{"id":194,"date":"2011-02-09T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/?p=194"},"modified":"2011-02-09T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:22:44","slug":"february-02-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/2011\/02\/09\/february-02-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"February 02 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I. <\/em>Call to Order <\/em>Michael (9:05)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Present: <\/em>Benjamin Bergey, Michael Spory, Will Morris, Janelle Freed, Sarah, Beck, Hannah Wenger, Dan Sigmans, Todd Hooley, Alli Eanes, Erica Babikow, Heidi Bauman, Nels Akerson, Courtney Walker, Hannah Schrock, Matt Dean, Brittney Wenger, Laci Gautsche, Amin Laboriel, Vi Dutcher, Amy Springer<\/p>\n

Absent: <\/em>Ken L. Nafziger<\/p>\n

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

Motion 02022011-1 to approve the minutes: Heidi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

a. <\/em>Food Drive \u2013 Feb. 12<\/em>: Michael shared that former SGA senator Peyton Erb is heading this up and SGA will help put it all together.\u00a0 The marketing committee will meet after our meeting tonight to discuss ways to advertise this.<\/p>\n

b. <\/em>Spirit Day<\/em>: Dress up on Saturday at the basketball games!!!<\/p>\n

c. <\/em>Joshua Radin \u2013 Feb. 13: <\/em>GET EXCITED!<\/p>\n

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

a. <\/em>Cross-Cultural Committee: <\/em>Nels shared that the committee met today and received updates from all the groups currently on cross-cultural (the Middle East group is safe despite the current unrest in Egypt).\u00a0 They also talked about an overview of the Sesotho language course being given by Harlan de Brun this semester, the Kiwi coffee house in CG discussing the New Zealand Cross-Cultural.\u00a0 In addition, semester proposals for 2013-2014 were discussed and they talked about the logistics between two Spanish professors being gone on cross-culturals in the same year.<\/p>\n

b. <\/em>Concert Committee : <\/em>Heidi shared that the concert is NEXT Sunday; a big thank you to everyone who helped sell tickets for the concert this past week in the Student Life Suite.\u00a0 There are still some slots available, Hannah W. offered to take the 11:00-11:30 slot on Friday and Michael will take the 11:30-12:00 slot.\u00a0 Ben offered to take the 10:00-10:30 slot tomorrow and Todd took the 10:30-11:00 slot.\u00a0 Good work volunteers! For next week, the ticket booth will be moved to the Campus Center.\u00a0 As of right now, there are over 60 tickets sold so far.\u00a0 SGA senators will also have to buy a ticket if they would like to attend.\u00a0 Nels passed around a sign-up sheet for senators to sign up for a position to help with hospitality during the concert.<\/p>\n

c. <\/em>Campus Ministries: <\/em>Heidi shared that the committee met last Monday and met Dawn Monger, the interim campus pastor this semester.\u00a0 They also reviewed the MA\/PA program; it was brought up that it would be nice to connect transfer students and students who have taken a year off (before or during college) to each other.\u00a0 Students shared about FCA and Multicultural Services and what is going on with their meetings.\u00a0 In addition, the chapel format (Wednesday=praise worship; Friday=speaker) was discussed.<\/p>\n

d. <\/em>Commons Council:<\/em> Matt shared that the committee talked about security, safety, and storage.\u00a0 The hallway on the North End behind the gym is currently used to store soccer goals and the mats for indoor track mats; this has come up as a fire hazard and new ways to store them need to be discussed. <\/em>Regarding security, they discussed lock-up schedules; right now there is an access hallway from Common Grounds to the gym side of the Commons and the lock-up schedule needs to be addressed with CG and security.\u00a0 Also, on snow days school children have started coming into the gym and using our facility, which is not allowed without parental supervision.\u00a0 They are looking into ways of preventing this from happening when snow days occur.\u00a0 They also discussed bike racks and places to add them around the Commons.<\/p>\n

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

VII. <\/em>New Business<\/em><\/p>\n

a. <\/em>Campus Security: <\/em>Michael shared that the Exec would like to talk about ways to make students, particularly students, feel safer around campus.\u00a0 One possibility would be to propose a \u201cbuddy system\u201d where if someone was feeling unsafe at night they could call a specific number and someone would come walk with them to their destination.\u00a0 Another suggestion would be to involve the campus security guards who are more than willing to walk students back to the dorms.\u00a0 General senator feedback was that it might be better to just create more awareness (i.e. sending out the number to call security via e-mail and encourage students to program it into their phones) at this point in time.\u00a0 Hannah S. is going to brainstorm ways to work with CAs to talk about raising awareness.<\/p>\n

b. <\/em>Funding Request \u2013 CAC: <\/em>Kirk Shenk-Zehr came in to talk to SGA about Anais Mitchell, a singer-songwriter who performs \u201cfolk-opera,\u201d and is touring with her six-piece orchestra Virginia in February.\u00a0 EMU has the opportunity to host Anais and her orchestra on Saturday, February 19 at 9:30 p.m.\u00a0 Anais would also present a workshop for the VACA and Theater Departments in the afternoon of the 19th<\/sup>; however, this may be made available to other EMU students outside those departments.\u00a0 Originally, this was thought to take place in the newly-opened Mainstage Theater; however, there is a possibility it will not be ready by this time.\u00a0 Another possibility would be to host this at EMHS or somewhere else on campus.\u00a0 Kirk knows Anais personally and believes many students at EMU would be interested in attending this concert.\u00a0 He brought the idea to Doug Wandersee, who was very intrigued by the idea of hosting such a unique concert.\u00a0 Because CAC is hosting Joshua Radin the weekend before, Doug suggested a coalition of campus groups to help support this show.\u00a0 Kirk has spent the last few weeks gathering support and so far has received very encouraging feedback from various departments.\u00a0 He has collected $500 from Student Programs and $200 each from Bible and Religion, Visual & Communication Arts, Theater, Language & Lit Departments, and CJP, totaling $1500.\u00a0 He is coming to SGA in hopes of gaining additional funds ($200-500) to further entice Anais to come to EMU.\u00a0 She originally asked for $3500 but decided to be flexible in order to make EMU a stop on her tour; the bare minimum necessary would be $1500 but this does not include accommodations, lodging and renting a venue (if necessary).\u00a0 One concern of senators was that it\u2019s happening at a time when a LOT is happening around campus and it\u2019s coming right on the heels of the Joshua Radin concert.\u00a0 We listened to a short clip of her music and she definitely has an interesting sound that would draw a certain crowd of EMU students.\u00a0 Generally, senators were excited about the chance to host a different type of concert.\u00a0 We felt that $200 was appropriate to give since there is already a lot of funding coming in from other EMU departments and they have already raised the minimum $1500 and anything else at this point is gravy.<\/p>\n

Motion 02022011-2 to approve giving $200 for Anais Mitchell to come to EMU on February 19: Dan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

c. <\/em>Funding Request \u2013 Peace Fellowship: <\/em>Kaitlin Heatwole came in to talk about the Annual Intercollegiate Peace Conference which is being held in Bluffton, OH on February 18-20.\u00a0 They have 12 students who want to go (not all of whom are in Peace Fellowship).\u00a0 Peace Fellowship is covering the cost of registration; however, they still need funds for transportation.\u00a0 Because the cost of renting an EMU van was so high, they are looking to take 3 private cars.\u00a0 They have worked out the details of transportation costs to be $490, which they are requesting from SGA.\u00a0 They are planning on sharing about this conference when they get back in the form of a forum.\u00a0 Senators were very supportive of this; one senator brought up that peace is a huge part of EMU\u2019s mission statement so this is a great way to discuss peace with others from different Mennonite schools.<\/p>\n

Motion 02022011-3 to approve giving Peace Fellowship $490 as requested to cover the cost of transportation to attend this conference: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Calling and Career Day <\/em>: Amy shared that the second-annual Career Day will be happening in the Commons on February 16.\u00a0 This is an opportunity for students to attend workshops on budgeting, portfolios, interviews, etc.\u00a0 Everyone is encouraged to attend a seminar or two and it was very well received last year. There will also be a fair around the track from 1:00-4:00.\u00a0 Amy needs people to sign-up to man the welcome table and is passing around a sign-up sheet for senators to sign-up to help.<\/p>\n

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

-Erica shared that she and Amin met with the Information Systems committee where the biggest thing discussed was the switchover to Moodle from BlackBoard.\u00a0 In addition, they talked about looking at potential distance learning (video conferencing, online courses) that may be implemented in the future at EMU.\u00a0 They also talked about ways to change the computer labs around to make them more user-friendly for a more laptop-toting student population.<\/p>\n

-Hannah shared that the Block Party is now taking place on the day that freshman are moving into EMU so no one from EMU will be able to attend; therefore, EMU will no longer have representatives there for the Block Party.<\/p>\n

-Courtney shared that the moving date for Maplewood is February 25 (Friday) and the helping-to-move hours are from 1:00-7:00, which is slightly inconvenient for people with classes.\u00a0 Michael agreed to discuss this with Housing and Res Life to see if this could be extended.\u00a0 Food will be provided for people who come to help!!!<\/p>\n

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

Motion 02022011-4 to adjourn: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Meeting adjourned (10:34)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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