2Nd Meeting Agenda 4.22.21
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Fifty-Third Student Senate 2nd Meeting Agenda April 22nd, 2021 ● Call to Order ○ 7:00 p.m. ● Pledge of Allegiance ● National Anthem (If available) ● Roll Call and Verification of Quorum ○ Quorum: 44/51 ○ Present and Voting ■ Gunn 7:06 p.m. ■ Patel 7:06 p.m. ● Approval of the Minutes – 4/8/2021; Approved by GC ● Approval of the Agenda – 4/22/2021; Approved by GC ● Open Forum ○ Meg Hall & Austin Wilson, Student Body President- & Vice President-Elect ● Announcements from the Student Body President (Sabrina La Rosa, [email protected]) ○ Veto Address ○ Appointments: ■ Trevor Sheridan, College of Arts and Humanities Seat #3 ■ Nicolas Aixala, College of Business Administration Seat #7 ■ Jonathan Yaari: College of Sciences Seat #6 ■ Samantha Ciresi: College of Sciences Seat #9 ■ Joshua Gonzalez: College of Sciences Seat #10 ■ Julian Duque Grajales: College of Sciences Seat #11 ■ Camila Reyes: Rosen College of Hospitality Management Seat #3 ○ ● Announcements from the Student Body Vice President (Stephanie Blanco, [email protected]) ○ Thank you and congratulations to new and returning Senators. ● Comptroller’s Report (Joey Tufo, [email protected]) ○ CRT Current Account Balance: FAO Current Account Balance: $665,285.25 $166,679.93 Reversion: 8.489% Reversion: 4.118% ● Cabinet Forum- ○ Deputy Chief of Staff - Benjamin Rembaum ■ Thank you! ● Announcements from the Chief Justice (Jessica Oehler, [email protected]) ○ None. ● Announcements from the Supervisor of Elections (Favrissy Leyva, [email protected]) ○ None. ● Announcements from the Activity and Service Fee Committee Chair (Joey Tufo, [email protected]) ○ Brief Introduction on the A&SF Committee to offer insight to those interested in running to be a part of the committee. ● Announcements from the Scholarship Committee Chair (Rob Gray, [email protected]) ○ None ● Announcements from the Senate President (Chinyere Anunobi, [email protected]) ○ Good evening Senate! I hope you all are doing well and staying safe! Here are my announcements: ■ Advocate for change at the local, state, and federal level. There are a lot of unfortunate events occuring, specifically regarding racial minorities and shooting, and most especially Daunte Wright and Ma’Khia Bryant and the people injured and killed in Texas, Georgia, Colorado, California, South Carolina, and elsewhere. It is important as leaders that we educate ourselves and our constituents on what is going on and find ways to assist and support, especially those directly impacted. If you need any someone to talk to, vent, and/or listen, I am here. I am hopeful you all will help create a safer, respectful, and habitable environment for everyone. ■ Check emails ● Committee Chairs ● Senate Breakdown ● Caucuses, A&SF, & Scholarship Committees ● Hybrid Senate & Committee Meetings ■ Speakers Initiatives ● Area 4: Branch Relations ○ Attended Diversity Lunch hosted by Div. & Inc. Coord. Lopez and met fellow senators, Pres. Cartwright, Interim Chief Equity, Incl. & Div. Officer Dr. Butler, & Student Body VP Elect Wilson ○ Meeting w/ Student Body Pres. & VP Elect Hall & Wilson ■ Schedule a meeting w/ them and attend! ○ Impact Awards ■ Congratulations to all our hard working Senators & SG agents! ● Area 1: Outreach ○ UCF Administration ■ Excited to work w/ Pres. Cartwright & Dr. Butler ○ Caucuses ■ SG Caucuses will have their own space, “Cultural Student Center”, with MSC to meet and interact with each other and RSOs in Suite 214 of the SU. ● Area 2: Senate Body ○ Speaker’s Exclusives ○ Speak w/ the Speaker ○ Senate Executive Leadership Meetings ○ Speaker’s & Pro Temp’s Office ■ Appointments ● External Legislative Assistant: Sen. Gonzalez ● Internal Legislative Assistant: Sen. Huerta ■ Dismissals ● Senator Flynn, College of Business Administration, Seat 7 ● Senator Petersen, College of Sciences, Seat 7 ● Senator Taylor, Rosen College of Hospitality, Seat 1 ● Internal Legislative Assistant Report (, [email protected]) ○ None. ● External Legislative Assistant Report (, [email protected]) ○ None. ● Senate President Pro Tempore Report (Christopher Slaughter, [email protected]) ○ Good afternoon Senate, Congratulations to all newly elected leadership I am so excited for the Semester. ○ May 17th Deadline for financial training. Looking to have food for the first committee to complete financial training. ○ Looking to hold a legislative workshop in Early May. ○ Transition Binders will be sent to all Chairs and Vice Chairs tonight. ○ Lastly, As Pro-Tempore I hereby appoint Senator Bonefont for Deputy Pro Tempore of Legislative Affairs and Senator Magdadaro for Deputy Pro Tempore of Senate Relations I look forward to seeing you both in confirmations ● Deputy Pro Tempore of Legislative Affairs Report (, [email protected]) ○ None. ● Deputy Pro Tempore of Senate Relations Report (, [email protected]) ○ None. ● Student Government Caucus Reports ○ Asian/Pacific Islander American Caucus () ■ None. ○ Black Caucus () ■ None. ○ Hispanic/Latinx Caucus () ■ None. ○ LGBTQ+ Caucus () ■ None. ○ Womxn’s Caucus () ■ None. ● Unfinished Business ○ None. ● Fiscal Committee Caucus Time ○ None. ● Fiscal Committee Reports ● CRT Committee (Chair Ariane Block , [email protected]); (Vice Chair Will Power, [email protected] ) ○ I am super excited to work with VC Power and the CRT committee! I just wanted to thank all of you for trusting me to be your chair. ○ CRT will be meeting virtually on Mondays at 2:30 for the summer semester. ● FAO Committee (Chair Zach Dench , [email protected]); (Vice Chair Hannah Mittan, [email protected] ) ○ Hello everyone I am excited to be the FAO Chair and I am looking forward to a great year. ○ FAO will be meeting at 2pm on Tuesday and will be virtual over the summer semester and will move to hybrid in the fall. ● ORS Committee (Chair Maddie Malakoff , [email protected]); (Vice Chair , ) ○ Hello Everyone! Super excited to be working with everyone in this session. ORS has decided to meet virtually over the summer and the meeting days will be on thursday at 12! We have a few open seats as well as still looking to appoint a vice chair so I encourage anyone who is interested to come join. ● Fiscal Legislation ● Notice of Legislation on First Reading ○ Bills ■ Fiscal Bill 53-01 [Funding for The Collegiate Space Foundation at UCF to host the TubeSat Launch in the 1.Port of Los Angeles, 2. Vandenberg AFB, 3. Kennedy Space Center on June 30, 2021][Senator James Evans] PPI by GC ○ Resolutions ○ Special Acts ● Notice of Legislation on Third Reading ○ Bills ○ Resolutions ○ Special Acts ● Notice of Legislation on Second Reading ○ Bills ○ Resolutions ○ Special Acts ● Internal Committee Caucus Time ○ None. ● Internal Committee Reports ● E&A Committee (Chair Anthony Moscol, [email protected]); (Vice Chair Kiya Layman-Williams, [email protected] ) ○ Hey y’all! Shoutout to the committee for believing in Vice Chair Layman-Williams and I! I am excited to work with you all. ○ We will be meeting 5 PM every Tuesday for the summer semester virtually. ■ Before the first committee meeting, I am planning on hosting a separate meeting to share how the committee will work, including a mock confirmation! Robert’s Rules and other similar aspects pertaining to committee business will be involved, so anyone can join! ● Time will be decided soon with the committee, will be announced in the GroupMe. ○ If anyone ever has questions about Senate meetings, I’m glad to help as a returning senator! ● GAP Committee (Chair Rebekah Galloway, [email protected]); (Vice Chair Nicole Boisson, [email protected] ) ○ Good evening y’all :), ○ First and foremost, congratulations to our new vice chair, Vice Chair Boisson! ○ GAP will be meeting at 5:00 PM on Mondays with a hybrid modality. ○ I’m looking forward to a very successful session with y’all! ● LJR Committee (Chair James Evans, [email protected]); (Vice Chair Brandon Greenaway, [email protected]) ○ Hi Everyone! ■ I’m looking forward to working with you all! Don’t hesitate to ask any questions pertaining to rules and statutes! ■ I plan on working to host some “Office Hours” to provide a space for these questions, but always feel free to email me. ■ We are meeting on Wednesdays @ 3:30pm in a Hybrid Modality! ■ Also, if I messed up your name I am very sorry. Please email me or text me with a recording of yourself saying your name. I would love to learn how to properly pronounce them! ● SBA Committee (Chair Bach Tran, [email protected]); (Vice Chair Jacob Bertram, [email protected] ) ○ Hello everyone, congratulations for making it this far into the semester. Please don’t lose sight of that GPA. ■ We are looking forward to looking with everyone! We are very happy to see that every member has been engaging, learning, and trying to take action to advocate for the student body ■ SBA will meet at 3 pm on Thursday during summer, And a reminder to the committee member to complete the preferred contact sheet! ■ Correct me if I pronounce your name wrong! ● Confirmations ○ Supporting Documents ○ Legislative Assistants ■ Hannah Huerta - Internal Legislative Assistant Passed 42-0-0 ■ Aliyah Gonzalez - External Legislative Assistant Passed 44-0-0 ○ Deputies Pro Tempore ■ Lauren Bonefont - Deputy of Legislative Affairs Passed 44-0-0 ■ Cheska Magdadero - Deputy of Senate Relations Passed 42-0-0 ● Internal Legislation ● Notice of Legislation on First Reading ○ Constitutional Amendments ○ Bills ○ Resolutions ○ Proclamations ○ Special Acts ● Notice of Legislation on Third Reading ○ Constitutional Amendments ○ Bills ○ Resolutions ○ Special Acts ● Notice of Legislation on Second Reading ○ Constitutional Amendments ○