Summer Executive Board Meeting #1 — Minutes (06/24/26)

114th Johns Hopkins Student Government Association

Summer Executive Meeting #1

April Wednesday 8th, 2026 / 5:00 PM / STUCE

Attendance
1. Absent Excused
2. Present
3. Faculty
Agenda Items
1. Introductions
  1. Meeting Tekeya Peterson (first pet was a horse!)
2. Meetings to help prepare for the semester and rest of the year
  1. Getting a head start on initiatives
  2. Construction updates
3. Alumni want to talk about fundraising and philanthropy
4. What are our ideas
  1. Grace: weekly newsletter to communicate what’s happening on campus; maybe involve the Newsletter (Nora), involve committee for student committees (Jazz)
  2. Jazz: Dropping off trash liners through residential hallways, also feminine hygiene products (Nora)
  3. Grace: Permission for students to get into Scotts-Bates Commons through the main entrance
  4. Sumi: SGA doing tabling event during O-Week (democracy day? - Charles)
  5. Sumi: check in on stuff in SGA closet, we need to keep it clean… (Charles)
  6. Jason/Nora: Empower hour at the rec
  7. Sienna: SGA instagram to promote weekly events
5. Updates
  1. Charles: Leadership gathering will be in BSC then Bloomberg in DC
  2. Charles: New student org process, opens on september 8th, oct 9 close, dec 20 finish
    1. Now includes sustainability plan, now harder for seniors to start
    2. Recruitment strategy description needed
    3. Leadership transition plan needed
    4. Anti-hazing piece
  3. Jazz: SGA website is fully updated
  4. Sumi: weekly email updates?
  5. Jazz: Getting academic deans to a SGA GBM
  6. Chales: still trying to set up meeting with public safety and OIS
  7. Charles: etiquette with administration important or admin will not be willing to meet
  8. Meeting next week with (Development of Alumni relations) on Wednesday for student philanthropy and fundraising education

Summary

These are the minutes of the 114th Johns Hopkins Student Government Association’s first summer executive meeting.
The meeting took place on April Wednesday 8th, 2026, at 5:00 PM in STUCE. 1## **April Wednesday 8th, 2026 / 5:00 PM / STUCE**
Members discussed preparing for the semester and the rest of the year, including starting initiatives early and receiving construction updates. 22. Meetings to help prepare for the semester and rest of the year
Alumni planned to discuss fundraising and philanthropy with the SGA. 33. Alumni want to talk about fundraising and philanthropy
Proposed ideas included a weekly campus newsletter, distributing trash liners and feminine hygiene products in residence halls, opening the main entrance of Scotts-Bates Commons to students, an O-Week tabling event, cleaning the SGA closet, an Empower Hour at the recreation center, and promoting weekly events on Instagram. 44. What are our ideas
Updates covered the new student organization process, the updated SGA website, academic deans attending a general body meeting, meetings with Public Safety and OIS, and a Wednesday meeting about student philanthropy and fundraising education. 52. Charles: New student org process, opens on september 8th, oct 9 close, dec 20 finish 68. Meeting next week with (Development of Alumni relations) on Wednesday for student philanthropy and fundraising education

People named

Jazzlyn Fernandez — Interlocutor
Grace Guan — Interlocutor
Sienna Sian Kim — Interlocutor
Honora Muratori — Drive owner, Last edited
Charles Norman — Interlocutor
Sumire Sumi — Interlocutor

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