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.