STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION November 13, 2016 Malcolm Lecture Hall

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1 STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION November 13, 2016 Malcolm Lecture Hall Opening Statement: SGA President Forrest Miller called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm November 13, 2016 Malcolm Lecture Hall Moment of Silent Reflection Pledge of Allegiance Opening Remarks: I. Welcome to the meeting II. Please turn your cell phones off at this time III. Please stand when your budget is called IV. If you have to leave after your budget, please do so quietly V. Everyone who is present is more than welcome to stay and listen to other budgets being presented, feel free to ask questions and make comments as necessary Secretary Report: I. Motion to approve the agenda and minutes with the correction of the next meeting date on the agenda: December 4, 2016 II. Second called by Shea Watkins III. Question called by Tyler Adkins IV. Motion passes in full. Treasury Report: $33, I. The following allocations were made a. Circle K - $70.00 b. Students for Alumni Relations - $91.00 c. SEEED - $ d. Marketing Club - $71.00 e. PASS - $ f. Alpha Psi Omega - $76.00 g. Alpha Psi Omega - $76.00 h. Colleges Against Cancer - $ i. Euler Math Club - $99.00 j. SOTA - $ k. Aristos Eklektos - $67.00 Committee Briefs: Campus Improvements: UF Update was sent out, article sent out, over 150 responses, next meeting is after Thanksgiving Break Newsletter: Newsletter comes out tomorrow, assignments will be given out tonight or tomorrow, letter is inserted into the Pulse Board of Presidents: Finalize everything before Christmas Break Constitution: Instructions for scanning are in the folder and S Drive Public Relations & Planning: Calendar is up on in the office, look out for an tonight or tomorrow Budgetary: Tuesday of Thanksgiving Break there will not be a budgetary meeting, please see the Treasury Report Senior Class Gift: Had 68 participants at the last etiquette dinner, next meeting at December 1 st at 8:00 am, have raised $200.00, Pizza Popcorn and Philanthropy is Nov. 15 th Members Present: I. Katie Poorman II. Katie Carey III. Lauren Ackerman IV. Tyler Adkins V. AJ Kittle VI. Kayla Edington VII. Sara Bornhorst VIII. Emily Moore IX. Alexis Caroline X. Nikki Diehm XI. Alexis Taylor XII. Katie Koomar XIII. Neil Nicholson XIV. Emilie Blissenbach XV. Shea Watkins XVI. Rachel Kohls XVII. Victoria Longton XVIII. Forrest Miller XIX. Rebecka Stricker XX. McKinsey Rohr Members Absent: I. N/A Advisors Present: I. Skylar Mettert

2 II. III. Dave Emsweller Todd Bietzel Advisors Absent: I. N/A Old Business: N/A New Business: I. UF Divers Discovering SCUBA a. Motion to allocate $2, b. Second called by Emilie Blissenbach c. Discussion an event where people come in to see if they want to join in the spring, 90 minute sessions, want to have a t-shirt giveaway, will be $20.00 per person i. T-shirts will have sign-ups on Thursday and Friday, after completion of signups will order shirts, ordered 84 shirts ii. Sign-ups Thursday 9-11 at the Bell Tower/AMU and Friday 11-1 iii. Recommendations sign-ups online since prime time for classes, time will be recorded so first come get the chance to participate iv. Comments great event, unique d. Question called by Emilie Blissenbach e. Motion passes in full II. Greek Council s Holiday Ornament Decorating De-Stressor a. Motion to allocate $ b. Second called by Rebecka Stricker c. Discussion a de-stressor event, food and ornament III. decorations, can donate the ornaments, sad about the t- shirts since they could potentially leave the event empty handed, hangers were donated by Greek Life members, snacks, Christmas music and movies playing i. Ornaments glass from Wal-Mart ii. Donations Birch Haven d. Question called by Rebecka Stricker e. Motion passes in full Sigma Kappa s Sigma Kappaccinos a. Motion to allocate $3, b. Second called by Sara Bornhorst c. Discussion annual event, Friday morning, make a card to be donated to Legacy nursing home, Dunkin Doughnuts theme i. Point of discussion Answer ii. Colors Orange and purple iii. Donation Location last year was to veterans, nursing home ties into philanthropy, find another place in case have too many cards d. Motion made to reduce the sweatshirts to 250 i. Second called by AJ Kittle ii. Discussion a lot of money for sweatshirts and should not be based around the sweatshirt iii. Question called by Victoria Longton iv. Motion denied

3 IV. e. Stipulation made that the shirts goes to the students in attendance, not members that are not at the event i. Second called by Victoria Longton ii. Discussion previous comments that members hoarding shirts iii. Question called by Katie Poorman iv. Stipulation added f. Question called by Sara Bornhorst g. Motion passes in full SOTA s and PTE s Christmas Cookie Decorating a. Motion to allocate $1, b. Second called by Kayla Edington c. Discussion annual event, increased shirts because ran out in 30 minutes last year, have a deficit and make a cookie i. Shirts do front in gingerbread print, back has the information ii. Simulations old glasses with Vaseline (cataracts), tying dominant arm to simulate a stroke iii. PR UF Update and signs in the AMU, possibly use department funds for printing iv. Slime will not be incorporated this year v. Suggestion see if could get splints and braces to use vi. Fund Allocation SOTA s account d. Motion made to add $10.00 to the budget for PR i. Second called by Kayla Edington ii. Question called by Katie Carey iii. Motion passes in full e. Question called by AJ Kittle f. Motion passes in full V. UF Police Force Question and Answer a. Not much is going to change here, they are here for response time b. Want to get 10 total police officers for 24/7 coverage c. Very safe campus but going to make it safer d. Love talking to students and interacting with them e. Additional information i. Purpose is to serve students and help in educate students so that is why they are located in the student affairs area ii. Safety is a priority iii. Want to add 3 more officers this semester iv. Want students to reach out to the officers when something is going on v. Do not hesitate to reach out to the officers for whatever you need vi. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING cannot do anything if we haven t heard about it trust your gut f. Questions? i. Misconceptions that the student body has and what can we do to help? 1. Has been very positive,

4 have not heard any negativity, participation and conversation s have been great, first time introduced to students was outside of Henderson so may have been very intimidating 2. Twice a month event Coffee with a Cop ii. Informational events still going to be offered? 1. Still offered on campus iii. Emergency? 1. Still call 911 and will go to the campus office and to the city but feel free to call 4799 for anything nonemergency (non-life threatening) iv. Phone number? 1. Advertise the phone number on campus to make more available to students 2. RA s give numbers to residents, including RD s 3. Number is on the side of the cruisers v. T-shirts? Co-sponser some t-shirts with the number for the security number 1. SENIORS vi. Guns on campus? 1. Yes, the officers are carrying vii. Parking? 1. Not allowed to park in the grass unless it is an event 2. Looking into putting in some parking blocks 3. Recommend not parking in the grass viii. Security for events police or campus security? 1. Facilities is still coordinating, the university has to look at 2. Are being reached out to to attend events ix. Hiring officers? 1. Breathing 2. Have to be certified through the state of Ohio

5 3. Want someone with experience - seasoned 4. Same mindset 5. Fit in with the university and the office - personality x. Call lights around campus? 1. Set up so if someone is running, can be tracked 2. A camera pops up when hit xi. Signal for emergency? 1. Jump up and down, yelling as loud as you can 2. Wave hands, motion towards the incident xii. Snow emergency? 1. Not set up at the moment 2. Move your car when you see the plow so the spot can be cleared 3. Lenient when it comes to parking but have a general idea, remember snow can melt xiii. Speeding? 1. Can be pulled over and given a ticket for reckless driving xiv. Facebook? 1. Giving get out of a ticket cards every month for students that like their Facebook page 2. Post who wins the get out of a ticket card on the Facebook webpage 3. Will have links on the page xv. Orientation weekend? 1. Have a time to talk to them and go over what to do in an emergency and why they are here 2. Great idea Shea! xvi. If drinking and something happens, can you get in trouble? 1. Can use discretion 2. Call regardless if something is wrong, YOU NEED TO

6 CALL will sort out the rest later 3. Focus is going to be on the victim, not on you xvii. Change in violations? 1. Handle it the way we do now, have security handle it first 2. In certain cases, security has more authority than the officers do 3. Will be handled through the university, police will be called if student is not cooperating 4. If found off campus, the university has no say in that xviii. Name? 1. UF Campus Police xix. Comment 1. Thank you for making rounds in the neighboring communities 2. Positive feedback for taking cans to the food drive to get rid of tickets 3. ALICE training encourage going to the training, very beneficial Student Questions Comments and Concerns: AJ Kittle Sorry for missing DM, thank you for your understanding Neil Nicholson Freshman class planning event for next spring Tyler Adkins breakfast in Henderson, paying a lot for, SPICE committee fix that and add more options, brunch on Saturday and Sunday, next SPICE meeting is next Tuesday o Can you rent puppies? A puppy play date sophomore class event Emily Moore DM went really well Lauren Ackerman Print-fund money? Not answered yet, it is not real money an allocation made towards each student by the university, nonexistent monopoly money o No one pays for the print funds, it is a credit given to each student, not from tuition o Call it printer points instead of money Sara Bornhorst thank you to all who attended TOOL session, announce at BOP the one giveaway per semester Katie Carey meeting with committee after the senate meeting, want to meet for Senior class event for late spring Kayla Edington enjoyed doughnut eating snaps Nikki Diehm wrote dates from the form given to, could write Sunday etc on the calendar with the number Katie Poorman SGA won #1 fundraising team, donated 8 inches of hair, recommend to add top 5 stipulations we add to budgets at BOP Shea Watkins excited for Movie Night mini corndogs, popcorn, and water,

7 watching Elf, Dr. Fell s basement, - enter through the front door, 8-11 pm Rachel Kohls SGA raised over $3, for DM Rebecka Stricker won a gift card, SECRET SANTA - $15.00 limit, Google Doc sent out and placed in the office Skylar Mettert Rachel great job explaining budget changes, will not be in all of next week Dave Emsweller week after Thanksgiving there will be 30 focus groups for 1 hour, an invite will be sent out, point of focus groups of is to figure out what should be part of the UF experience, please encourage people to volunteer, need 5 people per focus group and cannot be on more than one group, add things that everyone can do during their time at UF Forrest Miller DM beat their goal, reminder: Christmas Dinner is the 9 th at 6:30 pm, Secret Santa exchange at the dinner, get a hold of Rebecka if cannot go, Forrest and Sharinda are working to make a calendar to make sure we are not doubling and tripling up on events in a week be distributed to all students or on our webpage, please get organization name and contact information when a student comes into the office with a question Closing Remarks- Next meeting December 4, 2016 Meeting adjourned at 7:29 pm Minutes Submitted on 11/13/16 By: McKinsey Rohr