The Student Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Washington established 1994 Session XIII Senate Meeting Minutes January 16, 2007 4:30 PM – HUB 310 Respectfully submitted by Senate Secretary Alex Gwozda I. Committee Meetings II. Call to Order Hala called the meeting to order at 5:07 PM. III. Approval of the Agenda Jon moved to table R-13-7 in support of Up Til Dawn for one week. Seconded . Rob Barnum-Reece objected. Jon said the sponsor asked him to table if she was not present. Objection withdrawn. Stephanie moved to table OA-13-4 and OA-13-2 for one week. Seconded. Without objection. Cullen moved to move Presidential Privilege before public forum. Seconded. Without objection. John Naughton moved to place R-13-9 directly to the floor after R-13-8 and to have them seen concurrently. Seconded. Without objection . Jarrad Fjelstad moved place R-13-12 onto the agenda under new business as first business as a. Seconded. Rob objected. Jarrad said it’s time sensitive. Rob withdrew his objection. Alex Kim asked if it has gone through committee. Jarrad said yes, passed favorably. Hala asked for a committee report later. Husky Union Building 104C – 206.543.1780 http://senate.asuw.org – [email protected] Box 352238 – Seattle, WA 98195 The Student Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Washington established 1994 Session XIII Jon Solomon moved to R-13-10 as item d., the last item under new business. Seconded. Without objection. Rod asked if the OA’s are tabled. Hala said yes until next week. Jono moved to approve the agenda as amended. Seconded by Stephanie . Without objection. IV. Presidential Privilege Cullen said Friday morning he went down to Olympia with Bryce and discussed the conduct code. He said Ed Murray will introduce a bill in the Senate and follow it aggressively. Bryce said the speaker of the house will introduce it to the house. He said when the speaker signs onto the legislation it is a big deal, and he has a lot of power in Olympia. Cullen said we have the opportunity to develop a workgroup for deciding what is best for students under weather circumstances. And do everything we can to present our interests. And he wants everyone to be part of this conversation. Lincoln Johnson said he’s also involved in conduct code issue. He said the UW is being pressed by Olympia and the neighborhood to address certain behaviors. He said it’s important for the UW to communicate the responsibility for being a good citizen. He said at the same time there is a political dynamic. He said clearly the UW is not doing the educational aspect. He said it’s a challenge to balance the needs of the UW and the students and the regents and the people in the neighborhood. He we’re just now trying to get questions drafted. Cullen said they have informed residents that they should contact proper authorities first, and the only offense that would be reported to UW would be one harmful to life in the university. He explained in detail the written notification and due process that students go through, including written notifications at first. He said also if a person gets multiple citations, then the UW receives the citation, and invitations to mediation and resolution will be sent. If the student chooses to accept, nothing would happen. If the student declined at the 2 nd citation, the code would apply and the due process would happen. Cullen said he wants comments in by next Monday. He said they’re meeting next Tuesday, and meeting with Speaker of the House Chopp and Bryce within a week. Lincoln said there are many misconceptions about what the student conduct code is among students. He said many are afraid of an automatic kick-out of the university. He said the administration is on several tight timelines. He said it’s now Jan 31 st for a final decision. He said they’re having a discussion about it this Thursday night. He urged us Husky Union Building 104C – 206.543.1780 http://senate.asuw.org – [email protected] Box 352238 – Seattle, WA 98195 The Student Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Washington established 1994 Session XIII not to put it off until the last 15 minutes of the meeting, since this will be important for years to come. Cullen asked about peer review process. Lincoln said students are given the option of another process. He said the majority do an informal hearing with administrative review. Erin Shields asked to what extent legislators, especially Ed Murray , know that no students have been implicated in the recent violence. She asked about the perceptions in Olympia, and about not retaliating against students but protecting them. Bryce joked that improper motivation is a reason to pass legislation all the time. He said many legislators think it’s students involved with violence. Cullen said they’re more concerned about parties bringing people into the U District. Lincoln said that legislators need to know for a fact that the students are not causing the behavior, and the neighbors are aware. He said right now it’s difficult. Rob Barnum -Reece asked if Ed Murray’s legislation last year was binding to all institutions of higher learning. Cullen said he would more aggressive and more broad and sweeping. He said last year’s did not address conduct code specifically. Lincoln said last year it would be to establish presence of a conduct code. Rob asked if it would impact all Washington state. Cullen said it impacts all Washington state, but we’re the only university without a conduct code surrounding campus. Bryce said we don’t know for certain that it would pass, and they have not seen a bill draft. He said we don’t know if it’s specifically UW. He said some of the other UW administrators at other universities have asked him what is happening. Tim Shigeta asked about last year’s legislation. Lincoln said it didn’t get out of committee. He said the UW was just beginning to discuss with community. Rod said the conduct code implies how discipline will be taken. He said then there’s a general code that outlines behavior. He said he’s curious how the change would impact undertaking political demonstrations or civil disobedience. Husky Union Building 104C – 206.543.1780 http://senate.asuw.org – [email protected] Box 352238 – Seattle, WA 98195 The Student Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Washington established 1994 Session XIII Cullen said it would not, and that is one protection. He said that is why he is asking for input. Jono Hanks said it seems odd that we’re creating a system that only applies to us. He said he’d call the cops, and he wouldn’t call a culprit’s work to complain. He said it should not affect their life outside where they live, and he asked why we’re doing this. Cullen said that is the issue and that is how he feels. Sameer asked Bryce how many other public UW’s have in their legislative agendas to combat this in the lobby days. Bryce said he has not read the full other leg agendas, but the summaries. Adriana Hillard asked what actions members of the North of 45 th have taken in working with police or otherwise. Lincoln said now they are beginning to more actively lobby the mayor’s office, and the people who set the land use policies. He said they are contacting SPD and UWPD. He said the 911 call was not always gotten to by the police since they take a low priority. He said there were 3 other violent crimes that night, so the shooting got pushed down in priority. He said they are for the first time ever willing to have a conversation with the university. Hala thanked Cullen , Lincoln , and Bryce . She said they would get that information out soon, and encouraged senators to get feedback soon. Cullen said next Wednesday commuter morning coffee time V. Public Forum: Jill Anger, UWAA, Career Discovery Week Jill said she works in student programmers and this year s the 8 th year that we are cosponsoring career discovery week. She encouraged. She said the kickoff is a showing of Office Space on Thursday. She was curious if anyone has questions. A Career Discovery Week representative asked for an example of people who have benefited from it. A Career Discovery Week representative said it’s one of the greatest opportunities. Said there’s 120 different sessions. She said she attended the technical communications sessions, and she saw three professionals. And he one was the top professional in the area. She said networking is one of the top priorities in finding a job, and it is essential, Husky Union Building 104C – 206.543.1780 http://senate.asuw.org – [email protected] Box 352238 – Seattle, WA 98195 The Student Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Washington established 1994 Session XIII and he encourages us to check it out. She said it’s for anyone from a freshman trying to figure out, or alumnus trying to change the career. She asked if she were not a senior, how she would benefit from it. Jill said there’s something for anybody. Adriana asked about free food. Jill Anger said if they go to an entire session, they will get a free coupon at virtually every session for a Chipotle burrito.