Unofficial Minutes of the Undergraduate Student Government Association

for the meeting of January 23, 1996

Held in the Lower Wedge

I. Meeting called to order at 6:17pm.

II. Roll Call

Executive Board: Kirsty E. Reidy, Vice-President; Amy L. Plack, Secretary; Gregory R. Snow, Treasurer.

Senate: Alfred Andrade, Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie, Tanya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo, Matthew Freimuth, Marni Hall, Ed Hallissey, Mickey Lacroix, Jason Mickey, Jeremy Olszewski, Sundeep Reddy, Jennifer Reese, Michael Scott, Derek Sickman, Justin Sprague, Kristen Stagg, Tim Tully, Cindy Vollaro, Kenneth Volock, Jason Willey, Adam Woodbury.

Absent: Heather Cleary, Seth Kintigh, Cathy Connelly, President.

Parliamentarian: Jennifer Yambert

Needed for were sixteen (16), twenty-four (24) were present at the start of the meeting.

III. Approval of the minutes for January 16, 1996

The minutes of were approved without changes.

IV. Vice President's Remarks

Vice-President Reidy had no remarks at this time.

V. Committee Reports

SGA Committees

Committee on Academic Issues

Chair Hall had no report.

Appropriations Committee

Treasurer Snow reported that the committee had met and discussed several of the bills on the floor and would offer the committee's recommendations when they came up.

Committee on Student Life Issues

Chair Freimuth reported that the committee had met but that attendance was, once again, low. He will meet with Bernie Brown this week regarding the liquor license in Gompei's and also with the manager of the bookstore regarding the policy of leaving bags at the door. There are many issues left over from last semester, on which he hopes to act quickly.

Elections Committee

Chair Sprague reported that the election schedule for C-term is complete and posted in the office.

Policies and Procedures Committee

Chair Olszewski reported that the committee had met and made recommendations regarding several of the bills on the agenda, but saved his remarks for new business. The committee will meet again on Monday at 6pm.

Public Relations Committee

Chair Stagg deferred to Senator Reese to make the report. Senator Reese reported that the committee posted assistant provost search information to the cable bulletin board and to the net. Also, they will be posting for the provost search and also for elections. The new meeting time will be 5:30 on Tuesdays.

Institute Committees

Committee on Academic Operations (CAO)

VP Reidy read Representative Butland's report. The committee heard more student petitions and tabled the proposed biomedical engineering courses. They approved a new management course description and title change and also minors in social science. CAO meets Mondays at noon.

Committee on Academic Policy (CAP)

Representative Sprague reported that the minutes from the last meeting would be available in the office later in the week.

Committee on Student Advising (CSA)

Representative Hansen reported that the committee met and created two subcommittees, one focusing on evaluating advising at WPI, the other on advising/program planning on the WWW. The subcommittee on advising evaluation will meet Friday, and the WWW Advising subcommittee will meet with Registrar Kari Blinn the following Friday. Questions or concerns should be emailed to pjhansen@wpi.edu.

Educational Development Council

Representative Woodbury had no report.

Web Committee

Representative Plack had no report.

Provost Search Committee

Representative Snow reported that the third of the four candidates would be visiting on Thursday, Dr. Gordon C. Nelson. The open meeting will again be from 4-5pm.

VI. Old Business

There was no old business to discuss.

VII. New Business

Senator Woodbury asked for unanimous consent that the Senate hear the items out of order on the agenda, beginning with Bill S.18. With no objections, his request was granted.

Bill S.18 Winter Carnival Appropriation Act of 1996

Senator Sprague moved to support the bill, and was seconded. After discussion, Sprague moved the previous question, it was seconded, and the bill passed.

Bill S.15 Election Procedures Amendment

Senator Defronzo moved to support the bill and was seconded. Upon opening discussion, Defronzo yielded to Senator Sprague, who moved to limit debate to three speakers on each side with no more than three minutes time for each. It was seconded, and the motion passed. During the course of discussion, debate was extended by one speaker on each side. Once the debate ended, Senator Freimuth requested a vote by roll. Secretary Plack read the roll: Ayes: Defronzo, Freimuth, Hall, Hallissey, Lacroix, Scott, Sprague, Volock, Woodbury, Snow. Nays: Ayube, Carrie, Mickey, Reese, Sickman, Stagg, Tully, Vollaro, Willey, Plack. Abstentions: Andrade, Corrado, Kintigh, Olszewski, Reddy. Vice-President Reidy cast her vote of nay to break the tie; motion failed.

Bill S.16 Student Government Budgeting Amendment

Senator Defronzo moved to support the bill and was seconded. After discussion, the motion passed.

Bill S.17 Reserve Restructuring Amendment

Senator Freimuth moved to support the bill and was seconded, After discussion, the motion passed.

Bill S.18 Social Fee Restructuring Proposal

Senator Woodbury moved to refer the proposal back to the Appropriations Committee for two weeks so that it could be rewritten to reflect recent developments. It was seconded and, after discussion, passed. Bill S.18 will appear on the agenda for the meeting of February 13.

VIII. Treasurer's Remarks

Treasurer Snow had no remarks.

IX. Secretary's Remarks

Secretary Plack encouraged senators to find replacements when unable to attend office hours and stressed the importance of keeping the office open all day. She also reminded committee chairs to turn in their reports.

X. Vice-President's Remarks

VP Reidy reported that she will be interviewing senatorial applicants this week. Anyone with any input should talk to her.

XI. Special Orders - Hazing Policy

VP Reidy and Secretary Plack read the Hazing Policy.

XII. Announcements

XIII. Roll Call & Adjournment

Executive Board: Kirsty E. Reidy, Vice-President; Amy L. Plack, Secretary; Gregory R. Snow, Treasurer.

Senate: Alfred Andrade, Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie, Tanya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo, Matthew Freimuth, Marni Hall, Ed Hallissey, Seth Kintigh, Mickey Lacroix, Jason Mickey, Jeremy Olszewski, Sundeep Reddy, Jennifer Reese, Michael Scott, Derek Sickman, Justin Sprague, Kristen Stagg, Tim Tully, Cindy Vollaro, Kenneth Volock, Jason Willey, Adam Woodbury.

Absent: Alfred Andrade, Heather Cleary, Ed Hallissey, Cathy Connelly, President.

Parliamentarian: Jennifer Yambert

Needed for were sixteen (16), twenty-three(23) were present at the end of the meeting.