Student Government Union
Student Senate
November 7th, 2012
Agenda
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Call to Order at 6:16PM
Opening Prayer - Janelle
Roll Call - 27
Approval of the Minutes
o Approved
President Pro Tempore
o Clarification of Roles
 Old SGU and New SGU
 President Pro Tempore
o Who is in charge? Mac? Corey?
o Constitution reads that Mac’s position is president of Senate
o If Corey is present, then he “has the floor,” but if he is not, then
Mac automatically runs Senate
o Both in attendance
 Want to define the role of the President Pro Tempore
 Want to give the President Pro Tempore the time to fulfill
their role
 E-Board members are here at meetings at random times
because we know that you all appreciate when SGU EBoard members are here
 Vice President of Communication Management
o Only meeting that they are absolutely required to take minutes at
is Appropriations Board
o Madison takes minutes when Caryn is not here because Caryn
appointed her to take minutes if she can not be here
o Madison does not serve on the E-Board, she is just like you all, she
is a Senator and has a seat in Senate
o Having a non-senator take minutes is a possibility, but right now
it is Madison as appointed by Caryn
 Just a concern of Madison fulfilling her roles as a Senator
while taking minutes
 Madison has assured us as an E-Board that she can handle
it and we have full faith in her
 Transitional Senate vs. Now
o The change of Constitutions was a long, drawn-out process that
had been ongoing for 11 years
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Old Senate was made up of delegates from every organization on
campus – similar to Presidents Council today – and students from
each class
 Meetings were more like open forum, so there was little
business of value that was taking place
Last year’s E-Board drafted a new Constitution over the summer,
knowing that it was a large process
 End result was the new Constitution that we are
operating under now
Transitional Senate was in operation from the end of fall semester
and all of spring semester
The purpose of the new Constitution was to give more power to
make a bigger difference
Old Senate, Transitional Senate, and New (Current) Senate are
three separate entities, and we all need to remember that
Higher expectations due to more power given by new
Constitution
 Be responsible
 Take your position seriously
 You are carrying a great weight, whether you know it or
not
 Peers and administration are looking at you because they
are well aware that we are operating under a new
Constitution
 Being a Senator is an obligation – remember that you are
not alone and you can ask for help
 Academics should always come first, but remember that
you were put here for a purpose/reason
 Leaders – step up because now is the time
 Do not be afraid – we are all here for you
 Prioritize
Look into a retreat for Senators/E-Board to get to know one
another
 Shorter/smarter things within Senate
Review of Robert’s Rules
 Review the handout if you are concerned
 Examples of what is going on in Senate currently
 “Point of Information”
o ONLY if you are confused, not to get more of your opinion in
there
o Chair will stop normal discuss to clarify your question
o Used only for clarification
 “Parliamentary Inquiry”
o Used if you have a question about where we are in a
parliamentary procedure
 “Point of Order”
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o Lots of side chatter, talking, etc.
Amendment to a motion
o If a motion is made, and chair has asked for a second…
 DO NOT second a motion until the chair calls for it – it is
rude and out of order
o Motion is made and the chair has called for a second and now it is
discussion
 If you think the motion could be made better by
amending it, you raise your hand and say, “I move to
amend the motion to say….”
 If the amendment to the motion is passed, then it is
automatically attached to the original motion
 You then discuss the motion as a whole where it can be
amended one more time at most (2 amendments total)
 If the second amendment to the motion is passed, then it
is automatically attached to the original motion
 We then return to the original motion with the two
amendments to discuss and vote
o Only amend a motion if it is necessary and critical to the original
motion – amendments to motions are not necessary
“Call to Question”
o Return to the parliamentary motion that is currently being
discussed
o Stops the debate further and moves to voting on the motion
o Call to Question must be seconded, so if you do not want to end
discussion, do not second it
Talking in Circles
o Open palm raised hand – for the motion
o Closed fist raised hand – against the motion
o Stand when you are speaking
 Help to convince/intimidate in your favor
It is always “I move…”
“Reconsider”
o Reconsider a motion that has been acted on (pass or fail)
o Reconsider a hasty action
Tabling
o You need to remember to bring it up in Old Business because
once you leave the room it is dead
Postpone
o Discussed at the next meeting
o Q & A Session
Senator Reports and Committee Updates
o Dining Committee?
 Dining Committee is: Lou, Kara, Allison, Danni, John A., Burke, Lindsay, Stephon,
Angie, Ali, Orlando – voted in on September 19th
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Need to meet as a committee and also need to vote on a chair by next Wednesday’s
Senate meeting
o Open Forum for Committee Updates
 Excellence Committee
 Lower the GPA for commencement speaker
 Excellence Committee will be able to sit in on the search for
commencement speaker
 Philanthropy Committee
 Nov 15th National Philanthropy Day
 BBQ outside of Benoit/Henderson
 If you can help set up around 6:00pm, that would be greatly appreciated!
 Community Committee
 Stephanie is your respective E-Board member – please answer her email!
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Old Business
New Business
Open Forum
o Hurricane Sandy relief
 Make 250+ t-shirts to sell on campus
 Whatever we sell, we match
 Partner with other organizations (Greek, CAB, ALERT, etc.), Philanthropy
Committee, etc.
 Shirt contest
 Mitch will get with Kevin to talk about available budget and get concrete facts to
present in Senate next week
 Stephanie will be contacting Mitch to create an event
o Chelsea moves to call a vote of no confidence in Ali Lavalle
 Second
 Madi speaks in favor of the motion
 Mike speaks against the motion
 Janelle speaks in favor of the motion
 Motion succeeds
o Friday Men’s Basketball Home Opener
o Community Service not required for Senators
o Katie moves to create the position of Sergeant-at-Arms
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 Motion carries
o Katie moves to open nominations for the position of Sergeant-at-Arms
 Second
 Nominations: Chelsea (11), Burke (8), Madi (5), Lou (2)
 Luckson moves to close nominations
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 Chelsea is the new Sergeant-at-Arms
o Fritz’s Birthday on Nov. 14th at 7:00ish
 SGU required event
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 Everyone coming over after Senate together to help out
o Philanthropy Committee meet after
Advisor Report
o Dawn
o Nick
o John moves to adjourn
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Adjournment at 7:42PM
Student Government Union
Student Senate
November 14th, 2012
Agenda
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Call to Order at 6:15PM
Opening Prayer - Kara
Roll Call - 25
Approval of Last Weeks Minutes
o Minutes approved
President Pro Tempore
o Elections!
 February 28th-March 1st
 12:00 PM to 12:00 PM
 Executive Board Position only
 Elections Committee
 Madi moves to create an elections committee
o Second
o Motion carries
 Chelsea moves to create the elections committee based on the first five
volunteers
o Second
o Motion carries
 Mike Gincel, Medjine Jean Jacques, Lindsay MacGregor, Allison Luttrell,
Orlando Rolim
o Bring your calendars to the next Senate meeting!
Senator Reports
o Senior class met about shirts – baseball style
 Seniors- look out for updates on that!
o Sophomores ordered polos and attempting to plan a trip
o Freshman class has shirts on the way – selling after Thanksgiving break
 First Freshman class trip went well
Junior class working on shirts
Tomorrow – Philanthropy Committee event for National Philanthropy Day between Benoit and
Henderson
o Dining Hall Committee….? PLEASE ANSWER!
New Business
o Senate picture for the yearbook?? Good idea
Open Forum
o Fritz’s Birthday tonight!
 Need people to pick up the cakes from SGU
 Need 6-8 volunteers to help cut/serve
o Chelsea, Jonathan, Mac, Destiny, Orlando, Angie, Brendan,
Luckson
 Need people to bring the flip-flops over from SGU
 Need 3-4 volunteers to hand them out
o Medjine, Lindsay, Ali, Stephon
 Everyone else will be helping hand out pizza
 Joe, John, Sarah, Flavia, Hayley, Lou, Danni, Noelle
 After the game is over, everyone needs to help with cleanup
 If everyone stays and helps, we will be done in no time 
o Thanksgiving break is next week! Therefore, your gracious Executive Board will give you a week
off from Senate.
o Next Senate meeting will be on 11/28/12
Advisor Report
o Medjine moves to adjourn
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Adjournment at 6:42PM
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Student Government Union
Student Senate
November 28 th , 2012
Agenda
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Call to Order at 6:15 PM
Opening Prayer: Kara
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes – Minutes stand
Dr. Dadez and Frank Mezzanini Presentation
o Where is Saint Leo going with all of the construction?
 It is going forward!
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Intramural field just put up behind the softball fields: playable in 9ish months
 No lights on the field, cameras are put in and new/better grass will appear
soon
 Retention pond will be put in next to the tennis courts: start in few months
 This will re-clean the water for the fields, it provides nutrients = GREENER
AND CLEANER
 Well rigged: Dec 17th?
 This will add water by the galloons to put out a fire
 Parking garage
 If parking in the garage make sure you hit the yellow counters, if using a
golf cart make sure you miss the counters both times
 Speed bumps
 The small black and white ones will be removed
 The new ones will painted yellow
 Mold in building 5 because the engineers made mistakes….oopsie!
 Purchased Monastery few months ago: 29 acres
 Nuns will live there until they move across the street
 Want to move plant operations up to the Monastery (plant ops = eyesore)
 Orange groves will be ripped out because of the disease ->must be burned on site
 Admissions will remain on the mountain and upgrades will take place
President Pro Tempore
o Saint Leo Equestrian Club Presentation
 Ride horsies!!! It is fun
 Use the barn 10 min away near I-75, they have a trainer
 Intercollegiate horse shows
 Core values of community and personal development
 Things for people to do who simply want to be a part but not want to ride as well
 Already have ideas for fundraisers and socials
 Madi moves that we approve the equestrian club
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 Discussion
o Brendan – why do you want to be SGU recognized
o Presenter – being SGU recognized will keep this club around and
it will gather other students
o If you don’t ride what do you do? You are able to learn and go on
the trips
 Calls the question-John
o Carries
 Motions carries- Saint Leo Equestrian Club approved
o Yes-15
o Present-6
o No-1
o Sigma Lambda Gamma Presentation
 National Sorority
 Largest Latina based sorority
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First became Saint Leo group December 2009
Became a colony April 16th 2012
No race requirements 119 nationalities
Not part of rush week/recruitment week they do intake
John moves to approve Sigma Lambda Gamma for SGU recognition
 Second
 Call to question
o Second
o Motion carries
 Motion carries
o 12 yes – 7 present – 3 no
o Review of the Calendar for January
Senator Reports
Committee Reports
o Dining Hall committee met with Rich
 Wants everyone to bring homemade recipes back from Christmas break to use in
the dining hall
 Keep the committee small to be most effective
 Stephon – chair of dining committee
 Move a penny meal day to Saturday? Which penny meal?
o Sophomores got polos
o Juniors will get polos
o Seniors are just trying to graduate 
New Business
Open Forum
o Red Carnation Pageant tomorrow in Boardrooms at 7pm - $2 admission
o Next semester meeting date/time
 Every Wednesday at 6:15pm
Advisor Report
o Dawn
 Thank you for this semester and have a safe holiday
 Come back energized
o Nick
 Merry Christmas
o Kara moves to adjourn
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Adjournment at 7:27PM