Committee Minutes, Tuesday, October 20th 2009

Senator Sarah Center submitted the following report to the Student Senate on Tuesday, October 20th 2009, on behalf of the Public Affairs Committee, and pursuant to its Tuesday, October 20th 2009 recommendations:

Attendance:

There were five (5) members (Jasmine Brown, Center, Hayes, Kouba, Stackhouse) present.

There were three (3) members (Daughtry, Hurtig, Maryman) absent.

The following official was also present: J. Tucker.

A quorum was present.

Meeting Overview:

The Public Affairs Committee met to discuss and vote on the Senator Rand Commendation Act, to approve the formal invitation, and to discuss topics for Senator Rand

Meeting Minutes:

Senator Center called the meeting to order at 7:02PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
-- Rand Commendation Act
Any comments about the resolution?
Kouba: two different resolved clause options for the end… Changed ‘encourages’ to ‘recognizes’ because this is a commendation bill rather than a bill to tell him what to do…
Hayes: “effective” clause needed?
Kouba: not for a commendation act… will become effective when it is signed.
Kouba: strike words “recognizes…and” from lines 34-35
Stackhouse and Kouba collaborated on wording
Lines 34-37 changed and are now Lines 34-36
Committee Vote: Unanimous 5-0-3
-- Formal Invitation
Wording changed about parking
Committee approved
-- Questions for Senator Rand
Recycling Ban—why?
Student Health Care Bill
Status of Tuition Increase? Still $200 increase
Hayes: Maybe better ways to better communicate between Public Affairs committee and NC G.A.?
Kouba: He’ll answer that it is too hard to actually lobby for NC State student specific issues because they hardly come up
Brown: Recent pressure to step down as Majority Leader?
Topics:
1. Tuition Status 2. Role as Senate Majority Leader 3. Dealing with Senate, Media and Public 4. Recycling/Bottle Ban/and why 5. Balancing family life 6. Projections for North Carolina Economy/Recovery 7. How to deal with major backlash from constituents?