STUDENT SENATE Meeting of April 2, 1998 Unofficial Meeting was called to order at 5:42 PM. Roll was taken at 5:42 PM. Senators Present: Betz (SCS) -0.5, Brown (HSS) -1, Butler (CIT) - 0, Chang (MCS) - 0, Christoforatos (MISC) - 2, Cina (CFA) - 1, Devine (HSS) - 0, Ditterline (CIT) - 1, Falso (SAL) - 1, Go (SIA) - 2, Gray (HSS) - 0, Gross (HSS) - 1, Guerra (CIT) - 0, Hardjanto (SCS) - 1, Hunt (CIT) - 1.5, Joshi (MCS) - 0.5, McCartin (CIT) - 2.5, Meier (CIT) - 0, Merry (SAL) - 2, Mingo (SIA) - 0.5, Muir (HSS) - 0, Ng (CIT) - 0, Phelps (SCS) - 2, Rothschild (CIT) - 0, Rumpf (CIT) - 1, Schneider (CIT) - 0.5, Shah (SIA) - 1, Sinnamohideen (SAL) -2, Tham (SIA) -1. Senators Absent: Ablak (SIA) - 1.5, Candela (CFA) - 2, Guzy (HSS) - 1.5, Hutsko (MCS) - 2, Jones (CFA) - 2, Lu (HSS) -1, Stovall (MCS) - 2, You (SIA) - 3. Approval of the Minutes: Minutes for March 19, 1998 were approved by acclamation. Audience Participation: Ben Kutler spoke to Senate about Town Meetings. One will be held tonight at 8:30pm at DH 2315. It is important for Senators to become aware of issues discussed at these meetings and to provide imput. If you have any questions please talk to Ben. Special Business: Rob Rumpf as Chair pro tem approved by voice vote. Ex-Officio Reports: Activities Board (Shubo Mookerjee): Not present. Graduate Student Assembly (Grant Bromhal): Not present. Greek Council (Michele D Savery): Not present. Division of Student Affairs (Barbara Prevost): No report. Student Dormitory Council (given by Earl Crane): Rob has a small area meeting at this time. NCC and PR committes will be combined for greater efficiency. New chairs have been names. They are Andrew Begun for Committee, Harry Tsang for Food, Donovan Lange for HSL, Emily Kellner for Camp Program, and Bryce Corrigan for Props. Chairs for Films and Residence Programs will be filled by next week. We are also campaigning to residents to get involved with the SDC booth. All dormitory residents can participate. Student Body President (Bryon Krug): Not present. Student Body Treasurer (Avinash Jain): The allocation amount for next Spring is estimated to be at around $580,000 (7000 students). This amount has not been confirmed. Deficits are all done and paid off. Committee Reports: Academic Affairs (Amy Ng): (1)SBP Bryon, SBVP Matt and Academic Affairs have generated an extensive report on the Student Government Study on Course Information. We have been working on finalizing the report, and preparing its presentation to Senate on April 9th. Bryon, Matt, and I have met with several administrators from whom we received very positive responses. It looks like we will have most of phase one of the project available for course registration this semester. We will be meeting with the UEC and ADC regarding the proposal in the next two weeks. (2)The Statement of Academic Integrity will be reviewed at the next Senate meeting on April 9th. (3)The Calendar Committee is set to meet in the next two weeks. Hopefully we will have resolved the Spring Break issue after the next meeting. Campus Affairs (Sarah Gross): We~re conducting a survey outside Doherty. I met with Marcia Gerwig to discuss issues about the University Center hours (summer and school year), food/dining gallery hours, and Skibo. She said that she will look into these issues. Also met with Heather Midkiff about the poster policy, and we are now enforcing it. Funding and Recognition (given by Keith Rothschild): F&R will be presenting one recognition. Things have quieted down. Human Resources (Jamie Chang): HR met last Tuesday. The main thrust of our discussion was going over the current text of the Bylaws. We have some preliminary changes made to it. Next week, we will be going over some leftover items form this week and begin looking at restructuring the document and augmenting it with additional sections, including a procedure for deciding JFC members. We approved the proposal to buy a PC for Student Senate to replace its aging Macintosh Centris. I expected Funding and Recognition to get it next week. We also discussed and approved an amendment to the Fiscal Policy proposal; I will be bringing this up on the floor. I am finishing up work on the Budget Sheet Primer. I have had brief discussions with grant Bromhal, GSA President; Bill Slye, JFC Chair; and Drew Stovall concerning it. If you have any ideas or would like to see it, please contact me. I plan on having it available at the next Senate meeting. New Bylaws and Election Rules are available; make sure that you pick them up. Direct any questions concerning the Human Resources Committee to me at pet@cmu.edu, or call x2-3593. Public Relations (Michelle Brown): We met this week, and are starting to advertise the elections. We need help with the ad for the Tartan that~s due tomorrow. Next week~s WRCT show~s topic is: what it~s like to be a Senator. If you would like to participate, please be at the WRCT station at 5:45pm. For the next radio show, we are planning a debate between Presidential candidates. Chair (Jen Gray): Not present. Special Business: Appointment of Regina Tassone as SCS Senator accepted by voice vote. New Business From Committee: S98-028 - Funded Recognition of Awareness of the Roots in Chinese Culture (ARCC). The mission of this organization shall be to provide a comfortable niche for the Chinese population on campus and be an agent for cultural awareness. Motion to delegate back to F&R fails by hand vote. Funded recognition of ARCC approved by voice vote. Old Business: S98-022 - Fiscal Policy Amendment. Friendly Amendment - line 98, add ~E. Warning, upon the first or a minor offense only.~ Sen. Butler~s 1st Amendment - Strike Sec 12, line 110. Approved by hand vote. 5 minute recess taken at 6:40pm Sen. Butler~s 2nd Amendment - Not to remove the Fiscal Policy section from the Bylaws. Approved by voice vote. Fiscal Policy, as amended, approved by hand vote (17-2). Meeting adjourned at 7:00pm by voice vote. Respectfully Submitted, Lori Lee