COLLEGE ASSOCIATION MINUTES

October 28, 2009

Present: Michael Escott, Teresa Florindi, Robbie Hassel, Edina Kacic, Jeong Kim,

Benjamin Mejia, Gregg Morris , Amanda Tang, Clay Williams, David Wexler, Teneia Wooten

Guests: Nicole Hector Hutchinson – non-voting representative of the College Association Office

Written Proxies: Michael Schleifer to Dean Escott

Items were taken out of agenda order to accommodate group representatives who were present at the meeting to answer questions.

1.  Approval of Minutes – Oct. 21, 2009 meeting – unanimously approved

2.  Budgets

EARMARK

USG Clubs $39,080.00 unanimously approved

GSA Clubs

MFASO (MFA Organization) $ 400.00 unanimously approved

Publications

Paradigm $ 6,000.00 unanimously approved

USG Clubs

Documentary $ 1,000.00 unanimously approved

German Club $ 2,000.00 unanimously approved

Hunter Women’s Rights Coalition $ 4,000.00 unanimously approved

Pilipinos of Hunter College $ 3,500.00 unanimously approved

Sister Resistor $ 1,000.00 unanimously approved

World Cinema Club $ 800.00 unanimously approved

LATE SUBMISSIONS

Publications

Media Board $23,724.00 unanimously approved *1

HC Pre-Health Media Link $10,160.00 unanimously approved

Nursing Students’ Press $14,080.40 unanimously approved *2

Student Activity Publication $ 5,950.00 tabled *4

Gsa Clubs

MA Student Organization $ 145.00 unanimously approved

USG Clubs

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Puerto Rican $ 4,380.00 unanimously approved

Japanese Media and Culture Club $ 700.00 unanimously approved

Kappa Omicron Nu,Omicron

Alpha Rho HC Chapter $ 1,500.00 unanimously approved

3.  Line Transfer/Budget Modification

USG General $ 4,657.00 unanimously approved

4.  Line Transfers

LATE SUBMISSIONS

Chinese Christian Fellowship $ 500.00 unanimously approved

5.  Budget Modification

Late Submissions

Economics Club $ 100.00 unanimously approved

6.  INCOME EARNED

Latino Honor Society $ 35.00 unanimously approved

7.  Old Business

Economic Society $ 700.00 tabled *4

8.  New Business

Envoy (three vouchers) $ 2,192.00 unanimously approved *3

A motion to adjourn was made, seconded and unanimously approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary L. Michael

NOTES:

  1. Media Board – Budget- this budget was unanimously approved with the following changes:

Food and drinks for 2 meet and greet parties reduced from $1,500.00 to $1,000.00. $400.00 put toward decorations and $100.00 put toward refreshments for meetings.

  1. Nursing Students Press – Budget- this budget was unanimously approved with the stipulation that the camera and camcorder will be stored in the Brookdale Media Center.
  2. ENVOY – 3 vouchers for printing were submitted after printing was completed but without bidding out the work. The representative from ENVOY explained that there were 2 more vouchers coming in for payment under the same circumstances. After some discussion a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to pay all these vouchers with the understanding that payments will not be made for any future infraction of the bidding process.
  3. Student Activity Publication – Budget- voted unanimously to table this item since there was no representative present to answer previously submitted questions.
  4. Economics Society – Old Business – Budget - voted unanimously to again table this item since there was no representative present to answer previously submitted questions.