Earth Day Expo

Saturday, April 25

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Nature Reserve at RSU

Claremore, OK

Come join the Rogers State University 

Biology & Chemistry Clubs in celebrating Earth Day!!

Bring HE laundry soap, canned dog food, or old newspapers to benefit

 Wild Heart Ranch and receive an extra entry into the door prize giveaway!!!

Free admission

Hybrid car test drive-Jack Kissee Ford

Guided nature walks

Plant sale

Oklahoma endangered wildlife-

Rogers County 4-H

Door prizes

Teaching beehive-NEOBA

Create a Monarch nursery

Pink doing green-Mary Kay

Hands on activates

Gardening tips

5K for Earth Day

Sunday, April 26

1:00 p.m.

The Nature Reserve at RSU

                                               Bring an item to tie dye for $1

                                   Register at the Earth Day Expo

SGA Meeting Minutes 03/27/2015

Congress Agenda

27 March 2015

Call to Order 1:05 p.m.

Roll Call: Biology Club 4 present 2 voting

Approval of Agenda

Reports

a.        Senate Floor Leader

a.       Bills/Resolutions Due by April 20 @ 1 p.m.

b.      House floor leader

c.       Parliamentarian

d.      Public relations

a.       Easter Egg Hunt-April 4 Sign ups

b.      Bring a game, or 2 bags of candy and 2 bags of eggs due Wed April 1 5:00 p.m.

c.       Is counted as an event if your organization brings eggs and candy

d.      Tables with games for kids in the community

e.      Treasurer

a.       Approx. $10,000 in Discretionary

f.         Secretary

g.       Vice president

h.      President

a.       Banquet sign up, final number dinner with ceremony in Centennial Center

b.      T-shirts people that have not picked up SGA t-shirt

c.       End of Year Paperwork Due by April 1 @ 5p.m.

d.      Event follow up forms

e.      Officer applications due April 10 by 1pm

i.         Advisory

Can setup today between 3 and 4:30 p.m. today for Early Enrolment tomorrow, need to be set up by 8:30 a.m. tomorrow

Old Business

a.        Statutes and Bylaws- Passed by majority vote

b.      main changes:

1.        A Representative floor leader will be elected from elected SGA member representatives.  The representative floor leader will act as point of contact between SGA and student organizations to assist with questions and clarification of information.

2.       Attendance will be more focused towards elected SGA representatives present at meeting.  Future SGA meeting roll call will be more focused on roll call of individual elected student organization SGA representatives.

3.       No requests for per diems to students shall be allowed through SGA

4.       EC when voting on funds request, just voting that everything in the funds request is submitted properly.  Not to represent the EC support, approval, or disapproval of the request.  Approval or disapproval of the funds request is voted on in SGA.

5.       No SGA funds may be requested to cover graduation regalia. 

6.       If requesting funds from SGA for purchase of printed material, t-shirts, or other fundraising material, the SGA logo must be present on material.  If at least half of funds requested from discretionary the SGA logo would be required.

7.       Tier 3 will become Tier 1 and vice versa

8.       Limitations for what funds may be requested from discretionary funds.  Tier 1, no limit.  Tier 2, no more than 7x the amount of their appropriated funds.  Tier 3, no more than 5x the amount of their appropriated funds.  New clubs and organizations are given $100 from their appropriated funds, most they are able to ask for 3x more than their appropriated funds.

9.       To be EC position, interested in President or VP must have 2 immediately preceding semesters in SGA prior to qualifying to run for President or VP of EC. 

New Business

a.       PPHC  Funds request- $309.90

b.      SODA Resolution 2015-02

c.       OIL Resolution 2015-03

Announcements

a.        Next Meeting April 10 at 1pm

Adjournment:  2:53 p.m.

SGA Meeting Minutes 03/06/2015

Rogers State University

SGA Meeting Minutes

6 March 2015

Call to Order:  1:04 p.m.

Roll Call:  Biology Club 6 present 2 voting

Approval of Agenda:  Approved

Reports: 

House Floor Leader-Nothing to report

Parliamentarian-Nothing to report

Public Relations-Nothing to report

Treasurer-working on updating discretionary funds

Secretary-recording if you come in late update roll call

Vice President-banquet sign up need head count

Ad visor-

-Early Enrollment March 28 call enrollment to get a table students first time to be on campus good chance to represent your

-CAT save spring break

-SPRING 13-17 April Wed big bang day, inflatables blazing wing challenge,

-April 24 SGA Banquet

-Hillcamp freshmen orientation camp week before school for incoming orientation

                Volunteer apps for Hillcamp will come out next week.

-Use a planner?  Interested in using a planner that has event dates and add drop dates added.

                Looking at making planner for incoming freshmen

Adviser would need to order before August.  If your organization has date’s for the planner be sure they are added before then.

Old Business

New Business

Bass Fishing Club Resolution SGA

Bass Fishing Club requests to be reinstated into SGA.  Bass Fishing Club has previously been deficient of the SGA statutes and by-laws.

                Bass Fishing Club has elected new officers.

                Question:  Does the Bass Fishing Club have any events planned for the spring semester?

Answer:  They plan to hold a fishing tournament at the reserve for kids from the community.

                Approved

BCM Funds Request $313.39

                Spring Break trip $86.61 from appropriated funds total cost of the trip $3,200. 

                In Aura Colorado the will work with local non-profit the kuran to assist refugees from Burma in filling out paperwork for citizenship.

                The money requested will go towards covering travel costs incurred for a 2^nd 15 passenger van.

Question for Treasurer:  How much money is currently in the discretionary funds?  Current discretionary funds $2,529.50.  This amount will increase as $400 will return to discretionary from a previous funds request.  Other organizations have not used all of the funds previously requested and appropriated funds as well.

Voted and approved.

PATH Funds Request $700-

Abby the president is requesting $700 for a block party to be held April 6 at 5:00 tentatively at the back patio of Centennial Center to include prizes, food, and guest speaker.

$700 request amount was submitted prior to their fundraiser.  During their fundraiser they raised over $100 dollars that will go towards the block party.  Goal of the block party will help them to grow and to reach out to students.

Voted and approved.

Presentation of Statutes and Bylaws

                -Vote on March 27^th

-changes to tier rating system switch tier 1 and 3 to establish tier 1 as the highest tier and tier 3 the lowest tier system

                -Title Four more defined explanation of events

                -Will be posted on Facebook SGA page, SGA RSG.EDU

Announcements

Adjournment: 1:43 p.m.