1. Officer Reports
  • Martin Doherty – Chair

not much

  • Quailan Homann – Vice Chair
  • Brendan Phillips – Secretary

emails

  • Serena Peter – Student Rights Committee Associate Senator

bendapudi- vice provost

some funding bills passed senate- Associate of Indian students, amend ssrr article 1 section 4

last cycles minutes approved

  1. Elections
  2. Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Revision Subcommittee

jasmine filmore- accepted

floor closed for nominations

jasmine filmore acclaimated

  1. New Business
  1. BILL 2018-053: A BILL TO FUND NATURAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION’S SCIENCE OF THE MACABRE

Britteny- senator and a member of this organization, big event that spans the entire museum, educational outreach and programming, close to 200+ people, funds for supplies.

jasmine- will there be interpreters or staff who know sign language

Britteny- don’t know

has this been funded before?

Britteny- yes, as well as other events

motion to call to question

so moved

Bill passes unanimously

  1. BILL 2018-046: A BILL TO FUND SPECTRUM

moved to the top of the agenda

Emma Piazza- general funding, preparing for out-tober drag show, will use funds for conferences later in the year

called to question

voting on the bill- passed unanimously

  1. BILL 2018-058: A BILL TO FUND BIKE KU

moved to the top of the agenda

john fillmore- general funding, registered, on rock chalk central

called to question

bill voted on- bill passes unanimously

  1. BILL 2018-306:A RESOLUTION IN STRONG SUPPORT OF LAWRENCE TRANSIT FUNDING

Eric Martines and Zach Kelsay- election coming up regarding the sales tax that pays for bus routes. if the sales tax is dropped, the student fees would have to pay for it. registering people to vote tomorrow on campus. helps international students and those without cars.

Jasmine- will there be language training

we distribute guides in various languages, Spanish translators

motion to call to question

so moved

bill passes unanimously

  1. BILL 2018-055:A BILL TO AMEND STUDENT SENATE RULES & REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE THE MULTICULTURAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT ON UNIVERSITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

moved to the top of the agenda

Charles- msg is a multicultural government on campus, formed just recently, places them on committees that they wanted to. puts them on every board they aren’t already on

amended as suggested

Kevin –called to question

bill passes unanimously

indefinite recess

motion to reconvene

reconvened unanimously

  1. BILL 2018-056:A BILL TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE STUDENT SENATE RESERVE ACCOUNT

Brittany- 10,000 dollars given to interpreters, 10,000 given to commitments that were made that haven’t been paid yet.

We have 50,000 less dollars this years

can’t pay for commitments from last year, interpreters, stud-ex

reserve- 82,000

need 50,000 still in reserve for emergencies

previous administration overspent the drop in funding.

Jasmine- positive speech

Add a whereas clause to say where the money is already committed to.

delayed for the speaker to edit later

negative speaker- mattie carter- make the amendment now- 10,000 dollars to cover stud-ex and prior commitments, and other committed costs.

motion to call to question on the amendment

so moved

amendment passes

Jasmine- positive speech- need the funding for me and other deaf students coming into student senate. Current cost 300 dollars every two hours for tactile interpreter. need this for interpretive services.

Mattie- should ku pay for interpretive services instead of student senate

motion to call to question as amended

so moved

bill passes as amended

  1. Announcements

Martin- initial meeting for code revision by end of the month.

  1. Adjournment

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