S.G.A. SENATE MEETING
November 16, 2015
The meeting was called to order in the Leaders Suite of the Donald G.
Bollinger Student Union at 4:30 p.m. Presiding officers were Vice President
Mary Sauce and Vice President Pro-Tempore Lawrence Arceneaux, III. The
Recording Secretary was Dolly McGeever.
The pledge was led by Senator Darian Graivshark and the prayer was given by
Senator Meah Johnson.
The Nicholls Student Government Association Mission Statement was read by
Senator Josue Diaz Juarez and Senator Katelyn Cortez read the first value of
the Nicholls Creed.
The following Executive Board members were present:
President Lillie
Bourgeois, Vice President Mary Sauce, Vice President Pro-Tempore Lawrence
Arceneaux, III, Treasurer Les Theriot, Director of Student Rights and
Grievances Peyton Chiasson and Secretary Dolly McGeever.
The following Executive
Relations Adam Doucet.
Board
member
was
absent:
Director
of
Public
The following Senators were present: Lawrence Arceneaux, III, Emily Sauce,
William Crenshaw, Katelyn Cortez, Abigail Ledet, Meah Johnson, Darian
Graivshark, Markos Picou, Charles Johns, Tommy Thibodeaux, Josue Diaz Juarez,
Jaleesa Smith, Grant Henry, Lauren Constant, Harihar Ojha, Tyrane Hardy,
Sydney Moxley, Madison Kiger, Dustin Bergeron, Keilan Kiger and Devyn
Pourciau.
The following Senators were absent:
Wendt, Meghan Hanley and Al Wilson.
Kaitlyn Mistretta, Trey Clark, Austin
Web Tech was not represented.
Photographer was represented by Lawrence Arceneaux, III.
Student Supreme Court was not represented.
Election Commission was not represented.
The guests present were Dr. Eugene A. Dial, Jr., Vice President of Student
Affairs and Enrollment Services and Student Government Association Advisor,
Deborah Moorhead, Instructor of Government and Social Sciences, Brandon
Bergeron, Vice President of Student Programming Association and Dr. R. Denis
Soignier, Assistant Professor of Psychology Dept.
No Minutes were presented.
GUEST SPEAKER:
None.
OFFICER REPORTS
PRESIDENT’S REPORT – LILLIE BOURGEOIS
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Thanks to everyone who brought the cans for the food drive.
We
collected 4,089 cans for John Kerry and the Holiday on the Bayou Food
Drive.
I’ll give a report on the Tech Fee Committee Meeting.
On the SubCommittee meeting, we voted on the Tech Fee Proposals.
I’ll give a
report to the Tech Fee Committee on that on Wednesday.
Thanks for a great semester.
You really made my job easy and
enjoyable.
Thanks for all you do and I hope to see all of you back
next semester.
OFFICER REPORTS CONTINUED:
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RIGHTS & GRIEVANCES’ REPORT – PEYTON CHIASSON
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Our polo shirts are in.
They are available here in the back of the
room and start with Women’s small on the left and go all the way
through. All your names are on them thanks to Senator Meghan H. Just
grab those on your way out so we’ll have those for next semester.
If
you don’t plan to return next semester, talk to me after the meeting.
We’ve had a great semester so far and looking forward to next semester.
I hope we can get good things done.
TREASURER’S REPORT – LES THERIOT
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Today is our last meeting and we have a lot of unfinished business and
new business with a lot of finance motions. Be on the alert for that.
We’re going to the next Tech Fee Committee meeting. SGA will be giving
some funds for the firewall that we’ve been discussing. We do have the
funds for it so I’ll help with that.
I have the last series of University Committee meetings coming up.
I’ll save those reports for next semester.
Please take more than one of the SGA Coat Drive fliers and post them
around campus to let everyone know about it.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS’ REPORT – ADAM DOUCET
No Report.
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
No report.
ACTIONS TAKEN ON OLD BILLS
F1516-037
I move that the Senate purchase 500 removable bumper stickers at $.49 each
for a total of $245 to distribute to students attending university events and
to promote community awareness. The funds would come from the Community
Projects line item of the budget and should not exceed $300 to include
shipping. Passed and signed.
F1516-039
I move that the Senate allocate $1,156.57 to purchase one (1) OptiPlex 9020
Mini Tower Computer plus $50 for software license, totaling $1,206.57 for the
John Folse Culinary Institute. Funds should be taken from the Senator
Projects line item of the budget. Remained tabled.
F1516-040
I move to amend Article XII Allocation Policy, Section D, Number 3 “Rules for
Conferences, Registration and Travel” of the Bylaws to add subsection “F”.
Organizations requesting over $100 are required to raise at least half the
amount SGA is allowed to fund. This excludes money already budgeted for the
event by the organization. Tabled.
F1516-041
I move that the Senate amend Article Six, Senator Responsibilities, of the
Bourgeois Corollary to include a fifth section to read as follows:
Section 5.
All SGA Senators are required to work at least half an hour at
any SGA Scantron Giveaway event. If said event lasts multiple days, the half
hour of work will count for the entire event. Tabled.
F1516-042
I move to amend the Bourgeois Corollary Article 10, Sections 1 and 2 include
sub-section e, which would read as follows: “Once funding has been provided,
all recipients must submit a 200-word report on how that funding benefited
them and what they learned from any associated conferences or conventions to
the SGA President, Treasurer and Secretary.
This report should include an
accompanying approval via signature or electronic signature by the student’s
organization’s advisor.
The student should also submit evidence of their
attendance by means of a program or other documents received at the event.
Confirmation e-mails will not suffice.” Tabled.
OFFICER REPORTS CONTINUED:
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT CONTINUED:
F1516-043
I move that the Senate purchase 300 buttermints with the SGA logo. The cost
should not exceed $100 including shipping. The mints would be handed out to
students at university events.
The funds would come from the Meet the SGA
line item of the budget. Passed and signed.
F1516-044
I move that the Senate purchase 4 high quality Whiteboards for Rooms 208 and
209 in White Hall. The cost breakdown is as follows:
4 Whiteboards at $50 a piece totaling $2,600.
This will be taken from the
Senator Projects line item of the budget. Tabled.
F1516-045
I move that the Senate allocate $420 to fund two “Basic Life Support for
Healthcare Providers by the American Heart Association” CPR classes.
Each
class will hold 6 students at $35 each.
The funding would come from the
Professional Services line item of the budget. Passed and signed.
F1516-046
I move that the Senate sponsor a bus trip to Whitney Plantation in Wallace,
Louisiana in Commemoration of African American History Month to be held in
February of 2016. The entry fee for the plantation tour is $10 a person for
31 students, faculty and staff expected to attend. The total of the trip is
$310 and would be taken from the Executive Travel line item of the Fall
Budget. Passed and signed.
F1516-047
I move that the Senate amend Article II, Section D of the Bylaws to include
“Book and Emergency Loan forms, publicity request forms, grievance forms and
information on the Student Insurance policy.” The amended Section D would
read as follows: “The following forms may be obtained from the SGA files:
motion, money appropriation, committee report, absentee, SGA Bar-B-Que Pit
Request, Free Speech Alley Request forms, SGA Financial Assistance form, Book
and Emergency Loan forms, publicity request forms, grievance forms and
information on the Student Insurance Policy.” Tabled.
STUDENT SUPREME COURT REPORT
No report.
ELECTION COMMISSION REPORT
No report.
WEB TECH REPORT
No report.
PHOTOGRAPHER – Lawrence Arceneaux, III
No report.
I gave all the photos I took to Secretary Dolly M.
SGA SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
Finance Committee – Katelyn Cortez, Chair/Lawrence Arceneaux, III, Co-Chair
Present:
Senators Katelyn Cortez, Lawrence Arceneaux, III, Trey Clark,
Josue Diaz Juarez, Darian Graivshark, Meah Johnson, Markos Picou,
Emily Sauce, Jaleesa Smith, Dustin Bergeron, Harihar Ojha, Keilan
Kiger and Devyn Pourciau.
Absent:
Senators Charles Johns, Meghan Hanley and Austin Wendt.
Today
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we discussed many new motions:
A motion to purchase equipment for the Psychology Dept.
A motion to purchase “Tobacco Free Campus” signs.
A motion to purchase an SGA camera.
A motion to provide mini staplers.
A motion to purchase a bench for the John Folse Culinary Institute.
A motion to put on a Coffee Cake Giveaway.
SGA SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS CONTINUED:
Finance Committee Continued:
 A motion to help fund the BCM Mission Trip.
 A motion to purchase Election Signs.
 A motion to help fund the Men’s Soccer club season.
 A motion to purchase Jazzman Coffee Vouchers.
 A motion to purchase name tags for SGA.
 A motion to match the funds for a Guest Speaker for African American
History Month.
All motions were found highly favorable.
Judiciary Committee – Lawrence Arceneaux, III, Chair/Austin Wendt, Co-Chair
Present:
Senators Lawrence Arceneaux, III, Trey Clark, William Crenshaw,
Darian Graivshark, Markos Picou, Emily Sauce, Meghan Hanley,
Katelyn Cortez, Jaleesa Smith, Madison Kiger, Dustin Bergeron,
Sydney Moxley, Keilan Kiger and Devyn Pourciau.
Absent:
Senators Austin
Harihar Ojha.
Guest:
Treasurer Les Theriot.
Wendt,
Kaitlyn
Mistretta,
Meah
Johnson
and
Today we discussed three motions:
 A motion for the reappointment of Lawrence Arceneaux, III to the
position of SGA Photographer.
Since Co-Chair Senator Austin W. was
absent today, Treasurer Les T. acted as Co-Chair and oversaw the
interview while I, the Chair, was not able to conduct the interview.
After the interview and discussion, the committee found the motion
highly favorable.
 A motion to form a Garden Committee in order to oversee the renovations
to Peltier’s Garden. After discussion, the committee had no opinion on
the motion. Senator Tommy T. said that Campus Improvements had already
taken up those responsibilities.
 We went over Senator Jaleesa S.’s motion to Amend the Bylaws regarding
additional forms. The committee found the motion highly favorable.
We went over one absentee form and excused it.
Meet the SGA/Social Events: Homecoming/Christmas - Mr/Ms Nicholls/Banquet –
Abigail Ledet, Chair/Lauren Constant, Co-Chair
Present:
Senators Abigail Ledet, Lauren Constant, Katelyn Cortez, Trey
Clark, Kaitlyn Mistretta, Grant Henry, Tommy Thibodeaux, Tyrane
Hardy and Meghan Hanley.
Absent:
Senator Al Wilson.
We discussed three promotional motions:
 A motion for another Scantron Giveaway.
 A motion to hand out Coffee Vouchers during finals.
 A motion to have a Meet the SGA Day where students can meet Senators
for next semester.
Campus Improvements Committee – Tommy Thibodaux, Chair/Trey Clark, Co-Chair
Present:
Senators Tommy Thibodeaux, Trey Clark, Katelyn Cortez, William
Crenshaw, Josue Diaz Juarez, Abigail Ledet, Grant Henry, Lauren
Constant and Tyrane Hardy.
Absent:
Senators Charles Johns, Kaitlyn Mistretta, Austin Wendt and Al
Wilson.
We discussed the following:
 Campus Walk Through and the findings that it presented.
 A possible Clean Up Day because of the large amount of litter around
campus.
 Took a field trip to the Peltier Garden to look at renovations needed
for completion. A committee within Campus Improvements will be formed
to help with this task.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
F1516-040a
I move to take Amendment to the Bylaws regarding travel off the table.
1. Emily Sauce
2. Dustin Bergeron
Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-040
I move to amend Article XII Allocation Policy, Section D, Number 3 “Rules for
Conferences, Registration and Travel” of the Bylaws to add subsection “F”.
Organizations requesting over $100 are required to raise at least half the
amount SGA is allowed to fund. This excludes money already budgeted for the
event by the organization.
1. Emily Sauce
2. William Crenshaw
Discussion:
Senator Emily S. said this was discussed last week.
This is
just to prevent organizations from coming to SGA without initiating their own
form of fundraising. Certainly, we’ll take into consideration circumstances
but it’s to prevent organizations from coming just to SGA for the funds and
to hold them accountable.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-039a
I move to take the Culinary Arts computer motion off the table.
1. Markos Picou
2. Meah Johnson
Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-039
I move that the Senate allocate $1,156.57 to purchase one (1) OptiPlex 9020
Mini Tower Computer plus $50 for software license, totaling $1,206.57 for the
John Folse Culinary Institute. Funds should be taken from the Senator
Projects line item of the budget.
1. Markos Picou
2. Meah Johnson
Discussion: Senator Markos P. said the Culinary students need this computer
primarily to research recipes.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-042a
I move to take the Amendment to the Corollary regarding the 200 word report
off the table.
1. William Crenshaw
2. Austin Wendt
Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-042
I move to amend the Bourgeois Corollary Article 10, Sections 1 and 2 include
sub-section e, which would read as follows: “Once funding has been provided,
all recipients must submit a 200-word report on how that funding benefited
them and what they learned from any associated conferences or conventions to
the SGA President, Treasurer and Secretary.
This report should include an
accompanying approval via signature or electronic signature by the student’s
organization’s advisor.
The student should also submit evidence of their
attendance by means of a program or other documents received at the event.
Confirmation e-mails will not suffice.”
1. William Crenshaw
2. Emily Sauce
UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONTINUED:
Discussion:
Senator William C. defers to Vice President Mary S.
She said
last week we had some controversy over whether this would work because we
don’t have a way to hold students accountable for doing this after they’ve
been funded. What we discussed as an E-Board on Friday is that for the time
being, this will be a good motion for us to pass even if we have no way of
enforcing it because it shows the administration our interest is obtaining
evidence of what our money is going to.
If the students don’t follow it,
it’s technically not on us but we can try to enforce it and will enforce it
through emails to their advisor to make them very aware of this requirement.
It really wouldn’t be fair to penalize them afterwards if they don’t do this
because it would just be bad leadership. Would you consider this necessary
to show the administration who has been coming down on us on the budget and
finances. This money is going to a good cause and to good students.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-19
Against-0
Abstained-2
F1516-047a
I move to take the Amendment to the Bylaws regarding forms off the table.
1. Jaleesa Smith
2. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-047
I move that the Senate amend Article II, Section D of the Bylaws to include
“Book and Emergency Loan forms, publicity request forms, grievance forms and
information on the Student Insurance policy.” The amended Section D would
read as follows: “The following forms may be obtained from the SGA files:
motion, money appropriation, committee report, absentee, SGA Bar-B-Que Pit
Request, Free Speech Alley Request forms, SGA Financial Assistance form, Book
and Emergency Loan forms, publicity request forms, grievance forms and
information on the Student Insurance Policy.”
1. Jaleesa Smith
2. Meghan Hanley
Discussion: Senator Jaleesa S. said we pretty much went over this last week.
This would be to include additional forms in the Bylaws. Vice President Mary
S. said it’s just a form of housekeeping in keeping our documents up-to-date.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-044a
I move to remove the Whiteboards motion from the table.
1. Katelyn Cortez
2. Tommy Thibodeaux
Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-044
I move that the Senate purchase 4 high quality Whiteboards for Rooms 208 and
209 in White Hall. The cost breakdown is as follows:
4 Whiteboards at $50 a piece totaling $2,600.
Senator Projects line item of the budget.
This will be taken from the
1. Trey Clark
2. Meah Johnson
Discussion: Senator Katelyn C. said Senator Trey C. explained last week that
the whiteboards in White Hall are very old and can hardly be used anymore
because the writing used before comes through.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-041a
I move to take the Amendment to the Corollary regarding mandatory attendance
at Scantron Giveaways off the table.
1. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
2. Austin Wendt
Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-1
UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONTINUED:
F1516-041
I move that the Senate amend Article Six, Senator Responsibilities, of the
Bourgeois Corollary to include a fifth section to read as follows:
Section 5.
All SGA Senators are required to work at least half an hour at
any SGA Scantron Giveaway event. If said event lasts multiple days, the half
hour of work will count for the entire event.
1. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
2. Al Wilson
Discussion: Senator Lawrence A. said we always have to pass these motions to
make Scantron Giveaways mandatory and there’s been a few times in the past
where we had to bring up these motions either the week of or the week before
and it became in inconvenience to many of the Senators. This is to get rid
of all that. It will be solidified in the Corollary that it is mandatory and
you need to turn in an excuse if you miss it. It will solidify that half an
hour is the required amount of time that you have to attend. I felt it was
appropriate within the Corollary because you never know if SGA might stop
giving out scantrons or the University might stop using scantrons entirely.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-1
NEW BUSINESS
F1516-048a
I move to suspend the Rules of Procedure to allow the motion to be heard.
The reason for the suspension is the motion is in violation of Article VIII,
Letter B., Number 6 of the Rules of Procedures (The motion is over $500.00).
1. Emily Sauce
2. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
Senator Emily S. said this motion was moved because several motions being
heard today are over $500 so this motion is to suspend the rules for all
motions.
Vice President Mary S. said another vote will be taken since this was not
discussed before. She called for a vote allowing all motions over $500 that
haven’t been prior distributed to be heard today.
Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-048
I move that the Senate purchase 25 election signs at $7.00 each totaling
$175.00.
Each sign will be double-sided and will have “Vote Today” on one
side and “Vote Online” on the other. This will be taken from the Fall 2015
Election Supplies line item of the budget.
1. Tommy Thibodeaux
2. Abigail Ledet
Discussion:
Senator Tommy T. said as you’ve probably seen if you’ve been
here before we have these red election “Vote Now” signs that we put around
campus.
With our last election, the amount that we put out and the amount
returned to us was significantly different. Whether they were picked up and
never returned, stolen or blown away, other than that, we don’t have as many
as we usually do.
If you think about our campus size, with just a little
sign, we need more than just what we have to make sure we get the word out to
all students to let them know that it’s time to vote, where and how to vote.
This is very important, especially the more people who vote, the more voices
are heard. That’s what we do.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED:
F1516-049
I move that the Senate purchase 50 coffee vouchers at $5 each ($250 total) to
distribute to students at Jazzman’s on Thursday, December 3rd and Monday,
December 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The $250 would be taken from the
Senator Projects line item of the Fall budget.
1. Dustin Bergeron
2. Keilan Kiger
Discussion: Senator Dustin B. said this is to purchase vouchers to be given
out during finals week on Thursday the 3rd and Monday the 2nd.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-050
I move that the SGA purchase 60 name tags at $6.16 each for officers to use
at SGA events. The total would be $369.60. This would come out of the Meet
the SGA budget and would not exceed $450 to include $65 set up fee for SGA
logo and shipping charges of $12.00.
1. Abigail Ledet
2. Tommy Thibodeaux
Discussion: Senator Abigail L. said I think this would be a good motion for
us to pass because when people come to SGA events, they don’t really know who
we are.
With this, they can see what our names are and these are reusable
too so we’re not engraving names on them.
We’re printing our names and
sliding them into a slot so they can be used for many other years and not
just for right now.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-051a
I move to
The reason
Section A.
copied and
suspend the Rules of Procedure to allow the motion to be heard.
for the suspension is the motion is in violation of Article VIII,
Number 1 of the Rules of Procedures (The motion was not previously
distributed to the Senators).
1. Emily Sauce
2. William Crenshaw
Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-051
I move that the Senate purchase the following student research equipment for
the Psychology Dept.:
Neulog Blood Pressure Logger Sensor
Neulog PC Starter Bundle
Neulog Galvanic Skin Response Sensor
Neulog Logger Sensors – Heart Rate and Pulse
The total should not exceed $500 to include battery and shipping charges and
would be taken from the Senator Projects Line Item of the budget.
1. Madison Kiger
2. Keilan Kiger
Discussion: Senator Madison K. defers to Brandon Bergeron. Good afternoon.
I’m representing the Psychology Department. With this purchase, this allows
students research opportunities.
With research opportunities, this allows
Psychology students acceptance into graduate schools.
The Psychology
Bachelor’s degree is not an earned degree so students really rely on the
graduate school acceptance. With this proposal of the laboratory equipment,
you’re aiding the students with that potential to get into a graduate school.
As a Psychology Dept. student here, we hope that you consider this proposal
and accept it. Thank you for your time.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-1
NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED:
F1516-052
I move that the Senate accept the SGA President, Lillie Bourgeois’,
appointment of Lawrence Arceneaux, III for the position of Photographer for
the Spring 2016 term.
1. Keilan Kiger
2. Dustin Bergeron
Dr. Dial pointed out that if Senator Lawrence A. is getting paid for the
position, he should abstain from voting.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-20
Against-0
Abstained-1
F1516-053
I move that the Senate allocate $2,500 to provide a Guest Speaker during
African American History Month in February 2016.
1. Grant Henry
2. Markos Picou
Discussion: Senator Grant H. defers to the African American Committee Chair,
Ms. Deborah Moorhead. Thank you. The African American Committee is hard at
work to present a list of programs throughout the month.
Some of them are
presentations. We are looking into trying to get a nationally known person
to speak on race relations.
We know this is something that is very much
needed at this time and we want to ask your help in securing somebody of that
caliber. I do want to let you know that the Foundation has made a commitment
to actually help us up to $4,000 so if you feel that you can give some more,
that will be fine too because we actually have a program that is running into
the neighborhood of $13,000 so we’re just trying to get what we can and then
go back to the committee and let them decide what exactly they want to pay
for.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-054
I move that the Senate allocate $800 to the Nicholls Men’s Soccer Club to
assist in funding their season from August 2016 to October 2016.
The organization is requesting funding for the following expenses to be taken
out of Executive Travel:
Registration
$400
Travel Costs
$400
Total
$800
Registration and travel amounts are the maximum SGA can fund in accordance
with the Bylaws.
1. Josue Diaz Juarez
2. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
Discussion: Senator Josue D. said the Men’s Soccer Club was formed about a
year and a half ago.
It was organized for students who were not active in
baseball or football. This allows them to travel for the season. It’s not
only for athletic men because last year we had a good number of girls who
would come and play soccer. This is a very good thing for them.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-055
I move that the Senate allocate $580 to host the “Meet the SGA Day” on
Wednesday, January 27, 2016.
Cost would be as follows:
100 Hamburgers @ $2.00 each
100 Hot Dogs @ $1.50 each
200 Bottled Water @ $1.00 each
Candy for prizes
Total
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$200
$150
$200
$30
$580
Funds would be taken from the Meet the SGA Promotions line item of the
budget.
1. Tyrane Hardy
2. William Crenshaw
NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED:
Discussion: Senator Tyrane H. said the Meet the SGA Day is for the Nicholls
staff and students to actually know what SGA is all about because honestly I
feel that at the Scantron Giveaways, they take the scantrons and leave. So
why not make a whole day of fun, games, music, food and a lot of things going
on.
Right now a lot of student organizations so we can have the SGA
President and Vice President speak.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-056
I move that the Senate purchase one (1) Three Seat Bench for the John Folse
Culinary Institute. Including shipping, this bench will total $1,136. This
is to be taken from the Senator Projects line item of the budget.
1. Markos Picou
2. Grant Henry
Discussion: Senator Markos P. said this motion might be a little pricey but
it’s the standard bench we use on campus.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-057
I move that the allocate $800 to the Nicholls BCM to assist in their Mission
Trip to Thailand for Spring Break in 2016 for 7 + BCM members.
The organization is requesting funding for:
Airport Hotel:
$ 30.00
Thailand Hotel:
$ 52.50
Car Transportation:
$420.00
Flight Transportation: $297.50
Total
$800.00
This will come from Senator Projects line item of the budget.
1. Darian Graivshark
2. Emily Sauce
Discussion:
Senator Darian G. said the students will be presenting classes
for the school they’re going to.
They’re also going to be a really good
reach out to other countries.
Vice President Mary S. said she really likes this motion and suggest that
perhaps next Spring somebody can make a motion to bring Nicholls items to get
to the kids so we can get to the kids and represent Nicholls and take photos
with them also.
Question: Move into vote:
Passed For-21
Against-0
Abstained-0
F1516-058
I move that the Senate purchase one Canon Power-Shot SX400 IS Digital Camera
at a cost of $149.00 for Nicholls SGA to be used for taking photos at SGA
events and for other SGA-related purposes. Shipping would be free and total
cost should not exceed $200.
The money would be taken out of the Office
Equipment line item of the budget.
1. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
2. Emily Sauce
Discussion: Senator Lawrence A. said this is the first time we’re using the
Office Equipment line item of the budget.
I thought that since we have a
Photographer position now, I think its best we get an actual camera for the
position. That way we could be sure any future Photographer will have camera
of high quality instead using a cell phone. I don’t believe they should be
handicapped to become a Photographer if they have the most skills presentable
to the position so I think it’s best to have that just in case. Also, just
in case the Photographer’s camera isn’t working or they don’t have it, they
have a backup.
Or their Public Relations officer needs it for an event to
make a flier or something else to show the students of Nicholls. I think its
best that we should have a camera for SGA and it’s not expensive at all.
It’s also a high quality camera.
It’s a 1080P HD high definition camera.
It’s similar to mine but a newer version and I’ve had experience with the
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camera before so I’ll be able to use it.
Photographer to use.
Question: Move into vote:
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F1516-059
I move that the
of $465 for use
such as Welcome
shipping charges
It’s simple to use for any future
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Senate purchase 300 Mini Staplers at $1.55 each for a total
at SGA events, at orientations and other University events
Back Day.
Funds should not exceed $550 in the event of
and logo set up charge.
1. Jeleesa Smith
2. Dustin Bergeron
Discussion: Senator Jaleesa S. said I think this would be a great surprise
to students at Orientation and Welcome Back Day.
The design would be
translucent and our logo would be on it.
There is a one-time logo set up
charge of $50 but that’s only for the first time we order so if we decide to
reorder, they won’t be another set up charge.
Question: Move into vote:
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F1516-060
I move that the Senate purchase 50 two-sided 18” x 24” corrugated signs (red
w/white lettering-metal stakes included) at $5.78 each = $289 and 10 metal
12” x 18” signs at $23.12 each = $231.20 for a total of $520.20 to be taken
from the Campus Improvements line item of the budget.
1. Lawrence Arceneaux, III
2. Grant Henry
Discussion: Senator Lawrence A. said this motion has been in the works for
over a year now and has finally been able to be moved. We finally have the
amounts that the signs will cost. The design that was attached on the motion
is not the official design. It has yet to be determined. We’re still waiting
on the confirmation.
One of the designs is what it could look like.
Nicholls, as all are aware, is a Tobacco Free or Smoke Free, Cigarette free
and eCigarette free campus. We have no signs to show this. The ones we had
in the past were temporary signs that have either blown over in the wind or
just removed from the ground. Some students don’t see them. They’re usually
by the Rec Center and Peltier parking lot and students get caught smoking.
Students need to know that this campus is tobacco free.
With these signs,
they’ll no longer have students that don’t know.
They’ll be aware that we
are a tobacco free campus.
Question: Move into vote:
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Vice President Mary S. asked if they were still doing the Coffee Cake
Giveaway Motion and the Committee to continue the Peltier Garden Project
Motion.
Senator Sydney M. said there was discussion in the Judiciary
Committee meeting that we usually do Scantron Giveaway motions.
Vice
President Mary S. said she can still bring it up and they can vote if they
want it or not.
COMMENT:
Senator Lawrence A. said point of clarification.
Finance Committee, not Judiciary.
It was in
COMMENT:
Senator
confused
Normally
Scantron
COMMENT:
Senator Tommy T. said basically what we’re saying is that
we like the idea of having a Scantron Giveaway during
finals or right before finals.
What we didn’t like is
calling it a Coffee Cake Giveaway motion.
What we
discussed was that switching it from the Senator Projects
line item to the Meet the SGA line item of the budget and
just calling it a Scantron Giveaway and we’ll purchase the
coffee cake and hot chocolate.
For the Senators who
haven’t been here in the past, we’ve done coffee cake or
lemonade or hot chocolate.
You could almost call it a
standard but it’s not really a standard because the last
Katelyn C. said we discussed it because we were
if it was perhaps a Scantron Giveaway as well.
we take funds from the Meet the SGA line item for
Giveaway. We do like the idea.
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time we did candy for Halloween.
We liked the idea.
In
Finance we all wanted to do the Scantron Giveaway but just
not call it the Coffee Cake Giveaway.
It’s a Scantron
Giveaway.
Vice President Mary S. said they changed it to Scantron Giveaway on a sign-up
sheet. Would you like to make a motion to amend this motion and we can go
ahead and call it a Scantron Giveaway, give out scantrons and we can change
it from Senator Projects to the Meet the SGA line item. Senator Tommy T. was
asked to amend the motion.
F1516-061
I move that the Senate will participate in the Coffee Cake Giveaway which
will take place 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on November 30, 2015 in the Lobby #2
located in the Student Union.
The total cost for this event is $78 which
consists of 2 dozen coffee cake squares at $12.00 each and 3 gallons of Hot
Chocolate at $18.00 each.
Funds should be taken from the Senator Projects
line item. Attendance for this event is mandatory.
1. Sydney Moxley
2. Tommy Thibodeaux
Discussion:
Vice President Mary S. said we discussed earlier that Finance
Committee would prefer to have Scantron Giveaway.
Do I have a motion to
amend the motion?
F1516-061a
I move to amend the Coffee Cake Square Giveaway motion to call it a Scantron
Giveaway and take this amount out of the Meet the SGA line item of the
budget.
1. Tommy Thibodeaux
2. Sydney Moxley
Discussion: Senator Tommy T. said as we discussed earlier, this is what we
talked about in Finance. Now, it will be called a regular Scantron Giveaway
as normal and we’ll have hot chocolate and coffee cake to give out to
students, along with scantrons, along with other extra SGA promotional items.
Vice President Mary S. said now we’ll vote on amending the motion.
Question: Move into vote:
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Vice President Mary S. said the amended motion will read as follows:
F1516-061
I move that the Senate will participate in the Scantron Giveaway which will
take place 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on November 30, 2015 in the Lobby #2 located in
the Student Union. The total cost for this event is $78 which consists of 2
dozen coffee cake squares at $12.00 each and 3 gallons of Hot Chocolate at
$18.00 each.
Funds should be taken from the Meet the SGA line item.
Attendance for this event is mandatory.
1. Sydney Moxley
2. Tommy Thibodeaux
Vice President Mary S. said we’ll now vote on the amended motion.
Passed For-20
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UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tech Fee Committee Meeting – Grant Henry by Proxy for Lillie Bourgeois,
William Crenshaw, Adam Doucet, as well as, representatives from Nursing &
Allied Health, Business and Education.
President Lillie B. presented report:
The committee met to discuss distribution of funds for 17 proposals from the
separate Colleges and organizations around campus. With a surplus budget of
$154,390. In the committee’s best interest, most of the proposals were not
fully funded with the exception of proposals from the Dyslexia Center and the
Student Union.
However, every college will receive surplus money from the
Tech Fee Committee with most of the proposals being partially funded in one
way or another.
In regard to SGA’s proposal of $90,000 to improve Wi-Fi,
$25,000 was allocated from Tech Fee.
Discussion was led on the possibility
of Administration covering $25,000 and SGA covering $40,000. Strong sentiment
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towards this proposal made it one of, if not the hardest, proposal to come to
the consensus on amount of money to be allocated.
COMMENT:
Vice President Mary S. said Tech Fee came up with $25,000
so we still have to come up with $65,000. Considering they
only had $154,000 and most of these proposals were well
into tens of thousands with 17 proposals, that’s still
pretty good but it will take a lot.
It’s on ongoing
process up there.
Hopefully, we’re looking to help with
SGA and perhaps we can put up at most $40,000 comfortably.
We have surplus that we’ve accumulated over the years from
previous budgets.
We’ve been saving for projects similar
to this that are in need.
DISCUSSION PERIOD:
Senator Scholarship:
Vice President Mary S. said our Senator Scholarships go to Senators who have
been active in all aspects of SGA. For all of our events, they’ve been there
and somebody you can turn to and to count on to know Roberts Rules in the
meeting. They’ve been someone who is interested in active as a voice
throughout campus, getting information, someone who has made motions during
the meeting. There are two scholarships at $500 each. You vote on one and
the E-Board votes on the other (Senator Roster was distributed for voting.)
Corollary Discussion:
Vice President Mary S. said every year the way our Corollary works, typically
it never changes but at the last meeting of the Fall semester we discuss the
Corollary and any necessary changes before we approve it which will be at the
first meeting of the Spring semester. We have made a few changes. President
Lillie B. will talk about what we discussed in the E-Board meeting on Friday
regarding the Corollary.
President Lillie B. said I know had amendments and those are totally fine.
The only other thing that some people had a problem with was the motion
numbers for this semester.
I know for some of you that have been here a
while, that use to do “What I’ve done/heard.” forms, I heard so much grief
last year.
People said they were going to quit SGA because they had to do
those forms. In all actuality, the forms really helped keep you on track and
Vice President Mary S. on track knowing what everyone was doing.
It also
helped keep me on track and the rest of the E-Board, including Secretary
Dolly M.
I do think it was a really good thing to have.
My mind set was
instead of turning in the forms, just replacing that with the motions. I
guess that was an issue. So we’re thinking about bringing back the forms and
changing the number of motions. Perhaps next semester we can have a motion
due before mid-term break and another after.
The “What I’ve done/heard.”
forms would replace one motion.
Secretary Dolly M. has more information on
what was discussed at a meeting.
Secretary Dolly M. said the focus will be more on what we can do to increase
enrollment and to get other projects out there because just spending money.
The motions are not just for purchasing things but there are great needs on
campus, the budget cuts being what they are.
I recommended to several
Senators and the E-Board that on your Thanksgiving break, do research on line
of other universities and see
what they’re SGA or campuses are doing.
Embrace those ideas and bring them back to Nicholls. We need to move a little
further than just spending the money. We need to work on good projects that
will bring students to Nicholls.
Vice President Mary S. said they want us to have goals and a way to report on
what we’ve been doing other than just doing motions.
The “What I’ve
done/heard.” forms would be a way of reporting what we’re doing so we can
follow the administration’s requirements.
It would make us more efficient
also.
We can change the form, similar to what we had, but something that
makes us more accountable. We can cut back on the motion requirements.
COMMENT:
Senator Emily S. said I can concur that it would be good to
being the “What I’ve done/heard.” forms back just to hold
us more accountable.
I personally found a little bit of
disconnect with SGA without a deadline. I need a deadline
before I want to go out and do it which is true of a lot of
us.
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Vice President Mary S. told the new officers that it’s a form that we used to
turn in every Friday but we cut it back to every other Friday and it was due
at noon. We had two sections, What you’ve done? Which is talking to people
and anything you’ve done for SGA like attending a University Committee
meeting and the “What I’ve heard.” was when talking to students, what’d you’d
change of what they liked. This is what we’re thinking of bringing back.
COMMENT:
Senator Lawrence A. said the forms only took a few minutes
to fill out.
Vice President Mary S. said most of you are working on things anyway if
you’re active on campus so you’re able to take a few minutes to fill it out
and turn it in. So with that said, if someone wants to bring up a motion to
amend the Corollary.
Next semester we’ll have to vote on approving the
Corollary and making any necessary changes for the semester.
Keep that in
mind.
Christmas Social:
Senator Abigail L. said the Christmas Social will be held on November 30th
from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Remember what you’ve signed up to bring. It’s posted
on the Facebook page. Senator Lawrence A. asked if the gift exchange would
be White Elephant. Vice President Mary S. said yes and the gift should not
be over $10, something you find at home or something you buy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lawrence A.
Don’t forget election day is this Saturday.
The following officer was sworn in by Vice President Mary Sauce:
Lawrence Arceneaux, III – Photographer
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 5:47 p.m.