Copy of Senate Meeting #24

112th Johns Hopkins Student Government Association

Senate Meeting #24

April 1, 2025 / 07:20 PM / Hackerman B17

AGENDA

1. Call to Order and Attendance (1 min)

   1. Excused Absentees: Omar Gharib, Jennifer Tang Cabrera
   2. Unexcused Absentees:

2. Convening Business (40 min)

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

4. Public Input (3 min)

5. Reports (5 min)

   1. Cabinet Reports (4 min)
   2. Advisor Report (2 min)

6. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

7. SVC Presentation- Secretary Buse Koldas & President Nasreen Naqvi
   1. Sesquicentennial (150) SESQUITZE IT
      1. Sesquicentennial awards for event funding
         1. Summer cycle, jul 1-sep 5
         2. Winter cycle, 2025/2026
8. SGA Merch- Senator Tanisha Taneja + Anisha Ramamsetty
   1. 4/01: decide on apparel option
   2. 4/08: finance committee meeting
   3. $23.46/ea for 70 polos, 70 crewnecks, $41.01 for 70 quarter zips
      1. Ideas
         1. Can’t order now bc we don't have the budget
         2. Logo on the back, sga on front
         3. Money is going to waste (bad optics), could use for other student organizations→ which is our goal
         4. Find cheaper places to find clothing
         5. Jennifer made other designs
         6. More visibility
9. Closed Session
   1. Sga insta post on resources for undocumented immigrants

10. First Reading

11. Second Reading

12. Board of Directors Amendment- Senator Daarian Rouhani
13. JHU Snack Packs Bill- Chair Tim Huang
14. Chair of Programming Bylaw Amendment- Chair Tim Huang
    1. approved
15. Chair of Programming and Meetings Constitution Update- Chair Tim Huang
    1. We should not close the meeting- jazz
       1. Public input is valuable
       2. Goes against what sga stands for
       3. Transparency is what we hold ourselves accountable for
       4. Student body should know what is going on
    2. We should close
       1. Lawsuit
       2. Internal affairs go over investigation, impeachment, just like judiciary, decisions dictate people’s personal decisions
       3. Executive board → cannot mention things in public, how to manage large clubs, create bad look for sga,
       4. Do you know any club orgs that have exec board meetings open
    3. Table this and make future sga vote for this- stone
    4. Committees are open, exec is not - ryann
16. Voter Turnout Bill- Chair Tim Huang

17. Prospective Legislation & Announcements (5 min)

18. 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 9:00 PM and SGA members are expected to remain in the Senate chamber until official adjournment by motion, whether before or after the adjournment estimate.

112th Johns Hopkins Student Government Association

Senate Meeting #24

April 1, 2025 / 07:20 PM / Hackerman B17

MINUTES

11. Call to Order and Attendance (1 min)

    1. Excused Absentees: Omar Gharib, Jennifer Tang Cabrera
    2. Unexcused Absentees:

12. Convening Business (40 min)

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

    1. Fraternity & Sorority Life Senator Yashas Mallikarjun gave a motion to add a closed session to talk about the ICE deportations on campus. The motion passed.
    2. Agenda has been approved.

14. Public Input (3 min)

15. Reports (5 min)

    1. Cabinet Reports (4 min)
       1. Student Body President Stone Meng wished everyone good luck if they are running for the elections. He also said that the executive board is creating transition documents.
       2. Student Body Vice President Amy Li informed that a previous SGA secretary is joining the meeting today.
       3. Chair of Programming Tim Huang informed that the Junior Formal raised $1,300 for the Children’s Hospital. They are thinking about how to send the money to the hospital and the photos will be out tomorrow. He mentioned that the Freshman Formal will be in a couple of weeks.
       4. President of the Senate Nasreen Naqvi will be leaving SGA after four years. She proposed that instead of transition documents, we could have transition videos this year. She asked the opinion of the senate. Our last GBM will be on April 15th. The Storytelling Event of this year will include a new twist thos
    2. Advisor Report (2 min)

16. Non-Legislative Business (15 min)

17. SVC Presentation- Secretary Buse Koldas & President Nasreen Naqvi
18. SGA Merch- Senator Tanisha Taneja

19. First Reading

20. Second Reading

21. Board of Directors Amendment- Senator Daarian Rouhani
22. JHU Snack Packs Bill- Chair Tim Huang
23. Chair of Programming Bylaw Amendment- Chair Tim Huang
24. Chair of Programming and Meetings Constitution Update- Chair Tim Huang
25. Voter Turnout Bill- Chair Tim Huang

26. Prospective Legislation & Announcements (5 min)

27. 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 9:00 PM and SGA members are expected to remain in the Senate chamber until official adjournment by motion, whether before or after the adjournment estimate.