Student Government Association
Senate Meeting
Minutes
September 4, 2006

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
a. Minutes Approved
III. President’s Report
a. CAB Casino Night September 15th 
i. CAB/BAP Casino Night co-sponsored with SGA, President Kyle and Dr. Griffith as well as some athletes will be present and we will need volunteers to help out
b. Website
i. Kaitlyn needs a brief biography, picture, and a description of your job to her to put on the website
c. Homecoming 
d. Elections
i. Elections coming up on the 13th, tell your friends about vacant positions and to vote
IV. Executive Vice President
V. Legislative Vice President
a. Election Information Sessions
i. Two information sessions which are mandatory, one is held tonight at 7 and the second tomorrow night at 7 in the Bonnie room 248
b. Electoral Board
i. Electoral Board Nominations, Robert Barrett, Emily Cline, Erin Huddleston, Sabrina Shelton with alternates Paul Ballas, Katie Thomas, and Jenni Stroup 
a. Motion carried
c. Graduate Student Senator
i. Lauren Harris has officially turned her resignation in
1. Motion has carried to allow Lauren Harris to resign
ii.	Nomination for grad student senator Alia Zaro has been made but the issue has been left on the floor for another week to allow nominations
d. Senate Binder
i. Senators have to fill out monthly reports after meetings with their departments as well as IG committees need to fill out a report and attach the minutes from their meetings
VI. Vice President of Student Finance
a. Museum of Earth Science
i. SFC took a trip over to the museum where Dr. Lyndhart requested funds in the amount of five thousand dollars in order to open his museum, SFC tabled his request and have asked for an itemized list, Regis would like to request that SGA members visit the museum in order to obtain feedback
VII. Senate Report
VIII. Cabinet/Staff Reports
a. LAC-Erin
i. Virginia 21’s 20/20 Conference Day September 28th in Richmond
1. Erin/LAC would like to send 5 people to go to this event and if you would be interested please e-mail Erin
b. Secretary
i. Office Hours
1. Please fill out the sheet with your designated office hour
IX. Council Reports
X. Advisor’s Report
a. Please be careful
XI. Old Business
a. Homecoming Themes
i. Meredith- A Knight to Remember
ii. Andrea- Super Hero Theme
iii. Mike- RU Ready to Rumble
iv. Alice- Discovering RU Treasures, RU Adventures
v. Lauren- Pirates of the Caribbean
vi. Martin/Dean Mardis- Heroes/The Adventures of being a Hero
b. Homecoming Themes
i. Heroes/The Adventures of being a Hero was passed by the SGA Senate as our official theme
XII. New Business
a. ROTC Parking Issue
i. Robert has requested that members of ROTC receive parking passes in order to allow them to arrive at class on time
XIII. Announcements
a. If you have your car parked in Lot E you will receive a ticket, please move your car to Lot Z or any other available lot
b. Martin- The September 11th event
i. We encourage everyone to attend this event to support the speakers, the conference, and the vigil
1. Dress code is Business Casual for the day time events and casual for the night events
c.	Electoral Board please look out for an e-mail from Andrea
XIV. Adjournment