VCSU Student Senate
Meeting Minutes
October 1, 2012
I.
Call to Order
a. 7:01pm
II.
Roll Call
A. Present
a. Anderson, Garrett; Brady, Bryce; Dammel, Kristine; Edinger, Erin;
Gentzkow, Chelsea; Halvorson, Michaela; Hansen, Liana; Hass, Tiffany;
Haugeberg, Benjamin; Hecker, Garret; Hoover, Danae; Hinrichs, Ashley;
Johnson, Alyssa; Kennedy Christopher, Ketterling, Kyle; Palowski, Adam;
Pederson, Courtney; Williams, DeAndre.
B. Not Present
a. Excused
i. Rogers, Patrick; Lagodinski, Lindsay; Aune, Amanda; Mauch, Nicole
b. Unexcused
i. Kyei-Asare, Felix
III.
Approval of Minutes
a. Motion to approve
i. Garret Anderson
b. Second
i. Danae Hoover
IV.
Approval of Agenda
a. Danae Hoover moves to approve agenda
b. Kyle Ketterling seconds
V.
New Business
a. Leadership Retreat
i. Over the summer it was discussed to get students to be involved in Student
Senate.
1. Topics meant to cover
a. Team building
b. Parley Pro
c. NDSA
d. Communication
e. October 28 – 10am – 4pm
f. Would like everyone to come.
g. Lunch Provided
b. October NDSA
i. October 19, 20 at NDSU
ii. Leave Friday afternoon
1. 3:00pm leave time
iii. Able to stay in Fargo for however long.
iv. Student Senate pays for hotel to stay overnight.
VI.
Unfinished Business
a. Highway Cleanup
i. October 2, 2012
ii. Shifts – leave at 2 and 3
iii. Student Senate pays for vehicles mileage
iv. Renting 3 shuttles
1. About $86.40.
v. Whoever can come.
vi. Volunteers meet after meeting to come up with plan of action.
b. NDSA
i. Comments on Valley City NDSA
1. Higher Education awareness day
a. Day where legislatures come and find out what is going on
in the schools in their area.
i. Ask questions for what needs to be talked about in
sessions.
b. Campus tour
c. Provide Lunch
d. Powerpoint presentation of campus
e. Proposed to start thinking of ideas for names
i. Try not to have it before 9
ii. Make a list of what needs work on campus and what
doesn’t work.
iii. Make a video for legislative people who can’t
make it.
f. Come up with some dates
i. Before election day
1. But want to have it after because of some
people may not be elected into the
legislature.
2. Dammel says good point but for our campus
alone, Robinson and Hoblin are strong
candidates to be voted in.
3. Candidates are very busy.
4. Candidates want to get their name out.
5. Kristine – tells of the candidates
6. Christopher – ask the candidates for a better
date to see what date would be best for
candidates.
a. Ben - says that we would get a split
7. Kristine – moves a special committee for the
event.
a. Ben seconds
b. Committee
i. Kristine Dammel – head(nonvoting)
ii. Garrett Anderson
iii. Liana Hansen
iv. Christopher Kennedy
v. Kyle Ketterling
vi. Michaela Halvorson
8. Vitaliano asks if the chair of committee has
a vote
a. Dammel does not have vote unless
there is a tie.
b. Committee will meet after to make
meeting time
9. Anderson moves for Vitaliano to join in the
meeting
a. Kyle Ketterling seconds
10. Bryce Brady wants to add a tour of the
medicine wheel to the tour of legislatures.
11. Vote on committee
a. The ayes have it.
ii. Internal Affairs
1. Approved vouchers
2. Approved Lobbyist
3. Approved budget
a. Valley City will receive $1,118 for compensation of
hosting event
iii. SAC
1. Support for measure 4
a. Not NDSA’s place
b. Stance needs research
c. Postponed
2. Support for 3 tier system
a. Ammend to pathways for students success
b. Read material for system
c. New formula
d. postponed
VII.
Reports
a. President
i. Thank you for homecoming floats and all the hardwork.
b. Vice President
i. No report
c. Treasurer
i. Gay/Straight Alliance requested funds
1. Give president forms to fill out
d. Secretary
i. No report
e. NDSA
i. Higher education intern meeting
1. Listened to Chancellor Shirvani
a. Talked about pathways to student success
b. New formula - ACT, GPA, north Dakota resident for
scoring, and core credits
c. 2013 – implement system
d. 5% discretion for special cases and athletes
e. Move to per credit
f. Representative Delmore
i. Talked for the students
g. 2014 – tuition per credit implemented
h. Funding model
i. Tennessee model – email sent out to senate READ
IT!!!
f. VCAB
i. 1st coffee house singer – October 8, 2012 @ 5:30 ……about hour
g. IRHC
i. Might have their first meeting next week
h. Viking Ambassadors
i. No report
i. Athletics
i. No report
j. Fine Arts
i. Placed 3rd in float
ii. Talked about dances and moving them to another day that’s not
Wednesday
iii. Concert on Wednesday in Vangstad
k. Communication and Social Sciences
i. Valley City Theater Department is announcing their production
ii. Following actors around campus
iii. Looking for crew to help
iv. VCSU will host ND Summit
1. October 11 and 12
2. Students welcome to attend
v. Field trip to hutterite colony
1. Rob Walsh will approach the Student Senate asking for funding
l. Business and Information Technologies
i. No report
m. Education
i. No report
n. Science and Math
i. No report
o. Other Reports
i. Ask for volunteer Psychology and Counseling Task force
1. Danae Hoover and Adam Palowski
VIII.
Announcements
a. How to get more scholarships??
i. Other ways to get scholarship??
b. Regarding computer usage
i. Violations of students using and downloading and streaming illegal music
and videos
ii. System is being swept and students will be held with violations
c. Float participation
i. We need more people to follow through on their word
IX.
Adjournment
a. Garret Anderson moves to adjourn meeting
i. Hoover Seconds
b. Adjourns at 7:49