Senate Meeting AgendaWednesday, November 18th, 2012

Crawford HallCall to Order: 7:00 pm

Chair: Vice President Mower

I. Call to Order, Vice President Mower

II. Roll Call, Attorney General Bishop

Timothy Andres - Present

Thomas Butschi – Absent

Adam Clark - Present

Christine Felix – Present

Genesis Hernandez – Present

David Njoroge - Absent

Mark Patronella - Present

Justin Pezick - Present

Iman Piracha – Present

Janika Reid - Absent

Neena Robertson – Present

Kelsey Shannon - Present

Amanda Tesarak - Absent

Raphael Tshitoko – Present

Cassandra Worthington - Present

Student Government

Storm Wyche – Present/ Late

III. Approval of Minutes

a. Senator Worthington moves to approve, senator

Tshitoko seconds, all favor -> Motion passes

IV. Executive Address, President Hoffman

a. Tabling went really well

i. Sorting during thanksgiving break

b. Are we getting meal points back?

i. No decision yet

c. Posting policy amended

i. Yay SG

d. No meeting next Sunday

i. December 9th- Last meeting

V. Action Items

a. B&A

i. SFSF: APPROVED

1. Asking for money for a speaker, food and

advertising

2. Over 8 thousand in the budget

3. Senator Andres approves this club, senator

Shannon seconds:

Timothy Andres – Yae

Thomas Butschi – Not present

Adam Clark - Yae

Christine Felix – Yae

Genesis Hernandez – Yae

David Njoroge – Not present

Mark Patronella - Yae

Justin Pezick - Yae

Iman Piracha – Yae

Janika Reid – Not present

Neena Robertson - Yae

Kelsey Shannon - Yae

Amanda Tesarak – Not present

Raphael Tshitoko - Yae

Cassandra Worthington – Yae

Storm Wyche – Not present

ii. CCC: APPROVED

1. Film showing

a. Before NSE movie night

b. Culture movie

c. At Drew

2. MRC?

a. They didn’t know they needed MRC,

looked it up and it was $80, if they

don’t need that much it will come back

3. Senator Tshitoko approves this club,

senator seconds:

Timothy Andres – Yae

Thomas Butschi – Not present

Adam Clark - Yae

Christine Felix – Yae

Genesis Hernandez – Yae

David Njoroge - Not present

Mark Patronella - Yae

Justin Pezick - Yae

Iman Piracha – Yae

Janika Reid - Not present

Neena Robertson - Yae

Kelsey Shannon - Yae

Amanda Tesarak - Yae

Raphael Tshitoko - Yae

Cassandra Worthington – Yae

Storm Wyche – Not present

b. SOAB

i. SASA: APPROVED

1. South Asian Student Association

2. Spoke to A.S.i.A

3. Note from the advisor

4. How is this different than A.S.i.A club

a. A.S.i.A club is just overall, this is

specific

b. Many SASAs in different schools

5. Senator Piracha approves this club, senator

Tshitoko seconds:

Timothy Andres – Yae

Thomas Butschi – Not present

Adam Clark - Yae

Christine Felix – Yae

Genesis Hernandez – Yae

David Njoroge - Not present

Mark Patronella - Yae

Justin Pezick - Yae

Iman Piracha – Yae

Janika Reid - Not present

Neena Robertson - Yae

Kelsey Shannon - Yae

Amanda Tesarak - Yae

Raphael Tshitoko - Yae

Cassandra Worthington – Yae

Storm Wyche – Not present

ii. Political Science Club

1. Pre-existing club

2. Lots of seniors were on the board

a. Going to make sure vary age group on

the board

3. Non-partisan club

4. Drew Dems and Drew Repubs are very

specific, but they are not as specific, they

will also deal with things bigger than the

US

5. Senator Patronella approves this club,

senator Tshitoko seconds:

Timothy Andres – Yae

Thomas Butschi – Not present

Adam Clark - Yae

Christine Felix – Yae

Genesis Hernandez – Abstain

David Njoroge - Not present

Mark Patronella - Yae

Justin Pezick - Yae

Iman Piracha – Yae

Janika Reid - Not present

Neena Robertson - Yae

Kelsey Shannon - Abstain

Amanda Tesarak - Yae

Raphael Tshitoko - Yae

Cassandra Worthington – Yae

Storm Wyche – Not present

VI. Reports

a. Cabinet

i. President Pro Temp Address, President Pro Temp

Felix

1. Tabling was great!

2. Cabinet members will sit in on class

meetings now

3. Supplies will be ordered tomorrow

4. $395.50 went to Harambee’s diversity

festival

ii. Chief of Staff Report, Chief of Staff Nachimson

1. Academic Advising Commuting Committee

a. Met about the document

i. More questions were added

1. Will there be a reduction in

the tech fee?

a. Students who have

computers will pay the

fee, other students will

pay less

2. Will students be able to use

other devices?

a. Cannot restrict

students, but will still

need computers

3. What about students that

have different operating

systems?

a. Not that many different

systems

4. Computer required will be a

part of the course

description

5. Going to give lower cost

models, just not through

Drew

iii. Attorney General Report, Attorney General Bishop

1. First constitutional revision committee

a. Found a few areas to look at

b. Want to re-look at design for the

committee

c. Concerns were brought to the cabinet

meeting

i. Will bring concerns back to the

committee

2. Be careful about absences

3. New stat class is being offered for business

a. Was a personal project that finally

came though!

iv. SOAB Report, SOAB Chair Sulaiman

1. SOAF

a. December 2nd

b. Important for all club leaders to be

there

2. Going to email all club leaders with a

Google doc with all of the clubs information

3. Created a club review form

4. #drewevents

5. S&B have been advertising as sit and bitch

a. S&B is their official name and they can

advertise as sit and bitch

b. They don’t mean to be offensive

6. Waiting to hear back about costs on the

general fee and waterproof bulletin board

v. B&A Report, B&A Chair Biancamano

1. Budgets due on Friday

2. SG at large Ryan Wilson is resigning

a. Jung- Woong Yoon was appointed by

B&A chair, still needs to be approved

by the senate

i. Senator Felix moves to approved,

Senator Patronella seconds, 12-1

motion passes

b. University Committees

i. Dining, President Hoffman

1. December 14th Midnight breakfast

2. $2 option at the snack bar

3. Homemade food section in the snack bar

4. Want to get feedback on the block meal

plan

5. Reviewing hours of all locations

a. Survey will go out –possibly will

change the hours

6. Concerns?

a. Make hours more available on the

internet

b. Commons should stay open till the

time they are going to close

c. Should have a suggestion box at all

dining locations

d. Per-person catering is very expensive

e. Breakdown of payment for meal plans

VII. Class Reports

a. Freshman

i. Work on an event for the freshman class

ii. Trying to find a new meeting time for class

meetings

b. Sophomores

i. Working on personal projects

1. Summer storage

2. Drew dollars – student day discount in town

3. Long wait list for bikes, maybe to get

donations form different clubs

c. Juniors

i. Went to visit the Marriot

ii. Surveys went out

iii. Working on personal projects

d. Seniors

i. Senior events coming up!

1. 8:30pm champaign toast

ii. Working on logistics, & donations

iii. Working on personal project

VIII. Discussion Items

a. Student Concerns

1. Extra block plan meals roll over

a. Probably not

2. When the fire department is called, do they

have an indication of how serious the

emergency is?

a. Yes, they know

3. Public Safety concerns

a. Should have a town hall that brings

residence life and public safety

together, also to talk about Daniels

dictionary

b. Can we see the public safety’s budget

break down

c. The public safety booth needs more

security at night

4. Registration is a problem- too difficult

a. Will be brought up again

b. Next semester we will get ladder

IX. Announcements

a. Tri-Beta Food Drive

i. Website – open until Dec 21st

ii. Going to table Monday-Thursday

b. Ariel Latin Dance Night

i. Monday in Crawford hall – 8pm

c. College Republicans Movie Night

i. Monday 26th

ii. Food will be provided

d. Harambee Diversity Festival

i. Monday 26th

e. DASA Interactive Village

i. Tuesday 27th

X. Adjournment

a. Senator Pezick moves to adjourn, Senator Hernandez

seconds, all favored -> motion passes