STUDENT SENATE MINUTES August 28th, 2018 The Senate President called the Senate meeting t rder at 7:33pm and annunced that the meeting may be filmed r audi recrded and may be available t the public. The Pledge f Allegiance was recited. ROLL CALL: Rll was called and qurum was established with 62 senatrs present. Nt there fr rll call: AmRhein Batra Berkley Bne Brue Chu Eastland Epstein Fine Grady Harmn Hffman Hllway Hudsn Lima Marwah Mitchell Perez Rause Rbust Saint Singh Smith Tyagi Victrianne Weeks AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES: There were nne. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA: Senatr Hernandez mves t apprve Trevr Ppe as the Class Cuncil Agency Head by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Senatr Hernandez mves t apprve the Bridges Executive nminatin f Omarley Spence by unanimus cnsent. Apprved.
Senatr Hernandez mves t hear the Replacement and Agenda cmmittee recmmendatin fr the Permanent Replacement seats by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Mtin t apprve the afrementined blck by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Chairwman Shaw mves t hear the Replacement and Agenda cmmittee recmmendatins fr the Electin Cmmissin psitins as a blck by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Mtin t apprve the afrementined blck by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Chairwman Shaw mves t hear the Replacement and Agenda cmmittee recmmendatins fr the Assistant Supervisr f Electins psitins as a blck by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. Mtin t apprve the afrementined blck by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. PUBLIC DEBATE: Chairman Ppe: Chairman Ppe gives his gdbye speech. Senatr Ospina: Welcmes the senatrs. Wanted t talk abut a reslutin cnsidering mve-ut dates in varius ff campus apartments in Gainesville. While taking final exams, the mve-ut dates in late July/early August d nt verlap with the University f Flrida final exam schedule. The reslutin wuld respectfully ask apartment cmplexes t extend mve ut dates fr Summer B and Summer C students by shwing prf f enrllment. Will be meeting with Nra Kilry, Directr f Off-Campus life this Thursday t discuss this matter. **If yu wish t hear any speeches given during public debate please request the recrdings frm senatesecretary@sg.ufl.edu** OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT: Student Bdy President Green welcmes the senatrs. Emily Dempsey, External Affairs Directr: Tuesday, September 4th, there will be a jint meeting with the city cmmissin. Anyne is welcme t attend and ask questins. Omarley Spence, Chairman f Bridges Outreach Prgram: Is appreciative f his executive nminatin. Starting this fall, the prgram has taken ff in ways he didn t fresee. The prgram is currently wrking with six high schls acrss Flrida. Tw in Tampa, ne in Orland, ne in Gainesville, ne in suth Flrida and ne in Jacksnville. Excited t impact the varius students at these high schls. President Ian Green: Thanks everyne fr apprving Trevr Ppe as the Senir Class Cuncil President. If yu g t the Career Cnnectin Center t get yur resume critiqued, yu will get 25 free prints f yur resume with the Cpy and Resurce Center in the SAI Prtal.
Annunces the 4th flr f Library West will be expanding the amunt f PrctrU rms available, as well as its accessibility. Talks abut applicatins that are pen right nw. They all clse n September 5th. Applicatins: Accent, Actin SG, Gatrs Ging Green, Gatrs Innvatrs, Night Life Navigatrs, STAR, Yung Leadership Cuncil, Internal Affairs, and the Big Event. The first Cmmencement Task Frce Meeting ccurred this past Saturday. It was a success. Explains the applicatin prcess fr the class cuncil psitins fr junirs, sphmres and freshmen and the interviewing prcess. The applicatins are due September 14th. OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT: Student Bdy Vice President Enriquez welcmes the senatrs. Thanks everyne fr having him here tnight. Excited t be back frm his first cabinet meeting f the fall. Will be held every Tuesday frm 6:30 t 7:50 in the SAI prtal classrm. Wants cabinet t be meeting mre regularly. The Prgramming Calendar has been cmpleted. Therefre he will be back next week shwcasing them. Hpes t cntinue the cabinet s platfrm. Cabinet will revitalize its respnsibilities in the cnstitutin. Cabinet will cntinue its cmmitment t welcming events and hpes t see senatrs there this week. Wants t take a mment t remember t the late Senatr Jhn McCain. Will be releasing the first ever Spanish welcme vide fr the incming students. Lks frward t seeing everyne next week. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT: Senate President Grsse welcmes the senatrs. Thanks frmer chairman Ppe fr what he has dne in the Chamber. Office hurs fr the fall: Mn 11:00 AM-3:00 PM Tues 10:00-12:30 PM Wed 12:00-3:30 PM Appintments are able t be set. Keep in mind the electin cycle will begin tday. Therefre n party affiliatin is allwed in the SG ffice, if yu bring any in we will have t ask yu t leave. Slating will be ccurring this Thursday, Friday and next Tuesday fr the electin. Next Tuesday at 5:30 PM is the UFPD, GPD, and City Cmmissin jint meeting. Senate will be starting at 6:30 PM next week, NOT 7:30 PM. If yu have a legitimate excuse fr nt being able t make it an hur early please make sure yu reach ut. Please be sharing any Facebk psts abut pen Senate seats t make sure cnstituents are infrmed. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
REPLACEMENT & AGENDA: Senate Pr-Tempre Murphy welcmes the senatrs. Thanks Trevr Ppe fr his service as the Allcatins Chairman and as a senatr. Open Allcatins Chair applicatins are due this Friday at nn. All cmmittee seats will be due this Friday at 12:00pm. Office hurs: Mn: 11:00-3:00 PM Tues: 10:00-12:30 PM Wed: 12:30-3:30 PM Permanent seats: Architecture, Graham, Medicine and Pharmacy seats are due this Friday. Remaining seats nt due this Friday, but will be due the fllwing Friday. BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS: Chairwman Dunsn welcmes the senatrs. Thanks Chairman Ppe fr what he has dne in Senate. Budget engagement week will be starting next week. She will be sending an email with the different events thrugh email sn. This summer, the FY 19-20 Budget was passed and apprved. Budget cmmittee will be meeting in frnt crner after the meeting cncludes at the frnt f the chamber. ALLOCATIONS: Senatr Hernandez welcmes the senatrs. There are fur pen cmmittee seats. There is als an pen cmmittee chair seat. Thanks Trevr Ppe fr being a great mentr. Encurages everyne t apply. JUDICIARY: Chairwman Shaw welcmes the senatrs. Thanks everyne fr apprving the Electins cmmissin and assistant supervisr f electins. Legislatin will be due this Friday at 12:00pm. There are cmmittee seats pen. RULES & ETHICS: Chairman Hurdle welcmes the senatrs. Gives presentatin f rules and ethics rientatin. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION: Vice Chair Brandies welcmes the senatrs. Fur permanent seats are due this Friday August 31st. Anther fur due next Friday. FIRST READING:
There were nne. SECOND READING: There were nne. BILLS PENDING SIGNATURES: There were nne. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Senatr Bradley: LatinX Assembly tmrrw at 6:00pm in the Reitz Grand Ballrm. Senatr Hernandez: The HLA applicatins fr Mentrs and Schlars will be due September 7th. Senatr Baldwin: If yu are interested in becming a captain r Emerging Leader fr Dance Marathn applicatins have pened and are due Mnday September 3rd. Senatr Schulte: Will be selling game day stickers and will be dnating all prceeds. Please reach ut if interested. Senatr Flrez: Will be cnducting the Hispanic Heritage Pageant n September 19th, applicatins due this Sunday. Senatr: The Member Leadership prgram is pen nw. The applicatins will clse n September 15th. Senatr Adler: Gatr grwl staff applicatins are pen and n the Facebk page. If interested please lk at the Gatr Grwl Facebk page and apply. Senatr R: Preview applicatins are ut and all shuld apply. Senate President Grsse: If yu aren t receiving listserv emails r didn t hear yur name called please cntact Senate Secretaries. ROLL CALL: A mtin t use vting recrds fr final rll by unanimus cnsent. Apprved. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjurned at 8:24 pm.