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Minutes from December 4th, 2006

Associated Students of Occidental College

Senate Meeting

December 4th, 2006

Minutes by Sadia Afolabi

Passed: 01.30.07

 

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; Ayesha Khan, Senior

             

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

 

Guests: 

 

I.                   Matt Kuzio called this meeting to order at 8:00 pm

 

II.                Passage of previous meetings minutes.

i. Ayesha Khan moved to pass the minutes of November 27th 2006

ii. Seconded by Patrick McCredie

iii. Vote GC

 

III.       New Business

 

     A.         GA Update

 

Katie Orme reported that the last GA meeting was successful and Jimmy’s presentation was very valuable. She said that Ken Smutny decided to withdraw his resolution because he has already spoken to some administrators. Also, she is sad that Patrice will be leaving but they have already planned the first 3 meetings for the upcoming semester.

 

     B.       Public and Finance Committee Update

 

Jimmy said that he wanted to ask the board if they will like to cancel hall spread for tomorrow because of finals. Alison said that it should be canceled and the board agreed.

 

Matt said that because the budget is a projection, today, the accountant has informed him that the budget is over by $7,100. Amy asked what percentage the senate is at this point. Matt replied around 50%. Patrick said that there is an article in the oxy newspaper about the senate being over budgeted and believes that there should be a correction. Matt suggested to write a not to explain this. John informed Patrick that the deadline to submit any letter to the editor is tonight.

 

Mike said that his student service day is going well and should be writing a proposal soon.

 

 C.       Campus Culture Update

 

Amy passed out an informal cooler project proposal and explained the data’s on the survey. Matt asked if there is a data on students living on campus vs. off campus and he needs this data  if possible by Friday. Amy also showed a basic plan of the lay out on the cooler and where the flat screen TVs and new furniture will be located. She explained that the biggest issue is the SAC location and this is still in debate.  She said that when she and Alison met with Earic Peters, he informed them that there will be TVs posted in the cooler over the winter break. She believers that senate have to decide about alternative plans because of the administration’s odds plans. Alison read a letter and wanted every senator to sign it in order to hold the administration accountable for the cooler project. Also, to hold them accountable in getting this project than with a detailed plan over the summer break. Amy said that Dean Avery said that there is money to keep the cooler open until 2 a.m. 7 days a week however the food court will not be open.

 

Amy asked how the board feels about financing this project and if they are confident about using funds from the capital improvements. Kenna said that the board hasn’t approve the capital improvements funds so this will have to be done next year. Matt informed the board that there is $20,000 in this account. Andrew said that it would be better to use money from this account rather than money from student account. Alison said that this project will cost about $15,000. Mike asked if the senate can actually increase student fees for this kind of project. Matt said that the fees can only go up if student tuition goes up.  Max suggested to make a documentary movie to get support from the administration because it is more powerful to have students saying what they need to make more changes.

 

D.       Scholastic Committee Update

 

John said that he met with Jim Whitney and his statistics  were very low and there are some legal implications involved in this project for example the library have to budget fees for the employees for a longer period of time not just for 2 week period.

 

John asked Katie if Eric Frank can be the 4th guest for the GA meeting next semester. Katie accepted and he will be the guest of the February 15th meeting.

 

E.   Kuz’s Corner

 

Matt said that honor board is planning a massive public relations in the school because there is no need to have an honor board without students knowing what the purpose is. Katie confirmed if the honor board and Kuzio will still be the guest for the 1st GA meeting. Matt said yes and they have been planning it already. Matt said that there will be changes on the honor board because currently he is the chair of the honor board and this might create conflict of interest in case there is a problem with the senate. Also the chair position will be decided among the honor board members by silent votes but the person have to meet some requirements.

John asked what does the honor board do. Matt said that they rotate on academic grounds and judicial grounds. He said he can’t go into details because what they are currently doing are confidential. They also have purview over ASOC and clubs.

 

IV.       Senate/GA Forum

 

A.    General Comments.

 

Rozell wished a good break to all senators. Kenna asked when will be the first day of senate meeting for the spring semester. The board decided on January  22nd the first day of school and will send a reminder.

 

V.       Adjournment

 

          i.      Moved by Patrick

         ii.     Seconded by Andrew

        iii.     Vote GC