Minnesota State University Moorhead

Student Senate Agenda

October 8th, 2015

  1. Call to Order
  2. 6:01 by President Duckworth
  3. Roll Call
  4. 15 present
  5. Approval of the Agenda
  6. Vice President Parks moved to approve the agenda, Senator Abegaz seconds
  7. Motion passes
  8. Approval of the Minutes
  9. Senator Slattery moved to approve the minutes, Senator Nelson seconds
  10. Motion passes
  11. Public Forum
  12. None
  13. Advisor Report
  14. Homecoming next week, 12-18
  15. Donate new toiletries, new toys, books or Rape and Abuse Center
  16. Take strengths quest and fill out liability form for Senate Retreat
  17. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are Preview Day
  18. Possible students to attend MSUM will be on campus. Help them if they look lost.
  19. Academic Advising began Monday
  20. CareerX – CareerX is a mini-conference to help students move through career exploration and preparation, with topics such as personal branding, interviewing, how to make a good impression, and how to network. A networking social and dining etiquette dinner will conclude the event. See handout. Free but if register for etiquette dinner and don’t attend you will be charged a $10 fee.
  21. Continuing with the Social Change Model of Leadership, the third “C” in the individual values is commitment. This means having significant investment in an idea or person, both in terms of intensity and duration. Having the energy to serve the group and its goals. Commitment originates from within, but others can create an environment that supports an individual’s passions.
  22. Executive Reports
  23. Secretary
  24. Complete you office hours.
  25. Name plates will be complete by next week.
  26. Vice President
  27. Is in charge of bring food to the retreat.
  28. If you have any allergies or dietary restrictions contact Ms. Parks.
  29. President
  30. Committee on Committees will be completing the full list coming out next week.
  31. Student Senate Retreat
  32. Will start at 7:30pm on Friday, October 9
  33. Compete strengths quest
  34. Agenda has be posted for the group
  35. Homecoming Parade
  36. Meet at 9 on Oct.17
  37. Inform President or Vice President if you will be walking by next Wednesday.
  38. Candy will available to through at children.
  39. Committee Reports
  40. Legislative and Internal Affairs
  41. Adhoc was held this week.
  42. The handbook continues to be worked on and finished by tomorrow.
  43. Diversity
  44. Meet with Dr. Brown Chief Diversity Officer
  45. ODI concerns were discussed
  46. Women Center and Rainbow Dragon Center concerns
  47. Concern about liability issues were shown as to why the hours are shorter.
  48. Coordinator will be hired sometime this year.
  49. Focus groups will be held with two different sessions for students and faculty to attend.
  50. Concern that International students do not have a space lead to discussions about creating a space near Owens.
  51. Black, Asian, and Latinos may be placed in there own space.
  52. February 15 is faculty development day.
  53. Bookstore timeline for photo shoot has been requested.
  54. Meetings with Dr. Brown will happen monthly.
  55. Academic Affairs
  56. Senator Abegaz attended the Town Hall at the 3:00pm session
  57. Vice President Haller spoke.
  58. MSUM will be allowed to operate on a defecate.
  59. Reserves are strong.
  60. Presentation from Sean Manning about enrollment
  61. They are looking for a twins city recruiter
  62. Recruiting Adhoc will be coming up
  63. Campus Affairs
  64. Regular committee meetings will be on Monday at 5pm
  65. Senator O’Reily meet with Vice President Haller
  66. Meeting this afternoon about furniture for the CMU remodel was held.
  67. Tactical Agenda Items
  68. Committees Discussion and Appointments
  69. Appointments
  70. Muhammad Ejaz- Public Safety Director Search
  71. Senator Slattery moved to appoint Muhammad Ejaz to the Public Safety, Senator O’Riely seconded
  72. Motion passes
  73. Senator Bergman running for Treasurer
  74. Senator Hermann moved to suspend the rules, Senator Byler seconded
  75. Motion passes
  76. Senator O’Reily moved to appoint Chris Bergman to the Treasure without opposition, Senator Slattery seconded
  77. Motion passes
  78. Dylan Green- running for Off-Campus Senator
  79. Unanimous vote for approval
  80. Megan Warneke- running for Snarr Senator
  81. Unanimous vote for approval

Senator Abegaz moves to go into executive session, Senator Byler seconds

Senator Abegaz moves to withdraw his motion

  1. Removals
  2. Senator Danna Galeano

Removal hearing for Senator Danna Galeano will be added to the agenda next week.

  1. Senator Kevin Schwab

Removal hearing for Senator Kevin Schwab will be added to the agenda next week.

Senator Krueger moves to take a 5-minute recess, Proxy Noah seconds

Motion passes

  1. SABC Report
  2. PRSSA:
  3. Requested a grand total of $7280.00 for a total of eight students to proceed to a Conference in Atlanta, GA. This is an annual trip for this group, but they went to Washington last year. They requested 450 for tickets, 310 for registration, and 300 a day for hotel rooms. Last year they received a grand total of $2538 for 4 students. This year we decided to show that we still wanted to support them in their annual trip, but this was a lot of money to request. We decided to allocate $310 for registration per student for up to 8 students, as well as $350 per student for transportation cost. What this adds up to is $5,280. Yes this is more money compared to last year, but they have doubled their amount of students and have shown that they bring back to the school. The students will also be paying for their own public transportation while down there and to get to the airport. This will be taken out of the Academic Reserve fund.

Construction Management Society:

  1. This is another annual contest that this group participates in. This year they requested a grand total of $4,388. They will be going to Nebraska City, Nebraska and will be sending 12 students. They were requesting a total of $1,240 for transportation, $1,464 for lodging, $684 for meals, $800 for registration, and $200 in other expenses. The other expense was in order to purchase colored ink for their printers they need to bring down to the competition to look professional. Last year they went to the same place and brought the same amount of people and only requested $2,951.60. The biggest difference this year is that there is a female participating this year. This requires that she be allowed her own room, which increased their amount of funding. We as a group felt that we weren’t going to pay for the meals this time either, but we also felt that paying for the other expense was not fair either. We also wanted to try and lower the amount to make it fairer. What we decided to do was motion for a grand total of $3,140 for the use of transportation, registration, and lodging. The reasons why we felt this was fair was because we do have to be accommodating for bringing a female this year, as well as showing that we support them in this as well. They have always done really well in this competition, placing every year since 2006, and they have always brought things back from this competition. This also allows them the opportunity to network with some of the bigger construction companies in the area allowing for greater chances of job placement, which always looks good for our school. This was also decided to be taken out of the Academic Reserve.
  2. Senator Hermann moves to approve the SABC recommendation, Senator Byler seconds
  3. Motion Passes
  4. What we are at now:

General = $77,176

Academic = $35,442

Post season= $10,000

Big Reserve = $100,848

  1. Potential Ad-Hoc Topics
  2. Communication Resolution has gone through the police and procedures of Senate, University, and State. Encourages Senators to take a look at the information in the Senate Office.
  1. Cascading Messages
  2. Adjournment
  3. Senator Bergman moves to adjourn the meeting, Vice President Parks seconds
  4. Motion passes