ASNAU SENATE MEETING #15
TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Date: February 7, 2014
Date of Senate Meeting: February 6, 2014
Number on council: 12
Number present: 12
Prepared by Amy Edgerton
Senate Chairwoman Shayla Woodhouse called the Senate meeting of the 2013-2014
Associated Students of Northern Arizona University Senate to order at 5:02 P.M. in the
Havasupai Room A & B of the University Union.
Roll Call
The following Senators were not present at the meeting:
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All Present
Approval of Minutes
Motion: Senator Howard move to approve the minutes from last week’s Senate
meeting
Second: Senator Ortega
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, last week’s minutes have now been approved.
Call to the Audience
NAU Athletics Marketing – Todd is the Associate Athletics Director. This is the fourth
institution he’s worked at, most recently ASU. NAU Athletics has the ability to provide a
unique experience to the students, and he has seen that they are not listening the way
they should. He would like time with the university representatives just to listen to
input. Time can be scheduled, and he thinks that NAU has some great traditions to go off
from but he would like to become better partners for the student body. There are some
things that may be changing the future of NAU athletics this spring that he cannot reveal
at this time, but he would love to work with ASNAU. He doesn’t care how many people,
but would like to get this going in the end of February, or beginning of March.
Katie Jones – She is from ASUA, ABOR was today and she is here with Dylan and Jared.
Unfinished Business
New Action Business
Motion: Senator Libby move to vote on Item A: Club Recognition: Society of Biomedical
Engineers
Second: Senator Startt
Discussion: Sarah Hanson is currently the outreach officer for this Society. They would like
to start because they feel it is an underrepresented field on campus. They are looking to
promote the knowledge and interest in the professional skills of the field. They will create
capstone projects and progression plans, as well as presenters from the industry. They will
meet twice a month, possibly in the engineering building.
Vote: Unanimous, Item A: Club Recognition: Society of Biomedical Engineers has been
approved.
Motion: Senator Libby move to vote on Item B: IA: Maggie Wendt, $281.26 and Item C: IA:
Michael Robinson, $281.26
Second: Senator Soto
Discussion: Looking for reimbursement for a fungus festival in Santa Cruz. She presented
about fungi in flagstaff and learned a lot about other fungi. Gas was about $560, she is
presenting for herself and Michael to be reimbursed for this expense.
This vote is contingent upon Michael Robinson completing a missing signature on the back
of the IA packet.
Vote: Unanimous, Item B: IA: Maggie Wendt, $281.26 and Item C: IA: Michael Robinson,
$281.26 have been approved.
Motion: Senator Cabral move to vote on Item D: IA: Katherine Ritsko, $150
Second: Senator Startt
Motion: Senator Howard move to table Item D: IA: Katherine Ritsko, $150
Second: Senator Gorshe
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item D: IA: Katherine Ritsko, $150 has been tabled
Motion: Senator Ortega move to vote on Item E: IA: Phillip Nogueras, $3450
Second: Senator Startt
Discussion: Phillip Nogueras is here to present his project in which he intends to create a
3D Model of a Hexapus and to ask for funding for this. The 3D printers at NAU are not
sufficient. His digital file will be sent away for printing, painted locally in Flagstaff, and then
displayed in the Communications Building. The funding will be paying for the services
performed in the process. After it is printed and sent back to him, he will finish it before it
is painted. For now, the Hexapus will be displayed temporarily in the Communications
Building, along with a description of the 3D printing process, which will be beneficial to
NAU as it is a rising new technology right now. He will also be taking the Hexapus around
to certain conventions in other states to display and present it, which will bring NAU
recognition. This is contingent on certain permissions. The Hexapus and description will be
displayed in the Communications Building for nine days, but he is looking for a more
permanent home for it.
Questions: Senator Gorshe wonders what Phillip means when he says he will finish the
Hexapus after it is printed. He explains that it will be printed as a foam material, and
possibly in pieces when it is sent back. He will reassemble and coat it in fiberglass to
provide a more sturdy material, which he already has access to. Senator Howard asks
Phillip if the total amount requested will be $3450, yes. Howard notes that the IA amount
should read $400 and the Senate Bill should be amended to read $3050 to reflect this total.
Senator Gorshe asks if the Hexapus will be at NAU after it is carted around to Utah and
other places. Phillip replies that it is his intention to allow the Hexapus to remain at NAU if
possible. Gorshe asks if $3450 is 100% of the cost, and Phillip replies that he will be
personally contributing $250. Senator Simon confirms that it is $3700 total with this
contribution, and asks where the $250 will come in relation to the process. It will be added
to miscellaneous, totaling $500. Senator Gorshe confirms that $3450 is being contributed
by ASNAU to a total of $3700.
Motion: Senator Startt move to amend Item E: IA: Phillip Nogueras, $3450 to contain an
amount requested of $400.
Second: Senator Howard
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item E: IA: Phillip Nogueras, $3450 has been amended.
Discussion: Senator Simon is slightly concerned about how much money it is, to fund one
persons project. She is trying to think if the student body would benefit enough from this to
warrant this donation. Senator Tillinghast agrees. It is a lot of money for an individual
project that will be at the communications building for so little time and then it’s
whereabouts will be unknown. Senator Libby thinks the Senate should wait and see what
decision is made about the location after the nine days, and see if it will go somewhere else
on campus to represent NAU. Senator Simon adds that it is a reimbursement process
anyway. Senator Startt reminds the Senate that whether Phillip will proceed with the
project is contingent upon the funding. Senator Gorshe adds that ASNAU will be funding
97% of this process. Senator Simon says that this was her first point. Senator Lulay asks
Phillip if this vote will determine whether or not he does the project, yes. Senator Gorshe
asks if he is familiar that this is a reimbursement process. Yes he is aware. Senator Lulay
adds that he was skeptical about the size of the investment when it was brought to
appropriations and he would like to see that it is staying at the school more than 9 days.
However, he thinks that it has potential to stay at ASNAU if need be, and feels that it is a
good risk for ASNAU to back, as he acknowledges 3D printing as a big movement. Senator
Cabral agrees with Senator Lulay but also agrees that it is a lot of contribution by NAU, and
would like to wait to know where exactly it will be. Phillip adds that the process is 2
months long, and that is why his is here now. Senator Libby asks how long until he knows
where it will be. He replies that with places like the Union Gallery under construction, he
can’t really say. Senator Ortega thinks it is a great project and knows that Phillip has been
working really hard on it, so if the Senate is waiting to see permanence, it should definitely
be revisited. Senator Soto agrees. Senator Simon wants to know that it will be on campus
more than 9 days and that it will stay. She wonders what the price is on a per day scale.
Senator Gorshe replies $411.11 per day. His reservation about this is the question of it’s
worth based on how long it will be staying on campus. He asks Phillip how exactly bringing
it to different shows and conventions will benefit NAU. Phillip answers that it would show
that NAU is committed to the technology. He explains that ASU already has a whole building
devoted to 3D printing. Senator Gorshe feels that it would show that Phillip personally is
committed, not NAU. Phillip explains that if NAU funds it, it shows the university’s interest.
Gorshe would like to know how the technology would it be expressed to students or people
in general besides the display of the Hexapus itself. Phillip says the display will have the
process along with the sculpture, and he will be documenting the process. This will show
that NAU is committed to teaching about the technology. Senator Gorshe reminds the
Senate that this is only for nine days, and will hopefully be in other places on campus with a
permanent place after this but that remains to be seen. Phillip explains that he will have it
showcased in the Lumberjack where he works, as well as other media which will help
express the technology to students. Senator Gorshe asks how ASNAU will know his
commitment to this; he replies that just as he has been committed to getting it here, he will
be committed to showcasing it. Finally, Senator Gorshe asks why it has to be the size that
Phillip has decided; to this he answers it will catch the eye of people better and a larger size
will avoid certain complications with printing. Audience member says he works at the
Lumberjack also, and the paper will be turning 100 soon and will be giving alumni tours.
These alumni will be willing to donate upon seeing this project. Senator Gorshe asks what
remaining time he has to get the project started, about two weeks but for everything to run
on schedule the vote must happen tonight. He is giving himself a week or so buffer, but any
longer and the Hexapus will not be displayed this semester. Senator Startt agrees that it
needs to be voted on now.
Motion: Senator Cabral move to table Item E: IA: Phillip Nogueras, $400
Rescind: Senator Cabral
Vote: 7 in favor, 5 in opposition, Item E: IA: Phillip Nogueras, $400 has been approved
Motion: Senator Startt move to vote on Item F: SB 26-46: Phillip Nogueras, $3450
Second: Senator Ortega
Motion: Senator Howard move to amend Item F: SB 26-46: Phillip Nogueras, $3450 to
contain an amount requested of $3050
Second: Senator Gorshe
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item F: SB 26-46: Phillip Nogueras, $3450 has been amended.
Discussion: Senator Gorshe was going to ask if the Senate was comfortable with the amount
of $3050. Senator Libby wants to know if there was any way Phillip could fundraise more
money for this or contribute more. He says no, he works 25 hours a week and maintains 18
credits and feels that fundraising would be detrimental to his academic endeavors.
Chairwoman Woodhouse adds that if he raised more it would cause a gray area when it
comes to determining whom it will belong to. Senator Libby wonders if the university will
keep it due to this funding. Senator Simon says that isn’t known at this time. Senator Soto
feels that parents will be interested in supporting and donating to this. Senator Gorshe
wonders if this printing doesn’t have anywhere to go after the 9 days, it could go in either
President Mastrud’s office or the ASNAU office. Chief of Staff Smart feels that there will
always be a location on campus for this project to be showcased, and it can be held in
ASNAU temporarily from time to time if needed. VP Cooper sees the value of Alumni seeing
this at NAU and for this reason the university will continue to find space for it. Senator
Tillinghast reminds the Senate that it isn’t even being created here and wonders if it will
still bring NAU recognition despite this discrepancy. Senator Startt says that it is drawing
attention to the fact that NAU supports this technology and is a part of it, regardless of the
fact that it cannot be made here because the printers here cannot make something this big.
Vote: 7 in favor, 5 in opposition, Item F: SB 26-46: Phillip Nogueras, $3050 has been
approved
Motion: Senator Simon move to vote on Item G: OA: NAU Club Baseball, $500 and Item H:
SB 26-47: NAU Club Baseball, $3500
Second: Senator Lulay
Discussion: NAU Club Baseball is asking for money to cover a tournament, they recently
took 3 out of 18 in a competition. The funding will cover hotel fees, and the tournament is
on President’s Day, which is a holiday, meaning hotel costs are higher. Senator Gorshe asks
how good they are; they are currently 3-0 and just recently beat UA. Senator Cabral asks
how much of the $7000 in their account is going towards this, and the representative
explains that the tournament has already been paid for with this money.
Vote: Unanimous, Item G: OA: NAU Club Baseball, $500 and Item H: SB 26-47: NAU Club
Baseball, $3500 have been approved
Motion: Senator Tillinghast move to vote on Item I: OA: Theta Chi, $500
Second: Senator Soto
Discussion: Theta Chi will attend a Mid-Year Leadership conference, and members will be
going to this one with pledges from the fall semester. The funding is the cover gas and
hotel. This conference is in San Diego at SDSU, and the NAU Theta Chi Chapter has
previously stayed with a chapter there but since it didn’t go well in the past they are
staying in hotels. The gas will cost $225 for each car, for there and back, they are taking 2
cars. Brothers that live in San Diego will be housing as many as possible. Senator Simon
asks if this is Theta Chi’s International conference, representative replies that it is one of
them. Senator Gorshe asks what Senator wrote the bill, Oregon wrote it. Senator Cabral
asks what Theta Chi is paying for on the trip, registration and food.
The Senators feel that since there is no budget and no actual Senator name on the bill, this
should be tabled.
Motion: Senator Tillinghast move to table Item I: OA: Theta Chi, $500
Second: Senator Gorshe
Discussion: Theta Chi representative explains that members attending are leaving in four
hours and cannot afford to spend the money without being funded. Senators say that it is
about 99% certain that they will get their funding; it is just being put off because of the lack
of necessary material. They need a budget and names on the bill. Chief of Staff Smart
wonders why the Theta Chi material got so far in this process without being corrected, and
Senator Ortega explains that Oregon was supposed to supply these materials and he didn’t.
It was Senator Howard’s club, but Oregon said that he would send information to him and
when he couldn’t get the information on time, Oregon just wrote the bill and Senator
Howard didn’t feel comfortable putting his name on it. Representative would like to have at
least the OA passed, to cover the gas at $225 per car, and agrees to work on the bill later.
Senator Gorshe does not want to vote on this without a budget.
Vote: 8 in favor, 3 in opposition Item I: OA: Theta Chi, $500 has been tabled.
Motion: Senator Startt move to vote on Item J: SB 26-48: Theta Chi, $1000
Second: Senator Howard
Motion: Senator Ortega move to table Item J: SB 26-48: Theta Chi, $1000
Second: Senator Tillinghast
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item J: SB 26-48: Theta Chi, $1000 has been tabled.
Motion: Senator Startt move to vote on Item K: OA: Alpha Phi Sigma, $500 and Item L: SB
26-49: Alpha Phi Sigma, $1477
Second: Senator Cook
Discussion: President and Vice President of the Delta Chapter are here for Alpha Phi Sigma;
it is the criminal justice fraternity. This club has been on campus for over a decade,
although has not been very active recently. It is their goal to become an individual
organization and rebuild. Criminal Justice is the fourth largest major at NAU. They want to
go to the national conference where they hope to learn from other chapters and get the
Delta Chapter going again at NAU. They have the possibility to provide students with
research projects, internships, and more. As of right now they do not have the resources
that many of the other chapters already do. In 1990s, the Delta Chapter had won an award
for being one of the best chapters, and they are trying to restore it to that prestige.
Questions: Senator Simon asks if the advisor is going, and they reply no, but a lot of the
professors are supportive of this. Senator Soto asks if they are currently trying to recruit
new members and if the application is online. That will be their focus after the conference
but at this point they are not ready to have new members. VP is working with two
prospective members right now and working on the application process, but they need to
learn from this conference first. There will be three members attending, as there are only
three active members currently.
Motion: Senator Cabral move to amend Item L: SB 26-49: Alpha Phi Sigma, $1477 to add
the number 3 to beginning of the whereas to read 3 Members from Alpha Phi Sigma, Delta
Chapter, will be attending this conference.
Second: Senator Gorshe
Vote: Unanimous, Item L: SB 26-49: Alpha Phi Sigma, $1477 has been amended.
Vote: Unanimous, Item K: OA: Alpha Phi Sigma, $500 and Item L: SB 26-49: Alpha Phi
Sigma, $1477 have been approved
Motion: Senator Simon move to vote on Item M: OA: Tuba Euphonium Association, $500
and Item N: SB 26-50: Tuba Euphonium Association, $350
Second: Senator Startt
Motion: Senator Gorshe move to table Item M: OA: Tuba Euphonium Association, $500 and
Item N: SB 26-50: Tuba Euphonium Association, $350
Second: Senator Tillinghast
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item M: OA: Tuba Euphonium Association, $500 and Item N: SB 26-50:
Tuba Euphonium Association, $350 have been tabled
Motion: Senator Howard move to vote on Item O: SB 26-51: Silver Wings, $2442
Second: Senator Cook
Discussion: Christina is the President, and Silver Wings is a national community service
based organization, their main goal is to develop civic leaders. There are over 3800
members across the country. Last year they paid completely out of pocket to attend their
conclave and this semester they are asking for funding to go. They will need $400-$500
dollars for airfare, and registration is $314, which includes all conference fees. Senator
Gorshe asks if they have already received an OA previously, no.
Vote: Unanimous, Item O: SB 26-51: Silver Wings, $2442 has been approved
Motion: Senator Gorshe move to vote on Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808
Second: Senator Lulay
Discussion: Treasurer of the NAU Paintball Club is here because the club is asking for
funding for tournament and practice expenses. The tournament was October 27th, and they
were in division 4.
Questions: Senator Cabral asks if they have a budget, the treasurer explains that he was
told he needed receipts for afterward and didn’t know he needed to provide this. The
senators explain how he needs a budget, and there was an OA packet that did have one that
is not present at this meeting. It is determined that it must have been left in the folder.
Senator Gorshe says that it was all approved and he worked with him and knows the
budget. Chairwoman Woodhouse asks about the total, and discovers it should be $808.38,
and the OA is not necessary so it will be disregarded. The bill will need to be amended
because the bottom of the bill reads $808.38 and the top doesn’t. Senator Cabral asks if the
date was October 27th, representative explains that that was the date of the tournament,
and bill will need to be amended to reflect this date and the dates of the practices.
Motion: Senator Tillinghast move to amend Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808 to
read $808.38
Second: Senator Howard
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808 has been amended.
Motion: Senator Gorshe move to amend Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808.38 to
add the following dates: September 22nd, October 6th, and October 27th
Second: Senator Howard
Discussion: None
Vote: Unanimous, Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808.38 has been amended.
Motion: Senator Ortega move to table Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808.38
Second: Senator Cook
Discussion: The Item does not need to be tabled, because there was a budget that went
through appropriations even though it was not present. It is the fault of ASNAU and the
club should not be punished for this mistake. Since the motion has already been seconded,
the Senate will proceed with a vote.
Vote: 11 in opposition (Senator Soto not present), Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club,
$808.38 has not been tabled.
Vote: Unanimous, Item P: SB 26-52: NAU Paintball Club, $808.38 has been approved
Let it be known that the Senate will find the budget and review following the meeting.
Motion: Senator Cabral move to vote on Item Q: SB 26-53: Special Events Line, $1500
Second: Senator Simon
Discussion: Jillian says that they are requesting $1500 for the February Event, ASNAU
Loves the Jacks personalized candy bars. The event will be the week after Valentine’s Day.
Chief of Staff Smart explains that Special Events will come to the Senate with all large
purchases over $500 instead of simply opening the line, just in case of audits. Dr. Brandel
has requested it.
Vote: Unanimous, Item Q: SB 26-53: Special Events Line, $1500 has been approved
Motion: Senator Gorshe move to vote on Item R: SB 26-54: Open Diversity Events Line
Second: Senator Cook
Discussion: For Unity Week, NAU has offered the contract to the speaker and they have
accepted. VP Cooper needs the line open for contracting. Once the contract is set in stone,
ASNAU will know whom it is. March 25th is the date. Senator Cabral says senators are
writing individual bills for Special Events now, and wonders why the same isn’t being
applied to this. This is different because there will be $30,000 for the speaker, and $5,000
for the week. It includes a lot of things and is a whole week of events, not just one.
Vote: Unanimous, Item R: SB 26-54: Open Diversity Events Line has been approved
Executive Reports
a. President- Makenzie Mastrud
- First and foremost, she would like to give kudos to the Senate and to
Chairwoman Woodhouse for having so many funding requests on the agenda
today. There was over $15,000 worth of funding, which is awesome. The
Directors and President Mastrud are having a wonderful time at ABOR
representing the Lumberjacks. Last night they met with both Student Regents
and student leaders from both ASU and UA. The regents called ASNAU on as
student leaders, to help show the legislature the importance and need for
funding for our Universities. She and the directors are going to brainstorm what
ASNAU can do. The Regents also talked about how there needs to be more
attention turned toward program fees that students face in their courses, and
ASNAU is already on that. Last week Mastrud asked the Senate to explore fees
within the programs that lie in the colleges, and then she said she would send an
email about how to do that, but she didn't because when she started doing
research she ran into some roadblocks. But after meeting with the Student
Regents she has some ideas so that e-mail will be sent by tomorrow so ASNAU
can get the ground running on researching program fees and how they are, and
maybe in some cases are not, benefiting the students.
At ABOR they also talked about medical amnesty, and State Senator Ward has
brought forth a Bill about this and it has received positive feedback thus far. She
and the directors will watch that Bill closely, since ASNAU approved and
supports a medical amnesty policy. She sent the Provost a note about the idea for
the campaign and she really liked and appreciated it. She and Jane Kuhn had
some suggestions for ASNAU’s marketing tools so Mastrud will work on those
changes with Colleen. She is in contact with ABOR President Klein regarding the
NAU Presidential search and has offered to serve as the student representative
on the committee. She seemed to like the idea and thought student input was
crucial during the search. She will be meeting with her while at ABOR. Next,
there will be another Breakfast Club coming up on the 21st. She is thinking of
changing it to 'luncheon with the President' or something like that, since the
10am time was kind of inconvenient for most folks. She will work with Colleen to
create a new advertisement for the event. She also got some ideas of things that
ASNAU can work on at the Student Leadership Retreat and will meet with the
President and the Provost this month to discuss these issues and see what can be
done. If anyone has any input, please let her know. Or if anyone would like to
come she would be happy to have company. The President usually has Sarah
Bickel, or another VP, at meetings so it might be nice to bring someone too. One
Justice has not been in contact with the Chief Justice and another one is running
for Senator in the upcoming election so she is going to look in to what can be
done to replace them during the time of elections. The by-laws say the President
can't appoint new Justices, so she is not sure what to do and will be calling on the
Legislative committee to help. There is a presentation about STEM next Tuesday
the 11th from 4:30-6pm in the Liberal Arts building, room 120 and she would
like a few ASNAU members to be there. Please let her know if you are interested.
Not sure if she mentioned this last week, but she got numbers of how many
students utilized the library during the 24 hours reading and finals week
opening last semester and overall there was a significant amount of students
there each night. This was an excellent service that ASNAU was able to work
together to provide for students. She has spreadsheets on this data. Finally, she
is working with Shields and Christine to make a 'how to operate the office'
manual for our future office assistants. This year has really been a growing year
in the position, and we are constantly looking to change things. We already have
so many ideas of how to better things for next year. Suggestions are welcome.
b. Vice President of Student Affairs- CJ Cooper
- VP Cooper reports that there have been higher demands for Club Headquarters
on Friday and Saturday, and the hours will be extended to 10-4 on Friday and
12-2 on Saturday. Relay for Life tends to need a lot of balloons so this will be
good since they will be available for pickup before the event. The Unity Week
speaker is booked and he will tell who it is when contracting is complete. He is
meeting with NAU of all, to open up this week and have an event for disability
resources. As soon as he has confirmation he will be advertising and tabling. Will
possibly do more tabling on south campus for the shirts, because ASNAU wants
to make sure the students who pay the ’23 fee this year will get the shirt.
c. Vice President of Academic Affairs- Shayla Woodhouse
- VP Woodhouse would like to ask that senators please not leave the front desk if
Ashley/Christine are not there. If anyone needs to leave, please grab another
member to watch the front desk. She has put a club vendor form at the front
desk that will now be attached to the OA, because Paula needs this information.
There is also an example if clubs are confused. She and Senator Soto went to the
Club Sports Council last night, and gave them funding packets. Tomorrow she
will be attending the Academic Club Standards Committee. She also wrote the
Sustainable Landscape Project resolution, which the Senate may see next week.
The Election Code survey and Constitution will be going out this week. There
was a good discussion this meeting, and VP Woodhouse wants everyone to hold
him or herself accountable and to pay attention to detail. She feels that it was
awesome that Phillip’s Senate Bill was approved, because ASNAU is supporting
his vision. Hopefully this is something that the risk is worth it.
d. Chief of Staff- Sammy Smart
- Chief of Staff Smart reports that once the vote is done from the survey, she will
update the Elections Commission that she met with today. It is going to be the
day of the candidate approval meeting, and she will let everyone know when it is
so they can attend. Elections packets go out on Monday. They will include Senate,
VP of Student Affairs, VP of Academic Affairs, and of course President. The
Legislative Committee feels that the VP of Government Affairs position should
still be it included. She will email it to the Committee so they can look over it
sometime this weekend. She will also email everyone to remind about Relay for
Life tonight. She and Special Events will look into the possibility of allowing
faculty, staff and extended campus students to attend the concert, it will not be
free but there will be an allotment of tickets for them. Jeremy Chan asks the
concert will be like last year, half will work tickets and half will work the concert.
Sammy says last year ASNAU worked only the ticket line, and as for right now
this is how it will be. She did receive an email from a student with an internship
that is not on campus, and would like to create an option to opt out of the ’23 fee
for that semester since they don’t benefit. This is being considered. The survey
goes out at 12:00am tonight and will close at 11:59pm tomorrow night. This is
her reply since Senator Startt had asked. Senator Simon asks if only we vote will
it still pass, yes.
Staff Reports
A. Student State Affairs- Ben Silva, Dylan Lefler, Oregon McDiarmid
- Passes out a tabling form for the pledge campaign. Once they start tabling
everyone here can have a water bottle and a pen. Went to ABOR yesterday and
today. There is $407 million from the state legislature and the universities were
only granted $39 million, are working to get another $30 million for each state
university. Senator Gorshe asks if these are the recycled pens, no. Thank you to
Colleen for changing the Pledge Campaign Flyer 7 times.
B. Public Relations- Colleen Flynn, Spencer Carlton
- Worked on the Election flyer, the Pledge Tuition flyer and water bottles, and
the GO Scholarships have been sent back to be approved.
C. Special Events- Chyna Gade, Jillian Zuniga
- Jillian thanks the Senate for approving the line; because of this the order for the
event will be processed. They have been working on the event, will be tabling
outside since the union is booked, the weather should be high 50s. She and
Chyna are also working on the March event, hoping to give back to Louie’s
Cupboard since the Turkey Trot had been cancelled. They also helped Kristine
put on a successful event-planning workshop, and there were many clubs there.
Kristine will be putting on more of these events.
D. ITS- Joey Smoll
- Put the new Senator’s information online, and he would like to add colleges
under names but needs that information. Will also be adding new banners.
E. NSG- Annsley Niemann, Derek Lopez, Jeremy Chan
- NSG is having a social in two weeks, on February 19th. It is a forever alone
Valentines Day, they will be eating ice cream and having fun. They are planning
shirt tie-dye for the NAU parent weekend, and are trying to figure out where. It
will be on March 1st. Next weekend is the Leadership conference, there are 14
students going. They thank the Senate for the funding to attend this.
Committee Reports
A. Appropriations: Senator Ortega reports that there were a lot of clubs and
individuals, she apologizes for the discrepancies and promises to keep a more
watchful eye.
B. Legislative: Senator Gorshe reports that they looked over the sustainable
resolution and will look over again next week. There were three options for the
Election Code pertaining to the positions, and they determined that the first was
the best. Chairwoman Woodhouse agreed also. There were multiple reasons, but
they felt that the third wasn’t feasible because multiple Senates would have to
deal with it from year to year and a special election would be confusing. Chief of
Staff Smart adds that there are feasible areas for an office for the VP of
Government Affairs position. Senator Gorshe says that the committee also talked
about something else he can’t remember.
Senator Reports
College of Arts and Letters
a. Thomas Lulay- T-shirts and copies in office hours, and he submitted a
bill and is working on another. Will be meeting with Dean tomorrow.
b. Scott Tillinghast- Worked with Silver Wings, approached by NAU
Adventure Club and Men’s Ultimate Frisbee. They already got the full
amount, Senator Howard says that they did not but they want more
than the allotted. He spoke with an individual student about funding
for undergraduate research, and is meeting with Dean tomorrow.
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
a. Ernan Cabral- Dean meeting on the 19th. He would like to apologize
for not writing any bills this week, but will have 5 for next week. He
met with CCJ, and they may have other means for funding. Helped
Senator Tillinghast with descriptions for the election code. Feels that
Senator Tillinghast is underappreciated.
b. Brittany Simon- She wrote the bill for the Diversity Line, and handed
out a lot of t-shirts. She is working on a bill. She would also like to
thank Senator Tillinghast for his contributions.
College of Health and Human Services
a. Zachary Howard- He is working on a bill, and got email about UTV62,
emailed them about a bill. Talked to Men’s Ultimate Frisbee. He also
feels that Senator Tillinghast is the best.
b. Nicolas Startt- Met with two clubs to write Senate Bills, and went to
RHA and it was boring. That is Senator Gorshe’s committee. It turns
out he went to Residence life not RHA. Talked about where the money
goes for student housing. In office hours he handed out t-shirts and
will have clubs the next week or two.
College of Education
a. Alyssa Soto- No report.
b. Jared Gorshe- In contact with the associate Dean. Met with clubs and
logging club will be coming in, they cut down trees. He thanks the
Senate for being patient with the bill that he wrote horribly. He would
also like to recognize Senator Tillinghast, because he does a great job.
Chief of Staff Smart asks if President Mastrud has seen the
descriptions, and Gorshe replies that yes, he had sent it to her.
Chairwoman Woodhouse also saw it, and Senator Tillinghast gave her
what she asked for the Election Code. It has the articles that are being
changed, specifically what is being added, and a brief explanation of
what a yes and no vote would mean.
College of Business
a. Ryan Cook- Tomorrow they will meet with the Dean. He is working on
two Senate Bills.
b. Alexandria Buchta- May meet with all the Clubs at the College of
Business per request.
College of Forestry, Engineering, and Natural Sciences
a. Nicole Ortega- Dean meeting will be the 21st. She has been working on
bills for Relay for Life and someone else who she doesn’t remember.
b. Savannah Libby- Met with two clubs, working in the office.
Advisor Reports (Rick Brandel and Art Farmer)
Rick Brandel— No report.
Art Farmer— Wonders if, pertaining to the Election Code and Constitution change, if
Makenzie has documents that should be attached in order to have two channels. In
this case, there will also be a link on the ballot to see the documents with
explanations. He will need one document for the code, and one for the constitution.
It is ready to go. Senator Tillinghast asks if all the changes will be voted on
individually, Art says it is yes or no for the Election Code and the Constitution but
this can be changed. The Attorney position is in the process of background check
requirements, and he is waiting for the confirmation of that and the paperwork will
be processed. Will have someone on board shortly.
Discussion Items
- None
Announcements
Golden Pine Cone Award: Scott Tillinghast last week, and this week Chyna and Jillian for all
of their hard work.
Senator Cabral’s fraternity is holding a dance, and it is a formal dinner with a four-course
meal and cheesecake for dessert. They would like to invite all of ASNAU; it is $10 for a
ticket and will be on February 15th at the Newman Center. His Fraternity is the Knights of
Columbus.
Dylan adds that ABOR has also approved of the budget for Aquatic Center.
Important Dates
February 15th, Knights of Columbus Dance at the Newman Center
February 19th, NSG Social
March 1st, NSG Tie-Dye Event
March 25th, Unity Week Speaker
Adjournment
Motion: Senator Howard move to adjourn the meeting
Second: Senator Startt
Vote: Unanimous, meeting adjourned at 6:58 P.M.