STUDENT SENATE MINUTES February 26, 2013 The Senate President called the meeting to order at 9:28 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 84 senators present. Not there for roll call: Alonso Michaels DeFouw Reid-Renaud Fitzgerald Richman Grasso Rosen Kellerman Swink Kelsey Wood Lehrer SWEARING IN OF NEW SENATORS: - Chief Justice Matt Michel swore in the new Senators. - A motion was made to use Roll Call from the previous meeting. No objection was made. ELECTION OF SENATE PRESIDENT AND PRO-TEMPORE - Lauren Verno was nominated for Senate President, accepted her nomination - Morgan Vollrath was nominated for Senate President, accepted his nomination - A motion was made to close the floor for nominations. No objection was made. - Lauren Verno gave a five minute presentation. o Question: 3 - Morgan Vollrath gave a five minute presentation. o Questions: 7 - Move to a vote using roll call: o Verno: 62 o Vollrath: 22 o Abstain: 3 Lauren Verno was sworn in by Chief Justice Matt Michel as the new Senate President. - A motion was made to open the floor for Senate President Pro-Tempore nominations. The motion passed. - Cory Yeffet was nominated for Senate President Pro-Tempore, accepted his nomination. - John Bryan was nominated for Senate President Pro-Tempore, accepted his nomination. - A motion was made to close the floor for nominations. No objection was made. - Cory Yeffet gave a five minute presentation. o Questions: 8 - John Bryan gave a five minute presentation. o Questions: 10 - Move to a vote using roll call: o Yeffet: 62

o Vollrath: 22 o Abstain: 3 Cory Yeffet was sworn in by Chief Justice Matt Michel as the new Senate President Pro-Tempore. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA: There were no amendments to the agenda. PUBLIC DEBATE: - Senator Yang- Congratulated the new Senate President and Pro-Tempore. - Senator Sherman- Thanked Christina for the Paper Plate Award. Gave his support for Davis Bean for member at large. - Senator Comiter- Gave his support for Nancy Nguyen for member at large. - Senator Hunyh- Gave support for Nancy and Davis for members at large. Said they show initiative and leadership. - Senator Yanes- Congratulated new Senators and spoke about an organization in the College of Desgin, Construction, and Planning that us looking for new members. - Senator Bryan- Spoke about an Outlet Initiative that he will be working on that will hopefully bring more outlets to Marston Science Library. - Senator Fisher- Gave support to Davis and Nancy for members at large. - Senator Pinkston- Congratulated Lauren and Cory and Christina on their new offices. - Daniel Landesberg and Christina Bonarrigo used remaining time to say jokes. - A motion was made to open the floor for nominations for two members at large. The motion passed. o Davis Bean and TK Yang were nominated. Davis gave a five minute presentation. Questions: 6 TK gave a five minute presentation. Questions: 1 o A motion was made to suspend the rules and use a standing vote. The motion passed. Davis: 58 TK: 21 Abstain: 6 o Nancy Nguyen and Ford Dwyer were nominated. Nancy gave a five minute presentation. Questions: 5 Ford gave a five minute presentation. Questions: 6 o A motion was made to suspend the rules and use a standing vote. The motion passed. Nancy: 56 Ford: 23 Abstain: 5 o Davis Bean and Nancy Nguyen were selected as the new members at large.

OFFICE OF THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT None PRESIDENTS REPORT - Senate President Verno thanked everyone for electing her. Said that she will inform Senators of her office hours, liasons, and parliamentarian as soon as possible. - Announced that she will re-charge the 700 Codes Ad-Hoc Committee o Questions: 1 - Reminded Senators that constituency is due Friday. COMMITTEE REPORTS: - A motion was made to send out all committee reports through email. The motion passed. SECOND READING: none FIRST READINGS: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: - Chairman Michaels reminded Senators about Budget hearings. - Vet- Med Senator announced a fundraiser March 8th at Salty Dog - Congrats to new Senators ROLL CALL: A motion to use voting records for final roll call, passed. No Vote Record received Alonso DeFouw Fitzgerald Rosen Kellerman Kelsey Lehrer Swink Wood Richman

MEETING ADJOURNED: The meeting adjourned at 11:03pm