November 23, 2009 Meeting
Posted on November 23, 2009 by karriNo Comments
November 23rd’s meeting was mainly based on SUFAC appeals and Internal and External Committee reports.
Student Issues and Concerns
Senator Stephen Jansen brought his concerns about last year’s director appointments to the Senate. Check out RoyalPurpleNews.com for a video of Stephen’s speech.
Unfinished Business
Mr. Mike Cohen and Mr. Harry Draayers joined us to hear the SUFAC appeals (Segregated University Fee Allocation Committee). To learn more about what exactly SUFAC is and who qualifies for SUFAC funds check out: http://www.uww.edu/involve/policy/sufac.php.
On tonight’s agenda, the Homecoming Steering Committee has come to appeal. The 2009 Homecoming Steering Committee chair Nicolle McClain spoke on behalf of the committee who requested a 2% increase. The committee was not allocated that money in the SUFAC’s suggested budget. The addition to plexiglass to the HSC budget would accommodate disabled students in the Window Painting contest that takes place during Homecoming week. Action for this appeal will occur at next week’s meeting.
Internal Committee Reports
Constitutional Revision Committee: Wednesday, 9 a.m., WSG office (Sens. VerVelde, Jansen and Vaver)
- Finalization of Online Voting revisions needs to have a set deadline soon.
- Working on a new job description for the Legislation Affairs Director.
External Committee Reports
Campus Safety Committee: MEETING TIME (Sen. McMillian)
- Campus is working on a Safety week for the campus.
- Talk to Senator McMillian with any ideas or suggestions to bring back to the Campus Safety Committee. Or e-mail her at McMilliaKD28@uww.edu.
Stand Out Officer Reports
President Tim Scully: FEEDBACK ITEM [scullyta20@uww.edu] Riley and I met with Chancellor Telfer. Since the funds for lab printing are paid for directly by students they go right back to students in the event of a surplus. Members of the technology fee committee that meets in February, should expect to allocate funds to other special tech projects at that time. (The computer lab outside of C & LD is an example of student tech fee funds.)
Clerk Selection Timeline Announced
The Clerk position is a position that is January-December. Anna’s term expires at the end of the year and we would like to have a clerk selected before the end of the semester. Applications will be sent out via the public listserv tonight along with the timeline for selection. Applications will also be available Tuesday morning outside of the office along with the posted timeline. Stay tuned to the WSG website for an application available online. If you have any questions about the position, feel free to talk to Tim, Riley, or Jan.
Give Governor Doyle a call 608-266-1212 and voice your opinion about the Board of Regents restructuring Senate bill 223.
WSG Executive Board meetings are Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in UC 268. E-mail Tim at ScullyTA20@uww.edu if you would like to attend so he can bring enough agendas to accommodate everyone. If you’d like to present/share something with us–we’d be happy to have you!
Faculty Senate meeting tomorrow, Nov. 24 @ 2:15 p.m. in the UC Ballroom.
IT Committee meeting December 2, 4 p.m. in WSG Office.
Parliamentarian’s Tipz of the Week
Section 7.2 Letter H of the Standing Rules: If you feel there are violations within the Standing Rules or Constitution please submit them to Sen. Whaley in writing.
Whitewater Student Governmenent is the voice for UW-Whitewater. We want to hear what you have to say whether it’s good, bad, or ugly! We meet every Monday at 7 p.m. in the University Center room 259. Come sit in the gallery and see what we’re all about, we’d love to have you!
If you ever have any questions/comments/concerns either stop by our office in the Warhawk Involvement Center in the UC room 140, call the office 262-472-1166, or e-mail ScullyTA20@uww.edu.
