{"id":171,"date":"2010-11-03T21:20:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T01:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/sga\/?p=171"},"modified":"2010-11-03T21:20:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T01:20:54","slug":"october-27-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/2010\/11\/03\/october-27-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"October 27 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I. <\/em>Call to Order <\/em>Michael (9:04)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

II. <\/em>Roll Call\/Prayer<\/em> Michael prayed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Present:<\/em> Michael Spory, Benjamin Bergey, Sarah Beck, Janelle Freed, Will Morris, Nels Akerson, James Souder, Katie Landis, Darian Harnish, Peyton Erb, Todd Hooley, Dan Sigmans, Gabe Brunk, Matt Dean, Mariah Elliott, Heidi Bauman, Hannah Wenger, Amy Springer, Vi Dutcher, Ken L. Nafziger<\/p>\n

Absent:<\/em> Amin Laboriel,<\/p>\n

III. <\/em>Approval of Minutes<\/em><\/p>\n

Motion 27102010-1 to approve the minutes: Nels<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Motion approved<\/strong><\/p>\n

IV. <\/em>Announcements<\/em><\/p>\n

a. <\/em>Senator Info sheet: <\/em>Michael passed around a sheet with senator information that will go on the SGA board.\u00a0 We checked our information to make sure it\u2019s correct.<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Power of the People Exhibit signup: <\/em>Michael shared that this photography exhibit is<\/p>\n

coming to Common Grounds and focus on four issues in the social justice realm.\u00a0 There are a lot of photos and the SGA would like to help hang these photos.\u00a0 A sign-up sheet was passed around for senators to sign up for a two-hour shift to help.<\/p>\n

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fitness Center update: <\/em>Ben shared that the tax we discussed last week applies to both<\/p>\n

faculty and staff.\u00a0 Ken shared that EMU would have to not<\/em> allow community members to use the fitness center in order for this benefit to legally be tax-free.\u00a0 There is a lot of gray area here because community members use the center frequently and we also offer discounts to EMHS students and employees.\u00a0 They are going to look at ways to not tax faculty and staff while still allowing community members to use the fitness center.<\/p>\n

V. <\/em>Committee Reporting: <\/em><\/p>\n

a. <\/em>CAC: <\/em>Joel DeWald shared that about 1\/3 of the EMU community responded to the survey on artists they would like to see in concert at EMU.\u00a0 The top response was Mumford and Sons, who due to recent success are now out of our price range, which were followed by The Wailin\u2019 Jennies and Ingrid Michaelson.\u00a0 Another popular choice was Joshua Radin.\u00a0 CAC will continue to look at which of these artists will be touring on the East Coast (specifically in VA) in the spring semester and will work on finalizing a choice that works ASAP.<\/p>\n

VI. <\/em>Old Business<\/em><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Committee switch: <\/em>Katie has a Safety Committee meeting at 10:00 tomorrow morning and she has class during that time.\u00a0 Michael offered to take her spot tomorrow.<\/p>\n

VII. <\/em>New Business \u2013 Funding Requests<\/em><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Josh Kanagy \u2013 Peace Fellowship: <\/em>Josh Kanagy shared that there are six EMU students wanting to attend the four-day MCC conference in New York this year.\u00a0 The topic this year is on mining justice and how to address this issue.\u00a0 These students will also get a tour of the U.N. building.\u00a0 When they return from the conference, they are planning on writing an article in the WeatherVane to share their experience with the students.\u00a0 They are requesting $600.00 to help cover transportation, conference registration, food, and lodging for six EMU students.\u00a0 This $600.00 will not cover the entire trip but will greatly help fund the trip.\u00a0 Senators discussed that this amount was a lot of money; essentially we are giving $100 per person which is a lot of money to allocate.\u00a0 There was discussion on how they would present this experience back to EMU; while a WeatherVane article has been done in the past we would like to see more based on the amount of money we are now giving.\u00a0 We believe it is acceptable for us to request that they have some type of forum (perhaps a CG event) in addition to an article.<\/p>\n

Motion 27102010-2 to approve the request of $600 to Peace Fellowship with the stipulation that they will have a forum to present their experience back to the EMU community: Darian<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joe Hochstetler \u2013 Cycling Club<\/em>: Joe shared that the Cycling Club is trying to promote<\/p>\n

bike safety on EMU\u2019s campus by encouraging students to wear helmets and use bike lights.\u00a0 They would like to subsidize the cost of buying lights to sell to EMU students at a reduced price to encourage students to bike safely.\u00a0 In addition, they are hosting an alleycat on November 5.\u00a0 An alleycat is a bike scavenger hunt done at night so bike lights are essential.\u00a0 The most important thing is safety on a day-to-day basis and bike lights can help that!\u00a0 They\u2019re requesting $300 to cover half of the cost of the 20 bike lights.\u00a0 Senators thought that this is a great idea since we have a lot of bikers on campus and many people bike when it is dark.<\/p>\n

Motion 27102010-3 to approve $300 to Cycling Club to subsidize the cost of buying bike lights for EMU students: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Will Morris \u2013 Res Judicata: <\/em>Will shared that Res Judicata is renting a bus to take<\/p>\n

students to the Rally to Restore Sanity held in Washington D.C. on Saturday, October 30.\u00a0 They have rented a bus which cost $860 and want to charge students $10 per person to ride up to the rally.\u00a0 Right now, there are 45 students signed up and if SGA does not subsidize the cost, they will all have to pay $15.\u00a0 Res Judicata is paying $250 to help with this as well, so SGA is kind of the \u201cthird\u201d partner in this venture.\u00a0 If any money is left over, it will come back to SGA first.<\/p>\n

Motion 27102010-4 to approve $250 for Res Judicata to subsidize the cost of a bus to take students to the Rally to Restore Sanity: Gabe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Motion passed 16-0-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

VIII. <\/em>Open Floor<\/em><\/p>\n

-Will noted that with tonight\u2019s funding requests we have used about 20% of our yearly budget so we are still in good shape!<\/p>\n

-James shared that his mom, who works in Alumni Office, said that our card was much appreciated by the office.\u00a0 J<\/p>\n

-Mariah shared that Take Back the Night is starting on Monday.\u00a0 Todd is playing and will sound awesome so come out to hear him!\u00a0 Thanks to Katie for helping design the posters!<\/p>\n

-Janelle wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween!<\/p>\n

-Ben affirmed the senators for all their hardwork and creativity this semester. It\u2019s been a lot of fun so far! *claps*<\/p>\n

-Michael shared that the EMU board meeting is happening in December and on Friday, November 12 they have a lunch with student leaders at noon.\u00a0 Come out and enjoy!<\/p>\n

IX. <\/em>Adjournment<\/em><\/p>\n

Motion 27102010-5 to adjourn: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Meeting adjourned (9:55)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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