Minutes for September 1st 

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Opening  & Reports

(No statements are direct quotes unless specified by quotation marks.)

President Holmes called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. by the Senate Clock.

Roll call 

Guests:

• Emilie Mihal

• Brittany Fossey

• Nicholas Fredrickson

• Peter Strohmeier - MSUSA 

• Nicole Nagel - Advocate

• Wade Klein - Metro Cog

• Mike Kunza - Metro Cog

• Kendall Bliss

• Katie Flock

• Kathleen Enz Finken

Proxies: 

• Brittany Fossey - Nicole Booth

Approval of the Agenda   

• Unanimous Approval 

Approval of the Minutes  

• Obach/Ascheman - table to next weeks meeting - pass

Public Hearing

Peter Strohmeier - MSUSA

• I am a campaign organizer

• We are working on the Minnesota Caucus Campaign

• Minnesota Higher Education Initiative

• My email is peter@msusa.net

• September 20th is National Call in Day.  We are trying to defeat HR 609 which is the College Access Act

Mike Kunza

Wade Klein - MAT Bus

• Working Group handout

• Purpose - The Metropolitan College Transportation Work group will act as a tool for metro area colleges to coordinate the development and implementation of transportation demand management techniques aimed at students, faculty, and staff.

  • Provide a regular forum to discuss transportation issues related to Metro Area Colleges such as transit (U-pass), taxi cab programs, parking, etc.

  • Facilitate communication between Metro Area Colleges, Metro COG, Metro Area Transit, and municipal transportation officials;

  • Discuss, promote, and educate students and faculty on the benefits of alternative transportation modes,

  • Provide transportation technical assistance to college administration and students.

• Composition - Each metro area college will have both staff and student leadership representation.  Staff representation should be an individual or individuals who work with issues of parking and transportation, and the allocation of resources to support the U-Pass Program with Metro Area Transit.

  Student leadership will appoint two members from its governing body, one freshman and one junior.  It is desirable the appointees serve on the working group for the duration of their stay at the particular institution.  Therefore by the time the junior has served two years and graduates, the sophomore appointee will have had two years experience with the working group.  Such as system will create continuity among the student leadership.

• Long Range Goal (1 to 3 years) - The creation of a formal organization such as a Transit Management Organization/Associateion (TMO or TMA).  Such an organization or association would handle the myriad issues involved in college transportation.

  Over time this association/organization would achieve its own budget and could be responsible for the marketing of transportation programs and initiatives, and be the pivot point in promoting transportation alternatives for metro area college students, faculty and staff.

• Next Steps

  • Formalize membership and establish first meeting by October 7th

  • Proposed meeting dates: October, November, January, February, March, April, May

Fossey

• Are any other colleges committed to this already?

MAT

• You are the first actual presentation but there haver been verbal commitments to have people from the other schools attend the committee.

Fossey

• How do you expect to find funding?

MAT

• Non-profit agencies can get funding through grants or may even be able to use some of the funds through MAT's Marketing fund.

Kathleen Enz Finken - Dean of Arts and Humanities

• I am working to 'whip my colleagues into shape'!

• Certain areas I have been working hard on/ will be working hard on:

  • Honors program

  • Women Studies  program - I would like to eventually create a Women Studies Major

  • Developing English as a 2nd language program.

Lien

• Congratulations on your appointment as Dean!

Mihal

• When all of the parents were here on campus there were signs around all of the construction saying "Please excuse our mess".  However, they are now gone, as are the parents.  It makes me think it was just for the parents and not for the students, and that it doesn't matter that we have to put up with the mess.

Peeters

• I concur!

Reports

Advisor Wiese

• UPBC met and we discussed the Blue Light phone program. That was signed off on by President Barden.

• The Library will be undergoing some roofing issues this fall!

• Power bowl is this weekend!

Justin Schwegel (Treasurer)

James Cailao (Vice President)

• Attended retreat

• Completed Student Senate Binders for 05/06

• Will be administering ARS for those Senators who need to take it (newly appointed and newly elected)

• Need all senator schedules and final office hours

• Will begin attending various comm. meetings
  

Billy Holmes (President)

• Today is a Great Day to Be a Dragon Day!

• I have a meeting next week with the Student Center Steering Committee for discussion; expect a presentation next week.

• Following Mihal's report there will be a 15 minute committee caucus to set meeting times and a key project on which the committee will commence.

• Weekly Wednesdays with Warren a.k.a. W to the 4th power.  I also had my biweekly meeting with President Barden.

• Former Trustee Erickson is on his bike ride across the state.

• Sustainable campus committee

• UPBC finalized the FY06 budget and will begin work next week on FY07.

Grace Pugsley (Secretary)

• I served on 4 committees last year and am offended that President Holmes thought that I apparently knew nothing!

• This week I completed the Senate Contact Sheets and placed those in your mailboxes, which are located in the back of the Senate office by the ugly couch.  I had to hand write people's nicknames and Justin's information.

• I went to the Senate retreat...and I learned a lot about Parliamentary procedure and a lot about Landon.

• I think we should do the Adopt-A-Highway cleaning soon!! Do what you can for the Earth so that the Earth can continue to do all it does for you!  (And if the streets look clean, people will be more inclined to be impressed with the area, and therefore the enrollment will go up!  In theory)

• SPAM and I got the attendance set up for this semester!

• I will have the minutes out soon, due to me not being able to get on the website right away and the format of the minutes still not being finished, I have not yet completed the minutes from last week!

• In memory of VP McCoy here is one of his infamous jokes...

     Two penguins are taking a bath.  Penguin 1 asks Penguin 2 to pass the bar of soap.  Penguin 2 looks at penguin 1 and says, "What do you think I am, a typewriter?"   

  (No need to laugh...it's a McCoy joke)

• I am going to Harvest Fest the 8th - 11th!!! WOOHOO!  

• But due to this I will not be here next week...so SPAM will be covering for me.  Please be kind for her!  Talk slowly and enunciate well!  

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN SCHWEGEL!! Tomorrow is Justin's birthday!  Yay!

• I am going to the State Fair in Huron, SD this weekend.

• Chairs!! Please send to me (by email/in my mailbox) a list of all of your committee members, your committees meeting time, goals you want to accomplish, projects you will be taking on, and a brief description of your committees work and/or contribution to Senate.  Also include a way for outsiders to contact the committee!  

• The quote of the week: (Mihal and I were talking about how there are many strong relationships within Senate and that is where I got the idea for this quote) 

• The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being - Jane Wyman

Emilie Mihal (S.P.A.M.)

• Attended Last week's Senate meeting

• Went to the retreat

• Put pictures of the retreat online

• Added housekeeping pages

• Worked on constitution index

• Re worked template for minutes for Grace

• Reprogrammed attendance sheet for Grace

• Bought placards with Grace

• Re-did placards, except I unfortunately missed Senator Harder and misspelled Senator Lein's name (joke, Justy! I know that, too, is misspelled!)

• Researched Roberts Rules

• Please fill out the information sheets so I can place your information online.  I will be hounding you if you don't. 

Campus Affairs (Chair Randhawa)

Committee on Committees (Chair Obach)

Legislative & Internal Affairs (Chair Wilson-Mattson)

Marketing (Chair Booth)

Tuition & Fees Oversight (Chair Welle)

Cultural Diversity Sub Committee (Chair Oni)

MSUSA Campus Rep. (Schmit)

MSUSA Cultural Diversity Rep. (Oni)

Taxi Cab Program (Ellefson)

Election Board (Chair Mihal)

• If you currently hold a residential seat, your term will be up at the end of this semester.  You can tell if you are residential if you are holding a dorm seat or a off campus seat.  To have your seat next semester, you must win the election.  To win elections, you must file for elections.  Filing starts in about a month and a half.  It will be announced during meetings.

Old Business:

None

New Business:

Appointments

Kendall Bliss to NGH

• CC (Welle/Ascheman) - pass

• 19y/0n/3a - pass

• OC (Obach/Braddock) - pass

Vanessa Deutz to Education/Human Services

• Welle/Braddock - table appointment to next week

Nicholas Fredrickson to Undeclared/Undecided

• Cailao/Bard move to confirm appointment

• 10y/7n/2a - fails

• Gavel passed to VP Cailao at 7:26p.m.

Motion 06-03 Braddock/Obach

Whereas it was requested by Senate members at the fall 2005 MSUM Student Senate Retreat that President Holmes draft a presidential mission statement that addresses listening, order, patience, diversity, transparency, communication, and timely submission of weekly reports to the Secretary

Be it resolved Student Senate accept President Holmes' mission statement which reads (see attached):

• In compliance with the request made by Senate members at the fall 2005 MSUM Student Senate Retreat, I submit this document as my personal mission statement to MSUM Student Senate for the 2005-2006 academic year.

• As president, I will actively and compassionately listen to all members of MSUM Student Senate and members of the student body.  I will facilitate diversity and equality within the organization and work to empower MSUM Student Senate and its members by exemplifying true leadership.  I will continuously work to maintain order and fairness in all meetings and insure transparency within the organization through open communication of all direction and impartiality as outlined in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 10th Edition.  Also, my reports will be delivered to the secretary in a timely fashion to insure inclusion within the minutes each week.

Be it further resolved a signed copy of said mission statement be posted in the President's cubicle as a daily reminder of his promise.

Motion 06-03 passes unanimously

Motion 06-04 Booth(Pr Fossey)/Welle

Whereas Hurricane Katrina was one of the most catastrophic and significant natural disasters in U.S. history,

Be it resolved the Marketing Committee coordinate efforts on behalf of the Student Senate to send effective disaster relief and emergency aide to the victims of this event,

Be it further resolved this be completed no later than Friday, September 23rd, weekly reports to be made by the committee.

Motion 06-04 passes unanimously

Motion 06-05 Welle/Braddock

Whereas the MSUSA Cultural Diversity and MSUSA Campus Reps are not elected by MSUM Students,

Whereas all the liaison positions are communication channels for certain interest groups,

Be it resolved MSUSA campus Rep, MSUSA cultural Diversty Rep and all liaison positions not be allowed to proxy for senators in order to remain neutral on Senate decisions.

Motion 06-05 passes unanimously

Motion 06-06 Welle/Ellefson

Whereas MSUSA reps and all liaisons are representing special interests on Senate,

Whereas MSUSA reps and all liaisons are information channels for Senate,

Be it resolved MSUSA reps and all liaisons not be allowed to debate any motions unless offering pertinent information directly related to their position.

Motion 06-06 passes

Points for the Good of the Order:  

Announcements

Pugsley

• Happy Birthday Justin! Let's all sing along

(At this point Senate joined together to celebrate in the life of Treasurer Schwegel through our voices)

Welle

• I am having a blast looking at Billy

Cailao

• DZ, GPB, PS is doing a teeter-a-thon.

Pugsley

• Obach wants everyone to come out to JC's tonight.

Schwegel

• Sorry about my boring hair.

• We are going out to eat after Senate.

• I really enjoy the food and BWW and the Trivia is fun.

Motion to adjourn (Welle/Fossey)

Adjourn at 8:00 p.m.