Student Government Association March 22, 2004 Meeting Minutes Call to Order: 5:13 pm I. Welcome, Reading of the University Creed, Approval of the Minutes A. Motion to approve the minutes, seconded and passed. II. President’s Report A. Lunch with the Librarian 1. The candidate for the University Librarian position is interviewing next Monday and Tuesday. The Search Committee wants at least five students to meet with him for lunch on Tuesday at 12:30 pm in Muse. Lunch will be provided. If you are interested in this, please contact Rachel Lythgoe at rlythgoe@radford.edu. III. Executive Vice President’s Report A. City/University Forum Date 1. The new date for the City/University Forum is April 13 at 6:30 pm in Lounge A. Please plan to attend! B. Banquet 1. Just a reminder that banquet is scheduled for April 21 at 5:30. Please RSVP to Lindsay as soon as possible (lsinger@radford.edu). 2. Council chairs need to send Lindsay the number of people in their organization for certificates. Please do this ASAP! IV. Legislative Vice President’s Report A. Election Update 1. The last candidate information night will be tonight from 7:00 – 8:00 in the New River Room. 2. The Meet the Candidates event and the Presidential Debate will be on Wednesday, March 24 at 6:00 pm in the Commonwealth Room. All members of the electoral board must attend. Everyone who is running for a position is required to be at this event. Be ready to have your picture taken for the website. V. Vice President of Student Finance Report A. Budget Hearings 1. A memo outlining a one-time request from Student Media was passed around. They are requesting $15,367.80 for new equipment. We will vote on this in new business. 2. A draft of next year’s budget will be ready for SGA to review at next week’s meeting. VI. Advisor’s Report A. No Report VII. Cabinet/Staff Reports A. Chief of Staff – Ross Holberg 1. A sign up sheet was passed around for people to sign up to help with Open House and Highlander Days. Volunteers are needed to represent SGA at these events. Please sign up or contact Ross at rholberg@radford.edu for more information. VIII. Council Reports A. OCSC – Colin Fletcher 1. Clean with the Dean is scheduled for April 17 at 10:00 am. Dr. Covington is planning on attending this event! Please plan to come. B. ISAC – Kenda Deleon 1. Details for the International Dinner are coming together. If you still want to perform, you need to contact Kenda ASAP. The dinner is planned for April 3, so get your tickets now! IX. Committee Reports A. Safe Ride Committee – Brandon Covey 1. A proposal was drafted to ask for changes in the hours of operation for the Tartan Transit. Proposed changes would extend the hours of operation until 2:30 am on Thursday through Saturday nights. The proposal asks for the potential cost to SGA for extending these hours. This proposal will be sent to Bill Dalton tomorrow. B. College of Arts and Sciences – Rachel Lythgoe 1. Rachel and Phil met with the Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences to discuss concerns within the department. A summary of the issues they discussed was given. C. Alcohol on Campus Committee Update – Rachel Lythgoe 1. Rachel provided the Senate with a summary of the committee’s findings on the advantages, disadvantages, and potential concerns with submitting a proposal for serving alcohol on campus. The committee spoke with students, RU police, and state legislators to gather varied opinions on this matter. The committee’s general consensus was that pursuing this issue would not be beneficial at this time. Discussion about the advantages and drawbacks was held. More discussion will be held next week. X. Unfinished Business A. None XI. New Business A. Student Media Budget Request 1. A motion was made and seconded to approve Student Media’s one-time request for $15,367.80 for equipment expenses from account number 4309. Motion passed. B. Ashley Mezyk has signed up to run for Executive Vice President, but since she has not been involved with SGA for one full academic year, the Senate must vote to approve her request to run for office. Motion made and seconded to approve Ashley Mezyk’s request to run for SGA Executive Vice President. Discussion was held. Motion passed 12-0-4. XII. Announcements A. Elections – Please stop by the DOS office to take a look at the people who are signed up to run for open positions. If you know someone who would be an excellent candidate for any position, whether someone else is already running for that position or not, please encourage them to submit an application. The deadline for filing is tomorrow at 5:00 pm. Meeting Adjourned at 5:56 pm.