UMSL SBA Meeting Minutes – September 2, 2014
SBA Meeting
Location: SBA Office
Present: Sam Aarab, Lindsey West, Jason Collins, Tyler Dugger, Hannah Cail, Mike Pasque, Jeff Wilson
Absent: Peter Schlemmer
Minutes:
Called to order at 12:03 by President Sam Aarab.
Costs have been calculated for the Friday at 5, kegs have been returned, and deposits have been
received. Motion was made by Tyler Dugger to reimburse $19 to Lindsey West for buying wine for the
event. Lindsey seconded. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Tyler recommended that the social committee create a survey/poll to determine what people want to
see at a Friday at 5 for help in future event planning.
Tyler will talk to the Civil Procedure class tomorrow about the 1L Representative election. He will e-mail
out the petition for election form and also provide the by-law position description. The petitions will be
due Wednesday, September 10. The polls will open Tuesday, September 16 at 8:00 am and will close
Wednesday, September 17 at 5:00 pm. Tyler will call the candidates with the results after they are
received.
Sam discussed finalizing and approving State Bar presentations. Hannah Cail stated that we still need to
decide what type of presentations we want to do for the State Bar. Lori Freeman already booked the
rooms for us. There is one presentation per month. Hannah will take the lead on trying to figure out the
schedule for presentations. The first one is in October, which will likely be an intro to the State Bar.
Mike Pasque moved to recognize Jeff Wilson at 12:33 pm, seconded by Lindsey, affirmed unanimously.
Committee Appointments Interests
Faculty Appointments – Lindsey
Strategic Planning – Hannah
Dean Search – Lindsay Thane & Bree McClafferty are the two current students – non vacant
Admissions & Scholarships – Jason Collins
Sam/Jason moved for Sam to be the student representative on the Budget Advisory Committee, motion
passed unanimously
Jeff Wilson/Sam moved for Mike to be the Library Tech & Facilities member, approved unanimously
Curriculum – Tyler
Student Affairs (3 required) – Jeff, with two non Executive Board students to be solicited from the
general student body
Jeff moved to approve the above appointments already not appointed, seconded by Mike, approved
unanimously.
Thursday night of last week, Mike and Sam counted all of the money in the cash boxes in the office. They
found almost $3,000 in cash in various cash boxes; tallied and reorganized the boxes and double
checked each. Sam also found that we have around $4,000 from last year’s budget. There will be $3,200
from central campus from proceeds from vending machine sales and around $6,300 from student fees.
Sam is creating a spreadsheet to develop a budget for this year so we can control our spending and
maximize efficiency.
Jeff moved to authorize spending up to $200 for general office supplies, seconded by Tyler. Motion
passed unanimously.
Lisa Marie has colon cancer. All budget issues that went through her now go through Becky. Geri will
handle all immediate registration issues. Sarah Phillips will handle all the rest.
Mike announced that today is Lindsey’s birthday.
Mike moved to adjourn the meeting with Jeff seconding, motion passed unanimously.
Submitted September 10, 2014
Michael Pasque
ABA Representative
Student Bar Association – University of Montana School of Law