OSA Senate Minutes
April 26, 2016 at 4:45 PM
Reeve Memorial Union, Room 221
I.
Call to Order – Pledge of Allegiance at 4:45 PM
II.
Roll Call –
College of Letters and Science (12)
Bryan Carter – Excused
Zachary Dunton – Present
Margot Elliott – Present
Alevander Novak – Present
Karree Orrick – Present
Katheryn Bermann - Present
Education & Human Services (5)
Rachel Adams - Present
Nursing (3)
Sherine Johnson – Present
College of Business (5)
Alexander McCarville – Present
Jared Schadrie – Present
Goodwill Obieze – Present
Jacob Stuebs - Present
III.
Open Forum – Graham sang Happy Birthday to Rae Ann
IV.
Approval of the Agenda - approved
V.
Approval of the Minutes – approved
VI.
Club/Org Recognition – none
VII.
Guest Speakers – a.
Representative David Murphy – student letters career and salary and how those payments are going to fit in, that was for grants for students started out 2 year and knew that putting it through on the tech colleges made it a smaller bill and get it started and show people how it works, operating on a shoe string they are doing that as money is an issue sometimes, legislatures that would not support that and they would support the university cannot come together and did get passed, an extra million dollars in Wisconsin grants, eligible for Wisconsin grants and do not get it right now some of the legislators things going on in the university system the faculty senate at UW Madison no confidence vote against President Ray and student association quite strongly worded letter of racial issues on campus all the administrative and professors have to go through diversity issues a student arrested in a classroom 4,000 dollar worth of damage and for two weeks trying to find this person he was dodging him and finally they figured out that he would be in the class and they arrested him, they came in with guns, cost of higher education responsible, open source textbooks and would be a good idea does not

cost us anywhere else or cost us any other way. Governor the end of Jan beginning of Feb, July 1 jumped on it that could have been done dragged out and debating it and not going together he knew it was dead cannot change the infrastructure that quickly. Bourke: 250 million cut world class quality education here and valuable to me the cuts to the system was short sided what is the legislation going to do to avoid those cuts again and not cut those funding, Doyle did the same cut in one of his budgets also, when he has a change to talk to with
Gov Walker the cuts have gone far enough the original 300 million cut revised budgets from each one of the campuses, they have made some cuts, we are not going to hire there, there was a budget out there to look at, all the different campus 55 million short we need to figure out who to cut this by 55 and we got 50 million, looked at actual if you go 6,7,8 years and sometimes double digits and went into a fund that was large and legislators that were CPAs and going on what is going on with all that money. Not everyone is a business man or accountant they do not understand why the money is just sitting there. The balances are going to grow one being the tuition balance and the university can spend the money like they want his job to educate his colleagues we have to figure out that these are funds are reserved for something else. Parson: Are there conversations about freezing seg fees or is that not going to be discussed in the next budget: nothing specifically, how do you feel about that, I see the increase kind of torn but if students are willing to pay for it they are willing to pay for it. I think about that keep costs down but keep the nickel and dime under control one of the things fI think a about when it comes to education is value if you are getting a degree with a good paying job student allocation we want all the administrators to go through this diversity training, it will cost is Rebecca Blank does not understand diversity we don’t also agree on politics and putting through her diversity training will not make her a better person but cost. Berge: ACA a federal matter asked by fellow students and ask if anything will be done to remove the 25 cap, he would lift it tomorrow no authority over that, start attaching out healthcare to how we work, where we work, when some of these things were talked about to the people do you want do you think they should be on their parent’s insurance until they are 26, does not mean it is not going to cost anything, the insurance is going to charge you for it. b.
Darryl Sims, Athletic Director - rescheduled c.
Randy Hedge, Director Reeve Memorial Union – Johnson: In the commuter lounge more furnishing, state of art technology, current March over budget April
Schradrie: Mechanical and plumbing three to four, general contractor 2 to 3 not a very large number supply and demand the contractors had plenty of cannot tell you who but if we do get that contractors we will be in good hands. Bid process first coming to over by 1.1 million just the bid process underestimating could that happen again and getting blindsided again are we thinking where to get money from if this happens again, clean up that area or plumbing and money set aside.
Point of information it is troubling we had an estimate on the Fletcher project we don’t get to pick state and consistency wrong at least with Fletcher we modified it before it went out to bid and do not want to work with them in the future. Thank you for your patience and attitude.

VIII.
Officer Reports – a.
OSA Directors and Ambassadors – b.
OSA Office Manager – (Rae Ann - wetzelr@uwosh.edu
) – c.
OSA Advisor – (Petra – roterp@uwosh.edu
) – US academic and student affairs and student reps last day June 30, Brian Miller no conversation on when the search and it will be during the school year, not an easy thing for me but a good ultimate goal chancellor president, exec and this will allow me to get some experience and have some time to search, direct contact with students and thank you, student governance that makes the place that it is, there will be cake no alcohol, brought this together, d.
OSA Academic Liaison – (Rotating members of Senate for Academic Staff - ) - e.
Speaker Pro-Tempore – (Maria - osaspeakerpt@uwosh.edu
) - f.
Speaker of the Assembly – (Austyn – osaspeaker@uwosh.edu
) - g.
Vice President Pro-Tempore – (Zachary – osavppt@uwosh.edu
) – Mark Reinhard scholarship h.
Vice President – (Graham – osavp@uwosh.edu
) – i.
President – (Jordan - osapres@uwosh.edu
) – Green fund updated did not have permission from the one more all campus exec meeing the incoming and outgoing as the Pet perk me up
IX.
Presidential Appointments –
OSA 15-109
BE IT RESOLVED: That the OSA Senate and Assembly approved the following Presidential
Appointments and/or recommendations:
1.
Reginald Parson, Search and Screen for Associate Director for Grants
2.
Alex Novak, Workplace Expectations Policy Committee
3.
Alex Novak, University Budget Development Committee
4.
Zach Dunton
5.
Mackents sReinke scholarship
Sponsored by: Jordan Schettle, OSA President
Motion to move one absentions
X.
Unfinished Business –
XI.
New Business –
OSA 15-110
BE IT RESOLVED: That the OSA Assembly and Senate approves the Student Shared
Governance Implementation Plan
Sponsored by: President Jordan Schettle
Dispense
Motion to move to floor Reeve Union Board, OSA this plan takes a snap shot outlines everything the law that gives the right to do this and each shared goverenance if they ssent it to me and an agreement Chancellor, seg fees, and him, some more changes to better fit on they were describe but over all this is to update what takes place and move forward with an effective document

Rub thought there were part of governance asking we wanted to keep them in and thought it was the RAC of the 70s, if it will be then you are still in it. Shared their and amend anything you want to get. OSA approves in it. OSA says how it is so this is how it is so each other groups will
OSA 15-111
WHEREAS, The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) is committed to progressively reducing its ecological footprint and fashioning a durable and better world through its academic mission and;
WHEREAS, Sustainability at UW Oshkosh is being integrated into all university functions and operations and;
WHEREAS, These actions involve reducing consumption and wastes, generating and purchasing renewable energy, curbing pollution, green building and purchasing, sustainable landscapes, and infusing sustainability into the curriculum, outreach, and research and;
WHEREAS, The Sierra Magazine placed UWO #3 nationally in its annual "Coolest Schools" sustainable schools ranking system and;
WHEREAS, The League of American Bicyclists has recognized University of Wisconsin
Madison, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, and
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee as Bike Friendly Universities (BFU’s) in their 2015 report and;
WHEREAS, The Oshkosh Student Association (OSA) believes that it is important for UWO to continue going green and;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That OSA supports a plan that works toward making the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh a BFU and;
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That OSA calls for UWO to take proper steps in order to meet BFU standards set by the League of American Bicyclists and;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, That upon passage of OSA, a copy of this resolution shall be sent to the following individuals: Dr. Andrew Leavitt, Chancellor of UWO; Dr. Petra Roter,
Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs; Aimee Niendorf, Renewable Energy Institute Manager;
Brian Kermath, Director of Sustainability; Brad Spanbauer, Sustainability coordinator; Jim
Feldman, Director of Environmental Studies; Gregory Batten, Xpeditions; Anne Milkovich,
Chief Information Officer; Laura Knaapen, Director of User Services; Mark Clements, Director of Information Services; Victor Alatorre, Director of Infrastructure Services
Sponsored by: Austyn Boothe, OSA Speaker of Assembly; Jordan Schettle, OSA
President;Maria Berge, OSA Speaker of Assembly Pro-Tempore; Reginald Parson; Chief of
Staff, Alex Novak,OSA Senator; Zach Dunton, OSA Vice President Pro Tempore; Daniel
Dennis, Chair of Green Fund, Cycling Club; Young Americans for Liberty; Student Organization

for Latinos; Pagan Student Alliance; Metal Club; Sigma Pi; Beta Theta Pi; Sigma Sigma Sigma; and College Democrats
Dispense
Motjion to move to floor Novak, 2 nd
by Johsnon
Want to know if he wants to come to see if he will
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Committee Reports –
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Announcements –
III.
Adjourn – 6:04 PM McCarveille, 2 nd by Novak