Christian Brothers University SGA Senate
Minutes from August 28, 2007
1. Vice-President’s Report, Burton Bridges
a. Introduction of Senators
b. Discussion of meeting times
i. Decided on every other Monday at 4:10 pm
c. Senate email listserv: senate@lists.cbu.edu
d. Discussion of 2007-2008 Senate offices
i. Senate Secretary: Marly Hazen
1. Takes minutes from meetings to post to CBU website and email to
fellow Senators
ii. Senate Speaker Pro-Tempore: Kelly Summons
1. Attends SGA Executive Committee meetings as a representative
from the SGA Senate
e. Executive Committee meetings are also public, each Tuesday at 6:30pm in TC100
f. Duties of the Senate
i. Drafts resolutions and recommendations
1. Format of resolution or recommendation
a. Part 1: 2-3 “WHEREAS” clauses explaining why a
resolution / recommendation is needed
b. Part 2: the word “Therefore”
c. Part 3: “BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 2007-2008 SENATE
OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY THAT
__(description of proposal)___”
d. Part 4: “Primary Sponsor,”
e. Part 5: “(name of Senator)”
ii. Attend all Senate meetings (two per month unless otherwise scheduled)
1. Unexcused absences are prohibited
2. Notify Vice-President of Senate at least 24 hours before a meeting
that must be missed
3. If a Senator has more than one unexcused absence, the Senator will
be removed from office
4. If a Senator misses a meeting, (s)he must attend the next SGA EC
meeting to appeal absence; the final judgment regarding excuse
from absence is up to the EC
iii. Serve as liaison between SGA and student organizations, meeting with
such organizations at least once per semester
iv. Each Senator must promote at least two bills per semester
v. Discuss approvals for organizations’ budgets
g. Discussion of Parliamentary Procedure
i. Burton Bridges handed out sheets explaining Robert’s Rules of Order
2. New Business
a. Motion to consider piece of legislation from Kären Brandon regarding updating
SGA election policies, Burton Bridges
i. Second, Kelly Summons
ii. Discussion of each article of election policies from the SGA Constitution
1. Change ballot counting from closed to open
2. Remove a clause that had allowed election commissioner to let
anyone to run who gives an appeal to the commissioner. Election
commissioner can receive appeals only if there is no eligible
candidate running for office.
3. Motion to amend SGA Constitution according to Kären Brandon’s
legislation, Dan Neuhoff
a. Second, Patrick Louie
b. Motion carries
b. CBU Art Club petitions to be recognized as official CBU student organization
i. President: Hayley Gill
ii. Philanthropy: ASC (Autism Center)
1. Members will be encouraged to participate in at least one outreach
day
iii. Motion to recognize CBU Art Club, Catherine Montesi
1. Second, Nicole Bates
2. Motion carries
c. Ultimate Frisbee Club petitions to be recognized as official CBU student
organization
i. President: Ian Withrow
ii. Motion to recognize Ultimate Frisbee Club, Marly Hazen
1. Second, Catherine Montesi
2. Motion carries
d. Discussion of liaison responsibilities
i. Meet at least once per semester
ii. Fill out form with organization’s contact information, etc.
iii. SGA Senate Liaisons to Student Organizations
1. Alpha Chi: Catherine Montesi
2. Alpha Kappa Alpha: Thais Hunter
3. Alpha Sigma Tau: Marly Hazen
4. Alpha Xi Delta: Thais Hunter
5. American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Laura Bailey
6. American Society Mechanical Engineers: Russell Brandon
7. American Society Civil Engineers: Lauren Douglass
8. Beta Beta Beta: Nicole Bates
9. Black Student Association: Thais Hunter
10. Blue Note Group: Nicole Bates
11. CBU Art Club: Kelly Summons
12. CBU Blues: Marly Hazen
13. Chosen Generation: Leigh Hill
14. College Republicans: Dan Neuhoff
15. Delta Sigma Pi: Burton Bridges
16. Delta Sigma Theta: Laura Bailey
17. Encore!: Russell Brandon
18. Institute of Electrical Engineers: Patrick Louie
19. Interfraternity Council: Patrick Louie
20. Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir: Laura Bailey
21. International Student Alliance: Jessie Wortham
22. Kappa Alpha Psi: Laura Bailey
23. Kappa Sigma: Nicole Bates
24. Lasallian Collegians: Leigh Hill
25. NPHC: Lauren Douglass
26. Order of Omega: Marly Hazen
27. Panhellenic: Lauren Douglass
28. Passion Bible Study: Lauren Douglass
29. Phi Alpha Theta: Leigh Hill
30. Phi Beta Sigma: Catherine Montesi
31. Psi Chi: Dan Neuhoff
32. Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Kelly Summons
33. Sigma Gamma Rho: Marly Hazen
34. Society of Physics Students: Russell Brandon
35. Sigma Tau Delta: Jessie Wortham
36. Tau Beta Pi: Patrick Louie
37. Tau Kappa Epsilon: Dan Neuhoff
38. Ultimate Frisbee Club: Dan Neuhoff
39. Zeta Tau Alpha: Kelly Summons
3. Visitor’s Report, Sam Almanza (SGA VP of Programming)
a. Encourage people to apply for Programming Council and attend meetings
4. Motion to adjourn, Burton Bridges
a. Second, Russell Brandon
b. Motion carries