UNT SGA 48 th Student Senate Spring 2018 Session Cole & Umeh Administration Wednesday, April 18, 2018 I. Call to Order a. 5:30pm II. Opening Ceremonies a. Pledge of Allegiance b. Texas Pledge III. Roll Call IV. Officer Reports a. Chief of Staff i. SGA Banquet ii. May 2nd iii. 5:30pm-7pm in Union 333 iv. Please send your 1-2 minute speech to me no later than April 27 th v. Congrats future President Mo for winning the SGA election! b. Intern Program Director i. Working on Internal Banquet ii. Working on Orgsync form for completion of Intern Program c. Director of Student Concerns i. Filing concerns d. Director of Outreach i. Thanks for everyone who came out to the Mean Green Fun Run!! We had a blast throwing colors and we saw over 150 people there! ii. Working on transition material e. Director of Governmental Affairs i. Rolling out Inclusive Campaign ii. Voter Registration on May 1st 12:30pm-1:30pm 3rd floor entrance f. Communications Director i. Maintaining Social Media
ii. Creating graphics for Intern Awards, Senate, and Banquet iii. Ordered more Promo items g. Public Relations Director i. NTDaily meeting ii. Video for EOY for Cole/Umeh Admin h. Director of Student Allocations, Eagle s nest i. Committee is going to see one more org ii. Working on transition material i. Director of Student Allocations, Raupe Travel Grant i. Last committee meeting this week ii. Processing receipts iii. Putting together transition materials j. President i. Honors day 3-5pm in the Coliseum 3/20/18 ii. Earthfest 3/19/18 start 4pm library Mall k. Vice President i. Updating records ii. Working on transition materials iii. Finalizing Senate Shin-dig V. Old Business a. Approval April 11 Meeting Minutes i. No objections, minutes approved! VI. New Business a. New Senator Ceremony b. S2018-B11 Grammatical Errors Bill i. Discuss & Vote ii. Motion to open the floor for a period of discussion. Seconded. iii. Motion to close the period of discussion and move into a period of voting by roll call. Seconded. iv. Vote passes!
c. S2018-R4 Syllabi Statement i. Discuss & Vote ii. Motion to open a period of discussion. Seconded. iii. Motion to add grammatical corrections advised by the Advocate General. Seconded. 1. Motion to delete one of the proposed changes. Seconded. Vote passes. iv. Vote on original amendment passes. v. Motion to close the period of discussion and vote by roll call. Seconded. vi. Vote passes! d. S2018-B12 Additional Senatorial Resources i. Discuss & Vote ii. Motion to open the floor for a period of discussion. Seconded. iii. Motion to close the period of discussion and move into a period of voting. Objection. Hand vote was collected. Vote did not pass. iv. Senator Shafer- Expresses concerns on whether this would be utilized. Suggests working with the staff and advisors of our colleges instead. v. Senator Belokin- I see the importance of this bill but is it necessary in our By-Laws since we can kind of do this already? Answer from Senator Villarreal (Senator Lohse is absent) vi. Senator Villarreal- Senator Lohse asked senators that if they would like to table it to fix any errors then please table it, if not he suggests we vote on it. vii. Senator Ashwood- Believes college ambassadors do not do work that crosses with Senate most of the time. Supports the effort to try to make Senate better and reminds senate that this would not be required.
viii. Motion to close the period of discussion and move into a period of voting by roll call. Seconded. ix. Vote fails. Bill is not passed. e. S2018-R5 Wind Chimes i. Read & Question ii. Motion to open a period of questioning. Seconded. iii. Senator Avila- Have we considered additional resources to help with the blind/ visually impaired. President Cole (representing Tiffany Miller) we have also looked into braille maps of campus but that is separate from this resolution. iv. Motion to close the period of questioning. Seconded. f. S2018-R6 Braille Map Resolution i. Read & Question ii. Motion to open a period of questioning. Seconded. iii. Senator Ashwood- would this be something that is easily updated? President Cole: yes, we can update 3D printed versions to update the map as much as needed. The union has also agreed to pay for the printing. iv. Motion to close the period of questioning. Seconded. g. Motion to add a discussion about the incident that occurred in the Union on April 17 th. Seconded. Objected. Vote by hand vote. Vote fails. Motion not added to the agenda. VII. College Reports a. College of Business i. Had their Dean Meeting and discussed grad school fair, honor s courses, SI s, Excel Certification, and additional certifications b. College of Education i. A COE professor has won the fessor graham award ii. COE will be implementing a new Honor s course iii. Working with KPROS on a canned food drive for the homeless.
c. College of Engineering i. No report d. College of Health & Public Service i. Organization raised over $900 to donate to Cumberland. Also raised money for school and art supplies. Received $500+ in donations to Cumberland. Visited Cumberland with informational items about UNT e. College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences i. No report f. College of Science i. Dean Meeting tomorrow at 9am to discuss up keeping, Honor s courses, etc. g. Mayborn School of Journalism i. A club hosted a movie night and learned about improper journalism. h. Honors College i. Honors college escape room was successful! ii. Currently holding its senior sendoff at 7pm i. TAMS i. Senator Lohse is in Houston competing in ii. Congratulations to the new TAMS senator! VIII. Announcements a. VP Announcements i. This week is last week of office hours ii. Summer Senate Doodle poll was sent out iii. Next week is our last senate meeting with a brief party afterwards b. This Friday Beto O Rouke will be on campus at 11am c. Senator Akhame took clothes to the Pride Alliance d. Senator Tilley and Giddings will be tabling this Friday in the library mall
IX. e. Senator Ashwood- IGNITE is creating vision boards tomorrow night at 6:30 in the union 4 th floor f. Senator Giddings- met about the mental health initiative two weeks ago. Adjournment a. 6:35pm