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Minutes from February 13th, 2007

Associated Students of Occidental College

Senate Meeting

February 13th, 2007

Minutes by Sadia Afolabi

Passed: 02.20.07

 

Attendance:

Matt Kuzio, ASOC President; Alison Dempsey, Campus Wide Senator; Rozell Hodges, 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; Caroline Kim, Senior

             

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

 

Guests: Kyle Bruin, Ben Nyberg, Erica Nunez

 

I.  Matt Kuzio called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm.

 

II.  Passage of the previous meeting

 

             a. Minutes of the 02/06/07

 

          i.  Mike Myers moved to pass the minutes 

         ii.  Seconded by Patrick McCredie

        iii.  Vote: 12-0-0

 

III.  Old Business:

 

a. TV Request by RHA

 

The Kyle Bruin RHA’s representative and Vice President of external affairs talked about one of  the biggest event that RHA is planning. The event will be a competition between Halls and the TV that is being requested will be the ultimate prize that halls will be able to win after accumulating points during the academic year. The event should start on the 24th of February if they get the OK from Master Calendar.

 

Patrick asked if the TV will be designated to a common area or the HC’s room. Kyle said that it will be in the common area for the use of every student. Allison was concerned about the grand prize being given at the end of the year because many students who have competed for the prize  will not live in that dorm the following year. Kyle replied that it is the only problem that they haven’t really found an answer yet but they are thinking about the prize after the first semester to the dorm with leading points.

 

John asked what the senate uses the TV for. Matt said that it was purchased for the use of senators.

i.                    Andrew moved to give the TV to RHA

ii.                  Patrick seconded

iii.                Vote: 12-0-0

 

IV. New Business

 

  1. Capital Improvement Request

 

 Ben Nyberg came to explain the amount that he is requesting for the Occidental Agency. He is requesting money for two computers and future managers to run the organization. They will be purchasing apple computers because of the tremendous usage of graphics.

Rozell Hodges asked if the 20” is the smallest size. Kyle replied that it is the medium size because while working on a project it’s better to work on a bigger screen. Jimmy suggested that they should get an even bigger screen because it will have greater benefits. Jimmy asked how the senate will be voting regarding this proposal. Patrick McCredie  asked Kyle if he will be comfortable if the proposal is tabled in order to get quotes for a bigger screen. Patrick suggested to table until the new figures are accurate.

 

  1. GA update

 

Katie Orme apologized for Spencer Jemelka  not being able to come to this meeting again but he said he will be at the next meeting. She announced that this week there will not be a GA meeting in respect for the seniors because there will be a grad fair during that hour.

John asked if Katie will be meeting with the dance committee. She said that it was her next step after this meeting.

 

  1. Funding Requests

 

  1. Latino Grad 2007: $2,500

 

Erica Nunez the representative of the Latino Grad committee explained why this year’s budget is bigger that last year and it is due to the large amount of people that was underestimated last year. Also, the deal that they received last year regarding the  food was about $3.00 per person and the normal average is about $15 so they won’t be able to get this deal anywhere this year.

 

Andrew asked what was the difference in funding from last week’s proposal. Caroline explained the reason why she delayed the proposal so she can work on the administrative part. Jimmy asked Erica if the issue of increasing the ticket price by $1 is raised in the committee meeting. She said that the committee has thought about the increase but their ideal planning  will be not to charge because each student bring at least 20-30 people and the cost adds up faster than we can imagine. Jimmy also said that as the senate looks at the algorithm, the funding will be about $100.00 per student because there are only 27 grads. Caroline said that it is not only the 27 students that will benefit but other oxy students that will be helping out and their friends that will be attending the event. Erica’s final words was that more money will be very appreciated.

i.                    Patrick moved to approve the Latino Grad at $2,500

ii.                  seconded by Caroline

iii.                Vote 11-1-0 (Mike)

 

  1. BSA : Roscoe Chicken and Waffle: $37

Vote: 11-0-1 (Rozell)

 

  1. BSA: Friday @ 5: $60

Vote: 11-0-1 (Rozell)

 

  1. Gender Equity Club: Honorarium $254.93

Vote: GC

 

  1. ISO: Beach trip: $29.29

Vote: GC

 

  1. ISO Mahogany La Opera $79.60

Vote: GC

 

  1. QSA Islam and Sexuality: $362.00

Vote: GC

 

  1. The Occidental Review: $701.49

Amy asked if this was the same calculation as other magazines such as Steez. John said that Steez has more readership and printed about 1800 copies.

Vote: GC

 

  1. KSA: $161.51

Caroline asked if Remsen Bird is paying for the speakers. Kenna replied yes.

Vote: GC

 

  1. J@ Oxy: Candy Grams for V day : $74.84

Vote: GC

 

  1. Zeta Tau Zeta: HIV awareness: $45

Vote: GC

 

  1. Mecha/Alas: Semana de la Raza: $1,700

 

John asked how much money they are getting from the ICC. Teddy said that ICC is not funding them. Max asked if they do not get funding from Remsen Bird, are the allowed to come back to ASOC and get the difference. Teddy said the senate shouldn’t allow this, it will be a multiple request thus will set precedents. Caroline requested to get more  details from the event before taking any action. Andrew ask if a club member can come to the next ASOC meeting.

i.                    Andrew moved to table until next meeting

ii.                  Patrick seconded

iii.                Vote: GC

 

i.                    Jimmy moved to fund them at $4,400

ii.                  Seconded by Patrick

iii.                Vote: GC

 

  1. Finance and Public Update

 

Jimmy apologized for leaving early and he will suggested to the senate to allocate money for graduations because next year there will be a Native American graduation so having this type of money in the budget will be helpful and he will get any feedback from senators. Caroline said that she completely agrees with Jimmy’s idea and she is working on the administrative side to secure money for these graduations. John said that the college should pay for all these graduations. Caroline said that during her research, she found that other schools administration  pay for these graduations for example Claremont.

 

Rozell said that he is still working on the t-shirts and hopefully the senate will be getting them in the next few weeks.

 

E. Campus Culture

Alison and Amy are still working on the cooler project.

 

Mike is currently  working on the community service day and his estimated budget will be around $1,400 and about $900 will go toward food. He is allocating about $300 for bracelets. His plans for making sandwiches for a shelter will be done by tomorrow.

 

Andrew is working on the website and it should be ready in about 3 weeks. He will take it to the GA meeting and will bring it to the senate as well.

 

Max is working on the President’s advisory committee and they are conducting interviews today and tomorrow. 

 

  

V. Senate/GA Forum

 

a.       General Comments

Rozell had a meeting with Becky Martinez regarding Sexual Assault on campus. He believes that having students addressing these issues to other students will be a more effective mean to tackling the issue, for example RHA through hall spreads and GA meetings or the Occidental Weekly.

 

Caroline said that it was a great idea and she supports it. She suggested to get more student groups involved especially the ones that are already  working on this type of issue.

 

Kenna Cottrill said that the name of “Sex on the Beach” that will be changed still has not be completely finalized yet so she will really appreciate it if this information is confidential for now.

 

VI. Adjournment @ 8: 19pm

 

     i.   Moved by Patrick

ii.   Seconded by Andrew

   iii.   Vote: GC