April 18, 2011
Roll
Call
Senators
Present: Mahaffey,
Perry, Wheat, Beovich, Byrd, Gessner, Husain, LePointe, Miller, Powell, Tanner,
Purnell, Schneider, Pearson, Carlson, Hall, Norton, Sells, Youngblood, Pruett,
Ramsey, Horton, Swindle, Wilson, Wolf, Pittman.
Senators
Absent: Rodgers,
Woodward, Berglund, Ringsdorf, Johnston, Thomas, Calhoun, Fishel, Davis,
Speller.
Approval
of the Minutes
Pearson-
I
move to approve the minutes from April 11, 2011 by acclimation.
MOTION
PASSES
Officer
Reports
President
Proctor-
We only have one more meeting, and we will be voting on awards tonight, which
will be discussed at the banquet. The only thing left is the budget meetings to
discuss the tuitions increase and the USA budget for next year will start next
week.
Vice
President Al-Greene-
Please add Gym Equipment to New Business. You will also see Senator Norton’s
Education project budget information.
Treasurer
Baldwin- $10,
775.90 is left in the operating budget.
Attorney
General Macon- We
have leftover Higher Ed Day Shirts, and they are in the office, if you want
one.
Chief
Justice Shephard-
No report, but I am passing around the bucket for donations for Braiden. We are
almost to our goal! We are only $50 away.
Special
Orders
Dean
Mitchell-
No report.
Committee
Reports
Student
at Large Pittman- April
26 from 8-10:30am is when our IPC Breakfast is. This Tuesday, the Mythbuster
guy is going to be here at the Mitchell Center at 7pm, and it‘s free. Wedneday,
there is going to be a comedian here in the ballroom at 7:30pm, and it is free.
Brown Bag at the Belltower this Wednesday from 11:30 to 1:30, just bring your own
lunch and represent SGA. Thursday, Jag Softball plays at 4pm. This weekend we
are hosting the Sunbelt Tennis Championship, it starts Thursday at 9am for the
Women and 10am for the Men, and it’s free.
Pro
Tempore Perry-
No report, but I am passing around your office hours. The last day to do them
is going to be the first week of May before Finals.
Sells-
The
appropriation committee has done great work, we talked about the changes and
improvements we would like to see. I am going to write a resolution on it.
Old
Business
Norton-
I
move to open the floor for the Manipulative project. The total price is
$358.26. We had to buy a few boxes, but we know where we are putting them in
the counselor’s office. The secretary is
going to have a binder where people can sign them in and out.
Sells-
I
move to close the floor and motion to fund this project.
Senators-
Second.
Al-Greene-
All
in favor?
Senators-
I.
Al-Greene-
Objections?
Abstentions?
MOTION
PASSES
Proctor-
Just
as a point of information, because we have discussed the Gym Equipment project
before, that can also be brought up in Old Business.
Gessner-
I
move to open the floor for discussion for the gym equipment.
Proctor-
Information
on it was sent out in the e-mail Colin sent. $2,500 is what they were requesting.
Any questions? It’s for the weight room.
Gessner-
We
have the money, so I think we should fund it.
Sells-
I
move to close the floor and fund the gym equipment.
Senators-
Second.
Al-Greene-
All
in favor?
Senators-
I.
Al-Greene-
Objections?
Abstentions?
MOTION
PASSES
Hussain-
I
move to open the floor to talk about the Kappa Sigma tennis tournament. The
sheet said we had 150 shirts to give out. It has our SGA symbol, and it’s for a
good cause.
Gessner-
When
I read, it said they are selling the shirts. Are we allowed to do that if they
are going to be sold?
Baldwin-
No,
I don’t think so. I need a copy of The Lowdown.
Proctor-
If
we pay for it, it can’t be sold for profit.
Pearson-
I
think it is wrong. It’s basically us giving money to them.
Perry-
Especially
since our money is public money, and it is not allowed to go directly to the
Fraternity.
Sells-
With
this information, I move to close the floor.
Senators- Second.
New
Business
Perry-
I
move to open the floor for Nominations for the Senator of Fall Semester.
Byrd-
I
want to nominate Paige Perry.
Perry-
I
accept
Wheat-
Alan
Sells
Perry-
Chris
Jones
Hall-
Ashley
Johnston
Pittman-
Tim
Powell
Proctor-
I
am going to read out the list: Perry, Sells, Jones, Johnston, and Powell.
Anyone want to take a minute to say why they nominated that person?
Perry-
Chris
worked really hard on working on the resolutions. He did a lot of research and
spent a lot of long hours. He has open the administration’s eyes to students
wants and what the University needs.
Pittman-
I
nominated Tim because his work for the
bike racks.
Sells-
I
move to close the floor for the Senator of the Fall semester.
Proctor-
Guys,
please write that in on your sheet.
Gessner-
I
move to open the floor for Senator of Spring semester. I nominate Jessica Byrd
for the whole take your Professor to Coffee project.
Hall-
I
nominate Alan Sells for his work with
appropriations.
Powell- I nominate
Pearson.
Gessner-
I
move to close the floor.
Proctor-
It‘s
Byrd, Sells, and Pearson.
Gessner-
I
move to open the floor for Senator of the Year. I nominate Alan Sells because
everyone has reiterated that he did a lot for Fall and Spring semester.
Mchaffey-
I
move to nominate Paige; she has done a good job with everything she has done.
Sells-
I
move to close the floor.
Proctor-
The
options are Perry or Sells, please vote.
Sells-
I
move to open the floor for Committee Chair. I move to nominate Carly. She keeps
us in line.
Gessner-
I
move to nominate Kim for Elections Committee, she has done a lot for us.
Byrd-
I
move to nominate Ashley Johnston because Homecoming is a huge undertaking, and
she had a lot of work.
Perry-
I
nominate Jeremy Johnson. Every time I sent him something for the website, he
put it up within 24hours, and it looked good.
Beovich-
I
want to nominate senator Sells.
Wheat-
I
move to close the floor.
Proctor-
The
options are: Hall, me, Johnston, Johnson, or Sells.
Sells-
I
move to open the floor for the Barbara Shirvanian Staff Member of the Year. I
move to nominate for Lieutenant Orso for taking control of the department, and
she should be recognized.
Byrd-
I
nominate Trent and he works for ARMARK. He is always friendly, and I will have
to get his last name. He always goes above and beyond.
Proctor-
Unfortunately,
ARMARK is not considered staff because they are appointed by head quarters and
sent here.
Beovich-
I
want to nominate Lloyd Myers of the Athletic Staff. He is at everything you go
to and does a lot with SGA.
Powell-
I
would like to nominate Rachel Boldman.
Wolf-
I
move to close the floor.
Proctor-
You
have: Lieutenant Orso, Lloyd Myers, or Rachel Boldman (student center
coordinator).
Sells-
I
move to open the floor for the Glenn Sebastian Faculty Member of the Year
award. I move to open the floor for the director of advising in the College of
Education, who is a visual member of faculty. Always has an open door and open
ear. It’s Professor Delmas.
Pearson-
I
nominate Dr. Conners. He is President of Faculty Senate and a Geology
professor. He has helped us a lot!
Proctor-
He
won that award last year, as a point of information.
LePointe-
I
move to nominate the head of the History department, Dr. Rodgers. He is a great
advisor and he has done a lot of for the History department.
Perry-
I
nominate Doug Marshall for Sociology. He is super into student life and
improving the University.
Gessner-
Dr.
Schulze for Political Science. She has taken in a lot of kids who want to do
research projects.
Sells-
I
move to close the floor.
Proctor-
Your
options are: Delmas, Rodgers, Marshall, Schulze, and Conners.
Perry-
I
move to open the floor for nominations of Kelley Whitter School Spirit award. I
nominate Courtney Smith. He played in the Senior Bowl. He is a very nice guy
and a great representative of our athletic department.
Shephard-
I
nominate Cameron Macon, he always wears jaguar gear. He also helped with Higher
Ed Day, which supported South in a major way. He attends most sporting
functions. He would be great for this award, and he has been great for SGA!
Gessner-
I
move to nominate Devi Sampat. She is a Southerner, in Mortar Board, in Honor
Programs… she advocates everything South. She is so enthusiastic and really
loves South!
Powell- I nominate Ashley
Pittman. She is very motivated to do everything.
Proctor-
I
would like to nominate Julie Tanner. All of us in this room’s Jaguar gear
multiplied by ten does not beat her wardrobe school spirit. She attends so
much, and has a genuine love for South. You would think that she has been
saying “Go Jags” since she was born.
Sells- I move to nominate
Carly Hall. I see her at every Jag event that I have ever been to. She is
always excited and full of life, and I feel like she would be a great
representative of this.
Al-Greene-
I
would like to nominate Sam Wicker. He is the guy at the games who always wears
the toga and carries the sword.
Wolf-
I
move to close the floor for nominations.
Proctor- Here are your
options: Courtney Smith, Cameron Macon, Devi Sampat, Ashley Pittman, Julie
Tanner, Carly Hall, or Sam Wicker (aka Toga Man). Please fold this hamburger
style, so we can collect them.
Student
Forum
GLBTA
Representative-
Our Drag Show is May 5th in the Student Center Ballroom. Three of
our judges are in here now. I hope everyone comes out and supports us!
Announcements
Proctor- April 29th
is going to be the first of many Spring Cleaning Extravaganzas. It is going to
be 9am-4:30pm, so we can clean out all of our stuff, so we can move over to the
old Rec center. Mrs. Greta will be officiating that for office hours to
consolidate, and it is a Friday.
Shephard- If you want to
have Monday-Funday again, meet in the office after this.
Perry- IPC will also
count for office hours. I forgot to thank Emily Carlson. She signed up over 100
people for the Jag to Jag Meal Donation project. Riley also helped!
Hall- Next Monday, we
are going to have a Rules Committee meeting at 7pm.
Proctor-
I
need to see Paige, Jessica, Eric, Julie, Pearson, Coleman, Nina, Colin, Tim,
Cameron, and Miranda after this in my office.
LePointe- I will have
figures for my senate project for next week!
Adjourn
Adjorn at 8:34pm