Student Activities Committee
Meeting minutes
Present: Tom Morley (Chair), Mary-Frances Panettiere (Faculty member), Danielle McDonald (Student Affairs Representative, Secretary), Greg Abowd (Faculty member), Jude Leblanc (Faculty member), Barbara Henry (Executive Board Liaison
Guests: Will Wright (Buzz Studios), Nikki Thomas (Lambda Theta Alpha), Michael Handelman (SGA), Russel Virgilio (SSDP), Luis Velez (SSDP), Wes Reynolds (Skeet Shooters), John Etherton (Skeet Shooters), Steven Cho (TEKA), Amos Johnson (Glory Phi God), Amanda Pardo (Lambda Theta Alpha), Tim Cailloux (Joint Campus Organizations Chair – SGA)
A. Approve minutes from
Mary-Frances moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve the minutes
Unanimously approved
B. Tabled Charters:
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy – Russel Virgilo
Discussion: Change dues to read: Dues amounts will be set by the Executive Officers at the first meeting of Fall semester, not to be less than SGA requirements.
Mary-Frances
moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve charter with the
constitution changes
Unanimously approved
Buzz Studios – Will Wright
Discussion: Organization wanted to strike the statement that restricted the positions someone could hold at one time.
Mary-Frances
moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve charter with the
constitution changes
Unanimously approved
A. Charters for Consideration
Lambda Theta Alpha - Amanda S. Pardo
Discussion: Organization said that sections describing Active Alumna, Active Graduate, and Orientee needed to be deleted from the constitution.
Struck the statement that waived requirements if there were no candidates that met the requirement.
Mary-Frances
moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve charter with the
constitution changes
Unanimously approved
Chi Omega Tau – no representative
Tom moved and Danielle seconded the motion to table the charter of Chi Omega Tau due to lack of representative.
Unanimously approved
TEKA - Steven Cho
Discussion: The organization requested to change the dues statement to read: Dues amounts will be set by the Executive Officers at the first meeting of Fall semester, not to be less than SGA requirements. Clarified that quorum in order to conduct elections consists of 2/3 of Blue Buzz members.
Mary-Frances moved and Greg seconded the motion to approve the charter with the stated constitutional changes.
Unanimously approved
Danielle moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve the charter.
Unanimously approved
Yellow Jacket Table Tennis –no representative
Danielle moved and Jude seconded the motion to table the charter due to lack of representative.
Unanimously approved
Glory Phi God - Amos Yancy Johnson Jr
Discussion:
Greg – can “God” be in the name of the Organization: Danielle – there is no
policy against it.
Clarified that it took a plurality vote to elect the
President
Mary-Frances
moved and Jude seconded the motion to approve charter with the
constitution changes
Unanimously approved
B. Constitutional Amendments
Undergraduate Student
Government- Michael Handelman
Amendment 01U174 – Notification of Constitutional Amendments by Technique or E-mail
Mary-Frances moved and Greg seconded the motion to approve this amendment
Unanimously approved
Amendment 01U118 – Membership Procedures of the Undergraduate Judicial Council
Greg moved and Mary-Frances seconded the motion to approve this amendment
Unanimously approved
Meeting adjourned