SAITSA Students’ Legislative Council

Minutes

Monday, March 23, 2015

Present

Aaron Kadatz / School of Business / Voting Member
Claudia Siller / School of Business / Voting Member
Israel Camacho Maya / School of Business / Voting Member
Mauricio Jiminez / School of Business / Voting Member
Peter Guan / School of Business / Voting Member
Connor Goodfellow / School of Construction / Voting Member
Katerina Dulay / School of Hospitality / Voting Member
Lisa Sterr / School of Hospitality / Voting Member
Suzanne Ngo Likaa / School of ICT / Voting Member
JameVy / MacPhail School of Energy / Voting Member
Jonah Peters / School of Transportation / Voting Member
Jared Stock / SAITSA President / Voting Member
Joshua Bettle / SAITSA VP External / Voting Member
Kimmi Nguyen / SAITSA VP Academic / Voting Member
Thao Nguyen / SAITSA VP Student Life / Voting Member
Andrew Crossett / BOG Representative / Ex-Officio
Krista O’Keefe / SAITSA Office Manager / Ex-Officio
Lindsay Wye-Palmer / Governance and Advocacy Manager / Ex-Officio
Mike Hambly / SLC Neutral Chair / Ex-Officio

Absent

Aly Torres / School of ICT / Voting Member
Matthew Armstrong / SLC Alumni Representative / Ex-Officio

Guests

Brigitte Matheson / President
Rebekka Lenz / SLC
Denis Ram / SLC
Gurinderpal Brar / SLC
Alessandro Stoppa / Guest

1.0Call to order

Mikecalled the meeting to order at 6:04pm.

2.0Approval of Agenda

4.0 Chair Businesswas added to the agenda.

Motion

It was moved byKimmi and seconded to approve the amendedagenda

Motion carried

3.0CRO Report – Valerie Caden-Baptiste

Valerie went over the CRO report via speaker phone and answered questions from the SLC. On page 7 under Results it was brought up that the number under Votes Cast was incorrect. This was changed to the correct number of 1354.

Motion

It was moved by Jonah and seconded to approve the CRO Report as amended

Motion Carried

4.0Chair Business – JameVy

Jame advised the SLC that some councilors have missed 3 meetings and if they miss 4 they would no longer be eligible to be on the board.

5.0Adoption of Minutes

March 9, 2015

Motion

It was moved by Thao and seconded to adopt theminutes from March 9, 2015

Motion carried

6.0Individual Reports

Reports were given by Jared, Joshua,Kimmi,Thao and Andrew.

7.0Ad-Hoc Committee Reports

Reports were given by Aaron,Connor, Katerina, Jonah, Maya andJame.

8.0Action Items

8.1Report of Alberta Budget Consultation Survey – Joshua Bettle (Complete)

8.2Report on SEC Lobby Week, email to SLC prior to departure for Edmonton – Joshua Bettle (Complete)

8.3Send motion from SAITSA fees freeze to SLC within the next couple of days – Jared Stock (Complete)

8.4Governance committee bring reporting template to next SLC meeting – Katerina Dulay (Complete)

9.0Business Items

9.1Terms of Reference for Student Engagement and Campus Improvement Committee – Connor Goodfellow

Motion

It was moved by Connor and seconded to approve the Terms of Reference for the Student Engagement and Campus Improvement Committee

Motion carried

9.2Bottle Drive Proceeds – Aaron Kadatz

Motion

It was moved by Aaron and seconded that 100% of proceeds from the Sustainability Committee’s bottle drive will be directed back to the sustainability committee for development of a student awards program

Motion carried

Motion

It was moved by Jame and seconded to take a 5 minute break

Motion carried

Mike called the meeting back to order at 7:28pm.

9.3Bylaw Reading #1 – Lindsay Wye-Palmer

Motion

It was moved by Peter and seconded to approve the first reading of the Bylaws as amended

Motion carried

Motion

It was moved by Jame and seconded to take a 3 minute break

Motion carried

Jame called the meeting back to order at 10:41pm.

9.4Bylaw Reading #2 – Lindsay Wye-Palmer

Motion

It was moved by Lisa and seconded to table the second reading of the Bylaws until the next SLC meeting

Motion carried

10.0Information/Discussion

There are no items for discussion at this time.

11.0Questions/Adjournment

Motion

It was moved by Suzanne and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 10:47pm

Motion carried

SLCChair: JameVy Approval DateSLC Vice-Chair: Karan Wadhwani