Whitewater Student Government

February 22, 2010 Meeting

Posted on February 22, 2010 by karriNo Comments

The meeting on February 22nd was filled with reports and new legislation (S09-10:03 and S09-10:04). Directors Schalewski and Rogers gave a presentation on our new housing guide and elections information was brought forward including a public relations plan.

Please welcome Elvisa Pasic as the newest member of WSG! She will be serving as an off-campus senator.

Speakers

Legislative Liaison for UW-Whitewater: Ms. Kachel

Ms. Kachel spoke of her job as the Legislative Liaison for UW-Whitewater. When there are bills or the state budget concerning UW-Whitewater, she serves on committees at the state level.

She notified WSG of upcoming issues: The state senate seat on the 15th will be a hot seat up for grabs, Democrats hold 18-15 majority. Governor’s race is this year, very important. March 15th a legislative breakfast is being held for representatives of the state and national levels on campus.

The speaker at that breakfast will be Dr. Russ Kachian talking on the impact of UW-W on the region as far as jobs and the economy.

Internal Committee Reports

Elections: Director Cody Horlacher

5 p.m. every other Thursday in the Warhawk Involvement Center

All senators should hang the posters in their mailboxes ASAP. Let’s get the word out! There is now a blog about it too.

Ad Hoc Committee: President Scully

The Ad Hoc Committee decided to table the letter to the Senate and the Senate decided to table it to next week, March 1st.

External Committee Reports

Diversity Leadership: Senator Stephen Jansen

LGBT-

• UW-Whitewater was the last school in the UW System to host the Drag Show. It was successful and fun!
• The Board of Regents is looking to have a more inclusive admissions policy to be more gender neutral or at least less gender biased.
• March 1st there’s going to be a Gender Equity Report at 3 p.m. in UC 259.
• The Women’s Studies and LGBT conference is coming up March 17th, PB Poorman award announced, art show opening, lots of speakers.

Campus Climate Survey-

• Everything’s moving along as planned. Next step is to analyze all the results, the committee will review them, privacy concerns will be addressed, and then it will be sent back to the person taking care of the overall project. The Chancellor will see it first and then the committee will.
• May 4th is when the climate survey results will be presented at an event in the UC. A follow-up event in the fall is being planned for more data result presentations.

Officer Reports

President Tim Scully

Stop lights are being put into the Whiton and Main streets, suggestions are being made about what to do about the driveway going into the Alumni Center and Hyer.

Sarah Herlache/Academic Affairs

Collective Bargaining info: Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in UC 264

Pancake the Quake: Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m. in the Down Under sponsored by the wrestlers and Chartwells for Haiti

Scott Coenen/Legislative Affairs

The Election Results:
David M. Reddy: 1951
F. Mark Bromley: 1538
Scott Letteney: 581
David A. Danz: 1843
Write-in Votes: 16

Volunteer at the Whitewater Food Pantry! Contact Marilyn Kienbaum at 262-473-6120 to help!

Unfinished Business

Ad Hoc Committee: President Scully

Please read the letter linked in this blog. This is the issue the Senate is discussing. Student Representatives letter

President Scully and Vice President Mabeus were the only president and VP in the UW System who didn’t sign this letter. They wanted to get the Senate’s take on it first.

The Senate voted to have President Scully and Vice President Mabeus sign the letter.

New Business

Housing Guide: Directors Luke Schalewski, Jay Rogers

There are 3 solutions to the housing guide: CyberSolutions, NoMoreDorms.com, and staying on our own server. Jay and Luke’s suggestions are to go with CyberSolutions because of the total customizable feature of it. This would be the best bet to get landlord satisfaction which brings in money to our budget and then we can pull in student attention.

Senate decided to bring in both CyberSolutions and NoMoreDorms.com into a meeting so the Senate can ask questions.

S09-10:03: Submitted by: Tim Scully, Riley Mabeus; Sponsored by: Sen. Jonathan Bomberg, Sen. Ian Vaver

No amendments were suggested for this legislation. It will be debated and its fate decided upon next week.

S09-10:04: Submitted by: Sen. Ian Vaver; Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Whaley, Sen. Stephen Jansen, Sen. Karen Drydyk

A few small amendments were made and will be changed and debated next week.

Parliamentarian’s Tipz of the Week

Standing Rules
2.4 Procedure for Passing Legislation

A. At the first meeting following the submission of any legislation, all clerical and content changes to any legislation will be solidified and voted upon by Senate. Voted clerical and content changes must pass by a 2/3 majority vote.

B. On the meeting one week following the introduction of the legislation, there will be a ten minute discussion on the legislation. This can be extended by a vote of the Senate. Following the discussion of the legislation, voting will take place.

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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.