Student Government Association April 1, 2021

Agenda of the 85th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association April 1, 2021 Hofstra University Zoom University Call to order A. B. C.

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Meeting Called to order at 6:31 PM Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at 26 Special Business a. Alumni Panel Senator Shareef moves for a 5 Minute Recess a. Motion Seconded b. Motion Passed Approval of the Minutes a. Senator Hotaling moves to approve the cabinet minutes from 3/31 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed b. Senator Behm moves to approve senate minutes from 3/25 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed New Business a. Elections Commission

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Responses to the RSVP Form 1. We got a bunch of people signed up so far--but let’s try to get more people to join! 2. For those of you living on campus, I ask that you try reaching out to your RAs and ask them to spread around the link to other RAs + their floors to hopefully garner more attraction! 3. Obviously this is very important but you should be telling people about our elections and tell them to RSVP. RSVP form will close on April 3rd at midnight. Elections Information Powerpoint and Forms 1. Just adjusting and making some edits (grammar, link formatting, etc.) 2. Will be reaching out to chairs regarding their committee slides to see if they want me to add/alter anything that isn’t already included Information Session 1. As I said before, I would like some senators to speak about their time in SGA during these information sessions, so if you’re registered for a timeslot expect to speak a little about SGA. 2. The Elections Commission will NOT be meeting on April 5th since it is the first day of Information Sessions, but I will be reaching out to them at the end of the week just as an update for

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how Information Sessions went. Final Thoughts 1. As I stated at our last Senate meeting, April is a very turbulent month for us with so many events going on. That is why I expect each and every one of you to put in the time to promote not only Elections, but the rest of the events we have planned for April!

F. E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. Meeting with Vice President Houston Dougherty & Dean of Students Gaby St. Leger Tomorrow ii. Updates to Graduation 2021 Met with President Rabinowitz iii. Meeting with Incoming President Susan Posner b. Vice President - A. Osner i. Spring into Action Week 1. Link will be live on Monday 2. Make sure to reach out to students and push the survey ii. Promote the upcoming SGA Elections iii. Promote Advocacy Forums c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. No Official Report d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. Staff Appreciation Form is still live and in progress ii. Preparing for the Advocacy Forums G. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. No official Report b. Club Resources - K. Ortiz i. Reallocating Office Spaces ii. Working with special meetings iii. Constitution review iv. Working on Club Elections c. Communications - A. Colon i. Presented by Senator Doherty 1. SGA Elections Info Sessions 2. Wellness Wednesdays 3. Spring into Action Week Prep 4. Tuesday is our Dare Day 5. Silly String Competition this upcoming week 6. Take Over Tuesday Recap d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. Spring into Action Week ii. Promote Advocacy Forums it is very important e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk

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Report given by Senator Behm 1. IT & Ed Tech a. Working on Hammer Lab and Calkins Lab Redesign 2. CUA and CAE follow up doing more interactive activities 3. Working on Themes and Events with restrictions f. Equity & Inclusion - W. Germaine i. Working on upcoming events for ii. Environmental Questions for the event g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. Working on Dr. Posner Questions ii. Advocacy Forums iii. Future with LEAF Club iv. Aleyanna met with Houston regarding the Garden v. Senator Singh is the point person for Calkins and Hammer Lab h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. Wellness Wednesdays and the Future of the Committee ii. Art with Impact Prep and Planning stages iii. Menstrual Products updates i. Senator Patane moves to pass all committee minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed j. Chair O’Brien moves to suspend the rules for Senator Funk to present TItle IX Report i. Motion Seconded ii. Roll Call Vote Insert Here iii. Motion Passed k. Senator Funk Presents Title IX Report l. Sexual Assault Month is here a. Have Sexual Assault Awareness Talk April 8th, tabling through the month, SGA programming: Take Back the Night and Gather to Give b. The flyer is being finalized and last minute event info is getting worked outHave lots of events planning c. SGA will be working on lots of evets Began looking at future programming with online reporting H. Announcements I. For Good of the Order J. Snap Cup K. Adjournment a. Senator Doherty moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 8:29 pm

Cabinet Agenda Zoom Room March 31st, 2021 I.

Call to Order A. Meeting called to order at 7:46 II. Peaks III. New Business a. Elections Commission Update i. Update with RSVP and Attendance ii. Elections Forms and Info Session b. Advocacy Forum i. Powerpoints ii. What should we really present on iii. How to get people to talk iv. Keep it brief IV. Pres/ VP updates Meeting with Houston on Friday L4L has their cap stone coming in the next few weeks Meeting with Susan Posner next week and worked on drafting questions V. Comptroller Updates No Official Report VI. Secretary Updates No Official Report Committee Updates a. Appropriations i. Blanket Allocations ii. Email send out to clubs for funding b. Academic Affairs i. Report given by VP Osner 1. Updates to Hammer and Calkins Lab 2. Form in important chat about FAQ Freshman 3. SAS partnership with Senator Behm 4. Survey for CTRs c. Club Resources i. Club Office Space reallocations ii. Special Meeting Dates Tuesdays 4pm iii. Club Elections d. Communications i. Elections Post

ii. SAW Graphics iii. Tik Tok Updates e. Equity and Inclusion i. Working on Advocacy Forum Presentation f. Facilities and Operations i. Working on Proposal from Ben and Aleyanna ii. Hofstra Carbon Net Neutrality initiative g. Programming i. Working on SAW ii. Advocacy Forum Updates h. Wellness and Campus Safety i. Menstrual Product Initiative ii. Art with Impact updates For Good of the Order Adjournment Chair Germaine moves to adjourn the meeting Motion Seconded Motion Passed Meeting adjourned at 8:22 pm

Agenda of the 85th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association March 25, 2021 Hofstra University Zoom University Call to order Meeting Called to order at 6:33 PM A. Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at 26 B. Approval of the Minutes a. Senator Funk moves to approve the cabinet minutes from 3/24 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed b. Senator Singh moves to approve senate minutes from 3/18 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed C. New Business a. Elections Commission

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Definite Dates for Upcoming Spring 2021 Elections (All Dates and Times under EST): 1. Information Sessions: a. April 5th -- 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm b. April 6th -- 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm c. April 7th -- 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm 2. Candidate Applications: a. April 10th at 9:00 am -- Application Distribution b. April 16th at 9:00 pm -- Application Deadline 3. Campaigning: a. April 18th at 9:00 am -- Official Start Date b. April 24th at 6:00 pm -- Official End Date c. In the event that we have two presidential tickets, we will hold a virtual debate via Zoom that same week. 4. Voting a. April 28th at 9:00 am -- Voting Opens on the Portal b. April 29th at 5:00 pm -- Voting Closes on the Portal 5. Turnover a. April 29th -- Also coincides with the 85th's final meeting. Promotion of Campaign 1. Will be reaching out to Chair Colon and the Communications Committee for their assistance in creating fliers to be posted on our

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social media pages. 2. Everyone should be promoting the election verbally! Tell your friends, people in your clubs, people you live with, classmates! Spread the word as much as you can. Housekeeping Stuff 1. Will be making edits and additions to Powerpoint to account for the Election of the President and Vice President, in addition to creating Pres/VP Candidate Form. 2. Possibly creating an RSVP form for Information Session sign-ups? (TBD) a. Chair Liebowitz moves to extend campaigning end date to Apr 27 at 6 pm i. Motion Seconded ii. By a vote of 22-1-3 iii. Motion Passed

b. S.A.2021.85.03 i. Senator Decrescenzo moves for a 10 minute moderate caucus for question 9 1. Motion Seconded a. By a vote of 16-6-4 b. Motion Passed ii. Senator Doherty 1. Cabinet saw this yesterday and it was worded interesting but it is a straight forward point iii. Senator Decrescenzo 1. I see where a previous speaker said going further with this question talking about what is Student Government. The question is incomplete iv. Chair Connolly-Sisk 1. There is an option with the wording and we can update it to other options a. Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to change wording in question 9 i. Motion Seconded ii. By a vote of 25-0-1 iii. That motion passes v. Chair Aquino moves to add a question to S.A.003 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 23-3-1 3. Motion Passes vi. Senator Schanck moves to change wording in question 1 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 24-1-1 3. That Motion Passes vii. Chair O’Brien moves to add a new question to S.A. 1. Motion Seconded 2. Objection

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a. Debate i. Chair O’Brien 1. Question came from the committee we work closely with Public Safety and it goes into detail with Parking restrictions and getting away with what they are doing 2. Chair Connolly-Sisk a. Very important question and I objected just for the wording and asking about public safety isn't getting all the answers needed 3. Chair Germaine a. Very opposing based on identity 4. Senator Hotaling a. This can be very useful going further and there is a disconnect between students and Public Safety 5. Chair O’Brien a. Im cool with changing the wording 6. Senator Behm a. What about splitting into 2 questions ii. By a vote of 14-8-5 Question 11 was added Chair Connolly-Sisk moves for 8 minute moderated caucus 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 20-4-1 Chair O’Brien 1. I am open to change the wording and parking was brought up specifically Chair Connolly-Sisk 1. What are you trying to get out of this question a. Senator Hotaling i. I want to go back to the Public Safety part and how they aren't doing an adequate job about that b. Chair O’Brien i. This is important because we can get this data and bring it to Public Safety to update for changes Chair Germaine 1. There already is something and committee for this can we just look at enforcing safety instead of the Public Safety part Senator Congdon 1. Wellness just wants to just engaged with the students regarding this question but there is a lot of information already next time we get data we can break this up Senator Behm

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1. I think now is to split up the question do it now instead of later may be a good idea to have an open ended question Chair Connolly-Sisk 1. Parking is very specific and parking is not i think splitting to have something different Chair O’Brien 1. I don't think having two questions is a waste Chair Connolly-Sisk move to change question in 11 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 21-1-3 3. Motion Passed Chair Aquino moves to edit question 7 1. Motion Seconded a. By a vote of 22-2-1 b. Motion Passed Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to strike Q5 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 16-6-4 3. Motion passed Chair Connolly-SIsk moves for a 5 minute moderated caucus 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 18-6-1 Chair Connolly-SIsk 1. Asks about facilities and their feedback Chair Aquino 1. Asks question about ranking question instead Senator Hotaling 1. I like the proposed questioning but with a 1 to 4 ranking Chair Aquino moves strike language in Q6 and Replace Q6 with new Question 1. Motion Seconded a. Comptroller Cote: Yay b. Appropriations Chair Liebowitz: Yay c. Club Resources Chair Ortiz: Yay d. Communications Chair Colon:Yay e. Programming Chair Paturzo:Yay f. Academic Affairs Chair Connolly-Sisk:Yay g. Equity and Inclusion Chair Germaine:Yay h. Facilities and Operations Chair Aquino:Yay i. Wellness and Campus Chair O’Brien:Yay j. Senator Behm:Yay k. Senator Cheng:Yay l. Senator Congdon:Yay m. Senator DeBiso:Yay n. Senator DeCrescenzo:Yay

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o. Senator Doherty:Yay p. Senator Hotaling:Yay q. Senator Kaludis:Yay r. Senator Kang: N/A s. Senator Patene: Yay t. Senator Perez: Yay u. Senator Patula:Yay v. Senator Schanck: Yay w. Senator Singh: Yay x. Senator Walker:Yay y. Senator Welch:Yay 2. By a vote of 25-0-0 3. Motion Passed Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to switch questions #9 and #10 in order 1. Motion Seconded 2. By a vote of 25-0-0 Senator Hotaling moves to pass S.A.3 1. Motion Seconded a. Comptroller Cote: Yay b. Appropriations Chair Liebowitz: Yay c. Club Resources Chair Ortiz: Yay d. Communications Chair Colon:Yay e. Programming Chair Paturzo:Yay f. Academic Affairs Chair Connolly-Sisk:Yay g. Equity and Inclusion Chair Germaine:Yay h. Facilities and Operations Chair Aquino:Yay i. Wellness and Campus Chair O’Brien:Yay j. Senator Behm: Yay k. Senator Cheng: Yay l. Senator Congdon: Yay m. Senator DeBiso: Yay n. Senator DeCrescenzo: Yay o. Senator Doherty: Yay p. Senator Hotaling: Yay q. Senator Kaludis: Yay r. Senator Kang: Yay s. Senator Patene: Yay t. Senator Perez: Yay u. Senator Patula: Yay v. Senator Schanck: Yay w. Senator Singh: Yay x. Senator Walker: Yay y. Senator Welch:Yay 2. By a vote of 26-0-0

3. Motion Passed D. E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. Report Given by Vice President Osner see Vice President Osner report b. Vice President - A. Osner i. Tomorrow is our meeting with President Rabinowitz where we will be discussing Spring into Action Week questions and other topics ii. The first group of club office spaces are being renovated iii. April 7th will be our meeting with President Poser. Continue to let us know if you have any questions iv. We will be having an in-person Senate on April 22nd with COVID safety compliance in the Cultural Center Theater. You may participate either in-person or online c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. Working on blanket allocations d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. Dining Update for Staff letter ii. Dining Focus Group iii. Title IX Survey iv. In person Senate Updates E. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. Budget forms for next semester will not be required, however they are still a useful tool for clubs to have for weekly Appropriations meetings ii. Funding will be dispersed as a blanket allocation for Fall 2021 in an amount that has not been set yet b. Club Resources - K. Ortiz i. We have finalized the application for Club Office Space Allocations which will be sent out shortly ii. We are continuing our work on reviewing the Constitution c. Communications - A. Colon i. The Alumni Panel will be next Thursday April 1st. We will have eight panelists coming ii. During Spring into action week, we will be promoting the survey by requesting students to take a screenshot when they have finished the survey and as a reward they will get to dare a member of SGA to do something. Dares must be P.G. iii. We will be putting on a voting campaign for who in SGA will be silly-stringed if we manage to reach 500 surveys iv. There is still a spot for Takeover Tuesday on April 13th d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. Spring into action week is April 5th-9th. Please make sure you are promoting the surveys. The committee worked on language for a communication regarding SAW that will be sent shortly ii. Build-A-Friend is set for April 28th

iii. Take Back the Night is set for April 29th e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk i. Meeting with Julie from SAS will be tomorrow. Please reach out with questions. ii. Meeting with SAC was yesterday. Watch out for a google form asking for Frequently Asked Questions related to academics that will appear in the group chat iii. Meeting with IT in 2 weeks f. Equity & Inclusion - W. Germaine i. Planning a Safe-Space event ii. Will be emailing clubs about the Day of Understanding next week g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. The LEAF Club visited committee today with plans for guest speakers and other initiatives ii. Will be working on finalizing the sustainability proposal and reaching out to more universities individuals to gain their perspective on sustainability h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. Working on sustainability and organic products initiative ii. Focusing on Art With Impact. We need two student panelists and clubs to cosponsor the event i. Senator Patane moves to pass all committee minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed F. Announcements G. For Good of the Order H. Snap Cup I. Adjournment a. Senator Hotaling moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 8:47 pm

Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended:

Appropriations Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 8 03/29/21 7:33 PM Chair A. Liebowitz Senator M. Hotaling Chair W. Germaine

Comptroller N. Cote Associate J. Lee

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Senator J. Kang

Senator B. Welch

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Associate A. Sierra Senator A. Rudder

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SGA Housekeeping Spring Fall Fest Blanket Allocations Email

Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Chair Aaron Liebowitz

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Club Resources Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Meeting #8 03/29/2021

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Attendance Attend Associate Zacchia Senator Behm Senator Perez Senator Potula Chair Aquino Chair Connolly-Sisk Chair Ortiz Absent

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Kahoot for Pages 14-18 A. Pages 19-21 for next week

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1. Number of E-Board Members 2. Number of Events per semester 3. Nature of the club 4. Influx of new members in the club; attract new members (reliably) 5. Prioritize clubs that have not gotten an office space before B. 37 Clubs approx got spaces III.

A. Special Meeting Dates/Time 1. Did a doodle poll to find availability 2. Tuesday’s at 4pm 6/7 will be when special meetings are held 3. Those who cannot make the special meetings I will meet with separately 4. Will tell committee during committee if there will be a special meeting that week IV.

Reminder A. Everyone needs to be paying attention in senate, and should be engaged and putting energy towards it :)

Meeting adjourned at 7:39pm Respectfully Submitted, Chair Kristin Ortiz

Communications Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 8 03/30/2021 Meeting Commenced 6:32pm Attended:

Senator Thomas Doherty Senator Daniel DeCrescenzo Chair David O’Brien Senator Andrew Patane Senator Afsah Shareef Senator Julie Singh

Senator Gigi Walker Associate Olivia Bevinetto Associate Alma Glavatovic Associate Alisha Riggs Associate Mac Sykes Chair Antonella Colon Absent: 1. High/Low 2. Graphics a. Election Info Sessions i. April 5-7 (mon-wed)- David ii. Post with zoom code iii. RSVP Form (story or post idk)- Gigi b. Thomas’s Wellness Wednesdays i. Organization/Checklist ii. Self Care 3. April Graphic Schedule a. Stories i. Horror-scopes- Monday ii. Dares- Tuesday iii. Tag Friends- Wednesday iv. Spring This/That- Thursday v. Cabinet Silly String- Friday 1. Survey mid way check in vi. RSVP Flyer form- 3/31 b. Posts i. SAW Survey- on Monday ii. Advocacy Forum- Friday iii. Info Sessions- Sunday Meeting Adjourned 7:06pm Respectfully Submitted, Antonella Colon Communications Chairwoman

Programming Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #8 3/30/21 Meeting Commenced 6:30 PM Zoom Code: 983 9715 5171 Attendance Attended

Senator Susan Cheng Senator Calob Congdon

Senator Maxie DeBiso Senator Katie Funk Senator George Kaludis Senator Faith Schanck Associate Amanda Doherty Associate Nicole Kerr Associate Jessaia McGriff Associate Gabrielle Schroeder Chair Alexa Paturzo

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Sexual Assault Awareness Program during April 1. Gather to Give 2. Take Back the Night- April 29th

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3. Elections Procedure a. Google Form 4. Housekeeping a. Sign up for elections, Senators are required to complete two club elections this semester. b. Absences c. Questions?

Meeting Adjourned 7:00 PM Respectfully Submitted, Alexa Paturzo Programming Chair

Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended:

Elections Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 3 03/29/21 7:00 PM Chair M. Hotaling Chair A. Paturzo Senator B. Welch

Chair D. O’Brien Secretary C. Greenberg

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Responses to the RSVP Form A. We got a bunch of people signed up so far--but let’s try to get more people to join! B. For those of you living on campus, I ask that you try reaching out to your RAs and ask them to spread around the link to other RAs + their floors to hopefully garner more attraction! C. Obviously this is very important but you should be telling people about our elections and tell them to RSVP. RSVP form will close on April 3rd at midnight. Elections Information Powerpoint and Forms A. Just adjusting and making some edits (grammar, link formatting, etc.) B. Will be reaching out to chairs regarding their committee slides to see if they want me to add/alter anything that isn’t already included Information Session A. As I said before, I would like some senators to speak about their time in SGA during these information sessions, so if you’re registered for a timeslot expect to speak a little about SGA. B. The Elections Commission will NOT be meeting on April 5th since it is the first day of Information Sessions, but I will be reaching out to them at the end of the week just as an update for how Information Sessions went. Final Thoughts A. As I stated at our last Senate meeting, April is a very turbulent month for us with so many events going on. That is why I expect each and every one of you to put in the time to promote not only Elections, but the rest of the events we have planned for April!

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Respectfully Submitted, Michael A. Hotaling Elections Commission Chair Academic Affairs Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Meeting #8 04/01/21 Meeting called to order at 6:00 pm est Attendance Attended

Chair Connolly-Sisk Chair Paturzo Senator Behm Senator Congdon

Senator Walker Senator Kaludis Senator Schanck Associate Navarro

Absent Visitors A. Icebreaker a. What’s the last thing you put 100% into? Can be silly or serious! B. Updates from me a. Advocacy Forum is coming! b. Met with Jesse Webster about Calkins/Hammer lab redesigns c. Don’t forget to sign up for the info sessions! d. Senator Behm will give my minutes tonight C. Subcommittees a. CUA/CAE i. Sent follow up email ii. Meeting coming up iii. More interactive social media iv. Registration is over-> what is still utilized? b. IT/EdTech i. April 7th at common hour ii. Wifi in the tents, but also in general iii. Lecture capture technology? c. DAV(e) i. FAQ Updates 1. Only 2 responses :( 2. Accommodations questions and room number questions ii.

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1. Looking into showing “Kū Kanaka/Stand Tall” 2. Trying to get/checking permission to show “Crip Camp” from Netflix Finding possible panelists for future semesters Maybe put together something for professors to learn about the needs of their Students

D. Questions for Dr. Poser a. How would you plan on addressing issues relating to accommodations in faculty spaces? b. What’s your stance on utilizing virtual learning resources as we return to in person learning? c. Thoughts on Title IX? d. How will you address lowering enrollment rates? E. The Weekly Norm a. Sign-up for elections! b. Review Absence Policy :) F. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm est Respectfully Submitted,

Khiya Connolly-Sisk Academic Affairs Chair

Equity and Inclusion Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #8 4/1/21 Meeting Commenced 6:00 PM Attended

Attendance Associate Lila Campbell Senator Suzie Cheng

Chair Antonella Colon Chair Will Germaine Senator Bryan Perez Senator Anja Rudder Senator Maheen Safian Senator Afsah Shareef Visitor Absent

1. Peak/Pits 2. Check-ins a. Subcommittees Assignment i. Programming : Committee Ppt 1. Lila, Suzie ii. Outreach : Email draft 1. Anja, Bryan, Afsah iii. Research: Possible AAPI Panel 1. Anto, Maheen b. Task for each subcommittee i. Assigned. Due next committee. 3. Chair Updates a. No Hate @ Hofstra b. Center for Race c. Running for Chair? d. Advocacy Forum e. Dining Appreciation Form f. Environmentalism week g. Questions for Dr.Posner i. How will you approach the role as president differently than the previous administration? ii. How do you plan on creating an inclusive environment at Hofstra? iii. What are your thoughts on removing the TJ statue? iv. How does it feel to step into a male dominated position being the first woman president at Hofstra? 4. Questions/ What's up a. Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Will Germaine Equity and Inclusion Chair

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Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes S20 Weekly Meeting #7 4/1/21 Meeting Commenced 6:00pm Attendance

Attended Chair Bernice Aquino Associate Aleyana Boothe Senator Maxie DeBiso Senator Thomas Doherty Associate Abia Farzandali Senator Katherine Funk Associate Anthony Papasodero Senator Andrew Patane Senator Julie Singh Senator Benjamin Welch Absent I.

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Reminders: A. Spring Into Action Week starts next week! (April 5-9) B. Sign up for the communications social media initiatives on the master sign up sheet! C. Sign up for elections! D. Link to Master Sign-Up Sheet E. Don’t forget to RSVP for an info session, here’s the link: https://forms.gle/iLorTnyHoQHWKMQd7 Advocacy forum presentation (April 7 during common hour) A. What would you like to see on it? 1. Sustainability proposal 2. Hammer and Calkins Lab renovations - discussing improvements (collaborative space, advertising, technology) 3. Parent and Family garden - student delegate to parent council. Will be organizing a competition to create a logo which will be put on merch to be sold for fundraising. This competition will be held after the garden is designed. No final date as to when the garden will be finished. B. What are the topics/questions we should address? 1. How to Hofstra? → what are things that you know now that you wish you knew when you first started at Hofstra? 2. Sustainability 3. Compass Any questions for the new president? Our VP & Pres will be meeting with her next week. A. Feel free to add any questions you may have here on the agenda.

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B. What is the level of transparency you’ll have with students? (Our current president is not super transparent) C. What is your leadership style? (open-door policy, interacting with students, etc) D. What were you able to implement in previous institutions? E. Aside from students coming to you, how else do you plan on interacting with students? Are you going to reach out to clubs, for example? F. What kind of support will you offer students who want to pursue a big initiative? (For example, eliminating $25 card fee) G. What are your ideas? Potential LEAF petition A. I’m still trying to meet with Zaibis to talk specifics about the petition and if we have to go through any processes to make it happen. B. Regardless, I will reach out to LEAF by the end of the week with any updates. I will also encourage them to draft the petition so that we can be prepared.

Meeting adjourned 6:30pm Respectfully submitted, Bernice Aquino Facilities & Operations Chair

Wellness & Campus Safety Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #8 4/01/21 Meeting Commenced 6:00 PM Attendance

Attended Senator DeCrescenzo Senator Hotaling Senator Kang Senator Potula Associate Sanchez Chair O’Brien Chair Ortiz

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1. Ice Breaker 2. Wellness Wednesdays a. Senator Kang will create content for 4/8/21 b. Senator DeCrescenzo will create content for 4/14/21 3. Wellness/Campus Safety Chair 2021 - 2022 a. Reach out with questions! 4. Questions for incoming Hof President a. How will Hofstra COVID protocols be impacted by the transition of power? Any new policies you would like to see implemented or scaled back? b. How would you repair faculty and student relationships in and outside of the classroom post COVID? 5. Art With Impact Panel a. Please share with friends and recruit! 6. Menstrual Product Proposal a. Emailed VP Barkwill, will schedule a meeting and get back to the committee regarding products at Dutch/Netherlands Core Market Questions/Concerns i. None

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Respectfully Submitted, David O’Brien Wellness & Campus Safety Chair