Senate Minutes
Friday, April 5, 2013
I.
Call to Order: 11:01 a.m.
II.
Roll Call: : Aaron Torres, Lorren Yniguez, Leialoha Johnson Hagmoc, Tyler Doumaney,
Jordan Alvarez, Patrick Gallagher, Kang (Eddie) Suh, Anthony Cortes, Thomas Oduro, Joe
Halter, Sharice Bass, Tiffny, Isioma Egbune, Lubna Mazin, Arnold Robert, Ronson Fox, Nikte
Contreras, Jennifer Kim, Rebecca Elmore, Michael Gruber, Kaushal Bhatt, Natalie Ta, Natalia
Gayou, Gordon Hamby
III.
Adoption of Agenda: Rebecca Elmore moved, Lubna Mazin second.
 Amendment to be made to the agenda. Addition to the item A in New Business
regarding the appointment of new Associate Justice. Approved.
IV.
Approval/Correction of Minutes: Approved with a small change in Michael Gruber’s name.
V.
Guest Speaker(s): Craig Sisneros from the University’s Minority Affairs Committee
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VI.
Discussion on resources for students.
Discussion on diversity inclusion, funding issues and community issues.
Discussion on how SGA can help to Minority Affairs Committee.
Financial report
 Gordon used $190 from the emergency fund. We have approximately 17,881$ fund.
VII. Unfinished Business:
A.
None
VIII. New Business:
A.
Appointment: New Events & Planning Senator and Associate Justice
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B.
Ronald LaFeir and Tanya Haasbeek sworn in by Aaron Torres.
Proposal: Budget approval for election activities
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Leialoha Johnson Hagmoc moved. Tyler Doumaney second. Budget approved
unanimously.
C.
Resolution: New Adhoc review committee resolution
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Ronson added that this is a good idea.
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Lubna, Jordan and Rebecca not agreed. We are mature enough that if anyone from
the group comes 5 minutes late to office hours then he / she will leave 5 minutes late.
Moreover, our focus should be on the positive work.
IX.
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Gruber mentioned that we are working more than what we are paid.
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Resolution not passed. Sent back to Sharice for redrafting.
SACAB Update
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New Parking structure is under construction. New 1100 Parking space will be
available from the summer.
X.
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We have a new Pizza vender – ipie
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More rented space, more schools.
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Received feedback from Night Rider.
Presidential Address/Update:
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Final event will take place on May 3rd.
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For election activities we need volunteers to sign up.
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Governance meeting held in the last week. New staff initiative is about motivating
students through communication.
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There is a move at the regents level to manage university from board level not at
university administration level.
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XI.
Faculty assembly meeting: migrating blackboard and e-college into Canvas
Vice-Presidential Address/update
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Don’t forget to vote for RTD referendum, club sports and mascot fees.
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5k Planning meeting is on Saturday.
XII. From the Floor:
A.
Standing Committee updates
1. Events and Planning
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We are left with 3 more Spirit Days.
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We have a Rockies Night out on April 23rd.
2. Finance and Funding
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The committee meeting is on Friday 5th April.
3. Legislation and Drafting
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Working on Town Hall meeting.
4. Freshman Council
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Budget for scavenger hunt in the next meeting.
5. College Council
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Yellow community facing trouble to adjust on the college campus.
6. Judicial
B.
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Quizes have been graded and results are with chief justice Torres.
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Student Government elections will be in the next week.
Adhoc committee updates
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C.
Appointed two new member students.
Ex-officio
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D.
Election deadline will not be extended. It can be unfair advantage.
General business from the floor
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AHEC solitary march on Tuesday 9th April.
XIII. Thought for the day
A.
Patrick Gallagher
XIV. Adjournment: 12:59 PM