MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENT ASSOCIATION SENATE MEETING
MINUTES FOR
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Present:
Senators:
Senator Darrow
Senator Lynch
Senator Robinson
Senator Wingate
President:
Daniel Elliott
Vice President:
Ronald Quider
Speaker:
Matthew Lawson
Deputy Speaker:
Jennifer Bickel
Campus Center Advisor:
Elizabeth Stewart (Absent)
Faculty Advisor:
Joe McCauley
Visitors: Dick Ryther, Student Services; Tom Priester, Campus Center; Coaurtney Belluccio, Yolanda
Johnson, Campus Events; Michael Marino, Elli Kuhn, Fabrice Broyld, Devon Woodward, Students; Donna
Brennan, SA Secretary.
I.
CALL TO ORDER (2:15 p.m.)
A. Roll Call
(See attendance above)
B. Approval of December 11, 2007 minutes
Speaker Lawson called for a motion to approve the December 11, 2007 minutes.
Senator Darrow so motioned, seconded by Senator Wingate.
A vote was taken.
Be it resolved, the Monroe Community College Brighton Campus Student Government
Association Senate unanimously approves the December 11, 2007 minutes as written.
II.
SPEAK TO THE SENATE
Yolanda Johnson, Campus Events, spoke about club/organization involvement in Take Our Daughters
& Sons to Work Day. April 24 is the date; the theme this year is, “Making Better Choices for the
Future”; the students attending will be between the ages of 8 – 17. If any clubs/organizations are
interested in being involved, contact either Yolanda Johnson in Campus Events (3-111) or Laura
Coriddi in Computing (6-100D). Yolanda also mentioned that they will also be offering this
information at Roundtable on Wednesday, January 30.
Tom Priester, Program Coordinator, Campus Center, explained what College Bowl is and reminded
everyone that College Bowl will take place on Friday, February 1, from 4:00 p.m. until about 8:00 p.m.
A few more teams are needed; students can sign up as individuals or as a team. He also encouraged
those who are not participating to come and watch.
III.
REPORTS
A. Speaker’s Report
Speaker Lawson…
 Rock the Vote – Monday, January 28, Student Government and Phi Theta Kappa hosted a
Presidential forum on all the candidates entering the New York State Primary which will take
place on February 5, 2008. They have also organized a mock primary which will take place
on campus January 30 & 31. There have been record turnouts at the polls in the early
Presidential contest this year, especially from younger voters. It is very important that Student
Government and Phi Theta Kappa do whatever they can to encourage MCC students to
participate in the selection process of their Presidential leaders.
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
Campus Nightlife – Student Government needs to do more to increase nightlife on Campus;
he suggested working with Res. Life to organize fun and creative events that would encourage
students to stay on Campus. Senator Wingate will be looking into ways to promote nightlife at
the Res. Halls.
B. Deputy Speaker’s Report
Deputy Speaker Bickel…
 Orientations - she attended many orientations during intersession to encourage both new and
returning students to get involved on campus.
 Library Committee - has been working to tabulate the results of the fall ‘07 surveys. A
meeting has been planned with Angel Andreu, Director of Research. She hopes to share the
results of the survey within the next couple of weeks.
C. Senator Reports
Senator Darrow…
 Events Committee – working on Black History Month; he would like to team up the Black
Student Union for this project. Fabrice Broyld has some good ideas so he will be taking over.
Senator Lynch…
 Rock the Vote – the mock debate was a large success; many thanks to Matt Lawson, Andy
Wagoner, Phi Theta Kappa and the faculty who were involved. On Wednesday and Thursday
he will be attending/staffing Activity Day and the Mock Primary Vote on behalf of SGA.
 President Flynn Scholarship at MCC - Shanon Gibson, President of PTK, has been working
hard trying to find different sources of funding in order to establish this scholarship. They are
discussing fundraisers and other events in order to accomplish this.
Senator Robinson…
 Clubs - there are several clubs that she will be working with to charter as well as some to decharter.
 Rock the Vote – she will be assisting with the events.
D. Faculty Advisor
Faculty Advisor McCauley encouraged the Senate to think about what kind of legacy they would
like to leave; now is the time to think about what they want to do and how to do it.
IV.
NEW BUSINESS
1. ACTION ITEMS (Items requiring a Senate vote)
a. Resolution to approve Michael Rice as Diversity Coordinator
Resolved, that the Brighton Campus Student Government Association Senate approve
Michael Rice as Diversity Coordinator for the remainder of the 2007-2008 Academic Year.
Senator Lawson called for a motion to approve Michael Rice as Diversity Coordinator.
Senator Lynch so motioned, seconded by Senator Darrow.
Discussion:
President Elliott explained that Michael Rice was not present due to class, which is why he
had to resign from his Senate position.
A vote was taken.
Be it resolved, the Monroe Community College Brighton Campus Student Government
Association Senate unanimously approves Michael Rice as Diversity Coordinator for the
remainder of the 2007-2008 Academic Year.
IV.
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS
President Elliott asked the Senators and Presidential Cabinet members to start thinking about whether
or not they will be returning to the SGA in the fall. Those who will not be returning and/or not running
for a position will be asked to help on an elections committee.
Donna, for Betty, mentioned that there is a “student friendly” catering menu from Aramark that they
will be receiving in a couple of weeks.
V.
ADJOURNMENT
At 2:30 p.m. Speaker Lawson called for a motion to adjourn.
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Senator Darrow so motioned, seconded by Senator Wingate. The Senate meeting was adjourned.
VI.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Respectfully submitted,
Donna M. Brennan
SA Secretary
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