Seventeenth Senate Minutes

25 January 2008
11AM, Firstenburg Conference Room

1. Call to Order. Meeting was called to order 11:02 am by Vice President

Gunderson.
2. Roll Call. Senators Herring and LaPore were not present.
3. Additions or corrections to agenda. None.
4. Approved Agenda.
5. Approve Minutes. Section 12 of the minutes was amended to read “Bill Passed”
by Senator Brown. Motion seconded by Senator Wiggins. Minutes were
amended.
6. Reports.
a. President Announcements – Peter has been working on microwave
donation project, getting videogames set up in the commons, he chaired
the first meeting for the Student Rec. Committee, he went up to Pullman
for the basketball game with Mackenzie, he did interviews with
Mackenzie for activities director and decided on Eric Davidson, he is
working on the Summer retreat and possibly booking it for sun river, he
has a Board of Regents Meeting scheduled for next week, and he has
spoken with Pete Isakson, the director of marketing in Pullman about
future plans. Peter has also been working on USC tickets, he has spoken
with Hal and Jennifer Brooks for funding for the speech and debate team
(they still need $5,000), he wrote the by-law amendments, and updated all
of the past bylaw amendments in the share-drive, he filled the S and A
Fees committee with students, attended diversity training, and is
continuing to work on the Bookie money issue on where our money is
going.
b. Vice-President Announcements – Mackenzie is working with the library
discussing printing fees, working on book costs, and doing activities
director duties including movie night and passing the torch on to Eric.
c. Executive Staff –
i. Activities Director:
ii. Public Relations: Emily is working on Cirque de Sole tickets,
Mobster ball advertisements, craft night advertisements, a table
board, and a newsletter.
iii. IT: Erik is working on Ping Pong in the commons; video game set
up in the commons, fixing the time clocks, and has sent a
questionnaire out to the senate.
iv. Legislative Affairs: Andrea is working on lobbying with WSL,
she has signed up 30 new students to vote, she has attended town
hall and addressed Bill 783, she is advertising for primary voices,
attending college civics meeting, and working on Cougs at the
Capital.
v. Director of Clubs: Blake is changing the forums to teach the clubs,
he is changing forms and the way that clubs are contacted so that
 he can facilitate the communication, ad better representation for
the clubs.
7. Committees Announcement –
i. External affairs – Senator Hildebrandt talked about the “find a
need, fill a need” goals of the committee and January they are
doing research and in March and April putting it into action.
ii. Programming – Senator Aday talked about their goals to decorate
the commons.
iii. Finance –Senator Wiggins said we have $19,500 left in budget,
which is $2,400 per meeting from here on out. There is possibly
money left from the facilities somewhere that we could use this
year.
iv. Rules and Regulations – Senator Brown stated that they have not
met yet but hope to do so before the next meeting.
v. Budget- Senator Wiggins stated that this committee is the
programming and Finance committee and will meet Friday at 9 am
before the Finance committee at 10 am.
Old Business.
8. Approval of Minutes for December 14, 2007
a. Motion made to table 12/14/07 Minutes to next meeting by Senator
Brown.
9. Elections Calendar
a. Senator Wiggins made a motion to move the elections calendar to item
number 31 on the agenda, until after the by-law amendments are made.
b. Hildebrant seconded.
c. Motion passed.
New Business.
10. Confirmation of Activities Director.
a. Peter Sterr explained that Eric is a sophomore and involved in the office
b. Senator Aday asked Eric if he has planned events before, he explained that
he has and was involved in the key club.
c. Senator Whitling made a motion to confirm Eric Davidson as activities
director. Fuller seconded.
d. The Senate confirmed Eric Davidson as activities director.
11. Confirmation of Senate.
a. Senate was given time to read resumes.
b. Each candidate spoke on their own behalf.
i. Nick Ferderer: 4.0 and supervisor at his work
ii. Jacqueline Cruz: missing out in student life
iii. Scott Anderson: has been involved before.
c. Whitling made a motion to vote. Wiggins seconded.
d. There was a tie between Nick and Scott, Mackenzie, as Vice President cast
the final tie-breaking vote. Based on professionalism of resumes, Nick
Ferderer was confirmed by the Senate as new Senator.
12. Discussion of Club Funding Request.
a. ASME club presentation about ROV construction.
 b. Senator Whitling stated that they are not receiving credit and they are
different from the human powered team.
c. The senate non-officially agreed to support the bill for the following
meeting.
13. Bill 17.036.
a. Read by Senator Wiggins.
b. Moved to second reading by Hildebrant.
c. Seconded by Whitling
d. Hildebrant stated that their previous “Get ta know ya Tuesday” was a
success.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Hildebrant
f. Whitling seconded.
g. Bill Passed.
14. Bill 17.037.
a. Read by Senator Fuller.
b. Moved to second reading by Aday.
c. Seconded by Hildebrant
d. Hildebrant motioned to change $400 to $200 numerically and written, and
section 1 to read $175, not $350 and section 2 to read $25, not $50.
e. Whitling seconded motion.
f. Bill was amended.
g. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling.
h. Wiggins seconded.
i. Bill Passed.
15. Bill 17.038.
a. Read by Senator Hildebrant.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Fuller
d. Angel Black spoke about advertising the event.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Wiggins seconded.
g. Bill Passed.
16. Bill 17.039.
a. Read by Senator Wiggins.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Wiggins
d. Whitling moved to amend the bill to have zero dollars replaced with three
thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. And section four to read $930
instead of $930.
e. Bill was amended.
f. Juliet spoke about the bill. It is a speaker series with incredible speakers
from all over, including Japan and Harvard. Eight students are coming
from Japan for the sole purpose to meet other anthropology students from
the US, which explains the golf and bowling nights.
g. Senator Aday asked about the refreshments. They are offered after the
presentations to welcome questions and further discussions.
 h. Senator Hildebrant stated that the speakers are from broad subjects
ranging from anthropology to biology and genetics.
i. Motion to call to question was made by Hildebrant
j. Wiggins seconded.
k. Bill Passed.
17. By-Law Amendment 17.14.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
e. Wiggins seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
18. By-Law Amendment 17.15.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Fuller.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Aday
e. Hildebrant seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
19. By-Law Amendment 17.16.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Harman.
c. Seconded by Brown.
d. Whitling motioned to change the voting procedure from roll call to
majority vote, “Aye or Nay” for the remained of the By-law amendments.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Hildebrant seconded.
g. By-Law Amendment Passed.
20. By-Law Amendment 17.17.
a. Read by Senator Wiggins.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
e. Hildebrant seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
21. By-Law Amendment 17.18.
a. Read by Senator Brown.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
e. Hildebrant seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
22. By-Law Amendment 17.19.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Hildebrant.
c. Seconded by Fuller.
 d. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
e. Wiggins seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
23. By-Law Amendment 17.20.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Hildebrant.
d. Whitling made a motion to amend section 3 to read: “Table of contents
will reflect changes and content.”
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Wiggins seconded.
g. By-Law Amendment Passed.
24. By-Law Amendment 17.21.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Hildebrant.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Hildebrant.
e. Morgan seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
25. By-Law Amendment 17.22.
a. Read by Senator Wiggins.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Harman.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Hildebrant
e. Whitling seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
26. By-Law Amendment 17.23.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Fuller
d. Hildebrant questioned if it was against the constitution.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Hildebrant seconded.
g. By-Law Amendment Passed.
27. By-Law Amendment 17.24.
a. Read by Senator Wiggins.
b. Moved to second reading by Brown.
c. Seconded by Hildebrant.
d. Peter stated that in other places in the constitution 20 is sufficient time.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Harman seconded.
g. By-Law Amendment Passed.
28. By-Law Amendment 17.25.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Hildebrant.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
 d. Hildebrant motioned to amend amendments to amendment in the
statement of fact.
e. Seconded by Whitling.
f. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
g. Brown seconded.
h. By-Law Amendment Passed.
29. By-Law Amendment 17.26.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Whitling.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Motion to call to question was made by Hildebrant.
e. Harman seconded.
f. By-Law Amendment Passed.
30. By-Law Amendment 17.27.
a. Read by Senator Whitling.
b. Moved to second reading by Fuller.
c. Seconded by Wiggins.
d. Hildebrant asked if senators can be impeached for misconduct as well.
Peter answered that senators can be impeached too. Michelle suggested to
clarify section 6.
e. Motion to call to question was made by Whitling
f. Hildebrant seconded.
g. By-Law Amendment Passed.
31. Elections Calendar
a. Approved Elections Calendar as is.
32. ASWSUV Spring Retreat
a. Saturday, February 2, 2008 with 9:30 am start time.
b. Hildebrant stated “equal and fair treatment for all.”
33. Bill Protocol
a. Move to “Inbox” no later than Wednesday before the senate meeting
b. Time sensitive subjects at Mackenzie’s discretion.
c. Finalized bills go to inbox.
d. Un-finalized stay in “Bills in Progress” folder on share-drive.
e. Michelle restated that funding requests are due by Friday the week before
the senate meeting.
f. Peter noted that bills are now turned into the VanCougar for publication.
34. Senate Reports
a. Not paid for working if no senate report is turned in.
35. February 8, 2008 meeting
a. Discussion on the meeting. Reasons for change are the trip to Pullman
conflicting.
b. Meeting was changed to 2/2/08 not 2/8/08.
c. Whitling motioned to call to question.
d. Hildebrant seconded.
36. Adjourned. The meeting was adjourned at 1:26 pm by Vice President Gunderson.