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Agenda of the 83rd Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association

March 7, 2019

Student Center Greenhouse Call to Order I. II.

III. IV. V. VI.

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VIII. IX. X. XI.

Quorum Call Special Business A. Compass Leadership B. Mid - Semester Reports C. Diversity and Social Justice Committee’s Crash Course on Accessibility New Business A. S.A.2019.83.011 B. S.A.2019.83.013 Approval of the Senate Minutes from February 28, 2019 Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from March 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. Elections Commission Report For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup

Adjournment

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The Student Government Association's 83'd Senate Spring Mid-Semester Report Abby Normandin and Deandra Denton March ?'h, 2019

The 83'd Senate, inaugurated on Apri l 261h, 2018, has continued our efforts of advocacy, education, programming, and civic engagement this semester. Last year, Vice President Deandra Denton and I ran a six-point, campus-wide campaign outlining our vision for the 83'd Senate. Within thi s framework, we provide updates on progress thus far, as well as insight as to where we are headed next.

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amplify the student voice

The Student Government Association (SGA) at Hofstra University believes that students should be

empowered as the catalysts for change in their campus communities. This semester, we have continued our emphasis on bringing as many voices into the Senate chamber as possible. Thus far, we have heard from our new Dean of Students, Gaby St. Leger, and from Compass Dining Leadership. Under a new initiative conducted by Senator Zain Farooqui to create an Ad Hoc Committee on Social Justice, students from the Jefferson Has Gotta Go! Campaign attended to update and educate on their work. In the com ing weeks, we look forward to hearing from the Ad Hoc Committee on Accessibility and Advocacy, from Vice President for Digital Innovation and Information Technology Steve Fabiani, Vice President for Facilities and Operation Joseph Barkwill, and Director of Residence Life Beth McGuire. We also look forward to hosting our semsterly SGA Town Hall and annual SGA Alumni Panel. At Cabinet meetings, we have also met with the Senior Gift Committee and look forward to hearing from Alumni Affairs, Vice Provost Robert Brinkmann, and Associate Vice President for Student Af fairs Jean PedenÂ Cristodoulou later this semester. We opened the semester with an inaugural Community Governance Summit. This event, co-sponsored by the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement, brought fifty student leaders f rom eight different governance organizations together for a day of workshops, trainings, and opportunities for collaboration. Peers from the Res idence Hall Association, Commuter Student Association, and

Fraternity and Sorority Life Governance Councils attended, and this event enabled SGA to make new connections with other student leaders on campus.

In an effort to elevate student voices further beyond the Division of Student Affairs, Vice President Denton and I have utilized new connections with members of the President's Cabinet to push student work forward. We met with Vice President for Digital Innovation and Information Technology Steve Fabiani for the first time and were able to elevate conversations regarding the need for accessible online systems, student opinions on campus technology, and hopes for technological innovation efforts in the future. We were also able to initiate our first collaboration with Institutional Research with Vice President Stephanie Bushey in order to discuss best practices for student polling initiatives on campus. This semester, our Student Services Corrmittee's Spring Into Action Week survey will be sent out in a campus-wide email under the facilitation of Baseline to aggregate more authentic student data.

Our regular meetings with President Stuart Rabinowitz, Hofstra's Board of Trustees, Vice President for Student Affairs W. Houston Dougharty, and Dean of Students Gaby St. Leger have allowed us to bring forth the pulse of our campus commun ity on a regular basis. For the remained of the semester, we look forward to hosting our annual state of the university address, What's Happening Hofstra, on April 101h to further amplify the student voice.

Amplification of the student voice manifests in many capacities, but this value is 1he foundation for our work on campus. We believe that students should be in the room for every major university decision, that students should be at the heart of policy changes, and that systems and stn.:ctures that empower students to make change themselves are far more powerful than a representative body can ever be.

improue mental health counseling seruices

Efforts from last semester to improve mental health counseling services on campus have continued. This semester, the Office of Student Advocacy and Prevention Awareness asked for support on a new campaign to support conversations regarding mental health in campus communi1ies. Senators Gisselle Ortiz-Jimenez and Alexa Osner have attended the campaign's initial meetings as SGA representatives, and we look forward to hearing more about the committee's work.

Last semester, the Student Health and Counseling Center (SHACC) established a campus-wide SHACC Advisory Board to streamline and push mental health service improvements forward. Chair Isabelle Schmidt and Senator Emanuelle Souffrant have represented SGA on this committee. We also look forward to actions stemming from this board later this semester.

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increase campus safety

SGA recognizes that, to feel at home at Hofstra, students must feel safe at Hofstra. We also understand that campus safety is experienced differently by different students. Deandra and I, along with Rules Chairwoman Carissa Ramirez and Student Services Chairwoman Isabelle Schmidt, attended a follow-up meeting with Karen O'Callahan and Lynda O'Malley in February to continue conversations from last semester. The outcome of this meeting included three action items: that SGA would write a resolution to support the increase in night shuttle services during weekends, that SGA wou:ld meet with Public Safety's Emergency Management team to learn more about emergency policy, and that a tentative event with Public Safety and SGA would occur later this semester. We look forwa rd to reviewing the resolution for an additional night shuttle driver at Senate on March 7 1h, and to furthering discussions on the latter two action items in the near future.

continue renovating campus spaces

As our student body grows and evolves, we believe our campus spaces should follow suit in pursuit of cohesive community. Last year, SGA's focus on renovating commuter student spaces has led to a new focus this year on improvements to residential housing. We have increasingly heard concerns of the conditions in residential towers and look forward to working with Residence Life and Facilities and Operations to discuss these. On Friday, March 8 1h, Vice President Denton and I will be meeting with Beth McGuire and Vice President Joseph Barkwill to raise topics in preparation for their visit to Senate on March 281h •

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cultivate a culture of consent

We believe that creating a culture at Hofstra in which students feel welcome to participate requires having difficult conversations about respect and consent. In order to create a better system for justice under which students are empowered to report incidents of bias, student activists from the Jefferson Has Gotta Go! Campaign have raised the need for an online system for bias reporting. This topic has now been elevated in meetings with President Rabinowitz, Vice President Steve Fabiani, Public Safety

leadership, and with various student groups. We look forward to seeing SGA put out a resolution in support of ttis project, and continuing to amplify the system to administrators. Additionally, our It's On Us Ambassador, Tara Stark, with support from Student Services Chairwoman Isabelle Schmidt, has continued her collaboration with the Office of Student Advocacy and Prevention Awareness this semester.

restructure S<;A's

cllocotion process While campaigning and interacti ng with over 1,000 students last spring, the need for a more transparent and accessible SGA became clear. This platform point began as a goal to ease the restraints of our allocation policies for club leaders, and has now expanded to restructuring SGA in other arenas. Vice Preside~! Denton and I presented a proposal for a restructure of the Senate Body in February. This discussion led to drafts of legislation being written by various cohorts of Senators, and raised the need for continued conversations regarding Senate committee structure. A comnittee convention will be held on March 12111 to further discuss this proposal, with the goal of reachin~ a decision about next steps prior to turnover for the 84 th Senate.

These highlights cannot even do justice to the hard work each of our senators is putting into additional individual init atives. We are learning together, debating each other and working to represent our community better every day. The 83'd Senate is large, opinionated, passionate, and engaged on campus in ways that I have never seen SGAs engage before. We have a lot of work to do, but I believe we have made great progress thus far. Deandra and I are honored to represent the 55 powerful individuals in SGA, the 6,700 undergraduate students that comprise our undergraduate body, and we have high expectations for what comes next.

Hand in hand,

Abby Normandin and Deandra Denton President and Vice President 83'd Student Government Association

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Mid-Semester Report of the Comptroller March 7, 2019

Breakdown of transactions per Club Category (Spring 2019 to date): ($375,645.01 Allocated) ($69,866.62 Spent) (18.60%)

Spring 2019 Weekly Allocations to date: ($32,701.48 Requested) ($22,551.19 Allocated) (68.95%)

Non-Comptroller Initiatives/Projects: S.A.2019.83.014 – A Resolution to Establish a Bias Reporting System at Hofstra University ● Worked with several other SGA members and constituents to draft language supporting some of the platform items of the JGG campaign – follow-up from last semester Supporting Student Advocacy – Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Chair ● Elected to chair the subcommittee on empowering student activists at Hofstra. The goals are as follows: o Long-Term Goals: o For next semester, have an event that brings together current, former, and hopeful student activists - “State of Advocacy” - that would ideally become a regular event. It would have three main sections (this is obviously only a rough idea and we can work through specifics together): ▪ Student sharing: in this section, current student activists would share their work (be it in a panel or more informally) and then hopefully find ways to help each other/stop doing redundant 7

research. Students hoping to get into activism would also benefit from this part. ▪ Admin Questioning: during this time, we would have relevant groups of administrators answer questions about how to best go about current student initiatives. ▪ Student Org workshopping: activism-oriented orgs would use this time to workshop collaboration and/or discuss new projects to concentrate on. o Short-Term Goals: ▪ Generate a list of students and administrators sorted by project area to invite to collaborate and attend the event next semester. ▪ These key actors may be doing parallel work, so if we find that out in the course of our research we should put them in contact and aid where we can. ▪ For this semester, create a starter guide to student advocacy (not just SGA-focused, but for any project) with examples of past projects and a much more involved framework of the process, common obstacles, and formatting to know to make a successful proposal.

Overall Takeaways: This semester has been largely about using the office of the Comptroller to connect people interested in student leadership and using the opportunities to speak about student issues that matter. While it may not be reflected in the text attached here, I have tried to be as engaged as possible on that front with administration through interviewing potential hires, working on operational initiatives outside of SGA, or simply being as best a mentor as I am able. As always, it has been a pleasure and privilege to work with all of you.

Respectfully Submitted, Max Kutsch

Appropriations Committee Mid-Semester Report The Team: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Donovan Harvey Nick Cote Richard Caldwell Hannah Shepherd Manni Doan Angelina Ottavio Leona Tomy Max Kutsch Timmy Grief Meetings

Requested

Allocated

Percentage

$500.00

100%

$10,329.76

$5,909.76

57.21%

$14,084.73

$10,659.17

75.68%

$7,119.73

$4,795.00

67.34%

$933.88

$950.99

101.83%

Total

$32,968.10

$22,814.92

69.20%

Current Initiatives: ● Work on correcting the Policy Series with committee members ○ Eliminate redundancies, errors, and inaccuracies ○ Determine which policies are valuable and which are there for the purpose of having additional policies. ○ Consider the needs of students Respectfully Submitted, Timothy Grief Appropriations Chairman

Club Relations Mid-Semester Report Spring 2019: March 7th

Members of the Club Relations Committee ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chair Brandon Crofts Senator Rhea Bathija Senator Desarae Cotton Senator Courtney Fegley Senator Rana Ismail Associate Nick Carrion Associate John McCluskey Associate Angela Sierra

Accomplishments ● SGA Storage Space ➢ We have continued to allocate storage spaces to clubs who request it. ● Club of the Week ➢ We are debuting the Club of the Week during this upcoming week. ● Club Audits ➢ We have decided that for this year’s Spring Audit, we would create a Club Check-In form. As of March 4th, 82 responses were received. ➢ All clubs who submitted properly were given the Office Space Allocation form. ● We have checked into club office spaces throughout the semester. ➢ There are plans to remove the black club office signs currently hanging up. ● When we have heard of issues within office spaces, we refer them to Denise Boneta and submit the appropriate work orders. End of Semester Goals ● ● ● ● ●

Continue to update club office space signs We will hold Office Allocation Weekend March 29th-31st. Have office transitions run smoothly. Clean out storage spaces. Clear off all swipe access for the new year.

â—? Build a database from the audit we completed.

Respectfully submitted, Brandon Crofts Club Relations Chair

Public Relations Mid-Semester Report

Spring 2018

Members of the Public Relations Committee

Chairman Alex Labrie

Senator Joey Alameda

Senator Kaylor Dimes

Senator Donia Firooz

Senator Kathryn Harley

Senator Sandra Read

Senator Rosaria Rielly

Associate Bernice Aquino

Spring Semester Committee Projects ● o o

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SGA Social Media Instagram: Building off the work we did revamping last semester: highlighting committees, initiative and upcoming events. Twitter: Continuing to live tweeting each Senate meeting to give the student body a more user-friendly insight to what is discussed weekly. Noticed an uptick in engagement by students this semester. Facebook: Being utilized to highlight more long-form and in-depth content coming out of Student Government Election Video Chose Narys Muller to shoot a short video highlighting the mission of SGA, the individual experience of those in SGA Also intended to be used to publicize Fall Elections and encourage a more competitive election cycle in order to garner highly motivated senators, justices and associates for the 84th Senate Tentative shooting dates have been set, working to establish a script for voiceover and reach out to individuals to share their SGA experience Build-A-Friend Our committee’s big event at the culmination of the semester. This year’s theme is Farm Animals. Build-A-Friend is to be held on May 7th in MPR. Program Promotion We are working closely with the Elections Commission, Spirit and Student Services to promote programs such as Spring Elections, Spirit Week, and Spring Into Action Week.

Spring Semester Individual Projects

● Senator Alameda: ▪ Working to update all physical promotional space allocated to SGA in the Student Center with relevant content both from SGA and recognized clubs ● Senator Dimes: ▪ Interested in working in collaboration with Club Relations to help promote recognized club events and use SGA to drive attendance ● Senator Donia Firooz ▪ Lead on live tweeting Senate meetings ● Senator Kathryn Harley ▪ Point-person on all Facebook content ▪ Lead on Election Video content ● Senator Sandra Read ▪ Updating all of SGA’s promotional board ● Senator Rosaria Rielly ▪ Working to promote Pride Pantry hours and location in response to food insecurity on campus, likely through box on portal ▪ Creating physical brochure for SGA to hand out to new administrators and prospective students

Respectfully submitted, Alex Labrie Public Relations Chair

RULES MID-SEMESTER REPORT: SPRING 2019 83rd Senate ----- Rules Chairwoman Ramirez Committee Members Senator Antonella Colon

Senator Gisselle Ortiz-Jimenez

Senator Zain Farooqui

Senator Kelly Rose

Senator Wiley Fletcher

Senator Cristian Sanchez

Senator Jack McDonough

Senator Emanuelle Souffrant

Senator David O’Brien

Appointed Positions Senator Wiley Fletcher holds the position of Ethics and Conduct chair for this semester. Senator Zain Farooqui is continuing his role as the Archivist.

Club Elections There have been seven (7) club elections held so far this semester. By next this time week, there will have been nine (9). While we have not had any major issues with getting senators to staff the elections, more volunteers will be necessary as more elections start to take place toward the end of the semester.

Policy Series Updates Since the Student Government Association (SGA) completed the Constitutional Convention last semester, the Rules Committee refocused its efforts on updating the Policy Series. Each member of the committee has been working individually to bring pieces of senatorial action forth. Additionally, the committee chairs have been has been bringing updates to their specific sections as well. By the end of the semester, the goal is to have a majority of the Policy Series updated and consistent with the new policies in the updated constitution.

Senatorial Action SA.2019.83.001, passed Spirit Committee Policy Series Updates 14

SA.2019.83.002, passed Student Services Policy Series Updates

SA.2019.83.003, passed Elimination of University Registration Committee Liaison

SA.2019.83.004, passed Elections Rules Promotions Updates SA.2019.83.005, passed Objection Procedure SA.2019.83.006, passed Non-Exclusivity Clause Update

SA.2019.83.007, not passed Removal of Comptroller’s Senate Vote

SA.2019.83.008, not passed Removal of Comptroller’s Committee

SA.2019.83.009, not passed Content Change for Campaigning

SA.2019.83.010, passed Spring into Action Week Survey Spring 2019

SA.2019.83.011, pending Resolution to Support an Additional Night Shuttle Driver for Public Safety’s Off-Campus Shuttle Services SA.2019.83.012, pending Spirit Programming Deputy SA.2019.83.013, pending 15

Updates to Elections in the Policy Series SA.2019.83.014, pending A Resolution to Establish a Bias Reporting Tip Line and Complaint Program

Clubs Seeking SGA Recognition Hofstra Health and Wellness Club: recognized

Operation Smile Club: recognized

Updated Club Constitutions Hofstra Cultural Italian-American Organization Hofstra Tabletop Gamers Respectfully submitted, Carissa R. Ramirez Rules Committee Chairwoman

Spirit Committee Spring 2019 Mid Semester Report

Committee Members: ▪ Senator Catherine MacCarthy ▪ Senator Donia Firooz ▪ Senator Jared Candelaria ▪ Associate Josh Philips ▪ Senator Celeste Battipaglia ▪ Senator Maggie Hurley ▪ Senator Moon Rob ▪ Senator Tara Stark

Valentine’s Day Tabling – Completed The Spirit Committee assembled goodie bags that contained candy and a corny pick-up line to hand out to the student body between 12 – 2pm on February 14th . This is an annual event. CAA Watch Party – Upcoming ▪ The Spirit Committee will be hosting a semi-finals CAA Watch Party on March 11th at 6pm. We will be tabling in the atrium the entirety of March 11th in order to promote the event. Compass is catering food and students will have the chance to watch the men’s basketball team play in the CAA tournament. ▪ On March 12th , University Relations, Athletics, and SGA will be cohosting a CAA Finals Watch Party. SGA will be hosting trivia during halftime. Stressbusters – In Progress The Spirit Committee will be taking on Stressbusters for the first time this semester. Emails went out to all club primary contacts on February 25th asking if any club would like to participate in Stressbusters. As Chair, I will be meeting with the Spirit Committee and SAPA to review the submissions and finalize the calendar for this semester. Spirit Week 2019 – Upcoming Spirit Week will be April 15th – 20th this year. The Spirit Committee has planned a lot of great events for this year including a movie on the quad, a dunk tank during common hour, free giveaways, etc. This year, Spirit wants to focus on overall school spirit during this week and not limit ourselves to spirit centered around Athletics.

Service Coordinator Mid Semester Report Spring 2019 Programs in progress: I.

Ronald McDonald House Visit ● This semester on April 5th members of SGA are going to Ronald McDonald House to volunteer for their Meals from the Heart program. The members will be making a meal for the current residents of the house. II. Bird Sanctuary Cleanup ● The bird sanctuary on campus has been inactive for an extended period of time. This semester the renovations will be completed, and members of SGA will go and partake in a cleanup early April III. Earth Day tabling with CCE (April 24th during Common Hour) ● The Center for Civic Engagement will be hosting their annual tabling event for Earth Day on the academic side of campus during common hour April 24th . There will be a group of SGA senators that partake in tabling for the event. Senator Catherine MacCarthy will be working with the Service Coordinator and Spirit Chairwoman Tomasso to plan a theme for the table. IV. Relay for Life ● SGA members will be participating in the annual Relay for Life event on April 27th from 6pm to 6am. This event will consist of fundraising, a themed table that members of SGA will be selling items where the funds go to the donations for Relay. Future Programs: I.

Importance of Civic Engagement and Volunteering Workshop ● A presentation about outreach to the Hofstra community and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Student Services Committee Mid-Semester Report Spring 2019 The Team ● Associate DaisyMae VanValkenburgh ● Senator Alexa Osner ● Senator Catherine MacCarthy ● Senator Charlie Greenberg ● Senator Erynn Phillips ● Senator Gabby Span ● Senator Gisselle Ortiz Goals ● Shift SS purpose ● Spring Programming (SAW and It’s On Us) ● Initiative Areas Shifting Student Services’ Purpose ● StressBusters moved to Spirit in Policy Series ● Provost Scholars’ Reception stricken from Policy Series - Senator Bathija working on this for this semester ● Spending less money on Programming, more purposeful too Spring Programming ● Spring into Action Week (March 11-15th) - Surveying with Baseline and IR for the first time - Committee planned - Self Care day- Facemasks, Notebooks, coloring session - Love the Planet day- Sustainability quiz, water bottles, metal straws - Carnival Day- Cotton Candy, Animals, Pies for Pride - Wellness Day- Rec Center reps, stressballs - Spring Break Day- beach giveaways, safe spring break tips - Meet SGA dinner with updates ● Sexual Assault Awareness Month - Library Display by Tara Stark and Donia Firooz - Tabling April 1-6th SGA’s Letter of Support to Survivors - Center for Anti-Violence Education Self Defense workshops with Panhellenic April 12/13 - It’s On All of Us Panel April 29th 8pm with IFC

Initiative Areas ● Focus on major areas as a committee instead of just individual specific initiatives ● Food Security/Accessibility to resources - Passing info to Beth, Tour of Pride Pantry, talks with PR for help promoting - Hofstra Shares event April 3rd back of student center ● Public Safety - Meeting with administration, shared SAW data, potential Uber Health contract - Resolution written to call for additional night shuttle driver ● Campus Resource Guide - Compiling clear information on ResLife, SHACC, Public Safety, Student Access Services and Title IX - Long term website/portal, short term physical copies/social media ● SHACC Advisory Board - subcommittee “Communicating information to students - Working with web development team to ensure website information is accurate, informative and up to date

- Using social media pages (Hofstra Student Life, SGA, HofU) to share information through posts, IG stories and story highlights

- Work with SHACC to demystify and clarify policies online (EX: when P Safe transports vs. uber rides, pricing and session limits on counseling sessions, long term vs. short term counseling) - Who are our external resources that students get referred to and how can we share that info? can we share practices? Or just grant/federally funded organizations?

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Two Thousand and Nineteen S.A.2019.83.011

Resolution to Support an Additional Driver for Public Safety’s Off-Campus Shuttle Services

Whereas, Hofstra University is located in a suburban area of Long Island, New York and has a significant population of commuter students who live directly off campus. Thus, many students, both residential and commuter, travel off campus during nighttime and weekend hours. Hofstra’s Department of Public Safety currently offers two (2) night shuttles on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights to accommodate student travel on and off campus; Whereas, Hofstra’s student body has demonstrated a need for additional shuttle services; Whereas, Hofstra’s Student Government Association polled two thousand and five-hundred (2,500) full-time, undergraduate students and found that thirty-four point seven percent (34.7%) of respondents that utilize the night shuttle indicated that their transportation needs were not met by the frequency of the night shuttle; Whereas, there has been an increased number of off-campus incidents in the surrounding area that compromise student safety. These include a home invasion on Fairview Boulevard on September 4th, 2018, an off-campus armed robbery on Broadfield Road on September 21st, 2018, and a robbery on Lawrence Street on November 8th, 2018; Whereas, Student Government Association members met with Karen O’Callahan and Lynda O’Malley, representatives of the Department of Public Safety, on February 14th, 2019 at 4:00 PM. O’Callahan and O’Malley expressed that an additional night shuttle driver would be required to increase the frequency of night shuttle services; Let it be resolved, that the Student Government Association calls for one (1) additional night-shuttle driver to support student safety regarding off-campus travel. Respectfully Submitted, Isabelle Schmidt Alexa Osner Catherine MacCarthy Chairperson Senator Senator Charlie Greenberg Erynn Phillips Gabrielle Spann Senator Senator Senator DaisyMae VanValkenburgh Associate 21

Hofstra University

Student Government Association

Two Thousand and Nineteen S.A.2019.83.013

Updates to Elections in the Policy Series

This is from page 22, from the Election Rules section of the Policy Series. B. ELECTION OF PRESIDENCY AND VICE PRESIDENCY: 1. Only members of the Student Government Association shall be eligible to run for the office of president or vice president. Any full-time undergraduate student in good standing with the university is eligible to run for the office of President and Vice President. 2. All presidential and vice presidential candidates shall run as a ticket. If either the presidential and/or vice presidential candidate does not meet the requirements stated in the Student Government Association Policy Series, or cannot are unable to continue their candidacy, the remaining eligible member of the ticket shall have up to seventy-two (72) hours to pick a replacement. a. The Elections Commission shall only see a new ticket comprised of at least one (1) candidate from a previously disqualified ticket. 3. If an unsuccessful ticket receives the minimum amount of votes for Senator-at-Large, the candidates may choose to be elected to the position of Senator-at-Large. 4. On a date specified by the Elections Commission, candidates for President, Vice President, Senators, and Justices must attend a meeting to declare their candidacy. a. If a student is unable to attend this meeting, they may email a member of the Elections Commission twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting with their name, 700 number, email address, and the title of the position they would like to run for. C. ELECTIONS COMMISSION: 1. GENERAL: a. All members of the Elections Commission shall be students graduating in the spring semester of the election nominated and ratified by two thirds (2/3) of Senate, except for the advisor. The membership of the Commission is to be nominated by the Rules Committee Chair and President, subject to the ratification by a majority vote in the Senate. Prior to ratification, members of the Senate may nominate additional individuals to serve. The following people are prohibited from serving on the Elections Commission: i. Any former President or Vice President whose counterpart (i.e. Vice President or President) is eligible to run for the position of President or Vice President. b. The Rules Committee shall serve as the Elections Commission for the Fall Elections. c. The Elections Commission shall be advised by the Student Government Association Advisor. d. The Elections Commission shall be ratified by two-thirds (2/3) of Senate.

e. The Elections Commission, or Rules Committee during the fall election, shall be required to submit a weekly report to the Senate in the same manner as a committee chair. i. This report shall not contain information concerning any individual candidates, but shall solely focus on the logistics of planning and executing the election. ii. This report shall be passed through the Senate by a two-thirds (2/3) vote. iii. A member of the Elections Commission shall present this report during the New Business of the Senate agenda. f. No person serving on the Elections Commission shall compete for any Student Government Association election nor aid in campaigning for any elected office1 in the season that said person shall serve. g. Members of the Elections Commission shall not endorse any candidate, sign any petition, campaign on behalf of any candidate, or campaign for or against any referendum. Any Elections Commission member found doing so shall be immediately removed. h. This report shall be passed through the Senate by a two-thirds (2/3) vote. i. A member of the Elections Commission shall present this report during the New Business of the Senate agenda. Respectfully Submitted, Antonella Colon Senator

Kathryn Harley Senator

If one (1) two (2) or fewer individuals meets the requirements to serve on the Elections Commission, then two (2) members of the Student Government Association may be nominated to serve by Cabinet, subject to ratification by a majority vote in the Senate. This includes any Associate, member of Cabinet, Judicial Panel, Senate, and Executive Board not running on a Presidential Ticket or aiding in the campaign of a ticket during the election in the season that said individuals shall serve. 1

Agenda of the 83rd Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association

February 28, 2019

Student Center Greenhouse Call to Order at 6:33pm I. II.

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Quorum Call Special Business A. Networking How - To with Senator Rielly and Senator Colon i. Alumni Panel to take place during normal Senate hours on April 4th. ii. Senator Reilly and Senator Colon explain the schedule for the event. iii. What to wear to the event: be presentable, and they recommend bringing resumes iv. Canva 101 1. Can be used to make resumes 2. Business cards are about $15 for 100, are a good way to network with alumni 3. Add a link to your LinkedIn on your business cards a. LinkedIn is a good way to add more information that you couldn’t fit on your business card v. Networking etiquette New Business A. SGA Club Recognition Hearing i. Senator Farooqui moves to suspend the rules to approve the Senate Minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed ii. Senator Farooqui moves to suspend the rules to approve the Cabinet minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed

iii. Chairperson Grief moves to suspend the rules to go over E-Board reports 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed iv. Senator Farooqui moves to reinstate the rules 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed v. Operation Smile Club 1. Senator Fletcher introduces the Operation Smile Club. 2. Club Presentation a. The President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary present about their club and their positions b. The club’s purpose is the represent the international nonprofit medical charity Operation Smile. c. The organization raises money to provide surgeries for underprivileged children that are born with facial deformities, mainly cleft palate and cleft lip d. The club organizes fundraisers to enable them to provide safe and free surgeries e. Another goal of the club is to introduce campus to other charitable causes for fundraising through events. f. The club currently has 30 active members that are involved in events and fundraising i. Valentine’s Day Bake Sale ii. St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser coming up g. Seeking SGA recognition to educate and raise awareness to the Hofstra community, as well as to potentially request funding for visuals and handouts in the future h. The club is focused on one specific cause but is looking to expand their reach out of just medical students 3. Questions: a. Senator Ortiz asks what the club will be using their money for i. Primarily materials for fundraising b. Senator Tomy asks about how long their club has been active i. Since the end of the Fall semester c. Senator Read asks how often their meetings are i. Every other week on Fridays d. Senator Read asks about how many people have attended the meetings i. They’ve only had three meetings, but around 15-20 attendees 4. Debate a. Chairperson Labrie moves to skip debate and go directly to a vote i. Motion seconded ii. Motion objected iii. Motion rescinded b. Senator Tomy moves to hold a straw poll to see if Senate generally wants to recognize the club i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed c. A Straw poll is held i. A large majority indicate they would like to recognize the club d. Senator McDonough moves to recognize Operation Smiles Club

i. Motion seconded ii. By a vote of 26-7-0, the club is recognized B. S.A.2019.83.006 i. Chairperson Grief, Chairperson Schmidt, Senator Harvey, and Senator Philips present the senatorial action 1. The updated definition of exclusivity can be found at the bottom of the page ii. Senator McCarthy makes two friendly grammatical changes replacing “may be” with “shall” iii. Senator Cotton asks why the cosigners chose to strike “non-discriminatory” 1. Senator Harvey explains that non-discriminatory was not iv. Senator Dimes moves to pass S.A.2019.83.006 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed C. S.A.2019.83.007 i. Chairperson Schmidt and Chairperson Grief present 1. They believe that an E-Board member should not have a vote in the Senate 2. Added in this section as it follows along with the format in the Vice President’s section ii. Senator Fletcher asks if the Comptroller can still debate 1. They state that the comptroller would not be able to debate iii. Senator Read asks if it would be an appointed position 1. They state that it would not be iv. Senator Tomy asks why the presenters feel the Comptroller has bias 1. Chairperson Grief says the Comptroller has more information than other people at the table and that other voting members may look up to the Comptroller as they are an E-Board member v. Senator Stark asks why the comptroller was originally given voting power 1. Essentially same rights as a chair originally vi. Senator Dimes asks what information the Comptroller has 1. Chairperson Grief explains that the Comptroller knows almost all financial aspects of the organization, of recognized clubs, etc. vii. Senator Battipaglia asks why having more information would not be ideal 1. viii. Senator Firooz asks if there was talk of maybe having the Comptroller run on a ticket instead 1. Chairperson Schmidt explains that that was brought up in cabinet but is not part of the current legislation. It could always be brought up later ix. Senator Alameda asks if the S.A. will go into effect following its passing 1. They states that yes, it would be x. Senator Philips asks if senators will still be able to ask the Comptroller questions regarding the clubs in question xi. Chair Labrie moves to hold a straw poll on if the Comptroller should vote and debate on issues regarding his position 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed 3. The general trend in the body is that the Comptroller shall vote xii. Senator Fletcher moves to hold a debate, 3 speakers for, 3 speakers against with 1 minute of speaking time each 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed 3. Debate a. Chairperson Grief speaks in favor

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i. As the Appropriations Chair, he has experience with working with the Comptroller as the Comptroller has access to much more information and their office as an E-Board member gives the E-Board sway in the Senate body Senator Fletcher speaks against i. This legislation takes away the Comptroller’s vote in the Senate body in the middle of their term Senator Read speaks against i. Feels that the Comptroller should run on a ticket with the President and Vice President Chairperson Schmidt speaks in favor i. If we believe in the spirit of the legislation, we should pass it now. States that the Comptroller may function as a voice for the E-Board in the Senate ii. Passes time to Senator McDonough 1. Echoes the sentiment of Chairperson Schmidt Senator Harvey speaks against i. Much of senate’s business does not directly affect the Comptroller’s office ii. Undue bias is something the Senate cannot guarantee as every member brings their own iii. Not many people are interested in running for this position and this will limit the pool of interested parties even more Senator Firooz speaks in favor i. One of the major issues is that senate does not get an executive board report so they have no idea what they talk about in Eboard meetings. ii. Passes time to Senator McDonough 1. States that this would be as if we had the president vote in the senate iii. Passes time to Chairperson Grief 1. The Comptroller is the only E-Board member, which is why this legislation is being brought not because they have access to financial information. Senator Doan speaks against i. The current Comptroller was elected with the knowledge that they would have the power to vote ii. Passes time to Senator Battipaglia 1. Should have the power to vote as they are a senator on E-Board Debate concludes Chairperson Grief asks if the Comptroller is considered a senator i. Chair Ramirez clarifies they are not Senator Ottavio asks if the Comptroller would still be allowed to answer questions i. Chairperson Ramirez says that they would still be able to provide information if asked. Senator Ortiz moves for two speakers one minute each one for one against i. Chair Grief speaks for

1. The Comptroller runs for the position with the understanding but other positions have been changed during their terms. The president and vice president should not pick someone as a ticket. ii. Senator Ortiz speaks against 1. An internal bias always has the potential to occur, but a Comptroller should have the judgement to abstain. 2. Passes time to Senator MacCarthy a. [sorry, we missed this] 3. Passes time to Senator Read a. The Comptroller has the voice of the E-Board 4. Passes time to Senator Battipaglia iii. Senator McDonough moves to pass SA 007 1. Motion seconded 2. By a vote of 11-21-0 the motion does not pass. D. Chair Labrie moves to hold a straw poll on whether Senate would like to see a recess i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed iii. General trend is that senators would like a five minute a recess E. Senator McDonough moves to hold a five minute recess i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed F. Senator McDonough moves to suspend the rules to look at S.A.2019.83.009 i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed iii. S.A.83.2019.009 1. Senator McDonough and Senator Dimes present a. Were not comfortable with the current campaign rules b. Senator Harvey asks about club campaigning for tickets i. Senator McDonough clarifies that clubs were allowed to use their income to support a ticket c. Senator Ortiz moves to amend Section 4 to reorganize formatting to be consistent i. Friendly d. Senator Spann asks what the original text of Section 5 subsection C i. Senator McDonough clarifies it stated may not originally e. Chair Schmidt asks why Section 4 was struck i. Senator McDonough clarifies that it was because itâ€™s redundant f. Senator Harvey asks that tickets may now use up to $500 of their own money and that is the only way that a ticket may use monies. g. Senator McDonough asks about workstations i. Chair Labrie clarify that they are any place on the Academic side of campus h. Senator Phillips asks if the tickets are allowed to do any fundraising for the campaign i. The constitution would not prohibit that but tickets would have to

i. Senator Fletcher asks about collecting signatures on the academic campus and advertising the elections themselves i. Chair Ramirez states that a motion may be made j. Senator Cotton asks about ads in The Hofstra Chronicle i. Senator McDonough clarifies that those would be up to the candidates and the Elections Commission k. Senator Cotton asks about section m i. Senator McDonough and Chair Tomasso clarify that ads in The Hofstra Chronicle can be requested ii. Senator Harvey notes that the language in subsection f is not new, it has just been moved from later in the Policy Series iii. Chair Grief clarifies that the point of the language is to limit how many ads 2. 3. Senator Ortiz moves to amend section F subsection ii to say “there shall be no campaigning at computer labs or academic spaces” a. Motion seconded b. Motion objected c. Motion rescinded 4. Senator Fletcher moves for a five minute unmoderated caucus a. Motion seconded b. Motion passed i. Senator Fletcher says that the wording as currently put is not clear enough 1. Senator Harvey clarifies that workstations refers to places on the south side not already set aside by the phrase computer labs ii. Chair Schmidt says that striking the phrase would be better because as it is the phrasing is too vague. iii. Senator Bathija says that iv. Senator Ortiz states that campaigning should not be done on the academic side but advertisement of the election should be allowed v. Senator McDonough says that people on the academic side or in workstation are a captive audience and should not be subjected to campaigning if they do not want to hear it. He also does not want to see a time limit, as that would be overly complicated. vi. Senator Stark states that it would be uncomfortable to people working at those workstations but students should be aware that elections are happening vii. Chair Labrie thinks it is important to refer to the Elections Commission sets the rules for each election and that the Senate confirms people to the Commission viii. Chair Tomasso states that she agrees with Chair Labrie, but this is a policy that has to be followed so we should look at it. Chair Tomasso states that the Library and Hammer specifically cannot be campaigned in, as it would be disruptive, but other public spaces on South Campus can. c. Senator Fletcher moves to amend subsection 2f to read “there shall be no campaigning at any of Hofstra’s computer labs or libraries.”

1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed d. Senator Harvey asks if we can move to not pass something i. Chair Ramirez says no, we have to wait for a motion to pass and then vote against e. Senator Spann states that before campaigning, you have to have enough signatures - therefore, getting signatures does not count as campaigning. i. Chair Labrie clarifies that collecting signatures is not campaigning f. Senator Dimes moves to pass SA.2019.83.009 i. Motion seconded ii. Motion objected iii. Debate 1. Senator Fletcher speaks for a. Thinks that the legislation should pass since it clarifies campaigning and publicity better than what weâ€™ve been working on in the past. More grammar has been added b. Passes to Senator Ortiz i. The legislation clarifies what campaigning is allowed and where 2. Senator Harvey speaks against a. All of the changes on publicity and campaigning make sense. However, prohibiting donations restricts campaigning for VP or President to only people who can self-fund a campaign, which is unfair. 3. Senator Doan speaks for a. Although people will have to fund out of pocket, a limit exists at $500 b. Passes to Senator MacCarthy i. Campaigning can be done without funds as many things are free 4. Chair Grief speaks against a. It is elitist to keep campaigns only self-funded. Outside of Hofstra SGA in the real world, funding is an advantage. b. Passes time to Senator Phillips i. Business help tickets fundraise, as many people are not able to personally able to contribute c. Passes time to Senator Alameda i. Limits who can campaign as many people are not able to contribute large amounts iv. By a vote of 12-20-1, S.A.2019.83.009 does not pass G. Senator Farooqui moves to reinstate the rules i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed

H. S.A.2019.83.008 i. Chair Grief and Chair Schmidt present 1. This legislation removes the Comptrollerâ€™s committee vote. The committee refers to the Comptroller and about what information the Comptroller provides. Future Comptrollers should not have the right to debate as this would be as if whoever has the information is telling the committee how to vote. The Appropriations Chair cannot inform clubs about their current funds as only the Comptroller has access to that information. a. Senator Alameda asks who has access i. Only the Comptroller has access b. Senator MacCarthy asks why removing the vote is the solution i. Chair Grief states that the Chair does not have to power to override c. Senator Firooz asks if the Chair votes in Appropriations i. No d. Senator Dimes asks why there is a fear i. Chair Grief clarifies that resolving responsibility to any singular person should be a fear and a system to e. Senator Cotton asks if this was the only alternative that they explored i. This is the only realistic option for passing Senate in Chair Griefâ€™s opinion f. Senator Harvey asks how this would solve the information asymmetry i. It would not, but the Comptroller would not be in a position to sway opinions g. Senator Dimes asks how the position would be set up within the committee now i. Chair Grief clarifies that the Comptroller is above the Chair but still votes in the Committee and feels that is unjust h. Senator Firooz clarifies the objective - to make sure that the information comes with no debate 2. Debate a. Senator MacCarthy states that we should not get into circular debate, so senators should be cognizant of not repeating points from the earlier senatorial action. b. Senator Harvey moves for traditional debate with 3 speakers for, 3 speakers against with 1 minute each i. Senator Fletcher speaks for 1. Believes that since the Comptroller is the only E-Board member on a committee, it is different 2. Chair Tomasso speaks about experience with a different Comptroller who did not debate or vote ii. Senator Harvey speaks against 1. Agrees that information asymmetry is a problem - however, this current legislation does not solve it. The comptroller also may have opinions outside of the knowledge and their knowledge may be useful 2. Passes time to Senator Battipaglia a. Stop speaking about the Comptroller like they are a malicious being

iii. Senator McDonough 1. Comptroller is not a senator 2. Passes to Chair Grief a. You cannot assume that any Comptroller currently or in the future cannot be malicious b. Passes time to Senator Rob i. The Comptroller has a great deal of influence on committee and their information. iv. Senator Read speaks against 1. Extensive experience on the committee. There are existing checks and balances, and the vote never interfered with her job as Appropriations chair a. Passes to Senator MacCarthy i. The comptroller having more information is not necessarily a bad thing. v. Senator Rob speaks for 1. People are saying that the comptroller knows more information and that itâ€™s not being passed down. If the comptroller is doing their job correctly there should be no issue. There are three layers of power, so a comptroller debating is disproportionate power a. Passes time to Senator Alameda i. The committee only speaks about issues that pertain directly to the comptroller, so their influence is magnified there b. Passes time to Senator Firooz i. vi. Senator Farooqui speaks against 1. Only mandated to have four members. Even with that small amount of members, they can still outvote the comptroller a. Passes time to Senator Read i. This does not resolve the issues at hand b. Passes time to Senator Harvey i. To a speakerâ€™s former vote, the members of the committee are not lay members of the committee, they tend to also develop some expertise about the subject so their influence is blunted. vii. Senator Fletcher moves to add 1 speaker for, 1 speaker against 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed a. Senator Firooz speaks against

i. In a debate it is all about opinions. In such a small setting, the objective information is very important. b. Passes to Senator Alameda i. Does not believe that the previous point of not developing a hierarchy c. Senator Battipaglia i. If a malicious comptroller is sitting on the committee in the future, this could backfire since their only outlet for speaking is saying information, which increases incentive to misrepresent facts. ii. Passes to Senator Harvey iii. Even if the Comptroller has access to the information about a club’s history this has nothing to do with policy c. Senator MacCarthy moves to pass S.A.2019.83.008 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 14-19-0 the motion does not pass I. S.A.2019.83.010 i. Chair Schmidt, Senator MacCarthy, Senator Phillips, Senator Greenberg, Senator Stark, and Senator Spann present. Chair Schmidt states that the legislation was available to senators to view and suggest edits 1. Senator Fletcher asks for the reasoning behind Question 4 a. Chair Schmidt says that it is to inform several initiatives that are currently being worked on, including Student Resource Guide, her personal experience from sitting on the SHACC advisory board, others. 2. Senator Ortiz asks why HofCast was not added a. Chair Schmidt states that HofCast is used mainly for events not making students aware of resources 3. Senator Harvey asks why not all the possible times are included on question 3 a. Chair Schmidt states that the only way to include all the times would be to add too many options to the survey which would spread the data out too far b. Senator Philips states that she was aiming to see how much time would be unreasonable for commuters to find parking 4. Senator Harvey asks whether it would be bad for data quality to change the times to encompass all times without changing the amount of options a. Chair Schmidt states that the point of the questions to stop or further an initiative b. Senator MacCarthy states that blocking the data together is more effective in gathering the data 5. Senator Ortiz asks if any of the questions will have “check all that apply” options, specifically questions 4 and 6 a. Chair Schmidt states that “check all that apply” options are not useful to gathering data but the committee is looking for data specifically about what is most

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6. Senator Battipaglia asks if the point of the questions to all lead to initiatives a. Chair Schmidt states that if there isn’t an issue where a Senator is looking to make change 7. Senator Battipaglia asks if there is anything that SGA can actually do about the parking problem a. Chair Schmidt states that infrastructure is something that the Ad Hoc Committee has met about so it would be similar. Chair Schmidt also states that we should not be limiting ourselves to just initiatives that we can solve by writing a single resolution b. Senator Philips states that a potential parking garage or something similar could be looked into 8. Senator Doan asks if anyone is actively working on a Pride Pantry initiative a. Chair Schmidt states that there are a variety of initiatives and promotions that have to do the Pride Pantry 9. Senator Ortiz asks if they would be okay with saying “most go for information” in question four and “best be a better resource to the student body” a. Chair Schmidt states that she would be in favor 10. Chair Schmidt states that it is unfair to the student body that she wrote most of the questions ii. Senator Harvey moves to pass the questions 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion objected 3. Motion rescinded iii. Chair Schmidt moves to amend question 4 to insert the word “most” before the word “go” 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed iv. Senator MacCarthy moves to amend question 6 to read “What is the best way that the Student Government Association can be a better resource to the student body” with the same options 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed v. Senator Firooz moves to pass SA 010 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Approval of the Special Senate Meeting Minutes from February 14, 2019 A. Senator Tomy moves to pass the Senate minutes i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from February 27, 2019 A. Senator Firooz asks is Chairperson Ramirez has an opinion about the senatorial actions or if she was explaining them i. Chairperson Ramirez explains that the Rules chairperson introduces the legislation to cabinet, and that she was not expressing an opinion. B. Senator Ortiz asks about a grammatical error after SA 007. i. Senator Farooqui has fixed it already. C. Senator Reilly asks why the Judicial Panel email is being deleted i. Chairperson Ramirez explains that the Chief Justice email should be used D. Senator Rose asks about a typo in SA.2019.83.008 i. Senator Farooqui fixed it. E. Senator Harvey moves to pass the Cabinet minutes

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i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passed Executive Board Reports A. President and Vice President - Chairperson Ramirez reports i. CDIO 1. Three candidates have come to campus and given their presentations to DSA and to students that attended ii. The task force for Representation in Public Spaces has held two meetings for public comment 1. They will be meeting Monday to begin work on their report to submit to administration before the end of the semester. iii. Alumni panel to take place on April 4th iv. Chairwoman Schmidt and Chairperson Ramirez met with Intitutional Research regarding the questions for Spring Into Action Week 1. Chairwoman Schmidt met with Jennifer Kamph from IR v. Friday March 8th will be the next date for people interested in giving their input for the reorganization plan proposed for next SGA. vi. What Happening at Hofstra? 1. Follow up to Hofstra Town Hall last semester 2. Organized by SGA 3. April 10th, 2019 Common Hour, MPR East 4. Good opportunity to meet with admin, students, and get more traction on initiatives senators have been working on 5. Remind peers who have concerns regarding Compass dining that the gallery is open B. Comptroller— M. Kutsch i. Initiative regarding web resources available to students, he met with Jean Christodulu ii. Working on two Comptroller issues: 1. Plans on getting the current balance of funds that SGA has available at the beginning of the semester instead of having to calculate it Comptroller Kutsch feels that this introduces too much human error and is too much responsibility for one position. 2. Talking to Denise about the Pride Expo funds, working on getting more transparency so that we don’t write a check for $10,000 and that’s that iii. If anyone is interested in running for Comptroller for next year, send an email to him to come see the signing process C. Secretary — M. Nijjer i. No report Committee Chair Reports A. Appropriations — T.Grief i. Held a special meeting on the 2/19 to make up for the day missed due to snow ii. Senator Tomy asks about the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship allocation 1. Chairperson Grief notes that an error was made in switching the numbers, it has been corrected. iii. Senator Rose asks about the Women’s Rugby allocation and why it was more than they requested. 1. Chair Grief speaks about due to policy, the club miscalculated the amount they needed so the committee recalculated with the new IRS reimbursement rate iv. Senator Rob moves to pass the allocations for the special meeting on the 19th 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed

v. Senator Firooz moves to pass the Appropriations minutes for the special meeting on the 19th 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed vi. Senator Harvey moves to pass the allocations for the regular meeting on the 26th 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes vii. Senator Harvey moves to pass the Appropriations minutes for the regular meeting on the 26th 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Club Relations — B.Crofts i. Senator Bathija speaks for Chair Crofts 1. Club Relations sent out the Google form for Club Space allocations and 29 clubs have already responded ii. Senator Greenberg asks if the date is correct 1. Senator Farooqui changes the date to the 25th iii. Senator Tomy moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Public Relations — A. Labrie i. Social media highlight of the committees will continue in the upcoming weeks 1. Elections Info Sessions a. Students have to attend one to run 2. Chairperson Labrie is waiting for language to promote the Diversity and Social Justice Ad Hoc Committee 3. Senator Harley is working on a video to promote the SGA elections 4. Admission Events ii. Senator Spann moves to pass the Public Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Rules — Senator Fletcher reports for Chair Ramirez i. Rules saw the senatorial actions that came tonight and the club that came for recognition as well as CIAO ii. Senator Spann moves to pass the Rules minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Spirit — Senator Firooz reports for Chair Tomasso i. Spirit is organizing a watch party if the team makes it to semifinals and SGA is co-hosting with athletics on March 11th. ii. Senator Read asks what happens if they don’t get to the semifinals 1. Senator Firooz states that they can cancel the food order the day of iii. Chair Schmidt moves to pass the Spirit minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Student Services — I. Schmidt i. Finalized spring programming for Spring into Action Week ii. Space confirmed for Hofstra Shares - back of the student center 1. The Pride Pantry and Compass are working with the committee. Kroger, and Aunt Flow will be donating materials for the community share event. SHACC, ResLife, TitleIX, Student Access Services are co-sponsoring.

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iii. In conversations with Public Safety for adding another shuttle by having SGA pass a resolution to add another shuttle iv. Senator Stark speaks about It’s On Us 1. Speaker coming to campus on the 5th and 6th to speak about sexual assault on college campuses 2. Library display is going up for SAAM and tabling for the display will happen in the next few weeks 3. It’s On Us panel will have question submissions sent to various club’s members. v. Senator O’Brien moves to pass the Student Services minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed Special Reports A. Elections Commission Report i. Chair Tomasso presents 1. Fixed date conflicts. Updated dates and times for information sessions can be found in the minutes. Working on finalizing the date of the debate 2. Chair Schmidt asks what the time frame is for determining the new chairs a. It will be done the fourth week of April. Elections bash is before budget appeals, and turnover will be the following week ii. Senator Fletcher moves to pass the Elections Commission minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passed B. Updates from the Service Coordinator i. Senator Dimes presents 1. Ronald McDonald House people are coming April 4th from 6:15-6:45 2. Relay for Life is on April 27th from 6pm to 6am, not a ton of responses a. No theme this year b. Senator Dimes elaborates on the process of fundraising at Relay for Life c. Only 8 people have signed up so far and at least 15 people need to be part of the SGA team C. Updates from the Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity and Social Justice i. Senator Farooqui reports 1. For Accessibility, a meeting has been set up with Julie Yindra and Bill Caniano to discuss various elements of accessibility that do not work properly. Pairing with Caniano on his existing initiatives a. Special attention to be paid to student center elevator 2. Checking with SAS about existing accommodations 3. Some Sidewalks are cracked and other infrastructure needs updating 4. Senator Caldwell was looking into charging stations for electric wheelchairs D. Update on Title IX Advisory Board - Chair Ramirez presents i. Working on clarifying the most recent policy change to further define the exact time frame of what 12 months are counted in the reporting period ii. Working with the JGG campaign on some initiatives iii. Campus Climate survey has been distributed to the student body, please fill it out to ensure the title IX coordinator has most accurate information. Content warning for potentially triggering sexual assault language E. Updates from the You OK? Campaign i. Senator Ortiz states that she and Senator Osner are on the committee and that the campaign will be instituted in this next first-year orientation. The committee is looking for what SGA would be interested in bringing to the table.

IX. For Good of the Order X. Announcements XI. Snap Cup Senator Dimes moves to adjourn the Senate meeting Motion seconded Motion passes Adjournment at 10:19pm

Cabinet Agenda Dean of Students Conference Room March 6th 2018 I. II.

Call to Order at 6:34pm New Business A. Senatorial Action 1. S.A.2019.83.011 a) Chairperson Ramirez states that this legislation is coming from a meeting that Deandra, Abby, Belle, and her had with public safety. Public Safety understands our concerns for the shuttle driver and they suggested we should make something that would actually push this initiative along. b)

Chairperson Crofts asks if specific incidents should be mentioned (1) Chairperson Schmidt states that by having the specifics it shows how close to Hofstra University these incidents are.

Chairperson Labrie moves to add S.A.2019.83.011 to the Senate agenda (1) Motion seconded (2) Motion passes

2. S.A.2019.83.012 a)

Chairperson Tomasso states that this legislation details that Spirit will now be doing stressbusters. She thinks that there should be a seperate spirit committee that is not a part of the programming committee within the new structure. The deputy will have to sit on spirit before they take on their position to know how programming works. This position would be chosen to help the spirit committee chair.

(1) Chairperson Grief asks if stressbusters is the only programming this legislation discusses (a) Chairperson Tomasso states that it is but other programming is being discussed (2) Chairperson Crofts states that a point could be made that since a chair is not required to have prior experience, a deputy should not be. (3) Chairperson Labrie suggests a few minor changes to wording (4) Chairperson Ramirez states that something that may come up at Senate would be that there could be point people for each programming instead of just one deputy overseeing. (5) Chairperson Schmidt states that she thinks that the structure could be to have certain senators focusing on different areas of programming in the future (6) Chairperson Labrie also states that having more than one person overseeing programming might lead to more leadership opportunities. And, in the future, it might happen that the someone who is chosen as deputy does not do the programming right. (7) Chairperson Ramirez also states that if the problem is that people might not be able to do this programming well, then having one deputy might not help this. (8) Chairperson Schmidt states that this could possibly be looked at internally (9) Chairperson Grief states that if the problem is that we canâ€™t trust senators with paperwork and such then as chairs we should be helping senators grow and learn these skills (a) Chairperson Tomasso states that she would rather have one particular person to help her instead of distributing tasks to a couple of senators. It can cause some disorganization. She wants to think of a structure that helps this problem as a whole. (10) Chairperson Schmidt states that she understands this because doing programming is hard to organize. She states that having more experienced senators helps. So, perhaps the structure should be changed and she doesnâ€™t think this legislation would solve that problem. (11) Chairperson Tomasso states that certain senators have not liked constructive feedback. So, she would like to see how we can structure the way programming is done for the future. She doesnâ€™t think assigning senators tasks will work if they are not motivated to do it. (12) Chairperson Ramirez states that point people might help with that as those people would show that they have an interest in doing a specific task. (13) Chairperson Tomasso states that this person would be running so they would be motivated to do this work. This person would be held responsible.

(14) Chairperson Ramirez states that this lack of responsibility has been seen all throughout SGA with duties like elections. We should have some discussion about accountability. (15) Chairperson Grief states that he agrees with Chairperson Ramirez. If only one person is given the responsibility then what is the point of the other senators on the committee. He also asks why Chairperson Tomasso picked the tasks she did for deputy (a) She states that this deputy is programming specific and they would fit under the spirit committee. She would also help internal events like Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays. She states that the senators would handle tasks for these events like making t-shirt designs, for example. And the deputy would help with ordering them. (16) Chairperson Crofts asks if this should be tabled (a) Chairperson Tomasso states that she will be tabling this and work on this some more. (17) President Normandin suggests that the legislation could be structured a bit differently by tasks so that people would be less confused. 3. S.A.2019.83.013 a) Chairperson Ramirez states that this legislation mentions updates to elections. This makes sure that the wording is changed to â€œany student can runâ€? instead of just SGA members.They also put in gender neutral language. This mentions membership in regards to the elections commission. (1) President Normandin suggests a change to the wording of this legislation (2) Chairperson Ramirez states that this includes a content change. They added that a minimum of four senators would be needed for this commission. b)

Chairperson Ramirez moves to add S.A.2019.83.013 to the Senate Agenda (1) Motion seconded (2) Motion passes

4. S.A.2019.83.014 a) Chairperson Ramirez states that this legislation is to support the establishment for a bias reporting system at Hofstra University following the discussion of the JGG campaign at Senate two weeks ago. b) Vice President Denton states that this legislation would be more significant if data from past semester surveying would be added to this legislation. c)

President Normandin would also like to suggest a few changes to this legislation

B. Senate Logistics 1. Compass Leadership Visit

a) Vice President Denton states that Bruce and Lisa will be joining us. This is a great time to ask questions, share student feedback, and hold them responsible from previous conversations. 2. Mid-Semester Reports a) Vice President Denton states that reports will happening tomorrow. Chairperson Grief will be chairing the Senate meeting. 3. Comptroller Kutsch Update a) III.

Vice President Denton states that if chairs need a budget for compass food, let him know.

Matters at Hand by committee A. Spirit Committee 1. Chairperson Tomasso had to leave due to prior commitments. Minutes will be given at Senate. B. Club Relations Committee 1. Chairperson Crofts states that the committee did a lot of work this past week. Many clubs responded to the club relations email for office allocations. 2. He also states that they are working with Public Relations. On Monday, the committee will decide on which clubs will be featured. 3. Next week, they will be monitoring responses and will be making a structure of how the office space allocation will be. 4. He states that there are some problems with committee attendance. C. Rules Committee 1. Chairperson Ramirez states that there are two potential clubs coming to be recognized next week. 2. Denise Boneta wanted Cabinet to discuss how SGA recognition would work if clubs were derecognized by OSLE and then re-recognized within the same academic year. a)

Chairperson Labrie states that it should happen on a case-to-case basis

Chairperson Grief suggests that there should be a tier system perhaps

D. Appropriations Committee 1. Chairperson Grief states that the email got sent out. a)

So far there has been one submission.

2. He says that by next week, they will be sending out follow up emails to remind everyone 3. The committee has been having fluctuations with weekly allocation meetings. 4. They will be adding an Associate to the committee so he is excited about this. E. Student Services Committee 1.

Chairperson Schmidt states that Jen Kampfh got back to her for programming. a) She will be meeting with her soon to discuss generic links with regards to surveying. She approved the questions we will be asking too.

2. Spring Into Action Week is now all scheduled and finalized. 3. They worked on a resolution. 4. They also have a space booked for Hofstra Shares. She is looking into buying toiletries and such.

5. They also made a master document for a resource guide and are working with the SHACC Ad Hoc Committee. a) They also talked about social media highlights for SHACC. They want to also look at clarifying policies and help build their website F. Public Relations Committee 1. Chairperson Labrie states that they started the meeting with logistics for the video the committee is doing for SGA. 2. There is a lot to promote next week so there will be much information placed on our social media accounts. a)

Club Relations will also be highlighted soon.

3. They discussed promoting the Title IX position application. The committee voted to put this up on the portal box. 4. They will be working on boards, brochures, and Build-A-Friend, which will be happening May 7th in the Multipurpose Room at 7pm. IV.

President and Vice President: Week 13 Updates A. Board of Trustees Updates 1. Gala Honoree: Bob Rosenthal 2. Graduation Speakers: Wolf Blitzer (LHCS), Loretta Lynch (Law), Jordan Cohen (Med), Joe Morton (HCLA), still looking for Grad Ceremony 3. Facilities and Operations Updates: Gallon Wing expansion project for PA program, Weller Hall will be open in September 2020, CV Starr renovation is underway, and the Career Center renovations will be done. 4. Mid Semester Advisory response rate: 69% in Fall 18, down 5% from Spring 18 5. Incoming class: record turnout at previous Admitted Student Day, 868 students in attendance B. Judicial Panel: Meeting and Elections Update 1. There was a meeting today. President Normandin and Vice President Denton attended. Michael is the new Chief Justice. He has come up with a 5-step plan for changing how J-Panel will operate in the future. C. Meeting with Beth McGuire and VP Barkwill on Friday 1.

This meeting will be to discuss them coming to Senate later on in the month.

D. Committee Convention on March 12th 1. President Normandin said that they sent out a poll and the meeting will take place on the 12th from 4 - 6 pm in the SGA office. E. Public Safety Updates 1. Spring Event a)

They met with Public Safety to discuss what they want the outcome of this event to be.

2. Upcoming Meeting with Erika Schaub a)

They would like to have her come into a meeting.

3. Student Services Resolution

F. What’s Happening Hofstra 1. Should Vice Provost Bob Brinkmann with INTO be invited a)

Chairperson Grief states that we shouldn’t since the President will be talking about the same thing.

b) Chairperson Ramirez states that the students are not really going to care about International Students coming to Hofstra. This event is more to inform the student body about what is going on at Hofstra right now. G. Student Leadership Awards Reminder 1.

It is closing on March 14th and there will be a Raffle for the Gala Table

H. SGA Gala representative nominations: March 28th during Senate I. Denise Boneta is out of office until March 13th, please let us know if you need support in any way. V.

Comptroller Kutsch moves to adjourn this Cabinet meeting A. Motion seconded B. Motion passes

VI.

Adjournment at 8:27pm

Appropriations Minutes Meeting Commenced

S19 Weekly Meeting 5 03/05/19 6:30 PM

â€‹Attendance Attended Senator Leona Tomy Senator Richard Caldwell Senator Donovan Harvey Senator Nick Cote Senator Manni Doan Senator Angelina Ottavio Associate Ryan Young Comptroller Max Kutsch Chairperson Timothy Grief Absent Senator Hannah Shepherd 1. Allocated funds to three clubs 2. Leona got a 100% on her physics exam 3. Max played a father-son tennis tournament this weekend with his dad

Club:

Amount Requested:

Amount Allocated:

Hofstra Psychology Club

$175.00

FORM Gallery

$407.28

Hofstra Esports

$84.98

Hofstra Ballroom and Latin Dance

$266.62

$283.73

Total:

$933.88

$950.99

101.83% Allocated Meeting Adjourned 8:01 PM Respectfully Submitted, Chairperson Timothy Grief

Club Relations Minutes

S19 Weekly Meeting #3 3/04/18 Meeting Commenced

6:36 PM

Attendance

Attended

Senator Desarae Cotton

Senator Courtney Fegley Senator Rana Ismail Associate Nick Carrion Associate John McCluskey Associate Angela Sierra

Chair Brandon Crofts

Absent:

Introductions

Audit Update

Senator Rhea Bathija (excused)

a. 82 responses! 3.

Office Allocations Chair a. We have sent the form to 77 clubs (over 300 students)!

Club Relations/Public Relations Liaison- Courtney Fegley a. Courtney will be reaching out to Amanda Del Gaudio for recommendations. More to follow next week.

Meeting Adjourned

7:23 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Brandon Crofts Club Relations Chair

Public Relations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 5 3/5/19

Meeting Commenced

6:30PM

Attended

Senator Joey Alameda Senator Kaylor Dimes Senator Donia Firooz

Senator Kathryn Harley Senator Sandra Read

Senator Rosaria Rielly Associate Bernice Aquino Chairman Alex Labrie

Attendance

Absent

1. Introductions 2. Elections video brainstorm a. Joined by President Normandin 3. Upcoming promotional schedule a. Budgets due b. Town Hall c. Gala Tables d. Spring Into Action Week e. Diversity ad hoc highlight 4. Social Media a. Upcoming events carousel-style Instagram to come b. Continue with committee highlights 5. Discuss utilizing portal box to promote Title IX Advocacy Board application a. 6-1-0 in favor 46

6. Admission Events a. New board and brochures to be ready for March 10th 7. Build A Friend a. Date set: May 7th MPR 7pm b. Theme selection: Farm animals

Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Alex Labrie Public Relations Chairman

7:28PM

Rules Committee Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 5 3/4/19 Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended

6:31 PM

Senator Antonella Colon (Chair Pro Tempore) Senator Zain Farooqui Senator Wiley Fletcher Senator Jack McDonough Senator David O’Brien Senator Gisselle Ortiz-Jimenez Senator Cristian Sanchez Chair Carissa Ramirez Senator Emanuelle Souffrant (excused) Senator Kelly Rose (excused)

Absent

Introduction

II.

Hofstra Tabletop Gamers Constitution Update A. Passed 7-0-0

III.

S.A.2019.83.011 Resolution to Support an Additional Driver for Public Safety’s Off-Campus Shuttle Services A. Passed 7-0-0 B. Passed (with again with necessary edits via email/GroupMe) 8-0-0

IV.

S.A.2019.83.012 Spirit Programming Deputy A. Passed 6-0-1

S.A.2019.83.013 Updates to Elections in the Policy Series A. Passed 6-0-1

VI.

S.A.2019.83.014 A Resolution to Establish a Bias Reporting Tip Line and Complaint Program A. Chair Pro Tempore Antonella Colon B. Passed 4-0-3

VII.

Policy Series Updates A. Senator McDonough 1. Reworking elections legislation that didnâ€™t pass 2. Constitution benchmark legislation B. Senator Oâ€™Brien, Senator Sanchez, and Senator Fletcher 1. Absence policy a) Explain what is excused vs. unexcused (1) Define time limit to report b) How many absences in total for all of SGA activities 2. To talk with Rosie about changes she was making C. Senator Ortiz-Jimenez 1. Looking over policy series still

Meeting Adjourned

8:33 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Carissa Ramirez Rules Chairwoman

Spirit Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 4 3/4/19 Meeting Commenced

â€‹Attendance

Attended

6:40 PM Senator Celeste Battipaglia Senator Catherine McCarthy Senator Jared Candelaria Senator Maggie Hurley Senator Moon Rob Senator Donia Firooz Associate Josh Philip Chair Chelsea Tomasso

Absent

I. II. III.

Senator Tara Stark

Spirit Week a. Additions to schedule b. Senator assignments for each day of the week Stressbusters a. Will discuss next week Committee Meeting a. Will either be during the Watch Party or during our normal meeting depending on CAA Tournament performance

Meeting Adjourned

7:30 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Spirit Chair Chelsea Tomasso

Student Services Committee Minutes S19Weekly Meeting #5 3/5/2019

Meeting Commenced

6:35 PM

Attendance Attended Senator Alexa Osner Senator Charlie Greenberg Chair Isabelle Schmidt Senator Gabby Spann Senator Catherine MacCarthy Senator Erynn Phillips Associate DaisyMae VanValkenburgh Excused

II.

III. IV.

Senator Gisselle Ortiz

Spring into Action Week a. Days all finalized b. Stuff coming in March 7 c. Resource Trivia Hofstra Shares April 3rd Common hour a. If can’t get donations, where to buy b. Slow Food Hoftsra Resolution a. New Updates Master Doc Made a. Highlight questions for Bell b. Long term goals---> SHACC Advisory board

Meeting Adjourned

8:01 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Isabelle Schmidt Student Services ChairÂ