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Minutes from January 30th, 2007

Associated Students of Occidental College

Senate Meeting

January 30th, 2007

Minutes by Sadia Afolabi

Passed: 02.06.07

 

Attendance:

Matt Kuzio, ASOC President; Alison Dempsey, Campus Wide Senator; Amy Laslett, Campus Wide Senator; Teddy Zou, Campus Wide Senator; Konstantin Chaykovskiy, 1st year; Andrew DeBlock, 1st year; Patrick McCredie, sophomore; Mike Myers, Sophomore; Jimmy Gillan, Junior; Max Thoman-Tedford, Junior; John Wilson, Senior;

             

Ex Oficio: Kenna Cottrill, advisor; Katie Orme, GA Co-Chair

 

Guests:  Spencer Jemelka

 

I.  Matt Kuzio called the meeting to order at 9:06 pm.

 

II.  Passage of the previous meeting

 

             a. Minutes of the 12/04/06

          i.  Jimmy Gillian moved to pass the minutes 

         ii.  Seconded by Mike Myers

        iii.  Vote: General Consent

 

             b. Minutes of the 01/23/07

          i.  Patrick McCredie moved to pass the minutes

         ii.  Seconded by Jimmy

        iii.  Vote: GC

 

III.    Old Business

       a. Bengal Bus

 

Matt Kuzio explained the Bengal bus budget and the three scenarios of funding regarding the accident. Amy said that she doesn’t agree with paying for this but suggests that the board should make sure that this type of funding doesn’t occur again. The policy is not good for students and if this accident was costing more than $40000.00 how will they have dealt with the situation. However, she thinks the board should fund this to help them out. Patrick supports Amy’s idea.

Kenna explained  the reasoning behind the school policy and how the increase in premiums are the main concern for facilities.

 i.  Patrick moved to vote on scenario 3 that only allocates $307.00 to Bengal Bus.

 ii.  There was no second on the motion thus the motion was killed.

 i.  Amy moved to fund them on scenario 2 that will allocate to the Bengal bus $1980.00

ii.  Seconded by Jimmy

Discussion: Alison said that the amount being allocated is very high and that they might not even need all the money. Matt explained that based on the scenario, the fact that Bengal bus started its airport runs later during the semester was factored in.

iii. Vote: 8-1 Patrick (against) 1-Jimmy (abstained)

 

Amy suggested that someone investigate this situation. She is concerned about the worst case( $40,000.00 worth of damage) Kenna Cottrill  will get more info for the next meeting.

 

IV.      New Business

 

A.     GA updates

Katie Orme said that the last GA meeting was successful, the Honor Board was present and it is very exciting to actually see them ready for the semester. She also said that Honor Board brought their final bylaws. This Thursday’s meeting will host a lot of administrators: Dean Avery, Dean Franck, Kecia Baker, new vice President of finance, Mike Grenor Pam McQuesten and  Jonathan O’Brian. There will be more advertising for the GA and the final day that was agreed on is Thursday.

 

B. Funding requests.

 

a. AMSA: General body meeting $52.24

 Vote: GC 10

 

b. Art Inspiration: Oxy goes to LACMA Transportation money $25

 Vote: GC

 

* The senate discussed the issue of allowing clubs to have food for their members whether once a year or twice.

i.     Max Thoman-Tedford moved to allow clubs to have food twice a year.

ii.    Seconded by Patrick

iii.   Vote: GC

 

c. ISO: General Meeting ice cream:  $29.25 for 25 people

 Vote: GC

 

d. Animal Care Center Vol. Marine Mammal care center volunteering: Transportation costs.

i. Max move to fund the event @ $112.99

ii. Seconded by Jimmy

Vote :GC

 

e. Student EMT: Equipments and supplies:

Amy said that the board should make a policy regarding uniforms because they are ASOC properties. Patrick asked if this can be classified under Capital improvement funds. Kenna said no it  under student services. Matt asked if the total amount is $1000.00 Teddy said that it is what he is asking from  ASOC then he will go to Dean Avery for more funding. Jimmy said that this proposal didn’t go through the funding process. Mike asked if Teddy can come up with different funding options.

i.      Jimmy moved to table until next meeting

ii.     Seconded by Max

iii.    Vote: GC

 

f. Latino Graduation:

 Jimmy said that the board shouldn’t vote on this tonight. Amy said that the board should vote on this by next week because last year, ASOC delayed the funding and the event was having funding issues. Amy asked if Teddy could check on how much money they are getting from the administration because last year it was really hard for them. Jimmy said that he agrees that the event is very important but the money belongs to students and shouldn’t be spent for non-oxy students or just a group of oxy student. He also said that it has interesting implications.

 

i.    Jimmy moved to table till next meeting.

ii.   Seconded by Patrick

iii.  Vote: GC

 

C.   Public and Finances Updates.

 

Patrick spoke with Rozell regarding club mixer however the proposal will be late. February 5th is the schedule so far from 5 to 6:30 however there are food implications that Kenna will help him straightened. Matt said that they can use senate discretionary funds.

 

D. Campus Culture Updates.

 

Amy said that there is a TV now in the cooler and there will be more information next week.

 

Andrew said that he is working on the bio diesel issue because there are 2 students who got grants for bio diesel research. The ASOC website will be in the GA meeting for approval.

 

E. Scholastics Committee

 

John said that he heard that the administration is keeping the library open for 24 hours from Sunday to Friday. Kenna said that this will be done as soon as they hire a new staff member.

 

V. Senate/GA Forum

 

a.   TV in ASOC office:

 

Matt said that RHA is having a competition among halls and they asked him if they can use the TV as a grand prize. Andrew asked if the senate can get more info about the date etc before voting on it.

 

b. ASOC Website:

Matt asked about the calendar that is on the website. He believes that people don’t usually make use of it. Senator should ask their friends if they use it. Max said that Dean Frank is interested in revamping the website so they should ask him at the GA meeting.

 

VI.  General Comments:

 

Matt said that the structure is very decentralized and the senate doesn’t often  use the seniority in the organization. Matt would like to get feedbacks on how to make committees stronger.  Amy said that she agrees with the concern. The senate will think about this and it will be on the agenda for next meeting.

 

Katie reminded the board to vote this week and vote for Spencer.

Kenna explained the procedures of the coming elections. Voting will start on the 31st and will end on the 1st . All students are encouraged to vote because there is a survey regarding the yearbook.

 

VII. Adjournment

 

i. Patrick moved to adjourn the meeting @ 10:06 pm

ii. Seconded by Jimmy

iii. Vote: GC