11/4/2015 SGA Minutes

Eastern Mennonite University

Student Government Association

November 4, 2015

  • Moment of Meditation/Prayer
  • Call to Order
    • Rachel calls meeting to order at 8:04pm.
  • Roll Call
  • Approval of Minutes
    • Minutes approved.
  • Announcements
    • Idea Drive
      • Having slips of paper in all student mailboxes asking for an idea.
  • Old Business
    • Points of Action: Focus Groups
      • Inclusion and Diversity Council: Started the #IAmEMU last week.
      • Spirit: Pre-game is the 14 of November. Having pizza, chips, bottled water, and cookies. First 150 students will receive food with ID.
  • New Business
    • Sarah Longenecker: Appeal for good standing
      • She has missed three meetings and needs to appeal to stay on SGA.
      • Missed a meeting because of illness and a field trip.
      • Mario motions to allow Sarah to stay. Bethany seconds.
        • In Favor: 14
        • Abstaining: 0
        • Opposed:0
        • Motion Passed
    • Jeff Shank: New event planning
      • #GivingTuesday to start giving back to EMU to help with student scholarships. Goal of raising $15,000 towards student scholarships.  Also raising awareness of how much students get to attend as well as how much donors give back.
  • Open Floor
    • Bethany: went to the first task-force meeting for the CLC. Talking about task-force and everyone involved. Offering all student clubs the option to have a task-force. There will also be surveys and other opportunities for students to voice their opinions.
    • Kat: had a meeting with the institutional review board. Looked over some proposals.
  • Adjournment
    • Mario motions to adjourn the meeting. Robert seconds. Meeting adjourned at 8:37pm.