2012-2013 ASUCM Senate
ASUCM Regular Senate Meeting Agenda
5200 N. Lake Road KL184, Merced, CA 95343 – P: (209) 228-7468
E: asucm@ucmerced.edu W: http://asucm.ucmerced.edu
Spring 2013 Session – Week 02
Wednesday, January 30th, 2 013 at
7:30PM Chancellor’s Conference Room (KL 232)
1. Call to Order
i.
7:35p.m.
2. Roll Call
i.
Absent: None
3. Approval of Agenda
i.
Amsal Wajihuddin motions to approve
ii.
Jaron Brandon seconds
iii.
Discussion
a)
Jaron Brandon motions to suspend the legislative bylaws to add Bill #55 to New
Business
b) Amsal Wajihuddin seconds
c)
iv.
No objections
No objections to the approval of the agenda
4. Approval of Minutes
i.
Amsal Wajihuddin motions to approve the minutes
ii.
Jaron Brandon seconds
iii.
No objections
5. Guest Speaker- Director of Disabilities Services - Holly Mayo – Campus Climate Survey
i.
Holly Mayo: I have spent about a year and a half with the campuses to get the surveys done. We
are going live this Friday with the largest survey ever done because it includes all the UC
campuses students, faculty, and staff. I know many people don’t want to do surveys, but this will be
looking at things that are near and dear to your heart. It is called Campus Climate Culture and
Inclusion. This is your chance to tell us about the issues at your school. It is going to ask very indepth questions and you have the opportunity to voice your opinion. For example, if you feel that
you are in a class and people are treating you like the token, you may not have the means to stop it.
This is your chance to tell the campus how you feel about how you and others are treated. It also
talks about the positive aspects of your campus. We are offering wonderful prizes. Every campus is
getting two iPads, five mini-iPads, and fifty gift certificates to the book store. There is even a
$10,000 scholarship for all the campuses. So this shows how important this is to the people in
charge. We are going to turn around at the end and look at those results, take it to heart, and
endeavor to make changes where they need to be made and support the things that are going well.
The OSL is offering several incentives for taking the survey, and you will need to go to them for
more information. Our big tagline is “I matter. I took the survey”. If you have questions, you can
go to the UCOP site or the UC Merced site now has information about it on the chancellor’s page.
We have made sure that there is no way that anyone can identify you, it will be completely
confidential. We want you to feel safe when talking about these important issues. Bottom line, I
know surveys are boring but it is necessary. We are hoping for at least 30% participation. We are
the new kids on the block and we are one of the most diverse campuses. We want people to see us
and see the results of this survey and say ‘wow, we should be like UC Merced’ because that is what
we are striving for. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes, but can take up to 30 minutes. It really
depends on you and how you answer, but it doesn’t take too long. The other thing is that you don’t
have to take it all in one shot. You can go on and start it, go to class, and then pick it up where you
left off. However, you can’t go back to a page and change your answer. The survey will be open for
two weeks, so there is plenty of time to get it done. On average, I would say it takes between twelve
and eighteen minutes. So please fill it out and tell your fellow students to fill it out. Thank you so
much for your time!
6. Chair's Report
i.
Baltazar Cornejo: Yesterday, Jaron presented the ICC bylaws, but we won’t be able to
vote on them for another week. So unless you want to get sued again by Court, we can’t do
that. I have received committee times and chairs from three of you, but I still need those
from Budget and Finance. Also, there are certain times that I think that we should have
closed sessions. This is something that happened last week. We sometimes need to have
discussions between Executives and Senators, and I think that is a proper use of closed
sessions.
7. Officer Reports
i.
President Pro Tempore, Matthew Wainwright
a) Matthew Wainwright: I will be meeting with the Chief Justice and President
Patton about a Code of Ethics.
ii. Sergeant at Arms, Adam Brown
a) Adam Brown: Nothing to report
iii. Secretary, Domenic Longarini
a) Domenic Longarini: Nothing to report
iv. ICC Liaison, Jess Lopez
a) Jess Lopez: They had their meeting on Tuesday at 4:30 and they passed the Ice
Cream Social for Business Society which will take place next Tuesday at 6pm.
v. Court Liaison, Jefferson Kuoch-Seng
a) Jefferson Kuoch-Seng: Court met at 6pm in KL 374 and Sagir Kadiwala was a
guest speaker as well as Sandra Suarez. The Ascencio vs. Senate case did not have
a decision because Associate Justice Garcia was not present. So Sagir talked about
that if the new bylaws were to pass, the Commissioner will present his budget plan
on March 13. His election date is potentially set for April 18th and Senate should
execute the Senate-Action for the elections on February 27th, thus starting the
elections cycle on March 18th. Also Court would like their bylaws added to the
ASUCM website. Associate Justice Guidry said that she would also like to require
a set of procedures prior to receiving future cases. The procedures would be from
Court hearing procedures to restrictions on double jeopardy, where if you sue
someone you can continue suing them through that same case. For the budget call,
they are potentially going to request $500 to $600 and Associate Justice Cervantes
is the comptroller for the Court.
8. Committee Reports
i.
Budget and Finance
a) Jaron Brandon: I am the new chair and we have sent out a scheduler to come up
with a new meeting time. We reviewed all of the bills and we approved Bill 51 with
a small change. We approved Bill 53 but we did lower the cost. Bill 52 was
approved unanimously, but we suggest getting rid of the charter bus and taking
cars instead.
ii. Academic Affairs
a) Adam Brown: I am the new chair of Academic Affairs. We discussed Bills 51, 52,
and 53. We also had a discussion about revitalizing the Civic Engagement Class
Resolution because it kind of fell by the wayside. And we had a discussion about
the Director of Academic Affairs involvement with writing classes.
iii. Student Activities
a) Agnes Wong: I am the new chair of Student Activities. We went through Bills 51,
52, and 53. We also talked a little bit on the budget aspect, but we approved them
all unanimously.
iv. Student Advocacy
a) Emily Zisser: Everyone was present and we met with Steve about the new Pantry
Project and how Student Advocacy can get involved in that. We also discussed
Bills 51, 52, and 53.
9. Advisor's Report- Steve Lerer, Assistant Director for Student Government and Leadership
i.
Steve Lerer: I am really excited to see some of the new senators stepping it up and taking
on new roles in senate. This will affect how we work and it will improve senate as a whole.
Those of you who are new chairs, if you haven’t set up a meeting with me yet, please meet
with me after this meeting to setup one. Very soon we will be sending out a Happenings
email to students to help get food for those in need. We have been working with OSL on
how to provide food to students when they run out of food or money to buy food. We had
this new opportunity where the USDA delivers food which we can use to provide food once
a month to students and faculty who need it. On February 15th we will have our first food
drop. People can sign up to be part of the Food Pantry where they can sign up how many
people are in their family and we can help them out confidentially. We really want to see
students get involve and I think that Student Advocacy can help with that. We have found
that there are a lot of students in need on a regular basis and we really don’t want to see
that happening. We actually don’t make you prove that you can’t get afford food; if you
feel you are in need, you can sign up and come get food. You can also contact us for other
places you can go to get food during other times of the month.
We will also be giving out awards pretty soon here. The first one is the Legacy Award
which recognizes a student graduating this year. There is also a Distinguished Leadership
Award, an Outstanding New Student Organization Award, an Organization President of
the Year Award, and many others. We have added many new awards this year including
community service awards and student affairs awards. We have put the award application
online this year instead of via paper. You can choose if you are nominating yourself or
someone else, and that will change the questions that are asked. The Leadership Award
Ceremony will be April 24th in the California Room and Dining Commons.
10. President's Report - Garrett Patton
i.
Garrett Patton: I hope that everyone has settled into their classes in this second week and is
ready for an exciting Spring Semester. The ICC bylaws look great and have been presented to
ICC so great job Senate! A senator approached me about an issue concerning safety on campus
after a specific incident. As student leaders it is your job to do what you think is best whether it is
connecting students with the right resources, suggesting opportunities for improving student
services, and bringing attention to such issues because sometimes that is the most effective way
to resolve them. Just over winter break I had heard multiple incidents of car thefts from the lake
lot during finals. When I looked at the UCMPD website it did not have any crime statistics
posted which is a legal requirement for Universities. After collaborating with your fellow
Senators Brandon and Longarini we were able to bring this to the attention of Campus Police
and their new website features an annual report with crime statistics in accordance with the
Jeanne Clery Act. I think that this is a pretty good example for how student leaders can function
to serve in the best interest of students but also work with campus entities and administration in
an effective way.
This week I will be meeting with Brenda Ortiz alongside the ASUCM Executives to discuss
opportunities for our website. We hope to refresh the site to match some of the other updated
websites that other departments have been using on campus. UCMPD has a great looking site
that is clean, accessible, and features a lot of their media. The UC Merced Home Page has a
similar layout as well. If you have any ideas or want to put forward a new concept for our
website contact Will Torrez or myself and we will be sure to bring up your ideas in the meeting
Thursday afternoon with Brenda Ortiz.
Last week I spoke about the opportunity for students to get involved in ASUCM through a
shadow program internship that would be focused on the budget process, elections cycle, or
possibly external office activities. I have created a job description for the budget process and
will be working with Career Services to post this as an unpaid internship on the cat-links
website. Students interested in academic credit can also apply to have this count as an
independent study with a faculty advisor and AS advisor like Steve or Charles. I hope that this
sets a precedent for individuals in ASUCM to receive academic credit for their leadership roles.
This could be adopted by the Senate, Executives and Court in the future.
Today our Commissioner of Civic Engagement, Amandeep Anandpuri, stepped down from her
position after a personal family incident. She will continue to be a full time student at UC
Merced but will not be able to serve as the Commissioner on Civic Engagement overseeing the
Neighborhood Relations Commission. I will do my best to search for new candidates and
hopefully have a new commissioner appointed in the coming weeks to fill the vacancy. I think
that we should execute NRC’s agenda as planned for the spring because the activities and events
that NRC put forward last semester for this Spring will benefit NRC and ASUCM as a whole. I
also plan on appointing a 3rd and final representative to the Health Advisory Committee for the
Student Health Insurance Plan Review next week. I have met with a student who is very excited
to be a part of ASUCM and I think that this will be a great start for that individual.
On Monday I will be holding the Commissioner’s Council to review Fall activities, elect
positions within the council, set an agenda for the Spring, and discuss opportunities for
collaboration. I think that we have some great leaders in our commissioner positions, but I
would like to see the same actions we are taking with the Shadow Program idea to transfer over
into other avenues like the commissions. This Friday MCSC is starting up again and I will
introduce the idea for their spring activities. With chiefs of staff, interns, and more leadership in
these commissions we would lend more help to our leaders and provide experience for the next
wave of student leaders.
The Communications Department is collecting bios from each member of ASUCM to add more
background to the ASUCM Website. Last week we talked about how our personal brands define
ASUCM as an organization and this would be a great way to show off our personal attributes,
goals, and aspirations for ASUCM.
11. Treasurer's Report – David Ascencio
i.
David Ascencio: Over the weekend, I received all of the missing mid-semester progress
reports. The Society of Women’s Engineer club had a presidency issue, so their money got
transferred back to us and they are going to be coming to Senate to ask for that back. But
all of the clubs have officially turned theirs in. I have also received quite a few proposals
for the budget call. I will be putting up more posters and sending out a happenings email
about it. We are just waiting for everyone to get their proposals in on time. The new
balance in the general fund is $31,699.89. Last week you did not give out any money and
also some money has come back from the Society of Women’s Engineers club. They put in
a P.O. today for the concert and they are working to get the licensing issues worked out. I
believe that about $15,000 will roll back from that.
ii.
Jeffery Vu: I am the External Vice President for those of you who don’t know. In the
External Office we started working in December to have the UCSA board meeting. The
past week we have been working on a Student Activism survey and we have been asking
how far students will go for something they care about. And we are having a drawing
tomorrow for Disneyland tickets for those who participate in the survey. We have two
more big conferences coming up. There is SLC in Sacramento on March 4th and we will be
having an application for that soon. It will be a great experience. The next is LeadsCon in
Washington DC the weekend before spring break. I am hoping to bring 10 people, but it is
a very expensive trip. The sooner I can book that, the better. I am hoping to bring some
ASUCM leadership to that.
12. Public Forum
i.
Chris Graumann: I just wanted to say that we still have an open seat on Court. President
Patton is busy and it has been difficult to appoint anyone. If you know of anyone
interested, please send them to President Patton. We really need to fill this seat. Similarly
we are still filling seats for the Elections Commissioner and if you know anyone interested,
send them to me.
ii.
Jacob Gutierrez: I am the Director of Academic Affairs. UGC approved two weeks ago to
bring a Spanish Major and an English Major to our campus and that is really exciting.
Today, we met for the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education and we ruled
out some candidates and we are still working on that. Two weeks ago, I went up to
Oakland for UCOP which is a committee meeting on preparatory education and brings
about faculty and student representatives from various campuses. They were mainly
focused on the means of getting to go straight into Writing 10 and bypassing Writing 1.
They also looked at the standardization of AP scores across the system. I am going to be
setting up a meeting with Dr. Lawrence next week to discuss what Writing 1 and Writing
10 are teaching across the system and what they are hoping students get out of these
classes.
iii.
David Ascencio: I am sitting on three committees. The first is SFAC and they are meeting
this week for the first time this semester. The Council of Student Fees last week to discuss
how student fees should be used. The second committee I am on is CAPRA and we met last
week in the library. We talked about the B.S. and major in Spanish and English and how
this will affect our world studies program. The third committee I am on is the Education
Finance Model and we are meeting next week and we talk about how undergraduates
should be prioritized with loans and how the UC can accommodate against student loan
debt and things like that. So if there is anything you want me to tell these committees
about, let me know.
iv.
Will Torrez: I am the Director of Communications. Basically, I have been acquiring a few
logo designs from students on campus. I especially like one from Maurice Lewis and it
incorporates the statue outside. We are looking forward to having all three branches of
government approve the logo before we use it. I also want to look for a new TAPS
representative because I have a time conflict with classes. The meeting is 10:30-12 every
second Tuesday of the month.
v.
Jeffery Vu: I also wanted to add that the External Office would like to work with whoever
becomes the TAPS representative.
vi.
Agustin Roldan, Entrepreneur Society: Bill 54 is being introduced today and what it is
that we bring in six people from the industry and they come and interact with the students.
We want to bring in more people and get them actively working with the students and
helping them understand which ideas are good and which they should pursue. We want to
make this open to everybody and last year we had about 60 people attend, and we are
hoping for 100 this year.
Nuno Sena: We want students to be able to come in and sign in and learn to work on a
pitch for a business or a market. You guys funded us last year for this and this seminar is
really a great opportunity for students to develop their ideas. The people we bring in are
experts and they will work with the students at the seminar to get ideas to bring their ideas
to the market. Augustin put in a lot of hours to make this happen and we really support this
kind of collaboration between students and faculty. It is great because students have the
chance to get involved. We have made the whole thing quite practical but still more useful
than even Harvard’s model. The whole point really is that we can have this venue so that
students can have professional development that is hands on. It usually costs hundreds of
dollars to go to conferences that teach this kind of thing. But we are putting this on free for
students and we are hoping to expand it this year. The surveys we gave to students after
the event last year showed us that students want more and more time.
Agustin Roldan: There are two things that make our conference unique. For one thing, it
is less than $5,000. Usually conferences cost up to $10,000 for the speakers and what not.
The second thing is that in comparison to conferences at Harvard and whatnot, the people
we bring in are actively involved with the students. They get to work together to do
something great and it exposes the students to the mindset of entrepreneurial thinking.
Nuno Sena: We also involve the community directly so we are getting a really good price
on food and make it affordable. We have speakers coming for no charge. We just pay their
transportation, lodging, and food. So we are keeping it cheap and helping build something
great for UC Merced.
13. Old Business
i.
Bill #15 ICC By-Law Revision: Introduced by Sen. Jaron Brandon
a) Jaron Brandon motions to table the bill for one week
b) Amsal Wajihuddin seconds
c) No objections
ii.
Bill #51 PAA Gauntlet 2013: Introduced by Sen. Ivan Flores, Sen. Domenic Longarini
a) Ivan Flores motions to approve
b) Domenic Longarini seconds
c) No objections
d) Discussion
i. Jaron Brandon: In Budget and Finance, we just wanted to change the
amount because a lot of money is being asked for drinks and ice.
e) Jaron Brandon makes a friendly amendment to change the amount from $200 in ice
to $100
f) Amsal Wajihuddin seconds
g) No objections
h) Discussion
i. Ivan Flores: This is basically a very large event that will include a lot of
clubs and it promotes safe competition and a fun campus atmosphere for
students.
ii. Ivan Flores yields the floor to Felicia Bautista
iii. Felicia Bautista: I am the director for the Gauntlet this year and it is a
great opportunity for all for the clubs on campus to come out and compete.
They get to show their school pride and their club pride. The event is being
sponsored by OSL as well.
i) Vote: Approved unanimously
iii.
13.3 – Bill #52 Western Regional LGBTQIA Conference, 2013: Introduced by Sen.
Veronica Flores
a) Veronica Flores motions to approve
b) Jaron Brandon seconds
c) Committee Reports
I.
II.
Budget and Finance felt that $2,900 for 24 students to travel is too much
Academic Affairs approved unanimously
III.
Student Activities felt that the hotel price could be lowered
IV.
Student Advocacy felt the same as Budget and Finance about transportation
costs
d) Discussion
I.
II.
III.
Veronica Flores: I would like to see the bill passed at the original amount.
Veronica Flores yields the floor to Jeremy Muonio
Jeremy Muonio: I think we are fine taking cars, but I need to find out if we
have enough people who have cars and can drive. A lot of our members live
on campus and do not have cars. I am pretty sure we do, but I cannot
definitely say that.
IV.
Jessica Perez: I think that the amount should stay as it is because this is the
fastest way to get there and it will be much easier on them. But, I think they
could find ways to cut costs on the hotel.
V.
Jaron Brandon: One of the issues is that the charter bus is paying mostly
for a driver to stay for two days while the conference is going on. That is
why the number is abnormally high. But, if there were six cars, we worked
it out to cost about $1,075 which is one third the cost of the charter bus.
VI.
Veronica Flores: I know that our budget is strained right now, but I feel
like the bill is good and the conference is very beneficial for the students
going, so I do think it is a good idea for them to get the bus to go.
VII.
Jeremy Muonio: We do have a lot more freshman and sophomores, but
looking at my list, it does look like we have enough cars. But I cannot
guarantee that they are willing to drive.
VIII.
Jaron Brandon: We were considering the SUV’s that can be rented on
campus, but we do not know the costs of that.
IX.
Matthew Wainwright: Have you already paid for your rooms?
X.
Jeremy Muonio: We have reserved them, but we have not paid.
XI.
Matthew Wainwright: I just quickly Googled the hotel costs there, and it
seems like there are much cheaper options in Santa Cruz. So did you guys
pursue the cheapest hotel?
XII.
Jeremy Muonio: We looked at the list of suggested hotels from the
conference and we picked the cheapest one that would allow four people
per room.
XIII.
Emily Zisser: I think that lowering the cost of transportation would pay for
another conference for another club. So if that is possible, I think we should
take that route. They can also look at the cheaper hotels and work things
out in their budget. I think we should drop it down to $3,000.
XIV.
Adam Brown: With the math that Jaron Brandon did, I think we should
drop it by $1,000 to $3,300 which is around the price we have given to
other clubs for conferences. I don’t think that it is an unreasonable amount
of money for the breakdown they have given us.
XV.
Domenic Longarini: Steve, can students drive other students if they are
under 21?
XVI.
XVII.
Steve Lerer: You would have to clarify that with Cindy.
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng: I think that it is fine as long as it is your own car.
You have to be 21 if you rent a car.
XVIII.
Steve Lerer: Yeah the problem is that when students take their own cars,
they are becoming liable and if there is an accident, their insurance has to
cover it.
XIX.
XX.
Jeremy Muonio: How does gas get paid?
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng: You pay it yourself and then you get reimbursed
for miles.
XXI.
XXII.
Emily Zisser yields the floor to Jacob Gutierrez
Jacob Gutierrez: Before you start cutting down the amount for rooms, you
should consider that they will have to hope and pray that they will be able
to find a new hotel that has six rooms reserved. If they call tomorrow and
there is nothing available, they are kind of screwed.
XXIII.
Emily Zisser: I just wanted to stress that they can rearrange their funds if
they want.
XXIV.
Veronica Flores: I like that everyone is trying to compromise right now,
but I want to stress that you cannot tell a club how to use the money. I feel
that if they think that a bus is the best transportation option, then we should
allow them to do that.
XXV.
Jessica Perez: I think that this is the amount of money they need and it will
jeopardize the trip if we reduce the amount we give them. But given the time
constraint and cutting their budget, then it will hurt their trip.
XXVI.
XXVII.
Agnes Wong: Have you guys done any fundraising or anything?
Jeremy Muonio: We are charging $10 out of our own pockets to cover
registration.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
Emily Zisser: Have you guys gone on a conference already this year?
Jeremy Muonio: No, but we went on this trip last year.
Adam Brown: I want to point out that Budget and Finance talked about
cutting down on transportation, and now you are all trying to change their
hotel rooms. So I think we need to focus on transportation especially since
we are giving them a lump sum and they can use it as they please. Budget
and Finance suggested cutting it by $1,000 and I think that is a reasonable
amount.
XXXI.
Emily Zisser: Think about how much this costs in comparison to our
budget. We should try to cut it down as much as we can because we owe it
to the other students.
e) Jaron Brandon motions to amend the Bill and lower the total to $1,105.14 for
transportation
f) Emily Zisser seconds
g) Vote on this amendment:
I.
Approved by: Matthew Wainwright, Veronica Flores, Emily Zisser, Jess
Lopez, Adam Brown, Amsal Wajihuddin, Dmitry Filipoff, Jaron Brandon,
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, and Agnes Wong
II.
III.
Opposed by: Domenic Longarini, Ivan Flores, and Jessica Perez
The amendment passes
h) Discussion
I.
II.
III.
Amsal Wajihuddin: So you guys can make the trip without a bus?
Jeremy Muonio: I think we can, but I cannot guarantee it right now.
Jaron Brandon: I am going on this trip and I will do everything I can to
make sure that everyone can get there.
IV.
Amsal Wajihuddin: We considered the different routes they can take and
we considered the longer one so that they can choose the shorter one and
save money.
i) Vote: The Bill is passed unanimously
iv.
13.4 – Bill #53 MSA West Conference, 2013: Introduced by Sen. Amsal Wajihuddin
a) Amsal Wajihuddin motions to approve
b) Dmitry Filipoff seconds
c) Committee Reports
I.
Budget and Finance approved 4 to 1, with a slight change to registration
costs
II.
Academic Affairs approved unanimously
III.
Student Activities approved unanimously
IV.
Student Advocacy approved, but has some suggestions
d) Discussion
I.
Amsal Wajihuddin: We have actually been sponsoring a lot of student’s
registration this year. I also want to say that this bill in its entirety is not
asking for very much in comparison. Also, you shouldn’t be telling the club
how to use their funds.
II.
Jaron Brandon: If it does stay this way and the general consensus is to cut
it down, maybe we can give a little extra for lodging even if we cut the
registration.
III.
Emily Zisser: It sounds like you are trying to beat the system a little bit.
They have a budget breakdown and that is how they intend to use the
money.
IV.
Garrett Patton: Yeah, you can use their budget breakdown as a guide, but
you are giving them a lump sum so think of it that way.
V.
Domenic Longarini: Does lodging and registration go together? And also
are any members paying for this?
VI.
Amsal Wajihuddin: I have already paid my registration, so I believe that
this would be compensation for that amount. Also, registration includes
food and whatnot so it is not just for registering.
VII.
Veronica Flores: I think that asking $30 from students is not okay because
they already pay student fees. I don’t have a problem with giving them the
full amount as it is. This is relatively cheap compared to other club
requests.
VIII.
Adam Brown: Like I have been saying, we cannot dictate how they spend
their money. So the question is how much are we going to give them. I can
support giving them $1,800.
IX.
Matthew Wainwright: They have already paid for the registration, so they
are asking for a rebate. I would say that is pretty irresponsible.
X.
Baltazar Cornejo: Steve, since they already paid for registration, we can’t
give them the money back right?
XI.
XII.
Steve Lerer: No, you can’t.
Amsal Wajihuddin: I didn’t say we have all paid; only some have paid. If
we don’t do it now though then it will cost more at the door.
XIII.
Matthew Wainwright: If you don’t have your books in order and you
don’t know who has paid, it is unfair to put the reimbursement on us.
XIV.
Veronica Flores: Since we cannot reimburse them, can we just cut the bill
down a bit.
e) Jaron Brandon makes a friendly amendment to reduce the amount to $1,600
f) Amsal Wajihuddin accepts
g) Discussion
I.
Steve Lerer: Amsal, are you a member of this club and the writer of this
bill?
II.
III.
Amsal Wajihuddin: Yes I am.
Steve Lerer: In the future, you shouldn’t do that. This is kind of a conflict
of interest.
IV.
Emily Zisser: Also, splitting the amount and having us pay half doesn’t
really make sense because some students have already registered so we
cannot pay them back half of that. If you don’t know who has paid and who
hasn’t, I think we should cut registration altogether
h) Emily Zisser makes motions to amend registration for a total amount of $1,200
I.
Approved by: Matthew Wainwright, Emily Zisser, Agnes Wong, Jess
Lopez, Domenic Longarini, Ivan Flores, Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, Jessica
Perez, Dmitry Filipoff, and Adam Brown
II.
Oppose by: Amsal Wajihuddin, Jaron Brandon, and Veronica Flores
III.
The amendment passes
i) Jaron Brandon makes a friendly amendment to increase transportation
reimbursement from $.50 to $.565 per mile
j) Amsal Wajihuddin accepts
k) Discussion
I.
Amsal Wajihuddin: But see as a lump sum, it is really not that much
money. And when you cut registration, you are cutting the lodging and food
as well.
l) Emily Zisser motions to end discussion and move to a vote
m) Matthew Wainwright seconds
n) No objections
o) Vote
I.
Approved by: Matthew Wainwright, Veronica Flores, Emily Zisser, Agnes
Wong, Jess Lopez, Domenic Longarini, Ivan Flores, Jaron Brandon,
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, Jessica Perez, Dmitry Filipoff, and Adam Brown
II.
Abstained by: Amsal Wajihuddin
p) The Bill is passed
14. New Business
i.
Bill #54 TESUM Entrepreneur Seminar/Pitch-Fest: Introduced by Sen. Dmitry Filipoff
a) Dmitry Filipoff motions to send to all committees
b) Veronica Flores seconds
c) No objections
ii.
Appointment of Senator to Sustainability Council
a) Nominations
I. Domenic Longarini nominates Ivan Flores and he accepts
II. Jaron Brandon nominates Agnes Wong and she accepts
III. Jaron Brandon nominates Jefferson Kuoch-Seng and he accepts
b) Vote: Agnes Wong is now on the Sustainability Council
iii.
Bill #55 – Bill Revision of Election Bylaws
a) Jaron Brandon: You may have seen the revisions already, but here is the final
draft to submit. There are a few things you should check out it committees. There
has been a lot of organizing done. So now there are only six articles instead of like
fourteen.
b) Jaron Brandon motions to send Bill 55 to all committees
c) Domenic Longarini seconds
d) No objections
15. Announcements
i.
Matthew Wainwright: Starting February 4th through 9th, we are having men’s
recruitment for Greek Life. Every Greek organization on campus stands for very noble
things and I think you should all consider getting involved.
ii.
Agnes Wong: Next Tuesday, ESC is having their kickoff event. Also, on the same day
Business Society is having their Ice Cream Social event upstairs in the gym starting at
6pm.
16. Adjournment
i.
Domenic Longarini motions to adjourn
ii.
Adam Brown seconds
iii.
Adjourn at 9:26p.m.