AAS Minutes
10/17/2005
I. Attendance
II. Call to Order at 9:08 p.m.
III. Approval of the minutes: Minutes approved.
IV. Officer Reports:
o Mike Simmons
o Thanks to all the freshmen senators for joining the student government. Please feel free to ask any questions.
o Austin has gotten the list of all the committees and committee chairs is now on the AAS website.
o Could one senator track down all the dates that each committee is meeting?
o CAP will be holding an open student meeting
o Suggestion: Eliminate after-Senate meetings
o Dean Haynes is here to provide guidance on Senator projects
o As for Sudan, there was a huge turnout. The Sudan Divestment committee is now planning the next stage.
o Five College student governments are planning to meet at the Lord Jeff Inn.
o Ryan Smith
o JC is in the process of trying to get clubs to do everything online from now on
o Richa Bhala
o Club budgeting are underway.
o Budgets are due on Halloween at 5 p.m.
o Austin Yim
o There is an AAS website
Committee Reports
o Trustee committee on Student Life talked about how to increase outreach-based classes.
o CEP is presenting at a faculty meeting tomorrow night. The paper is on the Dean of Faculty’s webpage.
o People on the Scrutiny Committee are trying to get more students involved and make the surveys better. Paid positions should be made available to make Scrutiny better.
o Olio: Meeting and working on the yearbook.
o ACPB: Had a great event on Saturday (Black Haze).
o ACEMS: Getting reimbursements for the EMT course at Amherst. Will notify Julie when they are dealing with monetary issues.
III. Announcements
· Ryan Smith
o Sportsmen’s Club went to the shooting range; event went very well.
· Raj Borsellino
o Met with Mike and Rania: trying to instill more solidarity among the Senate.
IV. Special Orders
Freshmen senators are sworn in.
Steve from IT
· Would like some help with a survey coming out late October, early November.
· The survey regards the cellular reception on campus and how students are happy with their service.
· Hopes to plot graphically on campus where reception is bad and where it is good.
· May possibly use the leverage of numbers of students in need of better service to persuade vendors to install better service.
Dean Haynes (Advisor of AAS)
· Has been promoted to Associate Dean of Students. Has something to do with everything that doesn’t deal with academics or athletics.
· Plans interterm and spring weekend
· Responsibilities as a Senator
o Get to know your class.
o When sitting on committees, please pay attention and know that voting is a privilege.
o The only reason a senator should abstain during a vote should be if a senator has a direct conflict of interest.
o Know your constitution.
o Please have respect for other peoples’ opinions.
Rania Arja
· Article I: One senator will do one project (can be a max of 4 people). The funds will come out from the Senate fund, which is about $6000 per semester.
· Project proposals are subject to Senate approval.
BC recommendations
· 21% of the funds were recommended.
· BC gave the musical $10100, so technically this should go to referendum. The spirit of the amendment for amounts over $10000 to go to referendum is to make sure that the entire student body agrees with the event.
· Motion to divide musical from rest of the budget.
· Motion passes.
· Motion to approve the BC recommendations.
· Rania calls to question. Avi objects.
· The BSU issue is basically hearsay right now; no check requests have been submitted and nobody present now can account for what happened.
· Rania calls to question the BC recommendations.
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SENIOR SENATORS |
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Rania Arja |
Y |
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Rob Cobbs |
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Andrew Gehring |
Y |
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David Gottlieb |
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Caitlyn Phan |
Y |
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Jessica Rothschild |
Y |
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Mira Serrill-Robins |
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Emily Silberstein |
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JUNIOR SENATORS |
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Avi Das |
Y |
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Janice Djabatey |
Y |
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Andrea Gyorody |
Y |
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Charmel Maynard |
Y |
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Jordan McKay |
Y |
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Gloria Monfrini |
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Ashley Rose |
Y |
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Tim Zeiser |
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SOPHOMORE SENATORS |
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Patrick Benson |
Y |
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Adam Bookman |
Y |
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Raj Borsellino |
Y |
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Daniel De Zeeuw |
Y |
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Julie Kim |
Y |
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Jason Kung |
Y |
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Samantha Siegal |
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Josh Stein |
Y |
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FRESHMEN SENATORS |
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Jacqueline De La Fuente |
Y |
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Anneliese Koehler |
Y |
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Paul Nielsen |
Y |
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Nicholas Pastan |
Y |
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Jelani Lundy-Harris |
Y |
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Michele Tran |
Y |
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Ayyappan Venkatraman |
Y |
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Shantel Watters |
Y |
· BC recs pass unanimously.
· Motion to approve the set construction instead of the lighting rental for the interterm musical, which will put the amount to $9,800.
o Easily, 1000 students attend the musical. Thus, on a per person basis, the cost per student is about $10.
o Student activities fees should not fund staff.
o A referendum might be good to engage in student opinion.
o If this were going to go to referendum, the student body will most likely vote yes, and also senators who hold strong to the constitution will be satisfied.
o On the other hand, a low turnout for voting will look bad for the Senate.
o Charmel calls to question.
o Interterm musical is technically 4 shows, so it doesn’t have to go to referendum anyways.
· Jason calls to question.
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SENIOR SENATORS |
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Rania Arja |
N |
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Rob Cobbs |
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Andrew Gehring |
N |
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David Gottlieb |
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Caitlyn Phan |
N |
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Jessica Rothschild |
N |
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Mira Serrill-Robins |
|
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Emily Silberstein |
|
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|
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JUNIOR SENATORS |
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Avi Das |
N |
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Janice Djabatey |
Y |
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Andrea Gyorody |
N |
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Charmel Maynard |
N |
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Jordan McKay |
N |
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Gloria Monfrini |
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Ashley Rose |
N |
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Tim Zeiser |
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SOPHOMORE SENATORS |
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Patrick Benson |
N |
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Adam Bookman |
Y |
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Raj Borsellino |
N |
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Daniel De Zeeuw |
N |
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Julie Kim |
N |
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Jason Kung |
N |
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Samantha Siegal |
|
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Josh Stein |
Y |
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FRESHMEN SENATORS |
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Jacqueline De La Fuente |
N |
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Anneliese Koehler |
N |
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Paul Nielsen |
N |
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Nicholas Pastan |
N |
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Jelani Lundy-Harris |
N |
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Michele Tran |
N |
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Ayyappan Venkatraman |
N |
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Shantel Watters |
N |
o Motion fails.
o Senator calls to question.
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SENIOR SENATORS |
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Rania Arja |
Y |
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Rob Cobbs |
|
|
Andrew Gehring |
Y |
|
David Gottlieb |
|
|
Caitlyn Phan |
Y |
|
Jessica Rothschild |
Y |
|
Mira Serrill-Robins |
|
|
Emily Silberstein |
|
|
|
|
|
JUNIOR SENATORS |
|
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Avi Das |
Y |
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Janice Djabatey |
Y |
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Andrea Gyorody |
Y |
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Charmel Maynard |
Y |
|
Jordan McKay |
Y |
|
Gloria Monfrini |
|
|
Ashley Rose |
Y |
|
Tim Zeiser |
|
|
|
|
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SOPHOMORE SENATORS |
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Patrick Benson |
Y |
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Adam Bookman |
Y |
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Raj Borsellino |
Y |
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Daniel De Zeeuw |
Y |
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Julie Kim |
Y |
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Jason Kung |
Y |
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Samantha Siegal |
|
|
Josh Stein |
Y |
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FRESHMEN SENATORS |
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Jacqueline De La Fuente |
Y |
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Anneliese Koehler |
Y |
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Paul Nielsen |
Y |
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Nicholas Pastan |
Y |
|
Jelani Lundy-Harris |
Y |
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Michele Tran |
Y |
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Ayyappan Venkatraman |
Y |
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Shantel Watters |
Y |
o Motion to fund $10,100 passes unanimously.
III. New Business
· Debate on whether musical is one event is purely theoretical.
· Raj moves to question. Senators second.
· Motion fails (goes to referendum).
IV. Adjournment (11:12 p.m.)