Breakout Assembly
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 – 4:30 pmPere Marquette- Kirkhof Center Room 2204
Chair: Autumn W. Trombka
Parliamentarian: Natalie M. Bush
I.Call Meeting to Order
II.Moment of Silence
a.Pledge of Allegiance
b.Roll Call
i.Present: Agius, Alsoofy, K., Alsoofy S., Anderson, Bush E., Bush N., Chacon, Cleary, Commee, Conley, Crosby, Cross, Davies, Duso, Fawaz, Graham, Haroon, Hilbrand, Johns, Kissane, Krombeen, LaRue, Levy, Martus, Mines, Pacini, Palekar, Pokriefka, Reeve, Rodriguez, Ryder, Scott, Selesky, Stinar, Stoll, Terrell, Tierney, Trombka, VanDyken, Way, Wilk, Workman, Zeiter
ii.Tardy: Abraham, Daniels
III.Guest Speaker
IV.Five (5) Minutes to Pass Papers
V.Public Comment
VI.President’s Report
a.President Trombka issued the oath to the eleven newly appointed senators. The president also announced the NCA Site Visit times for students. She thanked the Homecoming participants. President Trombka also announced that the Senate also has a new Office Manager, Ashley Romanczuk.
VII.Subcommittee Reports
a.Alumni Relations
i.Committee is getting started. Alumni association for your type of alumni -- senate
b.Presidents’ Ball
i.Brainstorming for the year. Committee tasks have been set.
c.Sustainability
i.October 20th-25th for Sustainability Week, Sustainability Roundtable on October 30th. During the 25th football game the senate will participate in collecting cans
d.Student Legacy
i.Senator Crosby announced that Shaun Shira would like to meet with the Student Legacy Sub-committee
e.UnionHigh School
i.Senator Selesky met with the UnionHigh School last week. The Subcommittee would like to open up the visits to the entire senate.
f.University Leadership Roundtable
i.Senator Way announced that there is a guest speaker for ULRT. Also, we are setting history, by inviting the GVBN to record our event at the Alumni House. Senator Way also met with Steve Lipnicki to discuss graduate students
VIII.Urgent Business
a.MOTION TO APPROVE the minutes from September 18th and 25th
i.Minutes stand approved
b.MOTION TO ACCEPT the appointment of William Selesky to the University Judicial Board
i.Vote: Consent -- approved
c.MOTION TO ACCEPT the appointment of David Pacini to the University Judicial Board
i.Vote: Consent -- approved
d.MOTION TO ACCEPT the appointment of Mohammad Fawaz to the University Judicial Board
i.Vote: Consent -- approved
e.MOTION TO ACCEPT the appointment of Curtis Kalleward to the University Judicial Board
i.Vote: Consent -- approved
f.MOTION TO APPROVE one (1) reserve request recommendation from the Appropriations committee from Sabrosisimo in the amount of $6,792
i.Vice President Krombeen presented the reserve request to the General Assembly. He stated since the original request was over $10,000, it must go to GA for approval.
ii.Joseph Allen, President of Sabrosisimo presented the rationale for the request. They are now a registered student organization last semester and requested money for start up costs.
iii.VP Scott asked if the organization had formal dues. The presenter stated that it would be a burden to charge formal dues. VP Scott followed up with what the fundraising money stated on the organizations reserve requests. The organization stated that they are booked solid for te next few months with events.
iv.VP Cross asked Sabrosisimo if they looked into co-sponsorships with LSU or the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
v.Senator Workman called to question and the vote resulted in 14-28-1, which did not satisfy the 2/3 requirement.
vi.VP Scott moved to set line item 7022 to zero leaving $3792, motion failed at 19-23-2 vote.
vii.Senator Reeve set line item 7041 to zero stating that the organization can come back for additional monies. VP Davies urged failure. Call to question resulted in failure.
viii.Senator Chacon moved to state the request at $5792 from the $6,792. The motion was discussed and passed unanimously
IX.Adjournment into subcommittees 6:07 pm
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