Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 (Week #13)
E156 Student Union | 7:00pm
● Call to Order 7:02 P.M.
● Roll Call
o Kyle Powell, Jennifer Humston, Ryan Rushing, Zena Fadel, JB Saul, Gabriel Riegle, Nathan Balasubramanian, Peyton Jones, Tyler Shaw, Gavin Doll, Rahima Hamadi, Emily Bingham, Max McConnell, Tyler Eichorn, Joe Bonvillian, Rob Yada, Latoya Warren, Alex Snyder, Ian Kallay, Jonathan Granata, Jeff Wang, Amanda Turner, Brandon DeFoe, Patrick Scheiderer, Matthew Almazan, Kayla Muncie, Mahesh Veeramala, John Ellis, and Aaron Engle
o Absent: Kasey Rawlins, Yawen Xu, Corey Yoder
● Approval of the Agenda
○ Additions, Corrections or Deletions to Agenda
§ Raidersgiving Purchase
§ COSGA
§ Approved X Not Approved ___ Tabled ___
● Approval of the Minutes
○ November 4, 2014
○ Approved X Not Approved ___ Tabled ___
● Committee Reports
o Gavin Doll (Academic Affairs):
§ Academic Affairs Committee
§ Let Gavin know about any issues or edits to the survey by Friday
o Zena Fadel (Internal Affairs):
§ Internal Affairs Committee
§ University Honors Committee
o Peyton Jones (Speaker of the House):
§ Hospitality Services Committee (along with Joe Bonvillian)
§ Let them know if there are any issues or concerns that need to be addressed
o Ryan Rushing (Chief of Staff):
§ Search committee for the repurpose of tower area (Student Union)
§ Reassessing entire Student Union
§ Joe Bonvillian will be sitting on committee
o Emily Bingham (Campus Culture):
§ Search committee for new director of Bolinga Center
o Max McConnell (Comm. and Marketing):
§ IT Committee
§ Classroom management software in new buildings (select by Jan.)
§ Members of the selected colleges (week of Dec. 2nd): CNoH, CoLA, CEHS, CoSM, ECS
o Rahima Hamadi (Associate of Academics):
§ Commencement Committee
§ Honorary Degrees
o Kyle Powell (President):
§ CIO selected (Start on Jan. 4th)
§ Building and Grounds Committee
§ Parking spots (current parking ratio of 2.5)
· Hybrid parking spots
§ Possible car counting?
§ Moat
● Report Discussion
o Parking ratio
o Senators list for IT committee (include disabilities)
o Moat
● Old Business
○ Updated Monthly Budget - JB Saul and Zena Fadel
§ Motion to approve
o Motion moved by Brandon DeFoe; Seconded by Kayla Muncie
§ Motion Passed (In-favor: Unanimous)
● New Business
○ Resolution 14-13: A Resolution to Endorse Ohio Senate Bill 367, Or Change the Term “Mental Retardation” with “Intellectual Disabilities” in the Ohio Revised Code (Introduced by Rob Yada and Ryan Rushing)
§ Resolution was read aloud by Rob Yada
§ Motion to approve (rules suspended to vote the same time it is introduced)
o Motion moved by Matt Almazan; Seconded by John Ellis
§ Motion Passed (In-favor: Unanimous)
○ Strategic Planning Progress Report - Ryan Rushing
§ PowerPoint presented by Ryan Rushing
o Overview of what it is and the progress made
§ Open discussion (questions)
○ Transition Binders - Jen Humston
§ Hard and electronic copy
§ Due: January 9, 2015
§ Transitions will include a cover page, job description, projects, etc…
§ Jen Humston will be sending out a format/template
§ Transitions will be placed in google drive (individual folders)
○ BSU Holiday Event - Peyton Jones
§ December 2nd; about 300 elementary school children will be brought to WSU
§ Not all coordinating organizations are participating
§ Please send any ideas to Peyton Jones
§ Open Discussion
o Raidersgiving Purchase
§ $100 for turkeys and supplies needed
§ Money would be taken out of the programming fund in the SG budget
§ Motion to approve
· Motion moved by Brandon DeFoe; Seconded by John Ellis
o Motion Passed (In-favor: Unanimous)
o COSGA
§ Estimates sent out
§ Open discussion (questions)
§ $4,500 budget allocated
§ Motion to approve
· Motion moved by Matt Almazan; Seconded by John Ellis
o Motion Passed (In-favor: Unanimous)
● Public Forum
○ None
● Rowdy Bobblehead Award
○ Gabe Riegle to Brandon DeFoe
● Advisor Reports
○ Dr. Dan Abrahamowicz
§ Board of Trustees Meeting (Friday at 2:15pm)
§ Women’s Basketball game (Thursday at 7pm)
§ Raiderthon (Good job!)
○ Dr. Gary Dickstein
● Announcements
○ Human Trafficking Conference “Operation Freedom” () - Kyle Powell
§ Conference held on April 18th
§ Support encouraged
○ Theta Phi Alpha Clothing Drive - Emily Bingham
§ In the Student Union
§ Part of Homelessness Awareness Week
○ Friday, Nov. 21 (2:15-3:15pm; Room 156 SU): Board of Trustees - Student Affairs Committee - Kyle Powell
§ Please attend if available
○ Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 (Nutter Center): Presidential Lecture Series - Laverne Cox - Kyle Powell
§ Try to get there earlier; email will be sent out to carpool
§ Attendance required (Email image to Zena Fadel or post a picture on twitter)
○ Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 (Room 156 SU): Next SG Meeting - Kyle Powell
○ Student Government Internal Evaluations Coming Soon
○ COSGA
§ If interested, please fill out form
o Update google drive folder during the break
o Faculty and staff appreciation sale at the bookstore (all day on Monday)
● Adjournment 7:56 P.M.
○ Moved by Brandon DeFoe; Seconded by John Ellis to adjourn the meeting.
§ Ayes 10 Nays 0 Abstentions 0
§ Motion Passed X Motion Failed___
2014-2015 Student Government Members:
● Executive Board
○ President - Kyle Powell
○ Vice President – Jennifer Humston
○ Chief of Staff - Ryan Rushing
○ Chief Justice - Gabriel Riegle
○ Associate Justice - Nathan Balasubramanian
○ Director of Internal Affairs - Zena Fadel
○ Associate of Finance - JB Saul
○ Speaker of the House - Peyton Jones
● Cabinet
○ Assistant Speaker of the House - Tyler Shaw
○ Secretary of the House – Kasey Rawlins
○ Director of Academic Affairs - Gavin Doll
○ Associate of Academic Affairs - Rahima Hamadi
○ Director of Campus Culture - Emily Bingham
○ Director of Communications and Marketing - Max McConnell
○ Associate of Web Communications – Tyler Eichorn
○ Director of Disability Affairs - Joe Bonvillian
○ Associate of Governmental Affairs - Rob Yada
○ Director of International Affairs - Latoya Warren
○ Associate of International Affairs - Yawen Xu
○ Director of Student Affairs - Alex Snyder
○ Associate of Athletics – Ian Kallay
○ Associate of Veteran Affairs - Jonathan Granata
● Senate
○ Boonshoft School of Medicine Senator - Jeff Wang
○ College of Education and Human Services – Amanda Turner
○ College of Liberal Arts Senator - Brandon DeFoe
○ College of Nursing and Health Senator - Patrick Scheiderer
○ College of Science and Mathematics Senator - Matthew Almazan
○ Commuter Senator - Kayla Muncie
○ Graduate Senator - Mahesh Veeramala
○ Raj Soin College of Business Senator- John Ellis
○ Residential Senator – Vacant
○ School of Professional Psychology Senator - Vacant
○ College of Russ Engineering and Computer Science Senator- Vacant
○ University College Senator - Aaron Engle