Thank you to everyone who came to the SGC meeting on October 21st, 2019. Highlights included: SGC Senate feedback, Nikita Licudine confirmed to the Senate as a Senator at Large, and a Halloween-themed door decorating contest!
Ithaca College Student Governance Council
Senate Meeting Agenda
Monday, 10/21, 2019 7:00pm –Taughannock Falls Meeting Room
I. Call to Order: 7:00pm
II. Roll Call
A. Present: 12
i. After confirmations
III. Approval of the Minutes
A. Minutes from 10/14/2019
i. Motion to approve: Henry
ii. Second: Max
iii. Passed: 9-0-0
IV. New Business
A. Confirmations
i. Nikita
1. From Connecticut
2. President of GSA during High School
3. Participated in clubs in high school as well as currently at Ithaca College
4. Driven
ii. Questions:
1. Austin: Do you plan on working with the LGBT community here?
2. Alex: How did you find out about SGC?
iii. VOTE
1. Passed 10-0-0
iv. Motion to move into voting procedure
B. SGC feedback via Menti & Kahoot– Reed
C. Door Decorating Contest
V. Continuing Business
A. Senator Reports
i. Grace – Appropriations Comity
1. Has idea for Bill…
a. Getting feedback from residents to craft the bill
ii. Hunter –
1. Working w/ IC Democrats
a. Wants to increase political involvement on campus
b. Working on bill
c. Looking to work on amendments
d. Working on Bill to have Inclusion and Diversity Statement in Professor
e. Looking to host drag show in Towers Market Place ]
iii. Max – appropriations comity
1. Working on Bill
a. Working with eco reps and campus change comity of RHA
iv. Khadija
1. Undefeated Rugby Team
VI. Officer Reports
A. President –
i. October 23rd at Dillingham Fountains Ithaca Forever event
ii. 3:30 - 4:30 open convo. W/ board of Trustees in Clarke Lounge
B. Vice President of Communications
i. E-board takes on ICTV show Fake Out!
ii. First Comity meeting this week
C. Vice President of Campus Affairs
i. Stamps have been distributed around campus for absentee ballots
ii. Has bill ideas
iii. New Dining has kinks that need to be worked out
1. Looking for potential bills
iv. Store signs stay on after stores have closed (sustainability issue)
D. Vice President of Academic Affairs
i. Went to Faculty meeting about ICC
1. Five meetings remaining for this semester
ii. Academic Policy comity LAND RECOGNITION
iii. Fill the Hill Event Nov. 19th
1. Updates to come following meeting this week
E. Vice President of Business and Finance
i. Edits made to appropriations handbook (available online)
ii. Will be updating
iii. Working out kinks in SGC budget request template
iv. Will be working with comity to work on sustainability issues
v. PODER banquet budget request is upcoming
F. Senate Chair i. Email sgcsentatechair@ithaca.edu if you have any Bill Ideas
1. Already has some ideas if you are looking for ones that need to be completed ii. Look out for survey from sgcsentatechair@ithaca.edu this week
iii. Two seats are still open on constitutional comity!!!! WE NEED TO HAVE THESE SEATS FILLED
1. We also need representation on comity from people who are not apart of SGC
iv. Send Eva headshots and blurb for Instagram
v. Reminder – Simply constitutional review following this meeting!!
G. Chief of Staff
H. Student Trustee
i. Board will be on campus staring this Wednesday
1. Vice Chair and Chair will be in Clark
2. Board members will be doing campus emerging events so they might be in your classes. Speak with them.
ii. Will begin search for successor
iii. Cornell Law School is having a Diversity Program
I. Residence Hall Association-
J. Student Liaison to the Alumni Board –
VII. Open Agenda.
A. Connor
i. Bomber Blitz
1. Walk/Run on November 10th
a. Registration is $15 and begins at 9:3o am
ii. Buddy System for SGC is in the works
iii. Survey is coming out
B. Yetunde
i. Protest will be taking place during Wizarding Weekend (Black Lives Matter)
ii. Embrace is doing a Blue Book Series
1. Nov. 4th – How has your email: embracepublication@gmail.com
C. Abby
i. Stop by Wizarding /Weekend to check out quittage team
D. Livestream of Democratic Presidential Debate went well
i. Over 100+ Turnout
ii. Looking to do more collaborations
E. Reed
i. Tour Guide Applications are live
VIII. New Business continued
A. Motion to suspend Roberts Rules – Max
i. Second
B. Passed 12-0-0
IX. Adjournment.
X. Constitutional Review
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20191105181724145