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General Meeting

Tuesday, 03 December 2013

Meeting Start: 7:01

 

Attendance

 

Guest Speaker: Jacquie Kondrot

- Title IX Coordinator

- Responsible to ensure that we have a policy on Title XI

- Oversee about discriminatory harassment

- In Mid-80s, developed a Sexual Harassment Policy

- In 90s, were combined

- About three years ago, they were separated again

- This year, we've decided to recombine them

- Currently, the Compass has separated policies

- This is a revised, combined policy

- Will be used next semester

- About Title IX: Educational Amendment of 1992

    - Protects people on the basis of sex

- No person in the US shall, on the basis of sex, be denied the benefits of an educational program or an activity receiving federal financial support

    - More recently, focuses on sexual violence and sexual assault

- This policy was written by our college attorney

- Title IX is overseen by the US office of Education

- Some changes:

    - Recombined the separate policies

    - Done some routine editing to keep the Resources section up to date

    - It's more clear where and how to report incidents

    - Tried to incorporate what the law is requiring

    - Some definitions:

        - Discriminatory Harassment

        - Sexual Harassment

        - Sexual Violence

        - Domestic Violence (Partner Violence)

        - Stalking

        - Consent, see page 3

        - Most of these definitions are taken from the government definitions

    - The Consent definition is an important inclusion

    - Other huge change to policy: Coordinators

    - Two deputy coordinators

- Associate Provost for Diversity and Development will be added as a coordinator, once that person is on campus

- The role of the Title IX Coordinator is very clearly spelled out

- A person who is responsible to oversee the process and ensure due process

- Central log of incidents

- Previously, they were kept separately, but now they will be kept all together with the Title XI coordinator

- Keep track of patterns or

- Retaliation is prohibited

- Contacting law enforcement is always an option

- Law enforcement is a separate process; this is an educational process, and that is legal

- Jacquie uses the term "private", meaning not necessarily confidential

- Confidential Resources: Counseling, Winslow, ER, Women's Services

- Cannot promise confidentiality in the college services

- If we have to do an investigation, we have to talk to that person and gauge the impact on the campus community

 

Lee Scandinaro

Was the purpose of combining the two to make you more of a central figure?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

The college attorney recommended the recombination for effeciency; in the only form, there was a lot of redundancy. Secondly, because the Title IX is so standard, our college attorney believed it would be beneficial to handle all incdients in a similar way

 

Lee Scandinaro

What role would you like to see bystander training play on this campus? What could we do to make that happen?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

Let me first compliment you on the Diversity Initiative. Bystander Training is a huge piece of this; we do plan to continue it next year, and we hope that as many people in the community that can be trained will be trained.

 

Lee Scandinaro

Do you see it being required in the future for any group of students?

 

Jacquie

I would love to do that, but I don't know how

 

Timur Dikeç

Has the college been taking any data as to the number of assaults on campus or activities involving these kinds of sexual misconduct; in recent years, has Bystander Training made a difference?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

If you've been to the bystander training, we do some general facts about sexual violence; inserted a slide on Allegheny Data on sexual violence. We get an average of 10 reports per year, of varying degrees. This year, so far in the Fall 2013, we've had 6 reports of sexual assault; of those, 3 have already been through the conduct process. People are bringing forth complaints. I don't know if it's a result of bystander training.

 

Alexis Nielson

In the Definitions section, what is the purpose of separating the definitions? Sexual Violence and Dating Violence could be the same, why is there a difference?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

Those are government definitions that were suggested.

 

Alexis Nielson

So there's no way that that necessarily operates through your process?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

We consider these definitions if there is a violation of the policy.

 

Marlys Kotyuk

Say I'm a student who wants to report an incident; where do I go?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

This information will be published online. I hope that we'll send an email, and it will be in The Compass.

 

Sarah Naughton

The changes to the document look great. Great job.

 

Alexis Nielson

On page 8, it says that retaliation is prohibited. What does that mean?

 

Jacquie Kondrot

That's an additional section. If you have other comments or questions, feel free to email me.

 

Larry Hailsham

I think that if we review this, we can review this in the class meetings.

 

Sarah Naughton

If you want, I can bring the final results to you during a Wellness Meeting.

 

Jacquie Kondrot

Right now, my office is in 104 Reis Hall.

 

Approval of Last Week's Minutes

Timur Dikeç

Lee Scandinaro

Passes

 

Finance Report - Skylar Ray

  1. Men's Lacrosse, Tshirts, Approved

    1. $9.83 per shirt

  2. Two Individuals, WOOF, Tabled

  3. Meditation Club, $600 General Fund, Reiki, Approved

    1. Hands-on energy healing during finals

    2. Meditation House during finals

    3. December 14th, 1-4 PM

 

Approval of the Finance Report

Yemi Olaiya

Andrew Greiner

Approved

 

Cabinet Reports

Student Affairs: Sarah Naughton and Kushtrim Miftari

  1. Currently talking with Jeff Schneider to go on a Light Walk, will probably happen next semester

  2. Helped JoeDi interview for General Manager positions for Parkhurst

    1. Bill Watts got it

    2. We're going to try to send him a card, and we'd love to see some ASG support there

    3. (Joe Di interjects: I'm glad to see how everyone took it so seriously!)

  3. Student Life Survey is coming out in Februrary!

    1. Committee: Please stay after for about five minutes

    2. If anybody has something they want included, please see us

  4. New ASG Van!

 

Yemi Olaiya

Do you have people to assess the dorms?

 

JoeDi

We have archetects that go through the Residence Halls

 

Sarah Naughton

Each building is being looked through for fire hazards

 

JoeDi

Gretchen Kerr is also looking through

 

Secretary: Jake Ballinger

  1. Secret Santa

  2. Service Hours

  3. Secretaries

 

Attorney General: Aurora Arop

  1. Club Approval

    1. Arabic Language and Culture Association: Second Week of Approval

      1. Motion to approve the Arabic Language and Culture Association

        1. Timur Dikeç

        2. Andrew Hopf

        3. Approved

    2. Allegheny College History Club: Second Week of Approval

      1. Motion to approve the Allegheny College History Club

        1. Marlys Kotyuk

        2. Eric Chang

        3. Approved

  2. Attorney General Position

    1. Kevin and Larry will speak about this

 

Concerts and Special Events: Austin Cosgrove

  1. Formal is this weekend!

    1. Closing the document after this meeting

    2. Meeting in Brooks Blue Lounge at 6:15; buses depart at 6:30

    3. Formal is from 7-10 at Conneaut Lake Hotel

    4. If you're over 21, there's a cash bar, but you can use a debit or credit card

    5. For the menu, there's going to be chicken wings, chicken tenders, french fries, vegan and vegetarian options

    6. If you have a food allergy, please email me after the meeting

 

MEC: Brogan McGowan

  1. Major Event

    1. Panic at the Disco did not work out

    2. MEC does plan on releasing a Campus article

      1. Results

      2. Process

    3. Panic at the Disco didn't work out, and they talked to us for 2 weeks

    4. Cage the Elephant was next; dates didn't work out

    5. We exhausted the list with dates and pricing

    6. Thankfully, we have genres!

    7. Most votes: Alternative

    8. Currently, moving forward with Tegan and Sara

    9. Thank your MEC Committee, because it's been a mess, and we're trying to figure it out!

  2. Springfest Theme

    1. Haven't decided, but we talked about it!

    2. Please email me or Austin if you any questions

    3. Theme is: MEDIEVAL MEADVILLE

 

Larry Hailsham

I think it's really important that you ask questions and make it sure that unforeseen circumstances arose, and it wasn't the man trying to oppress them.

 

Diversity Initiatives: Katie Beck

  1. Information Session for Commitment to Inclusivity

    1. 6 PM, Quigley 101

    2. Club leaders and Exec Boards

    3. Basically, expands on the procedure and provides more detail

    4. Just to get clubs know that this is happening

 

Jen Glen

Are clubs going to have to tell us which trainings they're going through?

 

Katie Beck

We'll get a confirmation; not every Exec Board Member has to go through the same trainings

 

Kylan Hill

If everyone has already received t

hat training, what happens?

 

Katie Beck

If they've gone through trainings already, they just need to go through the Constitution Change

 

Autumn Vogel

Check the back of the handout.

President's Report

Thanks for sitting in their weird fashion! Now I can definitey see if you're texting.

Attorney General Announcement

  1. Applicants

    1. All non-ASG members

    2. Limited knowledge of Robert's Rules

    3. Autumn Vogel is our Presidential and Vice Presidential Appointment

    4. All of the applicants were really well qualified and passionate about jumping in

    5. Autumn had some great ideas about where to go with the Rules Committee next semester

    6. The Commitment will be a big part of the functioning of Rules Committee, and Autumn already has a great working knowledge of this

    7. Autumn Speaks

      1. Class of 2015

      2. I've gotten to be more of an active constituent

      3. Very excited to take this opportunity

      4. Aurora is giving me a lot of great ideas of things to continue doing

      5. If there's anything you want to see done, I really want to implement that as well

    8. Autumn had the great idea of assignment members of the Rules Committee to certain clubs, so I'm going to hold that to her and the Rules Committee

      1. So that was actually Aurora's idea, but I loved it!

 

Timur Dikeç

What would be the goal of sending members of the Rules Committee to clubs? If we see something wrong, are we going to report it? Formal? Informal?

 

Autumn Vogel

I would really like to talk to the whole Rules Committee about it; I would not like to see it as a BIg Brother thing, but rather as making us accessable and a maker of connections.

 

Aurora Arop

That idea was just that we're going to make all of the constitutions digital, so we have a lot more power with flexibility

 

Larry Hailsham

Autumn, if you wouldn't mind stepping out of the room

- Autumn Leaves -

We wanted to open up this time for questions

 

Austin Cosgrove

Will Autumn still be serving on the Diversity Committee?

 

Kevin Crooks

Right now, our consensus is that she can still go to the meetings, but she won't be a member of the committee

 

Yemi Olaiya

What made certain people stand out to you guys?

 

Larry Hailsham

We looked at what people want to do. We felt that she was someone she could work with.

 

Kevin Crooks

It's a lot about enthusiasm, and also a motive. Autumn really wanted to change how clubs view ASG, and that's been our goal from the beginning.

 

Shep

I move to approve Autumn Vogel to be our new Attorney General

 

SJ

Second

 

Larry Hailsham

Passes

 

Kevin Crooks

Autumn will be beginning this Sunday at the Rules Committee Meeting, and then next  

 

Senator of the Month

Yemi Olaiya!

 

Yemi not only does her job as a senator, but she comes to other meetings and even Cabinet meetings

 

VP Report

Committee Reports

 

Academic Standards and Awards Committee Report

  1. We look at the different things about the college dealing with Finals, Student Approval Changes, Add/Drop period changes

    1. Looking for a general vote from ASG about what the general opinion is

    2. Options

      1. Add/Drop Period stays the same

      2. First-semester student only

        1. 10 weeks to drop

      3. Add/Drop period changes to 2 weeks, withdraw period is 10 weeks, withdraw without professor permission

    3. The goal of this is to help first-year students who are not used to first-year students who are not used to college courses

    4. That final option for the two-week drop period is to give students

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