THE SIXTIETH SENATE OF THE ASNMSU

GENERAL MEETING 3

September 8th, 2016

CCSU Senate Chambers 6:00 PM

Convened at: 6:00 PM

  1. Roll Call
  • Senators Cassidy, Lara, Loya, Warner Garrett- All Excused
  1. Reading and Approval of the Journal
  • Journal Approved
  1. Petitions and Remonstrations
  • None
  1. Executive Department Reports
  • Athletic Relations, Zack Aragon
  • Intramural championship shirts, UNM Tailgate, Fence around the intramural fields
  • Governmental Affairs, Wake Gardner
  • Budget cuts
  • Public Relations, Michaela Mabry
  • Homecoming logo, and logos for other events, updated Brochure
  • Special Events, Austin McCallon
  • Welcome back and homecoming concerts, Excepting applications on special events board
  • 51% of budget went to Trinidad James Concert
  • Questions on Homecoming concert
  1. Reports of Standing Committees
  2. Rules – DeLorean Forbes, Chairman
  3. DP- Bills, 33, 27, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 11, 22, 25, 26, 28, 24
  4. CDP- Bills 20, 8, 9, 18, 19
  5. Adjourned at 10:56 PM
  6. Community Affairs – Emerson Morrow, Chairman
  7. DP- Bills 19, 20, 27, 33, 7, 24, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 22, 25, 26
  8. CDP- Bills 11, 28, 8, 9, 12, 2, 5, 23
  9. Adjourned at 9:00 PM
  10. Finance – Jaycie Cruz, Chairman
  11. DP- Bills 19, 33, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
  12. CDP- Bills 20, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 27, 28
  13. Bills 28, 12, 8, and 20 did not meet conditional due pass
  14. Adjourned at 9:11 PM
  15. College Council Reports
  16. Agricultural, Consumer, and Env. Sciences
  17. No report
  18. Arts and Sciences
  19. Discussed the global chef coming, closing of blakes, discussed resolutions, elimination of pete’s pass
  20. Business
  21. Discussed discussed resolutions, discussed sub-bill 24, confirmed a new senator
  22. Education
  23. No report
  24. Engineering
  25. Discussed resolutions, upcoming events, volunteering opportunities, College of Engineering shirts
  26. Health and social services
  27. Discussed resolutions, homecoming and upcoming elections
  28. Graduate school
  29. Made appropriations to the bills that received a do pass, discussed sub-bill 24
  30. Reports from Senate Appointments on Special Committees
  • Athletic Council, Ferrante
  • No report
  • Student advocacy board, Morrow
  • Still accepting applications, register to vote for upcoming election
  • Intramural Policy Board, Downing
  • No report
  • Sodexo Student board of directors, Koppner
  • Highlighted new tapingo app, advertise the board so students can voice opinions, meetings once every month
  • Continuing diversity board, Forbes
  • Chair working on scheduling time to meet, plans to shift the purpose of the board to more than just funding
  • Student tech advisory committee, Drew
  • First meeting this friday
  • Student Health Insurance, Shareef
  • No report
  • Alcohol Review Board, Cairns
  • Confirming applications with events with alcohol
  • University Teaching council, Stevens
  • No report
  • Library student advisory committee, Ordoque
  • Meeting the first week of October
  • Student Athletic Fee Advisory Committee, Guajardo
  • Discussed upcoming homecoming events, still looking for applications
  • Sustainability Board, Jones
  • No report
  • Student Fee Review Board, Cairns
  • Applications open for representatives, advertise for the board to bring for students in to the meetings
  • Faculty Senate Representative, Sanchez
  • Discussed budget cuts
  1. Business on the President’s Desk
  2. Swearing in of Senator Chad Martin
  3. Letters
  4. Senator Lara, Loya, and Warner-Garrett excusal letters
  5. All excused
  6. Excusals for Retreat- Ferrante, Cassidy, Jones, Stevens, Cruz, Saifullah
  • Surplus Account Balance $ 638,873.99
  • Cardinal Account Balance $ 142,626.56
  • Club Endowment Account Balance $ 2,022,388.61
  • ASNMSU Endowment Account Balance $ 425,002.51
  • Remarks of the President
  • Financial aid and scholarships released, introduced new senators
  • Remarks of the President Pro Tempore
  • Practice good parly-pro when debating bills, welcome new senators
  • Remarks of the Faculty Senate Representative
  • No report
  • Remarks of the Chief Senate Clerk
  • Get bills in on time
  1. Open Forum
  • no open forum
  1. First Readings
  • Bill #39: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF ASNMSU ELECTIONS BOARD
  • Bill #40: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
  • Bill #41: AMENDING SECTIONS 8-10-2, 8-18-A-3, AND 8-18-A-5 OF THE ASNMSU LAW BOOK.
  • Bill #42: AMENDING SECTION 8-4 OF THE ASNMSU LAW BOOK.
  • Bill #43: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF LAMBDA CHI ALPHA.
  • Bill #44: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS
  • Bill #45: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS
  • Bill #46: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF NEW MEXICO STATE CHAPTER OF ENGINEERING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.
  • Bill #47: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF NEW MEXICO STATE CHAPTER OF ENGINEERING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.
  • Bill #48: REVISING SECTIONS 3-4-1, 3-4-2, 3-6-4, 3-8-5, 3-9-5, 3-10-5, 3-11-5, 3-14-5, 3-15-5, 3-16-5, 3-17-5, 3-18-5, 3-19-5, 3-20-5, 3-21-5, 3-22-5, 3-23-5 3-24-5, 3-26-5, 3-27-5, 3-28-5, AND 3-29-5 OF THE 2016-2017 ASNMSU LAWBOOK.
  • Bill #49: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF NMSU.
  • Bill #50: AMENDING SECTION 3-5-4-D OF THE 2016-2017 ASNMSU LAWBOOK
  • Bill #51: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
  • Bill #52: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF ALPHA XI DELTA.
  • Bill #53: MAKING AN APPROPRIIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.
  • Bill #54: MAKING AN APPROPRIIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.
  • Bill #55: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF SOPHIA: NMSU PHILOSOPHY CLUB.
  • Bill #56: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUE.
  • Bill #57: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #58: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF CRITICAL/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATORS’ GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #59: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #60: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #61: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF DOCTORAL BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION
  • Bill #62: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF DOCTORAL BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
  • Bill #63: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY.
  • BILL #64: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF COUNCELING AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION
  • Bill #65: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
  • ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #66: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
  • SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION
  • Bill #67: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF BIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT
  • ORGANIZATION
  • Bill #68: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY GRADUATE
  • STUDENT ORGANIZATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
  • NEW MEXICO
  • Bill #69: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE
  • STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #70: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE
  • STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
  • Bill #71: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF SOCIETY OF SPANISH DANCE
  1. Second Readings

Sub Bill #24- Amending section 7-4-3-H, 7-4-3-I-1, 7-4-3-J-1, 7-4-3-K-1, 7-4-3-L, 7-4-3-M-1, 7-4-3-N-1, 7-4-3-O-1, and 7-5-4-D-5-C of the 2016-2017 ASNMSU lawbook

  • Amendments to add a date effective
  • Amendments to lines 76-77 to change total in surplus account
  • Amendments to line 6, 7 dictions and spelling changes
  • Do Not pass

Bill #1- Plant and Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

  • Amendments to line 18, wording and amount changes
  • Line 20, change to amount
  • Line 21, change to subtotal
  • Line 23, change to total appropriations
  • Do pass

Sub Bill #3- Molecular Biology

  • Amendments to line 20, wording and amount changes
  • Line 22, change to the amount
  • Line 23, change to subtotal
  • Line 25, change to total appropriations
  • Do pass

Bill #4- Molecular Biology

  • Amendments to Line 24, wording and amount changes
  • Line 26, change in subtotal
  • Line 29, change to total appropriations
  • Do pass

Bill #7- Counseling and Educational Psychology

  • Amendments to line 17, wording and amount changes
  • Line 19, subtotal changes
  • Line 20, change to less matching funds
  • Line 22, change to total appropriations
  • Do pass

Blocked Bills #8 and #9- Counseling and Educational Psychology

  • Amendments to line 58, wording and total amount changes
  • Line 60, change to subtotal
  • Line 13, change in mileage
  • Line 56, change in gas total
  • Line 64, change in total appropriation
  • Line 21, change in less matching funds
  • Line 14, change in locations
  • Do pass

Bill #19- Pi Kappa Alpha

  • Amendments to lines 0, title changes
  • Do pass

Bill #27- Critical Multicultural Educators Graduate Student Organization

  • Line 20, wording and amount changes
  • Line 22, change to subtotal changes
  • Line 23, change to less matching funds
  • Line 25, change to total appropriations
  • line 17, wording changes
  • Do pass

Agenda amended to confirm associate justices and chief senate clerk

Bill #33- NMSU public relations

  • Amendments to line 11, change in wording
  • Discussion on what account this appropriation will be taken out of
  • Questions on the strategy to reach a broader audience
  • Do pass

Bill #2- Critical Multicultural Educators’ Graduate Program

  • Amendments to line 19, change in wording and amounts
  • Line 21, change to subtotal
  • Line 22, change to less matching funds
  • Line24, change to total appropriation
  • Do pass

Bill #5- Computer Science- Tabled

Bill #6- Molecular Biology- Tabled

Sub Bill #10- Mathematics Student Graduate Student Organization- Tabled

Sub Bill #11- Biology Graduate Student Organization- Tabled

Sub Bill #12- American Society of Mechanical Engineers- Tabled

Bill #22-Amending sections 4-1-1 and 4-8-3 of the 2016-2017 ASNMUS lawbook

  • Amendments to line 0, year change
  • Line 42, spelling changes
  • No discussion
  • Do pass

Sub Bill #23- Sigma Chi Fraternity

  • Amendments to line 13, punctuation changes
  • line 12, wording changes
  • line 11, punctuation and total cost changes
  • line 10, mileage change
  • line 19, change less matching funds
  • line 21 change in total appropriations
  • question on the details of the workshop
  • Do pass

Bill #25- Creating the Position of ASNMSU Homecoming Chair

  • Amendment to line 0, spelling changes
  • Line 8, underline changes
  • Questions on when this bill is effective and how long homecoming season
  • Do pass

Bill #26- Amending Sections 5-1 and 5-9 of the 2016-2017 ASNMU lawbook

  • No amendments
  • Question on the chief justice’s stance on this bill
  • Question on how this bill will affect the senate
  • Discussion on how this bill effect the distribution of power among brnaches
  • Do pass
  1. Final Readings
  1. Unfinished Business
  • No unfinished business
  1. Announcements
  • let senators know if you are not going to show up to represent bill in committee meeting
  • Council meeting for arts and sciences looking for more members to meet quorum
  • Excellent meeting
  • Read bills before hand to make committee meetings more efficient
  • Reminder of community service deadline
  • Go to the burning of the lobo

Adjourned at: 11:38 PM