Agenda of the 83rd Senate
Hofstra University Student Government Association February 7, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to Order at 6:35pm I. II.
Quorum Call New Business A. S.A.2019.83.001
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Approval of the Senate Minutes from January 31, 2019 Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from February 6, 2019 Executive Board Reports A. President — A. Normandin B. Vice President — D. Denton C. Comptroller— M. Kutsch D. Secretary — M. Nijjer Committee Chair Reports A. Appropriations — T.Grief B. Club Relations — B.Crofts C. Public Relations — A. Labrie D. Rules — C. Ramirez E. Spirit — C. Tomasso F. Student Services — I. Schmidt Special Reports A. It’s On Us Ambassador B. Social Justice and Diversity Ad-Hoc Committee C. Discussing the Summit For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup
B. S.A.2019.83.002
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Adjournment
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Hofstra University Student Government Association Two Thousand and Nineteen S.A.2019.83.001 Spirit Committee Policy Series Updates From page 20 of the Student Government Association Policy Series VI. SPIRIT COMMITTEE A. FALL FESTIVAL DUTIES: The Spirit Committee may shall participate as a co-sponsor or member of the Pride Expo. B. HOFSTRA CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS: The Spirit Committee shall be responsible for promoting Student Government Association involvement in Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays. All Student Government Association members shall contribute in the activities of Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays. C. PRIDE UNLEASHED WEEK: The Spirit Committee shall be responsible for hosting one (1) event on behalf of the Student Government Association in conjunction with Hofstra’s Athletic Department during the fall semester in conjunction with for Pride Unleashed Week. D. COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT: The Spirit Committee shall plan the involvement and/or transportation of the student body to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament. The Student Government Association shall not allocate more than $4,000 in transportation costs pertaining to the CAA Tournament. E. COMMITTEE DISCRETIONARY EVENT: In abidance with the Constitution, the Spirit Committee shall sponsor three (3) events per semester to encourage student engagement on campus. E. STRESSBUSTERS: The Spirit Committee shall be responsible for assisting and co-sponsoring at least two (2) events for Stressbusters alongside the Office of Student Advocacy and Prevention Awareness (OSAPA) each semester. F. SERVICE COORDINATOR: The Spirit Chair may appoint a Service Chair whose duties shall be as follows. A. Collaborate with the Vice President Spirit Chair, Vice President, and Secretary to coordinate service-based events with other organizations on campus. 1 B. Log the Student Government Association’s service hours and present a semesterly report. Respectfully Submitted, Chelsea Tomasso Isabelle Schmidt Spirit Chairwoman Student Services Chairwoman Alexa Osner Senator
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This report shall concur with the Chairpersons’ mid-year and end-of-year reports. 2
Hofstra University Student Government Association Two Thousand and Nineteen S.A.2019.83.002 Student Services Policy Series Update From page 21 of the Student Government Association Policy Series VII. STUDENT SERVICES COMMITTEE A. PROVOST SCHOLAR RECEPTION: The Student Services Committee shall be responsible for assisting and cosponsoring the reception for the Provost Scholars each semester. B. SGA AT THE CORNER: The Student Services CommitteeClub shall plan and spearhead SGA at the Corner. SGA at the Corner will be conducted every Fall semester at a date determined by the Student Service Committee preceding ratification by the Cabinet. CA. PROGRAMMING: 1. STUDENT APPRECIATION WEEK: The Student Services Committee shall plan and direct Student Appreciation Week every fall semester at a date determined by the committee preceding ratification by the Cabinet. Student Appreciation Week shall include five (5) days of programming, surveying, and hosting an internal town hall event all aimed to increase communication between the Student Government Association and the student body. 2. SPRING PROGRAMMING: The Student Services Committee shall plan and direct a week during the Spring semester at a date determined by the committee preceding ratification by the Cabinet. This shall include five (5) days of programming, surveying, and hosting an internal town hall event all aimed to increase communication between the Student Government Association and the student body. DB. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: 1. The Student Services Chairperson may appoint a minimum of three (3) senators or associates to serve on the Academic Affairs subcommittee. 2. The Academic Affairs subcommittee is responsible for coordinating the Spring and Fall Provost Scholar Receptions EB. “It’s On Us” AMBASSADOR 1. The Student Services Chair may appoint an “It’s On Us” Ambassador, whose duties shall be as follows. A. Attend “It’s On Us” committee meetings and other pertinent events at the discretion of the Student Services Chair to discuss prevention, awareness and education regarding Title IX related policies and initiatives. B. Collaborate with politically/socially active clubs, student organizations, non-profits and other relevant organizations and departments to facilitate programming and promote awareness of issues regarding Title IX policies and resources on campus. C. Work constructively with the Title IX Officers and advisors in the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement to promote a healthy environment in which all members of the Student Government Association are aware of policies and all available resources. 3
Respectfully Submitted, Chelsea Tomasso Spirit Chairwoman Alexa Osner Senator
Isabelle Schmidt Student Services Chairwoman DaisyMae VanValkenburgh Associate
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Agenda of the 83​rd​ Senate
Hofstra University Student Government Association January 31, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to Order at 6:35pm I. Quorum Call II. Chairperson Labrie moves to add the formation of the elections commision to the agenda A. Motion seconded B. Motion passes unanimously III. New Business A. SGA Club Recognition Hearing i. Hofstra Health and Wellness Club 1. Membership is not an issue. They have at least 15 members come to every event. They have ideas for the future. We should ask about their e-board and how turnover will look like and why they want SGA recognition. 2. Senator Doan asks about co-presidencies a. Chairperson Ramirez statesChairperson Ramirez states that this club may vote to install a co-presidency if they wish, but it is not required. Co-presidencies are not in violation of SGA policies. 3. The Club Presents a. Co-Presidents state that they promote the health and wellbeing of the Hofstra community. They want to promote a sense of community with the pre-med community. They would like to achieve this through the club. They want to bring in speakers to Hofstra to educate the Hofstra Community and to bring new opportunities. They did not stand alone before and would like to now. They have 25 plus members that come to meetings. They have activities and one of them was hand sanitizer giveaways during tabling. They would also like to raise money for organizations around long island. They have many ideas lined up for this semester including a walk-a-ton, a speaker's panel, and a skin cancer event. They also want a sense of autonomy. They state that they are trying to navigate through what they can and cannot do without SGA recognition. They think that funding would help with their events and go towards fundraising on their own. They would also like to collaborate with other SGA recognized clubs. They would also have a mix of advisors. b. Questions
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i. Comptroller Kutsch asks if they have members for the upcoming semesters 1. They state that their Vice President will be President next semester. And they have added a few new roles onto their e-board. There will also be trainings given from older members to newer members to help transitioning ii. Senator Battipaglia asks about training interests 1. They state yes. They asks if anyone would be interested and about 5 to 7 people raised their hand. People want to be more involved iii. Senator Doan asks about the class standing of e-board 1. They state that there are seniors, juniors, and a sophomore. They would like to do the transition due to it c. Debate i. Senator Osner for 1. This club was one of the most well prepared club. They have many returning members. It is great that they are doing a training. ii. Senator Ortiz for 1. They state their purpose is for pre-med students at hofstra to come together iii. Senator Fletcher against 1. There are a couple of other clubs that are catered towards the medical track. There could be overlap between these clubs iv. Senator Doan for 1. No new points v. Comptroller Kutsch for 1. There is more opportunity to become a leader by having this club recognized vi. Vote 1. By a vote of 36-0-2, that motion passes B. Nominations for the Elections Commission i. Previous Members of the Elections Commission present 1. Senator Harley, Senator Algarin, and Senator Greenberg speak about their experience. They state that this commission is an unbiased body. They solve any issues and concerns individuals may come up in the election process. They worked closely with our advisor Denise Boneta. It is a fun experience. They state that usually it is graduating class members. If you are on the commission, you cannot support anyone’s ticket. 2. Questions a. Senator Tomy asks if this is only for Vice President and President i. It is for all elections except chairperson elections since they are voted in internally within Senate. There are a different set of numbers for Senator, Justices, President, and Vice President 3. Nominations a. Comptroller Kutsch nominates Senator Read i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded
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b. Senator Caldwell nominates Senator Harvey i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded c. Senator Farooqui notions Comptroller Kutsch i. Respectfully Declines d. Senator MacCarthy nominates Chairperson Grief i. Respectfully Declines e. Senator Read nominates President Normandin i. Respectfully Declines f. Chairperson Labrie nominates Senator Harley i. Respectfully Declines g. Senator Greenberg nominates Comptroller Kutsch i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded h. Senator Tomy nominates Chairperson Tomasso i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded i. Senator Read nominates Senator Rob i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded j. Senator Battipaglia nominates Senator Candelaria i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded Approval of the Senate Minutes from December 6, 2018 A. Comptroller Kutsch moves to approve the senate minutes i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes unanimously Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from January 30, 2019 A. Senator Dimes moves to approve the cabinet minutes i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes unanimously Executive Board Reports A. President— A. Normandin i. President Normandin gives Senate a small activity to do ii. Email from Kathleen Lieblich from OSAPA with regards to a Hofstra’s YouOK? Campaign. It is a mental health campaign and the goal is to have positive and open conversations about mental health. They requests 1 to 2 students to be involved in this campaign. This won’t be an official committee but more of a informal effort towards this campaign. 1. Senators state that they know individuals on campus who have been dealing with mental health issues and that this campaign can make a difference. These characters help with brightening conversations about mental health that can be a bit difficult. This would be a good idea to spread awareness about these issues and it will help become less of a stigma. This could also be worrying too if these characters have a negative impact on those with mental health issues. Another concern is that this might not be taken seriously by some students on campus. 2. Chairperson Labrie moves for traditional debate around this campaign a. Motion seconded b. Motion objected c. Motion to have debate on this topic i. Vote 1. By a vote of 18-20-0, that motion does not pass
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3. Senator Tomy moves to have a vote as to whether SGA should support this campaign a. Vote i. By a vote of 25-11-2, that motion passes iii. Spring Semester there will be a open Cabinet meeting in the Greenhouse on Wednesday, March 27th at 6:30pm. All members are welcome to come. iv. Cabinet will potentially be open to an individual or two each week who would like to come speak to Cabinet about a project. This will be a trial for next week and we will see from there if this will be continued. Email her by Monday at 5:00pm. Dean of Students Conference Room on Wednesday at 6:30pm. v. Community Governance Summit will be occurring tomorrow. There are workshops that will be happening. The theme is how can we be more effective student leaders that oversee other student leaders. vi. Updates from this week 1. Met with the new V.P. of IT, Steve Fabiani. He will be coming to Senate this semester. They spoke about Hofstra’s website with him and keeping it more up to date. They also spoke about some other systems that we could adopt at Hofstra. Also, making an online reporting system. They also talked about other technological ways of getting into residence halls other than standard keys. But this is a longer term initiative and will be seen. They also spoke about laptop accessibility for students. They also spoke about other systems different from GetInvolvedHU for data collection and surveying. 2. Prepping for the Summit 3. Caribbean Students Association a. They are looking to bring a motivational speaker on campus. IEI, CSA, and the cultural center is looking to co-sponsor it and they would like us to co-sponsor. B. Vice President— D. Denton i. Senate Operations 1. The new start time is 6:30pm and the cut-off time is going to be 11:30pm. ii. President’s Task Force 1. It is still ongoing from last semester. There will be open meetings soon and individuals will be able to come in and give their opinions on issues on campus. February 15th and February 27th. C. Comptroller—M. Kutsch 1. Rollback has been done last week. 2. Everyone interested in the committee. He’d like to get started next week. D. Secretary— M. Nijjer E. Chairperson Labrie moves to reopen the elections commission nominations i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes Committee Chair Reports A. Appropriations – T.Grief i. Chairperson Grief states that the committee saw one greek organization. The meeting went well. And The policy series was discussed and they plan on completely rewriting it. 1. Senator Read asks about the funding since it was for a fundraiser a. It was the committee who interpreted it as not violating the policy series ii. Senator Rob moves to pass the allocations 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes
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iii. Senator Dimes moves to pass the appropriations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Club Relations – B.Crofts i. Senator Bathija presents the minutes. Expectations were set for this semester. Audits will be done this semester. Application would be due March 27th for Club Office Space allocations. April will be the transfer of offices. Chairperson Crofts reached out to move the yearbooks soon. ii. Senator Farooqui moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Public Relations— A. Labrie i. Chairperson Labrie states that the committee went over a new social media plan. The boards will be updated. ii. Senator Harley moves to pass the Public Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Rules— C. Ramirez i. Chairperson Ramirez states that introductions were done, a club was seen, and elections were done. Senator Farooqui is the archivist and Senator Fletcher is the new Ethics and Conduct Chair. All emails regarding absences and latenesses should go to Senator Fletcher at the sga_ethics@pride.hofstra.edu email. ii. This semester the committee will be working on the policy series in collaboration with each respective committee. In order to bring legislation to the rules committee, a co-signer is needed. So, Senate will need to help with this undertaking. There will be a master document which will be edited throughout this process. Two elections need to be staffed. iii. Senator Candelaria moves to pass the Rules minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Spirit—C. Tomasso i. Chairperson Tomasso states that introductions were done. The projects for this semester are Valentine’s Day, Basketball Season, Spirit Week, and Pride Den Plaque. Also talked about stressbusters. The spirit committee will be working on the basketball games in terms of tabling. She needs individuals who are interested who will be interested in tabling for letting individuals on campus know about the 700 student tickets which are available. This is just for promoting and will not be an all day thing. ii. Senator Ortiz moves to pass the Spirit minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Student Services—I. Schmidt i. Chairperson Schmidt states that the meeting was about spring programming. SGA at the Corner will be renamed into Spring into Action Week and will be a week long now. The senators on the committee will be program each day of the week. It will be March 11th to March 15th. There will be surveys during this week. The policy series will be updated. There will also be initiatives that the committee will be promoting and leading. One example is the pride pantry initiative. If someone is interested, please let her know. ii. Senator Firooz moves to pass the Student Services minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes
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Special Reports A. Vice President Denton states that this part of the agenda will be when senators can talk about updates within their roles outside of SGA that contribute to the Hofstra Community. i. Dean of Students Diversity Advisory Board 1. Senator Farooqui and Senator Osner state that they will be giving updates after the first meeting this semester. Last semester this board spoke about issues on campus. One issue that was brought up was about pronouns. If anyone is interested in sitting on the board, please let them know. ii. Social Justice Ad Hoc Committee 1. Senator Farooqui and Chairperson Ramirez present. They state that this committee’s goal would be to educate SGA on topics regarding issues on campus and take action to address those issues. There will be a chairperson overseeing this ad-hoc committee with three sub-sections, each focused on a different topic with a point person leading the efforts. One standing issue is the Jefferson’s Gotta Go Campaign since this issue was brought to Senate last semester. And the other two issues will be chosen within Senate. There is a timeline in which topics will be picked and there will be a crash course or presentation on what the issue chosen is. Then, SGA would discuss what can be done to address that issue. There will be updates every week on one of the issues. This will help with SGA actually tackling issues that students are having on campus. After this conversation, one possible action that may be taken is drafting a resolution to show the Hofstra community what SGA’s stance is. a. Senator Spann asks how many people would be on this committee i. They state that there shouldn’t be a limit on it in case there are many individuals interested on a topic. This will not work unless senators are motivated to take on some issues. b. Chairperson Schmidt asks if people should come into Senate with an idea i. They state that an individual would just have to bring an issue to Senate next week, why they think it is important, or why it should be addressed 2. They also state that other initiatives will be proposed by the Senate and it could be more than just three if people are willing to do the work. The committee won’t see issues regarding SHACC and Title-IX since these have already been addressed with individual initiatives. Also, it won’t see any issues regarding internal SGA topics. a. Senator Tomy asks why there should be a committee if senators can do initiates on their own i. They state that this would lead to more accountability because the committee would have to present to Senate. Also if there is an ad-hoc committee administrators might be held more accountable iii. Service Coordinator 1. Senator Dimes states that she is looking into opportunities for community service this semester. The Ronald McDonald House, Relay, The Mary Brennan Inn, and the Bird Sanctuary are some of the services she is looking into for this semester. It is very important also for there to be education on why individuals should volunteer. Someone from the
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Ronald McDonald House might be coming to Senate to speak about volunteering. If anyone has any ideas regarding this, please let her know. She is also looking into doing more volunteer work this semester. Perhaps this will happen once a month. April 5th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. IX. X. XI.
For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup
Senator Dimes moves to adjourn the Senate meeting Motion seconded Motion passes unanimously Adjournment at 9:23pm
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Cabinet Agenda Dean of Students Conference Room February 6th 2019 I. II.
Call to Order at 6:36pm New Business A. Paperwork Refresh with Denise Boneta 1. All clubs on campus have to be Hofstra recognized and can be SGA recognized if they would like. 2. GetInvolvedHU is very important in terms of getting information from various clubs. a)
SGA’s GetInvolved profile needs to be updated.
3. SGA should recognize that fundraising on campus is difficult sometimes for clubs. 4. For all paperwork, all clubs need to fill out a cover sheet. Paperwork needs to be filled and submitted ahead of time. 5. SGA needs to cancel event space reservations and atrium tabling reservations ahead of time if necessary. B. It’s On Us Updates: Tara Stark 1.
Senator Stark states that next week is Love, Sex and Friendship Week. a) There will be several days of tabling focused on relationships with friends. Partners, and ourselves.
2. In March , as part of Safe Spring Break, speaker Tim Mousseau will be giving several talks. Possibility of SGA requirement to attend one. 3. Tabling is for Safe Spring Break, they will have resources and information available, especially regarding safe places to go in other countries if a situation arises. 4. Senators Stark and Firooz are working on the library display that will be up for the month of April. SGA will be tabling April 1st-5th to collect “Letters of Support to Survivors” that will be added to the display. 5. An “It’s On ALL of Us” panel is being planned for Sexual Assault Awareness month. The panel will focus on how men can join the conversation and work to end rape culture. a)
Chairperson Ramirez makes a recommendation for having individuals that identify as women on this panel along with men. This could help bring up more inclusive topics.
b) Chairperson Schmidt states that the participants of the panel will not be speaking to what they assume women experience, they will only be speaking to their experiences with ideas of masculinity and role as allies. We are finalizing the google form that will be sent
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out, and after participants will be selected there will be plenty of preparation to ensure an appropriate and careful conversation. 6. “Yards for Yeardly” is a walk-a-thon to bring awareness to domestic violence and celebrate the life of a college student that was victimized. It is confirmed for April 26th 10-4, could be a service hour for SGA members available. 7. The Brooklyn Center for Anti-Violence will be doing a self-defense workshop at Hofstra. We are collaborating with Panhellenic Council to bring a self-defense workshop to campus that encompasses physical and social tools of self-defense. Date not set but will be during the third week of April, with potentially several sessions offered. 8. Tabling in lieu of an office hour a) SGA tabling for It’s On Us that would be mandatory is for the first week of April. Assisting It’s On Us programs through tabling is voluntary to replace an office hour. (1) March 6th - Safe Spring Break C. Senate Logistics 1. Sign up for Compass Focus Groups a)
This will be discussed in more specifics at Senate.
2. Community Governance Summit Share Out a) Vice President Denton states that there will be time for SGA members to talk about their experience from the Summit at Senate. 3. Upcoming Senate Attendees a) Vice President Denton states that representatives from Alumni Affairs, Compass Dining, Information and Technology, Facilities and Operations, and Residence Life are confirmed to visit Senate in the coming weeks b) Jefferson’s Gotta Go Campaign members will be coming on February 14th III.
Matters at Hand by committee A. Spirit Committee 1. Chairperson Tomasso states that tabling for Basketball is happening this week and Spirit is working on Valentine Day specifics. B. Club Relations Committee 1.
Chairperson Crofts states that all of the yearbooks have been removed from the office. a) The first forty minutes of the meeting was spent moving all the boxes from one side of the office to another.
2. He also states that Club Audits will be happening this semester. The deadline for audits would be during the same time period as office allocations. 3. The committee is thinking, as an initiative, of making an excel sheet with information on each club so that there is a database to cross-check with the information on GetInvolvedHU. a) Comptroller Kutsch suggests that the committee members could talk with various advisors and get information from them on the clubs they oversee. C. Rules Committee
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1. S.A.2019.83.001 a)
Spirit Committee Policy Updates (1) Chairperson Ramirez states that there were minor grammatical changes made. A major change was that the responsibility of Stressbusters was given to the Spirit Committee from the Student Services Committee (a) Chairperson Crofts moves to add S.A.2019.83.001 onto the Senate Agenda (i)
Motion seconded
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b) Chairperson Ramirez states that the survey questions for “Spring into Action” should be shown to the Senate beforehand so that Senators can review them. 2. S.A.2019.83.002 a)
Student Services Policy Updates (1) Chairperson Ramirez states that the Provost Scholar Reception and SGA at the Corner responsibility for Student Services was struck. Minor changes were also made. (a) Chairperson Crofts moves to add S.A.2019.83.002 onto the Senate Agenda (i)
Motion seconded
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Motion passes unanimously
3. Rules Committee has started going through the policy series this semester. D. Appropriations Committee 1. Chairperson Grief states that four clubs were seen this week. 2. He wants the committee to take a better look at the policy series. a)
The committee discussed and edited the policy series at this week’s meeting.
3. He states that there are more major changes that need to be discussed. For example, the terms discriminatory and exclusive can become more specific. a)
He states that this would need to be changed in the constitution before the policy series.
4. He also states that he wants any concerns for the committee to be shared as soon as possible. 5. He also states that the committee wants to add in exceptions regarding SGA. E. Public Relations Committee 1. Chairperson Crofts gives a joint update regarding Public Relations. He states that there would be a club of the week but bi-weekly. The Club Relations Committee will be reaching out to advisors and discussing who the club would be. That will be sent over to the Public Relations committee and the posts will be posted on Wednesdays. Also, there could be sign-ups for events that clubs put on around campus. a) Chairperson Ramirez states that going to at least one club event on campus a semester should be a required duty to support constituents that vote us into office. F. Student Services Committee
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1. Chairperson Schmidt states that the committee members are planning their respective days for Spring Into Action Week. a)
This planning will be done by next week and then the committee will focus on initiatives.
2. Working with Senator Firooz and Senator Stark on bigger It’s On Us projects. Committee members will be tabling with It’s On Us week. 3. Working on planning a community share event with the Pride Pantry. 4. Idea for compiling guide for students on resources available on campus. Comptroller Kutsch is also interested and would like to work with Student Services. IV.
President and Vice President: Week 13 Updates A. RHA Meeting 1. President Normandin and Vice President Denton went to a RHA meeting on Monday and Colleen Todd, an RHA representative is coming to Senate tomorrow. a) Chairperson Grief states that if this works out then we should also reach out to the Commuter Students Association. B.
Caribbean Student Association/ Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion Speaker Co-sponsorship 1.
President Normandin states that SGA will be giving $750 to bring in the speaker.
C. A’cappella Organization Updates 1. President Normandin states that she had a meeting with them today. They want to make a council that oversees all of the A’cappella groups on campus. Since the council would consist of members that have been on groups that are SGA-recognized, this council could become SGA-recognized this semester. a)
Comptroller Kutsch states that this could also be a template for a sports club council.
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Chairperson Grief asks if this would be viewed as a council or a club in terms of conflicts and budgets (1) President Normandin states it would be viewed as a council. The budget would be given to the council as a whole. They want the council to be for programming but still have the individual groups for competitions and such.
D. One on one meetings coming soon! 1.
President Normandin states that an email will be sent out this weekend.
E. Upcoming Public Safety Meeting 1. President Normandin states that Public Safety finally got back. There will be a meeting with them soon. F. Upcoming Institutional Research Meeting 1.
President Normandin states that conversations about surveys are ongoing.
G. Upcoming Alumni Panel 1. President Normandin states that this panel is being planned right now. A tentative date is April 4th. H. Note for next week: Tabling SGA Email Conversation 1. President Normandin states that this will be discussed next week when we have a full list.
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Chairperson Ramirez moves to adjourn this cabinet meeting A.
Motion seconded
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Motion passes unanimously
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Appropriations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 2 2/5/19 Meeting Commenced
6:30 PM
​Attendance Attended
Senator Richard Caldwell Senator Donovan Harvey Senator Hannah Shepherd Senator Manni Doan Senator Nick Cote Senator Angelina Ottavio Comptroller Max Kutsch Chairperson Timothy Grief
Visiting
Chairperson Isabelle Schmidt
Absent
Senator Leona Tomy
1. Allocated funds to four clubs 2. Discussed the policy series and began to edit the section regarding the Appropriations Committee Club:
Amount Requested:
Amount Allocated:
Hofstra Rock Climbing
$6,020.00
$4,120.00
Hofstra Powerlifting
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
Physician Assistants Club
$539.76
$539.76
Hofstra Athletic Training Society
$2,520.00
$0.00
Meeting Adjourned 9:00 PM Respectfully Submitted, Chairperson Timothy Grief
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Club Relations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting #2 2/4/19 Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended
6:30 PM Senator Desarae Cotton Senator Rana Ismail Associate Nick Carrion Associate John McCluskey Associate Angela Sierra Chair Brandon Crofts
Absent
Senator Rhea Bathija Senator Courtney Fegley (excused)
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Yearbooks a. We moved them all in one place! They will be moved out of our office on Wednesday night.
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Snack Break
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Audit Information a. Purpose/Club Constitution b. Age distribution c. Executive Board i. Who serves (and in what position)? ii. Names iii. Email iv. 700#s v. Year of graduation d. Average attendance i. Rosters e. Events from previous semester and upcoming this semester f. Club Advisors i. OSLE ii. Academic iii. How often are each of them utilized? g. Anything clubs would like to ask?
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Club Relations will attend Public Relations of February 5th.
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Looking Ahead
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a. Next week, we will be drafting our template for the Office Space Allocations (as we were short on time this week), as well as officially making our audit.
Meeting Adjourned
7:46 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Brandon Crofts Club Relations Chair
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Public Relations Minutes Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended
Absent
S19 Weekly Meeting 2 2/5/19 6:31PM Senator Joey Alameda Senator Nicole Algarin Senator Kaylor Dimes Senator Donia Firooz Senator Kathryn Harley Senator Sandra Read Senator Rosaria Rielly Associate Bernice Aquino Senator Rhea Bathija (visiting) Chairman Brandon Crofts (visiting) Chairman Alex Labrie
1. Introductions 2. Club Relations Joint Meeting a. Club Relations will reach out to OSLE advisors biweekly to choose a Club of the Biweek for PR to promote on Facebook, alternating by club category. b. Club Relations and PR will begin a joint initiative in which PR highlights the events of SGA recognized clubs in order to boost their attendance and Club Relations will encourage Senate members to attend and support 3. Compass Social Media Brainstorm a. Lisa from Compass reached out asking for advice on how to expand her Instagram presence 4. Social Media a. Brainstorm initiatives to highlight on Instagram 5. Spring Semester Event a. Spring Semester Build-A-Friend 6. Sexual Assault Awareness Month Promotion a. To be advertised in portal box b. It’s On Us branding materials c. Panel brainstorm 7. Physical Advertising a. Senator Alameda to obtain event posters from OSLE to hang in SGA bulletin boards b. Senator Read to update trifold board
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c. Senator Rielly to create new SGA brochure to be given to interested students, new members of admin, etc. 8. Spring Elections PR Campaign a. Highlight each committee to show SGA has something to offer everyone b. Personal testimonials “My SGA Journey” c. Explain logistics of Spring Elections process d. Senator Harley to oversee promotional video to be distributed across social, the website, etc. 9. Pride Pantry Promotion a. Senator Rielly to draft language to put in the portal box advertising Pride Pantry hours and location
Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Alex Labrie Public Relations Chairman
7:41PM
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Rules Committee Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 2 2/4/19 Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended
6:30 PM
Senator Antonella Colon Senator Zain Farooqui Senator Wiley Fletcher Senator Jack McDonough Senator Cristian Sanchez Senator David O’Brien Senator Kelly Rose Senator Emanuelle Souffrant Chair Carissa Ramirez
Absent I. II. III. IV.
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Introduction S.A.2019.83.001 A. Passed 8-0-0 S.A.2019.83.002 A. Passed 8-0-0 Unfinished Business A. Chairwoman Ramirez shares that she asked for an Archivist email at Cabinet 1. They were on board 2. More updates to come B. The Ethics and Conduct rosters are being updated 1. Chairwoman Ramirez emailed Denise Boneta last week about giving access to Senator Fletcher a) Will follow up to see status New Business A. Policy Series Sections 1. Senator McDonough: Campaigning a) Bringing update next week b) Potentially senatorial action in two weeks 2. Senator Colon: Election Rules (Section B) a) Bringing senatorial action next week 3. Senator Fletcher: Order of Business (Objections) a) Bringing senatorial action next week 4. Senator Sanchez: University Registration Committee a) Bringing senatorial action next week 5. Senator Rose: Judicial Panel Constitution a) Bringing update next week 6. Senator O’Brien: Election Rules-Promotions a) Bringing update next week 7. Senator Souffrant: Table of Contents a) Ongoing project b) Bringing update on potential senatorial action
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8. Senator Farooqui: Judicial Panel Constitution a) Bringing update next week 9. Chairperson Ramirez: Executive Sessions a) Ongoing Project
Meeting Adjourned
7:58 PM
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Spirit Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 2 2/4/19 Meeting Commenced
6:30 PM
Attendance Attended
Senator Celeste Battipaglia Senator Catherine MacCarthy Senator Tara Stark Senator Jared Candelaria Senator Maggie Hurley Senator Moon Rob Associate Josh Philip Senator Donia Firooz (visiting) Chair Chelsea Tomasso
Absent
I.
Chair Updates A. Senate Minutes 1. First week is Maggie Hurley B. Meet with Mike Neely C. Another meeting with Mike Neely next week 1. Spring sports D. Meeting with Denise 1. Pride Block updates to follow
II.
Valentine’s Day A. Corny pickup lines are done B. Possible collaboration with It’s On Us C. Continue signing up
III.
Men’s Basketball Game 2/9 A. Continue signing up if you want to table
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Meeting ​ Adjourned
7:28 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Spirit Chair Chelsea Tomasso
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Student Services Committee Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting #2 2/5/2019
Meeting Commenced
6:30 PM
Attendance ​ Attended Senator Alexa Osner Senator Charlie Greenberg Chair Isabelle Schmidt Senator ​ Gabby Spann Senator Catherine MacCarthy Senator Erynn Phillips Associate DaisyMae VanValkenburgh Absent I. II.
Senator Gisselle Ortiz (excused) Committee Expectations Spring Programming- spring into action week a. Sports- Senators Ortiz and Phillips, and Associate VanValkenburgh i. Thursday ii. Fitness Center, Basketball Team iii. Small hoop with b-ball player? iv. water bottles, headbands, wristbands, protein bars, and snacks. Tickets? b. Self care- Senator Spann i. Monday or Self Love/Motivation Monday ii. Hofstra Health and Wellness, OSAPA, Psychology, de moda iii. Massages in Morning 9/10-1 Acupuncture iv. Yoga Session at night v. notebooks and bookmarks, self care playlist, facemasks c. Carnival- Senator Osner and Phillips i. wednesday- common hour ii. pies 4 pride, carnival games iii. temporary tattoos, resource trivia, stuffed animals iv. cotton candy, popcorn v. bookstore and EU and Beth d. Spring Break-Charlie i. Friday ii. Prize Wheel- sunscreen samples, sunglasses, visors/hats, frisbees water bottles, small beach balls, smoothies with umbrellas iii. volley ball or frisbee or beach game, bracket with clubs/orgs? iv. fitness center, club relations, prize? e. Love our Planet- Senator MacCarthy i. Tuesday ii. calculate your eco footprint, ways to save the planet, reusable bottles/bags, seed packets, metal straws
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III. IV.
V.
iii. Sustainability club Legislation a. Presentation and purpose It’s On Us a. Valentines b. Tabling c. Big Projects Pride Pantry/Community Share
Meeting Adjourned
7:50 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Isabelle Schmidt Student Services Chair
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