Elections and Appointments Committee Meeting
February 20th, 2012
Conference Room 3:00 PM
Chairman: Sen. Joel Versace
I.
Call To Order
II.
Roll Call
III.
Approval of the Minutes
IV.
Approval of Agenda
V.
Chairman Report and Remarks
VI.
Guest Speakers
VII.
Old Business
VIII. New Business
IX.
1. SB-12S-2579
Appointments
X.
2. Joel Versace, Business Management, Senior
Announcements
Elections Commission Meeting Wednesday February 22nd, 6:30 PM, Senate Chambers
XI.
Final Roll Call
XII.
Adjournment
Elections and Appointments Committee Meeting
February 6th, 2012
Conference Room 3:00 PM
Chairman: Joel Versace
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VIII.
Call to Order- 3:03
Roll Call- quorum is established with 8 voting members
Approval of Minutes- motion; Sen. Stromquist: approve the minutes of 1/23/12,
seconded, no objections, passes
Approval of Agenda
a. Motion; Sen. Galanti: motion to add campaign guideline documents to new
business, seconded, no objections, passes
Chairman Report and Remarks- we will have an election because enough people
submitted their declaration of intent, moved the elections commission on the 22nd from
6:30-8 pm.
Guest Speakers
Old Business
New Business
a. Promotions
1. Highlighters are $300 for 500 of them, notebooks are around $1 a piece
if they buy 500, t-shirts will cost around $2,500 for 500-1000 and still
waiting on the design.
2. Sen. Galanti: “would the committee chair be opposed to hiring dancing
David to hold a “vote SG” banner in the front of the school to attract
people to vote.”
a. Contact him and let the chairman know
3. Sen. Cunningham- have flashlight key chains for advertising
4. Sen. Versace- we could spend it on pizza depending on the donations
we get
5. Sen. Stromquist-“have you been working with chick-fil-a?”
a. No he has not contacted them yet
b. Campaign Guideline Documents
1. Advisor Kendall- “at the point where you mark off the 75 feet, these
areas where you can’t campaign, should you make it a point that no one
can campaign there for 48 hrs?”
a. The new title 6 says you can campaign there until 9am
2. Advisor Kendall- “what is the logic behind the 48 hours?”
a. If OP holds a debate the night before, now they can do that.
3. Advisor Kendall- “So what is the point of the 48 hours?”
a. So they are aware of it when it is marked off, it’s there to
let the candidate know what he/she can and can’t do.
4. Advisor Kendall- “you might want to amend it to say the responsibility
to remove the signs is up to the candidate?”
a. That would be up to physical facilities or Joel Versace
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5. Advisor Kendall- “What if you didn’t go and get a dig permit and who
would be responsible to remove the sign?”
a. Physical facilities would remove it and it is also a campaign
violation
6. Sen. Stromquist- “What if we struck all of the expense statements
instead of having a whole section for it because it is already in the
packet?”
a. Yes we should strike it
7. Sen. Stromquist-“campaign violations should not be struck.”
a. It is very specific in title 6 so we should just add in to see
title 6 for the campaign violations
8. Motion; Sen. Galanti: to strike campaign violations and expenses,
seconded, no objections, passes
9. Motion; Sen. Stromquist: to strike “a candidate must be enrolled in a
respected class” in chapter 609.G.7, seconded, no objections, passes
10. Motion; Sen. Stromquist: to add campaign violations from title 6 to
campaign guidelines document, seconded, no objections, passes
11. Motion; Sen. Stromquist: to approve campaign guidelines document as
amended, seconded, no objections, Sen. Cunningham; motion for
unanimous consent, seconded, no objections, passes
Appointments
Announcements
Final Roll Call- quorum is reestablished with 8 voting members
Adjournment- 3:25
SENATE LEGISLATION
SB-12S-2579
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SB-12S-2579 : The Ballot Fix Act of Spring 2012
Whereas:
The Student Government of the University of North Florida was established to represent student
concerns in all University wide matters; and
Whereas:
The Student Senate is the legislative body of the University of North Florida’s Student Government
given the responsibility of carrying out such legislative acts that are necessary and proper for the
Student Body of the University of North Florida; and
Whereas:
Legislation dealing with necessary and proper statutory revisions shall be considered by Student
Senate; and
Whereas:
Title VI needs to reflect the ballot that ITS has generously produced for us,
Therefore;
the following revisions are being made to Title VI;
Chapter 611: The Ballot
A.
Format
2.
Therefore:
Candidates shall be listed in alphabetical order by their last names in
accordance with their party affiliation. There shall be separate groupings for
each party. Candidates who do not affiliate with a party will appear in a
grouping called “No Party Affiliation. The ballot shall identify each
candidate’s party affiliation by including the party title in parenthesis after
the candidate’s name. If there are independent candidates, the ballot shall
state “No Party Affiliation” instead of a party name.
Let it be enacted, by the University of North Florida Student Government that the proposed
revisions to Title VI be made effective July 1st 2012
Senate Action
Respectfully Submitted: Senator Joel Versace
Introduced by:
Senate Action:
Date:
Signed,
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Executive Action
Let it be known that SB-11S-2579 is hereby
Senator Joel Versace
February 20, 2012
Carlo Fassi, Student Senate President
PASSED / VETOED / LINE-ITEM VETOED
on this ______ day of _________, ______.
Signed,
Matthew Brockelman, Student Body
President