Student Government Association: Agenda of the 94th Senate October 31, 2019

Agenda of the 84th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association October 31, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to order at 6:35PM A. Quorum Call B. Special Business a. Mid-Semester Reports b. Senate Real Talk C. Approval of Senate Minutes from October, 24 2019 D. Approval of Cabinet Minutes from October 30, 2019 E. New Business F. Executive Board Report a. President - K.Harley b. Vice President - K.Dimes c. Comptroller- R. Bathija d. Secretary- C. Greenberg 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. Halloween Activity I. For Good of the Order J. Announcements K. Snap Cup

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President & Vice President Mid-Semester Report Establish SGA as a Recognizable Resource ● Convocation speech ● In the beginning stages of drafting a proposal for the Academic Advancement Fund ● Sent out as form to all clubs asking about their experiences with bias and discrimination and their experience reporting it

Empower Students as Activists and Leaders ● Meeting with Administrators such as Bill Caniano to assist senators in pursuing initiatives ● Meeting with Club Leaders who have been experiencing issues with SGA and establishing a better dialogue with club leaders to understand issues and how we can prevent them from occurring in the future in order to allow their club to operate as easily as possible ● Collaborating with different clubs and offices one campus to host events such as the Arrive Alive tour and the BSU Loan Doctor Event to bring awareness and empowerment to students across campus

Improve and Maintain Campus Resources ● Brought administrators from Facilities, Athletics, the INTO program, and in the future, compass dining to give them feedback and suggestions for improvement ● Senators John McCluskey and David O’Brien are currently sitting on a committee with Compass Dining to give their feedback for future improvements and renovations to the student center dining area ● Senator Nadine Khalaf will be sitting on the Bookstore advisory committee to give constructive feedback on improvements made to the Bookstore

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Form authentic relationships with underrepresented communities on campus ● Currently forming plans to get more face to face contact with students and club leaders through visits to club meetings ● Meeting with Cornell Craig to address student concerns, such as the fruition of the online reporting system ● Planning town halls to better understand the needs of these communities to make us better advocated with and alongside them ● Researching ways to use SGA finds to pursue projects that benefit students, such as inaccessibility and recreation

Respectfully Submitted,

President Kathryn Harley Vice President Kaylor Dimes

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COMPTROLLER MID-SEMESTER REPORT This semester I have worked to streamline a lot of different processes within the office of the Comptroller. Current Initiatives:

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Reallocation process: a.

Originally: club leaders would email the comptroller and the comptroller approved and processed the reallocation request.

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Problem: Advisors were not always notified of this reallocation. It was hard to track all relocations taking place.

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Now: Clubs can fill out the reallocation request form available on the first page of GetInvolvedHU. Relocations are approved and processed every friday: i.

Along with the Weekly Appropriations Allocations; I include all the relocations for the week

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The relocations are then pushed along with the Appropriations allocations every Friday morning.

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Face to Face contact with club leaders: One of my biggest goals this semester has been to have face to face contact with club leaders. I try to meet club leaders as much as possible and understand their needs. This helps me guide them better on how to finance their organisation. a.

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I set up these meetings with treasurers upon request.

Comptroller Handbook: I am maintaining a record of all the duties and responsibilities that are undertaken by the comptroller. This document could serve as the transition handbook for my successor.

I feel confident with the progress we have made so far, but there is a lot more work to do. Future initiatives: 1.

Work with the Appropriations Chair to make budgets more accessible to club leaders. Some Ideas: a.

2.

Posting them on the organisation’s GIHU page.

Create a better recording system for Compass Contribution. a.

Work with Patricia Jensen in OSLE to create a better recording system.

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Work with rules and appropriations on policies regarding clubs charging dues to members.

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Streamline the recording process for Weekly Appropriations Allocations.

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FALL 2019 DATA: Total Enrolment

$347,130.00

Total Estimated Enrollment

$350,903.00

Deficit from estimation

$3773.00

Covering the deficit from the Contingency budget.

Work orders and Buffer

$20,000

Total Internally Allocated (SGA)

$48,108.86

Total for Appropriations Weekly Allocations

$53,115.08

Total Allocated (6 Weeks)*

$46,733.18

Total Amount for Budget Weekend (Includes Amounts for appeals) Contingency Budget (Net Deficit)

$262,068.81 $6,599.99

*Does not include Week 7 allocations; since they haven’t been passed by the Senate body.

As always, I am resource not only for the student body but for anyone in SGA. If any member of the Student Government Association has questions/comments/concerns regarding my work, they can reach out to me and we can collaborate to make the internal processes of the Student Government more efficient.

Respectfully Submitted,

Rhea Bathija

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Appropriations Fall 2019 Committee Members: Chairman N. Cote Senator G. Khandelwal Senator J. McCluskey

Comptroller R. Bathija Senator L. Monono Associate A. Liebowitz WEEK 1

Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Rock Climbing

$ 7,470.00

$ 5,700.00

Hofstra Powerlifting

$ 1,096.90

$ 150.00

NAFME

$ 225.00

$ 225.00

Entertainment Unlimited

$ 6,000.00

$ 6,000.00

Total:

$ 13,441.90

$ 12,495.00

Total Percentage:

92.96%

WEEK 2 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Men’s Ultimate Frisbee

$ 1,250.00

$ 1,250.00

Women’s Rugby

$ 6,225.43

$ 4,286.28

FORM Gallery

$ 185.00

$ 185.00

Circle K International

$ 909.00

$ 289.00

Phi Alpha Delta

$ 4,651.90

$ 2,803.92

Total:

$ 13,221.33

$ 8,814.20

Total Percentage:

66.67%

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WEEK 3 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Sigma’Cappella

$ 495.69

$ 495.69

Society of Women Engineers

$ 680.00

$ 680.00

Hofstra American Marketing Association

$ 1618.03

$ 555.39 Including Voucher(s)

Club Softball

$ 6,467.41

$ 3,079.20

Culinary Club

$ 2,419.98

$ 0.00

Total:

$ 11,681.11

$ 4,130.28

Total Percentage:

35.36%

WEEK 4 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

$ 1,352.00

$ 800.00

Club Ice Hockey

$ 2,6229.84

$ 4,575.00

Hofstra Rock-Climbing

$ 250.00

$ 250.00

Phi Alpha Delta

$ 1,101.63

$ 95.83

Total:

$ 31,675.41

$ 5,720.83

Total Percentage:

18.06%

WEEK 5 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Hardline Capital

$ 392.14

$ 367.14

Hofstra Billiards Organization

$ 180.00

$ 180.00

Club Tennis

$ 1,080.00

$ 1,080.00

Club Baseball

$ 6,659.87

$ 3,924.14

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Hofstra ESports

$ 246.80

$ 246.80

South Asian Student Association

$ 201.32

$ 201.32

Total:

$ 8,760.43

$ 5,999.40

Total Percentage:

68.40%

WEEK 6 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Club Roller Hockey

$ 4,200.00

$ 1,500.00

NSSLHA

$ 790.00

$ 580.00

Hofstra Powerlifting

$ 960.00

$ 960.00

Women’s Club Lacrosse

$ 2,490.00

$ 1,500.00

Culinary Club

$ 1,354.22

$ 812.53

Club Softball

$ 6,653.11

$ 1,432.00

Total:

$ 16,515.33

$ 6,784.53

Total Percentage:

41.08%

WEEK 7 Club Name

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Club Volleyball

$ 62.92

$ 62.92

Hofstra English Society

$ 142.63

$ 142.63

Hellenic Society

$ 273.30

$ 273.30

Hofstra Ski & Snowboard

$ 1,998.60

$ 2,229.80

Collegiate Women of Color

$ 532.82

$ 305.68

IMANI Dance Ensemble

$ 690.00

$ 515.00

Total:

$ 3,699.94

$ 3,329.33

Total Percentage:

89.98%

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Meetings

Requested

Allocated

Percentage

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$ 105,655.32

$ 47,273.57

44.74%

Future Initiatives: -

Continue committee’s work on Appropriations Policy Series Expand the Treasurer Trainings from one a month to three Add a second Budget Review session

Respectfully Submitted, Nicholas Cote Appropriations Chairman

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CLub Relations Mid-Semester Report What We’ve Done: -

Changed the office hour requirement for club office spaces from 8 hours a week to 2 hours a week (thanks Wiley!).

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Held open storage time in the SGA storage space in IEI over 2 days (4 hours total) for clubs to come and label/claim anything that belongs to their club.

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Currently putting together a packet of information for SGA recognized clubs to give them at the SGA Leadership Training we are planning.

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Started a conversation about things that we would like to see change in SGA and how SGA can be better, which has led all of SGA into a conversation about purpose/structure, and a Constitutional Convention!!

Coming Up: -

Finish putting together the SGA Club packet and planning the SGA Leadership Training for all SGA recognized club leaders!

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Organize the SGA club storage space so that we have a record of which clubs are storing items in there, as well as providing organizational bins for clubs to more efficiently store their items.

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Work on updating the aesthetic and functionality of the SGA club office spaces.

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Continue pushing SGA to self-evaluate and make more progress towards advocating for students and clubs, and MAKE CHANGE!

Respectfully Submitted, Joey Alameda Club Relations Chairman

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Public Relations Mid-Semester Report Fall 2019 84th Senate- Chairwoman Rosaria Rielly

Members: ● Senator Bernice Aquino ● Senator Antonella Colon ● Senator Maria Mobley ● Senator David O’Brien ● Senator Kyla Surajbali ● Associate Arriana Liebowitz ● Chairwoman Rosaria Rielly Summer Work: ● One of the first projects was organizing tabling at The New Student Orientation weekly over the summer. We would promote SGA on Instagram and at the table with a signup document and giveaways. ● We redid the posterboard of SGA which can be brought to tabling events such as Open Houses and Club Fairs.

Fall Semester Projects: ● Events: ○ At the start of the semester, we attended the Club Fair where we met potential students and got them interested in fall elections. There were flyers made for this and promoting our social media, as well as the designed board. ○ Open Houses: ■ We have attended both Hofstra’s Open Houses in September and October to meet potential students and get them interested in coming to Hofstra.

■ The next Open House is next Saturday, November 9th at 10:15 am, which we will be attending. ○ We made flyers for info sessions for SGA fall elections and promoted the sessions and the elections. ○ We each got our headshots taken, along with committee and group pictures. When we get these images we will be updating the website with a “Contact a Senator” page showing our emails and faces so students are able to know who we are and where to go to with questions.

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Social Media: ○ Keeping with the work done on Instagram last year, we have kept the same format. This means we are posting lifestyle shots of the members, followed by the Canva flyers promoting the events. ○ Hofstra’s Branding Guide was introduced to the committee as guidelines to follow when making designs.. ○ We use Instagram stories regularly to share the flyers of events we are apart of, as well as highlighting events some offices on campus are promoting and working on. ○ We participated in Day in the Pride on October 23rd to showcase what SGA does in both every day and in a way that makes us personable. We used #dayinthepride on Instagram, Instagram stories, Twitter and Facebook. ○ Live tweeting of Senate was continued from the past semesters. We just stopped this last week and instead are creating “In Case You Missed It” flyers to highlight the main points and to keep students informed.

Promotion: ○ In September the members of Cabinet were featured in The Hofstra Chronicle to introduce us to the student body. ○ We promote SGA Senate Meetings through OSLE’s This Week at Hofstra weekly. For this upcoming Pride Unleashed Week, we have also submitted the flyer through this platform. ○ Weekly the SGA box on the Hofstra Portal is updated to reflect the current events happening for that week’s Senate meeting, as well as our social media. We push the weekly Senate meetings since we want students to come and ask questions, especially when administrators are coming.

■ This past week we created a general “suggestion box” Google Form for students to submit on any general questions or concerns they have regarding SGA and what we can do for students and clubs. ○ Laptop stickers are in progress which says “SGA: Support, Guide, Advocate with our room number. The goal of this is for members to use this on their laptops or water bottles as a way for students to recognize who we are around campus to ask us questions. ○ For Pride Unleashed Week we designed a weekly calendar for promotion with flyers printed out to be distributed around campus. There is also a flyer for Saturday’s Tailgate and a Facebook event promoting the event. ○ One of the goals of the Student Services Committee is to survey students weekly to get feedback and ideas. We designed postcards for this so they can bring them to students to fill out.

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Goals: ● This has been mentioned before, but we want to implement a system where clubs can submit their events and we are able to promote them on our social media. We would like to be part of the process of talking to clubs when they are first recognized and understanding what they would like help with for promotion. ● Another factor which has been discussed before but not implemented is creating a newsletter, with the name we decided on ​The Decorum For’um​ to showcase the events SGA is putting out. At first, it was discussed to do monthly, but possibly semesterly with the main highlights from each committee, SGA events as a whole, and our members. ● There are many more updates needed for the website, which we hope to fix soon. We will also work on the logistics for the “Contact a Senator” page once the headshots are received. ● We hope to form a better relationship with The Hofstra Chronicle and possibly have a section in the paper dedicated to the events and members of SGA. ● We want to make a video in the Spring promoting SGA before spring elections to showcase what we do and how we can get students interested in joining. ● With the general suggestion box in place, we want to have more transparency with students on what their needs are with SGA and how we can work to fully understand them, both through attending events and the usage of social media.

Respectfully Submitted, Rosaria Rielly Public Relations Chairwoman 13

RULES MID-SEMESTER REPORT: FALL 2019 84th​ ​ Senate - Rules Chairman Zain Farooqui Committee Members Associate Manni Doan

Senator Jack McDonough

Senator Celeste Battipaglia

Senator Bryan Perez

Senator Angela Greco

Senator Kelly Rose

Senator Gopal Khandelwal

Chairman Zain Farooqui

Appointed Positions Senator Jack McDonough holds the position of Ethics and Conduct chair this semester.

Senator Gopal Khandelwal took on the role of Archivist.

Club Elections So far this semester, there have been twenty-two (22) club elections facilitated by senators this semester and sign-ups during committee have been successful thus far.

In May of this year, a new form was made utilizing Google Forms to submit newly elected e-board members’ information to the Rules Chair. The next step is sharing the system with advisors to ensure they have the most updated information to contact the clubs they oversee.

SGA-Recognized Clubs that have not been holding their elections with an SGA Representative present were asked to schedule elections by the end of this semester and most of them have reached out to schedule them, many in November and a few in December. Elections will not be allowed to take place with SGA Representatives present past December 8th.

Policy Updates The Student Government Association has passed 10 pieces of legislation up to this point.

Last week a Constitutional Convention was enacted to allow the Student Government Association (SGA) to restructure our committee set up and how the organization is run. Various proposals have been brought up to senators and the current proposal is now into the drafting process to redesign SGA and make it a better advocating body with Club Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Alameda spearheading the efforts.

Various edits have been made to the Policy Series up to this point to encourage senators to run more club elections and to move the Service Chair from the Spirit Committee to the Student Services Committee. A few more edits have been passed to make policies fairer for clubs with office spaces.

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Senatorial Action A number of resolutions have been proposed to the Senate and successfully passed to become SGA’s official stance on certain issues, initiatives, and undertakings to support University-wide projects.

S.A.2018.83.001,​ ​passed

Office Hour Policy Update S.A.2018.83.002, ​passed

Club Office Space Flyer Policy S.A.2018.83.003, ​passed

S.A.2018.83.007, ​passed

Amendment to the Comptroller’s Authority to Freeze Budgets S.A.2018.83.008, ​passed

A Resolution to Detail Student Government Association’s Responsibilities Pertaining to the Pride Block

Definition of Veto Power S.A.2018.83.004, ​passed

S.A.2018.83.009, ​passed

Update to the Budget Appeals Process

Amendments to the Judicial Panel Constitution S.A.2018.83.005, ​passed

S.A.2018.83.010, ​passed

Club Office Hours Update

A Resolution to Support Library Renovations S.A.2018.83.006, ​passed

S.A.2018.83.011, ​no action

A Resolution Addressing Food and Drink Prices

Service Chair

Clubs Seeking SGA Recognition HofBeats

Recognized

National Society of Black Engineers

Recognized

Hardline Capital

Recognized

Makin’ Treble

Recognized

The Dutchmen

Recognized

De Moda

Recognized

Undergraduate Chinese Students Association

No Action

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Updated Club Constitutions

Hofstra versus Zombies (HvZ)

Phi Alpha Delta (đ?š˝đ?š¨đ??™)

Entertainment Unlimited (EU)

National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

Newman Club Hofstra’s Organization for Sexual Empowerment (H.O.S.E.)

South Asian Students Association (SASA) The Pride Network

Looking Forward â?– â?– â?– â?–

Complete clearing out the SGA Office Space Archives Address clubs that have not had SGA Representatives attend their elections Assist Chairman Alameda with drafting a new constitution for SGA with the proposed structure Work on getting clubs the information they need regarding policy and policy changes that affect them

Respectfully submitted, Zain M. Farooqui He/Him/His Rules Committee Chairman 2019 - 2020

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Spirit Mid-Semester Report: Fall 2019 Committee Members ● Chairwoman Donia Firooz ● Senator Nadine Khalaf ● Senator Alexa Paturzo ● Senator Michael Hotaling ● Senator Maxie DeBiso Programs Completed: 1. Pride Expo a. This semester started with Pride Expo. SGA collaborated with OSLE in order to put on Pride Expo this year with a twist. We focused mainly on involving clubs in the event. We were able to get more clubs involved because this year Pride Expo was a carnival instead of large booths. We also participated in the event. Our booth’s theme was Monster’s Inc and we had tons of giveaways such as shirts, mugs, pins, and phone wallets. There were many families and alumni that came by our booth and enjoyed the game. We were fortunate enough to win the second-place prize of $1000, which we have donated to the Pride Pantry.

Programs/Initiatives in Progress 1. Pride Unleashed Week a. Monday: SGA will be tabling and giving out different Pride-themed giveaways. We have fanny packs, pop sockets, phone wallets, and rally towels. This will be during the day. At night SGA will be participating in Res Hall Rush with Athletics to go personally invite members of the Pride to the basketball games. b. Tuesday: SGA will be tabling during the day giving out basketball donuts and coffee.

That night SGA will be having trivia at 7 pm in the MPR. We have some fun giveaways courtesy of the bookstore and compass. The bookstore has also allowed us to paint the window so that will be done on Sunday prior to PUW. c. Wednesday: Athletics is having a pep rally in the atrium during common hour.

Afterward, compass is hosting a basketball-themed cupcake competition. SGA will be participating in tabling all day with our polaroid camera and a PUW frame so that students can come and take some fun photos. The first game is Wednesday night at 7 pm.

The first 500 students are getting free shirts for the Gold Rush, which is the theme of this game. The t-shirts are cosponsored by SGA. d. Thursday: SGA will be tabling in the atrium with a banner for students to sign and write messages on for the men’s and women’s basketball team wishing them good luck on their first games. The bookstore is giving 20%-25% off some of the Hofstra apparel for people tat sigh the banner for that day.

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e. Friday: SGA is tabling for the First-gen takeover day. SGA will be giving out basketball stress balls to students that come by our table. f. Saturday: SGA has worked with IFC and Athletics to put on a tailgate between 1-4 pm in front of the atrium. Students will get to hang out and listen to music before the game, as well as get to eat barbeque made on a live grill. After the tailgate, the game starts at 4.

SGA will be attending the game after.

Pride Block a. We have officially passed a resolution for the Pride Block indicating that SGA will take responsibility for the block. Many members of SGA and some constituents have worked on this project for the past few years. We are working this year to hopefully get the block up in the pride park or in front of bits this year.

Stressbusters a. This year for stressbusters, spirit has decided to participate in three events that we hope that some will be cosponsored with Entertainment Unlimited. We will be having a pizza bar, a hot chocolate bar, and an ice cream bar. This year we will also be putting on a silent disco. b. We are also working with SAPA in order to choose clubs and organizations that also want to participate in stress busters for the week. c. Programming Deputy, Senator Paturzo, is heading stress busters.

Build-a-Friend a. This year spirit has taken the role of sponsoring build-a-friend. Build-a-friend is an event for students to come and stuff an animal. This will be part of the stressbusters’ week. b. Programming Deputy, Senator Paturzo, is heading build-a-friend.

Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays a. We have recently applied to this and more information to come.

Respectfully Submitted, Donia Firooz Spirit Chairwoman

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Student Services Midsemester Report: Members of the committee: Chair Alexa Osner Senator Duncan Cady Senator Khiya Connolly-Sisk Senator George Kaludis Senator Maria Mobley Senator Guinevere Walker Associate Aafia Alladin Associate Jasmeet Kang Associate Ben Welch Committee Structural Changes The Student Services committee has drastically changed the way it functions. The committee now solely focuses on initiatives and advocacy around pertinent issues on campus. The goal was to have ongoing initiatives that SGA would be working on for the entire semester or year. This helps supplement the individual initiatives that senators may take up themselves. We have chosen three initiative areas and are working on projects to best represent student opinions on these issues.

Initiative Areas Accessibility: Senator Duncan Cady, Senator George Kaludis, and Associate Jasmeet Kang Hempstead Initiative: Senator Khiya Connolly-Sisk, Senator Maria Mobley, and Associate Aafia Alladin Sustainability: Senator Gigi Walker and Associate Ben Welch

Student Appreciation Week Student Appreciation Week 2019 will be the November 18th-22nd this year. The office that have co-sponsored with us this year are: Campus Recreation The Career Center Hofstra Card Services Hofstra University Bookstore Hofstra University Honors College International Student Affairs Office of Student Leadership and Engagement Parent and Family Programs Student Advocacy and Prevention Awareness

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The committee has created a tentative schedule for the week which will consist of tabling and surveying everyday 9-5 as well as additional events throughout the week. The events and giveaways for SAW will be purposeful and hopefully engage students about certain issues on campus. This year, we ordered 1500 eco friendly tote bags to give away and our overall goal will be to survey 1500 students.

Goals for end of semester: Looking forward to the rest of the semester, the committee will be having meetings with various clubs and offices on campus to gauge where they should be taking their initiatives next. We will also be implementing face to face engagement with students by going around the student center during committee time to hand out postcards and ask students what they would like to see changed on campus.

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Real Talk With Senate (Ground Rules) ● The restructure conversations are extremely important and the fact that they are happening in a meaningful and impactful way that is going to lead to change is wonderful to see. However, the work that we are doing in this structure as a senate body is also important and we have to remember to focus on the tasks that we are working on under this structure. ○ It is easy to get caught up in policy and structure, but right now you can make positive change and start advocating for students as you see fit in the way that we do SGA currently ■ Actively engage in conversations about initiatives or advocacy that is being brought this semester ■ As a member of SGA you are to help build up ideas ■ Ask questions ■ When administrators/presenters are here ask questions about how we can help the student body at large ○ Look for ways to further the conversation in and out of senate ○ Tasks cannot be completed just by saying them out loud, but by working on them and remembering the purpose of the work ● You are here because you chose to run and the student body elected you to represent them ○ Be aware that the energy you bring into SGA spaces affects all of us.

■ We are all human but SGA is something that you chose to do. There is no reason to bring negativity into committees and senate. ● There are issues with the way that SGA runs and no matter what structure we have there will always be issues. But, when you criticize SGA without following up with a solution to the problems that you see you are not actively addressing anything. Instead, you are just taking away from the countless hours that everyone around the table puts in on tasks that are seen and unseen. ○ When a problem is brought up instead of complaining think of a solution to the issue and propose it. There is always time to discuss how we can positively impact students if you have an idea talk about it. ● There have been several reports of clubs noting that senators have told them that they are being negatively talked about in senate. ○ Provide full context of what was discussed in senate to clubs and students. ○ Do so professionally, give them the information that we talk about in senate, but make a distinction between personal opinion and the matters at the table.

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Agenda of the 84th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association October 24, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to order at 6:35PM A. Quorum Call a. Quorum set at 29 B. Special Business a. Athletics (Mike Neely) i.

Mike Neely (C’10, MBA 2012 at Hofstra) regarding the basketball games, Asks for continued SGA support for Pride, wants to bring back Homecoming openers, November 6 & 9th are the two dates when Hofstra will be playing ii.

Daniel Santos-Atkins New Women’s Coach says she wanted to come back to Hofstra because of the people and the experiences so they want to really encourage SGA to support the teams so that they can feel a difference in the arena because they work really hard. Welcome to doing anything that SGA ever needs like interviews. iii.

Colin Kerk is here in place of Coach Mahalick, and is extremely appreciative due to SGA’s support for the basketball teams, gives the player’s a boost, in Season Rankings, Hofstra was picked first in the CAA, which was extremely heartening for the team. If you need any of the players, for any of your events please reach out and they will be happy to have the players be there for you. iv.

Mike Neely says everything is free to attend, and is an extremely amazing environment to be at v.

Spirit Chair Firooz- Everyone is required to go to the tailgate and then go to the game, programming is the whole week, spirit committee will be doing Res Hall Rush and hopefully more senators will attend, very excited about trivia, hoping to paint library window again vi.

Questions 1. Senator Connolly-Sisk a. Student Services is extremely interested in a Hempstead Outreach Initiative, is it possible to get them free or discounted tickets? i.

Can provide high school students free tickets if their names are provided beforehand, would love to have them there and each student could get two free tickets if they would like a guest 2. Senator McDonough moves to open the Gallery a. Motion Seconded, Motion Passes 3. Chief Justice Farajollah

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a. Is there anything we’re doing with charities and is there any way SGA? i.

Breast Cancer Awareness is a CA Initiative this year for the teams, we will connect with SGA following this!

4. President Harley a. Normally don’t get a lot of interaction with athletes so how could we get more exposure with them? i.

Colin Kerk states whenever you need our athletes just ask, This is a two way street so we are here to help and don’t be afraid to ask. ii.

Mike Neely: There is a Student Athlete Advisory Council and it would be great to have a member from it in senate. Have a lot going on and a lot of teams that want to be involved. iii.

Colin Kerk: SGA makes our events just great.

5. Chair Alameda a. Why we do not do programming for the Women’s Game? i.

Chair Firooz responds that programming is back to back with Men’s Game then SAW happens and if we actually want to table for three weeks straight.

6. Senator McDonough a. Can we throw t-shirts again? i.

Yes! 7. Senator DeBiso moves to close the Gallery a. Motion Seconded, Motion Passes b. Constitutional Benchmark i.

Constitutional Benchmark starts at 7:00PM ii.

Constitutional Benchmark ends at 7:12PM c. S.A.2019.84.009 i.

Senator Fletcher, Senator Connolly-Sisk and Rules Chair Farooqui 1. We are bringing this to Senate so other clubs have the ability to receive a budget after the Appropriations chair funds the money.Clubs are not allowed to bring new information to the appeal meeting which can sometimes help to fix a simple mistake so it has been struck. ii.

Questions 1. Senator McClusky- You didn’t specify what clubs can bring into the meeting a. As of right now it is quotes or emails from professionals stating their prices for like payment i.

Chair Cote states new information they could bring might include a quote if it was too old or there was no quote in the first place

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Comptroller Bathija adds that if they don't have the proper urls or other inaccurate information, quotes over 3 years old, must also have three different hotel quotes

2. Senator Cady a. How will clubs bring information to us? i.

Appropriations Chair Cote explains how Budget Appeals runs 3. Senator McDonough raises a Point of Inquiry a. A club comes to an Appropriations meeting and does not have a proper budget, is it the only time they can come to review it? i.

Chair Cote states that no, there are other opportunities to come before they must submit their budget 4. Senator Stark raises a Point of Inquiry a. Would new information would be like bringing a new quote? i.

Anything that was not included in the Budget Weekend would be new information.

5. Senator McClusky a. Would you be open to editing S.A.2019.84.009 about new budgets and bringing information that a club forgot to bring i.

Senator Fletcher- Yes 6. Senator Monono a. Asks if a club brings a new quote and wonders if it can be viewed at a later point. i.

Senator Fletcher- The spirit of the legislation would be so they could bring quotes and emails to adjust what they had already submitted, not to add new events so it would only cover corrections Senator Stark moves to have a moderated caucus for 8 minutes if the Senate should pass S.A. 2019.84.009 1. Motion seconded, Motion passes 2. Senator Fletcher brings a point about the senators supporting the students a. Chair Alameda raises a point of inquiry b. Comptroller Bathija The definition of unsatisfactory to stating unfair, says it can be changed to unfair, you can reach out to us to help us make the proper budget c. Senator Mcdonough if this is grayed and wants to know the spirit of this legislation d. Chair Cote says to caution running into it so quickly and should iron out the details of what clubs can and cannot bring. Need to have conversation on who would get an appeal. It would be disrespectful to clubs that got their budgets right the first time, for other clubs to be able to come to appeals and bring new information.

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e. Chair Firooz says if you do find something unfair and don’t want it to get funded you can over turn the budget f. Senator Fletcher says that the appropriations committee works hard to make the budget, but the work we do is not for us, but is in fact for others, g. Comptroller Bathija says she wants to make it easier for the students and states that we do not have an unlimited amount of the budget h. Senator Fletcher states it is student money and need to use it wisely and last year there was extra money left over and there was talk about holding it until senate went over the entire budget but this would help students if they slip up and they struggle with getting SGA funds. We don’t reach all of them so this helps them. i. Senator Ortiz moves to hold a straw poll to see who is for passing the legislation i.

Motion seconded, Motion passes Senator McDonough hold a vote to pass S.A.2019.82.009 1. Motions Seconded, Motion Objected 2. Two for two against a. Senator McDonough for i. no new points b. Senator Khandelwal against i.

So while this legislation is well intention but there is still a flaw. The Approps Committee does already look at this budget and having the need to look it over again is not necessary to have to view again ii.

Chair Alameda 1. States that the information is not necessary c. Chair Farooqui for i.

Clubs can bring new information but it would be defined strictly to what we didn;t fund but it is not a clear idea yet so we can talk about it d. Senator Ortiz against i.

So while I see this legislation i still have the opportunity and the club can still receive the budget.Not ethically or morally right to not understand what the e. Senator Khandelwal against i.

You do not want to submit an assignment and wait for it to be graded 3. By a vote of 0-29-0, this legislation does not pass Senator Stark Motion for a straw poll to re open S.A.2019.84.009 Comptroller Bathija moves to reopen S.A.2019.84.009 26

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1. Motion seconded 2. By a vote of 14-13-0, Senatorial Action is reopened Senator DeBiso raises a point of inquiry 1. How many budget appeals do we have a year?

2. Comptroller Batijia says there will be one budget appeal per year.

Comptroller Batijia moves to change point J language to say “unfair” 1. Motion seconded, motion objected 2. Chair Firooqi for a. Appeal is better defined as the club gets monetary budget and it is unfair. This is why we found it to be unfair. If it is unfair they can say specifics about why they should be able to appeal 3. Chair Alameda a. Sets a better expectation that we violed policy to be unfair. We usually have the money for other clubs to receive and that the 4. Comptroller Bathija a. States that during an appeal. If it is unfair that they should get a chance to explain why they didn’t get the budget they received.

Then talks about being unfair and unsatisfied 5. Senator McDonough a. Satisfactory means can you do what your clubs needs to do but we don’t use it like that anymore. We don’t do point 3 anymore so it would have to be struck 6. Senator Alameda a. The word unsatsfactory should be changed because it is unfair By a vote of 18-10-1, the motion passes 1. Chair Cote States if there is no policy restriction then there is no reason to fund the club it doesn’t happen often 2. Comptroller Bathija says during her minutes she will give a rundown of all the funda and where they come from, information will be available at all times to everyone and we have to keep in mind that there is new leadership and to be patient and give it a chance. Can start adding to end of appropriations how much money is left over after they have clubs come in.

Senator Khandelwal moves to unstrike the struck clause in S.A.2019.84.009 1. Motion seconded, Motion Objected 2. Senator Fletcher for a. Doesn’t want to talk about this anymore in senate and will meet again to discuss this so that it can be ironed out another time 3. Senatore Khandelwal Speaks for a. Already voted as a senate to not pass it so it doesn’t make sense to keep pursuing and vote again 4. By a vote of 26-1-1, this motion passes Chair Farooqui moves to pass S.A. 2019.84.009 27

1. Motion seconded 2. By a vote of 27-0-1, this motion passes d. S.A.2019.84.010 i.

Senator Fletcher and Senator Connolly-Sisk Present 1. The clubs relations committee was told to enforce club office hours which is 8 hours but seemed like too much so it would go down to 2 and would have to be 30 consecutive minutes not an hour. The sheet would be collected at 6:30 every Monday. ii.

Questions 1. Senator DeBiso a. How did you come up with two office hours? i.

Senator Fletcher says this was a compromise to see the increase because the club served less than the SGA Senator iii.

Chair Farooqui moves to amend S.A.2019.84.010 1. Motion seconded, motion objected 2. Chair Farooqui for a. Among four eboard members can split the time between themselves and they only have to stay 30 minutes 3. Chair Alameda against a. This came from our club. And that most clubs signed but when they submitted the hours they didn’t complete the full time 4. Senator DeBiso a. 30 consecutive minutes is not a lot of time, should not call it an office hour because it is not that long and if clubs don’t want to stay there for their hours it should be given to another club that would stay there 5. Senator Stark against a. Not many people really come into the offices for most of the offices, it’s not really needed 6. Senator Fletcher against a. Should have just gotten rid of office hours but some clubs use them as storage spaces instead of meeting spaces 7. By a vote of 4-24-0 Amendment doesn’t pass iv.

Chair Alameda move to pass S.A.2019.84.010 1. Motion seconded 2. By a vote of 28-0-0, this legislation passes e. Chair Firooz motions for an 8 minute recess i.

Motion Seconded ii.

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Meeting called back to order at 8:27PM C. Approval of Senate Minutes from October, 17 2019 a. Senator Stark Moves to Approves the Senate Minutes 28

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Motion seconded 1. Motion passes D. Approval of Cabinet Minutes from October 23, 2019 a. Senator McCluskey moves to pass the Cabinet Minutes b. Motion seconded i.

Motion passes E. New Business a. Restructure Presentation & Conversation i.

Chair Alameda 1. This proposal is modifications to a proposal from last year and it has the same structure with a few major and a few minor changes that came from multiple members of cabinet and senators a. You have you eboard on top and positions underneath that and then the committees b. The fourth bullet for President and VP for each of them would be in charge of monthly town halls c. Conversations about what deputy comptroller would be like are still going on d. The chief of operations (COO) would be like the manager and would do organizational things that the secretary would normally do e. the cabinet members - each committee would have a chair so 8 of them f. Responsibilities of the committees are listed g. Clubs can sign up to go to Appropriations, Rules and now make it a way to have signups to be formal h. Appropriations would still be a stand alone committee it would stay the same i. Programming Committee would manage all programming which is basically going to be Spirit j. Conduct monthly survey k. Advocacy committees meet on Thursdays during senate doesn't mean just resolutions and formal initiatives it also includes surveying and making sure the students voices are heard in different manners l. Committee on Campus and Wellness Safety i.

Dining, Campus Wellness, Etc. m. Club resources and programming on Monday n. Students can sit on more than one committee o. Wednesday stays the same as Cabinet p. Thursdays- everyone comes to senate and every senator will sit on both an advocacy committee and logistics committee

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q. Each advocacy will break off to do their meetings and then senate would come back together but now thinking that we would not reconvien so that the committees can meet for however long they want for more or less time to make as effective as possible r. Fridays- will be reserved for Special Meetings but open to other meetings on Friday’s i.

I.E Budget Appeals, s. Election procedures would be the same except the COO would be elected instead of the President and VP picking them ii.

Questions 1. Senator Connolly-Sisk a. When do we have to have this done by? i.

Would have to write a constitution and there have been discussions on having it by the 11/14th 2. Senator DeBiso a. When you say the advocacy meetings can meet for however long they want, we have a cap right now on how long senate can be so how would we have a senate meeting going until 11:30 and then another meeting after? i.

Would drastically change senate so the meetings wouldn’t be that long in the first place 3. Spirit Chair Firooz a. Add student appreciation to the programming Committee i.

Programming with purpose because right now we hold programs for unnecessary things. If we come up with a list of many programs that we believe all have a good purpose then programs could be moved but would like to zone in on good purposes for programs.

4. Senator Fletcher a. What are the difference between the COO and Secretary? i.

Chair Alameda responds about the differences Organizational things, planning and also help with duties except minutes. Would do everything the secretary currently does except the minutes. ii.

Vice President Dimes explains the Secretary’s Duties: Room Reservations, supplies, work orders, anything Pres+VP can’t handle, social chairs, a lot of the busy work, communications iii.

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5. Senator McDonough a. Will we still use Robert’s Rules in Senate? i.

I think it is very restrictive and should not be done 6. Senator O’Brien a. For the communications committee’s monthly surveys, what would they regard? i.

It would be SGA related items b. Could it happen monthly or does it have to happen? i.

It could but the wording would have to be looked at because it’s hard to advocate for students without talking to them 7. Student Services Chair Osner a. Would you be open to having a conversation about the surveys? i.

Yes 8. Senator Cady a. Why is alumni affairs in something the academic affair would be in charge of and why do we have alumni affairs i.

We don’t advocate for them but they are under academic affairs 9. Senator Surajbali a. How does this affect associates and justices i.

For the advocacy committees not sure so far because associates usually don’t go for senate because of the time commitment ii.

Senator Fletcher 1. Don’t need associates for internal committees 10. Senator Aquino a. Are there any other SGA’s in a similar structure?

1. Most schools have a senator for a specific position, rather than just students, and so Hofstra’s SGA is very different, most schools would only have the internal committee meetings, but not the general Senate meeting b. How would other committees know what the others are doing? i.

I’m not sure that is vital, but we can see if that is needed 11. Senator Fletcher a. Do other schools have similar numbers of senators i.

I think there are other schools that are similar in size but they have others that have bigger Senates 12. Comptroller Bathija a. Do you know about the effectiveness of that model? i.

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effective is subjective but having senators represent specific positions would be better for advocacy.

However, if they couldn’t get someone to take on that topic position then nobody would be advocating for it.

13. Spirit Chair Firooz a. How do you want to move forward with writing the constitution? i.

Going into it I was hesitant to bring something that I didn’t talk to many people about but now I intend to write a constitution for this to be voted on 14. Senator Stark a. Other schools have very similar layouts and it is very effective.

Do you see this going into effect next semester or next year? i.

I would think that next semester it would go into effect because it would just be the implementation of these new committees and senate would have to elect chairs for those committees. Chairs for advocacy committees would sit on a logistics committee and vise versa. It wouldn’t be too much for chairs because they can just bring their thoughts and ideas without getting many more projects or busy work 15. Senator O’Brien a. Would we still have a student Body elections for the COO? i.

There would have to be a conversation about that ii.

Senator McDonough says we could make an emergency clause for this exception 16. Senator DeBiso a. Could you be a chair for both an advocacy committee and logistics committee? i.

You may not be on both 17. Public Relations Chair Rielly a. Would E-board members sit on advocacy committees? i.

Would be a good idea to have them sit on advocacy committee and this could be talked about F. Executive Board Report a. President - K.Harley i.

I’m tired but I loved this conversation, this past week, something came up and President Rabinowitz could not meet with us, we met with just Vice President Houston Dougharty ii.

Meeting with Vice President Dougharty 1. Online reporting System, Brought by the JGG Campaign, coming in November, latest by December 4th​ ​, unfortunately no previews were used, we can go to SGA Advisor Denise to get more details about the reporting system 32

2. Interjection by Rules Chair Farooqui a. the receipt portion of the reporting system was crucial, therefore without having it the project would not move forward 3. Worker’s Wages- Students not receiving full Nassau County wages there were protests towards the wage and it was raised by $1 4. There is a set budget for students so if there would be an increase in wages then there would be a decrease in job opportunities. Can email President Harley if interested in pursuing this topic. iii.

Bias and Discrimination survey was sent out to all clubs, please ask all clubs to fill it out!

1. Senator Fletcher a. Will there be a SGA Dinner? i.

Yes iv.

Club leaders weren’t happy with how SGA was talking about them, please talk about all clubs with respect, regardless of their SGA status b. Vice President - K. Dimes i.

There are several Initiatives being worked on right now, but I do want to remind you all that Student Services does have 3 initiative areas that they would not mind having help on and Student Services Chair Osner can help you find resources for what you are working on ii.

First meeting of the President's Task Force on Representation in Public Spaces (PTFRPS) is November 19th​ c. Comptroller- R. Bathija i.

Shows Spreadsheet on how and where SGA gets the Money for clubs ii.

It works by the comptroller getting estimates from the previous comptroller iii.

Breakdown of the student involvement fee and we end up having a deficit of what was estimated but it is nothing to stress about iv.

We have an extra amount of money left over from last Semester v.

Rollback money is from when SGA gave clubs money but it was never spent so SGA received it back 1. Senator DeBiso a. Why doesn’t the money go back to the club? i.

The money is only allocated for each semester. vi.

If any senator has a question with their committees budget you can go to your chair and ask to see the budget. vii.

Senator Fletcher 1. What is All Steering? a. Money that goes toward compass vouchers and SGA events viii.

Appropriations 1. The committee is very big on allocating the money, we might not have enough money to last till week 8 for weekly Appropriations meetings ix.

Senator Stark 1. Can we run out of money before budget weekend?

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a. No; money has already been set aside for budget weekend to allocate x.

The new Reallocations process is working really well! xi.

Come sign with me! d. Secretary- E. Phillips i.

Report given by Vice President Dimes: Unfortunately Secretary Phillips has to step down as Secretary, so Charlie Greenberg will be our new Secretary, he was a senator in 83!

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

Saw 6 clubs this week, only 28.9% funded ii.

Please come to Approps, its required to spend 30 minutes there before budget weekend iii.

Senator O’Brien moves to pass Appropriations Allocations 1. Motion seconded, motion passed iv.

Senator McCluskey moves to pass Appropriations Minutes 1. Motion seconded, motion passed b. Club Relations - J. Alameda i.

Senator McDounough moves to have a 10 minute Moderated Caucus 1. Motion seconded, Motion passes ii.

Club Relations Chair Alameda says that he needs to call for a Constitutional Convention to open the door to change the constitution but that doesn’t mean that it must be changed iii.

Senator Cady 1. How does this work? iv.

Rules Chair Farooqui 1. Could move for it in a senate meetings but not twice in the same meeting v.

Spirit Chair Firooz 1. It is hard to do this all now, but I do want to expand the deputies position. If we pass this it would take a little while to get it done, doesn’t see it getting done this semester a. Chair Alameda believes it would get done this semester and asks what would hold it up i.

Pride Expo vi.

Senator Stark 1. Highlight what VP Barkwill said about gaging students opinions and she feels like the committees would have more weight than just one senator vii.

Senator McDonough 1. Wants to see a structure that there is no need for Robert’s Rules. I want to see President & Vice President in the structural committees. A lot of the constitution is copy and paste from what we already have. Many duties from committees can just be brought over. It doesn’t sound crazy to write this.

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Senator Fletcher 1. I would like to see if we can have the advocacy committee meet on Thursday to try out and see if we like it or not. It doesn't have to be written in we can just try it for a week.

Senator O’Brien 1. Just because we have a convention doesn’t mean that we have to actually change anything, everyone wants changes at some point in the future. We would just be harming other clubs in other ways.

Club Relations Chair Alameda 1. Motion to extend moderated caucus by 5 minutes 2. Motion seconded, motion passes Comptroller Bathija 1. There are only a few things there is still the nature of the position that I want to keep or not keep 2. Chair Alameda a. Giving roles to other Senators Senator Stark 1. At retreat there was good energy and ideas flowing and this structure would allow us to do what we want. Change is scary but we are all smart and care and we can try it because we won’t let it crumble. Start to change instead of going in circles.

Chair Farooqui 1. When we have the structure defined, it will be easier because you will have a set time already and already be present to make it easier Senator McDonough 1. I like the COO because it separates secretary duties and it would be effective because it would be easier for students to reach out to SGA. IN the structure the committee updates wouldn’t need to be approved but appropriations allocations should be approved. Grammar doesn’t need to be approved only what senate actual did needs to say that it was actually done.

Senator O’Brien 1. I don’t think it isn’t efficient as compared to other schools but could be improved Public Relations Chair Rielly 1. If we get it done this semester we can have a trial semester in the spring and then adjust for the fall Club Relations Chair Alameda 1. Is very open to new ideas and wants everyone's input Club Relations Chair Alameda moves for a Constitutional Convention 1. Motion Seconded a. By a vote of 27-0-0, this motion passes Club Relations continues with the Report 35

1. Fire Safety went around and verified the rooms and made sure everything is up to date 2. There was a small amount of clubs that responded to the email saying that will be discarded to clean up office spaces.

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Chair Osner moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded, motion passed c. Public Relations - R. Rielly i.

Senate was not Live Tweeted (today) 10/24 ii.

There will be a flyer that is posted online of the summary of the meeting iii.

Reviewed senate from previous week iv.

Talked about a recap from A Day in The Pride v.

Chronicle was supposed to have a rep at Senate they didn’t show 1. Senator O’Brien attended servery committee it was the first one of the year, mentioned about dietary restrictions in the Servery Committee 2. Senator DeBiso a. When is the compass Meeting? i.

Currently we are unsure but more information to come, just do not show up. Meeting is just not open Please contact Vice President Dimes if you are interested 3. Chair Rielly Congratulates Senator Stark for getting an internship vi.

Senator McCluskey moves to pass Public Relations Minutes 1. Motion seconded, motion passed d. Rules - Z. Farooqui i.

Saw 2 Senatorial Actions in the Weekly Committee Meeting ii.

Senator Ortiz moves to pass Rules Minutes 1. Motion seconded, motion passed e. Spirit - D. Firooz i.

Talked Pride Unleashed ii.

If you can’t attend Please contact Spirit Chair Firooz and Senator McDonough iii.

Tailgate is 1-4 on November 4th iv.

Alcohol, regardless of age, shall be prohibited for all SGA members v.

Trivia will be there, giveaways from Compass and Bookstore vi.

Women’s Game is the week after the Men’s Game vii.

If you want to plan anything please reach out to Spirit Chair FIrooz viii.

We have tickets Reserved for the November 6th if you want to go, please talk to Spirit Chair Firooz so she can get more tickets ix.

Stressbusters! Clubs, please sign up to host/help with one x.

Pride Block we are planning to send out another survey xi.

Spirit is doing Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays this year and we paint! xii.

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Please submit Questions to Chair Osner by this weekend 10/27 Please come to Student Services if you want to work with an initiatives we would love the extra help iii.

Please sign up for Shake-A-Rake we need more help in the afternoon iv.

Senator Connolly-Sisk moves to pass Student Services Minutes 1. Motion seconded, motion passed Senator McDonough moves to remove the Snap Cup from the Agenda via Secret Ballot a. Senator McDonough i.

I love you all but last senate I was disappointed that motions were not brought because we wasted time due to the snap cup, instead of initiatives b. Senator O’Brien i.

If it is a time constraint this debate is wasting time, it feels like we’re punishing ourselves c. Comptroller Bathija i.

Stresses the importance of breaking away from heavier material sometimes, instead of going in circles all the times d. Senator Cady i.

I don’t think it isn’t important now, maybe this should be looked at in the Constitutional Convention e. Senator Hotaling i.

I think we could still do it next week, and because it is late f. Comptroller Bathija i.

I think it is still crucial to still have the snap cup g. By a vote of 8-17-0, this shall be a regular vote Vote To Strike the Snap Cup from the Agenda a. By a vote of 5-19-2 Motion does not pass. Snap Cup remains on the Agenda For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup Senator Cady moves to Adjourn a. Motion Seconded, Motion Passed. Senate Adjourns at 10:47 PM.

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Cabinet Agenda Dean of Students Conference Room October 30th, 2019 A. Call to Order 8:07 Pm B. Pres & VP Updates a. Realignment Conversation i.

President Harley 1. There has been a negative attitude in SGA recently and we don’t want this to continue on. Everyone should just hit the reset button. If you are talking about clubs on behalf of SGA to stay respective. The talks have been going back to the chairs and it should be addressed. We are figures are in SGA and people look up to us. You are guiding everyone in SGA and every SGA event should be going to the events in a positive way.

Stay motivated to keep the change. Everyone has done a great job. We as leaders of SGA should set a tone. Stay motivated to keep it positive.

Let’s advocate and let’s go out to clubs and set the example. More conversations in what we are doing in our work, ETC, polling, going to other clubs, being there for the students. If you did something in the past, keep it in the past and we are going to hit the reset button. Instead of talking about just the problems to provide the solutions. We are going to be addressing this at senate tomorrow 10/31. a. Chair Firooz i.

We need to be careful with how we speak to especially the senators. We should be there to help them and some people are leaving during the semester or at the end of the year. We need to encourage them rather than hinder them. It’s important that they make their own path here.

2. President Harley a. We need to be encouraging and to keep positive attitudes going forward. b. Debriefing Meeting with Cornell i.

President Harley and VP Dimes

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1. What does Cornell do on campus a. Gave updates to the online reporting system more to come at senate. It will be out by Townhall. This will be the same option brought to SGA from JGG. ii.

VP Dimes 1. Pronouns 2. You can change your name at Hofstra. Professors are still working on it, name changes are processing to be changing within Hofstra will be changed. However, with any paperwork going out of Hofstra will state the Current name. More updates to follow.

3. Training is mandatory by faculty and staff at Hofstra they are working on a balance on how to make the changes. VP went to the meeting for LGBTQ+ to learn more about how changes are happening.

4. Talked about the anti-semitism article in the chronicle and work on how it was gathered because it didn’t go the way it wanted. With the article they were looking for a story to look at the details, housing details communicating with first years. They will be reaching out in the future to make it a better experience and to expose the students about the differences. No matter what we don’t take this lightly at Hofstra and make responses heard. Make a clause about Hofstra diversity.

5. Chair Alameda a. They should make a way to access this in the course syllabus 6. Climate Report a. Hofstra released a campus Climate report about how you feel on campus. They will not release a new report until that class has graduated. He wants to come to senate to address this and make it more well known. Vice President Dimes wants to show the report and try to find a reason why we didn’t get as many responses as it should have. Nobody from IEI or Hillel responded. We got three responses. b. It was sent from Get involved HU and not from SGA could’ve been a factor but we are not sure. Denise sent the email to Hillel and IEI.

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How is senate going to run, Senate is going to be a 6:30 but there will be food and refreshments starting at 6 if you can attend early. Please get the mid-semester reports in ASAP following this meeting.

c. President Harley 1. Set a goal before the meeting so you can plan that you want to address in a meeting. When you go into a meeting, address beforehand in a meeting make a priority list or just send in an email, it might make it better Use your time effectively. c. Mid Semester Reports d. Meeting Culture i.

VP Dimes addresses information about SGA Advisor Denise Boneta 1. SGA is just one of the clubs Denise works with she is a very busy person and check-in with E-board before going to Denise it will take a load from her. If you send her an email give it some time, but she will respond.

2. President Harley a. Don’t be afraid to send an email

C. Comptroller Updates a. Comptroller Bathija showed a spreadsheet in Senate 10/24, and addressed more concerns that were brought up about the budget. When you are sending in your budget please review the numbers before sending it to Comptroller Bathija. Please follow the spreadsheet and the document sent to the chairs.

D. Matters at Hand a. PUW Advertising i.

Chair Firooz and Chair Alameda 1. Flyers are in, please post on your stories, Advertise to as many people as possible. Chair Reilly will post online to social media.

2. Please push in First-year buildings

b. SAW Survey Questions and discussion led by Chair Osner

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Edited questions and went down the list to edit and make changes to the questions, addressed concerns with accessibility on campus question, Talking about the shopping and train shuttle. If you wrote any questions down in the google doc and want to elaborate on this, please do so by the Rules committee meeting 1. Comptroller Bathija a. If a question is intended for the residents on campus should be addressed in the housing survey by Reslife and residents must fill this out.

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U-senate is working on a new calendar and it is in the works of being built and some questions in this survey could be changed or eliminated based on what they have already put together 1. Possibly adding a new Common hour and addressing class schedules Chair Check-Ins

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Looked at survey questions from last year and compared it to the train and Entertainment Shuttle.

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Only Approx $6,000 left for weekly allocations

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Storage space Meeting next week

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Restructure and club initiatives

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Ordered Cabinet for storage room

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Library meeting today 10/30 1. ADA accessible rooms on every floor 2. Changes, Study rooms Chairs White board paint 3. Addressed Wifi issues

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4. Bill is a huge supporter Importance of books Library faculty doesn’t want changes 5. This is a 5-10 year plan renovations are happening because of SGA e. Public Relations

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Chronicle Rep should come to SGA but unsure of it

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Saw S.A.2019.84.011 - In Regards to Food and Drink Price Increases by the Compass Group

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Next week is PUW

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Will have basketball on wall that says “Go Pride”

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Res Hall Rush sign up sheet during Senate 10/31

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Signups for the weeks will be online

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Days 1. Monday: Free Giveaways 2. Tuesday: Donuts & Coffee 3. Wednesday: Pep Rally & Cupcake Wars 4. Thursday: Good Luck Banner 5. Friday: First Gen Tabling 6. Saturday: Tailgate and Game at night Free shirts first 75 people

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Push for Women’s game the following week

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Build-A-Friend: More Information coming soon

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Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays: More information Coming Soon

h. Student Services i.

SAW Schedule 1. Monday: DOS sustainability 2. Tuesday: Student Health 3. Wednesday: Access to Health Food / Pride Pantry

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4. Thursday: SGA Dinner 5. Friday: Game / Trivia Wheel at the table Ways to get involved at the table ii.

Sign up for Shake-A-Rake

E. For Good of the Order F. Adjournment a. Meeting Adjourned at 9:55 PM

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Meeting Commenced ​Attendance Attended

Appropriations Committee Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting 7 10/29/19 5:55 PM Chairman N. Cote Comptroller R. Bathija Senator G. Khandelwal Senator L. Monono Senator J. McCluskey Associate A. Liebowitz

Visiting:

Chairman J. Alameda Senator D. Cady Senator M. DeBiso Senator M. Hotaling Senator A. Hrivnak

Chairwoman D. Firooz Senator N. Khalaf Senator A. Paturzo Senator B. Perez Senator G. Walker

Absent: I. II. III. IV. V.

VI.

Club Volleyball A. Item One: Fully funded Hofstra English Society A. Item One: Fully funded Hellenic Society A. Item One: Fully funded Hofstra Ski & Snowboard Club A. Item One: Fully funded B. Item Two: Fully funded Collegiate Women of Color A. Item One: Fully funded B. Item Two: Partially funded - SGA does not fund for additional fees C. Item Three: Not funded - SGA does not fund for prizes D. Item Four: Not funded - SGA does not fund for member gifts IMANI Dance Ensemble A. Item One: Partially funded - SGA can only fund $15.00 per person for apparel B. Item Two: Not funded - Improper quotes, correspondence must be email with proper address.

C. Item Three: Fully funded

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Week 7

Club Name:

Items:

Requested

Allocated

(10/29/2019)

Club Volleyball

Dig Pink

$ 62.92

$ 62.92

Total

$ 62.92

$ 142.63

$ 142.63

Total

$ 142.63

$ 273.30

$ 273.30

Total

$ 273.30

Montage Mountain Trip

$ 1125.00

$ 1125.00

Travel Fees

$ 873.60

$ 940.80

Total

$ 2229.80

Hofstra English Society

Hellenic Society

Apparel

Hofstra Ski and Snowboard

Collegiate Women of Color

IMANI Dance Ensemble

Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Chairman Nicholas Cote

Open Mic Night

Percent Allocated

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

111.56%

Table Cloth

$ 12.99

Purple Table Talk

$ 288.44

$ 263.44

Study Session Event

$ 19.25

$ 29.95

Amazon Gift Card

$ 206.95

$ 0.00

Goodie Bags

$ 5.19

$ 0.00

Total

$ 305.68

Apparel

$ 250.00

$ 165.00

Dance Marathon

$ 90.00

$ 0.00

Illusion Dance Competition

$ 350.00

$ 350.00

Total

$ 515.00

74.64%

Total Requested

Total Allocated

Percent Allocated

$ 3699.94

$ 3329.33

89.98%

57.37%

8:32 PM

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Club Relations Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting 6 10/28/19

​ Meeting Commenced​ ​ Attendance ​ Attended ​

​ 6:30 PM ​Senator Wiley Fletcher

​ Senator Tara Stark

​ Senator Gisselle Ortiz-Jimenez ​ Senator Antonella Colon

Senator Ariyanna Hrivnak Chair Joey Alameda Absent -

Intros Reviewed last weeks club office space-time Talked about initiatives Talked about restructure

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

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Public Relations Minutes Fall 2019 Weekly Meeting 7 10/29/19

​ Meeting Commenced​ 6:33 pm SGA Conference Room ​ Attendance ​ Attended :​

Absent:​

Senator Bernice Aquino

Senator Antonella Colon Senator Maria Mobley Senator David O’Brien Senator Kyla Surajbali ​Chairwoman Rosaria Rielly Associate Arriana Liebowitz (excused)

1. Icebreaker: ​What are you going to be for Halloween?

2. Housekeeping a. Elections sign up b. Visiting the Appropriations committee for half an hour before 11/19 3. Hofstra Chronicle a. Was supposed to meet with Taylor yesterday but it did not work out, will reschedule soon i.

There should be a Chronicle representative coming regularly to senate meetings 4. Portal box updates/ This Week at Hofstra a. This week I put in a generic “suggestion box” link for students to answer 5. Pride Unleashed Week a. Denise printed the large poster b. Weekly/ individual infographic for socials i.

Make a Facebook page 6. Student Services Student Appreciation Week a. Getting full schedule from Alexa Wednesday i.

Start promotions afterward b. Making postcards for students to write suggestions/ concerns i.

Anto is the point person for this c. Make a brief video i.

Thank you from SGA d. Checked the document of polling questions/ suggestions Meeting Adjourned​ 7:20 pm Respectfully Submitted, Rosaria Rielly Public Relations Chairwoman

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Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended

Associate Manni Doan Senator Celeste Battipaglia Senator Angela Greco Senator Gopal Khandelwal Senator Kelly Rose Chairman Zain Farooqui Senator Jack McDonough (excused) Senator Bryan Perez (excused)

Absent

I. II.

Rules Committee Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting #7 10/28/19 6:30 PM

Introduction SASA brings constitution updates A. Associate Doan moves to pass SASA’s constitution 1. By a vote of 4-0-1, that motion passes

III.

S.A.2019.84.011 - Dining Resolution A. Senator Khandelwal moves to table S.A.2019.84.011 1. By a vote of 3-1-1, that motion passes

IV.

The Pride Network brings club constitution updates A. Senator Khandelwal moves to pass The Pride Network’s constitution 1. By a vote of 5-0-0, that motion passes

V.

Adjournment A. Senator Battipaglia moves to adjourn the meeting 1. By a vote of 4-0-1, that motion passes

Meeting Adjourned

7:48 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Zain Farooqui Rules Chairman

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Spirit Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting #6 10/29/19 Meeting Commenced Attendance ​ Attended ​

6:24 ​PM Senator Alexa Paturzo Senator Michael Hotaling Senator Nadine Khalaf Senator Maxie DeBiso Chair Donia Firooz Associate Joshua Linsenberg Associate Olivia Kearse Associate Makayla Bullard Chelsea Tomasso (visiting) Moon Rob (visiting) Chairman Alameda (visiting)

Absent

1. Approps meeting 2. PUW a. SGA Pride Unleashed Week table-clear what is discounted b. Lots of social media advertising c. Painting the bookstore window i.

Go Pride inside a basketball ii.

Days of the game d. Tabling with the women’s and men’s team to table i.

Play basketball in the atrium and give out tickets to the game 3. Stressbusters

Meeting Adjourned

7:38 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Donia Firooz Spirit Chair

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Student Services Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #7 10/28/19 Meeting Commenced 6:36 PM Attendance ​ Attended Senator Cady Senator Mobley Senator Walker Associate Alladin Associate Kang Associate Welch Visitor ​ Senator ​ Connolly-Sisk ​ Senator Kaludis Associate ​ Kang 1. What hobbies would you like to pick up if you had time to? a. We are now doing a “learn how to ride a bike” program for sustainability 2. Sign upsa. Club elections 3. SAW a. Survey questions i.

Edit b. Updates: i.

Sustainability- Ben, Gigi 1. Meeting with Denise 10/31 ii.

Hempstead- Maria, Aafia, Khiya 1. Will send an email draft to denise about contacting Anita iii.

Accessibility- Duncan, Jasmeet, George 1. Need to make a meeting with Julie

Absent

c. Schedule i.

Mon-DOS event, sustainability ii.

Tues- Student Health iii.

Wed-Access to healthy food/ “ugly food” program? iv.

Thurs-SGA dinner v.

Fri- trivia/game promote hempstead tutoring d. What to order i.

Straws ii. water bottles/tumblers

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iii. iv. v. vi.

vii. viii.

ix.

Recycled paper notebooks Eco friendly/biodegradable facemasks Little turtles with fact sheets (can we take donations??)

Gigi and Ben: Student health (hand sanitizer, vitamins, handouts about student resources, menstrual products/wipes (Environmenstrual) (mental health and physical health)) Healthy snacks?

Trivia/game and giveaway items with the hempstead tutoring program logo on it and an info sheet 1. Stress Balls 2. pencils/pins SGA dinner: first 20 students will get a giveaway/promote free food 1. Reusable cups/notebooks/leftover giveaways

e. Wed i.

Beth 1. Gigi will contact 4. Service Chair- Maria Mobley a. Shake-a-rake Meeting Adjourned

8:12 ​ pm

Respectfully Submitted, Alexa Osner Student Services Chair

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