Minutes March 28, 2004

 

Dustin called the meeting to order at 10:04am

Roll Call

Tardy:  Harry

Absent:  Lindsey, excused; Domenick, unexcused; Lori, unexcused

 

Prayer and Scripture Reading

Mark O.

 

Minutes

Mark H. moved to accept the minutes

Laura seconded

11-0-0, motion passed unanimously

 

Reports

Jon:  we have the budgets!

         around $4500 being rolled back into the budget

Betsy:  Rules Committee met last week

             Tae-Kwon-Do and Model UN constitutions next week

             will have applications for SGA positions out soon

Janine:  remember to do your office hours and sign in!!

Dustin:  Mr. Eastern stuff

                if someone returns a Mr. Eastern application put it in his box

Laura (Development Team):  meeting was postponed then canceled, no report

 

Special Order

Keila Rodriguez was sworn in as Sophomore Class President

Megan Wilder was sworn in as Sophomore Class Senator

 

Old Business

Request for Funds - End of the Year Picnic (Janine - $200)

                money is used to buy food and supplies for picnic for current and new members of SGA at the end of the semester

1 minute preliminary debate

                the picnic is good

Pete moved to accept the request for funds

Megan seconded

1 minute pro con debate

                +  sounds good

Dustin called the motion to question

                12-0-0, motion passed unanimously

 

New Business

2004-2005 Club Budgets

Class of 2005

                Mark O. moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $175

                Laura seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Class of 2006

                Mark H. moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $125

                Nate seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Class of 2007

                Laura moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $125

                Megan seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Class of 2008

                Alison moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $150

                Pete seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Commuters

                Pete moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $150

                Mark H. seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

American Chemical Society

                Pete moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $400

                Laura seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

ACT 2

                Mark H. moved to accept the committee's Proposal of $275

                Mark O. seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Aquatics Club

                Laura moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $475

                Megan seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Black Students League

                Keila moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $1500

                Alison seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Christ's Hands in Action

                Erin moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $550

                Mark H. seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

College Republicans

                Mark O. moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $225

                Laura seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Dance Guild

                Nate moved to give the Dance Guild $350

                Keila seconded

1 minutes preliminary debate

they used hardly any of their money this year, we try to give money to the clubs who use it, if they need more money they can come and request it from the Senate next year

Dustin called the motion to question

12-0-0, motion passed unanimously

 

EU Rollers

                Pete moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $250

                Megan seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

EUSATA

                Jen moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $250

                Erin seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Exercise Science Student Association

                Laura moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $250

                Mark seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

International Student's Organization

                Mark H. moved to give the ISO $450

                Nate seconded

1 minutes pro con debate

                + they haven't done anything yet this year with their money, if they haven't used $450 at this point, they don't need more

Dustin called the motion to question

11-0-1, motion passed

 

Latinos Unidos

                Jared moved to accept the Committee's Proposal of $1300

                Pete seconded

motion passed by unanimous consent

 

Pre-Med Club

                Megan moved to give the Pre-Med Club $1000 - motion not recognized

                Nate moved to give the Pre-Med Club $700 - motion not recognized

1 minutes preliminary debate

                giving them too much money won't hold them accountable for how they spend it

Keila moved to extend preliminary debate by 1 minute

Mark H. seconded

12-0-0, motion passed unanimously

preliminary debate extended by 1 minutes

                leave it at $900, they are hard workers, $900 isn't all that they asked for but it's fair

Mark H. moved to give the Pre-Med Club $850

Pete seconded

2 minutes pro con debate

                +  $300 on top of last year's budget is a huge increase, adequate and generous

                -  that's a lot of extra money from last year, should give them less

Nate moved to amend the proposal to give the Pre-Med Club $700

Erin seconded

                +  we shouldn't up the money that much, they can always come before the Senate again next year

                -  $850 is a fair compromise

                -  $900 is fair, but $850 is a compromise between the two

                +  it's not about what the Senate wants to give them, but about the amount of increase they'd get, $700 is a $150 increase

Mark H. moved to extend pro con debate by 1 minute

Nate seconded

motion passed by voice

pro con debate extended by 1 minute

                -  they have shown they want to use their money, $300 is adequate

                +  more than last year

Dustin called the amendment to question

5-7-0, amendment failed

Dustin called the original motion to question

8-4-0, motion passed

 

Announcements

Devotions next week - Keila

Goodbye Dessert for Dr. Chamberlain is tonight at 6pm

next Monday's meeting will be in McInnis 121

make sure you read the constitutions before you come to the meeting!!

 

Adjournment

Laura moved to adjourn

Jen seconded

12-0-0, motion passed unanimously

meeting adjourned at 10:54am

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