NOTE: These meeting minutes will be incomplete in parts as the Student Government laptop was stolen that had information on it. These minutes have been recreated from a recording.

ASLCSC Senate Meeting Minutes

May 8, 2007

Eleventh Senate

 

Associate Justice Wittman swore in: Senators Frei, Teats, Fragnella, McKee.

Associate Justice Wittman swore in: President Smith.

 

Call to order

The meeting was called to order at (unsure of time).

 

Roll Call

Present: Senators Frei, Teats, Fragnella, McKee. Associate Justice Wittman, Chief Justice Bloomsburg, President Smith,

Excused Absent: Brock Astle, Jimmie O’Harra (competition in New York), Joe Filler.

Audience: Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.

 

Approval of Minutes:

No minutes to approve.  

 

Student Government Advisor

          Ernie Williams- Not present.  

 

Student Activities Coordinator

          Brandon Lytle- Not present.

 

LCSC Administration Communications

          Tony Fernandez- Not present.

 

Executive Communications

          President Smith- Talked briefly about retreat and stated that retreat will be mandatory. It will be set for the weekend of August 18. The reason he is making it mandatory is so that retreat is not a waste of time. There will be training for those just coming in and team-work skills that are valuable to get the Senate off to a good start. Brandon, Jayson and he have sat down and planned it out. Will be leaving early morning on the 18th and coming back on the 19th. Talked about absences and stated that Student Government members need to mark out the time for the meetings that are required. Stated that he thinks there should be roll call for all three branches so there is record for every meeting of who was there.

          Vice-President Astle- Not present.

 

Judicial Communications

          Associate Justice Wittman stated that he had nothing to report.

 

Committee Reports

None.

 

Old Business

None.

 

New Business

Motion to amend the agenda to appoint Senate Majority Leader and Senate Pro-Tem, Senator Fragnella, second Senator Teats. Unanimous.

Senator Fragnella nominated Senator Frei, seconded by Senator (unsure, name was not said).

Senators Teats, McKee, Fragnella voted yes, Senator Frei abstained. Senator Frei new Senate Majority Leader.

Senator Frei nominated Senator Fragnella for Pro-Tem, second Senator McKee.

Senators Teats, McKee and Frei voted yes, Senator Fragnella abstained. Senator Fragnella new Pro-Tem.

President Smith stated that he thought Senators Frei and Fragnella, Myndie and he should get together this summer to work on job descriptions to avoid some of the problems that Student Government had this year.

 

          Senate Bill 07-SU001: Summer Budget.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

          Senate Bill 07-SU002: Retreat Funds.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote:  4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

          Senate Bill 07-SU003: Chief Justice Appointment.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

Associate Justice Wittman swore in Chief Justice Bloomsburg.

          Senate Bill 07-SU004: Committees Director Appointment.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

Chief Justice Bloomsburg swore in Committees Director Curd.

          Senate Bill 07-SU005: Media Relations Appointment.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

          Senate Bill 07-SU006: Associate Justice Appointment.  Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

Chief Justice Bloomsburg swore in Associate Justice Simons.

          Senate Bill 07-SU007: Associate Justice Appointment.  Motion to vote Senator Teats, second Senator McKee. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

          Senate Bill 07-SU008: ASLCSC Apparel.  Motion for friendly amendment to change the amount to $750. Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Unanimous. Motion to vote Senator McKee, second Senator Teats. Roll call vote: 4 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.

 

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Senate Information Reports

                      None.     

 

Audience Time

          Senator McKee welcomed the new Student Government members.              

          President Smith stated he would like to get contact information for Student Government so he can get information to everyone about retreat.

          Chief Justice Bloomsburg stated that next year their will be more of a focus on attendance. Myndie will be putting the attendance policy online. 

 

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn Senator Teats, second Senator McKee. Unanimous. Not sure of time meeting was adjourned. Meeting lasted 35 minutes.

 

Respectfully Submitted by: Myndie VanHorn

 

Senate Bill 07-SU001 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 07-SU002 Roll Call Vote

 

N

A

 

N

A

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 07-SU003 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 07-SU004 Roll Call Vote

 

N

A

 

N

A

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 07-SU005 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 07-SU006 Roll Call Vote

 

N

A

 

N

A

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 07-SU007 Roll Call Vote

Senate Bill 07-SU008 Roll Call Vote

 

N

A

 

N

A

Fragnella

X

 

 

Fragnella

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

Frei

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

McKee

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

Teats

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ES= Excused Sick