I.
Associated Students of MSU-GF COT
Senate Meeting Minutes
February 13, 2008
B141
Call to Order
Call to order in B141 at 4:12.
II.
Approval of minutes
Advisor Wagner-Fossen moved to approve the minutes and Senator Hernandez seconded.
The motion was passed unanimously.
III.
Roll Call
Senators- Rachel Pierce, Jason Wiley, Craig Rardon, Justine Edwards, AJ Hernandez,
Candice Yoder, and Nicole Brewer.
Excused Senator- Vernon Wright
Advisors- Dena Wagner-Fossen and Dennis Veleber.
Visitors- Sheila Bonnand
Officers- President David Mariani Jr., Secretary Maggie Gurley, and Treasurer Desiree
Dean.
IV.
Officer Reports
A. President Mariani- had meetings with Ski Club and Joe Schaffer, yearly basis with
free ski class to make it a free outreach skiing lessons, working on the hiring
committee, helped out with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The last semester Senate
approved $1500 for the Brand New Day Ceremony only spent approximately $1100
and we gave the rest to the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Went to Board of Regents in
Helena, checked email, and was busy recruiting to replace the Senators that can’t
make it this semester.
B. Secretary Gurley- checked email, attended the Green Committee meeting, we make
plans and ideas on how we can make our campus green and environmentally
friendly. Had a few discussions with Dena and Dennis, worked on senator
paperwork, and created a new senator login sheet.
C. Treasurer Dean- Attended BOR with President Mariani. Would like everyone to
know that she is overloaded this semester and is thinking of resigning from her
position as Treasurer. (President Mariani would also like for everyone to know that
our V.P. has resigned)
V.
Old Business
A. Sheila Bonnand would like us to go check out the new library. She is still checking in
on the Left and Right Arm comfy chairs. The representative told her that they come
in left and right arms, but when they arrived there were only right arms. The old
furniture from the library is spread out around campus.
VI.
New Business
A. Approval of Student Organizations and Programs of Study.
i. SADHA (Student American Dental Hygiene Association)Student Group
ii. EMS- Program of Study
iii. Interior Design Club- Program of Study
iv. Practical Nursing Students- Program of Study
v. Auto Body- Program of Study
Senator Pierce moved to approve the groups and was seconded by Senator Brewer. The
motion was passed unanimously. A letter will be sent to the groups to tell them of their
approval from the Senate.
B. Secretary Gurley would like new and returning Senators to fill out the necessary
paperwork. Returning Senators only need to fill out the Directory Release form and
the Senator Qualifications form. New Senators need to fill out all of the necessary
paperwork.
C. For the next few weeks there will be surveys handed out around the school. It is a
simple survey that asks students what they like or want to see from the facilities. We
want to give it out to student who have been here longer than a year, who know the
campus a little more than a person who is here for a semester. Senator Brewer and
Treasurer Dean created the survey, get people to know whom the Associated
Students are. We want to get a good number of the population, Advisor WagnerFossen said that there are about 2,000 students on campus and Senator Brewer said
that she would make at least 300 copies. Next Friday will be the surveys will be
tabulated. Senator Pierce and Treasurer Dean said that they would help hand out the
surveys and make sure that they are returned to the drop box.
D. The printer in the Student government office is not working at the moment. We are
getting error messages that say that the document wouldn’t print. Advisor WagnerFossen says that we need to tell IT that there are three different log ins and that is
where the computer might be having trouble. We might need IT to do a computer
clean up.
VII.
Committee Reports
A. Please sign up for a committee. It is required as a Senator to be in a committee. The
committees include Decorating, Wage Addendum Committee (WAC),
Maintenance, and Publications.
VIII. Open Discussion
A.Daphne Collins is an adjunct instructor and has a son that attends MSU in Bozeman.
He recently had pneumonia and lost part of his lung. Senator Rardon was wondering if
we could do a fundraiser for the student. Since he is Bozeman, we can’t do SEAP. His
mother is an Anthropology teacher from California. Advisor Wagner-Fossen suggested
that we contact the AS-MSU in Bozeman and see if they can help. Something that you
have to consider is that if you help this person, are you going to help everyone in the
same situation? If the Senate did this as a community fundraiser, Judy Hay says that it
falls outside community help. A smaller campus group can take it on. PTK could do this
under AS-MSU- Great Falls. Advisor Wagner-Fossen said that this hard to do with little
information, but is very noble.
B. There is another student group that is working with Judy Hay at the moment and has
been through Exec. Cab. And will be in the Senate for approval next week.
C. Returning Senators, don’t forget to pick up your check from last semester. You can
pick them up at the Cashiers counter in the Students’ One Stop Shop.
IX. Adjournment
Senator Edwards moved to close the meeting and was seconded by Senator Hernandez at
4:55. The motion passed unanimously.
Secretary Margaret Gurley AS-MSU Great Falls COT