SGA: Agenda of the 84th Senate - October 17, 2019

Agenda of the 84th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association October 17, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to order A. Quorum Call a. Meeting called to order by VP Dimes at 6:36 pm b. Quorum is set at 28 B. Special Business a. Facilities (Vice President Barkwill & Dom Lavin) b. S.A.2019.84.008 C. Approval of Senate Minutes from October, 3 2019 D. Approval of Cabinet Minutes from October 16, 2019 E. New Business a. Initiatives Discussion F. Executive Board Report a. President - K.Harley b. Vice President - K.Dimes c. Comptroller- R. Bathija G. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - N. Cote b. Club Relations - J. Alameda c. Public Relations - R. Rielly d. Rules - Z. Farooqui e. Spirit - D. Firooz f. Student Services - A. Osner H. Lion and Cub Reveal I. For Good of the Order J. Announcements K. Snap Cup Adjournment

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Hofstra University Student Government Association Two Thousand and Nineteen

S.A.2019.84.008 A Resolution to Detail Student Government Association’s Responsibilities Pertaining to the Pride Blocks

Whereas,​ the Student Government Association, hereafter referred to as SGA, remains responsible for funding the construction of the Pride Block(s) and all necessary supplies, such as paint and brushes; Whereas, ​SGA remains responsible for funding any possible future demolition of the Pride Block(s) as deemed appropriate by both SGA and the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (OSLE); Whereas,​ SGA Programming Deputy shall collect applications for use of the Pride Block(s) and maintain a calendar of clubs that have reserved and been granted access to paint the Block(s); Whereas,​ SGA Spirit Committee, as well as OSLE, shall be held responsible for approving designs that clubs submit when seeking access to use the Block(s); Whereas, ​SGA shall be held responsible to paint over profane language or images swiftly if the issue so arises; Let it be resolved, ​that the Student Government Association is fully accountable for the fiscal responsibilities, maintenance, and organization of the Pride Block(s).

Respectfully Submitted, Donia Firooz Spirit Chair

Alexa Paturzo Senator

Nadine Khalaf Senator

Chelsea Tomasso Associate

Michael Hotaling Senator

Palak Maniani Associate

Joshua Linsenberg Associate

Olivia Kearse Associate

Maxie DeBiso Senator

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Agenda of the 84th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association October 3, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse A. Quorum Call a. Meeting called to order at 6:36 PM b. Quorum set at 30 B. Special Business a. INTO Program i.

Steve Richman introduces INTO Hofstra ii.

INTO welcomes International Students to Hofstra by offering academic English courses and the Pathway Program as well as academic support iii.

Brought in over 120 new students to Hofstra iv.

Majority of the students in INTO are graduate students but the program is focusing on increasing the diversity of its applicants and of the student body as a whole v.

Anne from International Student Affairs helps prepare the immigration paperwork over the summer, which allows them to transition into the semester vi.

Knows that students might be more or less uncomfortable based on their proficiency in English. They aren’t just international students, they’re Hofstra students. vii.

Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, Jean Piden Christodolou speaks about international students living on campus and that there are approximately 60 students from the INTO program. Majority of INTO students live in Colonial Square, They are going to and welcome to any and all events on campus viii.

The only difference between INTO students and the rest of the student body is their route of arrival at Hofstra ix.

Administrators are thinking about what students need but students, like student government, know what students need x.

The more diversity there is on campus, the better the program can be xi.

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1. Chairman Alameda a. What are the motivations for bringing this program to Hofstra? i.

Steve answers that the motivation was that Hofstra is a great place, but not enough support was being offered to international students in regards to improving their academic English language 2. Chairwoman Osner a. Is there any aspect of the program that is encouraging students in the program to become more involved on campus? i.

On top of the resources Hofstra has in general, International students come in with more hurdles, therefore INTO contains more support specifically for them ii.

Located in Axinn on the 2nd floor near the Honors College iii.

Increasing the diversity of campus will allow INTO students to become more integrated into the university community iv.

All students that come in through the INTO program pay the student activity fee v.

Going to a country where no one speaks the same language as you can be scary so domestic students need to be taking 1 step towards helping them get involved as well 3. Senator Rose a. 60 students or so living on Campus, how many students are actually in the program? i.

123 Students as a result of the INTO program, ~20 undergraduate 4. Senator Ortiz-Jimenez a. Do these students apply to Hofstra or are they picked by INTO to come here? i.

The students apply to Hofstra and then are picked for INTO 5. Senator Monono a. How does increasing the proficiency of international students in English work? i.

Pathway Program assumes you have a level of proficiency already ii.

Work with specifically trained professionals who work in a specially designed curriculum specifically for ESL (English as a Second Language) students 6. Senator Stark 4

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a. Where do you see the program going in the next 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, etc.? i.

We want to see Hofstra’s global footprint increase and to help the University community go overseas Senator McCluskey a. How are you going to expand the undergraduate student base? i.

A lot of students are looking to be in New York to study and they do international recruitment by going to various countries ii.

Reputation factor regarding admissions, as Hofstra is more known outside, that is going to help recruit other students Senator Fletcher a. Do current international students join the program or does it only apply to new students? i.

When you come to the university you are admitted to the INTO program specifically, you cannot move into the INTO program Comptroller Bathija a. Where do the pathway classes take place? i.

Language classes take place on the 2nd floor of the library President Harley a. How best can SGA support these students and help get them involved on Campus? i.

Be welcoming, Encourage INTO students to join events, come to INTO hosted events ii.

If you know there is an International Student in your class, talk to them and interact with them, this means a tremendous amount to International students iii.

Students are getting accustomed to many new things at the same time, so having a friendly face can always help iv.

Because of SGA’s leadership, there might be a way to formalize some of ‘this’, and have International students practice English in an informal way Senator Stark a. Do you think any of the students would like to come to Senate and share their experiences? i.

Yes, Mr. Richman can connect SGA to some students to try to begin this procedure, some students are willing to get super involved, others just want to remain alone

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Some Global Mentors are international students, they have a lot of knowledge about how INTO students would adjust to life here 12. Senator Connolly-Sisk a. Is there any kind of liaison set up for international students? A lot of the time High Schools put in buddy programs, and could Hofstra do that? i.

Currently the Global Mentors in the Peer Alliance program take on this responsibility and there are only about 23 of them 13. Senator Cady a. How can organizations better help students wanting to get involved? i.

Making sure that your orgs can start advertising around the INTO office and specifically to these students 1. Come post in the INTO office and make sure the students are aware that all of these things exist on campus and maybe they might offer up new club ideas as well ii.

HerStory Program about writing personal stories and moments and presenting that to a group, iii.

On October 26, they will come to Hofstra to do an event called Crossing Borders, and do a writing workshop iv.

Main goal is community building 14. Senator Greco a. Have you ever thought about doing a reverse buddy program where INTO students buddy up with upper level language students? (i.e. pairing French students with Junior and Senior French majors) i.

INTO is talking with Romance Languages to do something similar, but likes this idea better ii.

October 16th, HUHC and INTO will work together 1. “Conversation Partners” a. ‘Match-make’ students that have similar language to converse with each other b. Newman Club Presentation i.

Chairman Alameda introduces 1. Newman is a faith-based club that are appealing to SGA about issues they have had in the past and they will be explaining their issues.

Senators should expect feedback, not go into debate or questioning about potential misinformation. On of the issues they have experienced are budget allocations in terms of retreats not being funded by SGA. ii.

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1. The Newman club is the Catholic Club on Campus 2. Their biggest event during the Fall semester is their annual retreat. Since the club is faith-based, their retreats are different from leadership conferences and other similar events.

3. Essential for the Freshman to go to the club, two members who went to the retreat converted to Catholicism, and one is now a member of the E-board 4. Confused because SGA wasn’t funding a retreat but SGA themselves went on a retreat. Since SGA doesn’t fund retreats, SGA redefined Newman Club’s leadership conference as a retreat and denied funding again. a. No formalized definition for Retreat or Leadership Conference is so what is the distinction? b. They’d like to see a SA introducing that Questions 1. Senator McCluskey a. What do you during the retreat? i.

We choose a certain aspect of the Catholic faith to study.

Each E-board member discusses the topic in breakout sessions.

2. Senator Hotaling a. How much did you usually get in the past? i.

Full funding, this year was supposed to $3,400, it has been less than $3,000 in the past but it has inflated over the years 3. Chairperson Alameda a. How do you fundraise? i.

We have one fundraiser per month or at least aim to 1. Tabling 2. Events with other faith-based clubs ii.

As a club we cannot fundraise over $3000 each year sustainably 1. We added an E-board position to focus on fundraising efforts 4. Senator Greco a. How have you been able to fundraise this much in the past and how can you say you won't be able to do that again? i.

Last year, we had a donor that donated a substantial sum of money to attend the retreat ii.

We also fundraise for other events, $3,400 is a lot of money to raise for a conference 5. Senator Connolly-Sisk a. What is the current active membership of your club?

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45 members 6. Senator McCluskey a. How long do you go away for? i.

Friday Evening to Sunday Morning 7. Comptroller Bathija offers her assistance in managing funds.

8. Senator DeBiso a. What other events do you host that you would need funding for> i.

We have meetings every Monday night and have events at least twice a semester and on Sundays we have Mass with the community. We also have a large luncheon which is our largest fundraiser 9. Senator Khandelwal a. Have you asked SGA for any money besides the retreat? i.

We asked for money for the luncheon 1. Because there were a few alumni at the event, we did not get funding 10. Senator Fletcher a. What’s the best way you expect SGA to be able to help you? i.

We can definitely raise at least part of the funds for the retreat but for ii.

Potentially change the policy 11. Senator Conolly-Sisk a. Do clubs charge dues and what are the guidelines for that? i.

Comptroller Bathija moves to open the gallery 1. Motion passes 2. Associate Director of OSLE Denise Boneta a. Clubs are encouraged to not charge dues so as to allow anyone of any socio-economic status to join b. Does Newman charge dues for members? i.

No 12. Senator McCluskey motions to close the gallery a. Motion passes c. Club Recognition i.

De Moda 1. Club President Sudha Dhakal and Vice President Brooke Curran present a. De Moda focuses on inspiring students to embrace creativity Encourages students to make connections across disciplines b. Helps members to achieve their goals by events such as DIY nights c. We try to provide a safe space to allow students to express their creative sides d. Timeline/Past events 8

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Movie nights, DIY projects, and guest speakers, a few of which have been alumni e. Fashion Foundation i.

Buy highschool Supplies for kids f. Future Plans i.

Welcome Back Boardwalk 1. Faculty advisor is a member of Zarb, so they do a lot of work with Zarb ii.

Fashion Trivia Night iii.

Dress to Impress with Career Center iv.

Speed Networking Night v.

Mens Warehouse and Etsy speakers vi.

Formal Hair and Make-Up Night vii.

Career Closet with Career Center viii.

Spring Fashion Show g. Recruitment and Fundraising i.

HofCast ii.

Participate in Club Fairs iii.

Instagram outreach iv.

Tabling v.

Fundraising by sales of scrunchies, Chipotle and Panera h. Chair Alameda moves to extend speaking time by 2 minutes i.

Motion passes i. SGA Recognition i.

Strengthen the club’s credibility and ensure that De Moda makes an impact on the Hofstra community ii.

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Questions 1. Senator Hotaling a. How many active members do you have? i.

39 active members 2. Comptroller Bathija a. How many of those members come to your meetings? i.

Most, although they all let us know if they cannot attend 3. Senator McDonough a. For your fashion shows, are you planning to charge an admission fee? i.

No 4. Senator Monono 5. Senator Fletcher Senator Stark moves to recognize De Moda 1. Motion seconded a. By a vote of 29-0-1, that motion passes i.

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d. S.A.2019.84.008 e. Senator McDonough moves to suspend the Rules i.

Motion seconded ii.

Motion passes iii.

Senator McDonough moves to have an unmoderated caucus for 10 minutes about the Newman Club’s presentation and SGA’s policies 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes a. Unmoderated caucus i.

Senator McDonough 1. Of the opinion that there isn’t a difference between conferences and retreats and that we should rewrite policy to reflect that. Policy should state something along the lines of $100 for up to 15 members ii.

Senator Khandelwal 1. A retreat is meant for a large number of people, we should instead define both in policy. We might want to impose a limit on how much we can fund for retreats, but not one on how many members can go iii.

Senator Rose 1. Went to Catholic school and went to many religious retreats and believes that faith-based retreats are different from leadership conference iv.

Chair Alameda 1. There isn’t a policy to define them so we can’t apply a definition to it. We should come up with a definition but that sets up a barrier for future efforts. We don’t define retreats so why don’t we fund retreats? v.

Senator McDonough 1. There isn’t a difference between conferences and retreats vi.

Senator Khandelwal 1. Retreats are meant to be for the entire club and we should instead enforce an overall monetary limit vii.

Senator Fletcher 1. T-Dance is a 90 member club and SGA would never fund a retreat for the entire club viii.

Senator Cady 1. Would we be funding a certain amount?

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Chairperson Alameda 1. Does not believe that there should be a personal limit, instead we should define what a retreat and what a conference is x.

Senator McCluskey 1. You can’t really set a per person limit xi.

Comptroller Bathija 1. There isn’t a per person basis for retreats as compared to conferences and we should instead have a monetary limit xii.

Senator McDonough 1. So should we have a hard cap? xiii.

Comptroller Bathija 1. Yes xiv.

Senator Connolly-Sisk 1. You don’t need a tiered system so it’s already at the Appropriations Committee’s discretion xv.

Senator Cady 1. Why do we want to have a monetary value at all? xvi.

Senator Fletcher 1. Clubs won’t search for the cheapest option but would rather go for however expensive a retreat they can go on regardless of the size of their membership 2. We should cap it per the club’s active membership xvii.

Chair Alameda 1. We recognize the need of different sized clubs and setting up a bracket would make it more fair. Larger clubs might have an issue with this xviii.

Senator Khandelwal moves to extend the unmoderated caucus 1. Motion seconded a. By a vote of 5-24-1, that motion does not pass C. Approval of Senate Minutes from September 26, 2019 a. Senator Fletcher moves to pass the Senate minutes i.

Motion seconded ii.

Motion passes D. Approval of Cabinet Minutes from October 2, 2019 a. Senator Fletcher moves to pass the Cabinet minutes i.

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Motion passes E. New Business a. SGA Restructure Presentation i.

Chairman Alameda, Chairwoman Firooz, Senator Stark, Senator Fletcher, Senator Colon, and Senator Ortiz present 1. Last year there were many talks to restructure SGA to better address the needs of the student body. Many issues with these conversations were held without input from everyone in SGA. 2. Thoughts about the Box Restructure Plan a. What do we want SGA to be? How does that form help us get to that goal? b. Constraints of the current structure i.

Each committee works as its own club as each has its own budget and there isn’t too much collaboration between them ii.

Majority of Senate is ill informed as to what the committees are doing iii.

Rules goes through the constitutions of the clubs we recognize and the rest of Senate only gets a glimpse of that conversation rather than all of the context iv.

Appropriations goes through the budgets, and yet Senate does not have the same background regarding their decisions as Appropriations does v.

None of this allows SGA to be the advocating body that we needs to be vi.

Initiatives are not the priority of Senate c. What we would like to see going forward? i.

SGA as a governing body that makes advocacy, representation, and change for students as the main priority ii.

SGA should be able to hold administrators accountable rather than just meeting with them 1. Not enough feedback given to administrators regarding their negative reactions 2. For example, the Pride Pavilion project was not worth the funding that went into it even though there were many other issues on campus 3. Admin come in and use SGA as a checkpoint, but in reality SGA does not have any way of keeping admin accountable iii.

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1. Stemmed from the Library Project, where there are only a few available areas to discuss this in the current Senate Structure 2. Senate may be too busy working just in committee Implement a new structure to SGA so as to ensure that make SGA more effective and efficient We’ve been too comfortable with the current system so please have an open mind about impacting change within SGA and outside of SGA

Restructure Plan 1. No more committees 2. 2 major councils instead a. Logistics Council i.

Combination of Rules, Appropriations, and Club Relations ii.

Once a week, could see up to 8 clubs a week, soft division of approximately 4 clubs for budget allocations and 4 for constitutional review, however any extra spots can go to the other use iii.

Would also see legislation iv.

Overseen by Vice President and Comptroller and chaired by a “VP of Logistics”. This person would be organizing the council meetings so as to not fill up the VP and Comptroller’s schedules. v.

Clubs also would only have to interact with one group of people rather than 3 separate committees. There are a lot of clubs that interact with SGA so streamlining this would allow us to work with more clubs. vi.

The goal is to make all of this secondary work of SGA rather than the primary function. This would allow senators to do more initiative related work b. Programming Council i.

Combination of Spirit, PR and Student Services ii.

Would plan all SGA Sponsored events and programs iii.

Would handle all PR and would be overseen by the President and chaired by the “VP of Programming” iv.

The reason for the split between the President, VP, and Comptroller would allow the E-board to be more integrated with the rest of SGA membership v.

Very Specific language would ensure that programming is still a large part of SGA and would this language would depict how SGA would participate in these 13

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Just because these things would be secondary, it’s not to say that they aren’t important but to ensure that everything SGA is doing goes to serve a purpose 3. Thursday Senate Meetings a. Council de-briefs led by the VPs b. Club Recognitions, Budget Approval, Legislation Approval i.

This would allow at least half of Senate to half context to all major decisions that SGA makes c. Initiative work i.

We would go through one initiative at one time, led by a “point senator”, example Senator Stark on the Library Initiative ii.

As Senate, we would be doing brainstorming and resolutions would be coming from all of Senate rather than just passed by Senate iii.

Full Senate support would thereby be granted to any resolution, and every senator would have a say in every initiative iv.

Chairs always have the ability to speak at Senate and it might be a little intimidating for new senators to speak.

This would allow each individual to grow and find their place in senate v.

We would also dedicate time to brainstorm new ideas to address existing issues vi.

Student groups would also be invited so that they can offer feedback and also offer their own ideas vii.

Open time for administrators and student groups to have a conversation with us viii.

Approval of minutes, Announcements, For Good of the Order, Snap Cup 4. Roberts’ Rules a. We would have the parliamentary procedure but we would exist outside of it b. Most debate would happen in Unmoderated and Moderated Caucus c. VP would still call on people and we wouldn’t need motions to do every single thing, We could move through the process more organically d. Takes away the learning curve that is necessary for new senators e. Robert’s Rules would still exist, if things in the meeting become deadlocked, the VP would be able to transition into parliamentary procedure

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Roberts’ Rules makes a space to debate about having debate ii.

A senator could introduce Robert’s Rules through a ⅓ or ⅔ vote 5. Current structure of SGA a. What is SGA and what is our purpose? i.

Are we here to put on events and give clubs funding? ii.

Or are we here to advocate for the student body? iii.

What does it mean to be SGA? Questions 1. Senator O’Brien a. If this is approved, would this transition happen between semesters or between academic years? i.

Transition would happen next semester at the earliest at Chairperson Alameda’s suggestion 2. Comptroller Bathija a. Saying you would like this to go into effect next semester, would current leadership stay in place? i.

Since Cabinet is dissolved, this isn’t a personal vendetta against other members of Cabinet members ii.

Since the chairs were elected for an academic year, those individuals would become the “Point Senators” for the topics their former committees took on 3. Senator DeBiso a. What would associates look like? i.

Associates wouldn’t go away but figuring out how they would fit into the new structure needs to be a conversation 4. Senator McDonough a. Would minutes be taken? i.

Because minutes are public, therefore we would still have to approve minutes ii.

We should have content related suggestions when looking at minutes, not format iii.

This would also require taking a look at the secretary role 5. Comptroller Bathija a. Where do you see J-Panel in this structure? i.

That was not really thought about, which is somewhat indicative of our involvement with J-Panel ii.

Chairperson Farooqui says he has ideas 6. Senator Rose

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a. Since these councils are half of senate, how does timing work?

Would each meeting would essentially be 2 6-hour meetings? i.

Will discuss further in an unmoderated caucus ii.

The Club Relations Committee has been using committee time to take up talks about restructuring 7. Senator Cady a. Can you discuss a little more on how the specific committees would report to the senate as a whole? i.

Underlying point would be that half of senate would have been already part of the conversation, not every detail would have to be known b. Chairperson Alameda moves to hold a 20 minute unmoderated caucus about restructuring i.

Motion seconded ii.

Motion passed 1. Senator Rose thanks to the Club Relations Committee for putting in the time to work on all of this 2. Senator Cady appreciates the efforts made 3. Senator Alameda asks if anyone hates it a. A few senators express concerns 4. Senator Monono discusses how we would condense all of the time we took in each of our meetings 5. Senator Ortiz-Jimenez a. Clubs take long like Rules which makes sense but there are certain committees that take long without structure. Office hours too can be reformed to 6. Senator Conolly-Sisk a. A merger may not allow more dedicated focus on intricate issues for clubs. The senate may not be able to properly focus on that 7. Chairperson Alameda a. That isn’t really the case because we don’t know what happens in Appropriations meetings except for Appropriations. We should have as many informed people as possible. Would rather have 25 people know than 8.

8. Senator Fletcher a. If we combine these things, a lot more overlap could happen which is not currently possible b. Example, as an event is being planned, PR can concurrently discuss, would reduce the amount of time and the amount of “middle men” c. A lot of Rules related stuff should just be something the J-Panel should take on as Justices are elected positions and they should be doing the work they signed up to do

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9. Senator Rose discusses that shes doesn’t know how we would be able to combine the Logistics Committee, because Rules and Appropriations regularly run into over 3 hours each 10. Chairperson Alameda doesn’t feel that Rules and Approps related work shouldn’t be SGA work. We don’t know what all of these clubs are doing and what their purposes are. It is irresponsible to take on these things.

11. Senator Rose doesn’t feel that contributing so many hours for each meeting 12. Chairperson Cote says that approps sees 5 clubs a week and that takes 2-3 hours. It will be like budget appeals 13. Chairperson Alameda is the club relations chair and yet didn’t know which clubs were recognized until two weeks ago.

14. We need clubs to come to us as a whole senate and hear from them. It is a big responsibility to handle all this money. We need to make sure what were doing is informed and responsible.

15. Comptroller Bathija believes that Club Relations can do that job specifically, and see all these clubs on their committee time.

16. Chairperson Alameda says that sort of training can be down by one council 17. Comptroller Bathija says that we are seeing many clubs that are misinformed or are ignorant of SGA policy and we should not have to change SGA structure to effect that 18. Chairperson Alameda says that we aren’t making effective change and many of the clubs and students we represent don’t see that 19. Senator Fletcher states that Club Relations has tried to do this already 20. Chair Alameda could not plan these because he could not have the rooms in the proper time structure. We all have ideas and we should restructure to focus on representing the students and making change. Student groups know that SGA isn’t the place to go for making change because we are not prioritizing this. Students want renovations but we are only contributing a tenth of the amount of effort to see those changes through 21. Senator Greco speaks about how SGA isn’t something that students are aware of 22. Senator Connolly-Sisk mentions how her campaign to run worked, and how she had people ask her questions. Senator Connolly-Sisk was surprised that many people asked very basic questions.

23. Comptroller Bathija says we should get back on track, how should we inform students? Have internal initiatives 24. Chairperson Alameda says that this might be too much work in two councils and that form follows function. We have a great purpose and it is very well defined. c. Senator Stark moves to have a moderated caucus about restructuring for 10 minutes i.

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Motion passed 1. Senator Rose a. We aren’t saying that we shouldn’t be advocating for us to be able to make change. Agrees with the previous point that Comptroller Bathija made. A senator might be interested in constitutions and not appropriations.

2. Chairperson Alameda a. We are not here for us, we are here to represent students, therefore we cannot just focus only on one thing 3. Senator Khandelwal a. Committees allow senators to focus on individual tasks and initiatives. Radical restructuring wouldn’t be conducive to the purpose of SGA but minor restructuring, such as adding a committee focusing on initiative 4. Senator Battipaglia a. The way Senate operates now is kind of selfish and the things we do affect only us. A lot of the legislation we pass only affects the people in this room. This structure would better suit the student body and not 5. Senator McDonough a. It’s worse that people don’t know what we do and it’s because we do not advocate for students b. There would be fewer documents that we would have to know and would be easier to know what SGA does and fewer things new senators would have to learn c. Sits on Rules and Approps because he sees Approps as Rules but with money 6. Senator Stark a. We’re not here to be puppets of OSLE, but rather we’re here to make our changes, and make changes to campus b. People have real issues and we should be focusing on that 7. Comptroller Bathija a. We should focus on senators running initiatives, and hold senators accountable for their initiatives 8. Senator Cady a. We can all agree that there are some issues with this. The issue isn’t our internal work but that we can’t do initiatives because we are stuck in small committees. Maybe have restructuring to allow the Logistics Council to address individual topics.

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10. Senator Fletcher a. We’re thinking too small. For example, for Pride Expo didn’t require all of SGA’s attendance, club elections should be done through GetInvolvedHU, etc. Initiatives are too hard to do by ourselves. If we had Thursday meetings where we could discuss initiatives 11. Senator Fletcher moves to extend speaking time by 5 minutes a. Motion seconded b. Motion passes 12. Chair Alameda a. Wants only tangible change. Doesn’t want to make change just to make change and focus on SGA’s purpose. Students should know what SGA’s purpose is 13. Senator Stark a. The President and Vice President ran on a platform and students voted to have SGA focus on that 14. Senator McDonough a. There is no outsourcing of responsibility in this structure, no waiting for the chair to do something. This might be perception, but if you take chairs away, this might allow for better initiative programming. b. Voted against the Social Justice Committee because he thought that was what Student Services did but clearly it isn’t and we should have SGA focus on Initiatives 15. Senator Fletcher a. Wanted to sit on Student Services…..(continued below) 16. Senator Cady moves to extend moderated caucus by 3 minutes a. Motion seconded b. Objection c. Debate i.

Chairperson Alameda speaks for 1. We should continue this conversation so that we can get some more ideas that can be given to senators 2. Senator Stark a. We should keep talking about it because this will affect SGA for the foreseeable future 3. Senator O’Brien a. We will not want to go back to this next week ii.

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1. We’ve spent too much time on this and we cannot solve everything in one session 2. Senator Rose a. It’s basically the same 3 or 4 people speaking about this and we keep circling back. We can come back to this discussion 3. Senator Conolly-Sisk a. We will not forget what occurred in this iii.

Senator Cady speaks for 1. We don’t have a meeting next week due to fall break and we should finish this meeting right now 2. Chairperson Alameda a. We should get a few more points in with the 3 minutes 3. Senator O’Brien a. We could have had the caucus during this debate iv.

By a vote of 20-10-0 this motion passes 17. Senator Fletcher continues a. Wanted to join Student Services and could not do initiatives on the other committees he sat on due to time 18. Senator Greco a. Our meetings could be halved or quartered if we got rid of Robert’s Rules 19. Senator Hrivnak a. Why not jump in and try it for a year?

20. Comptroller Bathija a. Finds comfort in structure and felt uncomfortable interrupting someone else speaking during the unmoderated caucus. We are handling approximately $300,000 and it isn’t a game we’re playing 21. Senator McDonough a. Our structure has done us a disservice, especially with the Newman Club. d. Senator Battipaglia moves for a 5 minute recess i.

Motion seconded ii.

By a vote of 12-18-0, that motion does not pass F. Executive Board Report a. President - K.Harley i.

Sorry about the structure of these debates, we will go over it during retreat

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Asks everyone to remain professional and respectful of everyone’s opinion during debate iii.

Decorum is a term that serves as a reminder to stick to the rules of engagement at the table iv.

Club Elections, thank you to all the new senators, they don’t take very long so returning senators, please do elections v.

President and VP had a meeting with David Harb who chairs the University Senate Student Affairs Committee 1. A lot of our initiatives are the same as theirs, and so we should be able to work together, allows us to have more backing behind the initiatives vi.

We’re sponsoring an event with Office of Student Advocacy and Prevention Awareness (OSAPA) called Arrive Alive, which is an event to promote safe driving, President Harley hopes to see everyone there vii.

Confirmation will arrive on Monday regarding if we will go off campus for Retreat, but keep October 11th free regardless! viii.

Both Senator Rose and Senator Ortiz sit on USenate b. Vice President - K.Dimes i.

INTO came and presented, so if anyone has any ideas, please send ideas to VP Dimes! ii.

Kathryn and Kaylor are more than willing to meet with you as often as they can!

They’ll be in the office. iii.

Make sure you’re keeping up with issues you can see on campus! iv.

If you have an issue with your committee assignment, that can be rearranged, but please let VP Dimes know! v.

Make sure during debate you are keeping your body language in check vi.

SGA is a lot of separating personal and professional so keep that in mind as well.

Most of the time nobody is saying anything to personally offend you vii.

Please remain off your phones! viii.

A couple of leadership positions are presenting themselves, and Alexa will get into those in her minutes c. Comptroller- R. Bathija i.

Wasn’t able to give a report last week ii.

Basically overlook all financial transactions that occur iii.

The Comptroller has all of the numbers available to SGA and if senators would like to know how much money any club has, feel free to ask as the information is not confidential. All of this information is public and gets published. iv.

The comptroller also signs off on purchases thrice a week in OSLE and the fitness center, so she can show you what she does v.

The comptroller uses the Access database and the Excel database and Comptroller Bathija has fully moved the reallocation process into one database to ease up the position for whoever else becomes the Comptroller. This also improves transparency between OSLE and SGA

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Club Dues - SGA language is very vague regarding this, and so the comptroller wants to change that vii.

IRCB was discussed during Cabinet. It is an audit board and she is going to collaborate with Rules and Club Relations to work on this. viii.

The comptroller met with the HEAT Network and CSA regarding the IRCB ix.

Meeting TrascenDANCE and Sigma’Capella next week d. Secretary Update i.

Secretary Merinuk has stepped down from the position and anyone who would be interested in becoming the new Secretary should be put in contact with Kathryn and Kaylor. ii.

If you are reading the Senate minutes right now, email SGA_President@pride.hofstra.edu​ for more information (assuming it’s within the month).

G. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - N. Cote i.

We allocated 4 clubs out of 5 ii.

Rugby did not actually want any money, they wanted a conversation iii.

Senator Fletcher moves to pass the Allocations 1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion passed iv.

Senator McCluskey moves to pass the Appropriations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motions passed b. Club Relations - J. Alameda i.

Senator Fletcher presents 1. Keep the stuff about Newman in mind 2. Chair Alameda has invited Newman to attend the next CR meeting ii.

Senator Colon moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed c. Public Relations - R. Rielly i.

Took notes regarding the meeting ii.

Next week is non-operational, but Group, Committee, and individual headshots are happening iii.

T-Shirts have been designed and are almost ready to order iv.

No requirement for office hours next week v.

Reminder that PR is live tweeting the meetings vi.

Senator O’Brien moves to pass the Public Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed d. Rules - Z. Farooqui i.

We saw De Moda, a resolution, SASS which is now HOSE

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We also did a Club Elections Audit, there are 27 clubs which have not done elections iii.

UCSA came for SGA Recognition, however due to their meetings not being open to all students, Rules chose not to recognize them, but will be working with them to change that. iv.

Senator Hotaling moves to pass the Rules minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed e. Spirit - D. Firooz i.

Senator Hotaling addresses Senate 1. We won Second place in Pride Expo, the money will be donated to the Pride Pantry 2. Chairperson Alameda visited to discuss restructuring and how best programming would work in a council setup 3. We have a lot of events planned, and are restocking some of our swag ii.

Chair Firooz speaks about restocking SGA merchandise for giveaways at SGA events 1. Pride Unleashed Week a. We are working with Interfraternity Council for the tailgate b. Some members of Spirit will meet with them next week c. Ideally working with other governance organizations to promote d. PUW begins on November 4th i.

The game is on November 6th ii.

The tailgate is on November 9th iii.

FirstGen takeover on Friday iii.

Senator Batt moves to pass the Spirit minutes 1. Motion passed f. Student Services - A. Osner i.

We’re cosponsoring an event with Black Student Union 1. The event is about Student Loans ii.

Student Appreciation week is the Week of November 18th (November 18-22) iii.

“It’s on Us” Ambassador 1. The committee works on Sexual Assault with Kathleen Lieblich 2. You go to the meetings, learn about programming, and table 3. Take Back the Night, an event which focuses on the idea that people can’t go out at night without the fear of being assaulted a. Super empowering, you walk on campus in the dark 4. Chairman Alameda has volunteered to go to the first meetings and will go to the next few with you iv.

Service Chair 1. Work to create volunteer opportunities for SGA 2. Doing community projects with Commuter Outreach 3. Applications close on Monday, so please sign up!

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H. I. J. K.

Senator Mobley moves to pass the Student Services minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup Adjournment a. Senator Stark motions to adjourn i.

Motion seconded ii.

Motion passes iii.

Senate Adjourns at 10:34 PM.

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Cabinet Agenda Dean of Students Conference Room October 16th, 2019 I.

Call to Order A. Call to order 8:06 pm 1. Chair Farooqui moves to make the meeting open a) Motion seconded b) Motion passes

II. III.

High Low Butterfly Matters at Hand A. Committee Conversation 1. Chair Alameda says it might be a good idea to look at the restructuring plan brought to senate last year a) Vice President Dimes says that the conversation stopped because there were other matters at hand during the 83rd senate.

2. The structure from last year models the common structure of SGA’s at other schools 3. Possibly moving around the committees and combining some a) VP Dimes states that some of the issues last year with this idea was this idea is just a bigger version of what we already have.

(1) Chair Alameda says it doesn’t have committees on specific initiative areas (2) Number of people in the committees can be changed b) President Harley asks how would certain initiatives be reported from committees (1) Chair Alameda Many more things that go into advocacy than initiatives and it’s a more formal version of advocacy c) Chair Cote asks how that would affect student services d) Chair Alameda says it would be good not to have the option to work on a project and subcommittees feel as if they are not as real. e) President Harley asks Chair Osner for her input

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f) Chair Osner doesn’t feel like it would be restricting and allows for senators to run for a specific committee and issue they would like to change in the school g) Chair Alameda says with this you leave the option open for people to work on things that they are passionate about in a structured committee format h) VP Dimes says it’s almost impossible to advocate for everything on campus i)

Chair Alameda doesn’t want it to be an option to not advocate for certain people and just focus on internal affairs so if you are on a committee it has specific topics where senators must advocate for them and initiatives are only one part of advocacy

j)

VP Dimes says thinking about what was going on last year and mentions that the committees are always able to change because some topics might not always be an issue and that was how it was pitched last year

k) President Harley says this is a good way to be proactive with these issues and not reactive so on slow weeks you could get ahead of the game and many people in SGA right now are very passionate about certain topics but what are we doing to get on top of issues before they happen because typically SGA deals with problems after they are raised not preventing it l)

Chair Alameda says incorporates many other aspects of other proposals form last year as well

m) Comptroller Bathija says things are always changing and the next senate might not be able to change something next year and SGA should collect more data so it is not the senators picking what they would like to focus on n) President Harley says we can tie the new proposal together really well with the restructure from last year.

(1) We can tie PR into surveying and having more polling more often it would benefit us. Potentially remove the surveying from Student Services.

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o) Chair Rielly talked about this in her committee to have it as an office hour for the week and go around to make it active and fun and bring awareness to students (1) Talked to Denise and came to the conclusion to not overwhelm students with polling and to make sure polls could go together p)

VP Dimes says there are a lot of conversations about making senators do things, but we cannot force people to do things.

q) Comptroller Bathija Tapping into their strengths and we can find that students are passionate about some kind of thing and that way they can make better change if they are passionate about r) Chair Alameda We know there are issues so we might not have to do polling s) VP Dimes what happens when we don’t advocate for things that we are not aware of t)

Comptroller Bathija open forums and town halls come into play and help

u) Chair Alameda with this structure any issues would fit into an area of some committee and we can do more open forums and we can incorporate into our structure so committees can actually address issues brought to SGA by students and aren’t limited to predetermined topics (1) Asks Chair Cote how they feel about combining v) Chair Cote says to keep the other five committees dissolve students services and make four other committees in the proposal w) Chair Farooqui mentions the rules committee has full agendas the past few weeks, but this past week was not busy x) Chair Alameda says we could make club relation and rules combined and it would be more work but not too much y) Chair Cote says the next step would be to look at rules and appropriation z) President Harley says good conversation but might be exhausting it now aa) VP Dimes asks what the next steps would be though bb) Chair Alameda agrees and would like to bring something more solid to senate cc) Chair Osner says to write the proposal with the combination of the committees

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dd) Chair Alameda says could bring to cabinet next week a new version of the proposals and then present it at senate after it is spoken about ee) VP Dimes proposes a date to bring the constitution to senate is November 14th ff) Chair Alameda proposes the 14th of November as a soft deadline B. Day in the Pride 1. Chair Rielly says it is next Wednesday, October 23rd a) Post whatever you’re doing and tag SGA b) Internal committee competition so at your committee meetings make a quick video to introduce your committee and show talent in the style of a TikTok c) The students would vote for which talent they like the best d) Your post must be public for 24 to 48 hours and the hashtag has to be #DayInThePride IV.

President & VP Updates A. Welcome to the new Secretary! Erynn!

B. U Senate 1. President Harley says U Senate are looking for people to be a delegate who would sit in on meetings so if any senators are interested the chairs can mention it in committee a) Meeting with Gaby, Houston, and Rabinowitz 2. VP Dimes says she would like Chair Rielly to ask Denise about sending out a mass email about Compass Dining a) Chair Osner contact service chair b) Have a meeting with associates to get to know them 3. Comptroller Bathija says to have them come to senate 4. Chair Osner says associates can’t always make it to senate and asks if the chairs should give their presentations from retreat to the associates 5. VP Dimes says to have a Saturday or Friday where there is an hour meeting to get to know associates and inform them of their responsibilities and agrees retreat presentations should be given to associates

V.

Chair Check-Ins A. Appropriations

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1. Chair Cote says appropriations was really smooth and was just budgetary restraints a) Will have budget review workshop next week in room 141 on Wednesday 2. Comptroller Batija says reallocation process going really well so advisors will be aware when reallocations occur a) All reallocations will be put in one place in case we want a cap on them B. Club Relations 1. Chair Alameda emailed clubs for office hours and will have forms for them to fill out a) Monday coming up preliminary fire safety checks will go to office spaces and write violation and email those in the spots about the violation b) Will sit in shared club office space Monday and Tuesday of next week from 6:30 to 8:30 for anyone to come and claim their belongings but after that, the items will be taken out c) Senator Ortiz is now the point person for club leadership training C. Public Relations 1. Chair Rielly says there is an open house on Sunday a) Senator Colon is the point person for this 2. Talked about polling in committee 3. Reach out to Compass about receipts with surveys on them on campus a) Or have a flyer with the receipt to hand out 4. Suggestion box somewhere on campus a) Having a code or link might be better instead of a physical box b) Can put in portal box possibly 5. Prepared the committee to have questions for the administrators coming to senate 6. Chronicle acknowledged they have read the emails about having a representative coming to senate and they have not responded, but we are looking forward to establishing a relationship with them going forward.

D. Rules 1. Chair Farooqui says they went through the rest of the clubs that have not contacted them yet

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2. Discussed questions for senate a) Elevators on campus b) Accessibility during fire procedure c) Classrooms are not up to cleanliness standards E. Spirit 1. Chair Firooz says that an RHA representative sitting on the committee 2. Pride Unleashed Week a) Monday- Giveaways; Residence Hall Rush b) Tuesday- coffee and donuts in the morning and trivia at night c) Wednesday- Pep rally and cupcake wars in the atrium (1) The basketball game is that night please be there if you can d) Thursday- put up a banner for good luck to the basketball team e) Friday- First Gen day handing out basketball sticky notes to the students f) Saturday - Tailgate (1) SGA can bring two cars (2) There will be games (3) BBQ (4) People will be kicked out of the game if too rowdy (5) There will be a DJ g) Would like tabling to be mandatory for the tailgate (1) Chair Cote says he would have to see what the situation is that weekend to determine mandatory (2) VP Dimes asks what happens if someone is uncomfortable with going to the tailgate (3) Chair Firooz says it would be fine if people send an excuse to her by email for any reason they can’t attend (4) Chair Alameda says if you make the tailgate mandatory many people might already go to the game so no need to make it mandatory but encourage it 3. Chair Firooz moves to make one office hour into mandatory a) Motion Seconded b) Vote 7-0-1 c) Motion passes

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4. Chair Firooz moves to make the tailgate mandatory a) Motion Seconded b) Vote 7-0-1 c) Motion passes 5. Comptroller Bathija asks how tailgate will be advertised to the student body a) Chair Firooz says PR will be advertising it and an application has been sent out to some organizations b) President Harley suggests sending the application to clubs c) Chair Alameda says an email can be made to send to all clubs to invite them so it is not only including Greek life d) Comptroller Bathija suggests also sending it to other sections of the school like the commuting students 6. Stress busters a) Hot chocolate, pizza, and ice cream bar b) Bring your own silent disco was suggested F. Student Services 1. Chair Osner says Chair Firooz gave updates on Its On Us 2. New It’s On Us ambassador is Gigi Walker 3. Begin research on initiatives 4. More student outreach a) Suggestion box not effective maybe make it digital b) Have postcards to give students 5. Student Appreciation Week a) Gave senators days they are in charge of b) Will start discussion next week on programing for each day c) Hofstra shares d) Service Chair is Senator Mobley e) Talked with U Senate on a tobacco-free campus VI. VII.

For Good of the Order Adjournment A. Vice President Dimes moves to adjourn Cabinet 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed

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Meeting adjourned at 10:17 pm.

Meeting Commenced Attendance ​ Attended

Appropriations Committee Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting 5 10/15/19 6:03 PM Chairman N. Cote Comptroller R. Bathija Senator G. Khandelwal Senator L. Monono 32

Senator J. McCluskey Associate A. Liebowitz Absent:

I. II. III.

IV.

V.

VI.

Associate T. Bonelli

Hardline Capital A. Item One: Partially Funded - SGA does not fund for late fees Hofstra Billiards Organization A. Item One: Fully Funded Club Tennis A. Item One: Fully Funded B. Item Two: Fully Funded C. Item Three: Fully Funded D. Item Four: Fully Funded E. Item Five: Fully Funded F. Item Six: Fully Funded Club Baseball: A. Item One: Fully Funded B. Item Two: Fully Funded C. Item Three: Partially Funded - Can only fund for a maximum of 5 vehicles D. Item Four: Not Funded - Budgetary Constraints E. Item Five: Not Funded - Budgetary Constraints F. Item Six: Not Funded - Budgetary Constraints G. Item Seven: Not Funded - Budgetary Constraints Hofstra ESports A. Item One: Fully Funded B. Item Two Fully Funded C. Item Three: Fully Funded D. Item Four: Fully Funded South Asian Student Association A. Item One: Fully Funded B. Item Two: Fully Funded

Week 2

Club Name:

Items:

Requested

Allocated

(10/15/2019)

Hardline Capital

Mental Wellness Event

$ 392.14

$ 367.14

Total

$ 367.14

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Hofstra Billiards Organization

League Fees

Percent Allocated

93.62%

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Club Tennis

Club Baseball

Hofstra ESports

South Asian Student Association

Total

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (10/25/19)

$180.00

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (11/1/19)

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (11/8/19)

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (11/15/19)

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (11/22/19)

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Indoor Practice (12/6/19)

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Total

$ 1080.00

100.00%

100.00%

Coaching Fees

$ 1500.00

$ 1500.00

Field Permits

$ 1419.00

$ 1419.00

Mileage Cost for URI Trip

$ 1206.16

$ 1005.14

Hotel Room Fees

$ 500.00

$ 0.00

Additional Baseballs

$ 299.75

$ 0.00

Offseason Facility Fees

$ 825.00

$ 0.00

Additional Baseball Bats

$ 909.96

$ 0.00

Total

$ 3924.14

Scepter Gaming Monitor

$ 157.99

$ 157.99

Logitech Speaker

$ 34.99

$ 34.99

AmazonBasics Power Cords $ 30.82

$ 30.82

Nintendo Switch Case

$ 23.00

$ 23.00

Total

$ 246.80

Chais of South Asia

$ 108.92

$ 108.92

Henna Tabling Fundraiser

$ 92.40

$ 92.40

Total

$ 201.32

100.00%

Total Requested

Total Allocated

Percentage Allocated

$ 8760.43

$ 5999.40

68.40%

58.92%

100.00%

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Meeting Adjourned

7:54 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Chairman Nicholas Cote

Club Relations Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting 4 10/14/19 Meeting ​ Commenced​ Attendance ​ Attended ​ ​

6:30 ​ PM Senator ​ Wiley Fletcher

​ Senator Tara Stark

​ Senator Gisselle Ortiz-Jimenez

​ Senator Antonella Colon

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Senator Ariyanna Hrivnak Chair Joey Alameda Absent -

Made a sheet for club office hours and emailed clubs letting them know we are going to start checking their hours. (Posted the sheets on the doors) Talked about fire safety checks and we will be doing them next week (led by Tara) Gisselle will be in charge of putting together SGA info packets for leadership training Next week we will have open time for clubs to come get their stuff from the storage space or we will discard.

Meeting Adjourned​ 7:30PM Respectfully Submitted, Joey Alameda

Public Relations Minutes Fall 2019 Weekly Meeting 5 10/15/19 Meeting ​ Commenced​ 6:34pm Attendance ​ Attended: ​ ​

SGA Conference Room Senator Bernice Aquino Senator Antonella Colon Senator Maria Mobley Senator David O’Brien Senator Kyla Surajbali 36

Absent:​

Associate Rachel Poulta ​Chairwoman Rosaria Rielly Associate Arriana Liebowitz Associate Anna Proft

1. High Low Butterfly 2. Housekeeping a. Elections sign up b. Visiting the Approps committee for half an hour between today 11/19th i.

Next Tuesday 10/22 at 6:00pm before PR 3. Open House on Sunday 10/20 a. 10:00am-2:00pm in the gym again? b. Anto will be point person for this 4. Retreat Debrief a. Summarize i.

Use our resources to the best of our ability ii.

Representing SGA b. Ideas i.

Every Friday “in case you missed it” template 1. Instead of live tweeting? ii.

Sustainability on campus especially in the dining facilities c. Brainstorming i.

Twitter polls and Instagram polls d. Everyone has something to say in passing but won’t say anything when we ask them e. Have a scanner everywhere, QR codes linking to a survey for what we need to be changed around campus i.

Put them by the cash registers in the student center f. Student Service’s idea for getting out to the students to survey with postcards instead of office hours g. Ask the University for a suggestion box i.

There is not a centralized space in the student center for it ii.

We need to have better directions for the students h. Compass Prices and inflation i.

Have a flyer given with a survey or directions of where to survey on it ii.

Have a coupon when you answer iii.

Write on Starbucks cup sleeves like was done in the past iv.

Clear placards on the tables i. Pride Unleashed Week i.

Week leading up to tailgate on November 9th ii.

Have it announced/ promoted on the big screen it is sponsored by SGA iii.

Giveaways with flyers on them answer questions j. Facetime with SGA 37

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Revamped than before, with a trial week Promote a certain Senate meeting Instead of office hours implement like this Have on your own for a few hours all one day 1. Active tabling! Have our board but walk around 2. Promote your initiatives 3. Polling students 4. Wear your SGA shirt Senate Logistics a. Someone present the minutes (David and Anto) b. Questions for VP Barkwell and Dom Lavin i.

The desks are too small and the chairs rock, update the furniture. ii.

The layout of singles is hard to follow with the rules by the fire marshall.

1. The fire marshall rules in general are difficult to comply with. c. Everyone should have a topic/ questions to elaborate on within senate to keep the conversation going i.

Utilize them as a resource Day in the Pride a. Carley sent a toolkit with language for promotion b. Committee competitions i.

Post on our stories and tag @hofstrasga and I will repost 1. If anyone wants to do a takeover let me know! ii.

Have every committee do something at their weekly meeting on Monday or Tuesday and send to me for promotion on Wednesday 1. A fun theme related to our committee to introduce them a. SGA got talent: Tik Tok edition 10 seconds Hofstra Chronicle a. Reached out again b. Sub- committee i.

Weekly student choice food features?

Portal box updates a. Will update weekly about the senate specifics This Week at Hofstra a. Send in weekly for senate specifics Website updates a. Welcome letter/ Committee’s/ Pictures Stickers a. Maria finalized the design One- on One Meeting with Denise tomorrow

Meeting Adjourned​ Respectfully Submitted,

8:00pm ​

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Rosaria Rielly Public Relations Chairwoman

Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended

Rules Committee Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting #5 10/14/19 6:30 PM

Associate Manni Doan Senator Celeste Battipaglia Senator Angela Greco Senator Gopal Khandelwal Senator Jack McDonough

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Senator Bryan Perez Senator Kelly Rose Chairman Zain Farooqui Absent Visiting I. II. III.

Taelor Martin

Introduction SGA-Recognized Club Elections Audit - Obtain contact information Phi Alpha Delta (đ?š˝đ?š¨đ??™) brings Constitution Updates A. Associate Doan moves to pass Constitution 1. By a vote of 7-0-0, that motion passes

IV. V.

Discussed questions for Senate with VP Barkwill and Dom Lavin Adjournment A. Senator Battipaglia moves to adjourn the meeting 1. By a vote of 5-0-2, that motion passes

Meeting Adjourned

8:09 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Zain Farooqui Rules Chairman

Spirit Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting #4 10/15/19 Meeting Commenced ​Attendance ​Attended

6:32 ​PM Senator Alexa Paturzo Senator Michael Hotaling Senator Nadine Khalaf Senator Maxie DeBiso Chair Donia Firooz

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Chair Joey Alameda (visiting) Absent

Associate ​ Makayla Bullard​ (absent) ​ Associate Palak Maniani (absent) Associate Joshua Linsenberg (absent) Associate Olivia Kearse (absent)

1. Introductions 2. Questions for admin a. AC units in the classrooms-leaking b. Vents in the bathrooms in Nethies don’t work and there is mold i.

RA has done four reports c. Piece of the ceiling in the men’s bathroom in Breslin basements fell d. Bugs in the rooms e. They don’t empty the hallway trashcans f. The desk situation g. Does Hof offer maternity leave h. Outlets in the classrooms not enough i. Updating the buildings 3. Making the secretary’s office a place for students to come and visit-Nadine 4. Pride Unleashed Week a. Monday: Giveaway; res hall rush b. Tuesday: Donuts and coffee; trivia night c. Wednesday: Pep rally and cupcake wars; SGA polaroid photos-bball game at night d. Thursday: Banner with good luck to basketball from students and basketball game in the atrium e. Friday: First-gen tabling f. Saturday: Tailgate and then the game 5. Stressbusters a. Build-a-friend Dec. 9th b. Hot chocolate bar c. Pizza bar d. Ice cream e. Bring your own silent disco?

Meeting Adjourned

7:19 ​PM

Respectfully Submitted, Donia Firooz

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Spirit Chair

Meeting Commenced

Student Services Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #5 10/14/19 6:35 PM

Attendance Attended Associate Alladin Senator Cady Senator Connolly-Sisk Senator Kaludis

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Senator Mobley Senator Walker Associate Welch

Visitor

Daria Valan Chairwoman Firooz

Absent Senator Kang 1. Donia a. It’s on Us meeting recap b. Friday: Sign up for 1-2 event c. Sexual Health and Responsibility Week (email Kathleen) i.

Come up with tabling event d. “Think before you swipe” e. Feb 10th-14th: Love sex and friendship week f. Safe Spring Break Week g. SA awareness month- plan for a week h. Next meeting- Oct.28th 11-12 2. Guest- Daria a. Talking about the Hempstead High School Initiative 3. Retreat debrief 4. Student Outreach a. Postcards b. Permanent suggestion box c. Office hours somewhere else?

5. Sign ups - expectations a. Club elections 6. Approps 7. SAW a. Research initiative areas to develop programming for SAW b. Meetings with Denise i.

Sustainability- Ben, Gigi ii.

Hempstead- Maria, Aafia, Khiya iii.

Accessibility- Duncan, Jasmeet, George c. Wed- Hof Shares event i.

Beth ii.

Kroger- Ben iii.

Trader Joe's- Gigi 8. It’s on Us Ambassador- ?

9. Service Chair- Maria Mobley Meeting Adjourned

8:23 ​ pm

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Respectfully Submitted, Alexa Osner Student Services Chair

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