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Minutes / Senate · 111th session · dated October 17, 2023 · updated October 22, 2023

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111th JHU Student Government

Senate Meeting #10

October 17, 2023 / 07:00 PM / Hackerman B17

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order and Attendance (1 min)

    1. Absentees:
      1. Excused:
      2. Unexcused:
    2. Present

  2. Convening Business (3 min)

  3. Amendment and Approval of the Agenda (1 min)

  4. Public Input (3 min)

  5. Reports (17 min)

    1. Cabinet Reports (4 min)

      1. Student Body President - President Ryan Chou
      2. Student Body Vice President - Vice President Jackson Morris
      3. Student Body Secretary - Secretary Amy Li
      4. Student Body Treasurer - Treasurer Jenny Chen
      5. Chair of Programming - Chair Shalala Leny
      6. Director of Communications - Director Milton Diaz
      7. President of the Senate - President Dalhart Dobbs
      8. Director of Research - Director Jason Shumsky
      9. Committee and Caucus Chair Updates - President Dalhart Dobbs
        1. Received: Disability Caucus, Committee on Health, Safety, and Sustainability, Academic Affairs, FLI, IA, CSO, Student Services, WGMC
    2. Advisor Report (2 min) - Dr. Charles Norman

  6. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

    1. Judiciary Confirmation - President Ryan Chou
    2. Student Health and Wellbeing Presentation - Vice Provost Kevin Shollenberger, Director Cathie Axe, Dr. Jennifer Howes, Dr. Kessler, Director Jacki Stone,
    3. Middle States Presentation - Vice President Jackson Morris
    4. Israel-Palestine Discussion (30 minutes) - President Dalhart Dobbs & President Rachel Huang
    5. Academic Affairs Survey - President Resham Talwar and Senator Tim Huang

  7. First Reading

    1. AKPsi Spikeball Funding Bill - Esanika Mukherjee
    2. Camp Kesem Phi Psi Haunted House Funding Bill - Lucas Facciuto

  8. Second Reading

    1. Robert’s Rules of Order Clarification and Voting Bill - Parliamentarian Jaden Garcia
    2. Fall Retreat Funding Bill - Chair Shalala Leny and Senator Brandon Benjamin
    3. Halloween Tabling Funding Bill - Chair Shalala Leny and Senator Brandon Benjamin

  9. Prospective Legislation & Announcements (5 min)

    1. Attendance Check-Out - President Dalhart Dobbs

  10. Adjournment (Estimated 9:00 PM)

Time-length and adjournment estimates are provided for the benefit of guests at Senate meetings. However, SGA meetings are always slated to extend until 10:00 PM and SGA members are expected to remain in the Senate chamber until official adjournment by motion, whether before or after the adjournment estimate.

  1. Call to Order and Attendance (1 min)

    1. Absentees:
      1. Excused:
      2. Unexcused:
    2. Present

  2. Convening Business (3 min)

  3. Amendment and Approval of the Agenda (1 min)

  4. Public Input (3 min)

  5. Reports (17 min)

    1. Cabinet Reports (4 min)

      1. Student Body President - President Ryan Chou
        1. Sent out the Executive Liaison program and other Hopkins branch initiatives
      2. Student Body Vice President - Vice President Jackson Morris
        1. Admissions GBM about recent Supreme Court case next GBM (10/24)
        2. Maureen Marsh will meet with us on 10/31 at 1:30-2:30pm (Tuesday advisor meeting)
      3. Student Body Secretary - Secretary Amy Li
        1. Assistant Secretary application due this Friday (10/20)
      4. Student Body Treasurer - Treasurer Jenny Chen
        1. $15,205 left in SGA discretionary funds
        2. When doing event funding, please pass it through me
      5. Chair of Programming - Chair Shalala Leny
        1. Adjust funding for tablings and Lighting of the Quads and Programming Council events
      6. Director of Communications - Director Milton Diaz
        1. CMC Halloween event and Haunted House graphic designs
      7. President of the Senate - President Dalhart Dobbs
        1. Updates later in meeting about discussions and organizing meetings
        2. Please be patient with 1:1 meetings
        3. Please submit the committee and caucus chair updates
      8. Director of Research - Director Jason Shumsky
        1. No updates
      9. Committee and Caucus Chair Updates - President Dalhart Dobbs
        1. Received: Disability Caucus, Committee on Health, Safety, and Sustainability, Academic Affairs, FLI, IA, CSO, Student Services, WGMC
    2. Advisor Report (2 min) - Dr. Charles Norman

  6. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

    1. Judiciary Confirmation - President Ryan Chou
      1. Confirmed Felix Titre (KSAS ‘27)
    2. Student Health and Wellbeing Presentation - Vice Provost Kevin Schollenberger, Director Cathie Axe, Dr. Jennifer Howes, Dr. Kessler, Director Jacki Stone
      1. Motion for 15 minute Q&A with 2 minute speaking time
      2. Senator Tim: For the mental health services, the barrier to the mental health services is high. From personal experience, they did not give me any information until 30 minutes before my same-day appointment. How do you lower this barrier to mental health?
        1. Dr. Howes: Some of the questions are clinical in nature and need to respond to this in a shorter time frame to ensure accurate and updated information. Treatment plans vary (counseling center, aligning time slots with preferred counselors). We are trying to accommodate as many students as possible, most students prefer weekly therapy, we often refer them to community health workers.
      3. President Jackson: Can we request for a point-by-point Q&A
      4. Senator Hailey: How is the counseling center going to improve the retention of staff and diversified staff (especially those who represent and work with gender minorities including LGBTQ+ youth)?
        1. Dr. Howes: We used to have staff who worked with gender minorities and had experience in gender-affirming care who left in September 2023. We have staff who are available in consultation while we are looking for another staff member. We have those who can write letters.
        2. Director Axe: We also have counselors who are learning and being trained in gender-affirming care.
      5. President Dobbs: Are there any training available that faculty could complete for SDS.
        1. This past summer, we created a training module including SDS training in this course. This was our pilot say of implementing SDS into faculty training so that we could assess and receive feedback and see if it appeals to the university community
      6. Senator Adi: It appears that there are limitations on the number of visits and prices at the SHWB center. How will you address this issue?
        1. There are actually no limits on the number of visits despite the insurance. We work on the outside vendor in terms of the SHWB resources so we do not decide on anything in terms of student health access
      7. Senator Resham: How will you facilitate trust in this SHWB especially in terms of mental health?
        1. Diversified resources such as the counselors, funding towards making SHWB resources known throughout campus
    3. Middle States Presentation - Vice President Jackson Morris
    4. Israel-Palestine Discussion (30 minutes) - President Dalhart Dobbs & President Rachel Huang
      1. Motion for a closed session
      2. Motion for the members of the public who are in this forum to remain
      3. Motion for open session
      4. Dalhart: Thank you to each student organization for coming to discuss your experiences. Moving forward, SGA can sponsor a moderated discussion with the SNF Agora professor to facilitate more discussion. We will release a press release in next 24-48 hours so if you want to ensure anonymity in these releases (you are all anonymous on the closed session notes)
    5. Academic Affairs Survey - President Resham Talwar and Senator Tim Huang
      1. Resham: Please provide feedback on Teams
      2. Tim: Met with Dean Rowe yesterday, has documentation on what KSAS wants to do with Q2. Forming a presentation for next week about the implementation feedback. Q2 policy itself cannot be changed

  7. First Reading

    1. AKPsi Spikeball Funding Bill - Esanika Mukherjee
    2. Camp Kesem Phi Psi Haunted House Funding Bill - Lucas Facciuto
      1. Kesem is a non-profit that support children beyond their cancer—summer camp, visits on campus to spend time with students
      2. 10/26 Haunted House - engineering design project to support a fundraising cause. General supplies for haunted forest haunt
      3. Asking for around $800 for funding
      4. Motion for 5 minute moderated caucus
      5. Senator Mufasa: Are we not already doing a haunted house? Are we able to fund this bill?
        1. Council Member: We have a different haunted house on a different day and time with $2,000 cost
      6. Director Shalala: What is the scope of this event?
        1. 200 people, been designing for past years
      7. Senator Danial: Do we have enough time for this before the event?
        1. We have been planning in advance, working on design for past weeks. Have materials donated by club members and these materials are needed further for the event
      8. Senator Brandon: Given that we pass the bill on the 24th, I don’t believe that there is enough time for second reading
        1. Will there be a reimbursement? No
        2. Point of information to Charles by Jackson: We have 15 days to expedite the purchase request.
        3. Senator Jaden: postpone bill indefinitely, cannot kill a bill until second reading

  8. Second Reading

    1. Robert’s Rules of Order Clarification and Voting Bill - Parliamentarian Jaden Garcia
      1. No major changes - plurality votes
      2. Passed - 100%
    2. Fall Retreat Funding Bill - Chair Shalala Leny and Senator Brandon Benjamin
      1. Ekiben, paintball event - $3740
      2. Not group funds anyone, directly from SGA budget
      3. Passed - 100%
    3. Halloween Tabling Funding Bill - Chair Shalala Leny and Senator Brandon Benjamin
      1. Shout out to Connie Weng from CMC for your amazing designs! *clap clap
      2. Vice President Jackson: Strongly advising to increase the sticker count
      3. Senator Tim: Motion to triple the number of stickers (increased to $143.40)
      4. Passed - 100%

  9. Prospective Legislation & Announcements (5 min)

    1. Attendance Check-Out - President Dalhart Dobbs
      1. Please let Dalhart know if you are interested draft a resolution about the conflict. Or help with the SNF Agora discussion panel
      2. Senator Tarini: Looking for STEM student organizations for charm city science league
      3. Dalhart: Vote in releasing closed session sentiments
        1. Passed - 100%

  10. Adjournment (Estimated 9:00 PM)