Student Senate Meeting Minutes
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Student Senate Meeting Minutes:
Monday, October 24, 2016 5:30 p.m. Ed2N-2307
Call to Order: 5:30pm Chelsea Mitchell
Committee Sessions: 5:30
Legislative Affairs
Finance
Diversity
Philanthropy
Student Life & Affairs
Communications
Approval of Minutes: 6:00pm Chelsea Mitchell
President’s Report: Chelsea Mitchell
Guest Speakers: Doug Stehle
HSC Library
- We will be renovating the second floor on the north side of the library
- We want this to be a better used space for students
o We want lots of daylight, quite study, student access only (student ID)
o Students want independent study rooms, quiet space; less of a 4x6 room – this is variety for the library – a lot of individual/2-person study space; also informal seating areas where you can sit and study together – this accommodates 115-130 people
o 14 2-seat study rooms; 10 single rooms; 10 single seat; 12 rooms that fit 2-4 people semienclosed; 10 bar seats; 15 soft single seats
- Questions: o Does each seat have outlets? Yes, all will have power and USB
o No flat screens (but maybe rough-in)
o Alternative to nap pods? They will come up with ideas
o Since there is a lot of open seating, are you concerned for noise? In the 2 seaters – the walls will go up to the ceiling, also the area is quiet study; within the single seat, the walls will go 7ft (but not all the way to the top);
o Will there be shades that come down in glass enclosed rooms? It will be glass painted – so you can see through the sides but otherwise you wont be able to see through the middle; from the room out to the open area we haven’t talked about adding anything – frosted sounds better to us
o Glass board we can write on – it will be totally opaque between so it wont interfere
. If person is writing on one side you might be able to hear it on the other side
. What about if people are talking? You might hear a little, but again it is self- monitoring – this is a quiet study area
o How long will this take? Between 3-6 months
. Starts after June 1st
o As far as budgeting goes – we might simplify furniture in order to add nap-pods
o Will there be lamps? Yes
o If we had a kitchenette with a Kurig, fridge and microwave, would that work well? Yes
. If there is a kitchen, could we eat there or in the library? It would be you heat it and go back to where you are studying – you can eat in the library
Treasurer’s Report: Phil Yoon A preliminary budget report was presented. A full report will be available in future minutes.
Committee Updates/Reports: (10 mins/VP) VP will provide updates on committee work(s) from the podium.
Legislative Affairs
- Wednesday we are continuing voter registration drive (outside of food trucks) – next 2 Wednesdays
o If you register you get 20% off at bookstore
- Higher education town hall, with Young Invincible for higher education funding – Monday 11/7 at 2:00 at Fulginiti
o Morgan Carrol will be there; we are looking for republican vote as well o There will be ice cream – we need students that have compelling stories and who want to ask questions
- Student Election Coverage – we will be watching the election results as a campus on Tuesday Nov 8th from 5-8 PM
- Post election fallout talks – we will get in touch with CU law professors to talk about how certain laws will affect students going forward
o Ex: if minimum wage increase passes – it is a HUGE hit to university – we should know how it affects us
- Senate comment boxes – Wednesday will be comment encouragement days – cookies for comments – we will have these at multiple locations on campus
o Lets do it before next meeting
Finance
- We found out where the money goes – we will send it out.
o Dental: money goes to student council
o Pharm: same as dental
o PT: student council
o AA: student council/national organization membership and activities
o Public health: student council – student events
o Medicine: student council/office of student life
. It doesn’t go to student life – part goes to med student council and then each class gets theirs – councils work on the classes – they vote
o Nursing: student council, events and swag
o Grad school: their money got cut severely so they get a few dollars – but it goes to council – ice cream social and doughnuts and coffee and book club and tea time
. If a lot of people aren’t using the events then talk to schools about it
o Missing a few programs – if you find your student council infective then that is an issue – we should talk about it
Diversity
- Dia de los Meurtos on October 28th from 3-6 on bridge
o There will be a movie played from 5-6 with popcorn
- International education week Nov 14-18th; RC 2 Krugman Hall
- We might be starting reading club/science fairs with north middle school Philanthropy
- We had habitat for humanity last week and it went well – no more dates for this semester left
- We had a Ronald Mcdonald dinner that went well as well
o There were enough volunteers, but they were all from the philanthropy committee (except 1)
o We will do another in the spring
- In future we will be doing project angel heart – we don’t have a confirmed date yet, nov 30 th maybe
- We will be partnering with pharm school for 9 news health fair (you can sometimes get credit for your school)
- We will have collection jar with change for Children’s hospital at bagel bar
Student Life & Affairs
- November 13th, Aves game, tickets at bookstore until the 26th, they can be picked up on Nov 1 in Stacey’s office
- November 18th – fantastic beasts movie night – we aren’t sure the day – premiere night might be good for harry potter fans – more info to come
- Bagel bar for the first Wednesday of Novmeber
- Zoo lights December 4th we are thinking
- Also maybe a game night at the pub?
Communications
- Can we send the calendar out to EVERYONE?
Business - unfinished: Chelsea Mitchell
November and December meeting cancellations for holiday / travel
- No meeting Nov 28th or Dec 26th
Discussion regarding changes / updates to constitution
- Constitutional Amendments
o Volunteering, committee requirements
o We will be sending them out after the meeting – give feedback – we want this passed before semester is over o Volunteer: 2 events per semester, unless VP thinks event is sufficient
. If it isn’t clear, let us know
Regents – they are elected officials that make decisions for the whole university – we want them to come in but he will come and speak with us at some point
- They make decisions about our tuition and all laws and policies
- Any other things on our campus that aren’t getting solved that would need help from someone higher up
- Tuition is a big issue – we don’t have a lot of conversation about this and we would like to
- Terri feathers would be good to come in and speak with us
OCSS Announcements: Office Representative
- Badging – will be put into the rooms but there will be discussions about having them turned on – they will be active but not turned on
- Changes for insurance – Laverne has resigned – but we have someone coming in
o If we have questions about student health insurance – you can contact the same people and you will get info
o If you have a question about insurance contact this office, don’t call the insurance
- There will be a link up on the senate page for us to evaluate your event - Erin will send it out
Adjourn: 6:59 Chelsea Mitchell