UMSL SBA Meeting Minutes – May 1, 2014
Location: UMSL Room 215
Attendance: Sam Aarab, Tyler Dugger, Jeff Wilson, Jason Collins, Mike Pasque, Lindsey West, Peter
Schlemmer, Hannah Cail
Guests: Stephanie McKnight
Minutes: The meet was called to order at 8:08 AM by President Sam Aarab.
Outgoing Business Manager Stephanie McKnight provided the official Barrister’s Ball financial report:
Dean’s contribution - $500
SBA proceeds - $3,041
Gross profit - $3,541
Total cost - $3,124
Net profit - $422
Sam informed the group that if anyone wants something on the agenda, they should e-mail him prior to
the meeting and he will put it on the agenda.
The previous meeting minutes from April 29, 2014 were reviewed. Jason Collins moved for approval of
the minutes as presented. Sam seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
Sam opened discussion on the proposed SBA Bylaw revisions. Each section that was changed was
presented by Tyler Dugger and Mike Pasque. Both informed the group that there are minor changes
currently presented with bigger, policy type changes to be presented next year.
Tyler and Mike will work on a pledge for this year for the current group to sign.
Jason thought that the Rules Committee should be required to include a non-Board member from each
class. No formal decision was made.
Minor changes were made to the language to be presented to the students. Tyler will take the Bylaws
this weekend to make sure there isn’t anything else to be cleaned up.
Mike moved to submit the Bylaws to be approved at the May 5, 2014 meeting to the general student
body next week (reading week). Peter Schlemmer seconded the motion. The motion carried (7-0-1) with
Jason abstaining.
Hannah Cail led a discussion on study space issues. She is in charge of the process this semester and has
e-mailed the guidelines to the students. Those who are not on the SBA Executive Board, Law Review, a
Student Group President, or another group with designated office space will be given priority. Sam
suggested that this process be put in the SBA Handbook for future reference and that the Board vote on
it. This will give the Vice President more authority if students complain about the process.
Sam presented a generic guideline of how to proceed with SBA projects. This will be included in the SBA
Handbook. It is to be used as a guideline and may be deviated from as needed.
Sam led a discussion regarding the timeline of events for the next academic year. Jeff Wilson moved that
the Halloween Party be held on October 31 at 7:00 pm. Lindsey West seconded the motion. It carried
unanimously (7-0, Jason Collins was absent for the rest of the meeting). Sam moved to create a social
events committee. Hannah seconded the motion. This committee will be tasked with helping plan all
social events for the next academic year, except the Barrister’s Ball. Mike and Lindsey volunteered to be
on the committee and it was approved with unanimous consent. They will work with Jason on all events.
Lindsey will talk with the Crystal Theater today to see if we can book their venue for the Halloween
Party and report back to the Board at the next meeting. Sam moved to create a Barrister’s Ball
committee to work solely on the Barrister’s Ball. This motion was seconded by Hannah. It carried
unanimously. Sam moved that Hannah and Lindsey will be appointed to the Barrister’s Ball committee. It
was seconded by Peter. The motion carried unanimously. Jeff moved to appoint Sam to the Barrister’s
Ball committee. The motion was seconded by Tyler Duggar. The motion carried unanimously.
Sam discussed the proposed SBA Handbook. He wanted a quick synopsis of what each member does so
it could be included. Each member gave a brief overview of their duties. Mike discussed that the ABA
Representative is required to be an ABA member, per the Bylaws, and that is a $25 expense. Sam stated
that the SBA will pay for any required member dues. He also stated that all SBA members should be
exempt for paying for tickets to SBA events.
Mike moved to adjourn the meeting. Peter seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 am.
Submitted May 5, 2014
Michael Pasque
ABA Representative
Student Bar Association – University of Montana School of Law