The meeting on 04/03/13 was called to order at 7:35pm. This was the last meeting of the 92nd Session of Student Senate! The Student Senate President led the Student Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance, we had opening roll call, and heard a motion to approve the journal from the previous Student Senate meeting (the minutes from the 03/20/13 meeting). The journal was approved and we moved into hearing from our guest speakers. We heard from Eileen Coombes on Wolfpack Welcome Week planning and what we could add to that week as well as what we could use as incentives for students to attend.

We then moved into Open Floor Comments from the Student Body where we heard from Fossil Free on sustainability and on R 69. They talked with the Student Senate on the purpose of the legislation coming up for second reading at this meeting and why they support it. We then heard from Jennifer Bollman on the LeaderShape institute and potential funding for this great program from the Student Senate Finance Committee (also a bill coming up for second reading at this meeting). We heard from Dr. Mullen, also, who wanted to thank the Student Senate and the Student Body Officers for their service to the student body and he wanted to let everyone know how excited he was to work with the Student Senate more next year!

Next, we moved into Reports of the Student Body Officers. Joseph Murray, Student Body Treasurer, informed the Student Senate on the fee process for the SG fee, and he also told the Student Senate he had enjoyed serving with them and how honored he was to serve the student body. Andy Walsh, Student Body President, gave a report on the rave that will be happening on Thursday, April 11 at 8:30 pm in the Brickyard! He also thanked the Student Senate for their service and for allowing him to serve as well! Regan Gatlin, Student Senate President, gave an update on the Student Government banquet and informed the Senators that she would give more closing remarks at the banquet. She also thanked the Senate for their time and service and how it was an honor to serve them and serve with them.

We heard reports of the Senate Standing Committees, and the Senate Permanent and Select Committees. Then, we had a motion to fast track R 73, University of Central Florida Commendation Act. This motion was approved and it was calendared for second reading.

We heard three bills for second reading at this meeting. A motion was made to consider SR 72 last due to its charge in Sine Die of the Student Senate. This motion was approved. A motion was made to consider R 73 first, followed by R 69, and then the other bills in order from there. This motion was approved, and we began with R 73. R 73, University of Central Florida Commendation Act was passed by consent. R 69, Duke Energy Sustainability and Renewable Energy Act, was passed with an amendment 46 voting in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and 1 abstaining. R 67, Future Strategic Plan Act, was passed with an amendment by consent. FB 68, LeaderShape Funding Act, was passed with an amendment 25 in the affirmative, 7 in the negative, and 16 abstaining. SR 70, Jenny Chang Award Act 2013, was passed with acclamation after moving into Closed Session to consider the legislation. The Jenny Change Award Recipient for 2013 will be announced after the award is given to that individual on April 10th at the SG Banquet. GB 71, Documents Responsibility Act, passed 47 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and 1 abstaining. Lastly, SR 72, Adjournment Sine Die, passed with an amendment with acclamation!

We had comments and announcements, parliamentarians report, and closing roll call and adjournment. Adjournment sine die was deemed at the end of the meeting and the 92nd Session of Student Government was closed.

This was the last Student Senate meeting for the 92nd Session. The next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for April 17, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314. This is the first Student Senate Meeting of the 93rd Session, and the first meeting, the newly elected Student Senate President, Alex Parker, will preside over.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the new Student Senate President, Alex Parker, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

It has been an honor serving the Student Senate and the student body at NC State University and I thank you all for the privilege. I have enjoyed this last year of serving as a Student Body Officer and am looking forward to seeing the great things the new Student Body Officers will do. Thank you for allowing me to serve you all!

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

We then moved into Open Floor Comments from the Student Body where we heard from Javier Pico. Next, we moved into Reports of the Student Body Officers. Taylor Lansing, Student Body Chief Justice, gave an update on the cases being heard in the Student Conduct Office and the topics of those cases. Joseph Murray, Student Body Treasurer, gave an update on the Student Government Fee, and how after going through another process of overview, was decreased $0.40 from the original amount approved by the Student Senate. Kelsey Mills, Student Senate Pro Tempore, gave an update on appropriations wrap ups and how a survey would be sent out soon so we can gauge how students feel about it and how the Senators feel about the process. Regan Gatlin, Student Senate President, gave an update on the new NCSU Confessions site that is not at all affiliated with the University, banquet superlatives, and banquet invitations. She also reminded the Student Senators to still be appropriate and cordial regardless of who is running for what position in the elections.

We heard reports of the Senate Standing Committees, and the Senate Permanent and Select Committees. We then had a motion to amend the agenda to move into closed session and vote for the Jenny Chang award after these reports. It was approved, and the Senate voted on the Jenny Chang Award recepient which will be made public after the award is given after the Student Government Banquet.

We considered six bills for first reading at this meeting. R 67, Future Strategic Plan Act, was sent to Government Operations. FB 68, LeaderShape Funding Act, was sent to Finance. R 69, Duke Energy Sustainability and Renewable Energy Act, was sent to Public Affairs. SR 70, Jenny Chang Award Act 2013, was sent to University Affairs. GB 71, Documents Responsibility Act, was sent to Government Operations. Lastly, SR 72, Adjournement Sine Die, was sent to Government Operations.

We heard three bills for second reading at this meeting. R 54, Alcohol Affirmation Act, passed with an amendment 47 in the affirmative, 1 in the negative, and 0 abstaining. R 65, Secure Parking Act, was sent back to committee. GB 66, ASG Delecation Revamp Act, was passed with an amendment 46 voting in the affirative, 0 in the negative, and 0 abstaining.

In Miscillaneous Business, the Senate nominated potential recepients for Senator of the Year, New Senator of the Year, and Committee of the Year. These will be announced at the Student Government Banquet.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for April 3, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314. This is the last Student Senate Meeting of the 92nd Session, and the last meeting, the current Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, will preside over.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

We then moved into Open Floor Comments, where we heard from Matthew Williams. He spoke to the Student Senate on the Save the Field House initiative he and a fellow student, Christopher Lawing, began. He spoke to the timeline of the tearing down of the Field House and reasons behind it. He also spoke to the Student Senate on the Traditions Keeper Program and how to complete their brick to get a Traditions Keeper medal to wear at graduation!

We moved into Reports of the Student Body Officers. Kelsey Mills, Student Senate Pro Tempore, spoke on the amounts given out during Appropriations and how there just wasn’t a lot of money to distribute! (The final amounts can be seen in the legislation further down in this post.) She also spoke to how there was just less funding for this reason, but the process went very smooth! We then moved into reports of the Senate Standing Committees. Haylee McLean, Finance Chair, spoke to some recent Finance Committee funding requests for Wolf Village & LeaderShape. Nithyananthan Poosamani, Government Operations Chair, gave the committee report for GB 61. Joshua Teder, University Affairs Chair, spoke to having Dr. Zapata and Paul Cousins at the last meeting to discuss the alcohol policy. This bill will be up for second reading at the meeting on the 20th. We moved into reports of Senate Permanent and Select Committees, but none had a report.

We considered two bills for First Reading. R 65, Secure Parking Act, was sent to the University Affairs Committee. GB 66, ASG Delegation Revamp Act, was sent to Government Operations, but I urged the committee to have a joint meeting with Public Affairs since Public Affairs deals with ASG related issues, but since it is a statute change, I sent it to Government Operations.

We had three bills up for Second Reading. GB 61, Apportionment Revamp Act, passed with no debate with 39 in the affirmative, 3 abstaining and none in the negative. AB 63, Fall 2013 Appropriations Act, passed with no debate with 33 in the affirmative, 9 abstaining, and none in the negative. FB 64, Fee Increase Proposal Act, passed after much debate and a proposed amendment. This bill was passed favorably out of committee, and passed in the Student Senate as well. For voting on this bill, 30 voted in the affirmative, 3 abstained, and 6 voted in the negative.

The Student Senate then heard nominations for the Jenny Chang award. Then we moved into Comments & Announcements, Parliamentarians report, and lastly, closing roll call and adjournment.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

We moved into Open Floor Comments and heard a brief introduction from student in the back of the Chambers. Then, we continued on to reports of the Student Body Officers. Joseph Murray, Student Body Treasurer, spoke on the fee discussion/meeting he was planning to have. Andy Walsh, Student Body President, spoke on the Dan Allen Gate and how the bus on time rate had increased from 70% to 90% on campus. He also urged everyone to consider how NC State can have more Wolfpack Pride and asked everyone to contact him with ideas! Then, Kelsey Mills, Student Body Pro Tempore, discussed where they were with the appropriations process. She said that over all, it has gone very well, but they are halfway done. Appeals are coming up and then second reading of the Appropriations bill will be heard at the meeting on the 27th of February. She also informed us that funds to appropriate were significantly lower than in the past, thus not every group was funded in full or in half even. We then heard reports from the Standing and Select Committees, and moved on to appointments.

We had four appointments at this meeting: Erin Diggs, CALS Sophomore; Oglesby Barrett, CALS Sophomore; Ivey Carrol, College of Natural Resources; and Jessica Atar, Physical and Mathematical Sciences. (We still have one Life Long Education Seat and one Design Seat open.)

We then moved on to First Reading of legislation. GB 61, Apportionment Revamp Act, was sent to the Government Operations committee. GB 62, Elections Statutes Revamp Act – Part 2, was sent to the Government Operations committee, but was fast tracked, so it was considered during Second Reading. AB 63, Fall 2013 Appropriations Act, was sent to the Appropriations Committee. FB 64, Fee Increase Proposal Act, was sent to the Tuition & Fees Committee.

In Second Reading, we voted on bills GB 58, FB 60, and GB 62. GB 58, Tuition and Fees Resolution Revamp Act passed with 44 voting in the affirmative, 3 in the negative, and 1 abstaining. FB 60, Budget Bill 2013-2014, passed with 44 voting in the affirmative, 1 in the negative, and 4 abstaining. GB 62, Elections Statutes Revamp Act – Part 2, passed with 49 voting in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and 0 abstaining.

We moved into miscellaneous business and comments and announcements. Graham Dean gave us a Student Centers Board of Directors update and Haylee McLean thanked the Senators for sitting with the fifth graders. Kelsey Mills and Joseph Murray gave a reminder to talk to them if they have questions about what they discussed in their reports. Then, we concluded ou meeting after Parliamentarian’s report and closing roll call.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

We then continued into reports of the Student Body Officers. We heard updates from the Student Body Treasurer, Joseph Murray, on the budget updates and student government fee updates. The Student Body Chief Justice was not in attendance. Student Body President, Andy Walsh, gave updates about fee justifications, Board of Trustees joint meeting with the UNC Boart of Trustees, Night Walk, and a special event. Student Senate Pro Tempore, Kelsey Mills updated us on the Appropriations process, what to expect, and updates on help sessions. She then went into detail about the process that Senators got to participate in by sponsoring a group’s request. The Student Senate President gave reports on open senate seats, the process for appointments, new committee chairs (Sean Pavia, Public Affairs), and updates on the Strategic Planning process. She encouraged the Student Senators to email her with questions if they ever had any on anything including committee placements, appointments, etc. We heard from Committee Chairs and opened the floor for comments and announcements.

We then moved into confirmations of resignations and then approval of the appointments. The appointments were:

• Asa Gavin Harrison, First Year At-Large
• Arianna Nasser, First Year At-Large
• Joseph Figueroa, Engineering
• Christian Whaley, Engineering
• Anant Singhal, Engineering
• Matthew Kemp, CALS Junior
• Soham Savani, CALS Senior
• Megan Boorsma, CHASS Senior
• Victoria Wakefield, CHASS Senior
• Hannah Hurmence, CHASS Senior
• Lerato Tsotetsi, Textiles
• Elysia Cadorniga, Textiles
• Drew Bost, Textiles
• Madison Rhodes, College of Natural Resources
• Torey Kiss, College of Design

They were confirmed in block and they were sworn in at the meeting and took the Oath of Office that meeting.

We moved into First reading of legislation. GB 58, Tuition & Fees Resolution Revamp Act was sent to the Tuition & Fees committee, but later changed to the Government Operations committee. R 59, UNC ASG Removal Act, was sent to the Government Operations Committee. FB 60, Budget Bill 2013-2014, was sent to the Finance Comittee.

We moved into Second reading of legislation. GB 55, Recognized Schools and Colleges Update Act, and GB 56, Reapportionment Act, both passed without debate. R 57, Non-Academic Violatiosn Deterrence Act, was passed with an amendment with 46 voting in the affirmative, none in the negative, 5 abstaining, and 6 absent.

We moved into miscellaneous business and comments and announcements. Graham Dean gave us a Student Centers Board of Directors update, Khari Cyrus discussed that he presented the ASG bill and was open to discussion and questions on it, Haylee McLean reminded us that we will be having guests at the meeting on the 13th (5th graders who are members of their elementary school’s student government), Joseph Murray and Kelsey Mills reiterated their reports. Then, we concluded our meeting after Parliamentarian’s report and closing roll call.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

We then moved into the Pledge of Allegiance, opening roll call, and a motion to approve the journal from the previous Student Senate meeting (the minutes from the 11-28-12 meeting). The journal was approved and we continued on with the business of the meeting. Carrie Althoff, Athletics Commission Chair, met with the Student Senate requesting volunteers and ideas for the UNC Rivalry Week and encouraged anyone with ideas to please let her know.

We then continued into reports of the Student Body Officers. We heard updates from the Student Body Treasurer, Joseph Murray, on what we have spent money on, amounts remaining in SBO lines, and updates on the status of Appropriations checks. The Student Body Chief Justice and Student Body President were not in attendance as both were in meetings, so we heard from the Student Senate Pro Tempore, Kelsey Mills. She updated us on the Appropriations process, what to expect, and when the help sessions were. She encouraged all Senators to attend a help session as they are truly helpful and each Senator would be responsible for sponsoring at least one group and helping them with their applications and budgets. The Student Senate President gave reports on open senate seats, the process for appointments, new committee chairs (Carson Shepherd as Leadership Development Chair and Rachel Gibson as Campus Community Chair), updates on the various resignations, and seats that have been filled thus far. She encouraged the Student Senators to email her with questions if they ever had any on anything including committee placements, appointments, etc. We heard from Committee Chairs and opened the floor for comments and announcements.

We then moved into confirmations of resignations and then approval of the appointments of Heinrich Enslin to Engineering, Steffon Brigman to Engineering, and Kristopher Roark to Graduate. They were confirmed in block and they were sworn in at the meeting and took the Oath of Office that meeting.

We moved into First reading of legislation. R 57, Non-Academic Violations Deterrence Act, was sent to teh Universty Affairs committee for review. We then moved into Second reading of R 52, Drop/Add Policy Recommendation. This bill was ammended on the floor to strike certain resolved clauses and add a new resolved clause. The justification for this amendment was to acknowledge what President Ross had said to the Student Senate, so that our reflection will somewhat allign with what we heard from President Ross. The amendment was amended and that amendment was approved as was the original amendment which had been amended to the second amendment presented. Changed on the legislation will be up very soon!

We then voted on our Sergeant at Arms and after considering multiple candidates, Hayden Bauguess was selected to serve as our Sergeant at Arms to replace our previous one who had to resign due to graduation in December.

We moved into miscellaneous business and comments and announcements. Then, concluded our meeting our meeting.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for January 30, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

Here is a list of the open Senate Seats we currently have to be filled:

Design – 2
Life Long Education – 1
PAMS – 1

Are you interested in filling one of these positions?

Here’s what you should know-
To be a Student Senator you must:
- have and maintain a 2.5 GPA,
- have and maintain good conduct and be on good standing with the University,
- be able to attend Student Senate meetings on every other Wednesday at 7:30pm in Harrelson Hall (314),
- be able to serve on a Student Senate Standing Committee, and
- have a passion to serve and a passion for NC State University!
(If you want more information about the requirements or if you have questions, feel free to email me!)

Here’s what you should do:
If you are a Student in one of the colleges with an open seat, please email the Student Senate President at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu with your information (name, college, year) and reason for wanting to be a Student Senator. To be a Student Senator now, the Student Senate President must appoint you, and emailing her with your interest is the first step!

I hope you are interested and want to serve in the Student Senate! It is a great opportunity and we welcome you to consider being appointed!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92

At this meeting, Randy Lait, Senior Director of Hospitality Services, Campus Enterprises (University Dining), came to speak to the Student Senate about the great food choices in the new Talley, the layout for food and Talley in general, and how they garnered the input of the students and the feedback from the students on what they would like to see in the new Talley. He informed us of the types of foods and restaurants, and their rationale for choosing the options they did. He let us know the timeline as well, and got the students excited for what is to come. (Even those of us who are graduating!)

After Randy Lait spoke, we thanked him and continued into reports of the Student Body Officers. We heard updates from the Student Body Treasurer on what we’ve spent money on, amounts remaining in SBO lines, etc. We heard updates from the Student Body Chief Justice on matters of Student Conduct. The Student Body President updated the Senate on the happenings of the Executive Branch and various meetings he had attended recently, as well as end of semester wrap up items. The Student Senate Pro Tempore was unavailable so we heard a proxy report on updates and reminders for Spring Appropriations and when the information would go live for that. We heard more updates from the committee chairs and end of semester reports.

We then moved into confirmations of appointments to the Student Senate. Angelina Song was up for appointment to a CALS Junior seat, Sami Ben Rejeb, Hana Chmielewski, and Yvonne Matos all were up for appointment to a Graduate Senator seat. They were confirmed in block and all but one were sworn in at the meeting and took the Oath of Office.

We then moved into First Reading of legislation. GB 55, Recognized Schols and Colleges Update Act, was sent to the Committee on Apportionment for review, as was the GB 56, Reapportionment Act. We then moved into Second Reading of legislation. GB 51, Elections Statutes Revamp Act, was reported on by the Bill Author and Government Operations Chair. This individual gave a report of the rationale for the changes, and how he has worked with the Elections Commission Chair on determining the necessity for these changes and how to implement them. We opened the floor for questions, and there were many. We then moved into debate, and then vote on the bill. The bill was approved, though many abstained.

We then continued to the miscilaneous business. Treasurer, Joseph Murray, determined the Guest Point Champion, Alex Yadon, and reminded Senators to continue attending committee meetings that are not their own to maybe be the next Guest Point Champion. We then concludled our meeting.

Reminder, on each Senator profile, you can see how your Senator voted and in turn you can have their email addresses if you would like to get in touch with them about future legislation. I encourage you all to utilize this resource and send concerns, opinions, or questions to your Senators.

We would like to thank the guests who attended the meeting. Remember  Student Senate Meetings are open to the public and open to ALL students!  Individuals who are not current members or former members of Student  Government may speak during Open Floor Comments from the Student Body  for the period not to exceed three minutes, if you are with an  organization and make a good case, I could also potentially put you on  the agenda to speak to the Senate, and if you just wish to come observe,  please know that option is available.

Our next Student Senate Meeting is scheduled for January 16, 2013 at 7:30pm in Harrelson 314.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Student Senate President, Regan Gatlin, at student-senate-president@ncsu.edu.

GO PACK!

Regan Gatlin
Student Senate President, Session 92