11.30.16 SGA Minutes

SGA Agenda 11.30.16

Call to Order

Roll – All present

Minute Approval

*Motion to recognize Tara Rehmeier*

Indianola police radios 17 years old, mostly don’t work
Community wide effort to support them to get new radios
Ideas for fundraisers/donations
- Present at holiday extravaganza
- Individuals and businesses likely to give with the holiday season
Police department also applied for a grant, they will know in February if they get it
Timeline – 6 months – now until June
SGA being coordinating body for fundraisers – email to forward to student body

*Motion to recognize Jackie Brittingham*

Scheduling campus wide events and discussions when classes are not in session
Lots of faculty and students working during the times these things happen and they can’t go
Reached out to administration and got no response, so reaching out to students
Martin Luther King schedule
SGA to maybe put together a resolution

Reports

VP Erica:

Christmas Party- start at 6:30, bring a white elephant gift, wear your best ugly sweater!
Student Body Election voting December 4-7
Senior Election voting December 4-7
Refilling election sign ups Thursday December 8th 12:00pm-Sunday December 11th 12:00pm
- Voting Jan 10 12:00pm-Jan 13th 12:00pm
Mailers from Kyle (yes they do exist!)

Student Body President Robert:

I’m ALIVE (mostly)… I am not dead yet, i can dance and i can sing, i am not dead yet i can do the highland fling, i am not dead yet, no need to go to bed, no need to call the doctor cuz i’m not yet dead!
Elections Code Revisions
Meet & Greet w/CFO Candidates

Senior Class President Ishaya David:

Junior Class President Nick Laning-

Wufoo for End of Semester Reports
- Cody: “I like this a lot”
Convention Reporting (Change Finance Code?)
Digital Posters- Tristan
- Ongoing conversation had with Kelley Bradder
- Best, Better, and Good options
Recycling- Sydney
- Didn’t get a huge positive reaction
- Some nonsense reasons for not having it
- Move it to a second semester thing to get it done right
Budget Requests

Sophomore Class President Pierce Carey:

First-Year Class President Lewis Cox:

Apparel
- Maroon quarter zips with logo
- Will get info for sizes
Promotional Mailers
- Found the box we check off, it’s real and they can send the info to us
- We want to send a promotional item out for SGA
- Making the website better

Any other reports:

Old business:

New Business:

Vote on Library Advisory Committee student rep Tim
vote on Admissions Committee student rep Emma Schlenker
- Both approved
- Emma abstained
$4400 for Water Stations- Sydney
- New stations and some new water fountains in areas
- No availability in fraternities
  - Motion carries
  - From capital improvement fund
$1430 for Fish Project- Tristan
- Pond in the library
- Issue with salt and sand falling from people’s shoes and killing the fish
- Insert something to catch everything so the fish don’t die
  - Motion carries
  - From capital improvement fund
$200 Internally for Kelsey’s Goody Project- Cole
$330 Mu Sigma Kappa- Carols and Cocoa
- Good turn out for event last year
- Performers, goodies, cocoa
  - Motion carries
$310 Feminists- Suspend Rules, Crafts, T-Shirts, Pizza
- Move to suspend the rules because issues with budget office
  - Motion carries
- Having good turn out, and having new events
- Pizza for safe zones
  - Motion carries
$415 Internal for SGA Service Plaques
- Medium size, we get price discount because bulk purchase
- Said we should have them for the Christmas party
- Bob’s trophies on the square
  - Motion carries
  - Nick lanning opposes
Elections Code Revisions
- Video campaigns
  - Too much work for managers
  - Option and not a requirement
- SGA president and VP to run as a ticket(together)
  - You would vote for the ticket as a whole
  - Independent campaigns not accepted
  - Discussion later

General Discussion

Announcements

Adjournment

Simpson College Student Government Association