EMU SGA

I. Call to Order 8:03 pm

II. Roll Call/Prayer

a. Present: Lindsey Grosh, Sarah Roth, Anny Smucker, Karra Black, Bess Moser, Maria Bowman, Tyler Grove, Jackson Maust, Andrew Gascho, Kim Hawks, Michael Harnish, Rebecca Stouffer, Lauren Watson, Nick Meyer, Amy Springer, Tezzia Ndandula, Ken Nafziger, Terry Jantzi

b. Absent: Nathan Kauffman, Stephen Stauffer

III. Approval of Minutes

a. Motion: Tezzia Ndandula

i. Second: Jackson Maust

ii. Action I: Approved unanimously

IV. Announcements

a. Food Service Report – Pioneer was there to evaluate Bruce, and most opinions were very, very affirming of Bruce. Two options: every student has the same meal plan and the have unlimited visits, or keep same meal plan and have the cafeteria open from7 am- 7 pm. Lindsey and Sarah shared the affirmations and concerns that the senate had. *Reminder to senators to attend the luncheon at noon on Friday with the Board of Trustees. Or come to the big meeting at 8 am.*

b. Academic Integrity Committee – Faculty would like student representation. The group won’t start meeting until next semester, but encouraged senators to consider sitting on that committee.

c. Res Judicata Debate – on Healthcare: Anny Smucker and Lisa King will be moderator and Tyler Grove will be a debater. Tuesday 20^th, 2007.

d. Meeting Time – Suggestion to push the time back to 9 pm this semester, or change the day and/or time for next semester.

e. T-shirts – We will all wear our t-shirts next Wednesday. J Take group picture next week as well.

V. New Business

a. Campus Ministries Council Update –Revamping a blueprint for Campus Ministries. Chapel Attendance is actually up this semester. There was a lot of discussion and debriefing about Spiritual Life Week.

b. Constitution Approvals: International Student Organization

i. Motion: To approve the constitution with the following changes - change certain grammatical and spelling errors - Andrew Gascho.

ii. Second: Maria Bowman

iii. Action II: Approved unanimously

c. Constitution Approvals: Young People’s Christian Association

i. Motion: To approve the constitution with the following changes – change a few grammatical errors, title of organization (Christina and remove Inc.), and general updated-ness - Nick Meyer.

ii. Second: Jackson Maust

iii. Action III: Approved unanimously

d. Constitution Approval: Celebration

i. Motion: To approve the constitution with the following changes – specify how the President is elected or appointed - Tyler Grove.

ii. Second: Lauren Watson

iii. Action IV: Approved unanimously

e. Constitution Approval: Res Judicata

i. Motion: To approve the constitution with the following changes – to specify when elections are, change meeting time to weekly, not biweekly - Kate Nussbaum.

ii. Second: Andrew Gascho

VI. Open Floor

a. COPE is asking SGA to help them publicize a day where smokers quite smoking for a day (The Great American Smoke-Out).

b. Anny passed around pictures of the Sudanese kids and their letters. They will also be in the SGA office for senators to read.

c. Francis Collins, the man who worked on the Human Genome Project, is coming to campus on November 17^th, 2007. Spread the word!

d. Fitness Center Hours – senators have been hearing concerns about the hours. Michael brought these concerns up in the most recent Commons Council. Letting it slide until next semester.

e. For students who live off-campus it would be nice to have at least one day where meal prices would be discounted. Maria said she would mention this to Bruce.

f. There was an incident involving the Tunnel of Oppression in which a student was offended by one of the sections of it. Some students would like to have more of a de-briefing session after they walk through it.

g. Suggestion from a student to have the Senior Seminar courses be geared towards career or “what to do after college” options.

VII. Adjournment 8:59 pm

a. Motion: Tyler Grove

b. Second: Maria Bowman

c. Action V: Approved unanimously

I. Call to Order 9:03 pm

II. Roll Call/Prayer

a. Present: Lindsey Grosh, Sarah Roth, Anny Smucker, Karra Black, Bess Moser, Maria Bowman, Tyler Grove, Jackson Maust, Andrew Gascho, Kim Hawks, Stephen Stauffer, Michael Harnish, Kim Hawks, Tezzia Ndandula, Ken Nafziger, Rebecca Stouffer, Lauren Watson, Terry Jantzi, Nick Meyer

b. Absent: Amy Springer, Nathan Kauffman

III. Approval of Minutes

a. Motion: Anny Smucker

i. Second: Kim Hawks

ii. Action I: Approved unanimously

IV. Announcements

a. CAC Dance – This will be occurring this Friday night. Lindsey encouraged the senators to go to this, because we helped sponsor.

b. Housing Survey and HTFRLL – Encouraged senators to fill out this housing survey that will help the housing taskforce to hear and understand student opinions and thoughts. This taskforce would like to sit in on a SGA meeting in order to ask us for suggestions for future buildings and positive comments on present housing conditions.

c. Board of Trustees – Meeting on campus November 9^th. Lindsey and Sarah will be presenting to them about what is happening on campus and in the student body. There is also a luncheon in which we will be invited to participate – encouraged senators to clear their lunch hours for this luncheon.

d. SGA spring semester – The secretary will be leaving next semester for cross cultural. Encouraged senators to think about running themselves or tapping other students on the shoulder

V. New Business

a. Commons Council Update – They are looking to move forward on revamping the Den – bar stools, booth seating, comfy couches and a flat screen. Also old trophies or jerseys to put up on the wall to make a more “sporty” atmosphere. This project would take $15, 000 to complete. Lost and Found for the Commons. Signage and crosswalks. Another issue was the possibility of having EMU take over the Den, as opposed to having Pioneer Catering run it.

b. Food Committee – The cafeteria just hired a new chef. Encourage students to fill out the opinion cards, because Bruce looks at each one of them and responds. Bruce is doing a very good job; he’s very passionate about what he does.

c. Library Committee – Discussed putting magazines online. Purchasing better furniture for the library.

d. Sponsoring Sudanese kids – The Executive is proposing that the senate sponsors some children by giving $10 each. The senate was very affirming of this decision.

e. Food Services – Lindsey and Sarah are attending a luncheon with Pioneer Catering. This will be time for negative and positive feedback – opened it up for senators to share. More vegetarian options and more flexible transfer meal hours and options in the Den. Suggesting that the Den uses other options besides styrofoam. “I found a hair in my eggs.” – Sarah Roth

f. Constitution Approvals: Badminton Club – Fix the redundancy found in article VI “Weekly meetings will be held once a week”.

i. Motion: To approve their constitution with the suggestion to change their roman numeral system.

ii. Second: Lauren Watson

iii. Action II: Approved unanimously

g. Constitution Approval: Table Tennis at EMU

i. Motion: To approve this constitution with the suggestion of including that they will vote for officers during the spring before the next school year. Maria Bowman

ii. Second: Tezzia Ndandula

iii. Action III: Approved unanimously

VI. Open Floor

a. The Res Judicata Debate on immigration went well. There was a suggestion to have the format resemble more of a “formal” debate, not a forum. They are planning on doing two more before the semester is over – a student one and faculty/staff one. More time for rebuttals and discussion.

b. Campus security – The new number for campus security is #4911. Magnets will be given to the student body with this new number and other information.

c. Cross Cultural concern – Group leaders didn’t structure debriefing sessions last semester, so SGA didn’t present information that had happened during the semester.

VII. Adjournment 9:57 pm

a. Motion: Tyler Grove

b. Second: Tezzi Ndandula

c. Action IV: Approved unanimously

I. Call to Order 8:06 pm

II. Roll Call/Prayer

a. Present: Lindsey Grosh, Karra Black, Anny Smucker, Bess Moser, Lauren Watson, Rebecca Stouffer, Nick Meyer, Jackson Maust, Nathan Kauffman, Kate Nussbaum, Kim Hawks, Andrew Gascho, Steven Stauffer, Ken Nafziger, Amy Springer, Terry Jantzi

b. Absent: Sarah Roth, Maria Bowman, Tyler Grove, Michael Harnish, Tezzia Ndandula

III. Approval of Minutes

a. Motion: Steven Stauffer

i. Second: Andrew Gascho

ii. Action I: Approved unanimously

IV. Announcements

a. T-shirts are ordered

b. Weather Vane – A reminder to the senate that we can’t use Weather Vane to push our agenda to the student body.

V. New Business

a. MCC UN Seminar funding request – Larisa Zehr and Emma Stahl-Wert would like to attend this Seminar, and are asking SGA to fund their registration costs - $80 each. They have their transportation and lodging costs covered. Suggestion for SGA to cover half of each student’s registration costs. The students need to make sure to hold a forum when they return to inform the student body.

i. Motion to allocate $40 to each club for each student: Nathan Kauffman

ii. Second: Kate Nussbaum

iii. Action II: Approved unanimously

b. CAC funding request

i. Asking SGA to help sponsor a dance on-campus to get students to stay on-campus over the weekend. The total cost of this dance is $600 – they’re asking SGA for half. Andrew suggested asking BSU or LSA to help sponsor the dance as well. Nick suggested having a costume party so students can feel safe dancing behind a mask, instead of alcohol.

1. Motion to give $200: Andrew Gascho

2. Second: Nick Meyer

3. Action III: Approved unanimously

c. Constitution Approval: Weather Vane

i. Motion to have Weather Vane resubmit their constitution after they make changes to their job descriptions, fix grammatical error: Nathan Kauffman

ii. Lauren Watson

iii. Action IV: Approved unanimously

VI. Open Floor

a. Last year’s SGA retreat was covered by the Lily Grant, and since we don’t have the Lily Grant this year our budget is down to $60 because we paid of our retreat. The senators would like it known that they forgive last year’s and the present Exec for this mistake.

i. Motion to transfer $500 to the SGA budget: Nathan Kauffman

ii. Second: Kim Hawks

iii. Action V: Approved unanimously

b. Karra Black and Tyler Grove attended a Cross Cultural meeting today – talked about the problems with Summer CC. There is an International Education Week coming up.

c. Scott Beckler is willing to play saxophone at the Den. Nathan brought up a concern about whether these last hours are affecting CG. The Den isn’t bringing in enough money to make up for their longer hours…as of now. Discussion: Christmas lights, a Christmas tree, more plants, getting a student to paint a mural, display student art work, make the Den more comfortable.

d. Anny asked about how the planning for the debate in CG is going. Two students dropped out which is frustrating.

VII. Adjournment 8:56 pm

a. Motion: Anny Smucker

b. Second: Lauren Watson

c. Action VI: Approved unanimously