SGC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Date: 15 October 2008, Wednesday
Time: 8:35 am
Members Present: President Chase Boruch, Vice President Nicole Polahar, Executive Director
Britani Lange, Advisor Karley Adney, Patti Wise
Members Not Present: Financial Officer Rachel Taylor
Location: WisLine Teleconference
I.
Agenda for 15 October 2008 approved :
 Executive Director Britani Lange motioned
 Vice President Nicole Polahar seconded
 Motion passed unanimously
II. Meeting minutes from 1 October 2008 approved:
 Vice President Nicole Polahar motioned
 Executive Director Britani Lange seconded
 Motion passed unanimously
III. Advisor Report, Karley Adney:
A. Karley Adney informed board that she has the paperwork for the SGC
purchasing card and will be turning it in promptly and also that she has finally
received the SGC binder.
B. Karley Adney also notified the board that the SGC executive board e-mail
accounts have finally been established and wished to extend her thanks to
Marsha Henfer for all of her work.
IV. Report, Patti Wise:
A. Patti Wise wanted to note that there is still a search to hire a new Pro Vost and
Vice Chancellor and that the Search and Screen Committee is interested in
what qualifications SGC would like to see in their new hire.
V. President Report, Chase Boruch:
A. Chase Boruch looked for approval of his report for the UW Colleges Senate
Meeting on 17 October 2008, the executive board voiced their approval.
Chase also questioned validity of attached article regarding sex offenders and
their presence on UW campuses. Patti Wise suggested Chase choose the most
important priorities to address to the Senate, in an effort to get them
thoroughly regarded and perhaps touch on the article in the closing
discussions.
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B. Chase Boruch invited President of the UW System, Kevin Riley, to attend a
KH2G meeting at UWMC and he was interested in the invitation and the
cause.
C. B. Wiegand from Madison is also greatly interested in the program and will
contact Chase Boruch to discuss further.
VI. Vice President Report, Nicole Polahar:
A. United Council Update- The United Council lost their referendum with UW
Fond du Lac. They have steadily been losing campuses over the last few years
and are currently trying to rebuild. President Chase Boruch expressed some
concern over the current state of the UC and offered SGC aide to bring more
campuses back to the United Council.
VII. Executive Director Report, Britani Lange:
A. To date only five of the thirteen UW Colleges have chosen delegates to SGC.
It was discussed that President Chase Boruch will send another e-mail
addressing SGA presidents while both Patti Wise and Advisor Karley Adney
will send e-mails and make phone calls to the remaining campuses to
encourage them to address the situation. Advisor Karley Adney also suggested
involving the Political Science Department, in an effort to find more support
and interest.
VIII. Financial Director Report, Rachel Taylor:
A. No report; not present.
IX. New Business:
A. After some discussion the Executive Board decided that the date for the first
meeting of the entire SGC will be set for Wednesday October 22, 2008 on
WisLine. It was suggested that setting a close date would encourage the
campuses who have not yet selected delegates to do so in a timely manner.
Some concern was also voiced on the policies regarding low attendance. Patti
Wise and President Chase Boruch will find the regulations regarding
attendance, and if the SGC Executive Board has the authority to make
decisions and vote in the event of low or no attendance.
B. President Chase Boruch politely requested all Executive Board members send
an e-mail of appreciation to Marsha Henfer for all of her hard work in helping
the board acquire individual and separate e-mail accounts for SGC.
C. President Chase Boruch again voiced a desire to have all SGC delegates chose
priorities for SGC this year prior to the meeting and also construct a short,
personal mission statement for SGC in relation to their goals and visions of
what SGC should be. It was also suggested that delegates should bring a list of
priorities or concerns from each of their individual campuses.
D. The board was notified that their support was requested in regards to campus
smoking policies. Dean Lynn Brodersen has expressed interest in enforcing
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the no-smoking policy at UW Richland Center in regards to Chapter 18. To be
discussed are the issues regarding how to enforce these policies and the
possibility of fines. It was also questioned whether chancellors of the colleges
have the authority to make them “Smoke Free” without a vote or input from
the student body. This will be discussed further at the October 18 Senate
meeting.
X. Old Business:
A. Patti Wise informed the board that there is a delay regarding the website
because the former Webmaster recently resigned. SGC has been placed on a
waiting list and will be addressed as soon as possible.
B. Vice President Nicole Polahar informed the board that there has not been any
recent news regarding the mental health funding issues occurring at UW Fox
Valley.
C. The next meeting of the Executive Board will be Wednesday October 22,
2008 at 8:00 am, prior to the meeting of the entire SGC.
XI. Meeting adjourned:
 Executive Director, Britani Lange motioned at 9:20 am
 Vice President, Nicole Polahar seconded
 Motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted by Executive Director Britani Lange; 15 October 2008
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