Student Government Association
Student Senate Meeting
September 11th, 2014
Location: Senate Chamber
Call to Order: Charles Uffelman at 7:33 P.M.
Approval of the Minutes: Charles Uffelman
Andy Tomayko motioned to approve the minutes from September 4th meeting. second by Laitin
Beecham.
Pass/Fail
Roll Call:
First Name
Mike
Laitin
David
Eric
Melissa
Russell
Fernanda
Raven
Amelia
Shelby
Karlee
Christina
Matt
Kevan
Emily
Johnny
Christian
Ali
David
Winnie
Caleb
Tevin
Renard
Jalicia
Lainey
Last Name
Barbour
Beecham
Blount
Bourgeois
Byrd
Copeland Jr.
Corral
Douglas
Durkee
Elkins
Frazier
Gilles
Hammonds
Hatamzadeh
Hayes
Holmes
Hudson
Kingston
Knowles
Law
Lies
Mcinnis
Miles
Myles
Ortego
Present
xx
xx
Excused
xx
x
xx
x
xx
xx
xx
x
xx
xx
x
x
xx
xx
x
xx
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
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Jessica
Carlton
Elizabeth
Sara
Hannah
Brady
Andy
Charles
Emily
Keilyn
Ryan
Katelyn
Rainer
Randolph
Rapalo
Rolin
Scott
Tidwell
Tomayko
Uffelman
Vallor
Wells
Wilcox
Wooley
x
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
Xx
Members Present: 20
Guest Speakers:
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David Rudd and Panel
Q: Safety Issues?
A: With the usage of the tiger text and alerts, the University is constantly trying the keep
the students informed of the crimes and issues happening around campus. The city police
have also agreed to have more officers on call and working on campus. Panel proposes a
certain app where the police could be notified instantly whenever a crime occurs.
Q: With the changes that the governor is making in regards to the Hope Scholarship,
what is the position of the students on this situation?
A: A bill has already been passed and goes into effect next fall, but information has not
yet been provided in depth.
Q: Scholarship changes?
A: More funds will be distributed to students that need the aid of the scholarships. This
in turn, will enable students to work less. The board is now working on a plan to balance
the funds of the scholarships to include the students with significant need.
**David Rudd will return and present a presentation on the “Scholarship Model” and
“Degree Pathway Model”
Q: Tuition Cap?
A: Held tuition flat this school year. Formula funding for the state has not been fully
funded; which depletes the availability to provide The University with its full necessities.
A plan has been set in place to commit to keeping the tuition flat; which will take roughly
a year. **Summer enrollment changes are being set. “Looking forward to providing
what students need versus what the University wants to offer”. Also, the University is
looking to stop expanding the cost of summer courses**
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AKPsi
Lauren Carie talks to Student Government about AKPsi and the fact that its Rush week.
Officers Report:
President
Opens floor to questions.
Q: Work-study for housing?
A: David Rudd told Keilyn Wells personally that he would set up a later meeting with him to
discuss the issue.
Q: Tiger text about local crimes not just on campus?
A: SGA will propose this issue.
Q: Why are fall courses dropped?
A: This happened due to students not paying for the course, so the teachers could not be funded
so the courses were reduced.
Q: Students in the “middle” being left out?
A: Ricky will have David Rudd to answer the question at a later date.
Q: Refunds being cut?
A: No
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Ricky talks about the tuition cap and police services
Mid day moves will be held on Monday and volunteers are needed from noon to 1:00
P.M. (counts for office hours)
Update on Memphis Promise Proposal
Safety forum- SGA and the Police Services
Vice President
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Disability services: someone at a later date will come to give a forum over disability so
that the senators will become familiar with what it is and also to leave it open to students.
Religious life: domestic crime forum (Sept. 29th, 2014).
Safety: take a poll sometime next week to start a safety app
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Athletics: more RSO’s have agreed to participate in tailgating for the football home
games and more volunteers have agreed to help out with tiger village. Will propose a
black out game for homecoming to athletics.
Q: Kick ball tournament to raise money for St. Jude?
Q: Table for survey along with free shirts after the survey is taken?
Chief Justice
No Report
Speaker
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Voter’s registration report: Students will fill out the registration form and turn it into
SGA and SGA will turn in the forms. Charles also needs volunteers to help with the
voter’s registration table on Tuesday and Thursday of next week. 9/16 Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. has volunteered to help with registration. Volunteers will receive office
hours for working the table.
Also, 22 spots are available for the Nashville trip for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State
Legistature(TISL).
Office Procedures: need senators to answer the phone when ringing and also senators
need to help out with voter registration.
Schedule for committee meetings and mass meetings
Speaker Pro Tempore
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Freshman senate updates:
Interview times signup: Monday- Wednesday
Meet your senator’s luncheon (Wednesday at 11:00 A.M.) *Counts as office hours
7:00 P.M. legislature meeting
New Officer Nominations
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Taylor Mayberry
Pass/Fail
Aye_13__ Nay___
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Laurie Gianella (Cabinet)
Pass/Fail
Aye: 12 Nay: __
Executive Committees
Involvement- Sarah DeLozier (no reports)
Dining and Res Life- Laurie Gianella (no reports)
Marketing- Ryan Estes (no reports)
Activities- Savannah Worcester (no reports)
Veterans- Cedrick Houston (no reports)
Safety- Stuart Dedmon (no reports)
Academics- Denzel Anthony (present but no reports)
Religious Life- Kenya Gray (present but no reports)
Athletics- Jerrica James (no reports)
Committee Reports:
Student Development (none)
Student Services (none)
Environmental (none)
Judicial (none)
Finance (none)
Old Business:
New Business:
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Bill 43
Title: An ACT, to provide travel funding for Timothy Lyons to travel to New Orleans, LA from Memphis,
TN.
Prime_Sponsor: Amelia Durkee
Cosponsors: Finance Committee Members
Committee: Finance Committee
WHEREAS, Timothy Lyons has requested funding from the Student Government Association in order to
attend and present research at the 2014 Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
in Counseling Inaugural Conference, AND
WHEREAS, help this student establish valuable connections with other professionals in the field, allow
this student to gain insight and increased knowledge of research advances in his field of interest, and
advance the field with the findings from the research being presented, AND
WHEREAS, the Student Government Association Finance committee has heard said applicant’s travel
request and made a final recommendation.
BE IN ENACTED BY THE 65th General Assembly OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION:
SECTION 1: Funding shall be provided for the following student traveling from Memphis, TN to New
Orleans, LA from September 18, 2014 to September 20, 2014:
A. Timothy Lyons
SECTION 2: Exactly $205 will be funded for the above student.
SECTION 3: This Act shall take effect immediately upon passage.
Pass/Fail
Aye 12 Nay
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Announcements
Frozen will be shown this Friday by SAC
Sorority bid day is this Saturday (September 13th, 2014)
Parent Day this weekend 19-20th
Adviser Comments
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Needs senators to reach out to peers to get their opinions on the bills.
Ask for more volunteers for Tiger Village.
Roll Call: Members Present: 20
Adjourn- adjourned at 8:54 P.M.
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Speaker of the Senate
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Chief Clerk
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