brandon Lytle- Absent.

LCSC Administration Communications

■ Tony Fernandez- Absent.

Executive Communications

■ President Smith- Welcome to your first official meeting of the retreat.

■ Media Relations Director O’Harra- Advised that any announcements that go out from this body go through him. Anything that goes out is usually approved by this body. Keep in mind that the only student government members that can speak for the senate are the Senate Majority Leader and Media Relations Director. Advised that there is no longer a book exchange. The book exchange was changed to a website www.lcscbooks.com. President Smith added that this is the first time there has actually been some kind of book selling vehicle for the fall semester.

■ Committees Director Curd- Introduced himself. Advised that his job is to make sure that the committees run smoothly. Would like to have everyone signed up for committees by the end of the first week of school. Senators are required to be on two internal and two external committees. If you have any questions you can see him or President Smith. President Smith added that after this meeting they would start signing up for committees. Media Relations Director O’Harra reminded the Senate that they should be very careful when submitting quotes to the Pathfinder. Make sure you don’t give a statement by yourself. When you are corresponding with the Pathfinder CC: someone else. There is a chance you can be misquoted and if you aren’t taking those precautions it is your word against there’s. President Smith added that the Ethics Policy states that you should not be speaking for the entire Senate. Be sure to state that it is your own opinion when speaking in public forums such as the newspaper or student fee hearing.

Judicial Communications

■ None present.

Committee Reports

Doc Sears Legacy Project: President Smith reported that they were hoping to have it ready by the end of last semester. Smith talked to the artist about a month ago. Found out that he had just bought the supplies in July, when the money had been given to him in April. Smith has decided to wait to schedule the dedication until the piece is done. The artist has had some health issues.

Old Business

None.

New Business

■ Senate Bill 07-F001: ASLCSC 2007-08 Budget. President Smith stated that the reason he wrote the bill is that Vice-President Astle has not been sworn in. Has spoken to Trudy Alva and she gave him the numbers for the year. Advised that Student Government gave back some money last year as last year’s Student Government negotiated with Administration to give money to Student Activities. The enrollment projection is also down. Motion for friendly Senator Filler to change bill to read “Bill 07-F001” second Senator Fragnella. Unanimous. Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Filler. Roll call vote: 7 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

Senate Bill 07-F001 Roll Call Vote
	Y	N	A
Binkley	X
Bozzuto	X
Filler	X
Fragnella	X
Frei	X
McKee	X
Teats	X

Senate Information Reports

■ None.

Audience Time

■ None.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn Senator Fragnella, second Senator McKee. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn