SGA GA 2/17/15
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Approval of Previous Minutes
o Motion: Justin Rayome
o Second: House Member Trevor (College Dems)
o Approved
Roll call
Spirit Team Act
o Debate
 Team Representative MJ Baker-For
 Given a budget
 Trip $600 out of pocket
 Athletic Dept.: sprit team, so the budget is divided in 3
different parts
o Dance
o Cheer
o Mascot
 Scholarships not enough
 Senator Torres: cost for attire?
o Men’s: $150-200
o Women’s: $250-300
o Budget also covers the dance team and mascot
 Mandatory trip to Daytona?
o Yes, if you want UIW to be considered a D-1 school
 Not registered as an SGA
 Do not keep uniforms
 Fundraised
o Spirit calendars
o Online clothing store
 Senator Brightwell-against
 All teams have a budget
 The syncro team pays $450 each for their own equipment
o $500 for fundraisers
 $950 total if fundraiser does not go as
planned
o $800 for training trip
o Women: $500 for special suits
o $350 for men
o Cross Country
 Fundraise for team as a whole
 Pay for spikes as well
o Yes do deserve more funds, but so do all other
teams
 House Member Trevor-against
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 Appropriate use of the Legacy Fund
 This is an athletic dept. issue, not an SGA funding issue
Parliamentarian Justin
 Think of the precedent this is ending
Chief of Staff Desmond-for
 Talking about the trip to Daytona not attire as previously
referenced
 Travel is covered for all other teams
 Each org gets money from the SGA account, so why not
them?
Senator Brightwell-against
 Last meeting attire was discussed
 Organizations are paid, but the cheerleaders are not an
SGA org
 If they have not gone to the Student Athletic Committee to
represent their org, why now? Why here?
House Member Trevor
 Allocating funds to an organization that is not registered as
an SGA org.
o SGA Bylaws Article IX
 Allocation Policy and Process
Vice President Kim
 Motion to table the bill in order to further discuss this
issue
 Tabled
New Business
o Senator Sabas Zapata
 Article 14
 Appointment of EC
o Interview process
 President, Vie President, and Paul
 Review of resume, records, and be
questioned
 Presented to GA for a final vote
 Motion to Table: Parliamentarian Justin
 Tabled
o President Michelle:
 The house and the senate has the ability to write a bill/proposal
 There is no reason for EC to move forward with drafting
bills/proposals
 Senate and house must bring them forward
 Email was sent with this information
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Contact an EC member if you did not receive the
information
o Committees
 Encouraging the house to join our senate committees
 Every other Wednesday 12-1 pm
Officer Reports
o President Michelle Wilk
 met with Dr. J
 Rebranding the school
 Recycling Bins:
 May order more bins
 Meeting tomorrow to discuss details
 Water Stations:
 If we pay for more, the school will pay for maintenance
o Vice President Kimberly Ibarra
 Mission and Ministry
 Canned food drive
 Meeting tomorrow with University Directing Board
o Buy bricks to engrave your name to leave a legacy?
 Yes/No? Email the EC your opinion!
o Chief od Staff Desmond Ndikum
 Dr. Anderson
 Surface Pros
o Finalizing minor issues (logistics)
o Secretary Dora Cantu
 New committees
 New events coming up
 Social hours
 End of the year
o Parliamentarian Justin Rayome
o Treasurer Carl Aponte
 PPTX Attached as a separate file
 Questions:
 How much power do we have?
o You have power! Get involved in order to put in
your input
o This is your money! Cannot sign any contracts, but
you can have major projects!
 Can we amend where the money goes?
o No, we only have approved percentages for 3
years. But you get a say as to what to do with it
o Fall 2016, you will vote to raise the fee and do you
want to change the percentages of the allocations
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 This information will be available to everybody!
New Orgs
o Engineering & Physics Club
 Small program
 Now a B.S.
 More concentrations
 Air force grant
 Half a million
 Autonomous vehicle research
 Most students taking more business/management classes
 Want to move UIW on the map as a research campus
 Approved
o Tau Sigma Chi
 American Criminal Justice Association subchapter
 Lambda Alpha Epsilon
 CJ major/minor
 No felonies
 Good academic standing
 2 hours community service per semester
 Exposure to the field
 Regional conferences
 National conferences
 Representing the UIW Criminal Justice Dept.
 Approved
o The Cardinal Gaming Network
 Competitive gaming
 TESPA
o Largest collegiate gaming network
 Publishing
o Create a website
o Website will promote the media/design dept.
 Gaming conferences
o Publishers and creators attend
 To network
 Charity event
o 24 gaming marathon
o Live streaming if possible
 Who?
o Open to everyone! Need people! Need officers!
 Major project in the works
 Approved
o The Sisterhood of UIW
 Women’s book club
 Students
Building bonds between female students through books
Volunteering at the Rape Crisis Center
How many people do you have?
 15 at the moment
 Approved
Student Concerns
o Fryer still not taken care of!
 Plug issue
o Suggestion Boxes to be placed around campus for student concerns
o B-Cycles?
 2 locations
 Until after fine arts construction completed on main
campus
 Hillside pending (waiting for main campus construction to
be finished)
 Fall 2015!
o McComb’s washers on 4th floor
o Scrap metal in food-contract with Central Market, please
 Food carts around campus
 10,000 meals a day
Vice President Kim
o 3 Committees
 Constitution and Bylaws
 Draft language for amendments
 Legacy Fund
 Dealing with legacy fund money
 Special Events
 Social Hours
 End of the year events
 Monthly events
Paul
o Risk Management Training
 3 officers
 6-8 pm
 Sky Room
 Thursday
 Makeup Friday Feb 27th
 Advisor if they have not been in the last 10 years (LAW)
 1 person can rep 2 orgs
 Members can be delegated which training to attend
o Will look over the UIW named orgs
 Will work with each org individually
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 Must follow certain criteria due to name
o Method of communication/accessibility to paperwork
 Email EC!
o Legacy Fund
 Knew there would be issues
 Appreciate patience
 Know you are a part of the process
 Need feedback
Announcements
o Basura Bash
 Contact Michelle Wilk or the committee
o Alumni Board
 Easter egg hunt in march
 Need volunteers!!!
 Register at www.uiwalumni.org/eastereggvolunteer
o CEO of CPS Speaking on February 24 @ 1:00pm
o SGA Elections – March 6 Application Deadline
 Sending apps
 Following spring break, campaigns begin
 Contact the EC if you have any more questions
o Dodge for a Cure (February 20, 2015)
 Contact Austin Lazo for details
 alazo@student.uiwtx.edu
 $5 each
 @6 pm
 Wellness center
 Sign up ministry office
o Org Risk Management Training Make-Up Session (February 27, 2015)
o Ministry holding a canned food drive
o Cardinal Chorale
 Evening on Broadway
 Sky room next Saturday at 7 pm
o SDA
 Chili Cook off
 Thursday, Feb 26th, 6 pm Dubuis lawn
 Proceeds will go to SA Food bank
 $10 per person
 Live music and chili
o Chi Phi
 NBA 2k15 Tournament
 February 25th 6 pm- 9 pm
o Next GA info TBD!