4:38
pm
Absent: S. Leahy, J. Pereira, M. Skorker, W. Lappas
Arrived Late: None
Left Early: M. King, S. Boucher, K. Seipp
Guests: Ray Kamstra (MASSPIRG). Megan DeSmedt
(MASSPIRG), Nicole Couture (Women’s Center),
Sarah Godbois
(Women’s Center), Justin McKenna (STE),
Nancy Gerard (STE)
President Dalton announced the minutes for
February 17, 2004,
were accepted.
· President Dalton talked a bit about COSGA
and allowed
everyone that attended the conference to
tell a little about it.
Everyone brought back great ideas including
ways to get
freshman involved, how to increase voting
percentage, how to
communicate to the student body, readership
programs, and
many more topics that will be looked into
more. If anyone wants
to know more about the conference and what
was learned feel
free to speak to any of the delegates.
· President Dalton suggested that next year
the executive board
look into other conferences instead of COSGA
or in addition to
COSGA.
· On behalf of Chair Skorker President Dalton
urged everyone to
get a Salem State E-mail address so that he
can get going on his e-
mail drive.
· President Dalton announced that the
executive board has been
discussing ways to make a lasting impression
on this school. A
scholarship is being created from the
Student Government.
We will create criteria and it is something
that will last
long after all of us are gone. This is our investment towards the
future.
· President Dalton announced that Dean Stoll
and Kathy Neville
will be coming to speak to us next Tuesday
March 9 to speak
about the new residence halls.
· Vice President Batastini announced that
Thursday, March 4
there is a mandatory groups and clubs
meeting and they will be
going over election processes.
· Vice President Batastini let everyone know
that next Monday,
March 8 she will be speaking to a freshman seminar
class about
involvement. She asked if anyone would like to join her.
Anyone who is interested can see her for
more information.
· Vice President Batastini announced that on
Wednesday, April
21, we will be having our second blood drive
from 9-3. Please
volunteer to help out or give blood.
· No Report
· Assistant Treasurer Mazza explained a little about the budgets and how it was not easy because there was less money and more requests. He let everyone know that Student Government was cut first and that we were cut about $9, 000 so that we could work with about the same amount as we had last year. He also explained that more than 80% of SGA’s budget goes directly back to the groups and clubs. He just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that we were working with less too and that all the groups and clubs knew that they could always propose to finance committee. Dr. Brossoit explained that due to increasing enrollment we may get as much as $30,000 more next year. We are just waiting for a decision. If that happens the money will go into finance and all groups and clubs are encouraged to propose for the money, there is even talk about an additional budget meeting at the beginning of the year. By special request Treasurer Garvey went through the SGA budget and explained what all the money was for.
MOTION: Assistant Treasurer Mazza entertained a motion to accept the
budgets that were agreed upon within the budget committee.
Batastini/ Alexis (After Discussion 15 people changed
their vote so the motion FAILS)
Discussion: STE spoke about the amount of money that they need
to function as a group and $655 is not enough. They do four shows
a year. They spoke about the issues that resulted in probation last
year even though it had nothing to do with the current members
they felt that they worked through it very well and managed to have an unbelievable year without a budget from SGA. They were lucky to have the general revenue that they had to work with and last year, but that is not guaranteed to them for the next fiscal year. There was a lot of discussion about STE and then the Women’s Center spoke about their need for more than $1300. They felt that they needed more money so that they can make their Women’s History Month dinner bigger. They have been having this dinner for several years and they were hoping that it would finally be included in their budget. Several people suggested that they propose to finance committee. At this point it was discovered that the English Society could not be recognized because they did not have a full executive board so their $655 budget was taken away.
MOTION: Secretary Spano made a motion to add the $655 from the
English Society to STE and finalize the budget
Batastini (Opposed:5; In Favor: 10; Abstained:3…After
discussion 5 people changed their votes so there were 14 in favor
and 4 Abstained…Motion PASSES.)
Discussion: There was a lot of discussion about who the extra $655 should go to. Some people thought that to be fair we should give some to STE and some to the Women’s Center because they were both there. Senator Cogliano said that if we wanted to keep it fair then we should split it up between all the groups that were not given what they wanted. The Women’s Center admitted that STE needed the money more than them so we came to a vote and the motion passed thus adding $655 to STE and finalizing the budget for next year.
· No report
·
SENIOR SENATE
· Senator Alexis let everyone know that she had lunch with
President Harrington and talked about graduation, senior audits, and several
more things.
·
JUNIOR SENATE
· Junior Senate had complaints that the buses were running slow.
· SOPHOMORE SENATE
· Sophomore Senate also had complaints about the buses. The
buses seem to disappear after 2:30.
They run well in the morning
and they are quick, but then they just don’t
show up. There were
many comments about students waiting anywhere from one
hour to one and a half hours for a shuttle to show up.
· Sophomore senate also had issues with the
amount of
freshman that have cars on campus.
· Sophomore senate will do their presentation
at the next
meeting
· FRESHMAN SENATE
· Freshmen
Senators reported complaints about the fact that there
are no emergency
stations at the end of the Peabody Hall lot.
People have also suggested that a camera be installed in the back
of the parking lot.
· Senator Higgins keeps getting complaints
about Chartwells so
he
wanted to know when the Food Service Committee would be
meeting. President Dalton
explained that she would be meeting
with President Harrington to discuss several issues including the
committees.
· Treasurer Garvey announced that there is
will be a meeting on Thursday, March 4 in the Presidential Conference Room.
·
RULES
COMMITTEE
· Chair King left the meeting early so Vice
President Batastini gave her report.
She announced that elections are in April so nomination packets will
available March 29th.
· Chair King is working on fun campaigns and
if anyone is interested in helping out let her know.
· STUDENT LIFE COMMITTEE
· Chair Boucher also left early so once again
Vice President
Batastini gave her report. The student Life committee will
be meeting Tuesday, March 9 at 3:30 in the
Campus Center
lobby.
·
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
· No Report
· GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
· No Report
·
JUDICIAL
AFFAIRS
· No Report
·
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
· No Report
· None
· None
· Senator Runyan announced that Program
Council would be a
having a comedian Thursday, March 11 at 8:00
at Vet’s Hall.
· Senator Milan announced that Bedroom Farce
is being
performed on Friday, March 5 and Saturday,
March 6 at 8:00pm
and then again on Sunday, March 7 at
2:00pm. This show is free
for students.
· Dr. Brossoit urged everyone to go out and
vote tonight for the
primaries.
· Ray from MASSPIRG announced the hunger
clean up on April
3rd. This is a community service
project. For any information call
x6870.
· Senator Alfonzo announced HAS is having a
dance in Vet’s
Hall at 8:00 on Thursday, March 4 and it
costs $1 for SSC
students.
MOTION: Vice President
Batastini made a motion to adjourn.
Runyan (Unanimous)
SUBMITTED BY MICHELLE L. SPANO