Tuesday September 29, 2009
SGA Senate Meeting Minutes
I. Call to Order
7:05 pm
II. Roll Call
a. Missing/Tardy: 10
b. Absent Senators: Anne Belmonte, Zoe Norman-Hunt, Kristen Miao, Joanita
Gakami, Emilia Bates, Eunice Zhao, Shereen Choudhury
c. Quorum met
III. Passing Minutes
a. Minutes corrected
b. Minutes passed
IV. Announcements
a. Clark Hall Opening
i. SGA sponsored event
ii. Friday October 2, 2009 from 1 pm to 4:30 pm
iii. All Events Committee members expected to put in 1 hour shift
b. Radio Awareness week
i. Sept 28th to Oct 2nd
c. Smith Association of Class Activists
i. Movie Screening
ii. Wednesday September 30, 2009 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm
d. Weekend events
i. Gillett House Party
1. Friday October 2, 2009 from 10 pm to 1 am
ii. WOZQ Concert at Davis Ballroom 8 pm to 1 am
1. Friday October 2, 2009 from 10 pm to 1 am
iii. SACSA party in Campus Center
1. Friday October 2, 2009 from 10 pm to 1 am
2. $5 before 10 pm, $7 after 10 pm
iv. Comstock Lei Party
1. Saturday October 3, 2009 from 10 pm to 1 am
e. Lighting Walk—meet in front of Clark Hall
i. Wednesday October 14th at 6:30 pm
ii. Email Dean Ohotnicky with concerns about areas if you are unable to
attend
f. Sophomore Showcase in TV Room in lower level Campus Center
i. Wednesday October 21st from 7 pm to 9 pm
ii. 30 minute performances by various sophomores
V. Senate 101
a. A senator’s duties
i. Attendance Policy
ii. All senators required to be in one and only one committee
iii. Committee chairs required to meet with one or all Senate Cabinet
members for committee progress report twice a month
VI. Smith Day Committee Elections
a. Mariana Santiago
b. Zanetta King
c. Nolvia Delgado
VII. Senate Goals
a. Possible goals
i. Extend gym hours and pool hours and implement female-only pool hours
ii. Stagger dining hours
iii. Improve Smithies’ PVTA experience (perhaps implementing SGA shuttle
system)
iv. Increase number of trash cans outside on campus
v. Clean air initiative
b. Motion to postpone voting on Senate goals until October 6, 2009 Senate meeting
i. Motion passed
VIII. Guest Speakers
a. Motion to table discussion of guest speakers until October 6, 2009
i. Motion passed
IX. T-Shirts
a. Design decided
b. Text: “A Smithie’s Place is in Her House and Senate”
X. Committee Time
XI. Adjournment
9:00 pm