Allegheny Student Government
General Senate Meeting
14 January 2014
Meeting Start: 7:00
Attendance Jake Ballinger, Secretary
Approval of the Minutes
Motion: Timur
Second: Miguel
Approved
Guest Speaker valerie guerrero
Martin Luther King celebration, which starts this Friday and ends Monday
You have no classes Monday, so you'll be free to join us for a day of workshops and
community building
This coming Friday, a kickoff dinner with community partners who will have sites for
Service Saturday
There's a Service Saturday Wufoo
There's a CIASS group
Sunday, Interdenominational Worship at 11 with Jane Ellen
3PM, Ford Chapel, Gospel Fest
Churches in Meadville and Erie
We would love to see students there!
Monday, there are lots of workshops
At the end of the day, at four, community mingle at the Reis Hall rotunda
Paul Butler, speaker at 11 in Ford Chapel, Dean of Students at Dartmouth
There will be coffee in Quigley all day long
Autumn Vogel
Tickets for the Monday dinner?
valerie
Jane Ellen and ACCEL usually fund it, so it should be free for students
Larry Hailsham
There are institutions in the US that don't celebrate this day, so it's really cool to be a part
Finance Report Skyler Ray, Financial Controller
Nuthin'
Grace Flowers
If clubs want to know updated budgets, email myself or Skyler
Cabinet Reports
1. Student Affairs Sarah Naughton and Kushtrim Miftari
Student Life survey is being finalized
If you have anything you want to add, please come see us
2. Major Events Committee Brogan McGowan
The major event is Tegan and Sara
We talked about this last semester, but we exhausted the Top 6 list and were forced to
make a decision using the top genre list
Sam Talerico and Lizzy Donaldson have made awesome stuff
You guys can send out an email informing people of how to get tickets
If you need a response about why we chose Tegan and Sara, please let me know
Lizzy Donaldson
We're going to get links out to you guys to volunteer. You get free tshirts.
Lee Scandinaro
I would like to see an article in The Campus
Brogan
That's something we're looking into
Timur Dikeç
In Schafer, or other location?
Brogan
Yes
Marlys Kotyuk
I know last meet you said that the numbers had changed; how did that happen?
Brogan McGowan
We worked through an agency, concertideas.com, and Panic! at the Disco had us believing we
would be booking them for about two weeks, and during that time the other artists were filling
their schedules for that time period
Austin Cosgrove
And with the music industry, if an artist releases a new single or something that becomes
popular, prices can change very quickly
Eric Chang
Just Tegan and Sara, or other acts too?
Brogan McGowan
We're also looking on an opening act, and once we figure that out we're going to let you guys
know too
3. Diversity Initiatives Committee Katie Beck
My committee, Lee Scandinaro, and Autumn Vogel are doing an information workshop
1:30, Monday, Quigley
President's Report
Welcome back, happy Tuesday!
Attendance is great
Send out those emails!
Shout out to Yemi, because she already sent out an email and sent it to us
Would like to apologize for that Tippie misunderstanding
1. ASG/AEC Get Together
President Mullen would like to work on that disconnect between students and
administration
In two weeks, we're going to have our meeting in Schultz, and that's going to be with
them
Hopefully, there will be food
We're doing 5 ASG/AEC get togethers per semester
The first one is on Thursday; Joe Di and Brian Dalton
These are open to anyone; people can just come and ask question
Sloane and I will do some PR, but you guys could really help with that
Some more people: President Mullen, Provost DeMeritt, Aimee Knupsky, etc.
They're from 68, and they're in here
Vice President's Report
1. Middle States
Rick Holgrim, who is the chief informaitonal person with the college, approached ASG
for more insight about this MiddleStates accreditation assessment
It's really important that we have student representation at these things and that we
have students there to voice their opinions, so hopefully our degrees mean something
Feburary 17, 2:30 3:15
Please email myself and Kevin if you're interested in doing that
Before that, on Feburary 4th, Rick Holgrim is going to come in and talk to us more about
that
It's a really big deal
Me, Kevin, and Katie met with the president of another college to learn more about this
process and to hear about what their school is doing
We have room for about five to six students
2. Academic Standards and Awards Committee
They are looking for another person because one of the student representatives is
unable to commit to the time
Class Reports
1. Class of 2015, Shep Schroer
Welcome back!
The Class of 2015 just got a letter from CHAPS that's thanking us for all of our work, so
that reflects well on ASG in general
Also, Phil is studying abroad this semester and we have an open spot; hopefully, we will
have filled that position
Miguel Liriano
We also have a missing spot, so hopefully we'll have that filled within the next two weeks
Constituent Comments
None
Unfinished Business
None
New Business
None
Announcements
1. Lee Scandinaro
Larry and I are part of a small group of students who are selecting a new counselor at the
2. Katie Beck
Fitness classes start this semester!
Zumba classes Mondays and Thursdays at 4:00 in the Wise Center Dance Studio
3. Jake Ballinger
Following that, I teach a cardio kickboxing class Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5,
same place.
Go to Zumba and then come to kickboxing!
Motion to Close
Motion: Timur Dikeç
Second: Andrew Hopf
Passes
Meeting End: 7:26
