Get a closer look at SGA, here are the minutes from our meeting on Monday, January 25th!
Ithaca College Student Government Association
Senate Meeting Agenda
Monday, January 25, 2016 7:30pm – Taughannock Falls Room
I. Call to Order.
II. Roll Call:
Absent:
Late:
Left Early:
III. Approval of the minutes.
TJ
Second: Joseph
IV. Guest Speakers
V. New Business
VI. Continuing Business
A. LGBTQ Bill
· Meeting should happen sometime next week.
· Things are moving forward.
B. FAFSA Bill
· Have to email people.
C. State of the student
· Going to move forward with it this semester.
D. Committee Representation
· Productive to move forward with that one.
· Build a system where we can track the positions that students have in the governance of the college.
E. No Confidence Bill
· Passes unanimously.
· Rochon is going to retire July 1st, 2017.
· Two sides to this.
· During State of the Student, or somewhere soon, there will be a public statement about it.
F. Course Evaluations
· Will start up again in the spring.
· There are more and more departments that switched to online course evaluations.
G. Student Bill of Rights
· Will be solidifying a group of students that will be a student’s rights.
· Get together students of all across campus who have participated in creating the Bill of Rights.
· Pulling opinions, and things within the bill.
· Bring it one more step and then give it to the board of trustees for their May meeting.
H. Shared Governance
· Will begin on the 28th of January.
· Looking forward to working with committee and see what comes from it.
· Two meetings, also one on the 4th of February.
· Plan after the 4th is to come to the campus with our ideas.
I. PEACE BILL
· Rescheduling meetings.
· Meeting on Wednesday.
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Motion to close Continuing Business
Jonathan Gould
Second: Charles
Open Officer Reports: Seandre
Second: Joseph
I. Officer Reports
I.
Open Agenda:
VII.
Dom:
· We need to have an awesome semester.
· So many things in the air for SGA, and we need to pull them together.
· Would like everyone to come after the meeting to SGA office after meeting.
· It is redesigned.
· The values document has been released, it is linked to our website and social media, the Ithacan linked to it in one of their articles.
Kyle Stewart:
· Recruitment night in the Clark Lounge.
· Feb. 1st.
· Meeting will follow that.
· Every bill is on Org. Sync and all of the minutes from next semester.
Matilda:
· You still have to officially vote me in.
· I will be happy to meet with you.
Kyle James:
· I really would love to have academic school senators.
· Would love to see students in those positions as they sit on important committee for college campus wide.
· Different programs/courses.
· If anyone is interested let me know.
Evan:
· Before break we had extensive appropriations meeting.
· Will present next week on the final numbers of it all.
· Senior week come through.
· Things went smoothly.
· We are done with senior week!!
Marieme:
· I hope you all had wonderful breaks.
· If you know anyone who is interested in being a senator send them my way.
· Any questions about bills, let me know.
· Take care of yourselves.
Matt:
· Recruitment night is RHA and SGA working together, posters are being printed for that now.
· Will be in all of residencet’s halls.
· Around campus as well.
· Facebook event, share it on Facebook.
Motion to close officer reports: Jonathan
Second: TJ
Open Agenda:
· Service Saturday.
· Have lunch with the potential head of the registrarRegistrar candidate, 5-7 students, free lunch, ask any questions that you would like, there will be another on the 5th of February and one tomorrow. It would be at 11:30-12:10.
· Elect Heror is scheduled for Sunday February 21st.
Motion to close open agenda: Joseph
Second: Ezeka
Motion to Adjourn meeting: TJ
Second: Matilda.
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