March 13, 2018 Meeting Minutes
Student Association
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Missouri River Room
9:00 PM
Roll Call
Arts and Sciences
Schultz, Adam - Present
Sigurdson, Jake – Excused
Ring, Cordell - Present
Usher, Darcy – Present
School of Business
Harris, Tyler - Present
Doerr, Shanae - Present
Horn, Justice - Present
Sproles, Kayla - Present
School of Education
Tappe, Alexis - Present
Hansen, Libby - Present
Fetsch, Katelyn - Present
Luna, Taylor - Present
School of Fine Arts
Brekke, Taylor - Present
Quinn, Danny - Excused
Senators At-Large
Martinez, Alysha - Excused
Duchsherer, Haley - Present
Kvale, Joseph - Present
Graduate School Residence Life
Batsch, William - Present
North, Zack – Present
International Freshman
Homayounpour, Pedram - Present
Haggin, Justice - Present
Advisor President & Vice President
Dr. Waid-Lindberg – Present
Thielbar, Brooke – Present
Dr. Checka-Leinwall- Excused
Van Oosbree, Annika - Excused
Minutes Approval
Motion to approve by Tyler Harris, seconded by Kayla Sproles
Agenda Approval
Motion to approve by Kayla Sproles, seconded by Darcy Usher
Old Business
None
Open Forum
None
New Business
Budget for SBAC
$3,150 for student labor, $675 for WorkStudy, $15 for benefits - $3,840 total
$647.75 for Fall Board of Regents Conference, $491.32 for SHED Conference, $553.78 for Spring Board of Regents - $1,692.85 total
$700 for Dues and Membership Fee, $2,000 for Campus Activities App - $2,700 total
Senate Reports School of Education – Nothing to report
School of Fine Arts – Opera this Thursday and Friday, Band concert this Sunday at 3
College of Arts and Sciences – They recently returned from a research trip in the Bahamas; History Day is tomorrow
School of Business – There is a PBL meeting on Thursday, they will be leaving for Minot to compete this weekend; Business trip over spring break to Florida was successful
At Large – Nothing to report
Residence Halls – The re-hire process has begun; people should sign up for Northern’s got Talent night and The Challenge which will be held at McWelsh
Graduate School – Nothing to report
International – Nothing to report
Freshman – The psychology club is doing a recruitment project Scavenger Hunt
President – asked senators to contribute toward a gift card for President Downs’ wife, money is due by the 25th meeting; the new Elections committee consists of Alysha, Alexis, Brooke, and Pedram
Vice President – not present
Committee Reports
Facilities - None
Governance – None
Public Relations – Having a meeting tonight
Finance – The SBAC meetings will be held next week from 5:30 – 9:00 Monday -Wednesday, Senators should come if possible
Ad-Hoc Constitution – Almost finished rewriting the new constitution, this week will be spent finalizing details; rather than having Senators meet with their faculty and deans within their colleges, there will be 2 town hall meetings for the students each semester; working on election requirements; the new Executive board has been formed; Senators are asked to bring laptops or iPads to the March 25th meeting to review the new constitution
Faculty Advisor Notes
Asked about access to old G-Mail account that is connected to social media accounts; working with Annika to resolve an incorrect billing for the SHED hotel rooms; there is only $60.97 left in the Student Association budget
Student Affairs Advisor Notes
Not present
Senator Announcements
Zack is meeting with the Public Relations committee after the meeting
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Justice Haggin, seconded by Darcy Usher