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Student Senate March 3rd, 2013 River Valley Room 6:00 pm
MinutesMembers VisitorsLyndy Broomfield**** Eric Watne Molly Bucher**** Tyler Herbst Rhonda DeVries Shane Gerbert Casey Furey Kylene Fitzsimmons Jacob Gapp Derek Rood Brett Johnson Cassie Gerhardt Joseph Kalka Logan Fletcher Derek LaBrie Robb Jefferies Sean McClain**** Landon Bahl Emma Meyer**** Robert Vallie Alan Oberg Rachel Hoffert Jacob Osterman Kaitlin Bezdicek Jacob Stutelberg Missy Burgess Adam Swigost**** William Woodworth Chantel Thompson Brian Tschosik Jennifer Vetter * Arrived after call to order ** Excused *** Unexcused ` CALL TO ORDER Vice President Watne called the 3/3/13 meeting of the UND Student Senate to order at 6:01 PM. APPROVALS APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION Senator Vetter moved to approve the 2/24/13 minutes without objection. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (00:09:10) GUEST SPEAKERS Matt Johnson spoke about Collegiate Link. Collegiate Link most directly affects SG through its use for elections. Looking to renew the contract with the company that does this program. Huge increase in the number of students that are involved and the number of organizations that are registered groups on campus. SOFA uses the program to process their funding requests and post-reports. Senator Gapp asked how this program affects the work that goes on in the Student Involvement and Leadership Office. Matt Johnson stated that this program has made it a lot easier to get in contact with these organizations. Maintain an electronic copy of all contact information, used to be entered by a desk worker and contact information would only be updated at the beginning of each semester when the roster cards were handed in. There will be a bill coming forward about renewing this contract. Link at the top of the page to get right to the ballot on Wednesday. REPORTS Executive Reports President President Fletcher stated that Butch will be here Tuesday and Wednesday. Vice President Vice President Watne stated the consultant will be here Tuesday and Wednesday will be setting up some times for the senators to meet with him. Tuesday 5:30-7 in the conference room in the SG office to meet with Butch. March 17th might be having a meeting depending on if the transition date constitution changes are passed through on Wednesday. This would be so that the budget would have a week to sit before the last meeting before April 1. If any of your constituents are asking about the constitution changes, he will be able to answer their questions. There are some changes from last year that we can’t change because they have already been approved. Leadership awards are out so please apply for them. Student Government awards banquet April 18th. Missy Burgess stated that there are 3 awards the Lillian Elsinga Outstanding Student Leader Award, the Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award, and the Outstanding Student Organization Award. Have shortened the nomination forms this year, so encourage everyone to apply. Chief of Staff Chief of Staff Herbst had no report. Treasurer Treasurer Rood stated in the unallocated funds in the fees account there is $104,285.78 and the projects account is at $66,292. Governmental Affairs Commissioner Governmental Affairs Commissioner Gerbert stated they had legislative bill crossover this week. Everything that they had done already will have to be done again, and there is some audience participation time. Thursday the State Board of Higher Education meeting will be sending around a signup sheet if you would like to go. Working with Nate Elness to get the scholarships worked out with the city. March 24 will most likely be the city/senate meeting. Public Relations Coordinator P.R.C Fitzsimmons stated she just sent out the save the dates for the SG Banquet on April 18th at the Alumni Center. Working on some graphics to fill the frames in the office. If you have any pictures you would like in the slide show at the banquet email them to her. Subcommittees Judicial Vice President Watne yielded to Senator Osterman, Chair of the Judicial Committee. Senator Osterman stated they approved the constitution and bylaw changes. Appropriations Vice President Watne yielded to Senator Gapp, Chair of the Appropriations Committee. Senator Gapp stated they talked about SB1213-37, 38, 39, 40, and 41. All will be tabled until the next meeting. State & Local Vice President Watne yielded to Senator Kalka, Chair of the State and Local subcommittee. Senator Kalka stated they approved SR1213-18, SR1213-20. Discussed SR1213-19 which will be in old business for next meeting. Standing Committees SOFA Vice President Watne yielded to the senate liaison of SOFA, Senator Gapp. Senator Gapp stated they gave out a lot of money. UPC Vice President Watne yielded to senate liaison of UPC, Senator Vetter. Senator Vetter stated they had a hockey watch and fishbowl making party on Friday. They aren’t really doing anything until after spring break. They are planning a concert for over $15,000, she can’t say who it is but you will be seeing a bill soon to allocate them the extra money. Special Reports Constituent Reports No constituent reports. Other Matters Arising No other matters arising. Elections Committee Senator Gapp stated to vote March 6th. DS EIC Ad Hoc Committee Senator Oberg stated they did not meet last week. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Vice P. Watne went over the changes that were made. Most of the changes that were made were just for consistency. MOTION Senator Osterman moved to approve the constitutional changes. SECOND Senator Oberg seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (00:31:12)
Vice P. Watne stated the changes that are being made to the bylaws. Had to update the schools and colleges to keep up with the university. MOTION Senator Osterman moved to change the bylaws to “College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines” SECOND Senator Johnson seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (00:33:25) Vice P. Watne stated they are making a clarification to the elections section. Minor changes to add the acronyms to add some consistency. Changing to state that bills and resolutions have to sit for one meeting not one week. MOTION Senator Oberg moved to approve the bylaw changes. SECOND Senator Johnson seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (00:39:38)
Senator Oberg yielded to Robert Vallie. Robert Vallie stated that regardless of the decisions of each campus will be protected and respected by the legislators. Senator Kalka stated that he and Senator Johnson took this to the ARH meetings. Originally they said they would not approve a vote of no confidence because they did not have enough information. Now that they have received the extra information from GAC Gerbert they are in support of the vote of no confidence. Senator McClain yielded to President Fletcher. Pres. Fletcher stated he thinks that in the current state the resolution does not portray what we want it to. Want this to be an educated document that is presented to the legislature. Senator Gapp stated that this situation is quite dire. Could refer this back to committee so that we could add that language that would clarify what we want to say and changes could be made at that point. Senator Johnson yielded to GAC Gerbert. GAC Gerbert stated that having a clear document that is based on fact would be good for us since the SBHE meeting is on Thursday. Senator Kalka yielded to the Loni. Loni (audience member) stated he was surprised that NDSA voted on this before UND actually voted on this. MOTION Senator Gapp moved to groove for 10 minutes. SECOND Senator Johnson seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (00:56:10) Senator Meyer stated that it sounds like a lot of people don’t like that he isn’t making changes, and after being in office for only 7 months how can we expect him to have made changes. Senator Bucher yielded to Pres. Fletcher Pres. Fletcher stated he is burning bridges with legislators and that is affecting what the campuses think about him. Senator Gapp stated this resolution is not here to disagree with the Pathways document, but because there is a sense of fear among the administrators. Senator Swigost asked if we have confirmed that people have been fired from the State Board Systems Office.
Senator Gapp moved without objection to amend line 16 to say with “… many students, staff and legislators…” MOTION Senator Vetter moved to end discussion on SR1213-17. SECOND Senator Swigost seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (01:49:20) Senator Kalka yielded to Pres. Fletcher. Pres. Fletcher stated he has a concern with line 14, having anything saying campus administrators would be bad for us since they haven’t really spoken out about this. Senator Oberg moved to amend without objection getting rid of in line 14 other campuses’ administration. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (01:52:38) NEW BUISNESS MOTION Senator Kalka moved to bring SR1213-18 to the current item of business. SECOND Senator Johnson seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (01:53:33)
Vice P. Watne stated this is in the support of a student run company to offer weekend bus to downtown GF and nearby. This is for the restaurants, movie theaters, etc. that are all located in downtown. They have all liability insurance and they are approved by the city, they have asked for our support so that they can put up flyers and information on campus. Made clear that we are not a proprietor and we are not involved in the operations of the company. Senator McClain asked if anything were to happen if we would be liable. Vice P. Watne stated that this is just to say that we just support them, and we are not involved in any of their operations and we will not be liable if anything were to happen. MOTION Senator Vetter moved to approve SR1213-18. SECOND Senator Osterman seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (02:00:02) MOTION Senator Oberg moved to pull line item H to the senate floor (SR1213-20). SECOND Senator Thompson seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (02:01:36)
GAC Gerbert stated that there has been an investigation launched on campus financial products, and as the result they are looking in conjunction with the SBHE as to whether or not 3rd party entities should be used on campus. MOTION Senator Gapp moved to approve SR1213-20. SECOND Senator Kalka seconded. DISCUSSION Senator Johnson yielded to Pres. Fletcher. Pres. Fletcher stated that he is not opposed to this resolution, but asked that we don’t vote on it tonight. Need to have some people come and meet with us and answer some questions. MOTION Senator Kalka moved to table SR1213-20 until next meeting. SECOND Senator Oberg seconded. VOTE MOTION CARRIES. (02:04:56) PUBLIC COMMENT/ANNOUNCEMENTS Vice P. Watne stated if you have questions about the constitution changes please ask. Senator Vetter stated she is emailing people the open textbook information. GAC Gerbert stated NDSA is March 22-23, sign-up is in the office. This is the elections meeting so it would be great for people to be there. Pres. Fletcher reminded everyone of the open session with the consultant on Tuesday night. No executive members will be there so please give good feedback about what you have seen. Rep. Oversen thanked everyone for the time and effort that everyone put into the vote of no confidence resolution. Also if you ever have any questions or are in Bismarck stop by and visit. ADJOURNMENT The 3/3/13 meeting of the Student Senate was adjourned without objection at 8:43. Respectfully Submitted, __________________ _____________________ Eric Watne Megan Beneke Chair Recording Secretary
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