Christian Brothers University SGA Senate

Minutes from August 28, 2007

  1. Vice-President’s Report, Burton Bridges
  2. Introduction of Senators
  3. Discussion of meeting times
  4. Decided on every other Monday at 4:10 pm
  5. Senate email listserv:
  6. Discussion of 2007-2008 Senate offices
  7. Senate Secretary: Marly Hazen
  8. Takes minutes from meetings to post to CBU website and email to fellow Senators
  9. Senate Speaker Pro-Tempore: Kelly Summons
  10. Attends SGA Executive Committee meetings as a representative from the SGA Senate
  11. Executive Committee meetings are also public, each Tuesday at 6:30pm in TC100
  12. Duties of the Senate
  13. Drafts resolutions and recommendations
  14. Format of resolution or recommendation
  15. Part 1: 2-3 “WHEREAS” clauses explaining why a resolution / recommendation is needed
  16. Part 2: the word “Therefore”
  17. Part 3: “BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 2007-2008 SENATE OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY THAT __(description of proposal)___”
  18. Part 4: “Primary Sponsor,”
  19. Part 5: “(name of Senator)”
  20. Attend all Senate meetings (two per month unless otherwise scheduled)
  21. Unexcused absences are prohibited
  22. Notify Vice-President of Senate at least 24 hours before a meeting that must be missed
  23. If a Senator has more than one unexcused absence, the Senator will be removed from office
  24. If a Senator misses a meeting, (s)he must attend the next SGA EC meeting to appeal absence; the final judgment regarding excuse from absence is up to the EC
  25. Serve as liaison between SGA and student organizations, meeting with such organizations at least once per semester
  26. Each Senator must promote at least two bills per semester
  27. Discuss approvals for organizations’ budgets
  28. Discussion of Parliamentary Procedure
  29. Burton Bridges handed out sheets explaining Robert’s Rules of Order
  30. New Business
  31. Motion to consider piece of legislation from Kären Brandon regarding updating SGA election policies, Burton Bridges
  32. Second, Kelly Summons
  33. Discussion of each article of election policies from the SGA Constitution
  34. Change ballot counting from closed to open
  35. Remove a clause that had allowed election commissioner to let anyone to run who gives an appeal to the commissioner. Election commissioner can receive appeals only if there is no eligible candidate running for office.
  36. Motion to amend SGA Constitution according to Kären Brandon’s legislation, Dan Neuhoff
  37. Second, Patrick Louie
  38. Motion carries
  39. CBU Art Club petitions to be recognized as official CBU student organization
  40. President: Hayley Gill
  41. Philanthropy: ASC (Autism Center)
  42. Members will be encouraged to participate in at least one outreach day
  43. Motion to recognize CBU Art Club, Catherine Montesi
  44. Second, Nicole Bates
  45. Motion carries
  46. Ultimate Frisbee Club petitions to be recognized as official CBU student organization
  47. President: Ian Withrow
  48. Motion to recognize Ultimate Frisbee Club, Marly Hazen
  49. Second, Catherine Montesi
  50. Motion carries
  51. Discussion of liaison responsibilities
  52. Meet at least once per semester
  53. Fill out form with organization’s contact information, etc.
  54. SGA Senate Liaisons to Student Organizations
  55. Alpha Chi: Catherine Montesi
  56. Alpha Kappa Alpha: Thais Hunter
  57. Alpha Sigma Tau: Marly Hazen
  58. Alpha Xi Delta: Thais Hunter
  59. American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Laura Bailey
  60. American Society Mechanical Engineers: Russell Brandon
  61. American Society Civil Engineers: Lauren Douglass
  62. Beta Beta Beta: Nicole Bates
  63. Black Student Association: Thais Hunter
  64. Blue Note Group: Nicole Bates
  65. CBU Art Club: Kelly Summons
  66. CBU Blues: Marly Hazen
  67. Chosen Generation: Leigh Hill
  68. College Republicans: Dan Neuhoff
  69. Delta Sigma Pi: Burton Bridges
  70. Delta Sigma Theta: Laura Bailey
  71. Encore!: Russell Brandon
  72. Institute of Electrical Engineers: Patrick Louie
  73. Interfraternity Council: Patrick Louie
  74. Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir: Laura Bailey
  75. International Student Alliance: Jessie Wortham
  76. Kappa Alpha Psi: Laura Bailey
  77. Kappa Sigma: Nicole Bates
  78. Lasallian Collegians: Leigh Hill
  79. NPHC: Lauren Douglass
  80. Order of Omega: Marly Hazen
  81. Panhellenic: Lauren Douglass
  82. Passion Bible Study: Lauren Douglass
  83. Phi Alpha Theta: Leigh Hill
  84. Phi Beta Sigma: Catherine Montesi
  85. Psi Chi: Dan Neuhoff
  86. Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Kelly Summons
  87. Sigma Gamma Rho: Marly Hazen
  88. Society of Physics Students: Russell Brandon
  89. Sigma Tau Delta: Jessie Wortham
  90. Tau Beta Pi: Patrick Louie
  91. Tau Kappa Epsilon: Dan Neuhoff
  92. Ultimate Frisbee Club: Dan Neuhoff
  93. Zeta Tau Alpha: Kelly Summons
  94. Visitor’s Report, Sam Almanza (SGA VP of Programming)
  95. Encourage people to apply for Programming Council and attend meetings
  96. Motion to adjourn, Burton Bridges
  97. Second, Russell Brandon
  98. Motion carries