Student Government Union
Student Senate
th
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Call to Order 6:15pm
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Prayer - Kara
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Roll Call - 23
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Approval of Minutes o Approved
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Vice President of Operations o Calendar reminders
 Will send out calendars tonight o Amendment Review
 Amendment 6 needed to be reworded and has been fixed to be pushed through
Senate
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Please read the attachment and come back to Senate with any changes you feel are needed and be ready to vote on this amendment
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President Pro Temp
 Guest Speakers o SAAC Representative- Heather Petronis
 Explaining what SAAC is and what they do
 Make-A-Wish Foundation, asking for money like last year
 Mike moves to allocate $5000 towards SACC’s Make a Wish Fundraiser o Second o Discussion
 It is about Make a Wish Foundation, not SGU, and this could really make a difference in a child’s life
 Really only wanting to reach a goal of one wish, but if
SGU donated $5000, they feel they could easily reach the goal of granting two wishes ($10,000 total) o Call to Question
 Second
 Motion carries o Motion carries o Katie Gwinn, President of the SGU
 E-Board Minutes
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Leadership Conference 2/17/13
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What Do You Want Wall Event – Corey

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Polos on back order (it’s in the works)
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Back to School Bash – went really well
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Leo Love Days/ Student Involvement Fair o Dunkin to Campus
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SGU Swim Promo 1/26 o Ice Cream
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Friday Feb 1 st National Wear Red Day
 Tuesday Feb 12 th American Heart Month Event
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President’s Council o Awareness Month event
 Each organization pick a day to team up and host an event
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Softball Promo
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Student Move In Dates o Anger from students
 What should be doing in Senate?
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Suggestion Box
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Get SGU’s name out there
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Co-Sponsor events with SGU
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Focus on one core value committee at a time
 Get rid of core value committees
 Smoke-free campus – designated areas o Push for as an entire Senate o Research for national campaigns – utilize your resources o Create/design designated areas to smoke o Administration loves students helping students
 Core value weeks – Senate work on them as a whole
 Use the E-Board to help draft documents if you are struggling with that
 Meeting with Microsoft
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E-Board meeting with Les Lloyd from UTS regarding the student email mishaps over Christmas Break
 Pay Scales
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Jonathan approached Katie regarding benefiting students better and changing pay scales
 Senator Retreat
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Just a few hours on the weekend
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Bond and talk – set goals
 Include Senators in the planning of SGU events
 Picture with Senators
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Senator Reports o Committee Updates
 Dining Committee working closely with Rich
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Comment boxes on all tables in Dining Hall
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Student Menu o What students want to see as long as it can be made in bulk

o Done by March – really need to get this going
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Dining Committee really needs to come together and help out
 Freshman Committee
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Shirts on sale to anyone – proceeds go to a brick for Angel and her family
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Trip in February to Busch Gardens
 Junior Committee
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Chelsea is reaching out to Juniors outside of Senate to help her plan an event
 Senior Committee
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102 days until graduation
 Shirts have been ordered
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Senior week plans are coming soon
 Philanthropy Committee
 Want to continue with events for this semester
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New Business
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Open Forum o Fritz Auditions – February 7 th , 2013 – starting at 5:30pm in SAB117
 Spread the word!! Tell your friends!! Sign up!!
 fritz@email.saintleo.edu
o University Ministry event tonight at 9pm – Faith on Fire
 Smores and Music o Find organizations to co-sponsor with Senate on big events/outreaches o Alpha Phi Omega – service organization
 $65 registration
 Recruitment starting soon o FYE working to plan events around the core values – team up? o Men rush week, next week o Female recruitment week, the following week o Fritz at National Competition – get his name out there
 Tied to National Cheer Competition in Orlando o Bring a pen and paper with you to take minutes
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Advisor Report o Welcome Back!
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Katie moves to adjourn o Second
 Adjournment 7:40pm

Student Government Union
Student Senate
rd
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Call to Order - 6:17pm
 Prayer - Mike
 Roll Call - 25
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Approval of Minutes o Minutes stand
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Vice President of Operations o Potential Senate Retreat Dates
 January 27 th – no
 February 2 nd – no
 February 3 rd – around 10:00am – will be finalized by next Senate
 February 24 th – no o Planning on Friday afternoon (1ish) in the SGU office – come help!!
 President Pro Temp o SGU Sponsored Swim Meet
 Saturday
 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM o Amendment 6 (Below)
 Madi moves to approve the amended Amendment 6
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Second
 Discussion o How long of a probationary status, if one at all? o Should clubs be able to access petty cash but not allocate? o Equal status of all clubs/orgs
 Call to question o Second o Motion carries
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Motion carries
 Guest Speakers o Stephanie Polk, Dade City Little League
 Idea came from Jonthan Perrone to team up with Dade City Little League as a campus
 Already involved Athletics (baseball and softball doing coaching clinic) and looking towards SGU and beyond to pitch in
 Really want to reach out between Dade City Little League and Saint Leo University to bridge the gap
 Challenger team plays for free – important for sponsorship

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Children with disabilities baseball team
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Play on Saturdays
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Always looking for people/clubs to play the Challenger team
 $300 to sponsor a team
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45 teams currently
 Time is the most important thing that they could receive o Mike moves to allocate $1200 to the Dade City Little League on behalf of all four class committees
 Second
 Discussion
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What about 6 sponsorships to total $1800 from each of the core value committees
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Madi moves to amend the original motion to read: Madi moves to allocate
$1800 to the Dade City Little League in honor of the six core values
 Second
 Call to question
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Second
 Motion carries
 Motion carries
 dadecitylittleleague@yahoo.com
 Senator Reports
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Committee Reports o Judicial Committee
 Meeting after Senate tonight o Dining Committee
 Suggestion Boxes
 Meet with Rich about the suggestion boxes – just need the money now
 Hopefully we will see them by the end of this month
 Dunkin open next Friday hopefully!! o Responsible Stewardship Committee o Integrity Committee
 Meeting after Senate tonight o Respect Committee o Personal Development Committee o Excellence Committee
 Tried to meet, but schedules are impossible o Community Committee o Elections Committee
 Mike, Medjine, Lindsay, Allison, Orlando - Mac Chair
 Check your email!! o Madi moves to dismember the core value committees
 Second
 Motion carries
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New Business o Smoke Free Campus

 Madi taking charge on some research
 Designated smoking area vs. smoke free campus – more feasible to accomplish on our campus
 If you are interested in helping email Madi ( madison.grabow@email.saintleo.edu
) and she will send you the draft she has written o E-Board Update
 Les Lloyd spoke from UTS about student email over Christmas break
 All should return to normal soon
 Jonathan Perrone spoke about the Dade City Little League sponsorship as well as lakeside/campus-wide clean up
 Leadership Conference – Feb 17 th
 Olive Garden and Panera catering
 Polo order has been placed
 Swimming SGU promo on Saturday
 Start serving ice cream at 10am
 Spring Concert??
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Is this a feasible idea to do at Saint Leo? Would we get enough student turn out for the amount of money that would have to go into such an event
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It’s impossible for us to bring the high profile artist that students want
 Feb 1 st – National Wear Red Day – please support
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Free t-shirts being handed out outside of Dining Hall on Thursday 1/31 from 11am-1pm
 Feb 12 th – Be Heart Healthy event – please support
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11am-2pm in the Bowl
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Free Subway sandwiches, inflatable obstacle course, and rock wall
 Working on SGU awards banquet, which happens in March o Katie and Jonathan met with Jose Cabon (head of plant off) about the conditions of campus, etc.
 Wanting to re-do lakefront
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Open Forum o Student Employee of the Year award should be given out at SGU awards o Give financial aid a little patience because they are having a tough week with transitions of staff members leaving, etc. o Table outside of the dining hall like “Hi we are SGU Senators, How can We Help You?”
 Get the face of Senators out there o Madi calls for a vote of no confidence in Mitch Collazo
 Chelsea speaks against
 Brendan speaks against o Mitch has been removed from Senate and all committees
 Madi moves to open nominations for Appropriations Board o Second o Nominations
 Kara - 10
 Mike - 2

 Tom - 4
 Luckson - 6
 Destiny - 2
 Mike moves to close nominations
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Second
 Vote by roll call o Kara is voted in as the 7 th member to the Appropriations Board
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Philanthropy Committee is planning event called “Europe” on Feb 28 th to help offset International student tuition cost
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Senior class committee t-shirts ordered - $2 o “How To” Sessions
 Grad applications, etc.
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Alpha Phi Omega recruitment is next week
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Think of the idea of creating a minimum number of Senators to fill seats because there currently is no minimum and Senate could operate with as few members as possible
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Sophomore class trip on March 3 rd to Universal -$10 o 48 tickets
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Freshman class pushing for Busch Gardens trip o State Fair trip a possibility as well
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Advisor Report
 Chelsea moves to adjourn o Second o Motion carries
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Adjournment 7:34pm
Student Government Union
Student Senate
th

Call to Order 6:17pm
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Prayer - Tom
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Roll Call - 24
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Approval of Minutes o Minutes stand
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Vice President of Operations
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President Pro Temp

o Pre-Dental Club Presentation
 Approved on campus last semester
 Want to become more involved both on campus and in the community
 Madi moves to approve the Pre-Dental Club
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Second
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Discussion o Great club to have on campus o Recruiting tool for Admissions and future SLU students
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Call to Question o Second o Motion carries
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20 yes 3 present
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Motion carries o Paintball Club Presentation
 Not present
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Senator Reports o Senior class shirts on sale for $2 o Elections committee met before Senate
 Confirming dates and creating packets o Freshman committee is ordering Senator shirts
 If interested in purchasing one – please contact Freshman committee members o Swim Team thanks everyone for being at the SGU Swim Meet on Saturday o Rules committee – please meet after Senate
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New Business o Minimum Number of Senators
 Currently there is no minimum number of senators; however, in the Constitution the VPO can call for elections at any time if they feel necessary
 If you would like an amendment to the Constitution to be made regarding this, please write up legislation and email it to Corey before the next Senate meeting
 Open Forum o Red-Out Baseball Game – Friday, February 1st
 NOT SGU required
 11am-1pm outside the Dining Hall o SGU Sponsored Tennis Matches – Saturday, February 2 nd
 Chick-fil-A for lunch
 Be there at 11am – until about 1pm o SGU Senate Retreat – Sunday, February 3 rd
 Time TBD o E-Board Update
 Kevin from Athletics came as guest speaker
 Leadership Conference Feb 17 th
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Panera for food
 Senate Retreat on Sunday
 Polos being ordered
 Beginning planning stages for SGU/SS Awards Banquet

 Fritz Auditions – Feb 7 th beginning at 5:30pm
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Email Caryn’s personal email or SGU
 February calendar is out and published o Alpha Phi Omega recruitment this week o Freshman State Fair Trip – sign up!!
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Advisor Report o Medjine moves to adjourn
 Second
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Adjournment at 6:42pm