VCSU Student Senate
Meeting Agenda
March 4, 2013
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Call to Order
a. 7:00
Roll Call
a. Garrett Anderson, Bryce Brady, Kristine Dammel, Jamie Dougherty, Erin
Edinger, Chelsea Gentzkow, Michaela Halvorson, Benjamin Haugeberg, Garret
Hecker, Ashley Hinrichs, Christopher Kennedy, Kyle Ketterling, Lindsay
Lagodinski, Ryan Lenoue, Nicole Mauch, Adam Palowski, Courtney Pederson,
Lyndsey Swanson, Scott Westby
b. Not present
i. Excused
1. Tiffany Hass. Patrick Rogers, Caitlin Giesbrecht, Talon Frazier
Approval of Minutes
a. Kristine Moves to approve
b. Adam seconds
c. Passes
Approval of Agenda
a. Adam Moves to approve
b. Kristine seconds
c. Passes
New Business
a. Finance Request
i. Tennis Club
1. 15 in club
2. Raised about $6,000 already this year
3. Asked for $1,500
4. Looking for ways to cut cost
5. Will be there for a week
ii. Benjamin Haugeberg moves to approve the suggested amount of$1500 for
the request
1. Lyndsey Swanson seconds
2. Passes
b. Meal Plan Concerns
i. Have a vote designated for people with a meal plan or live on campus.
ii. Unfair to switch the plan without students knowing.
iii. Doug will look into the idea to make meal plans from Sunday to Saturday
iv. Perhaps Doug will send out an email to students
v. Majority of plan would not be cost efficient to students
vi. Point of this plan is to guarantee that every student has a meal come the
end of the semester.
vii. If you pick the correct meal you will not be robbed of your money.
viii. There is a carry out option – Doug will advertise that
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ix. We have to find out if we get a vote on this
1. Will plan go through
2. Do we have to gather people’s opinions.
x. This information has to come from Sodexo and Doug, Not student senate
1. Garrett Anderson and Adam Palowski will address this with Doug
Unfinished Business
a. Student Senate Award Chairs
i. TOY – Ben
ii. Student Advocate – Garrett Anderson
iii. Viking Pilot - Lindsay
b. Easter Egg Hunt Chair – Kristine & Michaela
i. Eggs and Door Prizes
ii. $300
iii. Garrett Anderson motions to approve the $300
iv. Kyle seconds
v. Approved
c. TAC
i. Laptop testing on for April 1, 5-7 pm will be meeting in the lecture hall in
Rhoades.
d. Spring Blast – Monday the 18 of March
i. Over lunch will decorate flower pots and have an ice cream social
1. Chelsea will reserve tables and chairs
ii. Shopping for ice cream and toppings, potting soil, pots and seeds, prizes
and games for pool party.
1. Lindsey and Erin
iii. Games
1. Race to get diving rings or sticks with no goggles from deep end,
throw cans of pop in pool.
iv. Times
1. 7:30 – 10
2. Games first then free swim after
e. Polar Plunge
Reports
a. President
i. Exec team meeting
1. Erin Klinneberg told results of alcohol and other drugs survey
2. ND students were above average on everything on survey
3. STEM Programs – new programs
4. IT is looking into using Microsoft office – cloud based
5. Dr. Dahlberg is looking at international travel expenses, looking
for ways to spread out trips.
b. Vice President
i. Pre professional club is going to be selling tickets
1. Asking student senate to help with selling.
c. Treasurer
i. Had finance request
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d. Secretary
i. No report
e. NDSA
i. 23 and 24 of March 2013
ii. Did pass vote of no confidence in senate.
1. Vote of no confidence
a. Amendment to buy out the chancellors contract
f. VCAB
i. Open Gym Wednesday at 9
g. IRHC
i. Had meeting last night discussing meal plan
h. Viking Ambassadors
i. No report
i. Athletics
i. No report
j. Fine Arts
i. Interviewing piano and woodwind instructor
k. Communication and Social Sciences
i. NO report
l. Business and Information Technologies
i. No report
m. Education
i. No report
n. Science and Math
i. No report
o. Other Reports
Announcements
Adjournment