{"id":242,"date":"2011-04-06T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T01:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/?p=242"},"modified":"2011-04-06T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T01:17:11","slug":"march-30-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/2011\/04\/06\/march-30-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"March 30 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Call to Order Michael (9:06)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roll Call\/Prayer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

    Absent:<\/em> Amy Springer, Dan Sigmans<\/p>\n

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    1. III.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Approval of Minutes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Motion 30032011-1 to approve the minutes: Matt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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      1. IV.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Announcements<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        -None this week!<\/p>\n

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        1. V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Committee Reporting<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          a. Strategic Planning Council: Ken shared that SPC talked about how EMU can take leadership as<\/p>\n

          being the university of choice for a globally-oriented Christian university.\u00a0 They are striving to be<\/p>\n

          \u201cA Christian university like no other\u201d where students learn to serve and lead in a global context.\u00a0 Another thing they discussed was data collection and comparing EMU to 20 different schools.\u00a0 EMU has a very low student-faculty ratio (10:1) when compared to peers and aspirational peers.<\/p>\n

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          1. VI.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Business\n
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            1. Funding Request \u2013 Earthkeepers: Katie Jantzen spoke to the senate about an Earthkeepers request for funding for 10 students (with two students on the waiting list) to attend the PowerShift Conference held in Washington D.C. on April 15-17.\u00a0 The conference is bringing young adults together for grassroots organizational training in leadership skills focusing on clean energy and how young people can have the power to move towards a clean energy economy in the context of environmental and social justice.\u00a0 They will also have the opportunity to learn about the down sides of \u201cdirty\u201d energy.\u00a0 The conference is $65 per person to register and $30 per person for lodging for a total of $950.\u00a0 Earthkeepers is hoping to raise money to fund transportation and food for this conference.\u00a0 They sent out an all-campus e-mail and got three interested students outside of Earthkeepers who wanted to attend; after the conference they hope to share what they\u2019ve learned with the EMU community by writing up an article in the WeatherVane.\u00a0 After Katie left, senators expressed concerns for the large amount of money requested.\u00a0 There was agreement that this is a worthy conference and we want to support the students going; however, it is not unreasonable to expect students to have to pay a small portion of the cost to attend something like that.\u00a0 Will shared that our budget is in very good shape at this point in the year so we do have the funding in place to provide the necessary money to Earthkeepers.\u00a0 Some discussion ensued with whether SGA should pay the full amount of the conference fees or just pay registration fees and have those wanting to attend pay some out of pocket.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Motion 30032011-2 to approve the full cost of registration and lodging ($950) for these students to attend the PowerShift Conference: Hannah S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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              1. SGA Budget: Will shared the recommended SGA budget for the 2011-2012 school year.\u00a0 He went through each club and the requested\/recommended allocations. The biggest change in requested amounts and what we\u2019d like to allocate was with YPCA; they requested $8,000 and we decided to allocate $6,000 and encourage them to try to find Y-trips that don\u2019t require such high transportation costs.\u00a0 In the case of a student-initiated Y-Trip, YPCA can also come back to SGA with an additional funding request.\u00a0 YPCA also helps with scholarships and other activities around campus.\u00a0 Another concern was the large amount of money given to Common Grounds; however, that is a valuable center of student activity and would not be sustainable on its own.\u00a0 We therefore feel it is a worthy place for our money.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Motion 30032011-3 to approve the recommended 2011-2012 budget as presented to the senate: Sarah<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

                Motion passed 17-0-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                1. VII.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Open Floor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  -Hannah W. and Alli shared that 3 of the 4 professors (Jeanne Horst, Tom Joyner, Lynn Mackey) have agreed to participate in the faculty forum on April 18th<\/sup> at 8:00 in Common Grounds.\u00a0 They are going to ask the 4th<\/sup> professor tomorrow and once they have a final word from him they will begin advertising the event.\u00a0 A special thank you to Hannah and Alli for working on this and setting it up!<\/p>\n

                  -Michael shared that he and Ben shared with the Board of Trustees last weekend and shared our strategic plan with them.\u00a0 They were very affirmative of our work and appreciated all that we have done this year!<\/p>\n

                  -Alli shared that she got an e-mail from Brian Martin Burkholder as part of the Lectureship committee; he was wondering about possible suggestions for speakers for the Student Lecture Series for next year.\u00a0 Go to Alli with any ideas!<\/p>\n

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                  1. VIII.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adjournment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Motion 30032011-4 to adjourn: Janelle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

                    Meeting adjourned (10:06)<\/strong><\/p>\n

                     <\/p>\n

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                    I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Call to Order Michael (9:06) II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roll Call\/Prayer Present: Michael Spory, Janelle Freed, Sarah Beck, Brittney Wenger, Laci Gautsche, Courtney Walker, Matt Dean, Todd Hooley, Amin Laboriel, Lars Akerson, Erika Babikow, Alli Eanes, Hannah Wenger, Hannah Schrock, Will Morris, Ben Bergey, Heidi Bauman, Ken L. Nafziger Absent: Amy Springer, Dan Sigmans III.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Approval of....<\/p>

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