University of Texas at El Paso
Student Government Association
Agenda
4:34 p.m. October 7, 2009
Union East, 3rd Floor
Room 304
I.
II.
III.
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Executive Board
Alex Munoz, President
Ricky L. Nichols, Vice President-Internal
Davi Kallman, Vice President-External
Diana Gloria, Executive Assistant
Present
Present/Excused @5:47 PM
Present @4:56 PM
Absent
Collegiate Senators
Nadia Ramirez, College of Business
Rosemary E. Prieto, College of Education
Paola Acosta, College of Engineering
Sofia F. Maragoudakis, College of Health Sciences
Alex Diaz, College of Liberal Arts
Rebecca R. Hernandez, School of Nursing
Faustino C. Payan, College of Science
Akshay Pai, Graduate School
Present
Present
Present @4:47 PM
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
Absent
Senators-at-Large
Alejandra Acosta
Emmanuel Arzate
Monica Castillo
Lorena M. Garcia
Gaby Leyva
Marcela Licon
Ana P. Martinez
Cesar Alejandro Monsivais
Pablo L. Padilla
Wendy Rios
Iskra Rodriguez
Iris Tavarez
Absent
Present @5:53 PM
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present/Excused@5:38 PM
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present @4:36 PM
NOTE: Below is an agenda of all items scheduled to be considered.
Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate physically disabled persons attending the
meeting. Please call the SGA office at (915) 747-6472 in advance so that arrangements may be made.
IV.
Announcement of Quorum
Information
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
All matters listed under the AGENDA, including those on the Addition to the Agenda, will be
considered by the STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION to be routine and will be enacted by
one motion unless separate discussion is requested by SGA Members. Prior to the vote, members of
the audience may ask questions regarding items on the agenda. When the vote has been taken, if an
item has not been called out for separate discussion, the item has been approved. Student Government
Association may, however, reconsider any item at any time during the meeting. The wording of all
agenda items shall appear in the minutes of this meeting of the Student Government Association as
posted, unless otherwise revised by this or other motion of SGA, without the necessity of the Senate
Clerk reading the wording of each item into the record.
V.
Introduction of Guests
Information
Sergio Garcia- Bill No. 43
Jorge Frias- Bill No. 46
Lucia Dura- Bill No. 44
Li-Hao Yeh- Bill No. 45
VI.
Revisions & Approval of Minutes
Information/Action
A. September 30, 2009
Minutes Approved
VII. Revisions to the Agenda
Information/Action
Items added to New Business
VIII. Approval of Agenda
Information/Action
Agenda Approved
IX.
Old Business
No Old Business
X.
New Business
A) Bill #43-Sergio I. Garcia
Action
A bill to appropriate the sum of $250.00 to help defray expenses of sending (1) one
student to Providence, Rhode Island to attend to the National Conference on Latino
Politics, Power and Policy at Brown University on October 24, 2009…
Padilla/Licon/Garcia
B) Bill #44- Lucia Dura
Action
A bill to appropriate the sum of $250.00 to help defray expenses of sending (1) one
student to the National Communication Association Annual Convention in Chicago,
Illinois from November 11, 2009 through November 13, 2009…
Castillo/Licon/Martinez
C) Bill#45-Li-Hao Yeh
Action
A bill to appropriate the sum of $250.00 to help defray expensesof sending (1) one
student, Li-Hao Yeh, to present a poster titled “The influence of cross-language
lexical activation on bilingual syntactic processing in sentence context” at the
Armadillo: The Southwest Cognition Conference at Rice University, Houston, Texas
from Oct. 23th to Oct. 24th , 2009…
Ramirez/P. Acosta/Licon
D) Bill#46-Jorge Frias- MAES/SHPE
Action
A bill to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to help defray the expenses of sending
(50) fifty members of the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
(MAES) to attend the MAES National Symposium and Career Fair, which will take
place in Las Vegas, Nevada, scheduled for November 4 through 8, 2009 at the
Riviera Hotel…
Rodriguez/Acosta/Licon
E)SARC appointments
1)Julian Casillas as Prosecutor
Castillo/Leyva/General Consent
2)Pablo Perez as Prosecutor
Castillo/Leyva/General Consent
3)Rusty Booth as Attorney General
Castillo/Leyva/General Consent
4)Alex Chacon as Defender
Castillo/Prieto/General Consent
5)Jennifer Huber as Traffic Court Justice
Castillo/Leyva/General Consent
6)Gabi Munoz as Traffic Court Justice
Castillo/P. Acosta/General Consent
7)Marco Favella as Traffic Court Alternate
Castillo/P. Acosta/General Consent
8)Edgar Picasso as Alternate Traffic Court Alternate
Castillo/Licon/General Consent
F)Absence approvals
1)Alejandra Acosta
Castillo/Martinez/General Consent
2)Wendy Rios
Padilla/Monsivais/General Consent
3)Becky Hernandez
Prieto/Maragoudakis/General Consent
4)Davi Kallman
Monsivais/Diaz/General Consent
5)Davi Kallman-Last week’s absence
Licon/Padilla/Diaz
6)Emmanuel Arzate
Diaz/Padilla/Tavarez
7)Sofia Maragoudakis
Licon/Arzate/Padilla
G)LA Approval
Senator Prieto’s new LA- Sandra Balderrama
Licon/Martinez
H)Swearing inJulian Casillas, Rusty Booth, Gabi Munoz, Fedra Munoz got sworn in by Dr. Edens.
XI.
XII.
President’s Report
Information
Met with all deans, and got the consent to work the projects, such as, for each
department to get task forces for disabled students. Get the Mine Tracker award. For
undergraduate courses to get the same book for all students.
There was some issues at the UT sack, dealing with the emplacement of faculty.
Proposition 4 will be November 3rd- Resolution to make it public with the help of
Senators.
Senator Pai has been busy doing some research, plans to be back October 15.
Disappointed with the lack of participation of senators in the “Rise and Shine”
Mountain hike with Senator Shapleigh, only 4 attended, and got invalid excuses,
make sure that if one signs in his/her name to something, one does it.
Appreciates senators attendance, but senators are losing focus dealing with the most
important projects.
Projects that have been forgotten are: More discounts for food in campus,
microwaves for public use, 24 hour computer access, more student organizations.
Senators need to focus more in their jobs.
Vice President of Internal Affairs’ Report
Information/Action
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
There has been confusion dealing with the committees, there are 2 different
committees, one ad-hoc, and one standing.
Has not submit payrolls because VPI wants to talk with senators that have several
absences in meetings.
Contact VPI to view each senator’s records. Will be at his office Friday from 10-2
PM.
Make sure to clock out.
Vice President of External Affairs’ Report
Information
Thanked senators who attended the homecoming activities, but would like to see
more senators to get involved.
Will try to have the Faculty Senate, and integrants cannot be part of SGA, will be
published on the Prosecutor, and give flyers.
Will try to have 3 special events, Thanksgiving dinner, Talent Show, and have a guest
speaker.
Senators should attend the EXCEL induction Thursday @6:00 PM
Executive Assistant Report
Information
Absent
Senate Majority Leader
Issues to get addressed. Contact Monsivais.
Dean of Students – Advisor Report
Information
Swimming and Fitness Center grand opening tomorrow at noon, free food.
Excused @6:00 PM because of another meeting.
Committee Report
Information
A. Standing Committee’s:
1) SARC- Judicial Court, missing 1 defender.
2) DRC – Recreations of by-laws amendments will be sent via e-mail.
3) APPROPRIATIONS- Since 4 bills were appropriated, 1,750 dollars
were given, the present budget has 19,895 dollars. The 1,000 dollars that
were appropriated to Carlos, were given back.
B. Ad-Hoc Committee’s:
1) Excel- Thursday is induction @ 6:00 PM. Have 17 RSVPS. Senators
must attend. Stay after for a small reception, will be in the Prospector.
Retreat Saturday from 9 to 5 PM.
2) CCQ - EXPO this Friday & Saturday 9-5 PM, will have 3 tables at the
Convention Center.
3) Traffic- finished Miner Metro Appreciation week. Try to get buses in
campus for disabled students. Try to fix Sun Metro routes.
4) Special Events- Talent show, guest speaker, Thanksgiving dinner,
Miner Heroes.
Homecoming spirit award- MPO won, do the plaque.
5) Academic Affairs- Communication committee – 1st week of November,
meetings Thursday @3:30 PM at the Judicial Room
6) House of Student Representatives- Diaz stepped down, change to CCQ.
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C. Special Project Committee’s:
1)H1N1- Ordered hand sanitizers, used 4,750 dollars, 250 dollars to
promote it, senators can volunteer.
XVIII. Items Laid on the Table
XIX. Open Discussion
-President Munoz- Apologized for VPI’s attitude. 2 volleyball matches, attend, Friday
and Sunday. Promote SGA in events.
-Padilla- Read bi-laws.
-P. Acosta- @12:30 attended open forum, it had a bad turnout. Will make 2 surveys
for students. Try to expand engineering building.
-Iskra Rodriguez- SGA brochure next week before Wednesday. Save the lids of
Yoplait yogurt.
-Booth- Fundraising idea, 25 dollar fee to reserve a spot for tailgating.
Governor Rick Perry will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, Friday @ 4:30 PM.
XX.
Public Comment
Information
At the call of the President, public comments shall be heard by the SGA. Upon proper request students,
faculty, administration, and the public shall be granted the floor by the Vice-President of Internal
Affairs. Please note that due to time restrictions the President reserves the right and authority to place a
time limit of public comment in the compliance with the By-Laws Article IV. Section B. 2.
XXI. Adjournment
Castillo/Acosta/Diaz
Information
6:35 PM
This document will be posted at the following locations: UTEP SGA Office, UTEP Student
Development Center, and Vice-President of Student Affairs Office.
Posted:
Spetember 30th, 2009; 2:30 p.m
Revised:
September 30th, 2009,- 4:45 p.m
Approved:
October 14nd, 2009,- 4:00 p.m
Approved By:
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VPI Nichols- Date