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Senate Meeting #24

Minutes / Senate · 111th session · dated April 2, 2024 · updated April 9, 2024

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111th JHU Student Government

Senate Meeting #24

April 2, 2024 / 07:30 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 Chouh34v
      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 Connie Weng
      7. Director of Research - Director Jason Shumsky
      8. President of the Senate - President Nasreen Naqvi
      9. Advisor Report (2 min) - Dr. Charles Norman

  6. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

  7. Special Elections Announcement- Chief Luc Mazzanobile
  8. Judiciary Ruling on the Election for the Chair of the Student-Athlete Caucus- Chief Luc Mazzanobile
  9. Storytelling Event Feedback- President Nasreen Naqvi & SGA Exec
  10. Transition Discussion- President Nasreen Naqvi
    1. Example-Student Services Transition Document 2022-2023 (1).pdf

  11. First Reading

  12. Programming Council Updates - Senator Tim Huang

  13. Second Reading

    1. SGA Graduation Stole and Cords Funding Bill - Chair of Programming Shalala Leny
    2. AKPSI Fundraiser Bill- Senator Sun Moon
      1. Amir Modaressanavi Spikeball Fundraiser
    3. Earth Fest Funding Bill- Senator Srigouri Oruganty
    4. Spring 2024 Committee Bylaws Update Bill - President Stone Meng
    5. FIJI Islander Funding Bill Spring 2024 - President Vishnu Dontu
    6. Announcements (5 min)

  14. 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

111th JHU Student Government

Senate Meeting #24

April 3, 2024 / 07:30 PM / Hackerman B17

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order and Attendance (1 min)

    1. Absentees:

      1. Excused:
      2. Unexcused:
      3. Present

2. Convening Business (3 min)

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

3. Public Input (3 min)

  1. No public input

4. Reports (17 min)

  1. Cabinet Reports (4 min)

    1. Student Body President - President Ryan Chou
      1. Inauguration 16th April
        1. Focusing on preparation for the transition
      2. Student Body Vice President - Vice President Jackson Morris
        1. On Thursday there’s a meeting for major fair and first year programming
        2. Will work on archival work with the library.
      3. Student Body Secretary - Secretary Amy Li
        1. No significant updates
      4. Student Body Treasurer - Treasurer Jenny Chen
      5. Chair of Programming - Chair Shalala Leny
        1. Talked about reminding friends on formals and inauguration
      6. Director of Communications - Director Connie Weng
        1. No updates
      7. Director of Research - Director Jason Shumsky
        1. No updates
      8. President of the Senate - President Nasreen Naqvi
        1. No updates
      9. Advisor Report (2 min) - Dr. Charles Norman
        1. Today is Dr. Charles’ last day with the senate
        2. He will continue working with the executive branch of SGA

  2. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

  3. Special Elections Announcement- Chief Luc Mazzanobile
    1. Spring election timeline (on the 2nd slide of the presentation)
    2. Important dates:
      1. Forms due midnight on 5th April
      2. Campaigning from 6-12th April
    3. Question 1: do people who attended a previous info session need to attend a new one? Yes
    4. Point of information: if someone can’t attend an info session? Email CSE and watch a recording of the session
    5. Question: are you planning on having a meet and greet? Technically they can but timeline constraints mandated otherwise. Will look into it.
  4. Judiciary Ruling on the Election for the Chair of the Student-Athlete Caucus - Chief Luc Mazzanobile
    1. Joined by Ava (a member on the Judiciary)
    2. All details and storyline on the 2nd slide. Also, slide titled “Important Takeaways” includes the sum up of what was discussed.
    3. Ruling: 5-0 in favor of Milki (making the change is unconstitutional because it happened during election period)
    4. Important note: SGA has 3 days to make an appeal if they disagree with the ruling.
    5. Jackson POI: if there was an amendment that happened now since we’re not in election period would that be allowed? Ava answered yes.
    6. President Ryan: *double check and add*
    7. VP Nasreen said that it’s best for the presenters to finish the presentation then move into Q&A since there were lots of POIs.
    8. MOTION FOR 5 MINUTE BREAK - PASSED
    9. Jackson POI: Can the parliamentarian remind the senate on how floor amendments work.
      1. Response: for constitutional amendments anyone can introduce it at any time, but when introduced it needs ¾ of votes and can possibly bypass 1st reading.
      2. Constitute amends are not required to go through the normal bill process
    10. Stone POI: motion to table the discussion later (PASSED)
    11. Motion to have AKPSI present now (PASSED)
  5. Storytelling Event Feedback- President Nasreen Naqvi & SGA Exec
    1. For those who attended, if you have any strong opinions send Nasreen a Team message
  6. Transition Discussion- President Nasreen Naqvi
    1. Example-Student Services Transition Document 2022-2023 (1).pdf
    2. This 111th SGA is coming to a close
    3. If you were in any position such as Committee/Caucus chair
    4. Ryan motioned to address the senate: the executive branch usually coordinates the transition. Aiming to prepare a transition document for every class programing council, members of the executive branch, documents for each of the schools KSAS and WSE. SHOULD BE FINALIZED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR 2
    5. Transition document for student services is massive but they don’t have to be that long
    6. Welcome to delegate certain sections of the document to specific members
    7. Nasreen presented the example document in point ‘i’
    8. Jackson/Nasreen things to include:
      1. Any meetings you had
      2. Any legislations you passed
      3. Any important meetings that happened
      4. Outcomes/what came out of meetings
      5. Talk about things that HADN’T HAPPENED
      6. Mention general advice at the end: things that could have been better…
  7. Programming Council Updates - Senator Tim Huang
    1. Since Tim is going to be chair of programming he looked at the bylaws
    2. Goal of amendments: increase participation and engagement
    3. He created an amendment to (with Jackson’s help):
      1. Include new committee
      2. Tabling events to be led by committees especially for surveying
      3. Committee on programming: encompass class programming councils. Will work on workshops, tabling…
      4. Please refer to the attached document for a complete list of amendments.
      5. Still in first reading so it should not interfere with the constitution.
      6. Motion to put this in the IA committee. PASSED.

  8. First Reading

  9. Second Reading

    1. - Chair of Programming Shalala Leny
      1. Each year SGA buys stoles and cords for graduating members. Amount is $569.10
      2. It’s in second reading.
      3. Motion to vote.
      4. Jackson POI: Did we get everyone? Yes, we looked at the roster and sent out a Team message.
      5. PASSED
    2. MASA Funding Bill - Senator Cynthia Sanchez Hidalgo
    3. AKPSI Fundraiser Bill - Senator Sun Moon
      1. Amir Modaressanavi Spikeball Fundraiser
      2. 3 presenters (no names mentioned)
      3. Few changes:
        1. Instead of 128 t-shirts they increased to 150
        2. Trophies prices increased a little
        3. Through SAC funding they were able to get funding for everything except t-shirts.
        4. Only $900 budget for SGA so we cannot pitch in completely since the price of t-shirts was $1280. Finance committee decided not to approve t-shirts.
        5. AKPSI can fund $500 for the t-shirts
        6. POI Jackson to charles: how to proceed? Charles: just vote
        7. Tim POI: would you be able to have people order the shirts ahead of time and have people donate to buy the shirts because SGA might not be able to fund it? Goal with the event is not just to make money but also to celebrate Amir’s life and they feel like “selling” t-shirts would decrease the attendance. The way they designed the event was to have the t-shirts as incentive
        8. Nasreen: suggestion: is there anything else that you can give out with the $500 that you’re going to pitch in?
      4. Motion to move into voting procedure.
      5. Moved to roll call.
      6. Motion withdrawn
      7. Moved to 5 minute recess.
      8. Approve to Finance committee and use event grants
      9. Motion to table the bill PASSED
      10. Moved back to non-legislative business
      11. Constitutional amendment proposed and PASSED.
        1. Constitutional Amendment
    4. Earth Fest Funding Bill - Senator Srigouri Oruganty
      1. Total amount is $218.69
      2. Motion to vote
      3. PASSED
    5. Wellness Day Funding Bill - Senator Srigouri Oruganty
      1. Survey
    6. Spring 2024 Committee Bylaws Update Bill- President Stone Meng
      1. Same as the one before spring break regarding attendance
      2. Motion to vote
      3. PASSED
    7. FIJI Islander Funding Bill Spring 2024- President Vishnu Dontu
      1. They gave their first reading two weeks ago.
      2. 2400 USD for 400 tickets
        1. 300 for senior class
        2. 100 tickets for undergraduates
      3. They are doing this as a philanthropic event
        1. They are raising funds for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
        2. They hope to contribute to this purpose through this event
      4. Dontu knows that the SGA is very limited on their budget. They have 700 USD, and they are asking for any and all monetary support
      5. They submitted an event grant on Sunday. Brandon will take a look at it.
    8. CCS Carnival Funding Bill- Senator Brandon Benjamin
      1. Presentation

  10. Prospective Legislation & Announcements (5 min)

  11. 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