Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 Phone: 860-465-0099
Student Government Association
General Board Meeting
March 31st, 2014
Present:
Executive Board: P. Bjornstad (President), A. Bullard (Vice President), M.
Hicks (BAM), K. Chrzanowska (Treasurer), Z. Yeager (Secretary)
Advisors: C. Ambrosio, M. Delaney
Senators: J. Ahern E. Benoit, A. Burns, V. Cosma, A. Fiducia, M. Fournier, J.
Garzone, C. Gosselin, M. Kandemir, E. McDonald, M. McFall-Gorman, E.
Pelletier, R. Perry, J. Reid, R. Rivera, M. Silver, M. Styrczula
Guests: R. Labrie, L. Nguyen
Meeting called to order at3:02 PM
1. Acceptance of Minutes for 03/24/14
a. Motion # 52 (R. Rivera , M. McFall-Gorman) Motion to accept the
minutes from 03/24/14 (22-0-1) Motion Carries.
2. President’s Report:
a. Senator of the Month:
R. Rivera was presented with the award.
b. Elections:
Everyone should be promoting them. Also, submit the applications for
positions as soon as possible. Try and speak up in your classes to get
interested students to apply and to vote. Applications are due on
Friday, April 11th.
c. Laptop Kiosk:
K. Gill from IT presented to the E-Board regarding costs and benefits
of the system. The E-board thinks it’s a good idea. We are reaching out
to the general board to try and get some more input. There is a lot of
demand for laptops in the library, but there are not enough currently
for students to check out. The money would come out of reserves if
we were to pay for it. It would be $35,000 for the kiosk. This covers
the station, but not the equipment, which would be funded by IT.
There is a built in camera. J. Garzone suggested a 24-hour location so
that students can use it whenever. E. Pelletier likes the idea because it
is affordable and helps out a wide amount of students. R. Rivera asked
Eastern Connecticut State University Student Government Association
“Students Serving Students”
about the use of ZipCar versus the use of the laptop kiosk. M. Hicks
said it would be an “either-or” situation. M. Delaney polled senators to
see if they had ever checked out a laptop from the library before. E.
Drouin mentioned that she had and that they are in poor condition.
d. Cleaning Campaign:
Our next cleaning campaign is this Saturday, April 5th at 12 PM. We
will meet at the clock tower. E. Drouin and E. Pelletier will be in
contact with the Chronicle Newspaper to see if they can write an
article about it in order to publicize the event to the public. It may also
be a housing program, and a program with the CCE. This is a
mandatory event. Afterwards, we would be going to Willimantic
Brewing Company. E. Drouin asked if SGA will pay for the food. P.
Bjornstad mentioned that we will be.
Motion # 53 (E. Drouin, J. Reid) Motion not to exceed $300 at
Willimantic Brewing Company for our out-of-house retreat on April
5th. (23-0-0) Motion Carries.
3. Vice President’s Report:
a. LEAP:
Register for the LEAP conference by Friday, April 8th. Senators are
required to attend. If Senators are busy, they should attend at least
one session.
b. Committees:
i. Student Issues:
E. McDonald has her public safety event this Wednesday at 3
PM in the SC Theatre. There is one FYI course that is in
attendance with at least twenty students. Officer Madera will
be presenting there. E. Osborn will be e-mailing all students to
advertise for the event. Posters were distributed to advertise
and they should be hung up ASAP.
ii. Public Relations:
Bucket list day is April 15th. The voting party is April 22. E.
Drouin passed out fliers to be hung up to promote the elections
AND the campus safety event.
iii. Internal:
Some people did not RSVP to the banquet. A sign-up sheet was
passed around. The Dance-a-thon is this Saturday also. The
Town-Wide, Town Pride is on April 26th.
iv. BAM:
1. Club Constitutions:
BAM will be meeting with Internal after this meeting
regarding the Club/Organizations Banquet.
BAM’s last open meeting is this Thursday. FRPs are due
April 9th.
Motion # 54 (A. Bullard, M. McFall-Gorman) Motion
to approve the Yoga Club Constitution (23-0-0) Motion
Carries.
Motion # 55 (E. Pelletier, E. Drouin) Motion to
approve the Ballroom Dancing Club Constitution (21-02) Motion Carries.
Motion # 56 (A. Bullard, C. Gosselin) Motion to
approve the Dr. Who Club Constitution. (18-0-5)
Motion Carries.
a. E. Pelletier asked about their voting rights. Z.
Yeager read their statement regarding voting
privileges. E. McDonald worried about their
success with a small amount of students
interested. BAM had considered this issue, but
they cannot assume a club will not do well if
there may be trouble growing. E. Drouin
mentioned that there is a following to the show
so that once people find out about it,
membership will grow. C. Ambrosio mentioned
that they are not looking for any real funds, so
SGA’s commitment is limited.
4. Treasurer’s Report:
Our General Board account has $8490.15. E-Board account has $7244.14
5. Secretary’s Report:
Make sure that you are donating spare change to the Penny Wars. They are at
the SC Vendor Table from 10-2 until Wednesday this week.
6. Advisor’s Report:
7. Old Business:
8. New Business:
9. Open Floor:
Pride Alliance is having a LGBTQ trivia event 7-9 PM this Thursday in the SC
Theatre.
10. Dates to Remember:
a. Monday, March 31st – April 2nd, 10 AM – 2 PM: PHP Penny Wars;
Student Center
b. Friday, April 11th, 12:30 PM – 6 PM; LEAP Conference, Student
Center (Must register for event)
c. Sunday, April 13th, 12-3 PM: Junior Preview Day, Student Center
d. Thursday, April 24th, 5-7 PM: Internal Banquet, Johnson Room,
Library
e. Tuesday, April 29th, 5-8 PM: Club & Organizations Banquet, BTR
Meeting adjourned at 3:51 PM