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Agenda of the 83â€‹rdâ€‹ Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association January 31, 2019 Student Center Greenhouse Call to Order at 6:35pm I. Quorum Call II. Chairperson Labrie moves to add the formation of the elections commision to the agenda A. Motion seconded B. Motion passes unanimously III. New Business A. SGA Club Recognition Hearing i. Hofstra Health and Wellness Club 1. Membership is not an issue. They have at least 15 members come to every event. They have ideas for the future. We should ask about their e-board and how turnover will look like and why they want SGA recognition. 2. Senator Doan asks about co-presidencies a. Chairperson Ramirez states that this club can vote to have them and that they are allowed 3. The Club Presents a. Co-Presidents state that they promote the health and wellbeing of the Hofstra community. They want to promote a sense of community with the pre-med community. They would like to achieve this through the club. They want to bring in speakers to Hofstra to educate the Hofstra Community and to bring new opportunities. They did not stand alone before and would like to now. They have 25 plus members that come to meetings. They have activities and one of them was hand sanitizer giveaways during tabling. They would also like to raise money for organizations around long island. They have many ideas lined up for this semester including a walk-a-ton, a speaker's panel, and a skin cancer event. They also want a sense of autonomy. They state that they are trying to navigate through what they can and cannot do without SGA recognition. They think that funding would help with their events and go towards fundraising on their own. They would also like to collaborate with other SGA recognized clubs. They would also have a mix of advisors. b. Questions i. Comptroller Kutsch asks if they have members for the upcoming semesters

1. They state that their Vice President will be President next semester. And they have added a few new roles onto their e-board. There will also be trainings given from older members to newer members to help transitioning ii. Senator Battipaglia asks about training interests 1. They state yes. They asks if anyone would be interested and about 5 to 7 people raised their hand. People want to be more involved iii. Senator Doan asks about the class standing of e-board 1. They state that there are seniors, juniors, and a sophomore. They would like to do the transition due to it c. Debate i. Senator Osner for 1. This club was one of the most well prepared club. They have many returning members. It is great that they are doing a training. ii. Senator Ortiz for 1. They state their purpose is for pre-med students at hofstra iii. Senator Fletcher against 1. There are a couple of other clubs that are catered towards the medical track. There could be overlap between these clubs iv. Senator Doan for 1. No new points v. Comptroller Kutsch for 1. There is more opportunity to become a leader by having this club recognized vi. Vote 1. By a vote of 36-0-2, that motion passes B. Nominations for the Elections Commission i. Previous Members of the Elections Commission present 1. Senator Harley, Senator Algarin, and Senator Greenberg speak about their experience. They state that this commission is an unbiased body. They solve any issues and concerns individuals may come up in the election process. They worked closely with our advisor Denise Boneta. It is a fun experience. They state that usually it is graduating class members. If you are on the commission, you cannot support anyoneâ€™s ticket. 2. Questions a. Senator Tomy asks if this is only for Vice President and President i. It is for all elections except chairperson elections since they are voted in internally within Senate. There are a different set of numbers for Senator, Justices, President, and Vice President 3. Nominations a. Comptroller Kutsch nominates Senator Read i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded b. Senator Caldwell nominates Senator Harvey i. Accepts

ii. Motion seconded Senator Farooqui notions Comptroller Kutsch i. Respectfully Declines d. Senator McCarthy nominates Chairperson Grief i. Respectfully Declines e. Senator Read nominates President Normandin i. Respectfully Declines f. Chairperson Labrie nominates Senator Harley i. Respectfully Declines g. Senator Greenberg nominates Comptroller Kutsch i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded h. Senator Tomy nominates Chairperson Tomasso i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded i. Senator Read nominates Senator Rob i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded j. Senator Battipaglia nominates Senator Candelaria i. Accepts ii. Motion seconded Approval of the Senate Minutes from December 6, 2018 A. Comptroller Kutsch moves to approve the senate minutes i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes unanimously Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from January 30, 2019 A. Senator Dimes moves to approve the cabinet minutes i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes unanimously Executive Board Reports A. President— A. Normandin i. President Normandin gives Senate a small activity to do ii. Email from Kathleen Lieblich from OSAPA with regards to a Hofstra’s YouOK Campaign. It is a mental health campaign and the goal is to have positive and open conversations about mental health. They requests 1 to 2 students to be involved in this campaign. This won’t be an official committee but more of a informal effort towards this campaign. 1. Senators state that they know individuals on campus who have been dealing with mental health issues and that this campaign can make a difference. These characters help with brightening conversations about mental health that can be a bit difficult. This would be a good idea to spread awareness about these issues and it will help become less of a stigma. This could also be worrying too if these characters have a negative impact on those with mental health issues. Another concern is that this might not be taken seriously by some students on campus. 2. Chairperson Labrie moves for traditional debate around this campaign a. Motion seconded b. Motion objected c. Motion to have debate on this topic i. Vote 1. By a vote of 18-20-0, that motion does not pass 3. Senator Tomy moves to have a vote as to whether SGA should support this campaign a. Vote c.

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i. By a vote of 25-11-2, that motion passes iii. Spring Semester there will be a open Cabinet meeting in the Greenhouse on Wednesday, March 27th at 6:30pm. All members are welcome to come. iv. Cabinet will potentially be open to an individual or two each week who would like to come speak to Cabinet about a project. This will be a trial for next week and we will see from there if this will be continued. Email her by Monday at 5:00pm. Dean of Students Conference Room on Wednesday at 6:30pm. v. Community Governance Summit will be occurring tomorrow. There are workshops that will be happening. The theme is how can we be more effective student leaders that oversee other student leaders. vi. Updates from this week 1. Met with the new V.P. of IT, Steve Fabiani. He will be coming to Senate this semester. They spoke about Hofstra’s website with him and keeping it more up to date. They also spoke about some other systems that we could adopt at Hofstra. Also, making an online reporting system. They also talked about other technological ways of getting into residence halls other than standard keys. But this is a longer term initiative and will be seen. They also spoke about laptop accessibility for students. They also spoke about other systems different from GetInvolvedHU for data collection and surveying. 2. Prepping for the Summit 3. Caribbean Students Association a. They are looking to bring a motivational speaker on campus. IEI, CSA, and the cultural center is looking to co-sponsor it and they would like us to co-sponsor. B. Vice President— D. Denton i. Senate Operations 1. The new start time is 6:30pm and the cut-off time is going to be 11:30pm. ii. President’s Task Force 1. It is still ongoing from last semester. There will be open meetings soon and individuals will be able to come in and give their opinions on issues on campus. February 15th and February 27th. C. Comptroller—M. Kutsch 1. Rollback has been done last week. 2. Everyone interested in the committee. He’d like to get started next week. D. Secretary— M. Nijjer E. Chairperson Labrie moves to reopen the election committee nominations i. Motion seconded ii. Motion passes Committee Chair Reports A. Appropriations – T.Grief i. Chairperson Grief states that the committee saw one greek organization. The meeting went well. And The policy series was discussed and they plan on completely rewriting it. 1. Senator Read asks about the funding since it was for a fundraiser a. It was the committee who interpreted it as not violating the policy series ii. Senator Rob moves to pass the allocations 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes iii. Senator Dimes moves to pass the appropriations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes

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B. Club Relations – B.Crofts i. Senator Bathija presents the minutes. Expectations were set for this semester. Audits will be done this semester. Application would be due March 27th for Club Office Space allocations. April will be the transfer of offices. Chairperson Crofts reached out to move the yearbooks soon. ii. Senator Farooqui moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes C. Public Relations— A. Labrie i. Chairperson Labrie states that the committee went over a new social media plan. The boards will be updated. ii. Senator Harley moves to pass the Public Relations minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes D. Rules— C. Ramirez i. Chairperson Ramirez states that introductions were done, a club was seen, and elections were done. Senator Farooqui is the archivist and Senator Fletcher is the new Ethics and Conduct Chair. All emails regarding absences and latenesses should go to Senator Fletcher. This semester the committee will be working on the policy series in collaboration with each respective committee. In order to bring legislation to the rules committee, a co-signer is needed. So, Senate will need to help with this undertaking. There will be a master document which will be edited throughout this process. Two elections need to be staffed. ii. Senator Candelaria moves to pass the Rules minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes E. Spirit—C. Tomasso i. Chairperson Tomasso states that introductions were done. The projects for this semester are Valentine’s Day, Basketball Season, Spirit Week, and Pride Den Plaque. Also talked about stressbusters. The spirit committee will be working on the basketball games in terms of tabling. She needs individuals who are interested who will be interested in tabling for letting individuals on campus know about the 700 student tickets which are available. This is just for promoting and will not be an all day thing. ii. Senator Ortiz moves to pass the Spirit minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes F. Student Services—I. Schmidt i. Chairperson Schmidt states that the meeting was about spring programming. SGA at the Corner will be renamed into Spring into Action Week and will be a week long now. The senators on the committee will be program each day of the week. It will be March 11th to March 15th. There will be surveys during this week. The policy series will be updated. There will also be initiatives that the committee will be promoting and leading. One example is the pride pantry initiative. If someone is interested, please let her know. ii. Senator Firooz moves to pass the Student Services minutes 1. Motion seconded 2. Motion passes Special Reports A. Vice President Denton states that this part of the agenda will be when senators can talk about updates within their roles outside of SGA that contribute to the Hofstra Community. i. Diversity Board

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1. Senator Farooqui and Senator Osner state that they will be giving updates after the first meeting this semester. Last semester this board spoke about issues on campus. One issue that was brought up was about pronouns. If anyone is interested in sitting on the board, please let them know. ii. Social Justice Ad Hoc Committee 1. Senator Farooqui and Chairperson Ramirez present. They state that this committee’s goal would be to educate SGA on topics regarding issues on campus. There will be a chairperson overseeing this ad-hoc committee with three sub-sections. One standing issue is the Jefferson’s Gotta Go Campaign since this issue was brought to Senate last semester. And the other two issues will be chosen within Senate. There is a timeline in which topics will be picked and there will be a crash course or presentation on what the issue chosen is. Then, SGA would discuss what can be done to address that issue. There will be updates every week on one of the issues. This will help with SGA actually tackling issues that students are having on campus. After this conversion, a resolution can be drafted to show to the Hofstra Community on what SGA’s stance is. a. Senator Spann asks how many people would be on this committee i. They state that there shouldn’t be a limit on it in case there are many individuals interested on a topic. This will not work unless senators are motivated to take on some issues. b. Chairperson Schmidt asks if people should come into Senate with an idea i. They state that an individual would just have to bring a issue, why they think it is important or why it should be addressed 2. They also state that other initiatives will be proposed by the Senate and it could be more than just three. The committee won’t see issues regarding SHACC and Title-IX since there are already committees working on these topics. Also, it won’t see any issues regarding internal SGA topics. a. Senator Tomy asks why there should be a committee if senators can do initiates on their own i. They state that this would lead to more accountability because the committee would have to present to Senate. Also if there is an ad-hoc committee administrators might be held more accountable iii. Service Coordinator 1. Senator Dimes states that she is looking into opportunities for community service this semester. The Ronald McDonald House, Relay, The Mary Brennan Inn, and the Bird Sanctuary are some of the services she is looking into for this semester. It is very important also for there to be education on why individuals should volunteer. Someone from the Ronald McDonald House might be coming to Senate to speak about volunteering. If anyone has any ideas regarding this, please let her know. She is also looking into doing more volunteer work this semester. Perhaps this will happen once a month. April 5th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup

Senator Dimes moves to adjourn the Senate meeting Motion seconded Motion passes unanimously Adjournment at 9:23pm

CONSTITUTION OF THE HOFSTRA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLUB PREAMBLE: Under Article I, Section 2, of the Student Government Association (SGA) Constitution, the following organization is looking for approval to function as a student organization for the best interest of the University community. It is the duty of this student organization to follow the Student Government Association Constitution and Policy Series. A club or organization shall be defined as non-exclusive in its membership and actions by “extending equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, marital or veteran status (characteristics collectively referred to as ‘Protective Characteristic’) in employment and in the conduct and operation of Hofstra University’s Educational Programs and Activities.” ARTICLE I: NAME Section I: The name of this organization shall be Hofstra Health and Wellness Club. Section II: The name of this organization shall be colloquially known as HHW. ARTICLE II: PURPOSE Section I: The purpose of this organization is to help educate, promote, and spread general health and wellness practices at Hofstra and the surrounding areas as well as build a community of health majors and others who share this common interest of community health. ARTICLE III: CLUB ADVISOR Section I: The Club Advisors for this organization shall be non-student Hofstra University employees. 1. The advisor shall be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the active members of this organization. 2. The duties of the Club Advisor shall be the following: a. Mentor and advise this organization on how best to fulfill its purpose. b. Hold members and officers of this organization accountable. c. Serve as a resource for all members and officers if questions, suggestions, or concerns arise. ARTICLE IV: MEMBERSHIP Section I: Any full-time undergraduate student as defined by Hofstra University may become a member. Section II: Status of Members 1. Any undergraduate student is welcome to attend club meetings. a. In order to be considered active, participants shall attend at least 50% of all meetings. b. Only active members may vote in club matters and run for elected office. c. Club funds shall only go towards use by active members. d. So long as a nonmember fills the requirements to be a member and expresses interest in becoming a member to the club President then they shall be enrolled.

Section III: Expectations of Members a. Members and guests are expected to fulfill the requirements asked of by the executive board and are standard to all members, as well as respect all members, and the rules and policies of Hofstra University. b. Any member or guest found excessively disrespectful and/or vulgar at a club meeting shall be required to leave the session and may be barred from future meetings as determined by the club officers and advisor. Membership shall also be subjected to revocation. c. Any member found to be acting in a manner contradictory to club principles shall be asked to leave at the digression of club officers. d. Members are not only welcome but encouraged to give suggestions and contribute to the direction and goals of the club. ARTICLE V: OFFICERS AND THEIR ELECTIONS Section I: The titles of the officers and their duties shall be: 1. President a. Create and distribute emails to club members about club activities and other relevant information. b. Preside over and structure club meetings and events. c. Make efforts to expand club membership and its assets. d. Represent the club in outside settings in a reputable manner. 2. Vice-President a. Assist the President with their duties and fill in for the President when absent. 3. Treasurer a. Manage club funds and assets. b. Attend appropriations committee meetings when necessary. 4.

Secretary a. Record attendance of each meeting. b. Record club activities at meetings. c. Keep track of any votes and suggestions which are presented to the club.

Section II: Roles and Responsibilities a. All officers shall represent the organization in a respectable way and advocate for the best interests of the club. b. The length of the officers’ terms shall be one (1) academic year.

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a. Elections of officers shall be held before the culmination of the spring semester. b. The winners of the election shall be determined by simple majority in which only active club c. d. e. f.

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members may vote. A member shall be registered and considered active by the meeting before the election to be eligible to vote. Ballots shall only be submitted in person. The meeting before the election shall be when candidates are nominated for office. In order to be nominated for office, a candidate shall be nominated by one (1) member and seconded by a different member. No member shall nominate themselves. i. A member who is nominated has the right to refuse the nomination in which case their name shall not be recorded. ii. Between the nomination and election meetings, the club advisor shall create a ballot with the position and names of each candidate in alphabetical order based on last name to be distributed the day of the election. A representative of Student Government Association shall be present in order for the election proceedings to occur. The club may vote to institute a co-presidency. Procedure in the event of resignation, removal, or vacancy: any vacancy in the presidency shall result in the succession of the Vice President to the presidency until and emergency election is held. If for any reason the Vice President may not assume the presidency, an election shall take place as soon as possible to elect a new President.

ARTICLE VI: REMOVAL OF OFFICER 1. If it is determined that an officer is not fulfilling the duties of the position or is violating the rules and procedures of the club, they shall be removed from office or the club in the following manner: a. A concerned member shall collect and bring charges against the officer. b. Said member shall send a letter to the officer notifying them of the date of the impeachment vote. c. They shall present their findings to the club. d. The officer shall have a chance to rebut the charges. e. After all procedures have been carried out, a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all active members is required to remove the officer. f. A member of Student Government Association’s Rules Committee shall be present for impeachment proceedings to occur. ARTICLE VII: METHOD OF AMENDMENT

1. Proposed amendments to this constitution shall be presented at any regular meeting and shall be ratified by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the active members present and voting at the following regular meeting.

2. Any amendments made to this constitution shall be presented to and approved by the Student Government Associationâ€™s Rules Committee before going into effect.

Agenda of the 83rd Senate

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Quorum Call Approval of the Senate Minutes from November 29, 2018 A. Chairperson Tomasso moves to approve the Senate Minutes from November 29th i. motion seconded ii. motion passes unanimously Approval of the Cabinet Minutes from December 5, 2018 A. Chairperson Tomasso moves to approve the Cabinet Minutes from December 5th i. motion seconded ii. motion passes unanimously Chairperson Crofts moves to suspend the rules for mingling with administrators A. motion seconded B. motion passes unanimously Chairperson Crofts moves to reinstate the rules A. motion seconded B. motion passes unanimously End of Semester Reports A. President— A. Normandin i. President Normandin and Vice President Denton present their end of semester report B. Comptroller—M. Kutsch i. Comptroller Kutsch presents his end of semester report C. Appropriations – T.Grief i. Chairperson Grief presents his end of semester report D. Club Relations – B.Crofts i. Chairperson Crofts presents his end of semester report E. Public Relations— A. Labrie i. Chairperson Labrie presents his end of semester report F. Rules— C. Ramirez i. Chairperson Ramirez presents her end of semester report G. Spirit—C. Tomasso i. Chairperson Tomasso presents her end of semester report H. Student Services—I. Schmidt i. Chairperson Schmidt presents her end of semester report Senator Rose moves to suspend the rules to move into Senatorial Action

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A. motion seconded B. motion passes unanimously New Business A. Constitutional Convention i. Changes made 1. Grammatical errors have been fixed 2. The title has been changed to add “Senate” B. Gender-neutral language has been added to the document to be inclusive i. Power of impeachment with Judicial Panel ii. Comptroller Kutch moves to insert a footnote including the definition of a “guiding document” 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes 3. Addendum form has been stricken from the constitution 4. Clarification of who is or is not a Senator 5. Executive Branch duties have been edited a. President Duties i. those who are elected must undergo training for the role of Comptroller b. Vice President Duties i. clarifying edits were made ii. there is a change in the order of who will chair Senate meetings and the line of succession 1. Comptroller Kutch moves to hold a straw poll for adding the comptroller for the line of succession a. motion seconded b. motion passes 2. Senator Narain moves to add “followed by the Comptroller” a. motion seconded b. by a vote of 36-2-1, that motion passes c. Comptroller Duties i. clarifying edits were made ii. Zain Farooqui moves to add “Chief Justice” to those that will have authority to freeze a club 1. motion seconded 2. motion objected 3. Debate a. Senator Farooqui debates for i. The intent is that if the J-Panel has a recommendation then the Chief Justice can recommend this to the Comptroller b. Chairperson Crofts debates against i. I was concerned with the wording of “directed by” c. Senator Narain debates for i. If we are adding that all the grievances will be sent to the J-Panel, they still have to pass it through the Comptroller d. Comptroller Kutsch debates for

i. it is also 2/3rds of the Senate. Comptroller is the only person who can freeze but it would go through the Senate e. Vote i. By a vote of 34-4-2, that motion passes d. Secretary Duties i. phrasing was changed ii. included “directing inquires from external parties” to the duty of the secretary 6. Committee Chair duties have been edited a. Voting rights were added for committee chairs b. Clarifying edits were made c. Board committee numbers were changed d. Appropriations Committee i. already soft passed e. Club Relations Committee i. Investigative Hearing process was clarified and the role of Judicial Panel was added 1. Senator Harley asks about what finalizing means a. Chairperson Crofts clarifies the process 2. Senator Harvey asks for an example of a situation a. Chairperson Crofts gives an example b. Chairperson Labrie also gives an example c. Senator Narain gives an example of a previous situation from last semester f. Public Relations Committee i. already soft passed g. Rules Committee i. already soft passed h. Spirit Committee i. Added “work independently of” organizations in the future ii. Updated the athletics department’s director position iii. Senator Harley moves to strike “Student Government Association” from 207.1 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes iv. Chairperson Tomasso moves to add “on campus” after “clubs and organizations” from 207.1 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes v. Semesterly events were added and ordered in the way they are held on campus vi. Senator Phillips moves to change the wording of semesterly events from “design and participating” to “designing and or participating” 1. motion seconded a. motion objected b. Debate

i. Senator Phillips debates for ii. Spirit should be given the option to design and or just participate iii. Senator Friedman for iv. states that it would add v. Senator Battipaglia for vi. states that we should perhaps change the wording to be more specific vii. Senator Harvey against viii. states that we would be violating our own constitution if we are not designing but just participating in certain events ix. Chairperson Ramirez for x. states that and/or has been used throughout the document so it would be xi. Senator Firooz for xii. states that for certain events you are doing both. Adding an and/or would mean that in the future it would be an option to do events like Pride Unleashed Week xiii. Vote xiv. By a vote of 26-11-1, that motion passes vii. Chairperson Tomasso moves to strike “and/or” and add “designing (when necessary) and participating 1. a. motion seconded b. motion objected c. Debate i. Chairperson Tomasso for ii. I disagreed with the last motion. I do have experience with the spirit committee for the past two years. I think that this wording would be more clarifying. I don’t think it should be open to future chairs iii. Senator Osner against iv. I think this wording makes more sense v. Senator Tadbiri against vi. if a future chair does not want to do an event, they should not have to vii. Senator MacCarthy for viii. this is a different clause with regards to “and/or”. these events are integral to these

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events which are central to their role ix. Senator Battipaglia for x. we have to hold our future chairs responsible xi. Senator Harley against xii. she thinks that the wording presented is vague and that we should have faith in future chairs xiii. Chairperson Ramirez against xiv. states that in the previous sentence there is a “shall” therefore they would still have to do this but it will specify designing and participation xv. Vote xvi. By a vote of 14-24-1, that motion does not pass viii. Fall festival duties were stricken i. Student Services Committee i. programming duties are clarified ii. academic affairs subcommittee has been stricken because the University Senate has one Recording of the minutes procedure has been outlined in case of the absence of the Secretary “Robert’s Rules” was added to Parliamentary Procedure Hearings have been stricken for a separation of powers Elections a. Different options are presented by two groups for the requirements for the Office of President and Vice President i. First option is that any person who has been a part of the SGA for at least one semester should be able to run for President and Vice President. The duties of the President and Vice President are listed. Relationships are cultivated with administrators, faculty, and clubs and therefore it is risky to have people run for these positions without understanding these relationships. They might not be able to advance those relationships. Dangers of opening it to anyone are that some students might run on a populist agenda and there are no measures to prevent this from happening. It is not elist that students should be required to have spent at least one semester involved in SGA in any capacity ii. Questions 1. Senator Gonzalez asks about explaining what they meant by populists a. Senator Farooqui states that if a person runs for just one issue than the rest of SGA would not be able to function the way it does 2. Senator Alameda asks what would be done if the one semester person also does the same thing

a. Senator MacCarthy states that if you have been in SGA you would know that you can do initiatives for one issue 3. Senator Donovan asks about the Presidentâ€™s role a. acting as a representative of the student body 4. Chairperson Ramirez moves to add another two minutes to questioning a. motion seconded b. motion passes 5. Questions continues a. we can be the liaison between the students and administrators b. Second option is that presidential and vice presidential elections be open to all full-time undergraduate students. the default position is openness and that restrictions should be justified and should advance the goals of SGA. Fairness should be governance by the .65%. We exclude over 99% of the SGA constituency from running. Direct experience is helpful but the President and Vice president will have the perspective of SGA orthodoxy. Different perspectives on leadership and advocacy on behalf of students are not included. no country with a presidential system requires them to run on a national legislative body. if the student body believes that someone from outside SGA would be their best advocate , then it should be the choice made. Denying students the chance to choose freely violates democracy. For instance, a club member might think that they should run for the office of SGA. Consistency with other SGAs should be viewed. FSU, University of Alabama, American University, and Temple University do not require their candidates to have SGA experience. Essential skills donâ€™t depend on prior SGA membership. Leadership and advocacy does not have to be from non-SGA experiences. Technical aspects of the position require on the job learning. c. Questions i. Chairperson Crofts asks about the university rankings 1. They selected ii. Senator McCarthy asks about the populations 1. they vary iii. Senator McCarthy asks how many members were non-SGA candidates 1. they state they do not know. We mention this because they run with a more open policy iv. Senator Caldwell asks the student body would be more comfortable 1. it is possible that they are and it is also possible that they aren't. Students should decide that v. Senator Firooz asks if 100% can run to be a senator, 1. there is a cap for SGA for 45 senators, we exclude by definition vi. Senator Fletcher asks that anyone still can run, so how is that excluding 1. they state that there is still a cap

vii. Senator Candelaria moves to extend question time by two minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes viii. Senator Tadbiri asks how any of these schools run their SGAs 1. they all run them uniquely. ix. Senator Tadbiri asks about how the President and Vice President run with elections 1. they state that the role is unique across different schools d. Senator Friedman moves to open a speakers list with 4 speakers with 2 minute speaking time i. motion seconded ii. motion passes iii. Speakers List 1. Senator Battipaglia a. states that when she was a freshman she wanted to run for SGA President. If I had run without knowing what SGA does but I would not have done the job right. This is step up nothing like a previous club was. 2. Senator Dimes a. states that just because you allow someone to run does not mean they will win 3. Chairperson Crofts a. states that we might have a lot of unqualified candidates but we have to trust the student body to pick those that would be most qualified 4. Chairperson Ramirez a. states that it is bold to assume that someone outside of SGA would not have the right qualifications to run 5. Senator Harley a. states that this is a preliminary position 6. Senator Narain a. states that people who are not in SGA do not know how other meetings run. They have never sat at the senate table and have done it. It is a matter of understanding what Hofstra University does. Not any other universities. Think about popularity contests, a person not qualified could win based solely on who they know. 7. Senator Hurley a. states that there are advisors, chairs, and cabinets. It is not just the President and VPs making decisions 8. Senator Harvey

a. states that we have aware students at Hofstra that can make unique decisions. 9. Senator Spann a. states that one thing we are focusing on is that we are disregarding other experiences. There are valid points being made in terms of previous experience . You do not know who may want to have this role. We have other requirements than just being an advocate. You still have to go complete a packet and meet people. A lot of this is based off of tradition. 10. Senator Fletcher a. states that this is about dedication to a position. If you cannot run for Senator first, then you don't show me as a voter as dedication to be in a President or Vice President position. Anyone can run for Senate. You shouldnâ€™t be able to run, fail, and then become a higher position 11. Senator Alameda a. states that we are still a part of the student body. there is no reason to believe that students without SGA experience would not be qualified to run a higher position. Our job is to represent them not tell them what they want and need. We should help them do this iv. Senator Ortiz moves to have a three minute unmoderated caucus at the table for the Presidential and Vice Presidential qualification 1. motion seconded 2. by a vote of 33-5-0, that motion passes v. Unmoderated Caucus 1. Senator Ortiz a. the ticket put enough effort to run so we should be flexible and be open to change 2. Senator Narain a. states that the duties of being a Pres or VP have stuff that time and management and previous people didnâ€™t know about this 3. Senator McCarthy a. states that we should ask people to have a basic level of experience. If this does not help people, they didnâ€™t know what they are getting into 4. Senator Alameda a. states that we are making assumptions for the student body 5. Senator Fletcher

a. states that we ran for Senator positions and it would be a major difference if we ran for Pres and VP duties. I recommend we move the conversation on 6. Senator Caldwell a. states that there is a possibility that someone can be elected who does not have the qualifications 7. Senator Candelaria moves to extend the unmoderated caucus by two minutes a. motion seconded b. motion seconded 8. Senator Tomy a. states that there are other ways of showing dedications. You can be leaders in many ways on campus. We have had a lot of administrators come here. Just because we are here does not mean that we 9. Chairperson Kutsch a. states there is a high bar of the position. It is important to look at the reality, there is a uphill battle 10. Senator Friedman moves to hold a straw poll to see which presentation option you agree with a. motion seconded b. motion passes 11. Senator Harvey moves for a five minute moderated caucus with unlimited speakers a. motion seconded b. motion objected c. motion rescinded e. Chairperson Labrie moves to have a three minute recess so that wording can be drafted i. motion seconded ii. motion passes f. Senator Harvey moves to amend the wording to read â€œcandidate shall be full-time undergraduate students at Hofstra Universityâ€? i. motion seconded ii. motion objected iii. Debate 1. Senator Harvey for a. states that students pay tuition and pay the student activity fee and everyone should be able to decide who should run for president and there should be a democratic 2. Senator Alameda for a. states that we should hold our elections to the same standards as others 3. Senator Narain against a. states that we need to talk more about this. We know for a fact that people are

not sitting here right now and do not know what SGA is. They do not know what we do 4. Senator McDonough for a. states that the assumption is that the people in SGA are more qualified for some reason 5. Senator Alameda for a. states that other people have trainings 6. Senator Spann for a. states that people can still come and attend our meetings 7. Senator Caldwell against a. states that if people are inexperienced with SGA then we need someone who we know we can trust and who have proven themselves on Senate 8. Senator Firooz against a. there is no training for being Pres or VP on this campus 9. Senator Harley a. we respect other leaders on campus 10. Vote a. by a vote of 19-19-0, that motion is a tie 11. Vice President Denton breaks the tie by a vote in favor of this motion a. By a vote of 20-19-0, that motion passes iv. Chairperson Crofts moves to have a 3 minute recess 1. motion seconded 2. by a vote of 33-5-0, that motion passes 11. GPA was edited to be elected to the office of a Senator 12. Senator Mcdonough moves to strike “not” in 213.6 Section E a. motion seconded b. motion objected c. Debate i. Senator Narain debates for 1. states that if they accidentally didn’t put a bio or a picture they don’t get elected, they should be able to run again ii. Senator Firooz for 1. we should give people more opportunity to run for office iii. Senator Farooqui debates against 1. states that if a candidate had run in the same election cycle they would end up having two opportunities to run for the same position iv. Chairperson Ramirez against 1. states that this is unfair for the new senators running in the fall with older members running again. If a candidate didn’t put in the full effort, then it shouldn’t be done v. Senator Fletcher against 1. it should be equal opportunity vi. Senator Mcdonough debates for

1. states that you should allow as many people to run vii. Chairperson Crofts for 1. there are two different bodies of constituencies viii. Senator Hurley for 1. states that social media also affects this ix. Senator Osner against 1. no new points x. Senator Fletcher against 1. it is exclusive to give those people not ample amount of opportunity xi. Comptroller Kutsch against 1. they are running for the same exact post xii. Senator Harley against 1. states that over the summer you donâ€™t get that xiii. Vote 1. By a vote of 18-20-0, that motion does not pass d. Senator Friedman moves to add wording â€œCandidates that run and are not elected to the SGA in the Spring may run again for a separate position in the fall but shall not run again for the same positionâ€? i. motion seconded ii. motion objected iii. Debate 1. Senator Fletcher for a. states that this already encompasses all positions 2. Senator Firooz for a. states that this gives the option 3. Senator Tomy for a. states that 4. Senator Hurley against a. states the wording of it is redundant. It makes it very confusing 5. Senator Rose for a. states that the Student Government Association, if we change the wording it will be clearer 6. Senator Battipaglia for a. states that we should not deny people the opportunity to be in SGA. 7. Senator Tomy for a. states that one person does not have a higher chance than another to run twice 8. Senator Dimes against a. no new points 9. Senator Tadbiri against a. it is very wordy. Proposes a new wording 10. Senator Harvey against a. also proposes a new wording 11. Vote a. by a vote of 4-28-0, that motion does not pass

13. 14. 15.

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18.

IX.

e. Comptroller Kutsch moves to add the wording “Candidates that run for SGA office in the spring election and are not elected shall not run again for the same office in the fall” i. motion seconded ii. motion objected iii. Senator Harvey moves to skip debate and go straight into a vote 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes 3. Vote a. by a vote of 26-10-1, that motion passes Requirements for the Office of Associates was edited. Emergency Internal Elections was edited. The phrasing of re-election was changed Membership and Vacancies were edited a. Senator Harvey moves to amend “the vote of fifty-one percent” to “a simple majority” i. motion seconded ii. motion passes Resignation procedure was edited Calling a Constitutional Convention was edited a. Senator Fletcher moves to add the definition of Constitutional Convention i. motion seconded ii. motion passes Chairperson Ramirez moves to pass the Constitutional Convention a. motion seconded b. by a vote of 38-0-0, that motion passes

C. S.A.2018.83.007 i. Senator Farooqui presents this senatorial action. The constitution states that there is a template for Senatorial Action, therefore we have created a template 1. Senator Friedman moves to add S.A.2018.83.007 a. motion seconded b. by a vote of 37-0-1, that motion passes Executive Board Reports A. President— A. Normandin i. President Normandin states that administrators are still here during January so if you have initiatives, continue working on them. ii. If there are topics that you will like brought up, then please let her know. There are meetings happening in the next week. iii. A philosophy of hers is that change that we make does not have to be huge B. Vice President— D. Denton i. Moving forward into next semester, you may be assigned into a new committee. Instead of a ranking, there will be interviews held. These will be held December 17, 2018. More details will be emailed out ii. Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer is taking place now and she will report back to Senate with updates C. Comptroller—M. Kutsch i. Over break, if anyone is interested in the Comptroller position, please let him know. He will be sending a message out in groupme D. Secretary— M. Nijjer i. Committee Chair Reports

XI. XII. XIII.

A. Appropriations – T.Grief i. Senator Donovan presents the Appropriations Committee minutes 1. discussed specific club allocations 2. made cards and signed up for stressbusters ii. Senator Narain moves to pass the Appropriations minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes B. Club Relations – B.Crofts i. Inclusion Ambassador meeting ii. Workers Appreciation Cards iii. Working on moving the yearbooks out of the office iv. They went to Big Bucks Bingo v. Senator Tomy moves to pass the Club Relations minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes C. Public Relations— A. Labrie i. Workers Appreciation, Staffing club elections ii. Facebook event for Build-A-Friend. Invite as many of your friends as possible iii. Senator Gonzalez moves to pass the Public Relations minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes D. Rules— C. Ramirez i. Senatorial Action ii. ConCon iii. Bingo iv. Senator Firooz moves to pass the Rules minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes E. Spirit—C. Tomasso i. Senator Battipaglia presents the minutes 1. workers appreciation cards, signed up for stressbusters, painted the window 2. Reach out to Chairperson Tomasso if you want to be Spirit Chair in the future ii. Senator Candelaria moves to pass the Spirit minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes F. Student Services—I. Schmidt i. Senator Osner presents the minutes 1. please remember which stressbusters you have signed up for 2. talked about initiatives 3. SGA at the corner 4. It's On Us programming ii. Comptroller Kutsch moves to pass the Student Services minutes 1. motion seconded 2. motion passes For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup

Senator Narain moves to adjourn the Senate meeting motion seconded

motion passes Adjournment at 1:51am

Cabinet Agenda Dean of Students Conference Room January 30th 2018 I.

Call to Order at 6:34pm

II.

Updates: Life and SGA A.

III.

President Normandin asks Cabinet about their respective breaks

Senate Logistics A.

Time start and cap 1.

President Normandin states that we will be capping Senate meetings at 11:30pm officially because of feedback given from SGA members.

What happens if we donâ€™t finish? 1.

President Normandin states that we can call a special meeting if something is truly important or the discussion will be tabled for the next meeting. a)

Chairperson Crofts asks how making a special meeting would work (1) President Normandin states that anyone can call a special meeting but it has to be something that cannot be discussed at the next senate meeting.

Chairperson Crofts asks if the special meeting would be the next day (1) President Normandin states that most likely it will be the next day but we can discuss

2. C.

President Normandin also states that we will be starting at 6:30pm every week instead of 6:00pm.

This Week 1.

Elections Commission Appointment a)

Vice President Denton states that we will be doing this nomination process this Thursday.

Slightly Altered Agenda a)

Vice President Denton states that a few SGA members, Senator Osner and Senator Farooqui, brought the idea of having individuals on other clubs on campus speak about what their particular club is doing

Half apps a)

President Normandin states that Donia will talk about this more at Senate.

Looking Forward 1.

Who do you want to see? What topics do you want discussed? a)

Chairperson Crofts suggests the new Dean of Students.

Chairperson Labrie states that he could promote the meetings where administors will be attending.

Chairperson Ramirez suggests a representative from ResLife and Public Safety

Chairperson Schmidt states that she would like to see if the data that was collected last semester can be used to focus on issues students mentioned.

VP Denton: update on schedule thus far a)

Vice President states that there are a few individuals who have been asked to come and will let Cabinet know once the schedule has been confirmed.

IV.

Cabinet Logistics A.

Open Cabinet on March 27th for those interested in leadership 1.

President Normandin states that this meeting will be held in the Student Center Greenhouse

Weekly Cabinet attendee 1.

President Normandin states that this semester, going off of the conversations that we heard during Talkback and regards to increasing transparency, we will be having a person coming in each week to see what goes on in Cabinet a)

Chairperson Labrie states that he doesnâ€™t like this idea because only one individual would be coming in at each meeting and that would be a bit unfair to other senators. (1) Vice President Denton asks if anyone has any other ideas with regards to transparency (a) Chairperson Labrie states that this can be done during Senate (b) Chairperson Ramirez states that we could frame it as a project based meeting where senators could come to cabinet with something a senator has been working on (c) Chairperson Schmidt states that this wouldnâ€™t solve the problem of transparency by having individuals come to a cabinet meeting. She states that perhaps we can let Senate know more details about projects that Cabinet is working on. (d) Chairperson Grief states that last semester there were some things discussed with the constitution at Cabinet which did not make it to Senate due to no minutes being taken on it. So, this semester that should not happen again. (e) Chairperson Crofts states that this semesterâ€™s minutes is more precise and detailed so Senators should ask about minutes which would help with the transparency aspect.

President Normandin states that we will try Cabinet this way and then see how it goes (1) Chairperson Labrie states that this should be framed as a trial from the start

Scheduling A.

Conflicts with regular meetings 1.

President Normandin states that Comptroller Kutsch could not be at Cabinet because of class.

a) 2.

Chairperson Tomasso states that she also has a conflict due to a class so she will be late to Senate a)

He will given updates by the President and Vice President

She will be given updates by the President and Vice President

Monthly leadership meetings- altered format 1.

President Normandin states that there will be a different format this semester. It will be more of a one-on-one meeting then a group meeting.

VI.

Subcommittee on Social Justice A.

Senator Farooqui presenting his work with Chair Ramirez 1.

Chairperson Ramirez states this would be a ad-hoc committee discussing issues on campus. One example could be the Jeffersonâ€™s Gotta Go Campaign. This would be a committee where issues and updates on certain issues would be discussed a)

Senator Farooqui states that this would be a good way to have SGA talk about a few specific topics that are affecting the campus. (1) Chairperson Labrie asks what other issues would be discussed (a) Senator Farooqui states that he would like Senate to come up with a few ideas regarding these issues (2) Chairperson Crofts asks if there is a maximum number of members on the committee or if anyone can join (a) Senator Farooqui states that there will be point people for the issues Senate decides to pursue but any Senator is welcome to join. (3) Vice President Denton asks about the execution of the crash courses (a) Senator Farooqui states that once we decide what the topic is and we will see if an individual who is affected by that issue can come and speak about it. Like a 5-10 minute presentation. (4) Chairperson Schmidt asks if this is for this semester or will it be continued (a) Senator Farooqui states it depends on what this committee accomplishes this semester. (5) President Normandin asks what the next steps would be for this initiative (a) Senator Farooqui asks what Cabinet thinks. (b) Chairperson Ramirez states that this idea can be brought up to Senate and see what they think. Since JGG is the first issue, we could talk with the individuals who are a part of the campaign and go from there. (i)

VII.

Cabinet thinks this is a good idea

Community Governance Summit A.

Details, our role, closing as a group 1.

President Normandin states that when she talked with Denise, they thought that we should be talking with other governing bodies on campus. We would like to hear other voices and ideas on

campus. If you can be there, that would be great to establish new relationships. It will be our retreat. There will be workshop sessions. 2.

Vice President Denton states that new Dean of Students will be there. This is a great opportunity to connect with other governing bodies.

VIII.

Matters at Hand by committee A.

Spirit Committee 1.

Chairperson Tomasso states that she would like to change the role of her committee on the policy series. a)

Looking into moving the position of Service Coordinator to a different section in the policy series.

Student Services Committee 1.

Chairperson Schmidt states that the meeting this week was good. The spring programming will be different. SGA at the corner will be longer. Another town hall will be happening this semester Everything else will be planned by the senators and she will be helping them program. By next meeting, they will have a more final plan of what programming will look like. There are many ideas within the committee for initiatives like making the pride pantry more accessible and menstrual products on campus. Planning a panel

2. C.

Chairperson Tomasso states that their committees can collab for Valentineâ€™s Day

Club Relations Committee 1.

Chairperson Crofts states that the meeting was good and we discussed what we will be doing this semester. We will be doing audits this February. We will be looking at the Club Office Space Allocation application and if it needs to be changed. The application will be open in March and it will close March 27th and that weekend will be used to see the applications. One idea that he is looking into for this semester is looking into swipe access so that all swipe access will be up to date. GetInvolvedHU is utilized differently by different clubs and advisors so his committee will look into that this semester as an initiative. He would like to see more uniformity between advisors and SGA policies where everyone is up to date. He also proposes that after elections happen, there should be a database where all of the information from elections is transfered. This will be done in April.

Rules Committee 1.

Chairperson Ramirez asks about a document with SGA-Recognized Clubs

Chairperson Ramirez states that a club came to their meeting this week - Hofstra Health and Wellness Club. They have 20 to 30 active members and they have had at least 15 members come to their events. They table a lot and they want to be a stand alone club. The budget that they did looked well done. And they have plans for this semester. There was nothing that was super concerning with their constitution after Rules asked them to make some edits. a)

Chairperson Ramirez moves to add Hofstra Health and Wellness Club to the Senate agenda (1) Motion seconded

(2) Motion passes 4-0-2 3.

Chairperson Ramirez states that Senator Farooqui asks if there can be a archivist email set up so that all of the documents can be in one place. Senator Fletcher has been appointed as the new ethics chair. a)

President Normandin agrees that it is needed and will be looked into

Chairperson Labrie asks for thoughts on taking away the Ethics email (1) President Normandin states that there are other members that look into that email in case they need to know if someone has emailed for an absence and such (2) Chairperson Ramirez states that if it is someoneâ€™s email then it might be hard to remember their personal email.

Chairperson Ramirez also states that the Rules committee will be working on the entire policy series and it will be different then how the constitution was done. Every committee will be responsible for going through their roles and making changes. Please encourage senators to work together within their committee and the rules committee to view this policy series.

Appropriations Committee 1.

Chairperson Grief states that the meeting went well and that it will be interesting with the new senators. We saw one club and their budget was a bit small. There were many unmoderated caucuses and debates. The committee read through the policy series and made some new edits. He had to vote since there was a tie. He also made a schedule for this semester.

Public Relations Committee 1.

Chairperson Labrie states that last semester there were many events in the same amount of time so this semester events will be on stories and events that are very important will be promoted. There will be a series every week where committees will be highlighted. This will include current initiatives and the senators within the committees. This will be done in alphabetical order. He is looking for instagramable pictures of senators within each respective committees. The committee spoke about the relation between Club Relations and Public Relations. On Facebook, we would like to highlight clubs bi-weekly. Board with Build-A-Friend will be taken down and new material will be added to it and then one side can be used for clubs to use. He is pushing projects that senators can work on. He also wants to work with making our relationship with the Chronicle better. Each Senator within his committee wants to work on individual initiatives. One idea that we are looking into is getting feedback from students perhaps on SGAâ€™s instagram stories. The committee has given Denise all of the work they have done towards the website. The only part of the website that still needs work is the contact information of the current senators.

Comptroller Kutsch states that budgets are going well. He is working on the budgets now and wants to get them done by next week. He asks the chairs to send him an email with a budget for this semester as soon as possible.

IX.

Week 12 updates from Abby & Deandra A.

VP Fabiani meeting

President Normandin states that Vice President Fabiani is the new V.P. for IT. They met with him. They spoke about Hofstra’s websites, modernizing processes on campus, laptop rentals, accessibilities, campus wide emails about surveying and more.

Caribbean Student Association/ Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion speaker cosponsorship 1.

President Normandin states that many clubs would like to bring a speaker to campus who is a motivational speaker. They are thinking about linking this with another event on campus and they want SGA to co-sponsor it. We will be asking Senate about this tomorrow and everyone’s opinion on this.

RHA Liaison 1.

President Normandin states that the RHA President emailed us about having a liaison for SGA communication. We were thinking about an SGA liaison for RHA. She asks Cabinet thoughts about this. a)

Chairperson Crofts asks if this person would be in the gallery and viewing like any other student can (1) President Normandin states yes

Comptroller Kutsch states that it would be a bit boring for them to just come and have to sit through all of our meetings. We should perhaps have a debriefing or something of a meeting with regards to RHA knowing what is going on.

Chairperson Grief states that maybe this should fall under Club Relations but he doesn’t think this should necessarily be a position

Chairperson Schmidt states that if this is more about collaboration, then this liaison wouldn’t really help. It should be more of a committee thing or something that can be done through email

President Normandin states that she will email RHA back about this.

Chairperson Grief also states that their budgets for events are geared towards residential students.

Chairperson Crofts states that RHA’s events are also attended by non-residents but he thinks we should figure out what they want first to come out of having a liaison come to SGA.

Chairperson Crofts moves to Adjourn this Cabinet meeting A.

Motion seconded

Motion passes

Adjournment at 8:36pm

Appropriations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 1 1/29/19 Meeting Commenced

â€‹Attendance Attended

6:30 PM Senator Richard Caldwell Senator Donovan Harvey Senator Hannah Shepherd Senator Manni Doan Senator Nick Cote Senator Angelina Ottavio Senator Leona Tomy Comptroller Max Kutsch Chairman Timothy Grief

1. 2. 3. 4.

Introductions Discussed common policies and procedures Allocated funds to one budget Went through an example budget

Club:

Amount Requested:

Amount Allocated:

Phi Delta Theta (Phi Hop)

$500.00

Meeting Adjourned 8:20 PM Respectfully Submitted, Chairperson Timothy Grief

Club Relations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting #1 1/28/18 Meeting Commenced

â€‹Attendance Attended

Absent:

6:12 PM Senator Rhea Bathija Senator Courtney Fegley Senator Rana Ismail Associate Nick Carrion Chair Brandon Crofts Senator Desarae Cotton

1. Introductions 2. Review of Expectations 3. Agenda for the Semester a. My committee set the agenda for the semester. It appears as follows: i. February- Club Audit ii. March- Club Office Allocations iii. April- Club Office Transfers, Future Initiatives 4. Yearbooks a. We are waiting to hear back from Teresa Greis; they should be moved soon. 5. Looking Ahead a. Next week, we will be drafting our template for the Office Space Allocations, as well as going over how we would prefer to run our audit of clubs.

Meeting Adjourned

7:08 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Brandon Crofts Club Relations Chair

Public Relations Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 1 1/29/19

Meeting Commenced

6:31PM

Attended

Senator Joey Alameda Senator Nicole Algarin 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. Spring Social Media Plan a. Instagram i. Ask followers for student feedback through story tool ii. Sunday night: committee highlight iii. Thursday night: initiative highlight b. Facebook i. Biweekly club highlight 3. Physical Advertising Space a. Chief Justice to be updated b. Board in upstairs Student Center i. Left: SGA language ii. Right: Designated space for SGA recognized clubs 4. Portal Box 5. Looking Forward at the Semester and Individual Projects a. Chairman Labrie making media relations plan a priority b. Senator Firooz to work on a PR campaign to highlight Sexual Assault Awareness in collaboration with Student Services’ programming c. Senator Read interested in organizing large scale end of semester event d. Senator Rielly wants to address food insecurity on campus via PR efforts highlighting the Pride Pantry and school garden e. Senators Alameda and Dimes want to collaborate with Club Relations in order to increase SGA support at recognized club events f. Senator Harley wants to work on an in-depth campaign on what it means to be in SGA and explain the Spring Elections process 34

Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Alex Labrie Public Relations Chairman

7:25PM

Rules Committee Minutes F19 Weekly Meeting 1 1/28/19 Meeting Commenced

â€‹Attendance Attended

6:33 PM Senator Antonella Colon Senator Zain Farooqui Senator Wiley Fletcher Senator Jack McDonough Senator David Oâ€™Brien Senator Emanuelle Souffrant Chair Carissa Ramirez

Absent I. II. III. IV.

Senator Kelly Rose (excused) Introductions Hofstra Health and Wellness Club A. Passes 6-0-1 Appointments A. Senator Fletcher is new Ethics and Conduct B. Senator Farooqui will continue as Archivist Upcoming Semester A. Policy Series update format 1. Committee to have topics picked by next meeting at the latest, preferably Thursday

Meeting Adjourned

8:04 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Carissa Ramirez Rules Chairwoman 36

Spirit Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting 1 1/28/19 Meeting Commenced

6:40 PM

Attendance Attended

Senator Celeste Battipaglia Senator Catherine MacCarthy Senator Tara Stark Senator Jared Candelaria Senator Maggie Hurley Senator Moon Rob Associate Josh Philip Chair Chelsea Tomasso

Absent I. II.

Introductions Spring Semester Programming a.

Valentine’s Day

Basketball i. February 9th – possible date

ii.

White out game

Tailgate by Greene Turtle

CAAs 1.

Sometime in late February or early March

Spirit Week i. Shooting for April time frame

Pride Den Plaque i. Submit by end of semester

III.

New Items a.

IV.

Feedback / What Do You Want to Get Out of Spirit a.

Stressbusters i.e. more tasks delegated to you

Upcoming Events

Valentineâ€™s Day i. Candy & corny pickup lines 1.

Hearts will be made next week

Come with 3 corny pickup lines per person next week a.

3. b.

Will send reminder

In Atrium

Spirit Week i. Want schedule done by end of February at the LATEST

Meeting Adjourned

7:30 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Spirit Chair Chelsea Tomasso

Student Services Committee Minutes S19 Weekly Meeting #1 1/29/2018

Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended

6:35 PM Senator Charlie Greenberg Chair Isabelle Schmidt Senator â€‹ Alexa Osner Senator Gabby Spann Senator Catherine MacCarthy Senator Erynn Phillips

Excused

Senator Gisselle Ortiz Associate DaisyMae VanValkenburgh

II.

III.

Spring Programming- spring into action week a. March 11-15 b. Senators are planning details; survey, tabling and town hall are definite. c. Each day has a theme: Self care, sports day, save the planet day, carnival day, spring break day. d. Committee to come with plans for their day next meeting Policy Series a. Updating SS section with Spirit b. Focus on programming event once a semester c. Leave comments on google doc Initiatives a. core areas to focus on b. food security- pride pantry tour this week c. public safety d. SHACC e. Itâ€™s On Us- Spring programming

Meeting Adjourned

8:01 PM

Respectfully Submitted, Isabelle Schmidt Student Services Chair