Creighton Students Union Full Board of Representatives Meeting

Monday, January 20, 2014 | 5:15 pm | Skutt 105

Minutes

Present:J. McCoy, J. Anderson, J. Greenwood, J. Henriksen, H. Kendic, E. Boes, K. Kelsey, L. Alvarez, C. Brasel, A. Caflisch, A. Chengazhacherril, M. Cubrich, A. Dalpe, T. Eckland, A. Evens, M. Geraghty, K. Hoge, M. Hoover, S. Jones, S. Knowles, A. Kotula, C. Koves, J. Kum, A. Lax, C. Liang, L. Luo, A. Miller, K. Nabong, J. Neppel, L. Novotny, M. Pfeifer, C. Polangcus, R. Roohanirad, A. Segismundo, S. Shojaat, A. Taylor, N. Wagner, C. Young, J. Zietlow

Absent: D. Changstrom (ex.), H. Emamzadeh, K. Fleming, S. Goswami, C. Oertli (ex.), J. Pfaff (ex.), S. Roszhart (ex.), N. Samuelson

  1. Opening Ceremonies
  2. Call to order (time)—Meeting called to order at 5:16 pm
  3. Invocation—given by Fr. Kestermeier
  4. Attendance Sheet
  5. Executive Reports:
  6. President: Mr. John McCoy

i.Welcome—new faces, great year ahead with CSU

ii.DoIT Update—Office 365 and new CUMail, presentation by DoIt soon, opt-in process beginning in February

iii.DSL Staffing Update – Advisor, Katie Kelsey—DSL changes, retiring of Dr. Cernech, Dr. Rossi as interim, John will be serving on search committee for VP of DSL

  1. Executive Vice President: Mr. Jack Anderson

i.Representative Training and Luncheon—Sunday, Jan 26, be sure to complete survey for lunch

ii.Founder’s Week Awards—Reps expected to attend on Feb 3

iii.Coordinator Introductions—Emily Boes and Hana Kendic introduced themselves

  1. Vice President for Finance: Mr. John Greenwood

i.Introduction Presentation—overview of Appropriations Committee, 7 members of Appropriations Committee, appointed by incoming and outgoing CSU VP of Fin, diverse committee, decides on funding requests from student organizations, undergrad, prof/grad, college or school govts, sports clubs, non-student orgs, terms of funding presented, funding policies explained, representative review explained, no questions

  1. Vice President for Programming: Mr. Joel Henriksen

i.Introduction Presentation—explained the main components of program board, contracts and legalities presented, reservations and travel plans/lodging, advertising, Board of Representatives relationship with PB, presented different programs, question from Katie Kelsey: how do you go about selecting artists/performers? Joel discussed proposal

ii.Calendar Events—IRHG ThinkFast on January 30, Excursions to Lancers game on February 8

  1. Open Discussion
  2. Mark Cubrich discussed possibility of calling MLK Day off, Anna Caflisch also questioned why no day off, Anne Taylor mentioned sep of church and state, problem of federal holiday recognition, Andrew Evens St Louis University off today
  3. Old Business
  4. No old business
  5. New Business
  6. Speaker of the Board Election

i.John discussed process of Speaker

ii.Anna Caflisch only individual running for position

iii.Anna’s speech: background, returning for second term, vision of Speaker to facilitate discussions between BoR, Execs, and advisors, work closely with reps to develop legislation, work with exec team to implement legislation, work to make term most effective

iv.Matthew Hoover: one thing previous year could have been better? Anna: agendas sent out before weekend, prepared for meetings

v.Colton Brasel: ways to help how to write legislation?

Anna: hold training or workshop to walk reps through process

Motion to vote by Hoover, seconded by Pfeifer

Vote of 31-0-0 Approval

  1. Announcements
  2. Advisor’s Update—Dr. Rossi introduction and welcome, search committee beginning in March, CSU will be represented on team, ask hard questions, wish all the best for Spring semester, no questions

i.Katie: Student involvement fair on Wed Feb 5

  1. Upcoming Funded Events—No upcoming funded events
  1. Adjournment—adjourned at 5:52 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Jack Anderson