March 14, 2005
S.G.A. Senate Minutes
I.
Call to Order 7:03
II.
Roll Call
Senate did not meet quorum
III.
Open Forum
Spring election sign-ups begin on March 27th
IV.
Minutes
Minutes were moved to the following week
V.
Elections!
a.
How can you be involved next year?
b.
Emily “Tay” Taylor ’08, First Year Class President and SGA Secretary
c.
SGA Secretary is a position open only to sophomores
VI.
Smith College Chorus Charter
The President of the Smith College Chorus presented an updated charter to Senate
tonight. The old charter had been somehow misplaced. Senators will vote next week on
whether to pass the changes to the charter
VII.
Open Forum Planning Reports
a.
Committee Chairs present updates to all of Senate
b.
Senate discussion of final planning steps
c.
Will look into renting a projector
d.
Refreshments will be purchased
e.
The Senate committees are still working hard to plan an open forum for the
student body. The subjects will include the history of the Seven Sister
schools, and what it means to be a women’s college today. The event is
scheduled for March 28th in Neilson Browsing Room. It will take place from
seven to nine p.m. and refreshments will be served. Daniel and Helen
Horowitz are planning to be among the guest speakers
VIII.
Discussion of SGA Constitution Amendments
a.
Senate’s role in chartering orgs.
b.
An amendment to the current SGA constitution regarding the Senate’s role in
chartering organizations is expected to be proposed in the near future. ORC is
considering proposing to eliminate the recognized organization process, and
assume the job of chartering orgs.
c.
All current recognized orgs. would need to apply to be chartered, or lose their
existing privileges. New orgs. would also still have the option of applying to
become chartered, but would apply to ORC rather than the Senate. ORC
would be expected to change its own guidelines to allow for more members,
d.
and better representation of the student body. Currently chartering orgs. is
one of the Senate’s most significant tasks.
If an amendment proposal is made, Senate will discuss and vote on it. If
Senate passes it, the Rules Committee would then check for acceptable
wording and so on. Finally the student body would vote on the proposal in the
upcoming Spring elections.
IX.
Closing Thoughts/ Announcements
X.
Motion to Adjourn