STUDENT SENATE MINUTES June 19, 2012 The Senate President called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm and

announced that the meeting may be filmed or audio taped and may be available to the public. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. ROLL CALL: Roll was called and quorum was established with 55 senators present. Not there for roll call Aman Aragai Abraham Caryll Joshua Committer Moses Divaker Brooke Fidrick Amit Gangrade Daniel Jim Daniel Landesberg Justin Marcello Janasuela Mitchell Carolina Padron Shed-Laure Richardson Meghan Riffle Robert Sowell Amadues Spirk James Tenembaum Jennifer Vergara Morgan Vollrath Joel Wao Hilary Webb Tantaneya Williams Cory Yeffet Haiyang Zhoa Morton Zhou AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA: 1. A motion was made to move to approve Student Senate Bill 2012-1047: Student Government Funded Academics Budget, by unanimous consent. There was no objection 2. A motion was made to move to approve Building Construction R&A recommendation John Sofarelli by unanimous consent. There was no objection. 3. A motion was made to move to approve Rawlings R&A recommendation Walter Hoffman by unanimous consent. There was no objection. 4. A motion was made to move to approve AMENDMENTS TO THE PREVIOUS MINUTES: 1

There were no amendments to the previous minutes for June 12th. PUBLIC DEBATE: 1. A senator apologized to all his Facebook friends and thanked them for all their donations for his trek. 2. A senator discussed how we are ignoring the important issues at hand, discussed the food selection at Chick-Fil-A, announced the request to have breakfast served, however it is too expensive to provide to students. The senator discussed his first tasting of a milk shake from Chick-Fil-A and that during the fall semester it will be offered on campus. The senator ended with a quote Eat More Chicken 3. A senator gave a speech on how senators are not doing their jobs. The senator gave an example of how things are not being done when they should be getting done. His example called out the R&E chairperson and the senators that have not been removed from spring. He stated that corruption is visible. OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT Announced that there will be an open house at the SAI Thursday June 21, 2012 at 3pm OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY TREASURER Announced that they are working on completing the books Discussed closed SARs and the opening for SARs being July 1st. SG Finance training will begin during Summer B PRESIDENTS REPORT There was no Senate Exec meeting Discussed speakers series begging during Summer B Discussed the changes he would like to see during Summer B Updated binders from all committees Gave specific requests for each committee Discussed his expectations for Senators in Summer B Expressed how he would like to expose all senators to different cultures A PowerPoint presentation was given by the President of Club Creole on Haiti. COMMITTEE REPORTS: R&A: Congratulated new senators Announced open seats Announced the new positions listed on SG website Asked all senators to make sure they have turned in their Affiliation forms Will not be meeting until July Reviewed Executive Nomination 2

Questions 14 Round 1 Pro Con Debate Con 4 Pro 5 Round 2 Pro Con Debate Con 3 Pro 4 Round 3Pro con Debate Con 1 Pro 4 Final round of Pro Con Debate Con 2 Pro A motion was made to call previous question. Passed by voice vote Executive Nomination Steven Davis, passed by voice vote. BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS: No Report given ALLOCATIONS: Received requests for next fiscal year, told to send requests later Allocations will be meeting on July 5th Announced that the Chair of Library west requested more charging stations for the fall semester, stating that the stations are always filled during the summer and they will only get more traffic in the fall and spring semesters 1 Question was asked JUDICIARY: There was no Judiciary meeting this past Sunday Chairman gave his definition of implication 3 Questions were asked Judiciary will not be meeting on Sunday RULES & ETHICS: Announced one resignation and 7 probation Constituency due June 19th extended until Friday 1 hour of tabling is a requirement Announced excused absences A motion was made to move to approve by unanimous consent. There were no objections. 4 Questions were asked

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION: There was a kickball game this past Sunday Senators did not show up so they were disqualified. 3

Discussed different ways of advertising seat 4 Questions were asked BIAS AND APPREHENSION AD HOC: No report was given ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AD HOC: Met in SG June 19 at 5pm in conference room Received reports on recent research UF has slipped to # 15, previously being in the top 10 Goal is to get back into being in the top 10 Will be publishing a report at the end of Summer B 2 Questions were asked SECOND READING: Student Body Law 2012-109: Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Activity &Service Fee Budget A motion was made to yield to question. 27 Questions were asked Pro con Debate Round 1 Round 2 Con 7 Con 2 Pro 4 A motion was made to call previous question. Passed by voice vote Student Body Law 2012-109: Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Activity &Service Fee Budget, Passed by voice vote. A motion was made to amend Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Activity &Service Fee Budget. No objection was made A brief presentation was made discussing the 800 codes and how this law goes against the codes was given 9 Questions were asked Pro Con Debate Round 1 Round 2 Con 2 Con: A motion was made to call previous question. Pro 1 Passed by voice vote. Amendment not passed, by voice vote. A motion was made to appeal the decision of the chair. An objection was made Pro Con Debate Round 1 Round 2 Con 3 Con 3 Pro 2 Pro 3 A motion was made to call previous question. Appeal did not pass by voice vote.

Round 3 Con 2 Pro

Student Body Law 2012-110: Student Government Funded Academics Budget Approved by Unanimous consent.

FIRST READINGS: ANNOUNCEMENTS: - A senator discussed their approval of the healthy debate, made notice of all execs wearing their badges. And commended a fellow senator on vocabulary. - A senator announced the freedom of speech stated that he carries the amendments with him and that all senators should invest in one. - A Senator Discussed the Rules of order - A senator requested everyone to enjoy eating at Chick-Fil-A - A Chairman requested that senators send people to apply for parliamentarian - A senator announced how appalled he is at how the senate body deals with using a motion to call previous question ROLL CALL: A motion to use voting records for final roll call passed. No Vote Record received Aman Aragai Abraham Caryll Joshua Committer Moses Divaker Brooke Fidrick Javier Gonzalez Amit Gangrade Daniel Jim Daniel Landesberg Justin Marcello Janasuela Mitchell Carolina Padron Shed-Laure Richardson Meghan Riffle Jose SadaMoore Robert Sowell Amadues Spirk James Tenembaum Jennifer Vergara Morgan Vollrath Jason Waldman Hilary Webb Tantaneya Williams Cory Yeffet Haiyang Zhoa 5

Morton Zhou MEETING ADJOURNED: The meeting adjourned at 9pm.