{"id":200,"date":"2011-02-23T22:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T02:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/?p=200"},"modified":"2011-02-23T22:18:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T02:18:58","slug":"february-16-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/2011\/02\/23\/february-16-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"February 16 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

Absent: <\/em>Hannah Wenger, Brittney Wenger, Vi Dutcher<\/p>\n

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

Motion 16022011-1 to approve the minutes: Heidi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

a. <\/em>Hadestown \u2013 Feb. 19: <\/em>SGA co-sponsored this event, which takes place in Lehman on Saturday! Come out and enjoy!\u00a0 There is also a workshop in the afternoon on Saturday for all students.<\/p>\n

b. <\/em>Join a Club Party \u2013 Feb. 22: <\/em>This event is sponsored by USO; please encourage any club leaders you know to attend this!<\/p>\n

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

a. Reflections on the Concert: <\/em>Thank you to everyone who volunteered; it went off very smoothly \u00a0 and everyone\u2019s hard work was very appreciated!\u00a0 All senators were impressed by the concert and<\/p>\n

<\/em>felt like it went well.\u00a0 Lehman was a good venue for this particular genre; however, if the concert<\/p>\n

would not have been so chill, it might not have been an appropriate venue.\u00a0 One concern was the<\/p>\n

lack of security; perhaps in the future we should have more senators around the dressing room.<\/p>\n

The final ticket number was 476, which was an encouraging number.\u00a0 Now is the time to start<\/p>\n

thinking ahead to the future so be thinking about bands that you would like to see at EMU next<\/p>\n

year!<\/p>\n

b. Maplewood Move: <\/em>The Maplewood move is February 25 and outsiders are allowed to help<\/p>\n

from 1:00-7:00 p.m.\u00a0 Seven senators agreed to help out at some point during that time frame as<\/p>\n

schedule allows.<\/p>\n

c. Lounge Swipe Card: <\/em>The SGA Exec felt that this particular issue did not warrant a survey or<\/p>\n

petition; we instead felt that our job as SGA is to be the voice for the students in place of a<\/p>\n

survey.\u00a0 Although we are a small group of students, our job is to represent the broader voice of<\/p>\n

students at EMU so we feel our collective decisions reflect the opinions of the student body.\u00a0 Ken<\/p>\n

shared that part of the sentiment of the Res Life meeting was that even when the majority of the<\/p>\n

students may want something, we still want to be aware of those students who would feel<\/p>\n

uncomfortable with the new changes.\u00a0 One reason this might cause discomfort was if there were<\/p>\n

a lot of people from another dorm in a lounge late at night and residents wouldn\u2019t know those<\/p>\n

people.\u00a0 Others felt that 24-hour lounges offer a safe haven for where students can go if they feel<\/p>\n

unsafe at any time. One senator brought up that no one seemed to be super passionate about this<\/p>\n

issue; we decided that until we hear a strong voice from the students either way, we don\u2019t need to<\/p>\n

change the current system.<\/p>\n

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

a. <\/em>Club Constitution \u2013 Fishing Team: <\/em>We received a constitution from a new club, EMU Fishing Team, seeking approval from EMU.\u00a0 Two major concerns that jumped out at senators were the requirement of a 2.0 GPA and the requirement that every member provide their own equipment, travel expenses, and tournament fees.\u00a0 Many felt that the pay-to-play restrictions are kind of limiting for all students.\u00a0 There are currently six members interested in this club.\u00a0 There were also clarifications needed with a few ambiguous statements in the constitution (i.e. \u201cresponsible members\u201d).\u00a0 There was also concern with the tournaments; senators had questions about whether they can attend any sponsored tournament (Budweiser?) and what can happen with the winnings. There were also some grammatical and technical changes suggested.\u00a0 Overall, there was no strong negative feedback for this club; it seems like a great addition to EMU\u2019s extracurriculars!<\/p>\n

Motion 16022011-2 to approve the constitution for the EMU Fishing Team with said changes (grammatical, clarifying): Nels<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

b. <\/em>New Tasks<\/em>: Michael shared that last week we looked at the committees that still had energy and the ones that had kind of fizzled out.\u00a0 He asked for any suggestions for new things that SGA could get involved in for the rest of the year.\u00a0 Janelle shared that one thing might be to have people in place to organize a \u201cSpirit Bus\u201d should the men\u2019s basketball team advance in tournament. \u00a0In addition, Alli suggested another faculty forum for this semester and offered to help organize this endeavor.\u00a0 Michael also brought up the possibility of a Music Festival some week on campus, which got a lot of interest from senators.<\/p>\n

c. <\/em>How a Future SGA Might Look: <\/em>Ben talked about the possibilities for infrastructural changes, one being an additional Exec member who would be a Marketing Representative.\u00a0 In addition, we could add a few members to the senate as representatives from some larger campus organizations (Res Life, CAC, Campus Ministries) who would be actual voting members.\u00a0 The difference between these members and the current members is that the representatives would not be elected by the student body.\u00a0 General senator feedback was very positive for adding a Marketing representative to the Exec committee.\u00a0 There was also discussion about the fact that the current constitution does not require students running for Exec to have previously served on the senate; this may also need to be something we look at since it\u2019s very beneficial to have previously-serving members.\u00a0 Regarding the additional representatives from other clubs, there was some discomfort noted with having voting members who were not elected by the students. There were also a few concerns raised with having so many people added to the senate; at what point does the SGA just become too large? A viable next step seems to be to go to the clubs we\u2019re considering adding to SGA to see if representatives on SGA would be beneficial or unnecessary.<\/p>\n

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

-Help is needed to toss t-shirts at the women\u2019s basketball game.\u00a0 Courtney and Todd volunteered to help with the tosses.<\/p>\n

-Amin suggested having clubs fill out progress reports to show how they are doing so we can learn about how other clubs are working\/progressing.<\/p>\n

-Amin shared that he has heard that there is a concern with athletes and their academics; he worries that this particular culture stresses sports instead of school and was wondering ways SGA can possibly help out with that.\u00a0 As an SGA, we don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s really our place to handle this issue but we encouraged him to talk to Student Life about his concerns.<\/p>\n

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

Motion 16022011-3 to adjourn: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Meeting adjourned (10:32)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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