ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT SENATE MEETING
SALMON RIVER SUITE, PSU
7:00PM
OCTOBER 10, 2012
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Zamora, in the Salmon River Suite, PSU, called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
ROLL CALL
ASISU Secretary Jacey Preisler took roll. All Senators were present. Assistant Vice President of Student
Affairs, Lowell Richards, was in attendance. MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 3, 2012.
Doupé/Stevenson. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED. MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. Doupé/Zamora.
Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
President Bloxham thanked the senators for having him at their meeting. He apologized for being absent
at the Idaho Falls meeting last week. He also thanked the Finance Committee for working really hard on
some important legislation for contingency funding. President Bloxham challenged each committee and
senator to follow the example of the Finance Committee and write good, thought through legislation. He
said that this is a very responsible senate. He also emphasized what a good job Senator Doupé is doing as
pro tem.
It was brought up in Cabinet that Senators need to make sure that they fulfill the Finance Workshop
responsibility.
Family weekend will take place this weekend. Please make a presence. Parents are the driving force in
most students being at Idaho State University. Attendance numbers for Family Weekend are increasing;
tickets are sold out for the football game and the tailgate.
Lastly, the bronze Bengal sculpture being put in will be three times life size. ASISU needs to come up with
a name for it. The Chinese symbol of the tiger represents luck. This tiger doesn’t need to tie solely into
athletics; academics need to be a big part of this. It would be great to come up with a tradition for
students and the Bengal, such as having students high five the paw of the Bengal on test day. The
unveiling of the Bengal will take place Wednesday, October 24, at noon outside the Student Union. This is
a momentous occasion, please attend. There will be refreshments, speakers, and major donors and
alumni will be in attendance. Student athletes, marching band, cheerleaders, Bengal dancers, etc., will all
be part of this event. A great student turn out is needed. The Bengal is going to be phenomenal.
Senator Doupé asked if the family tickets to the choir concerts were being given out. Assistant Vice
President of Student Affairs, Lowell Richards, said that 179 attendees have received tickets to the choir
concert thus far and costs are being subsidized.
Senator Ward asked what senators can do to be involved and proactive with the Bengal sculputre.
President Bloxham suggested that Senators stand up in their classes and announce this big surprise
coming for the students. Beyond that, just promoting the event to clubs and constituents would be great.
There may be a student memo for the event.
Senator Miklos asked if the Bengal is going to go in that morning or previous to the event. President
Bloxham said that it will be installed this Friday but it will be covered up. The official unveiling will take
place next Bengal Wednesday.
CHAIR/COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Senator Doupé- Senate needs to vote on Senator Schritter remaining a senator. She has three
absences right now and Senate needs to vote as to whether or not she should keep her position.
Senator Schritter will remain a senator. MOVE TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR SCHIRRTER AND
SENATOR DOUPE. Dixon/Doupé. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED.
2. Finance Committee, Kelli Seeliger: Today in Finance, new club funding for the Video Game Club
for $500.00 was approved. MOVE TO APPROVE NEW CLUB FUNDING. Seeliger/Brown.
Unanimous. OBJECTION. Roll Call.
CLINT BROCK- YES
REBECCA BROWN- YES
KATE CHRISTIAENS- YES
ALISON DIXON- YES
EMMA DOUPE- YES
TARAH EDMO- YES
TALOR JENSEN- YES
BOBBY MIKLOS- YES
MIRAZUN MITU- YES
TAIGAN NEIBAUR- YES
SEAN PARRISH ABSTAIN
GABRIEL RIVAS- YES
DANA ROLLINS- YES
ALEXA SCHRITTER- YES
KELLI ANN SEELIGER- YES
DANIEL STEVENSON- YES
WESLEY WARD- YES
MILAN MARCETIC- YES
KOLTON WOODBURY- YES
ANDRES ZAMORA- YES
MOTION CARRIED.
Finance also approved matched deposits totaling to $2,541.43. The matched deposits were for
Danson, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, LGBTSA, Student Occupational Therapy Association
(SOTA), Phi Upsilon Omicron, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Korean Club, Alpha Kappa Psi, American
Chemical Society, SPTA (Student Physical Therapy Association), and the Graduate Student
Association. MOVE TO APPROVE MATCHED DEPOSITS. Seeliger/Doupé. Roll Call.
CLINT BROCK- YES
REBECCA BROWN- YES
KATE CHRISTIAENS- ABSTAIN
ALISON DIXON- YES
EMMA DOUPE- YES
TARAH EDMO- YES
TALOR JENSEN- ABSTAIN
BOBBY MIKLOS- YES
MIRAZUN MITU- YES
TAIGAN NEIBAUR- YES
SEAN PARRISH ABSTAIN
GABRIEL RIVAS- YES
DANA ROLLINS- ABSTAIN
ALEXA SCHRITTER- YES
KELLI ANN SEELIGER- YES
DANIEL STEVENSON- YES
WESLEY WARD- YES
MILAN MARCETIC- YES
KOLTON WOODBURY- ABSTAIN
ANDRES ZAMORA- YES
MOTION CARRIED.
Communications Committee- Senator Doupé would like to say that ASISU Speaks is going well. All
students who want to be on the show are welcome.
4. Service Committee- Senator Dixon said the Service Committee has met twice and decided on
their first project. The committee will meet again soon to continue planning for that project.
GALLERY QUESTION & ANSWER
1. Shawn Kelsch- Shawn thanked Senate for allowing him to speak tonight. He is the Southeast
Idaho Homeless Stand Down chair person. The second annual Homeless Stand Down held at ISU
is approaching. The McKinney Act defines a homeless person as anyone who doesn’t have
furniture or utilities along with those who don’t have an address. This event reaches out to
approximately 200 people. It provides a hot breakfast, a sack lunch, and clothing. ISU
professionals provide flu vaccinations, counseling, and more. People are coming from Salt Lake to
assist the Veterans at this event and Aid for Friends and SEICCA (South Eastern Idaho Community
Action Agency) will also help. It is taking place October 20, a week from Saturday, from 8am to
12pm. Set up will be October 19 and tear down will be after the event. It will be on the third floor
of the Student Union. This is an opportunity for organizations to shine. Shawn challenged the
Senators and ASISU to come through and show the clubs and organizations how to lead. This is a
huge project where people from Idaho Falls to the Utah border are involved. This is a huge
service opportunity. This is a great chance for Service and Outreach to come out and support this
as individuals and as committees. The biggest need for volunteers is for set up and tear down.
During the day, volunteers are needed to hand out clothes and food. Shawn can be reached by
email and he will send out a flyer for this event to ask organizations to help out.
Senator Doupé asked for the name of the organization. Shawn said that it is called the Southeast
Idaho Homeless Stand Down. “Stand Down” is a military term that requires you to wait for a
certain time of the day to stop all actions and make sure that a specific task is taken care of.
There are thousands of these events throughout the United States.
Senator Brown asked for Shawn’s email. It is kelssha2@isu.edu.
2. Lowell Richards- Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Lowell said there was a lockdown
situation on the Meridian Campus today. Many students asked why they weren’t notified. Lowell
said that when signing up for ISU alerts, the Banner system shows where the student is taking
classes. ISU Alerts will send alerts to those students who are immediately impacted. If a student
takes classes from multiple campuses, they should get alerts from both of those campuses.
Senate will be updated on that as soon as it is confirmed.
Senator Christiaens asked if an official statement had been released. Lowell said yes, there was a
gentleman in a car who had a gun in his seat. ISU went through the facility and made sure it was
safe. There were no shots fired, it seems like everything is okay.
3. Matthew Bloxham- The first annual Black and Orange Bowl will be held at Holt the Friday before
Thanksgiving. Lowell seems to think that the Student Affairs staff is more than capable of beating
ASISU. President Bloxham was also heckled by Recruiting today but they are going to be crying by
the time ASISU is done with them. There will be practice this Friday for about an hour. ASISU
needs to have a 7-10 person team. This will take place at high noon. Senators who want to
participate include Clint Brock, Bobby Miklos, Ali Dixon, Kolton Woodbury, Anjel Zamora, Taylor
Jensen, Emma Doupé, Kelli Ann Seeliger, Dana Rollins, Andres Zamora, and Daniel Stevenson.
3.
Senator Brock asked if this was flag football. President Bloxham said it was with the exception of
Lowell Richards. They are also looking at getting cool Bengal striped flags for the game. Senator
Doupé requested that ASISU be black.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
1. Marketing and Communications, Mark Levine and David Alexander - Content Management
System: Marketing and Communications is here to answer questions and give information about
Content Management System. There is a problem right now with the current ISU website. There
is major variation on ISU pages and depending on the departments visited, it can be hard to tell if
the visitor is still on the ISU website because there is so much variation. This reflects negatively
on the university. Also, sites are not consistently updated which sends a message of negativity.
90% of all universities have a Content Management System. The Content Management System
provides a broad range of users the ability to collaborate on content and it is very user-friendly.
Through use of templates generated by Marketing, there will be a consistent looking field for
every unit of the university. The Content Management System will control the look and feel of
the university website and maintain conformity. It will establish appropriate controls for content
at the department level. It will make information more available and it will greatly improve the
curbside appeal of the site.
Senator Brown asked how CMS would affect non-departmental things on campus such as SAB,
Games Center, and OAC. Mark Levine said those are ISU groups and this would only affect
www.isu.edu sites. The university made a decision that it could no longer support personal
pages. As a result, Google applications that give individuals access to make their own website
were implemented.
Lowell Richards said that departments can still be creative with the design and content of the
site.
Senator Jensen thanked the presenters for coming. He asked is there was anything ASISU could
do to help move this process along. Chair Zamora said that Senators could write a resolution to
support CMS.
Chair Zamora said that from his experience, once you start searching for things, every related
topic comes up even though it might be something from 50 years back. The first search response
is not the most recently updated. Following the meeting, Senators can speak about their
experiences on a personal basis.
Senator Mitu asked about the safety and security of CMS. Mark Levine and David Alexander said
that access is controlled and will be the same as it is for any university service, such as
BengalWeb. The control is simple, but secure. Only authorized people can make changes.
Logging services shows who made the changes because the system makes a record.
Senator Christiaens asked how the transition for this would be if it did go through. The
presenters said that it will be at least 6 to 8 months before this happens. The initial transition
would be handled by the vendor. From a departmental perspective, it wouldn’t be difficult.
Training resources would be provided.
Senator Ward asked if this is just increasing convenience and Mark Levine said that it would
increase the market ability of the institution.
Senator Woodbury asked about estimated costs and the consensus among constituents. Mark
Levine said that previous groups have all been very supportive. Some serious discussions will
hopefully initiate a cost analysis. It’s not an insignificant investment but there hasn’t been any
detailed discussion of costs. David Alexander said that from conversing with several vendors the
rough numbers are $20,000 to $80,000.
2.
Student Organization Director, Val Davids: Val Davids had a couple of clubs to present to Senate.
The Poly Club has written a constitution and they have some great activities planned. Maria
Raass, a member of the Poly Club, said that this group allows Polynesian students to come
together outside of class and during class to show everyone what they are. The only time many
Polynesians can go home is during the holidays and Maria said that they are losing their culture.
Building Poly Club will help them regain and keep their culture. Last fall, Polynesian students
performed in the International Night. They had positive feedback and that feedback encouraged
them to do more. As far as goals go, the club would like to do a luau around spring. This
organization will consist of Hawaiians, Tongans, Australians, and New Zealanders. They don’t all
speak the same language but they do have the same culture base. The members of the Poly Club
have tried to be involved in other clubs but they couldn’t combine very well because of the
differences in overall culture.
Senator Brown asked if the club has met all of the requirements. Val Davids said they have.
Senator Doupé said that it is great to see clubs like this on the ISU campus. MOVE TO APPROVE
THE POLY CLUB. Doupé/Mitu. Unanimous. Motion CARRIED.
MOVE TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR MIKLOS. Dixon/. OBJECTION. Roll Call.
CLINT BROCK- ABSTAIN
REBECCA BROWN- NO
KATE CHRISTIAENS- ABSTAIN
ALISON DIXON- ABSTAIN
EMMA DOUPE- ABSTAIN
TARAH EDMO- ABSTAIN
TALOR JENSEN- YES
MIRAZUN MITU- NO
TAIGAN NEIBAUR- YES
SEAN PARRISH ABSTAIN
GABRIEL RIVAS- YES
DANA ROLLINS- YES
ALEXA SCHRITTER- YES
KELLI ANN SEELIGER- ABSTAIN
DANIEL STEVENSON- ABSTAIN
WESLEY WARD- YES
MILAN MARCETIC- ABSTAIN
KOLTON WOODBURY- NO
ANDRES ZAMORA- NO
Senator Miklos is not recognized. Senator Dixon will represent the Poly Club.
The next club is the Society of Snowmobile Engineers. Bobby Miklos discussed the purpose of this
club. Bobby said that this club wanted to break off from any existing clubs. They are hoping to
participate in the Clean Snowmobile Challenge. They are hoping to start this back up because
they would like to get a snow mobile for the school that the team would compete with for three
to four years. They are hoping to get a donor for this project. The Society of Snowmobile
Engineers wouldn’t be able to go to competition this year but hopefully they could begin to build
the groundwork. They will also be attending two snowmobile shows this year.
Senator Brown asked if any student is allowed to join this club, what the liabilities are, if they
have a backup plan for the snowmobile breaking, and what sets this apart from a sports club.
Senator Miklos said this isn’t a sport same way Civil Engineering isn’t. They build a bridge and
takes it to competition. The competition is to make the snowmobile durable. Anyone can join.
Risk management is handled under the competition.
Senator Brock asked how much they are planning to receive from donors and where the money
was coming from. Senator Miklos said they aren’t asking for any money right now, just asking to
be approved.
MOVE TO APPROVE CLUB Christeans/Doupé. MOTION CARRIED. MOVE TO RECOGNIZE
SENATOR MIKLOS. Dixon/Doupé. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED. Senator Miklos will represent
this club.
Anjel Zamora is representing Lambda Theta Phi. This fraternity was brought to campus last fall.
Their recruitment process is different than a mainstream organization and as a result, the 12
members have not been met so far. The club needs to be put on probation status if they don’t
meet their quota. Anjel became a brother in spring 2011 and he has worked hard to recruit as
many members as possible. There is an interest period where the gentlemen interested in joining
have to complete a set number of tasks before they can be considered for induction. These tasks
take about a year to do. The process is extremely long. When the process is finished, a much
shorter process takes place for the brotherhood. They can only recruit once a year and after
starting with a group of 8 or 9, only 2 qualified for induction period. There is a GPA requirement
and that made it so some couldn’t join so they have to re-do the application process. There are
currently 7 interested men. Lambda Theta Phi does a Greek social event. They also do Chivalrous
Tuesdays where they hand out roses to any girls that walk by in Rendezvous and open doors for
them Tuesdays at 10:00. The fraternity motto is “Chivalry above self.” Community service is
another thing focused on. Anjel is asking for Lambda Theta Phi to continue as an organization.
Senator Miklos asked if they were going to try and seek the seeder funding exemption or just be
left as a perspective Greek. Anjel said that in the first year, they asked for new club funding, but
this past year, they understood that they didn’t reach the required member number and so they
didn’t apply for Ceasar Funding. They don’t plan to apply for initial funding but they would like
matched deposits and initial points.
Senator Brock asked for clarification on what Senate was voting on. Anjel explained that they
want to be recognized as an organization. Their forms were turned in on time and they were set
aside until it is determined whether or not they can be a club. The probation status is determined
by ASISU and ASISU can set specific guide lines of that probation. Val Davids said that
probationary status means they can’t run for office within Greek Council but they can be part of
events. Probation is determined by the Senate. The interest group is known as the Latino Men of
Impact and they don’t apply for any funding. The two are separate entities.
Senator Jensen asked what sets Lambda Theta Phi apart from a group of two members wanting
to become a club. Anjel Zamora said the thing that sets them apart is that they are nationally
affiliated and the fraternity has a difficult initiation process whereas, in a regular club, you just
join. For this fraternity you must prove yourself in order to be considered a member of the
fraternity.
Senator Miklos asked that with provisions and probation status, what was given to those other
Greeks who were in this same situation. Val Davids said that they didn’t receive funding until
they got their 12 members.
Senator Brock asked if they have to be recognized as an organization to keep recruiting. Anjel
said yes or the interest group will just dissolve and they would be moved to the University of
Idaho chapter.
MOVE TO APPROVE LAMBA THETA PHI UNDER PROBATION THAT THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR
CEASER FUNDING EXCLUDING MATCHED DEPOSITS AND INCENTIVE POINTS. Brown/Christiaens.
Roll Call.
CLINT BROCK- YES
REBECCA BROWN- YES
KATE CHRISTIAENS- YES
ALISON DIXON- YES
EMMA DOUPE- ABSTAIN
TARAH EDMO- YES
TALOR JENSEN- YES
BOBBY MIKLOS- ABSTAIN
MIRAZUN MITU- YES
TAIGAN NEIBAUR- YES
SEAN PARRISH- YES
GABRIEL RIVAS- YES
DANA ROLLINS- YES
ALEXA SCHRITTER- YES
KELLI ANN SEELIGER- YES
DANIEL STEVENSON- YES
WESLEY WARD- YES
MILAN MARCETIC- YES
KOLTON WOODBURY- YES
ANDRES ZAMORA- ABSTAIN
MOTION CARRIED.
RECOGNIZE CHAIR ZAMORA.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
1. Bill 399- Voting: Senator Seeliger read the bill. MOVE TO SEND BILL 399 TO RULES.
Seeliger/Christeans. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT SENATE
SESSION XLV TERM I
IN THE SENATE
BILL 399
BY KELLI SEELIGER
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SPONSORED BY EMMA DOUPE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
This bill is to remove the required roll call voting for the passage of bills and resolutions.
Senate Rule Book
Section 10—Voting
All votes concerning monetary usage and funding, and all final votes for passage of bills and resolutions
shall be recorded by the ASISU Secretary with senators’ names and their votes in the official minutes of
the Senate meeting.
DATE OF FIRST INTRODUCTION: October 10, 2012
SENATE ACTION: _______________________
DATE: _______________________
ASISU PRESIDENT: ______________________
DATE: _______________________
ASISU SECRETARY: _____________________
DATE: _______________________
ADJOURNMENT
MOVE TO ADJOURN. Dixon/ Woodbury. ASISU Secretary took roll. All senators were present. Unanimous.
MOTION CARRIED. Meeting adjourned at 8:40pm.
ASISU VICE PRESIDENT
ANJEL ZAMORA
ASISU SECRETARY
JACEY PREISLER