{"id":116,"date":"2010-03-03T23:27:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T03:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/sga\/?p=116"},"modified":"2010-03-31T21:34:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:34:21","slug":"february-24-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/2010\/03\/03\/february-24-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"February 24 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. I. <\/em> Call to Order <\/em>Michael (9:07)<\/strong> <\/em><\/li>\n
  2. II. <\/em> Roll Call\/Prayer <\/em>Michael prayed<\/strong> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Present:<\/em> Michael Spory, Karissa Sauder, Brent Beachy, Sarah Beck, Brendon Derstine, Heidi Bauman, Gabe Brunk, Peyton Erb, Giles Eanes, Hans Weaver, Brook Musselman, Alli Eanes, Brandon Habron, James Souder, Sara Derstine, Vi Dutcher, Ken L. Nafziger<\/p>\n

    Absent: <\/em>Katie Landis<\/p>\n

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    1. III. <\/em> Approval of Minutes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Motion 02242010-1 to approve the minutes: James<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Second: Brandon<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Motion passed unanimously<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. IV. <\/em> Announcements<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        a. the \u201cSpirit Bus\u201d details: <\/em>Michael shared that SPC talked about having a \u201cSpirit Bus\u201d take students down to Salem, VA to watch the men\u2019s tournament on Friday.\u00a0 An e-mail went out today and sign-ups are open until tomorrow evening.\u00a0 Michael made the executive decision to allocate $300 out of the budget to help subsidize the cost for students, which matched the CAC allocation of $300.\u00a0 He opened up the floor for discussion to see if senators supported the decision and there was general support for the decision.<\/p>\n

        b. Cross-Cultural Committee \u2013 Alli: <\/em>Alli shared that the committee was trying to decide on four proposals for Fall 2012 cross-culturals (Australia\/Papua New Guinea, New Zealand\/Figi, Ecuador\/Peru, and South Africa) and the committee needed to decide on two.\u00a0 The committee decided on New Zealand\/Figi and South Africa.\u00a0 South Africa is now planning on going every fall for three falls in a row.\u00a0 There are two proposals for Spring 2013 (Middle East & Guatemala).<\/p>\n

        c. Institutional Effectiveness \u2013 Darian and Brook: <\/em>Darian shared that the committee talked about the SACS visit and a little about deficiencies in the initial off-campus report.\u00a0 EMU only had 8 deficiencies in comparison to an average of 25 deficiencies.\u00a0 He also shared that they talked about AIERS and several new ways they are going to try to measure leadership on campus.<\/p>\n

        d. Strategic Planning Council \u2013 Michael: <\/em>Michael shared that the committee talked about cross-culturals regarding immediate and distant future plans of the cross-cultural plans.\u00a0 They worked to change the overall goals of cross-cultural guidelines and how to measure what a \u201csemester-long\u201d cross-cultural is.\u00a0 The new wording for the goal of cross-culturals is that the \u201cmajority of 50% of the graduating class will have participated in semester-long cross-culturals.\u201d\u00a0 The committee also discussed potentially canceling classes so students could travel to Salem for the tournament games, but they decided not to do that.<\/p>\n

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        1. V. <\/em> Old Business<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          a. SACS visit \u2013 Tues.-Thurs.<\/em> Wear your QEP shirts and be prepared to answer questions if you\u2019re stopped by any members of the committee!<\/p>\n

          b. Shen options: <\/em>We discussed potential options for the Shen next year.\u00a0 In the fall, we passed a motion that added a $40 optional student fee for the yearbook with the option being to \u201copt in.\u201d\u00a0 Our potential options are:<\/p>\n