University of North Florida Student Senate
Senate Meeting Agenda – March 11th 2013 – 6:30 PM – Senate Chambers
I.
Call to Order
Meeting is called to order at 6:30 pm.
II.
Pledge of Allegiance – Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Britt Stromquist
III.
Invocation – Senate Chaplain Star Caudio
IV.
Roll Call – Senate President Pro-Tempore Anthony Stevens (sgaspt@unf.edu)
Quorum is established with 35 voting members.
V.
Approval of Minutes
Motion from Sen. Tutwiler to approve the minutes from February 25. Second. No objections. Moved.
VI.
Approval of Agenda
Motion from Sen. Brady to approve the agenda. Second. No objections. Moved.
VII.
Recognition of Students Seeking Appointment
Chase Baker – seeking a general senate seat
VIII.
Student Remarks
Aaron Anderson – trying to do some things around campus to institute “green things” around campus besides
beards. Trying to get UNF SG involved in road maintenance around campus. We have the signs out there however
we have never had a campus clean up. I will be out there at 2 pm on Monday. Will have gloves and trash bags.
Meet here at SG. Some parking lots are dirty too so hope to clean those up along with the sides of the roads. Hope
to make this a couple months out of the year. It will make fiscal facilities happy.
IX.
Guest Speakers
a. Director of Athletics and Wellness – Tony Hendricks
Like to talk to you all about volunteering at Swoop the Loop - great tradition on campus for about 10 years
now. Free for students. On Sunday April 7 from 9 am - 11 am. We will have a lot of vendors out there.
Giving away free shirts and tanks for first 100 students there. Just need your student IDs. For non-students it
will be $25 for early registration and $30 for the day of. Hope to have you all come out there and help put on
the event. Let me know if interested.
b. SG Yearly Awards – Mike Naughton
Deadline to register for the banquet was 10 days ago but extended to tomorrow at 5 pm. However now you
may no longer bring a date. Email me to let me know which of the three meal options you would like. Also
like to let you all know about the three SG awards. In front of you, you will see the ballot. Please write your
name up at the top of the ballot. Need that if there are any discrepancies with answers. Will go through and
do the nominations now.
Motion from Sen. Brady to suspend Robert’s Rules. Second. No objections. Suspended.
Nominations made and voted on. Ballots collected.
X.
Legislative Cabinet Reports
a. Senate President Zak Varshovi (sgasp@unf.edu)
Impressed with you all who have done the bill-writing workshop with me. If you haven’t done so yet keep
signing up with me to do so.
b. Elections and Appointments Committee – Chairman Corey Amira (sgaesac@unf.edu)
Elections are tomorrow. If not reelected will be working the polls. Will work two hours each day. Need 5 for
each hour. Will pass around sign up sheet.
Sen. Marshall- how do we know which poll?
Only one, at the student union.
c. Constitution and Statutes Committee – Chairman Jerry Barrs (sgacsc@unf.edu)
Had SRs come through my committee, both passed unanimously. Have a safe spring break.
d. Student Advocacy Committee – Chairwoman Megan Jones (sgasac@unf.edu)
There is an Osprey Voice this week. On your own time just have it to me by Monday at 5.
e. Budget and Allocations Committee – Chairman Christopher Brady (sgabac@unf.edu)
Couple travel requests came through last meeting. Almost out of the funding for all travel requests and we
will also have some requests next meeting, which will most likely bring it done really far as well.
f. University Affairs Committee – Chairwoman Monica Bowman (sgauac@unf.edu)
Last meeting we had two guest speakers. Both were really good presentations. Also went over councils
meetings. Next committee meeting we will also have two more guest speakers. I will also be assigning reports
again to committee members.
XI.
Judicial Branch Report
a. Chief Justice – Alex Goetz (sgajc@unf.edu) (5-minutes)
Start of by saying we have a courthouse trip coming up this Thursday from 8 am to 2 pm. If you are
interested let me know, you are all invited but need to fill out paperwork to go so let me know as soon as
possible.
XIV.
Executive Agency Reports: (3-minutes each)
a. Volunteer Center - volunteercenter@unf.edu
Last Tuesday had the spring volunteer fair and had a great turnout. Planning two more service projects before
spring semester ends. Please volunteer for Swoop the Loop. The volunteer center has logged over 1000 hours
currently. The pantry has tons of food from homecoming and we are still sorting.
b. Osprey Productions - opdir@unf.edu
Recap of events- had battle of the bands and 350 students came out, was widely successful. Campus movie
fest had about 1000 students involved and still adding up totals. The drag show had over 400 students. Skyfall
had over 100 students. Upcoming events are bingo in the boathouse, flight in the student union. And next
week we are sponsoring spring break!
c. Club Alliance - sgacluba@unf.edu
Last week we held the annual spring bash with over 90 clubs in attendance. Some clubs had over 100
membership sign ups. Our formal event for clubs and their presidents is coming up. April 5 will be our last
general meeting of the semester.
XII.
Executive Branch Reports
a. Attorney General – Joe Turner - sgaag@unf.edu (3-minutes)
Advise that the two SBs tonight need a 2/3 vote.
b. Treasurer – Billy Namen - sgasbt@unf.edu (3-minutes)
Nothing to report.
c. Vice- President – Mike Naughton - sgavpres@unf.edu (5-minutes)
d. President – Carlo Fassi – sgapres@unf.edu (7-minutes)
The cabinets are busying transitioning right now. (Reads email from Campus Movie Fest member- believes
that we have found the best students on campus) Our student body is lucky to have the knowledge that Brent
Fine provides on a weekly basis. They are not only impacting students on campus but also making high
expectations for students on other campuses. I will be working with lobbyists for Rally in Tally on April 3.
We will leave early in the morning and be returning in evening. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Will be
excused from classes. I will be addressing the UNF Arts committee and be proposing a UNF veterans
memorial. Have also met with the director of housing and environmental center to try and make recycling
boxes for the dorms, we are waiting for external sources of funding. Also working for an additional funding
process for recreational clubs. Update on March 25th, we will have a special senate meeting for the student
body address. Excellent job thus far this semester everybody!
XV.
New Business
a. Constitution and Statutory Changes on 1st Reading
b. Senate and Joint Resolutions on 1st Reading
c. Legislation considered for 2nd Reading
a. SB-13S-2681: Cabinet Transformation Act of 2013
b. SB-13S-2681A: Cabinet Transformation Act of 2013
Will go through this line-by-line and then explain the reasoning behind it. Will explain both of them at
the same time and then can vote on them separately.
402.2- states that the senate president pro tempore will assist the senate president and will also serve as
the chair of the constitution and statutes committee. Under the constitutions and statutes committee,
strike pro tempore as a voting member. Basically, this is combining the pro tempore and CSC chair
positions. There are a lot of tasks that are separated between the two and deal with the same issues. It
makes more sense to combine the two.
Sen. Dykes- would you be increasing the hours?
For the fiscal year, both have 15 hours allotted. I suggest 25 hours and the other 5 hours to be allotted
to someone else.
Motion from Sen. Ramirez to approve SB-13S-2681. Second. No objections. Discussion: Sen. Ramirezthink this is very smart, will decrease redundancies and will make it more efficient.
Motion from Sen. Stevens for unanimous consent. Second. No objections. Moved.
Motion from Sen. Barrs to approve SB-13S-2681A. Second. No objections. No discussion.
Motion from Sen. Stevens for unanimous consent. Second. No objections. Moved.
d. Senate and Joint Resolutions on 2nd Reading
XVI.
Legislative Cabinet Nominations
Elections will be on April 1. Please discuss with the committee chairs and I to be prepared for the election.
Motion from Sen. Galanti to reinstate Robert’s Rules of order. Second. No objections. Reinstated.
a. Senate President
Sen. Brady – accepts
b. Senate President Pro Tempore
Sen. Ramirez – accepts
Sen. Cunningham - accepts
Sen. Bowman - declines
c. Elections and Appointments Chair
Sen. Antworth – accepts
Sen. Ramirez – declines
d. Student Advocacy Chair
Sen. Amira – declines
Sen. Ramirez – accepts
e. Budget and Allocation Chair
Sen. Estrada – accepts
f. University Affairs Committee Chair
Sen. Turner – accepts
g. Parliamentarian
Sen. Reich- accepts
Sen. Dykes – accepts
Advisor Delaney- I advise that you still nominate for the CSC Chair because the SB is not yet signed.
h. Constitutions and Statutes Chair
Sen. Barrs – accepts
XVII. Announcements
a. Next Committee Meetings will be March 25th, 2013
b. Will also be a Senate meeting on March 25th for the student body address
c. Next Senate Meeting will be April 1st, 2013 and will have elections
XIII.
Final Roll Call - Senate President Pro-Tempore Anthony Stevens – sgaspt@unf.edu
Quorum is reestablished with 38 voting members.
XVIII. Adjournment
The meeting is adjourned at 7:18 pm.