November 16, 2009 Meeting
Posted on November 16, 2009 by karriNo Comments
November 16th’s meeting was action packed with updates from external and internal committees, SUFAC information, elections results, and campus polling place funding! There’s a lot but hopefully you can find what you’re looking for!
A special guest presentation by Mike Cohen on SUFAC (Segregated University Fee Allocation Committee) started at 6 p.m. in UC 259. To learn more about what exactly SUFAC is and who qualifies for SUFAC funds check out: http://www.uww.edu/involve/policy/sufac.php. There are 9 students and 2 ex-officio members who make up SUFAC. Thanks to Anna Schwarz, Scott Coenen, and Harry Draayers for being WSG’s student representatives!
According to SUFAC’s calendar:
Nov. 16 - SUFAC brings its recommendations to WSG
Nov. 23 - Student Senate has a chance to appeal SUFAC’s recommendations
Nov. 30 - Student Government SUFAC budget action
Internal Committee Reports
Constitutional Revision Committee: Wednesday, 9 a.m., WSG office (Sen. VerVelde)
- Looking over Section 10 of the standing rules and highlighting all parts of it that need to be revised for online voting.
- New idea! Change in how WSG operates in the idea of slates/tickets so members could openly meet and discuss items for future discussion during meetings.
- Taking action on online voting items
External Committee Reports
Faculty Senate: Tuesday, Nov. 10 (Sen. Vaver) Next meeting: Tues. Nov. 24
- Academic department chairs are selected in different ways so they want to create more of a structure to keep consistency between departments.
- Approved Memorial Committee Naming committee requests
- PRIDE center renamed to the P.B. Poorman center
- Robert W. Fiscal Stadium for the new soccer arena
- Campus Climate Survey data coming in December!
LGBT Taskforce: Nov. 11 (Sens. Vaver and Jansen)
- PRIDE center renamed to the P.B. Poorman center: Professor and advocate on behalf of LGBT students on UW-Whitewater’s campus. Killed in a car accident in 2007.
- Looking for nominations for the P.B. Poorman Award for members of staff currently employed full-time at UW-Whitewater.
- $1,500 for printing resources approved by the Chancellor for use of marketing tools
- Brainstorming process of issues regarding transgender students at the university. Contact Sens. Vaver and Jansen with ideas on how to improve this process!
Audit & Review: Series of 3 meetings mid-November (Sen. Neerhof)
- Face-to-face meeting with health department: suggestions and clarifications
- Race and Ethnic Politics minor: meeting with Dean of college
Stand Out Officer Reports
President Tim Scully: FEEDBACK ITEM [scullyta20@uww.edu] iCIT Lab Printing Proposal. A proposal was submitted to Chancellor’s Staff regarding print limit. The limit being proposed is 1,800 sheets per year. Any sheets thereafter would be charged $.05 per sheet. If you print double sided this is 3,600 sheets. Do you think there should be a limit to printing? If so, what should the limit be??
Student Affairs committee meeting time changed to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17.
Legislative Affairs Director Scott Coenen: Census Counts Committee work (Meeting Tues., Dec. 1 @ 1 p.m.)
IT committee meeting: Discussion about new developer and retail software for the housing guide. December 2 @ 4 p.m. Meet in WSG Office.
Parliamentarian’s Tipz of the Week
Parliamentarian's Tipz of the Week!
Point of Information–If you’re confused about information or have a question on the discussion happening during a meeting, stand and say “point of information” to the Speaker. It is the Speaker’s duty to answer your question or yield to someone who can.
Point of Order–If you feel like something’s out of order and rules aren’t being followed, stand and say “point of order” to the Speaker. After recognized, explain yourself and the Speaker can decide the fate of your concern.
Unfinished Business
Elections Results
Tie-breaker between Sen. Jonathan Bomberg, Sen. Jordan Hartwig, and Hannah Bruton for Esker District 5th seat. Majority vote elected Jordan Hartwig to the seat with 9 votes! The elections results were approved by the Senate.
Campus Polling Place Funding
The funding request was approved by the Senate. Now all that’s needed is the approval of the Chancellor!
New Business
SUFAC Allocation
SUFAC Chair Harrison Draayers spoke about the SUFAC Allocations for the 2010-11 school year. If you would like more information on SUFAC Allocation of funds, stop by the WSG office and look at the numbers!
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.
