Minutes
The 18th meeting of the 8th Senate of the Student Government Association of Western Kentucky
University was called to order at 5:00 p.m. on February 22, 2010 with the Speaker of the Senate in the
chair.
There were 20 of 30 senators present.
Absent were Senators Bianca Brown, Logan Horrall, Kaylee Egerer, Sunetris Fluellen, Atlee Gafford, Allan
Huntsman, Billy Stephens, Robert Onyejiaka, Dave Vickery, and Kyle Wright.
The minutes were read and approved.
President- Kevin Smiley
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Rally is tomorrow
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It’s really important that we go
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Talked about fair housing
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Thousands of our constituents are renting here in Bowling Green so this is really important
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You’ll see the flyer that Angelika made on the WKU website
Executive Vice President- Kendrick Bryan
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Student life meeting on Wednesday
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We talked about graduate housing and I heavily encouraged them to put wifi in the area
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Going to the rally tomorrow
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Meeting with academic affairs to discuss scholar development
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E-mailed student senate roster to senate officials
Administrative VP Justin Thurman
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I prepared a visual representation with our budget breakdown
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If the bills pass tonight, this is how much we’ve spent
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Org aid will be meeting tomorrow and Wednesday
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Committee heads, if you’re looking to spend money, let me know
Speaker of the Senate-Wade Pierce
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There are 6 pieces up for read
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Committee heads, we’re going to try to plan a meeting with you so be looking for an e-mail
Staff Reports
Chief of Staff- Eric Smiley
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2 more restaurants have signed up for Western Wednesdays
Director of Public Relations Angelika Masero
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Working on banners for scholar development
Director of Academic and Student Affairs- Currie martin(Nominee)
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Need to make sure that we’re spending money in the right place
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I’m going to Academic Affairs tonight to help come up with some good idaes
Director of Information Technology- Sarah Howell
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Updated the website about spring elections
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Added it into the calendar as well
Committee Reports
Academic Affairs- Brandon Logan (nominee)
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Meeting will be tomorrow
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Meeting about study abroad scholarships
Campus Improvements- Kaylee Egerer
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No report
Legislative Research- Jacob Turner
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If you have a bill, figure out a way to talk to me
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Anyone who wants to come to our meetings, feel free
Public Relations- Austin Wingate
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Sorry for those who were locked out of the meeting last week
I have a bill up for second read tonight
Student Affairs- Emmy Woosey
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We have the baseball bill up tonight
Our meeting will be 6:30 in the SGA office
Special Orders
Skylar Jordan spoke before the student senate
University Committee
President Kevin Smiley-
A master plan for the university is being put together
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We’ll probably hire a firm to create this master plan
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We’ll be having a food services meeting
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There’s a technology advisory meeting Friday at 1:00
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Sustainability meeting will be tomorrow
Judicial Council Report
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Judicial council met last Friday
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Applications go out Wednesday
Bowling Green City Commission Report
Presidential Appointments
For Approval 2/16/10
Emily Woosley- Student Affairs Committee Chair
The vote passed with one (1) abstention.
Brandon Logan- Academic Affairs Committee Chair
The vote passed unanimously
For approval at Next Meeting
Kat Johns
Lucy George
Christopher Jankowski
Paul Shively
Speaker Appointments
For approval 2/22/10
Daniel Shaw- Parlimentarian
There was a technical question by Austin Wingate: why do you want to get back in Senate after what
happened last semester?
Daniel Shaw- A large reason why I left the senate is because I really didn’t have the time. But now I’m
just trying to correct the problems I had with it.
There was a technical question by Dave Vickery- if you’re approved, does that mean you can’t have any
of those shenanigans?
Daniel Shaw- as long as they follow Roberts rule.s
There was a technical question by Kate Masterson- what are Robert’s rules
Daniel Shaw- it’s a way of running meetings
The vote passed with two (2) opposed and one (1) abstention.
Old Business
Bill 07-10-S
Kendrick Bryan spoke about the bill.
There was a technical question by Jacob Turner- who will this be going to if we pass this?
Dave Vickery- I like this, I think we should send Big Red wherever he wants to go. We need to spend
money because we don’t get it back. We have 8 senate meetings left to spend $10,000.
The vote passed unanimously.
Bill 08-10-S
There was a motion to have the bill constructively read. A division was called. The motion passed.
The author spoke about the bill.
There was a technical question by Dave Vickery: everything in the whereas clause is what 3500 gets
right?
Emily Woosely- yes
There was a technical question by Danielle Thurman: how many people actually go to the baseball
games?
Emily Woosely: they’re expecting 5-7,000 fans.
There was a friendly amendment to add general senate funding to the therefore clause.
There was a point of information by Kevin Smiley- when you write a bill, the therefore clause is the part
that actually matters.
The vote passed with one (1) opposed.
Bill 09-10-S
There was a motion to have this bill constructively read. There was a division. The motion passed.
The author spoke about the bill.
There was a technical question by Jerebeth Lucas: did you apply for Org Aid?
AKA representatives- we are in the process.
There was a technical question by Scotty Davis- how’d you come up with 1300?
AKA representatives: We looked at the amount we spent on the winner and the amount we want to give
to the first runner up
There was a technical question by Dave Vickery- do you have any other sponsors?
AKA representatives: The girls are required to sell ads
The bill passed with two (2) opposed.
Bill 10-10-S
The author spoke about the bill.
The bill passed unanimously.
Bill 11-10-S
The author spoke about the bill.
There was a technical question by Austin Wingate: Does it list where the students are going?
Dave Vickery: several are at Harlexton right now, one is in Ecuador
There was a technical question by Poorvie Patel- the ones that are already in Harlexton, do they just get
reimbursed the money?
Justin Thurman- yes
There was a technical question by Scottie Davis- this money is going to them, right?
Jerebeth Lucas: Yes. But it goes in their TopNet account
The bill passed unanimously.
There was a motion to suspend the bylaws and include Bill 13-10-S into Bill 12-10-S. There was a second.
The motion passed unanimously.
There was a motion to have the bill constructively read. There was a second. The motion passed with two
(2) opposed.
The author spoke about the bill.
The bill passed unanimously.
Bill 13-10-S
The author spoke about the bill.
The bill passed unanimously.
Announcements
Kevin Smiley: if you are interested into any of the committees I’ve talked about let me know
I will not be riding the bus with you if you go to Frankfort
Justin Thurman- got an email from Charlie Pride… on Friday there will be a committee meeting
discussing the website design
Katie Stillwell- come to PFT tomorrow and I’ll be discussing the illusion of race
The Meeting Adjourned at 6:07 p.m.
Ann-Blair Thornton, Secretary of the Senate
Student Government Association
Western Kentucky University