ASUW Board of Directors Thursday: February 16, 2006 Husky Union Building, 4:30 p.m. APPROVED MINUTES

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1 ASUW Board of Directors Thursday: February 16, 2006 Husky Union Building, 4:30 p.m. APPROVED MINUTES ASUW President Lee Dunbar called the February 16, 2006 meeting of the ASUW Board of Directors to order at 4:32 pm. ROLL CALL: Present: Lee Dunbar Ashley Miller (late, excused) David Morgan Craig Bosman Hala Dillsi Miranda Bethay Jonathan Lee (late) Karl Smith Cullen White Ezana Emmanuel Erin Shields Katherine Van Maren Lincoln Johnson (late, excused) Rene Singleton (late, excused) Absent: APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Katherine moved to approve the agenda, Cullen seconded. The Board approved the agenda without objection. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Katherine moved to approve the minutes, Cullen seconded. The Board approved the minutes without objection. NEW BUSINESS: BOD Bill David said that the bill went through SA yesterday and was approved after some tweaks to the bill. Vincent from ISAUW came to the table. He said they re holding the annual cultural night for the 5 th year. This is the first year they re coming for SA money. It s a cultural show with a talent show, traditional and modern dances, and musical performances. It will also include a fashion show and door prizes. There was no further discussion Board Bill 3.20 passed unanimously. BOD Bill David said this was approved yesterday at SA. There is a lot of strong emotion along with this event from people who couldn t get tickets on time. Sonja came to the table. She said it will be held this year on April 15. It s put on by the Indian, Pakistani, S. Asian and Punjabi student groups, and two Greek organizations. There are acts. It s the 4 th annual year for the event, and they ve used SA funding each year. They are also looking for funding from a variety of other places. There was no further discussion. Board Bill 3.21 passed unanimously. BOD Bill Cullen said he s been working with Galen to find a new point-of-sales software for the Bike Shop. This will purchase a new computer, software, and a printer for the Bike Shop to update the system, which is currently outdated. He read through the bill. David added that computer was the same type as had been

2 ordered this year, and mentioned that DOS is 20 years old. Katherine asked what other software had been looked at. Cullen said that they looked at MicroBiz $1595 and Positive POS Basic $900 and Accupause $595. Galen had decided that Quickbooks was more universal, and had a better user interface. Magnus wondered if the Bike Shop made its own money, wasn t that returned to student government? Why would ASUW buy things for them? David explained how the ASUW Bike Shop structure worked. There is a separate fund for capital expenditures. All the money the Bike Shop makes is for the ASUW. Jon moved to approve. Hala seconded. Board Bill 3.22 passed unanimously. BOD Bill Ashley read the bill. Jon moved to approve. Karl seconded. Board Bill 2.43 passed unanimously. Karl moved to add senate bill 12-1 to the agenda. Miranda seconded. The motion passed without objection. BOD Bill 5.1. Erin said that in 2004, a number of recommendations were made as to how to improve the Senate. One issue was about proposing amendments to the constitution through the Senate. It passed the Senate, but was voted down by the Board at the time. Ashley asked about the Board s reasoning at the time. Jon said this was before all the other Senate reforms went through, and it was very easy to obtain a seat. One of the main arguments against this was that the Senate was not really a representative body. There were concerns that frivolous amendments could be made the constitution is not supposed to be amended easily. Erin noted that ¾ of the voting membership for the Senate would be required to pass it. David said that his concern was in the first THAT clause he was worried about allowing any group to specify a special election, which are usually avoided for any costs (and are very costly!). They are basically reserved for when something goes very awry with a normal election. It s best if people can t just call a special election very easily. Karl said that it was probably done because the Board has that power. Jon said that it should be left to the Board, due to the financial burden. David wondered if it could be amended to include a special election only with the approval of a certain amount of the Board. Erin asked Karl about special elections in her reasoning, people would probably strive for the regular election due to the higher voting turnout. Rene said that in her memory no special election had occurred. She added that there has been a change in the style of elections. Steve said that labor involved in a special election is working with the registrar s office, which takes at least a month. Karl moved to table until next week. Jon seconded. Karl said that it would be wise to talk to Alex and get feedback about this provision, and then make a more informed decision. The motion to table passed without objection. The motion to table bill 5.1 passed without objection. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Lee Dunbar said that he and several Board members have been handling issues with the Pappy Boyington resolution. They re making good progress with the public. We re going to get past this. The regents and administration have been supportive with the senate a number of them have been asked to kick us all out of school or make us all resign. The onus now is to work with students at large. There are a few misconceptions that still need to be cleared up to the students. Karl Smith did a fine job on FOX news, as well as KOMO-TV. Lee did Lars Larsen, Kiro 7 news, and a number of radio shows. There are over 120 blogs with mostly horrible statements of what happened. David mentioned that Eric Godfrey had sent out an today. Erin said that he d sent Alex Kim and Ashley Miller an he s been sending to private citizens in response to s the office of the president has received. Ezana asked if we re really going to be writing a resolution for the other Medal of Honor winners. Lee said that Andrew Everett is writing a resolution and that Lee would be a co-sponsor, as his personal decision. He talked to Dean Ingebritsen with Jon Lee about advising, and how RA s fit into the whole thing. Hala thanked Lee for his comments in Senate and the measures he s taken to address these matters. It has been very genuine and sincere. Lee thanked everybody for being cooperative in this.

3 VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Ashley Miller said the first meeting of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility went pretty well. They re trying to figure out how that committee could actually get anything done. Biodiesel is going well they are considering asking for money for the task force. The 22 nd of February will be the college civics meeting, through a statewide videoconference. PERSONNEL REPORT: Craig Bosman said he sent out an to ASUW employees today to remind them that there are a lot of other things going on in the Association besides the aftermath of the Senate resolution. Please try and stay focused, but please let him know, or other people know, if you feel intimidated or threatened by any communications that you have received from private citizens at large. RainyDawg has hired a new Promotions Coordinator: Calla Hummel. Craig has been working on new job descriptions looking at splitting the Computer Technician position into two, one web developer and one technician. SHA positions will begin hiring next week, hopefully. FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT: David Morgan said Special Appropriations is getting a little close on money, as we did last year. It s not certain yet, but they may be coming to the board to ask for more money to fund SA. The Board has been supportive of this in the past due to its direct effect on the student body. Tier 3 was maxed out yesterday. He s actually advertised none, and the demand has been great. He s leery of advertising too much and having a lot of unmet demand. F&B met in 106 B yesterday, which was massive. RainyDawg came in to talk about goals to use as benchmarks for their review next year. Talks happened about getting the station going more over the summer. Currently there s a stall with no DJ s, which decreases listener ship over the summer. Budget hearings are coming up! The final schedule is presented in the written report. He needs to give the budget to SAF on April 16. This will be a good test of trusting the committees, and hopefully concerns can be addressed at F&B on April 12. It may get there earlier, but we will have to see. Major issues will likely be RDR, salaries, and others. SENATE REPORT: Erin Shields echoed Hala s comments in appreciation of the support over the past few days. Senate has been going well. She passed around a letter to the editor from Alex Kim addressing some issues. On the V- Day meeting, they passed resolutions in support of Holistic Admissions and of Faculty use of Electronic Reserves. There will be some interesting resolutions coming up next week. GPSS REPORT: Katherine Van Maren had nothing to report. DIRECTORSHIP REPORTS: Hala Dillsi said that next week the Board meeting will be at the ECC in the Chicano room. Tyler Dockins mentioned that the Daily only has one ad person right now and they ve been having trouble with the department. They re looking into restructuring the positions. The beat writer system might also be improved. Hala added that she knows that there is an ASUW beat writer she doesn t know if that is necessarily the problem, or if there are structural problems in the organization. The writer certainly knows the ASUW but has been very busy with numerous other articles. Let other students know to please contact the Daily with concerns over a lack of information or problems with advertisements. (see written report) Cullen White said HFS still seems lukewarm about operating at night, because they aren t sure if the overhead costs they re putting up will be met. If there is a problem, we will be looking into what options/alternatives we have. (see written report)

4 Jonathan Lee said the FCIQ is investigating putting a central testing place in where all tests are administered. Ezana asked why. Jon said they thought it might be a more efficient use of time doesn t take up lecture time, tests can be written to be longer (which can benefit ESL people), and tests can be administered over a longer period of time, allowing more flexibility for students. Also, a lot of students are expressing concern over lack of campus space, particularly transfer and commuter students. The University is reshaping the vision statement for UW, so please provide your input. It will be our guiding statement for the next years, and is viewed by many people. Right now there s a lot of cliché stuff that is uninspiring. There are new course evaluations that reflect classroom climate they are seeing a potential fight that might arise from this, since it is a touchy subject. They are ready to present the report. Symposiums for graduate students and faculty are being discussed, which would be good for publicity and recruiting for the UW. Hala asked about the vision statement when are things due? Jon said that for the next few hours they would accept things. Hala asked about the classroom climate survey. Jon said that the pilot program had been completed, and they were waiting on a few factors to see where to go next, including the undergraduate report and the Provost s report. David asked about the testing center don t students who take tests in familiar environments often do better? Jon said that he asked a lot of concerns at the meeting, for example if you had questions about the test, who ould you ask? There are a lot of issues that play into it, and they re just looking into it for how to improve campus climate. Karl Smith (see written report) Ezana Emmanuel said Night Walk isn t such a major issue on campus tomorrow- the committee can evolve and look more at personal theft, credit card theft, etc. issues that might affect students more. Erin asked where a commuter section in a new UWAA building might be. Ezana said they were hoping to move it on to campus it s very early and we don t know much yet, but they are very excited about it. Jon said that UWPD is interested in doing more community policing to help students look at issues of theft, etc, by putting something up on campus. Hala asked EZ to explain the night walk. Ezana said that they tend to take a group of students out and walk around campus to address problem areas that aren t well-lit. The feedback from student leaders has focused more on off-campus areas. They re looking to perhaps team up with the IFC/Panhell one or do something as the committee itself. Off-campus, things would have to go to the City of Seattle. Hala asked if there were a certain number of people to come to night walk if not, the committee should talk to student leaders around campus and ask for a representative from many groups. There are still issues on campus, so student leaders should be able to give some input along with the committee. Ezana agreed and said that they were talking about bringing something back like UW Cares the overhead to start something back up might be $100,000, but they are looking into what options there are. David pointed out that SAF is/was not against a program like UW Cares, but that the way it was run, and the lack of compromise between SAF and UW Cares, led to it being cancelled. They are still receptive to creating a better program to address these matters. Erin added that the survey was a great idea, and that the Night Walk name has some positive credibility and recognition. Ezana said for SARVA week he s heading up a poster campaign called real men that has 10 things targeted for men to help treat women with respect. Other universities have taken male leaders around campus and put them on the poster to help with the campaign. They want Lorenzo Romar to be involved as well! (see written report) Miranda Bethay said the Diversity Council meeting is coming up next week, as well as an ECC quarterly forum. Next week is also Ally Week, so make sure to check out the events put on by Gregor. Hala came to the JCC last week, and they also talked about a proposal from FASA to have a campus wide forum about climate, in order to get a sense of how people feel on campus. Dr. Barcelo is putting something similar to that on, so they are hoping to get on board with that. Tomorrow at JCC, they will be talking about s that people have been receiving- they have been unwarranted, mean, and tend to involve people who didn t have anything to do with the Senate in the first place. RSOs have been getting s as well, like Mecha, First Nations, and FASA. If there have been any s received, people are asked to forward them to Lee. Lee mentioned that they are currently working on an official press release. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hub crawl tonight!

5 Rene asked for feedback about an overnight orientation for ASUW at Pack Forest. The feedback was mixed, but generally positive. Tyler said that he got a call from the USSA and wondered if people were interested in joining. Talk to him soon if you have input. Lee said to come up with some things in the next couple weeks and put some thought into it. ADJOURNMENT: Lee moved to adjourn the meeting. David seconded the motion. The February 16, 2006 meeting of the ASUW Board of Directors adjourned at 5:51 pm. Respectfully Submitted By: Craig Bosman, David Morgan, Laura Baird