USF Sarasota-Manatee Student Government Association Legislative ...
USF Sarasota-Manatee Student Government Association Legislative Branch 08/19/16
Legislative Branch Members in Attendance: Ricardo Centeno, Anthony Alibro, Jeanie Ziven, Sami Araboghli, Corinne Tucker, Edward Becht, Jaime Hernandez, Jay Dwyer, Barry Callahan Student Services Members in Attendance: N/A Guest(s): Sydney Whitlock, Associate Justice Call to Order: Ricardo calls the meeting to order at 10:32 AM. Amendments to the Meeting Agenda: o Corinne moves to approve the agenda o Andre seconds o The motion passes and the agenda for 8-19-16 is approved Amendments to the Meeting Minutes: o Corinne motions to approve all of the minutes o Jay seconds o The motion passes and the minutes from July 22nd, August 1st and August 5th are approved Senate President Updates: o Everyday Leadership o Ricardo gives advice to all of the committees on scheduling, meeting rooms and goals o Renovations will be ready next week o JuSenEx Updates o Equipment in the new space is discussed Hulu and Netflix will be provided, cable is included with the purchase of the TVs A ping pong table will be purchased o A template for the checkout program was made. SG members will sign up with shifts o Some gym equipment will arrive after the renovations o Food for Thought will be August 31st – It will be Smoothie King o Ricardo brings up the idea of “Lunch ‘N Learns” o Jay will be the new Inventory Manager o Week of Welcome o Communicate with Kim for shifts o For a shirt also contact Kim o SG Polos will arrive the second week Old Business: o SB [S] 42-004 o Veto’d bill o Andrew wrote that if an organization’s/club’s constitution is discriminatory, then the amendment could open up that window for discriminatory use of A&S fees o Barry says that no club is legally allowed to be discriminatory, thus Andrew’s reasoning is null and void. Barry recommends overriding the veto o Discussion
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Corinne asks for a further explanation to why Andrew wrote that Barry says that Andrew isn’t here so he can’t speak for him o Jay says that he talked to Andrew and then he tries to explain a bit more Corinne asks if this is related to the Student organization handbook and the club handbook Jay believes so Barry states that referencing the Student Organization’s handbook and constitution was fine because the club’s cannot be discriminatory anyhow Jay says that Andrew said that things that qualify as A&S fees are defined by the state Jay withdraws his statement Corinne motions Edward has a question o Corinne retracts her motion Edward asks if this can be reworked in a committee Jeanie asks if this needs to be motioned to be reconsidered before the veto is overturned Barry says no Corinne asks if there is a deadline if it is sent back to committee Barry says no Corinne motions to overturn the veto Jaime seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-004 has been overridden and approved o Edward asks if this can actually pass- do they need an absolute supermajority? Barry is checking The motion fails and the veto is upheld. Jay motions to send the bill to committee Sami seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-004 has been sent to Amendments committee
SB [S] 42-005 o Veto’d bill o The changes to 803.3.4 “on or in behalf of” will be approved when the clarification that food or marketing is gotten rid of. The wording of “the exemption of” is in violation of Sunshine state laws o Barry says that the clarification in the Amendment’s meeting was approved by two Justices. Barry says that he also could not find anything in Sunshine state law’s supporting Andrew’s statement. Without any citations, Barry doesn’t know what he’s referencing o Corinne asks if the addition of “for students”, would it change anything? Barry says that the specification would not address Andrew’s concerns o Jay asks if the Judicial branch’s opinion matters if it’s a state law Barry says that the opinion wasn’t based on Florida State law, it was based on their judicial opinion o Jeanie asks if they can get a citation from Andrew before they decide Barry says they can table it o Discussion Jay thinks tabling it would be smart. When it comes to state law, that trumps SG law. Ricardo says that they can remove the amendment and clarify the language and pass the bill without the section Andrew doesn’t like Barry cites his point in Sunshine state law that the disbursement of A&S
fees is up to student government. Sami believes that the amendment is sound Edward motions to table the bill Jeanie seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-005 is tabled to the next scheduled Senate meeting
New Business: o SB [S] 42-006 The Interim Funding Act o Written by the Amendments committee o This bill adds a new chapter in the Finance Code which clarifies the criteria for interim funding. For the exact criteria, reference the bill. o Q&A Anthony asks a question irrelevant to the bill Jay asks when he can add something to the bill Barry says he can make a motion anytime Sami asks for a definition of Interim funding Barry says it’s intermediary funding between budgets o Discussion Jay motions to add 805.5 “The organization submit for interim funding at least two weeks before it’s needed” Edward seconds The motion passes and 805.5 is added Andre says the motion was unnecessary because it’s going to take at least two weeks to process anyhow o Barry says to avoid confusion just approve the bill not as amended Andre seconds Then motion passes and 805.5 has been deleted o Andre moves to approve SB [S] 42-006 Edward seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-006 has been approved o Scheduling o Ricardo will send out a doodle for the Senate meetings during the fall semester o Sami asks if the conference room has to be reserved o Ricardo says the room will always be locked, but he is negotiating that with Student Engagement. It is open to reservations o Expectations for the fall semester o Ricardo advises all senators to do their work in the office. He tells them to wear their nametag at all times in the office so students will know who to talk to. o Ricardo would like to post when Senators will be available in the office. He asks the Senators to give him their predicted hours for the office o Jay asks to know the correct way to clock hours in the office Ricardo says that any form of work in SG is clocking hours. 2-3 can be working with students. Updates: o o o
Judicial Branch: o They are working on assigning Justices specific tasks, such as minutes. They are setting up their meeting time for the fall semester. Amendments: o They’ve gone through Title 2 and Title 8. It is their goal to finish Title 6 going into the fall. UCGA: o They’ve added a discount with Smashburger of 10% off and special monthly deals. Next Friday Sami will go up to USF Tampa to meet with Marianne Mendoza to plan for Day at the Capitol. The Bullseye program will be completely done and
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implemented during the beginning of the fall semester. The meetings during the fall semester will be Wednesdays at 2 PM.
They planned to get done with the mock grievance during the end of the summer, but that probably won’t be possible. They will finish it during the fall semester. o Appropriations: o There was no meeting this week. Anthony is working on a PowerPoint on the finance code for the Club training. Their goals are to further the grant program and to improve club communication. o *Barry leaves the meeting Open forum: o The Checkout Program o Ricardo presents a document for the checkout program All of SG can volunteer for shifts There will be 6 slots each day covering 2 hours intervals Ricardo asks for not only general checkout, but for logistics as well The Senate thinks that this is a good idea The Senate stresses holding students accountable for stuff breaking o Sami calls for point of information and asks how often during last administration did students came into SG needing help and there wasn’t anyone available Ricardo says that this wasn’t exactly the main issue- the issue was that everyone would go out and eat at the same time Jeanie adds that often times SG members wouldn’t want to assist students. The sheet will thus add accountability to those working in the office o Jaime says that the first Service Saturday will be September 17th Meeting Adjourned: Meeting adjourned at 11:46 AM.
Legislative Branch Members in Attendance: Ricardo Centeno, Anthony Alibro, Jeanie Ziven, Sami Araboghli, Corinne Tucker, Edward Becht, Jaime Hernandez, Jay Dwyer, Barry Callahan Student Services Members in Attendance: N/A Guest(s): Sydney Whitlock, Associate Justice Call to Order: Ricardo calls the meeting to order at 10:32 AM. Amendments to the Meeting Agenda: o Corinne moves to approve the agenda o Andre seconds o The motion passes and the agenda for 8-19-16 is approved Amendments to the Meeting Minutes: o Corinne motions to approve all of the minutes o Jay seconds o The motion passes and the minutes from July 22nd, August 1st and August 5th are approved Senate President Updates: o Everyday Leadership o Ricardo gives advice to all of the committees on scheduling, meeting rooms and goals o Renovations will be ready next week o JuSenEx Updates o Equipment in the new space is discussed Hulu and Netflix will be provided, cable is included with the purchase of the TVs A ping pong table will be purchased o A template for the checkout program was made. SG members will sign up with shifts o Some gym equipment will arrive after the renovations o Food for Thought will be August 31st – It will be Smoothie King o Ricardo brings up the idea of “Lunch ‘N Learns” o Jay will be the new Inventory Manager o Week of Welcome o Communicate with Kim for shifts o For a shirt also contact Kim o SG Polos will arrive the second week Old Business: o SB [S] 42-004 o Veto’d bill o Andrew wrote that if an organization’s/club’s constitution is discriminatory, then the amendment could open up that window for discriminatory use of A&S fees o Barry says that no club is legally allowed to be discriminatory, thus Andrew’s reasoning is null and void. Barry recommends overriding the veto o Discussion
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Corinne asks for a further explanation to why Andrew wrote that Barry says that Andrew isn’t here so he can’t speak for him o Jay says that he talked to Andrew and then he tries to explain a bit more Corinne asks if this is related to the Student organization handbook and the club handbook Jay believes so Barry states that referencing the Student Organization’s handbook and constitution was fine because the club’s cannot be discriminatory anyhow Jay says that Andrew said that things that qualify as A&S fees are defined by the state Jay withdraws his statement Corinne motions Edward has a question o Corinne retracts her motion Edward asks if this can be reworked in a committee Jeanie asks if this needs to be motioned to be reconsidered before the veto is overturned Barry says no Corinne asks if there is a deadline if it is sent back to committee Barry says no Corinne motions to overturn the veto Jaime seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-004 has been overridden and approved o Edward asks if this can actually pass- do they need an absolute supermajority? Barry is checking The motion fails and the veto is upheld. Jay motions to send the bill to committee Sami seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-004 has been sent to Amendments committee
SB [S] 42-005 o Veto’d bill o The changes to 803.3.4 “on or in behalf of” will be approved when the clarification that food or marketing is gotten rid of. The wording of “the exemption of” is in violation of Sunshine state laws o Barry says that the clarification in the Amendment’s meeting was approved by two Justices. Barry says that he also could not find anything in Sunshine state law’s supporting Andrew’s statement. Without any citations, Barry doesn’t know what he’s referencing o Corinne asks if the addition of “for students”, would it change anything? Barry says that the specification would not address Andrew’s concerns o Jay asks if the Judicial branch’s opinion matters if it’s a state law Barry says that the opinion wasn’t based on Florida State law, it was based on their judicial opinion o Jeanie asks if they can get a citation from Andrew before they decide Barry says they can table it o Discussion Jay thinks tabling it would be smart. When it comes to state law, that trumps SG law. Ricardo says that they can remove the amendment and clarify the language and pass the bill without the section Andrew doesn’t like Barry cites his point in Sunshine state law that the disbursement of A&S
fees is up to student government. Sami believes that the amendment is sound Edward motions to table the bill Jeanie seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-005 is tabled to the next scheduled Senate meeting
New Business: o SB [S] 42-006 The Interim Funding Act o Written by the Amendments committee o This bill adds a new chapter in the Finance Code which clarifies the criteria for interim funding. For the exact criteria, reference the bill. o Q&A Anthony asks a question irrelevant to the bill Jay asks when he can add something to the bill Barry says he can make a motion anytime Sami asks for a definition of Interim funding Barry says it’s intermediary funding between budgets o Discussion Jay motions to add 805.5 “The organization submit for interim funding at least two weeks before it’s needed” Edward seconds The motion passes and 805.5 is added Andre says the motion was unnecessary because it’s going to take at least two weeks to process anyhow o Barry says to avoid confusion just approve the bill not as amended Andre seconds Then motion passes and 805.5 has been deleted o Andre moves to approve SB [S] 42-006 Edward seconds The motion passes and SB [S] 42-006 has been approved o Scheduling o Ricardo will send out a doodle for the Senate meetings during the fall semester o Sami asks if the conference room has to be reserved o Ricardo says the room will always be locked, but he is negotiating that with Student Engagement. It is open to reservations o Expectations for the fall semester o Ricardo advises all senators to do their work in the office. He tells them to wear their nametag at all times in the office so students will know who to talk to. o Ricardo would like to post when Senators will be available in the office. He asks the Senators to give him their predicted hours for the office o Jay asks to know the correct way to clock hours in the office Ricardo says that any form of work in SG is clocking hours. 2-3 can be working with students. Updates: o o o
Judicial Branch: o They are working on assigning Justices specific tasks, such as minutes. They are setting up their meeting time for the fall semester. Amendments: o They’ve gone through Title 2 and Title 8. It is their goal to finish Title 6 going into the fall. UCGA: o They’ve added a discount with Smashburger of 10% off and special monthly deals. Next Friday Sami will go up to USF Tampa to meet with Marianne Mendoza to plan for Day at the Capitol. The Bullseye program will be completely done and
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JEC: o
implemented during the beginning of the fall semester. The meetings during the fall semester will be Wednesdays at 2 PM.
They planned to get done with the mock grievance during the end of the summer, but that probably won’t be possible. They will finish it during the fall semester. o Appropriations: o There was no meeting this week. Anthony is working on a PowerPoint on the finance code for the Club training. Their goals are to further the grant program and to improve club communication. o *Barry leaves the meeting Open forum: o The Checkout Program o Ricardo presents a document for the checkout program All of SG can volunteer for shifts There will be 6 slots each day covering 2 hours intervals Ricardo asks for not only general checkout, but for logistics as well The Senate thinks that this is a good idea The Senate stresses holding students accountable for stuff breaking o Sami calls for point of information and asks how often during last administration did students came into SG needing help and there wasn’t anyone available Ricardo says that this wasn’t exactly the main issue- the issue was that everyone would go out and eat at the same time Jeanie adds that often times SG members wouldn’t want to assist students. The sheet will thus add accountability to those working in the office o Jaime says that the first Service Saturday will be September 17th Meeting Adjourned: Meeting adjourned at 11:46 AM.
