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Governance Minutes ArchiveSeptember 7, 1989
MINUTES Commission on Student Affairs Bowman Room, Cassell Coliseum September 7, 1989 4:00 p.m. PRESENT: Dr. Landrum Cross (for Dr. Tom Goodale), Mr. David Gilbert, Mr. William Tyrrell, Mr. Sean Kohl, Mr. Bryan Porter (for Christine Miller), Dr. Leon Geyer, Dr. John Hillison, Ms. Kimberly Townsend, Ms. Shelloy Kiger, Ms. Cindy Starowicz, Mr. Ahmad Razvan, Maj. Gen. Stan Musser, Mr. Randy Lucas, Cadet Col. Eric Dorminey, Dr. Scott Geller, Ms. Patricia Murphy, Dr. Edward Spencer, Mr. Mike Miller, and Ms. Paula Radcliffe. ABSENT: Dr. Tom Goodale, Ms. Christine Miller, Dr. Mike Ogliaruso. The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Dr. Landrum L. Cross, Asso- ciate Vice President for Student Affairs, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Dr. Goodale. Dr. Cross issued a welcome to new and old members. He noted several errors in the membership list: the President of the International Students is not listed, no parliamentarian should be listed, and Mr. Scott Ripley, Student Media Board, should not be listed. A cor- rected list will be mailed to the membership. ADOPTION OF AGENDA A third item was added to the agenda under new business by Mr. David Gilbert: Review of the Committee on Elections. A motion was made and sec- onded to adopt the agenda with the additional item. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion was made and seconded to approve the April 13 and April 20 minutes of the Commission on Student Affairs. The motion was approved unanimously. REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES A motion was made to file the Student Budget Board minutes of April 5, 15, and July 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business. NEW BUSINESS 1. A discussion regarding Student Budget Board was led by Randy Lucas. Mr. Lucas provided a letter addressed to Dr. Goodale pointing out incon- sistencies in the Student Budget Board. He requested a review and investi- gation of the Student Budget Board. He also suggested that a better way of staffing the Student Budget Board is to have the Treasurers of each group that comprises CSA be the composition of the Student Budget Board. After much discussion of his concerns and recommendations, Mr. Lucas requested that the discussion of his concerns be tabled until the next meeting. Dr. Cross requested that Student Budget Board be prepared to provide a response to Mr. Lucas' concerns at the next meeting which will be held September 21. Mr. Campion interjected that since Student Budget Board will not meet until September 21 it might not be possible to have a full report. Dr. Cross in- dicated that he would like for Budget Board to be prepared to provide a status report at that time. 2. Guidelines for Summer Stipends This was a proposal presented by Mr. David Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert reviewed a proposal that he had drafted regarding guidelines to be followed for award- ing summer stipends to student leaders. He stated that currently there are no guidelines and that basically students are allowed to do whatever they want to do. He feels that there should be some way of having student lead- ers who are receiving stipends to be accountable to someone during the sum- mer. After discussion, Mr. Gilbert requested that a committee be formulated to consider the suggestions that were made at this meeting and to draft some guidelines for summer stipends. Dr. Ed Spencer, Mr. Mike Miller, Ms. Kim Townsend, Mr. Bryan Porter, and Mr. Randy Lucas volunteered to serve on this committee. They will present their findings at the next CSA meeting. 3. Discussion Concerning the Committee on Elections Mr. David Gilbert asked for a review of the relationship between the Com- mittee on Elections and the Homecoming Committee. Dr. Charlotte Davis re- sponded by providing a report along with two handouts entitled "Guidelines for Campaign Violations" and "Candidate Campaign Procedures." Dr. Davis indicated that she was not prepared to give a full report regarding the Committee on Elections at this time because they had just met for the first time Sunday night. She indicated that she will return to CSA before her committee completes the report to get input from CSA. It was recommended that CSA not become involved with the Homecoming election process and allow the Homecoming Committee to handle Homecoming as planned. A motion was made and passed on this regard. Dr. Cross summarized this discussion by indicating that all elections for the Fall should follow the existing model. He indicated that the Committee on Elections should serve as an ap- pellate body and that it should come up with a manual describing its proce- dures by Spring Semester. Ms. Davis suggested that the Committee on Elections should be considered as a review body rather than an appelate body. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. David Gilbert announced that Black Organizations Council and Student Government Association will sponsor a student-wide forum on campus racism on September 27. Mr. David Gilbert requested members of the newly-formulated Committee on Guidelines for Summer Stipends to meet immediately after CSA. Mr. Bill Tyrrell announced that the Class of 1990 will have a Homecoming event at the Marriott on September 20 at 8:00 p.m., and that there will be a live band performing. Mr. Bill Tyrrell announced that ODK Roundtable will meet at 5:15 p.m. on Mondays. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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