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April 10, 2016 Minutes

SGA – April 10, 2016

Summary:

      • Role Call:
        • Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM.
        • Present: Maria Minaya, Chanel Williams, Sarah Andrew, Bridget Murray, Ana Llamas, Eve Cantler, Melanie Bahti, Olivia Hollinger, Jess Shill, Erin Saladin, Lillian Oyen-Ustad, Nikitha S. Shakamuri, Charlette Williams, Emily Gifford-Smith, Sam Heyrich, Shiwei Zhu, Nora Dell, Veda Nambi, Oona Ryle, Genesis Perez-Melara, Dijia Chen, Hannah Chinn, Tyler Brown Cross, Modupe Olufemi, Celeste Ledesma, Alice Bell, Diamond Ray, Elizabeth Lorenzana, Khadijah Seay, Dani Cadet, Rina Patel, Coco Wang, Connie Lam, Ann Tran, Kat Phifer, Kyra Sagal, Lindsey Foster, Stephanie Montalvan, Alexis Wiltshire
        • Absent: Nolan Julien, Miranda Smith, Sneha Soni, Radhika Singh, Tosin Ajiboye, Rachel Ofili, Casi Omick, Emily Spiegel, Mariana Garcia
      • Announcements:
        • The Owl Investment group is looking to donate $300 to a club on campus. For more information please contact Linh Nyugen ’18.
        • Nominations end Monday, April 11th but may be extended if
          necessary. The two candidates forums will take place April 21st and April 22nd at 7:00 PM in Dalton 300. The official elections poster has the list of positions going at each time. Additionally, if you would like to take minutes for Elections at the forum please contact elections@brynmawr.edu.
        • April Appointments are going on now! The application is available at appointments.blogs.brynmawr.edu. Positions up for reappointment are BMCS Co-Heads (1-2 spots), BMCS Officers (4 spots), Board of Trustees Reps (2 spots), Campus Greening Rep (1-2 spots), Conflict Resolution Committee (5 spots), Curriculum Committee (3 spots), Film Series Committee (4 spots), Film Series Heads (1-2 spots), Green Ambassadors Head (1-2 spots), Health Center Advisory Board (1-4 spots), Independent Major Representative (1 spot), Seven Sisters Representatives (2 one-year spots), SGA Institutional Memory Committee (6 spots), SGA Webmistress/Master/Mistex (1-2 spots), S.TEAM (11-22 spots), Student Finance Committee (6 spots), Sustainable Food Committee (1-5 spots). If you have any questions please contact Shaina Robison at srobinso99@brynmawr.edu.
      • Your Two Cents:
        • The Bryn Mawr United Nations Association is hosting a clothing andbedding drive for the recently resettled refugees in Philadelphia. If you are interested in donating please contact Rina Patel ’18 at rppatel@brynmawr.edu.
      • Plenary Resolution Updates:
        • Plenary Resolution Writers presented progress made on their resolutions since their passing at Spring Plenary in February.
        • Sam Heyrich presented on the resolution to restructure and rename the Alcohol Concerns Review Board to BSLOW. The board now consists of student representatives, the Interim Dean of the College, the head of Student Activities, and the head of the Counseling Center (the current holder, Reggie Jones, will only hold this position temporarily as they are currently hiring a new counselor).
        • Nora Dell presented on the resolution on institutional memory. The SGA Archivist has been elected and the committee is currently being appointed. Two positions in addition to the four student members needed are Affinity Group Coordinator and Web Coordinator. The SGA Archivist has also been working with Special Collections.
        • Rachel Bruce presented on the resolution to reinstate the campus shuttle. She met with Kari Fazio, Emily Espenshade, and Jerry Berenson to discuss its implementation at the beginning of the month. Because the budget had already passed by the time the resolution was presented, the shuttle will not be in effect for Fall 2016. However, conversations are going to continue to have the shuttle go into place in the Spring or Fall of 2017.
        • Swati Shastry presented on the Honor Board’s three resolutions: reaffirmation of the Honor Code, waiving of minutes taken at hearings, and degree reporting Honor Board infractions to other higher institutions of learning. The Head of the Honor Board has been in contact with Dean Balthazar in implementing these resolutions, however the reporting of infractions has been met with difficulty because of certain legal procedures the College must go through in reporting disciplinary infractions.
      • Big Cheese Forum:
        • President Rhea Manglani presented BCF questions drafted at least week’s meeting to Emily Espenshade, President Cassidy’s Chief of Staff, but was asked to rephrase and redistribute the question to other administrators who could speak better to them. The Assembly collaborated on rephrasing questions for President Cassidy, Pelema Morrice, and Stephanie Nixon, while questions regarding facilities originally directed towards President Cassidy were given to Glenn Smith.
        • Several students proposed questions about President Cassidy’s Monthly Diversity Talks, their progress, and how to better advertise them.
      • Old Business:
        • There was no Old Business.
      • New Business:
        • There was no New Business.

Meeting Adjourned at 7:41 PM

Role Call:

Rhea Manglani ’17: It’s 7:10 so we’re going to start the meeting with Role Call.

Rachel Bruce ’18: By the State of Pennsylvania I am required to tell you that everything tonight will be recorded.

  • Present: Maria Minaya, Chanel Williams, Sarah Andrew, Bridget Murray, Ana Llamas, Eve Cantler, Melanie Bahti, Olivia Hollinger, Jess Shill, Erin Saladin, Lillian Oyen-Ustad, Nikitha S. Shakamuri, Charlette Williams, Emily Gifford- Smith, Sam Heyrich, Shiwei Zhu, Nora Dell, Veda Nambi, Oona Ryle, Genesis Perez-Melara, Dijia Chen, Hannah Chinn, Tyler Brown Cross, Modupe Olufemi, Celeste Ledesma, Alice Bell, Diamond Ray, Elizabeth Lorenzana, Khadijah Seay, Dani Cadet, Rina Patel, Coco Wang, Connie Lam, Ann Tran, Kat Phifer, Kyra Sagal, Lindsey Foster, Stephanie Montalvan
  • Absent: Nolan Julien, Miranda Smith, Sneha Soni, Alexis Wiltshire, Radhika Singh, Tosin Ajiboye, Rachel Ofili, Casi Omick, Emily Spiegel, Mariana Garcia

Announcements:
Rhea Manglani ‘17: Announcements is a time when any member of the Bryn Mawr can make an announcement. We have ten minutes for this agenda item.

Linh Nyugen ‘18: Hi everyone, my name is Lin and I am the treasurer of the Owl Investment Group. Every year the Owl Investment group gives out $300 dollars to a club on campus. We have sent out an email to the presidents about this to see if you want to fill out an application.

Genesis Perez-Melara ‘19: I just wanted to let you guys know that nominations end tomorrow but if need be we will extend it. I have the outline for when everything is happening. The two candidates forums will happen April 19th and April 20th at 7:00 PM in Dalton 300. If you see the poster you can see which times positions are going. Thank you! Oh and also, if you guys want to volunteer to take minutes please let us know. I know that sucks, but if you’re good at typing and fast at typing please volunteer.

Shaina Robinson ‘17: April Appointments is officially open. Tf you’re interested make sure to apply for an appointed position. Positions available for appointment are Applications will be up tomorrow, April 4th, at 9:00 am and will close Monday, April 18th, at 11:59 pm. Make sure to sign up for an interview when you send your application! Positions up for reappointment are: BMCS Co-Heads (1-2 spots), BMCS Officers (4 spots), Board of Trustees Reps (2 spots), Campus Greening Rep (1-2 spots), Conflict Resolution Committee (5 spots), Curriculum Committee (3 spots),

Film Series Committee (4 spots), Film Series Heads (1-2 spots), Green Ambassadors Head (1-2 spots), Health Center Advisory Board (1-4 spots), Independent Major Representative (1 spot), Seven Sisters Representatives (2 one-year spots), SGA Institutional Memory Committee (6 spots), SGA Webmistress/Master/Mistex (1-2 spots), S.TEAM (11-22 spots), Student Finance Committee (6 spots), Sustainable Food Committee (1-5 spots). You can find Facebook events for April Appointments on Facebook starting tomorrow. Join and share with your friends! If you have any questions please email me at srobinso99@brynmawr.edu. Thanks!

Rhea Manglani ‘17: Any other announcements?

Your Two Cents:

Rhea: Your Two Cents is a time when any member of the Bryn Mawr Community can bring up a new item for discussion or hold a straw poll. We have ten minutes for this agenda item. Any Your Two Cents?

Rina Patel ‘18: Hi everyone, just a quick announcement that the Bryn Mawr United Nations Association is hosting a clothing drive for refugees who are settling Philadelphia. So if you’re thinking of selling or throwing away, anything please hang onto it. Also seniors, if you’re thinking of getting rid of your bedding we will be doing another round in a few weeks if you want to donate.

Rhea: Any other Your Two Cents?

Plenary Resolution Updates:

Rhea Manglani ‘18: Now we have Plenary Resolution updates. This is a time when Plenary Resolution writers can update the community on what work they’ve done since their resolutions were passed at Plenary. Plenary Resolution writers, if you would please come up to the mic so you can talk about the progress you’ve made. We have ten minutes for this agenda item.

Sam Heyrich ‘17: Hi, I presented along with Bridget the resolution on the Alcohol Concerns Review Board, now known as BSLOW. So here’s my update. The ACRB was renamed to BSLOW and steps are being taken to make it more student influenced. I have established a working group. The working group is comprised of Judy Balthazar (Interim Dean of the College), Mary Beth Horvath (Student Activities), and Reggie Jones (Director of Counseling). The Counseling Center is currently in process of hiring new a new counselor, so Reggie will temporarily hold that position. We will regularly. If you would like to be involved please email me at sheyrich@brynmawr.edu. Thanks!

Nora Dell ‘19: So I wrote the Plenary Resolution on institutional memory. The elected position has been elected and the appointment of the Committee on Institutional Memory going on now. We need affinity group coordinator and web coordinator. Other than that I have been meeting with Special Collections. For the rest of the semester we will be focusing on policies like collections development policy, which will control how we collect, who sees materials, and how we use them. Additionally, for those of you who are outgoing members of the Representative Council, we are hoping to send an exit survey to give feedback to those who are taking on your position. That is it for now. Any questions? No? Thanks!

Rachel Bruce ’18: Hi everyone, I helped co-author the resolution on the reinstatement of the campus shuttle. Last week Niki and I met with Kari Fazio, Emily Espenshade, and Jerry Berenson. Because the resolution went through after the budget, the campus shuttle won’t be able to be instated after this Fall. However, I am meeting with people in the Fall to get it to be instated in the Spring or at least in the Fall of 2017. Because of the timing, it couldn’t be instated this year. Thank you for all your support at Plenary!

X: I remember shortly after the resolution had passed, Haverford had something about a new bus stop?

Rachel Bruce ’18: As far as I know, I haven’t heard anything. Rina, have you guys heard anything?

Rina Patel ’18: They haven’t gotten back to us about the survey they sent out. Rachel Bruce ’18: Yeah, we haven’t heard anything. Anything else? Thanks!

Swati Shastry ‘18: Honor Board passed three resolutions, the first reaffirming our commitment to the Honor Code, the second about minutes, and the third about not reporting certain infractions. We had pretty good discussion about second and third. I had a discussion with Judy B. about the second, and she says that she is currently talking to a lawyer. Apparently it’s a legal thing. I am currently talking to Judy B. about that. I’m trying to make it between Judy B and me because lawyers are not usually [when we have hearings].

Big Cheese Forum:

Rhea Manglani ’17: So I met with Emily Espenshade, President Cassidy’s Chief of Staff, and apparently the questions did not have much clarity. One of them was for Stephanie Nixon on student protest and we decided that provost Osirim would best for answering that. Is there a better phrasing for that?

Nkechi Ampah ‘16: In the group we were more discussing a recent event that happened where Stephanie Nixon were called because there might be a student protest. Not be because they might shut it down, but just because there might be a protest. I think it brought up a lot of discussion on student protest.I’m not sure.

Rhea Manglani ‘17: That helps me out, thank you ! The other was on admission for athletes. I’ll read exact quote: for Pelema and finally with admissions…

Lillian Oyen-Ustad ‘19: When the athletics department did an external review, one of the resolutions that the athletics department has is to start recruiting and asking more to come through admissions. How the Admissions Office interacts with student athletes and how they plan to move forward with that resolution.

Rhea Manglani ’17: That helps too. That might get moved to Osirim… Also, one last thing. Glenn Smith and President Cassidy got a lot of questions on renovations. Those all got moved to facilities. We have no questions for president Cassidy. Emily was basically all for college finance 101 for Kari. The term “excess money” did not make sense. Since we’re all focusing on the person, you can stay where you are. You can make a group; you make a group; and the rest merge. If you can’t think of anything, just talk about potential things you would like to ask President Cassidy. This forum is a chance to talk to senior administrative staff in a relaxed environment.

Nora Dell ‘19: Who is Emily?

Rhea Manglani ‘17: She is President Cassidy’s Chief of Staff. She normally does the meetings President Cassidy can’t go to. Group here, group there, group in back merge into one group. This will go on for five minutes

Nkechi Ampah ‘16: So we were talking about a couple of things. One of the things we were wondering is what kind of feedback we want to get back. That goes into finding out more about the messaging, like I’m from Bryn Mawr and this is the type of education we have at Bryn Mawr. Capital campaign, more about fundraising, raising money from big donors. What are the goals of that money, where do we stand, and that’s it

Chanel Williams ‘16: So our group had questions about CDL, what went well and what can be improved in the interest of next year’s topic. President Cassidy’s diversity talks and what is going well. The Health Center, a question for Provost Osirim is diversity amongst professors and what’s being done to improve that.

Rhea Manglani ‘17: About CDL Ruth Lindeborg puts out the survey and students answer it. That’s how it’s decided. Thank you, though!

Ana Llamas: In our group we discussed about diversity talks and especially about student participation and what we can do in the future to increase student participation. The messaging system to advertise the talks— how do people become aware that. How can we increase communication about these talks.

Old Business:

Rhea Manglani ‘17: Old Business is a time when any member of the Representative Council can bring up an item for discussion previously talked about at an SGA meeting. The item must be related to the Representative Council member’s position. We have ten minutes for this item.

New Business:

Rhea Manglani ‘17: Old Business is a time when any member of the Representative Council can bring up a new for discussion. The item must be related to the Representative Council member’s position. We have ten minutes for this item.

Rhea: Do we want to end the meeting?

X: Motion.

X: Second.

Rhea: This is a Representative Council vote only, the options are yes, no, and abstain. Hands for yes, hands for no, hands for abstain? The meeting is adjourned.

Meeting adjourned at 7:41 PM.