Senate Meeting Minutes :: 5.16.19 :: Week 7
Minutes of the SCU Student Senate Meeting May 16th, 2019
Members Present:
Senate Chair Alex Perlman Pro-Tempore Mary Balestreri
Parliamentarian Ricky Matthews
First Year Senators:
Allie Bare Justin Chan Hiwad Haider Kate Padrnos Luke Paulson
Sophomore Senators:
Kyle Andrews Ciara Moezidis Nicholas Niehaus Robbie Nunes Sahil Sagar
Junior Senators:
Senior Senators: Leif Allmeroth Claire Hultquist
Eoin Lyons
Kayla Williams Rachel Wiggins
At-Large Senators:
Shivani Gohil
Nina Molanphy
Vidya Pingali
Jim O’Brien
Mika Philip
Raul Orellana
David Warne
Rory Pannkuk
Avery James
Eduardo Ruano
Alejandro Sugerr
Amber Wang
James Wang
Members Absent:
CALL TO ORDER
Senate Chair Alex Perlman called the May 16th, 2019 meeting of the Santa Clara University Student Senate to order at 7:10 pm in the California Mission Room.
Senate Chair Alex Perlman invited Sophomore Senator Robbie Nunes to recite the invocation.
ROLL CALL
Pro-Tempore Mary Balestreri took roll at 7:11 pm.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Senate Chair Alex Perlman asked the Senate to consider the agenda for the current meeting. He requested questions and comments related to the agenda. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to approve the agenda. First-year Senator Allie Bare motioned to approve the agenda and At-large Senator Eduardo Ruano seconded the motion.
APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
Senate Chair Alex Perlman asked the Senate to reconsider the meeting minutes from week 2 and requested questions and comments related to the minutes. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to approve the minutes.
Senate Chair Alex Perlman asked the Senate to consider the previous meeting minutes and requested questions and comments related to the minutes. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Senate Chair Alex Perlman asked for a motion to white ballot the minutes. Junior Senator David Warne motioned to white ballot. Senior Senator Leif Allmeroth seconded the motion. Sophomore Senator Kyle Andrews motioned to vote on the minutes. Sophomore Senator Robbie Nunes seconded the motion. Pro-tempore Mary Balestreri took roll and the minutes were approved.
SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
OLD BUSINESS
RSO Voting Guideline Bylaws No comments or questions.
+1000 Summer Request Bylaw
First-year Senator Allie Bare: You decided that there shouldn’t be a limit after allocating
$10,000?
Junior Senator David Warne: Yes.
First-year Senator Justin Chan: Would it be better to put a date in the language so that it doesn't change year to year?
Junior Senator David Warne: Its always due at 5:00 pm on the Monday of week 2.
Hearing no further question, Senate Chair Alex Perlman called for a motion to vote. At-large Senator Rory Pannkuk motioned to vote. Sophomore Senator Ciara Moezidis seconded the motion. Pro-tempore Mary Balestreri took roll and the bylaw passed.
EXECUTIVE UPDATES
Public Relations: ASG application is on the website.
Community Development: Bronco Friday next Friday, working on publicizing notes from code enforcement meetings.
Finance: The budget is almost gone. Judicial: No updates.
Senate Chair: No Updates.
Vice President: Elections went well. Banquet will be this Sunday and transition ceremony will take place in the mission church.
President: What ASG does Matters!!
COMMITTEE UPDATES
Comm: Bronco mobile course out now, Last tabling tomorrow, Java with Jesuit week 10. CUIC: No Updates
FOC: No Updates SAC: No Updates
ADJOURNMENT
Senate Chair Alex Perlman called for a motion to adjourn the May 9th Senate meeting. Senior Senator Kayla Williams motioned to vote. First-year Senator Justin Chan seconded the motion.
ROLL CALL
Pro-tempore Mary Balestreri took roll at 7:44 pm