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Minutes from October 18th, 2006

Associated Students of Occidental College

Senate Meeting

October 18th, 2006

Minutes by Sadia Afolabi

Passed: 10.23.06

 

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; Ayesha Khan, Senior

             

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

 

Guests:  Riley Steiner, Ryan Bowen, Kenjus Watson

        

I.                   Matt Kuzio called this meeting to order at 7:00 pm

 

     II.           Funding Request.

 

*    Teddy we have some issues regarding speakers but we will figure them out by each proposal.

 

  1. QSA

NO discussion vote 11-0-0 GC

 

  1. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship

No discussion  vote 10-0-1 Konstantin

 

  1. Project Safe: The funding committee decided not to fund this event because it is not a student event but a department event.

 

  1. First Nations: 

Discussion:

Alison thinks that the percentage is very high. Teddy explained that the event is for the whole month and that other clubs are participating as well.

              i.     Moved by Alison

             ii.     Seconded by Rozell

            iii.     Vote GC

           

  1. SARC:

Discussion:

 Amy asked where they usually get there money from. Kenna Cottrill replied that some of the money come from the alumni office..

i.        Moved by Amy.

ii.       Seconded by Alison

iii.       Vote: GC

 

  1. APAI:

Discussion:

Amy said that that percentage to pay for students to go to a restaurant is high. Jimmy said it is not very high if we count it per person it is around $4 per student.

i.      Moved by Jimmy

ii.     Seconded by Teddy

iii.    Vote 10-1-0 Amy

 

  1. History Society:

Discussion:

John has a question about food safety. Amy said that they are allow to bring food but not to serve it in the dining facilities. Kenna added that you can bring food but the club has to go pick it up.

i.      Moved by Amy

ii.     Seconded by Alison

iii.     Vote  GC.

 

  1. WYSE:

Discussion:

Alison and Rozell were concerned about the percentage being so high. Teddy explained that it is an on campus event. Jimmy added that the club is requesting asking money for 100 people. John was concerned about the funding because the club is about community services. Matt said that this type of funding will be clarified in the guidelines for next meeting. Matt also suggested to move the proposal to club allocation. Teddy said it helped a lot of non club members as well.

                  i.       Moved to club allocation by Rozell

                  ii.      Seconded by Jimmy

                  iii.     Vote 11-0-1 Ayesha

                  iv.     Motion to approve funding by Matt

                  v.      Seconded by Rozell

                  vi.     Vote: GC

 

    j.   Intervarsity Christian Fellowship:

         No Discussion vote: GC

 

   k.   KASA

         Discussion:

Amy asked what happens if every club ask for money for snacks for their meeting. Amy                              suggested that there should be a policy about it.

              i.     Moved by Amy

             ii.     Seconded by Alison

            iii.     Vote 11-1-0 John

 

    l.   Rotaract:

         No Discussion  vote: GC

 

   m.  Rotaract:

         No discussion vote: GC

 

n.   Oxy Global Action: Patrick political association

 No Discussion vote: GC

 

o.   Oxy Global Action:

      No Discussion vote GC

 

p.   BSA: Exploration of blackness

Discussion:

Kenjus Watson, chair of the BSA explained the caliber of the event. It is the biggest event on campus. They are bringing Angela Davis and Talib Kweli. Ryan Bowen the Co-Chair of the club gave a mini biography of Angela Davis. Watson gave a mini biography of Talib Kweli. Watson explained that the event is not for black history month but an exploration for everyone he also said that the event is being supported by other departments such as Sociology, Psychology and Physics.

Alison said that 50,000 is a lot of money for the event and is more than a year of college and also why do the club wanted these big names. Ryan explained that the event is not only for oxy students but for the community as well. Ayesha asked if ASOC paid for the exploration of whiteness that was planned last semester. Kenjus replied that last year, the total cost of the event was less and this year  so there was not a big need for ASOC but they did fund part of it. Amy asked if the event is free for the community. Watson said that it will be free for oxy students but they might charge the community for coming to see Angela Davis or Talib Kweli . Jimmy said that funding an event of this caliber might create a precedent for other club. He was concerned about the place; Thorne Hall is very small and might not fit a lot of people especially if the community will participate. Watson replied that he is sure that there will not be any club with a proposal of this caliber and the venue shouldn’t be a problem because Santana has been here before the main issue is to bring the artist here on campus. Mike Meyers is concerned about other clubs putting in proposals that ASOC might not be able to fund due to this event. Jimmy said that it is pretty late in the semester and there shouldn’t be any major proposal. Amy said this type of event has never happen before thus we should increase the funding. Ryan Bowen added that they are collaborating with about 7 to 10 clubs. Ayesha asked if the board can surpass the algorithm system and fund the whole amount. John asked to move some money from club allocation because the board have only used 25%. Rozell suggested to add $ 3,000 from club allocation. Matt clarified that where the money is coming from does not matter at this point.  Amy said that she suggested to increase the funding but not to fund all of it. Jimmy said that it is very dangerous to fund all of the event because the board might not be able to fund other students’ proposal. Teddy said if they will be charging people from the community, the they can give it back to ASOC. Watson said that he can not guarantee this unless it is through a club. Amy added that this event is reaching a lot of Oxy’s goals thus the board should increase this proposal. Rozell added a final suggestion  to increase the amount to 7,000 dollars.

                 i.       Moved by Amy to increase the amount to $7,000

          ii.       Seconded by Rozell

Amy added that she picked $ 7,000 because it’s feasible for the board. Kenna Cottrill also added that the board should keep in mind that there is 2 other major events that will be requesting funding from ASOC.

         iii.       Vote: 10-1-1 Alison and Mike Myers

         iv.       Teddy moved to add $1,500 from club allocation to the senate discretionary budget.

         v.        Seconded by Rozell

         vi.       Vote: GC

 

 

III.     Meeting adjourned @ 7:52 pm