ASWSUV 20th Senate Meeting Minutes

September 10, 2010

1. Called to order at 7:05 am.

2. Roll call
a. Senators who are present- Abbott, Bruckner, Gepford, Muniz, Richards, Smith
Washington, and Won
b. Senator Nelmark arrived at 7:05 am.
c. Senators Brown and Guzman arrived at 7:08 am.
3. Additions or Correction to the Agenda
a. None
4. Approval of Agenda
a. Agenda was approved with vote of 11-0-0
5. Additions or corrections to Minutes
a. None
6. Approval of Minutes
a. Minutes were approved with vote of 11-0-0
7. Reports
a. Executive Branch
i. President O’Lennick
• Convocation was a huge success.
• He appreciated the participation of the Senate.
• Working with Washington Bus Organization to design the campus
forum which will be operated by students. Denny Heck and Jamie
Herrera have committed to attending.
• Interviews have been done to fill the vacancy on the Judicial Board
and passed onto the Senate for approval.
ii. Vice President Moore
• Working on the share board with Senator Abbot from Campus
Affairs Committee in determining the design and placement.
• Working on the surveys from Convocation
• Attended CougSync orientation.
• Working with Director of Leadership Development Narek
Daniyelyan to set up the all student government meetings.
• First all student government meeting is Friday 17, 2010 at 7:00 am.
• Diversity film festival starts Monday September 13, 2010 at 4:00
pm in MMC 6. Theme is “Women in Diversity.”
⇒ Senator Won asked about the campus housing focus group
o They are schedule for September 30, 2010. The
time is yet to be determined.






iii. Director of Academic Affairs- Shavey Winters

• Back to School Barbeque and Involvement Fair were great
successes.
• Blood drive was very successful to the point of going over their
quota both days.
• Pullman trip was set to depart later that day.
iv. Event Assistant – Nadia Moulseh
• First bowling night was a very huge success. Over 300 people in
attendances.
• Dead line for the beach trip happening on September 18, 2010 is
Wednesday September 15, 2010.
• Starting to work on flyers for October’s events.
⇒ Senator Smith asked if the bowling event happening in
October was going to have a Halloween theme.
o The idea had not been discussed yet. She will
discussed this and report back.
v. Director of Public Relations- Meg Bartosovsky
• Has been working diligently on flyers and seeing they have been
completed within 2-3days.
vi. Public Relation Assistant- Jeb Bradwell
• Continues to manage and update the ASWSUV Website.
• Will be meeting with President O’Lennick and Director of Public
Affair Meg Bartosovsky to begin phase two of the ASWSUV
Website.
vii. Director of Leader development Narek Daniyelyan
• No report was given.
viii. Director of Academic Affairs- Audrey Miller
• Has organized placing students on the Chancellor Student
Advisory Board.
• She been appoint to represent ASWSUV on the President’s
Student Advisory Broad in Pullman via teleconference.
• Currently working on obtaining a position on the General
Education Committee and also on the Student Integrity Board.
• Met with Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Karen Schmaling to
further discuss student placement and involvement on other
campus committees.
ix. Director of Legislative Affairs- Max Ault
• Working with Washington Bus in organizing a campus forum.
• Working on organizing a proposal that would bring a voter kiosk
to campus.






b. Committee Reports
i. Rules and Administration- Chair Pro-tempore Muniz
• Thanked the senators for their participation with tabling.
• Attended the CougSync training to know how she could help students
utilize this great resource for their clubs.
• Reviewing the By-laws to assess if changes are still needed.
• Vice Chair is Vice President Moore as determined by the By-laws.
• Is working with committee chairs to encourage them to set goals and
form an action plan within their committees.
•
ii. Campus Affair- Chairman Bruckner
• Finished the bill which will fund the replacement the television that
was broken last year in the game room.
• The subscriptions to the magazines in the Furstenberg Student
Commons have been renewed.
• Senate informational packet will be complete in the next couple of
weeks.
• Tabling will be on Thursday September 16, 2010 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
in the alcove located next to the cafeteria in the Administration
Building.
• Working on the connection board.
⇒ Senator Guzman asked what information would be in the
packets.
o It will contain information for senators to better assist
students with finding resources on campus.
iii. External Affairs- Chairman Richards
• Contacted WSU Pullman to see how they have intergraded local
businesses into offering student discounts.
• Having been considering which local businesses to approach to see if
there is an interest in offering a student discount.
• Have generated a list of different events the External Affairs
Committee would like to hold this semester and next. One being a can
food drive competition between clubs.
iv. Finance – Chairman Won
• Elected committee chair and vice chair. Senator Won was voted Chair
and Senator Smith was voted Vice Chair.
• Prepared some document for CougSync orientation.
• Spoke to clubs about some of the expectations for funding this
semester.






• Working on committee projects from funding poster to meeting club

presidents.
8. Old Business
a. None
9. New Business
a. Judicial Board Confirmation- Benjamin Griffith
i. Benjamin Griffith was not present but had submitted a letter to President
O’Lennick. He also asked President O’Lennick to field any questions.
ii. President O’Lennick read Mr. Griffith’s letter.
• Apologized for not being able to be present.
• Believes he will bring an unbiased opinion to the student government.
• Would like the opportunity in get involved with his logical attitude and
analytical nature.
iii. Questions
• Senator Won asked if Mr. Griffith had any previous student
government experience.
⇒ No he does not in student government but has held
management position within his career.
⇒ He is a recent transfer student from South Puget Sound
Community College.
⇒ Started the Fire Spinning Club on campus.
• Senator Muniz asked if Mr. Griffith had met with President O’Lennick
and the other members of the Judicial Board.
⇒ Mr. Griffith has met with President O’Lennick.
⇒ The Meeting with the Judicial Board members was contingent
upon his confirmation but was canceled due to the sickness of
one member.
• Senator Richards asked if President O’Lennick felt confident in him
fulfilling the job duties and if Mr. Griffith felt confident in himself in
being able to fulfill the job duties.
⇒ President O’Lennick stated he does feel confident in putting
Mr. Griffith’s name forward for confirmation to this position.
⇒ Mr. Griffith is passionate person who takes the initiative.
• Senator Won asked how many applicants there were.
⇒ Three.
iv. Senator Smith moved to call the question
01. Chair Pro-tempore Muniz second
02. Benjamin Griffith was confirmed with a vote of 10-1-0.






b. Bill 20.002- Sponsored by Senators Bruckner, Abbott, and Gepford.

i. David Layne has requested funding to attend the International Academy of
Business and Economics Conference to present an academic paper to be
peered reviewed and published.
ii. Read into the minutes by Senator Bruckner
iii. Senator Abbott moved for a second reading
01. Second by Senator Won
02. Motion passed 11-0-0
iv. Jon Kocker, Nicole Storm, and David Layne completed an academic paper
last year entitled “Emerging Market Sovereign Debt During Financial
Crisis.”
• The International Academy of Business and Economics began in 2001.
• Last year they publish academic papers from universities such as:
Dartmouth, Howard and Kenya.
• Felt it would be a great opportunity for WSU Vancouver Business
Programs to gain some exposure.
v. Questions
• Senator Bruckner asked if he had talked with any of the
business students or clubs to see if there is a desire to continue
doing further research on this topic.
⇒ He had not personally talked to any of the clubs but Dr.
Liu is currently attempting to find other avenues of
fund for the event.
• Senator Abbott asked if they have any other avenues of
funding.
⇒ Dr. Liu has been in negotiations with WSU Pullman
about obtaining some partial funding, but nothing solid
has been agreed to.
• Senator Smith asked what is the question that you are now able
to answer with recent data that has come to light.
⇒ There is now more data available to explain the
question of why Eastern Europe did not follow the
same patterns as the other countries which were studied
did.
• Senator Smith also asked will all of the students who worked
still benefit equally even though only one of will may present
it.
⇒ At the beginning of the project it was the groups hope
to present it together. Unfortunately personal lives’
have affected them. Currently he is the only one






available to attend the conference. They felt asking for

funding of three students would not be very plausible
considering budget cuts.
• Senator Abbott asked if he was unable to attend this conference
would the paper still be published.
⇒ It will be published whether they attend the conference
or not. By attending the conference they are guaranteed
to have it published in the fall.
• Senator Washington asked what other benefit do you see from
this for students on WSUV Campus.
⇒ Mr. Layne did not see the benefit transferring over to a
biology student, but would enhance the business
program at WSU Vancouver to be seen as competitive
program within the business world.
vi. Senator Guzman moved to call the question
01. Chair Pro-tempore Muniz second
02. Motion did not pass with a vote of 5-6-0
c. By-law Amendment 20.002- Sponsored by Chair Pro-tempore Muniz and Senator
Won
i. This amendment is to by-law 210.01 The Senate shall have the following
standing committees and is to reflect the change made by By-law
Amendment 19.026 which amended the Programming Committee to be
the Campus Affairs Committee.
ii. Read into the minutes by Chair Pro-tempore Muniz
iii. Senator Abbott moved for a second reading
01. Second by Senator Smith
02. Motion Passed
iv. Senator Guzman the amendment is to correct By-law 210.01 which was
not changed when By-law 19.026 was passed.
v. Senator Richards moved to call the question
01. Senator Won second
02. Motion passed with a vote of 11-0-0
d. By-law Amendment 20.003- Sponsored by Chair Pro-tempore Muniz and Senator
Won
i. This amendment is to reflect the title changes made to the Executive
Cabinet Officers.
ii. Read into the minutes by Chair Pro-tempore Muniz
iii. Senator Abbott moved for a second reading
01. Senator Smith second
02. Motion passed.






iv. Chair Pro-tempore Muniz the amendment is updating the titles of the
Executive Officers.
v. Senator Richards moved to call the question
01. Senator Won second
02. Motion passed with a vote of 11-0-0
10. Announcements
a. Public Comment
i. None
b. Advisor McIlvoy was not unable to attend.
i. Leadership Intern Melissa Boles represented the Office of Student
Involvement.
• Advisor McIlvoy was attending the WSUV Ambassador trip to
Pullman.
• Connection was a great success and very well attended yesterday.
• Intern Boles has been working with Director of Leadership
Development Narek Daniyelyan on the leadership seminars for
WSUV Students.
c. Recognition
• Chair Pro-tempore Muniz
o Event Assistant Nadia Mousleh for her work on the flyers
o All senators for tabling and attendance at events
d. For the Good of the Order
• Senate Report forms need to be turned in.
• President O’Lennick asked the senate to stayed until 8:30 to honor public
comment.
e. Meeting was adjourned at 7:59 am.