Northern Iowa Student Government Senate

Agenda

of the

Northern Iowa Student Government Senate

2016-2017 Session

24th Regular Meeting – February 22nd 2017

I Call to Order

● Called to order 8:01 pm

II Roll Call

● Absent: Tiwana

III Identification of the Press

● Northern Iowan

IV Student Forum and Announcements

V Call for Changes to the Orders of the Day

VI Approval of the Consent Agenda

1. 23rd Regular Meeting Minutes

VII Special Business

VIII Say Hello to Mike

IX Reports of the Executive Branch

● Flesch: Congrats to those elected/reelected. Student Fee committee, calendar committee, President search committee reception, Student Assessment Instrument Committee: Online assessments will have a trial run in CHAS for specific professors. Board of Regents Meeting: Tomorrow in Ames. City Council Liaison: Cade

● Johnson: Congrats to those elected/reelected. International Advisory Council Meeting: RLC Meeting, Above and Beyond Awards

● Massey: contingency, budgetary process, CRP options, FYI

○ Stensland: online option, move everything there

○ Covarrubias: app?

○ Filip: Price increase after first year?

■ Yes, not as much as other options in comparison

● Miranda: Congrats/great job to everyone who ran for elections these past 2 weeks! NISG Website issues. Spent the past week keeping up to date with the election and Working on upper cabinet applications to go live once P/VP are announced. Panther Bash: 1 small event in the spring, bigger event in the fall? Will not be here next week (February 27th-March 3rd)

● Majeed:

○ Bias Reporting Team Meeting was cancelled

○ Diversity Advisory Committee: Reviewing the purpose of the committee, Discussed whether hiring practices are consistent among different positions

○ Special Guest: President Nook

■ The option to have one's preferred pronouns on business cards/name tags is moving forward. The logistics are still in the works. Nook spoke of the need to support the educational, professional, and personal life goals of students, but also staff/faculty.

○ Lunch with President Nook, Spoke about ways UNI can implement a Diversity Exist Requirement into our Liberal Arts Core.

○ Upcoming Events:

● March 29th Student Disability Services and Military Services will host a PTSD Statewide Conference at UNI. BSU’s “Fly Never Fades” Style Showcase will be Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @7pm in GBPAC !!!

● Dixon: lobbying, meeting with state schools, voter integrity bill, legislators

X Reports of the Standing Committees

1. Organization and Finance - Oliverio

a. Budgetary process is just starting

2. External Relations - Drew

a. Letter writing

3. Campus Relations - Tristan

a. Looking for new projects

4. Government and Legislative Affairs - Tanner

a. NISG Town hall meeting in March

i. Needs thorough advertising

ii. Partner with other orgs

XI Report of the Speaker

● Game night

● Massey (Sustainability): March 23 6-8 pm, Clothing Swap, in Wesley Foundation basement

● Olmstead (Gov. Relations): office hours, getting word out for new position

XII SHOW AND TELL

XIII Old Business

XIV Non-Controversial Docket

1. SSB 2017-93 Registration for Pre-Nursing Club

a. Finn > Stensland. Roll call vote passes 16-0-0

XV Controversial Docket

1. SSB 2017-94 Funding For Ballroom & Swing

a. Bernhard > Chalupa

2. SSB 2017-95 Funding For CATS

a. Kron > Goodman

3. SSB 2017-96 Funding For Sigma Phi Epsilon

a. Aldape > Chalupa

XVI Adjournment

● Stensland > Hirdler. Senate adjourned at 9:05 pm

Report of the Speaker

Empty Senate Seats:

March 1st: Game night! Looking into seeing if we can go to the President’s house for this!

Lower Cabinet Director Reports