1. Call to Order – 12:17 p.m.
  1. Approval of April 27 Minutes – no minutes present
  1. Member Reports
  2. Danny Summers, StudExChair, Student Senate Chief of Staff
  3. Working on platforms and elections reform
  4. Legislative training – August 28th
  5. Emily Golickson OMA continued cultural competency
  6. Every 3-4 weeks
  7. Stephonn Alcorn, Student Body President
  8. Thanks to staff for picking up slack while he is gone at internship
  9. State funding limits – Thanks to Mady and Allyssa
  10. Approved by State Finance Council
  11. Studetn Advisory Committee Chair for KS Board of Regents SAC
  12. KU hosting SAC retreat this fall
  13. Access to higher education
  14. Amending constitution to help community colleges
  15. Concealed Carry implementation committee
  16. Draft must be done by October
  17. What is a weapon free zone
  18. Education and communication
  19. Making other changes to university code based off of what the gun policy will be
  20. Waiting for General Council about Senate Bill 175
  21. One student group can’t be restricted benefits based on it discriminating on religion
  22. Gabby Naylor, Student Body Vice President
  23. Spending cap issue
  24. A lot of people on campus willing to help funding
  25. Coca-Cola funding/outreach
  26. Planned and scheduled all the committees and full senate
  27. Scheduling elections April 12th-13th for next year
  28. Amy Schumacher, Student Senate Graduate Affairs Director
  29. Graduate student colloquium series
  30. Lots of groups interested, must find best way and times to do it
  31. Fall mixer
  32. Convincing IT to give access to graduate student blackboard site
  1. More structure to G-SAB and working on orientation
  1. Taylor Zabel, Finance Committee Chair
  2. Working on funding reform ad hoc committee
  3. Everyone reply to email to make sure everyone got it
  4. Zoya Khan, Multicultural Affairs Committee Chair
  5. University senate meeting – pretty productive
  6. Brittney can give more details
  7. Multicultural affairs – need to address at first meeting
  8. Mattie Carter, Student Rights Committee Chair
  9. Mattie in England
  10. Adrian Janowiak, University Affairs Committee Chair
  11. None
  12. Zoya Khan, Jacob Murray, Brittney Oleniacz;SenEx Representatives
  13. Met to go over university committees
  14. Two additional ad hoc committees
  15. Equity (gender especially)
  16. Free speech and how it relates to university code and functions
  17. IT fiber cut – trying to avoid that happening again
  1. Regular Agenda
  2. 2017-001: A Bill to Amend SSRR, Appendix B
  3. List of committees and boards
  4. Passes
  5. 2017-002: A Bill to Amend SSRR, Appendix M
  6. Outreach Policy
  7. Removes point system
  8. “In good standing” vs. “Not in good standing”
  9. Connor Birzer:
  10. About creating a welcoming environment and connecting on a more individual level
  11. May need to consider adding multicultural component
  12. Discussion:
  13. Leaves too much room for judgement by COS, Comms, Internal Affairs Directors
  14. May be too much for graduate senators, could impact filling seats
  1. Change Clause B to reflect responsibility of Internal Affairs to coordinate outreach meeting with constituency members – Amendment
  2. D and E seem redundant, could combine them
  3. Change Clause K to make procedural aspects of maintaining the social media presence during committees
  4. May be more appropriate to include in a separate policy
  5. Add to 6.2.5
  6. Should have a best practices supplement
  7. More information about things like OMA events
  8. Covered in senator training and continued competency requirements
  9. Resolve typos, especially “has assembled” to “here assembled”
  1. Amendments:
  2. Change Clause B to resolve discussion point iii
  3. Combine D and E to resolve discussion point iv
  4. Move second sentence of E up and slash first sentence
  5. Clause B as is, D, E, and G mandatory for graduate, law, pharmacy, and non-traditional senators
  6. Rest is encouraged
  7. Strike Clause K
  8. Get rid of “executive staff” on executive outreach
  9. Section 1.2 – Add clause defining “duty of internal affairs director to communicate each deadline in a timely manner and to keep a record of compliance with the requirements of this outreach policy”
  1. Approved as amended
  1. 2017-003: A Bill to Amend SSRR, Appendix O
  2. Office Hour Policy
  3. Discussions:
  4. What is the role of executive staff in coordinating the new individualized office hour plans for senators
  1. 1.1 Meeting with exec members is same as outreach policy
  1. Passed as amended
  1. 2017-004: A Bill to Amend SSRR, Appendix L
  2. Office Policy
  3. Correct spelling of “sensitivities”
  4. Passes as amended
  5. 2017-005: A BILL TO SUPPLEMENT THE CENTER FOR SEXUALITY AND GENDER DIVERSITY (SGD) COORDINATOR SALARY
  6. Allyssa Castilleja & Aaron Quisenberry:
  7. SGD coordinator forced to clock hours due to salary falling beneath given threshold for salaried workers as provided by recent Executive Order
  8. University not allowed to pay overtime (over 40 hours a week to hourly employees)
  9. Requests to other entities were unsuccessful in obtaining this funding
  10. Moved to bottom of agenda
  11. 2017-006: A BILL TO FUND CCO/Senate Executive Staff Pay
  12. Passed
  13. 2017-007: A BILL TO FUND CENTER FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH INTO THE STREETS DIRECTOR
  14. Presented by CCO Volunteer Coordinator
  15. Responsibility of planning/coordinating Outreach into the Streets Week doesn’t line up with other executive responsibilities
  16. Would be a temporary position
  17. Start during fall semester
  18. Passed
  19. 2017-008: A BILL TO FUND ADVERTISING WITH THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
  20. Passed
  21. 2017-009: A Bill to Amend SSRR, Article IV Section 1
  22. Adding appointment to Spencer Museum SAB under SBP duties
  23. Amendment: Section 5.1.10 Add CAPS Advisory Board Chair
  24. Passed as amended
  25. Student Senate Committees/Full Senate Calendar
  26. Amendment: Change to state “Fall 2016” and “Spring 2017”
  1. Passed as amended
  1. 2016-2017Replacement Senator Application
  2. Amendment: Change wording of new question to ask what issue applicant would like to focus on rather than what issue they believe has been most important
  3. Amend dates stating “2015” to “2016”
  4. Passed
  5. 2016-2017 Elections Commission Application
  6. Amend dates stating “2015” to “2016”
  7. Amend COS contact to Danny Summers rather than Adam Moon
  8. Passed
  9. Revisiting 2017-005: A BILL TO SUPPLEMENT THE CENTER FOR SEXUALITY AND GENDER DIVERSITY (SGD) COORDINATOR SALARY
  10. Concern about large pay increase with relatively similar responsibilities
  11. Concern about other groups or other positions seeking similar funding increases
  12. This position created by student senate
  13. Idea that this does not set precedent for other non-senate created positions
  14. Passed
  1. Adjournment – 1:51 p.m.

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