1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call
  3. Absent- Ryan Rodriguez (UNEXCUSED)
  4. Late-Brady Slater (EXCUSED)
  5. Approval of Minutes
  6. Motion-Chelsea Davis
  7. Second-Kayla Velloso
  8. Unanimous
  9. Approval of Agenda
  10. Motion- Austin Kernan
  11. Second- Kendall DeVries
  12. Unanimous
  13. Dr. Eileen Jankowski
  14. Fellowships/Scholar Program
  15. Motion to add President’s Report to Agenda
  16. Motion- Mia Baybayan
  17. Second- Gagan Sandhu
  18. Approve-22, Opposed-0, Abstained-0
  19. President’s Report
  20. Devan Robertson is sworn in as new At-Large Senator
  21. Elections Report
  22. Next week is voting (March 2-4)
  23. Elections code
  24. Changes in election processes
  25. Article 9 Section 13
  26. In case a candidate declines their position or becomes ineligible before the start of their term, the runner up will take their place.
  27. Article 9 Section 2
  28. Once an election has started, the election code and processes cannot be changed or amended until the election is over.
  29. Motion to add a voting for the changes in election code to New Business
  30. Motion- Brady Slater
  31. Second- Jordan
  32. Approved-23, Opposed-0, Abstained-0
  33. Speaker Report
  34. Recognition
  35. Evan DeVries recognizes Mia Baybayan for using her office hours to reach out to students at the shuttle stop for feedback.
  36. Kelsey Dalzell recognized Ryan Rodriguez for help with Student Org email
  37. Kelley Moody recognizes Chad Rabago for all his work on elections.
  38. Mia Baybayan recognizes Brady Slater for using his office hours surveying the students in the union about a possible “dead week”
  39. Gagan Sandhu recognizes Kelley Moody for closely working with the exec candidates.
  40. Allie Weber recognizes Brittni Gutierrez for the affirmation pouches in the cube.
  41. #SGAapproved
  42. Megan Munson wins a $10 gift card to Starbucks this week.
  43. Committee Reports
  44. Student Life Committee
  45. Allie Weber’s bar survey was released and received about 300 responses (as of 2/25) so far
  46. Megan Munson spoke with Dance Department chair about increasing budgets for all COPA departments and is still working on athletic training
  47. Mia Baybayan received results from shuttle survey sent to Panther Village residents in 2013 and will spend office hours talking to students at the shuttle stop about their concerns
  48. Brady Slater met with Jenny Bowen, Adam Kalawi, 4 faculty members, and Schmid Dean and Assistant Dean about the future of Schmid college and spent office hours last week surveying students in the union about a possible “dead week”
  49. Creating plans for entire committee to meet with Sodexo to suggest changes/improvements in food options
  50. Campus Inclusion Committee
  51. Nothing new to report
  52. Presenting resolution in New Business
  53. Academic Affairs Committee
  54. Jasmyn Domingues is meeting with assistant dean on tuesday. Catching up with where they were last semester.
  55. Kelley Moody is working to get avid tutors, trying to allow students to tutor through TLT for avid program.
  56. Kayla Velloso is meeting with Jenny about the bookstore’s unethical products. Currently in contact with Ken Murphy about making registration for SCC students the same as communication and business students so they can get priority for major classes.
  57. Maisy Lam talked with Colleen and she suggested anonymous reporting forum for online hate crime.
  58. Darpan Singh is getting caught up with Brady Slater about SWOT analysis, follow up with Dean Lyon. Also, finalizing laptop survey
  59. Chelsea Davis is trying to get speakers who are in the industry to come talk to COPA students
  60. Allocations Committee
  61. Nothing new to report.
  62. Two funding requests in New Business
  63. Outside Committee Reports
  64. Old Business
  65. New Business
  66. Conference Scholarships
  67. Funding for senators
  68. Transferring of funds
  69. Melissa Schrand does not agree to move funds to Internal Development
  70. Gagan Sandhu says we should reallocate because Senate doesn’t have full access to the Internal Development fund, so we need to transfer money in order for senate to use it
  71. Yassie Golbadi says we need to wait to hear every presentation about Conference Scholarship funding for senators until senate can give proper feedback
  72. Brady Slater supports the idea of going to the director of justice to approve SGA senator conferences
  73. Maisy Lam states that senators are students as well and so they deserve the same right as every other student.
  74. Funding Request - Society for Music Education
  75. Total Amount requested: $3,557 which will come out of Academic Org
  76. Motion to Approve in full- Brady Slater
  77. Second-Josh Nudelman
  78. Approve-23, Opposed-0, Abstained-0
  79. Funding Request - Global Medical Brigades
  80. Total Amount requested: $1,600 which will come out of Academic Org
  81. Chelsea Davis and Evan DeVries do not agree to put SGA logos on the scrubs that they need.
  82. Kelley Moody suggests a shoutout on social media rather than SGA logo on scrubs.
  83. Motion to approve with the SGA logo- Allie Weber
  84. Second- Yassie Golbadi
  85. Approve-20, Opposed-0, Abstained-3
  86. Campus Inclusion Appointment
  87. Approve Devan Robertson to campus inclusion committee
  88. Motion- Gagan Sandhu
  89. Second- Brady Slater
  90. Approve-23, Opposed-0, Abstained-0
  91. Censure – Senator Rodriguez
  92. Motion- Darpan Singh
  93. Second- Mia Baybayan
  94. Approve-23, Opposed-0, Abstained-0
  95. Ombudsperson Resolution
  96. An Ombudsperson is a resource for any member of the university community with a problem or concern.
  97. It is a person to go to for anything you may need.
  98. Mia Baybayan says it is good that we have support from Faculty Diversity Senate.
  99. Motion to approve resolution- Josh Nudelman
  100. Second- Evette Kim
  101. Approve-22, Opposed-0, Abstained-1
  102. Changes to Election Code
  103. Melissa Schrand doesn’t agree about the runner up taking the position if the candidate refuses or is no longer eligible to take the position before the start of their term.
  104. Yassie Golbadi disagrees to that statement because to have another election would be a waste of time and the runner up would most likely win that election anyways.
  105. Chelsea Davis also agrees that it would be a waste of time to have a re-election.
  106. Motion to approve changes in election code- Yassie Golbadi
  107. Second- Chelsea Davis
  108. Approve- 22, Opposed-1, Abstained-0
  1. Open Forum
  2. Open forum hands
  3. Kayla Velloso is figuring out times when they can train us. (Breaking Ground Training)
  4. Allie Weber reminds senate to respect each other and the opinions of others. Also to use point of clarifications properly.
  5. Exec financing
  6. Yassie Golbadi suggests finding solutions to not spend as much money.
  7. Kayla Wiechert Internal Development funding needs to be defined for exactly what it is meant for.
  8. Vagina Monologues
  1. Announcements
  2. Vote for Executive Council!
  1. Adjournment
  2. Motion- Mia Baybayan
  3. Second- Jaycie Rowe
  4. Unanimous

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