The meeting was called to order at 4:20 pm. Thirteen members were present.
Minutes from November 8th, 2004 were approved.
Motion: Sarah
Second: Eric
Motion Passes
Brad Ship, President — present
Sarah Hazel, Vice President — present
Andrew Kasman, Treasurer — present
Amy Schwartz, Secretary — present
Kathleen Fox, Student Life — present
Meghan Hargrave, Student Life — present
Jillian Gaeta, Academic Affairs — present
Katie Donnelly, Greek Liaison — present
Eric Imhof, Community Affairs — present
Amaya Henry, Multicultural Affairs — excused
Meredith Finch, Student Organizations — present
Era Fuchik, Farinon Student Services — present
Stephen Bruestle, Elections Chair — present
Veronica LaMura, Public Relations — excused
Bryan Shive, Campus Student Services — present
Brad Ship- President
-The Club Ice Hockey team requested an emergency allocation of $440 for bus funding.
-A student introduced the possibility of the formation of two new clubs; he will return next meeting with constitutions for each.
-LEAP proposed the goal of having the college purchase wind energy.
-Introduction of new and old SG representatives.
-Nominations for President/Vice President:
-Presidential nomination for Andrew Kasman
Motion: Mark Ranta
Second: Stephen Bruestle
Nomination Accepted
-Presidential nomination for Amy Schwartz
Motion: Meredith Finch
Second: Eric Imhof
Nomination Declined
-Presidential nomination for Meghan Hargrave
Motion: Sarah
Second: Jillian
Nomination Accepted
-Vice Presidential nomination for Amy Schwartz
Motion: Kathleen Fox
Second: Meredith Finch
Nomination Accepted
-Vice Presidential nomination for Mark Ranta
Motion: Andrew Kasman
Second: Kara Boodakian
Nomination Declined
-Motion to follow the executive committee’s recommendation to take no action with the presented amendments.
Motion: Sarah
Second: Kathleen
Motion Passes
-Voted on a date for the transition meeting that will take place at the Chateau.
Motion to have the meeting on Sunday, December 12th at 10am
Motion: Andrew
Second: Amy
Motion Passes
-There will be two SG buses for the ice hockey game departing Lafayette at 6:45pm after the Pep Rally.
Andrew Kasman- Treasurer
-Allocated $440 to the Club Ice Hockey team, contingent on having the first bus depart at 6pm and the second depart at 6:30pm.
Motion: Bryan
Second: Sarah
Motion Passes
-Discussed the issue of paying a student DJ that will be working during the Pep Rally.
Meredith Finch- Student Organizations
-Received signatures and information on a faculty advisor from the newly forming club, FAAP; approval of the constitution will be discussed next week.
Stephen Bruestle- Elections Chair
-Student Government Representative elections were held.
-Proposed the possibility of having a Presidential debate; decided on giving individual information from each candidate to the Lafayette newspaper.
Kathleen Fox- Student Life
-Spirit Week is running smoothly; the mechanical bull was a success and the photo buttons are scheduled for Wednesday.
Meghan Hargrave- Student Life
-The Lafayette Dancers and Lafayette Cheerleaders will be performing at the Pep Rally.
-The Pep Rally is on Friday at 5:45; food will be served at 5:15.
Eric Imhof- Community Affairs
-Organized a volunteering project for the SG the week of November 29th.
-The pep rally t-shirts have been received.
-There will be a dinner and discussion on the “Red-State, Blue-State Divide” on November 30th at 6pm in Keefe Commons.
Jillian Gaeta- Academic Affairs
-Set up a meeting with the head of the foreign language department to speak about Italian classes.
-Met with the Academic Progress Committee.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 pm.
Motion: Meghan
Second: Eric
Faithfully Submitted,
Amy Schwartz