Constitution and Statutes Minutes
September 21st, 2015
Senate Chambers 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Chair: Senator President Pro-Tempore Grantham
I.
Call to Order
 Meeting called to order at 5:36PM
II.
Roll Call – Vice-Chair Butler
 Quorum has been established with 4 voting members; Cajuste, Butler, Dato, Smith.
III.
Student Remarks
 None.
IV.
Approval of Minutes – July 13th, August 24th, and August 31st, 2015.
 Senator Cajuste: Motion to approve the minutes from July 13th, 2015. Second. All in
favor. Moved.
 Senator Butler: Motion to approve the minutes from August 24th, 2015. Second. All
in favor. Moved.
 Senator Cajuste: Motion to approve the minutes from August 31st, 2015. Second. All
in favor. Moved.
V.
Approval of Agenda
 Motion to approve tonight’s agenda. Second. All in favor. Moved.
VI.
Guest Speakers
 None.
VII.
Remarks of the Chair – sgaspt@unf.edu
 The main purposes of C&S meetings are to deal with all things regarding the
Constitution, Policies and Procedures, and absentee hearings.
 If you have a time conflict with classes or anything else, please let myself or Chase
know. The past few meetings have not met quorum and we need to prevent that from
happening.
a. Interest in the position of Committee Vice-Chair
 If you are interested in being vice chair, please email me.
VIII.
IX.
Old Business
New Business
a. Discussion of Robert’s Rules
 Robert’s Rules has a set of answers for every type of parliamentary question you
could have. If a meeting is too long, a meeting can be adjourned. If you are confused,
use a point of information. If you want your voice heard or something changed, make
an amendment. Robert’s Rules are a predetermined set of rules to ensure meeting
efficiency. Amendments can be made of amendments, but that is the furthest it can
go. Questions of privilege are not used very often, used for hazards and such. Points
of order are in regard to parliamentary procedure. Points of information are to
understand the agenda fully or what is being discussed. Overriding a presidential veto
must be passed by 2/3 vote override. This is important because we represent the
Student Body so we have to be on top of what is happening. The governing document
of our meetings is Robert’s Rules. I have created a packet with all of this information.
o Senator Smith: Are “motion” and “move” the same thing? –Yes.
b. Discussion of Absence Hearings
 Absence hearing will include the total points, the dates and events missed, and
whether or not a form was turned in. A motion can be made to remove full points or
partial points. If no points are removed, they can go through impeachment or they
can resign. The absence form can have all points removed, partial, or none; it is up to
the decision of the Senate President. Ran through mock absence hearing. There is a
voluntary process to get points removed.
o Senator Smith: How many points does missing a Senate meeting hold? –One
point at the beginning roll call and one at the end, for a total of two. The
same applies to committee meetings.
o Senator Cajuste: Are there certain excuses that will remove all points? –Class
schedule, medical emergencies and such will obviously be taken into account
but it is the student’s responsibility to provide us with that information.
X.
Announcements
 If you have any issue with committee attendance, let me know please.
 Again, let me know about your interest in being vice chair.
 Osprey Voice is this week, please be in attendance.
XI.
Final Roll Call – Vice-Chair
 Quorum has been reestablished with 4 voting members.
XII.
Adjournment
 Meeting adjourned at 6:21PM.