NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

Regular Assembly Meeting

COGS Assembly Room
Room, 250 Student Life Building
December 6, 2010
6:30 p.m.

Agenda

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Petitioning In:
• Cherry Hagens – Visual & Performing Arts
• Galen Wood – Urban Planning & Public Admin - College of Social Sciences
• Krista Dolan – College of Law
• Toma Sokalikj – International Affairs – Social Science & Public Policy
• Alexander Boler- College of Law

Student Comments

The Report of the Speaker

The Report of the Deputy Speaker for Finance

Committee Report
CSAC Report
• Ways & Means
• Academics & Student Life
• Internal Affairs

Funding Requests
• Bill 6- NAGPS Directors Meeting
• Bill 8- SPORT
• Bill 9- Synopticos

Old Business
• Bill 1 – Removing the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee – favorably reported out of the Internal
Affairs committee- Amendments to be provided
• Bill 2- Moving CSAC Funds to Unallocated- Tabled Indefinitely- Omitted as per Lieberwerth Measure
• Bill 4 – Changing Requirements for Leaves of Absence – favorably reported out of the Internal Affairs
committee. Awaiting Ways & Means committee.

New Business
• Bill 7 – COGS Affiliate Organizations
• Resolution 3- FILED 10:00AM DECEMBER 6

Final Roll Call

Adjournment

Next Meeting
• Monday January 10, 2010 at 6:30PM in the COGS Chambers
 Report of the Deputy Speaker for Finance
18th Congress of Graduate Students
August 2, 2010

• COGS Administrative $X

• COGS Unallocated $X

• COGS Presentation Grants Left for year - $X

o Carry Forward $X
o July-October $X
o Nov-Feb - $X
o March-June - $X

• COGS Conference Travel Left for year - $X

o Carry Forward $X
o July-October $X
o Nov-Feb - $X
o Mar-Jun - $X

This Information will be completed in the packet received at the meeting;

Data was unavailable on Friday

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 EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION

COGS Assembly Room
Room 250 Student Life Building
November 15, 2010
6:30 p.m.

REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT: Ardis, Blair, de Jesus, Englehardt, Fredericks, Glazier, Grimes, Grooms,
Kushnir, Ramirez, Rasch, Schwab, Straub, Tazaz, Wollenschlaeger, Worrall

QUORUM: Yes.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

REPRESENTATIVES LEFT EARLY, EXCUSED: Blair (returned), Weber

REPRESENTATIVES LEFT EARLY, UNEXCUSED:

REPRESENTATIVES ABSENT, EXCUSED: Iniguez, Lieberwirth, Warren, Ma

REPRESENTATIVES ABSENT, UNEXCUSED: Fluegel, Metka, McNair, Manojlovic

REPRESENTATIVES LATE, EXCUSED:

REPRESENTATIVES LATE, UNEXCUSED: Weber

INTRODUCTIONS:

MINUTES APPROVED: Motion to approve, seconded, approved without exception

November 15, 2010

SPEAKER’S REPORT:
• Thagard Move – need a couple students to volunteer.
• Top floor will be redesigned and may be used for graduate student center. If we are not in on the
design
• Sweepings appointment – We generally have a seat on the Sweepings committee, Quinn will be in
that seat.
• Workgroups for projects that I would like to see go forward
o Bus line – runs from Stadium to Alumni Village and the Rez
o Travel from Reservation to here
 Worrall – how would these be different from things the committee is working on,
 Grimes – Collaboration between other interest groups and COGS.
o Sustainable source for Childcare funding outside of the A&S fee schedule so that it would
not be entirely dependent on A&S fees.
• Speaker’s Awards – Katie Taylor – Criminology & Criminal Justice
o Andrew Glazier – College of Law. Those individuals that have given much in service to
COGS
• Glazier – Last meeting we didn’t know whether or not the “Call the Question” point was itself
debatable. It is not debatable.
• Miles – the motion to suspend debate is debatable.

DEPUTY SPEAKER FOR FINANCE’S REPORT:

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 • Get from Agenda
• Time for NAGPS – an organization that has a lot of room for growth. Working to get to where COGS
is now. Glad to see David get Chair for Social Justice.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
• Break out session for Committee Chairs. Take some time to select a chair.
• Ways & Means committee – elected Quinn Straub
• Internal Affairs committee – we had a meeting on Thursday at Panda Express, discussed the leave
of absence and other things, since we wanted this night to be just about the budget, will send out.
o Worrall: Which bills? Bill 1 and 4
• Megan Schwab – Academic and Student life

FUNDING REQUESTS: None

OLD BUSINESS:
Bill 5 - Budget
Take a moment to review the letter from Nancy Selken concerning the Childcare budget as well as the 3
representatives who could not be here tonight.

Hold any amendment until after the budget committee ends its report.

Ard’is: FSU Childcare – serves as a recruitment tool, adds a place for research for graduate students. That
amount that was shorted by Senate was made up in part by COGS.
We suggested funding PIE and Graduate School Chairs/tents at New Grad Orientation, Professional
development workshops, Carnival at the Rez (this year’s was great), Excellence.
BGSA – trying to get their bearings in line, asked for $5404.75. We voted to fund at $4000
MBAA – asked for $10,000, Tazaz and Ramirez noticed that they didn’t use the money allocated and
reduced it.
Scholar’s Commons – asked for 10 licenses for each of the 4 programs. We didn’t see the need to put them
on all the computers, we funded them at 4 each, and several interview kits. Came to $10,000.
LSC – Brittany Rhodaback and Andrew Glazier presented the LSC budget. They had done better this year.
Gave them $50000
MSC – $42,600
Increase to Presentation grants –
Increase to Academic Support grants
Org Support discussion on how to use these funds.
COGS Admin
NAGPS membership
Travel
Overhead 13,306
COGS unallocated had quite a bit unspoken form, so we decided to fund the remainder of the childcare to
$60000.
Proviso can be changed by resolution.
Unallocation – unforeseen circumstances as breakdown to Bane the golf cart.

Worrall: Why the diffence in grant lines, Glazier: Our budget when up by 15% so increased grants
accordingly. The $185,000 is just in the neighborhood of where it has been the last 5 years. We changed
the dates of the period so that the February conferences can be accommodated.

Are there any amendments?

Fredericks: Would like to move $30000 from the Unallocated line into the support line in recognition of the
amount we use for Organization support line.
Seconded: Objected. Glazier I was under the impression that only CSAC used it.
Clarification: We can draw the funds from any line.
Fredericks:
The CSAC had a limited amount in the Org Support so they had a stop built in.

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Opening
Fredericks: Confusion about the Organizational Support line, and CSAC. I would like to see the $30000 in
the Org Support to clarify how it is used

Questions:
Glazier: Are you saying $32,500 or $30,000. $32,500
Tazaz: How hard is it to move it back? Bill, majority of COGS. VP signature, same as our
Straub: If I seconded it, can I speak in CON of it.
Englehardt: What grant lines? Org support line. Oh, cool
Glazier: Now that you have explained it, nice to have a set aside for Projects, help us to move to parity with
LSC and MSC.
Tazaz: I would like to add an amendment. Decrease from $30,000 to $10000. Seconded, objected to.
Opening:
During our meetings it would be a good idea to keep CSAC and add some more money to draw from
Questions:
This would remain a CSAC line but not any RSO and any med or law school RSO that came to us
would be decided to body.
Worrall: I was going to speak in CON, for this amendment, so I am in favor of the Tazaz amendment
reducing the amount.
Englehardt: Don’t care for either of these options. But if it has to be – less is more.
Straub; POI: Would you keep the same amounts originally
Ramirez: If I remember correctly, we voted on this so we could h
CON: Glazier. I can’t see any one’s faces. We would be committing to giving RSO’s this much
money. We would be looking better to Senate with this. We can put proviso language in, and draw
from a set pot for RSO’s and would leave us money for other projects
Schwab: This doesn’t serve the purpose to make the organizations.
Straub: Against this at $10000. Only funded $15000 last year
Glazier: Move to call the question. Seconded.
Closing:
Tazaz: I made this in line with whatwe funded it last year. I know that the legislation concerning
CSAC hasn’t been approved yet. It is in the spirit of what we funded in the past, we can always add
money later. I wanted to reduce the money so we would have our options still open later.
Raise of hands – tie. Grimes: I vote in favor of the Tazaz amendment. PASSES

PRO: -
CON: Worrall: COGS unallocated, money not allocated to something else, it would still be unallocated since
we haven’t got a request for budget for these yet. I think breaking it into 3 sets, an issue could be with
intending it for specific functions.
Straub: Moveing money tos something we feel is right, but I feel that COGS is small emough so that we can
deal with RSOs as they come along.
PRO:
CON:
Move to call the question.

CLOSING:
I realize $30000 was a lot of money, I considered submitting 6 bills to change the code. I wanted to get a
jump on things, and make sure we weren’t not funding orgs because it was our emergency funds and the
projects line.
Move for show of hands.
Ayes have it. PASSES

Worrall: I move to have a roundtable debate on the childcare funding item.

Grimes: We can’t do that but we can have a 5 minute recess to discuss childcare.

Motion to extend for 5 minutes. Why? Are you caucusing on what we are talking about.

|Ard’is – I move to reduce the Childcare Funding by OPS line – move 10000 money from OPS to Salary.

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OPENING. Withdraw
Glazier: move to withdraw $20000 from OPS line and put in Salary line.
Grimes: Move to put $20000 into Salary
Ard’is: These positions are salaried positions not OPS, This will cure the need that the Childcare Center
needs. I’m going to take the lead and approach Senate and create a partnership with Senate/COGS to fund
the CCC. Senator Yvette, Glazier, Straub, and I will be working on this.
Glazier: This one meets the need. Salary is going to feed the staff, Director and two lead teachers. Easier
to move money and flexible with the part-time OPS staff. T
Tazaz: What I was told was that we weren’t mandating the use of the funds, just giving them a bulk amount.
Glazier:
Grimes: In the past, the child care center has always tried to use the money where we wanted it used.
Schwab: The letter from Selken is asking for it in salaries.

Weber arrived.

Worrall: In favor of giving them what they asked.

|Ardis: Hope we give them what we asked for.
Ayes do have it. PASSES

Amendment: Ard’is would move to adjust the OPS wages from $40000 to $30000 with the remainder being
put in COGS unallocated.
OPENING: I am taking the lead and building a partnership with Senate to meet the unmet needs of the
Center. I will be at the Finance committee meeting, Thursday evening. This is why I am asking for this. And
hope that Senate makes up the $10000 we cut.
Questions:
Ramirez: I commend you for taking this step. But if Senate doesn’t step up, what is the next step.
Ardis: If Senate doesn’t step up we can look at it again and move money if necessary.
Grimes: We moved our budget up so we can discuss these type of things with Senate as necessary.
Tazaz: When it fails, we will address the matter at a later date. Could this effect the accreditation of the
childcare center.
Ard’is: I believe I am willing to put forth the effort to try to make this work. This will probably come up before
Senate. Putting forth an effort.
Dobiyanski: Senator didn’t say she could make it happen, she is just one of 80 votes.
Worrall: Is this really meant to be a compromise solution?
Ardis: We put in $10000 they put in $10000.
Schwab: Motion to extend 1 minute.
Worrall: Will be able to move money later should this attempt fail. We could add money to their budget, but
couldn’t take it away.
Schwab: Is there any reason to not fund it?
Ardi’s: I don’t see a reason to not fund it , however, COGS should work to make compromises with the body
that voted to cut it.
Tazaz: Could we vote have the money in reserve for the child care center?
Grimes: Proviso

Tazaz: Make amendment to have the $10000 shall be embargoed in the COGS unallocated.

PRO:
Worrall: I am in support of the amendment with the proviso we have a failsafe motion in place to protect the
child care center.
Glazier: $20000 was an arbitrary cut and feel they should be funding more since
They have more budget than we do it. Feel strongly we should try this and reduce the funding now, come
back and increase funding if the effort fails.

Tazaz: Move to make an amendment to embargo the funds, seconded and objected to.
OPENING: I want the money held in reserve the Senate situation doesn’t work out so that the child care
center is protected. Actually Selken only asks for the preschool children at 36 but there are another 34
children there. I just want to reserve the money so there are no issues.

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Glazier: Have we ever embargoed the funds for child care.
Tazaz: Yes, when the Starlight CCC folded, they returned the funds, when they asked for more for the
combined CCC, we argued for 2 months over blocks and didn’t fund them what they returned.
Glazier: Will this prevent this from occurring? It will
Schwab: So this will be set aside until the Senate passes the compromise.
Tazaz: yes.
Schwab: Just because we have this embargoed this we won’t be limited to just funding childcare with it.
Ardis: I believe that it provides a safe cushion for this risky move. Vote yes.
Glazier: Now that I understand the diff between Starlight and this I am all for it.
Englehardt: It’s a good idea, be careful of what may or may not come.
Ardis: I move to amend the Tazaz proviso language so that it cannot be used for anything except childcare
until such time as the

Ramirez: I completely support the $60,000 but if we go into the Senate with the cushion in place, they might
be reluctant to play in good faith if they know we would cover it anyway.
Tazaz: Basically, Senate gets our budget when Mary Coburn approves it?
For Thursday, would this be in place and the Senate would know about it?

CON:
Grooms: It completely makes it hard to negotiate with Senate with the proviso that if they don’t fund it we
will. Not so bright.

Ardis: Amendment that this amendment will not be repealed or amended unless it be voted 2/3 by COGS
body.
Seconded, no objection. PASSED

Ardis: Call he question on Tazaz Amendment.

Tazaz: Although I have been kind of negative, but this provides a safety cushion in case something goes
wrong, but will let me sleep better at night. Even though the Sunshine law exists, this will not be a proviso on
the COGS budget and they might over look it.
VOTE on Tazaz amendment: Ayes do have it.

Englehardt. Move to call the question. Seconded and objected to. Withdrawn.

PRO:
Reread the amendment.
CON: DeJesus: I don’t understand why we propose something after Senate has already said they won’t
cover it. Don’t want to take away the money.
Schwab: Although I do think that we should open lines of communication. I think that playing around with
the budget of
Fredericks: While I agree with communication.
Tazaz: Mixed feelings about this would like to see some of the centers that they have closed, reopened.
Schwab: Rather see us do something

PRO:
Straub: We haven’t actually funded them yet, and so the funding being taken away and given just isn’t
accurate.
Worrall: We have the time to plan and the proviso language in place so that the safety margins are in place.
Ardis: In line with Worrall to see test our relationship with Senate. I believe that it behooves us to try this,
move forth to have the Senate partner with us. I hope that it can lead to some of the ideas put forth.
Tazaz: Motion to call the question.
CLOSING
Ardis: With respect to the question that our putting proviso on this that it will affect the Senate. We will never
know until we put the tools in the hands and see what happens. Vote yes.
Worrall motion for a show of hands. Motion is defeated by a vote of 6-7.

Motion to waive the rules and extend time until we are finished.

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Are there other amendments?
Blair: Have you discussed the allocations to LSC and MSC yet? No.
Blair: Move for 7 minute recession

Blair: Motion to move $2,500. To LSC.

OPENING: I fought really hard last year to get more money. In the last 6 months, we have seen LSC is
running much better this year. I see every day the results of the cuts. I am an officer in 3 different
organizations. JAWS is trying to teach new stress relievers in an environment that is stressful. There are 3
new organizations starting up.
Fredericks: So this is a good will gesture?
Tazaz: Do you not see the increase as a good will gesture?
deJesus: How much funding raising has the law school orgs done.
Blair: Bake sales are up, taking a cue from Animal Law and doing a Rent a puppy.
Englehardt: Have you seen the historical LSC budget?
Blair: Done much better this year htan before.
Rasch: What else would this be sused for other than Rent-apuppy and massages.
Blair: We are doing the Rent a puppy for a fundraiser. We are bringing in good speakers, we rent the
masseuses for 5 hours.
Ardis: Motion to extend for 3 minutes. Extend for a total of 8 minutes.
Would you llike to see the historical data?
Wollenschlager: Would it surprise you to know that regular students were turned away from the massages?
Blair: Yes, although I wasn’t in charge of it and I would ensure that didn’t happen.
Glazier: If LSC had gotten word of that, there would have been repercussions.
Ard’is: do you think that this was punishment or reaction to not having been effective?
Blair: Both, punishment for have an ineffectual leadership. Punishment was used in discussing the LSC
budget.

Weber takes the speaker’s stand.

Motion to extend by 5 minutes. Seconded. Objection.

Motion withdrawn.
PRO: Blair Amendment: Schwab: I think that it has been shown that LSC is funded less per RSO than
MSC.
CON: Englehardt: I find it appalling that you find that an increase of $18,000 is looked upon as an insult. I
don’t find that they did a better job.
Rasch: I don’t see why LSC should get more so you can feel good.
Tazaz: I understand that you are getting more and just because I was sitting on the budget committee and
they didn’t seem like that they had to d
POI: Ramirez: Can LSC funding board come before COGS and request more funding.
Ard’is: Funding boards can and RSOs can’t
Grimes: I originally wasn’t going to say anything. The Law school does fundraising.just not what you might
expect. We have students getting money from the parents. Allotments to the law school. They are our
organization and if they are under performing then it is up to us to make it better.
Ard’is: I agree with Grimes. Speak to the level of the budget committee, didn’t hear punishment,
Heard if they don’t answer our questions, how can we give them more money. The representatives did a
thorough research and the funding LSC should receive.
Fredericks: The preamendment increase is 37% and a 5 % increase isn’t going to make a difference.
PRO:
Ramirez: I was on the budget committee. We would give about $1500/RSO. The $2500 increase is about
half of what we would have given for the extra 3 organizations.
Straub: We need to be careful what message we are insinuating when we speak.
Schwab: We heard that $2500 would be just a little bit and unnoticed. We asked LSC about fundraising
Worrall: The amount of the raise isn’t enough to make me upset.
Tazaz: Although there might be another 3 organizations we have to look at what is actually in position now.
Grooms: While we heard you don’t spend all your funds on massages, we never do.
Ard’is: Thinking of parity, we look at effectiveness for the organizations, we send out the wrong message if
we ignore the data.

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Worrall: Not opposed to small increase. While comparing MSc and LSC, MSC has actively used it and not
had it swept.
CLOSING: I was 100% unprepared to speak tonight. Apologize for the examples. We do a lot more of what
you think of good events. I want to say, that even though we have earmarks, we do do bake sales. The
amount that came up with at $1500/ org the new organizations are starting up. Sorry I didn’t study the
historical data. They swept a larger amount from MSC orgs last year thatn the LSC orgs. I am asking so we
are doing much better and more fair. This hurts the 700 law students.
VOTE: 5 ayes/ 9 nays, 2 abstain. Amendment fails.
Close the floor to amendments.

Englehardt: Move to adopt the budget as amended. Passes

Budget Amended

Resolution 2: Sponsored by Representatives Tazaz, Lieberwirth, and Glazier

Tazaz: It was stated that our program assistants will be moved to the SGA offices in December. We feel that
it is important that our assistants stay in their current office to better serve our body and our constituents. It is
easy access to students and our computer lab is here in SLB. With no program assistants, there will be no
supervision for the computers. We will also not have an ease when trying to print. We would like to see the
COGS program assistants to stay in SLB.
Glazier: One of the concerns raised is that we need to work well with SGA and while we agree with that and
support that sentiment, we need to think about COGS itself. By separating Barb and Julie, our executive
board will have a more difficult time getting issues resolved.
QUESTIONS:
Worral: Have you asked Vicky or anyone else their opinions on this?
Tazaz: I can speak for myself. These are my opinions and before we go and talk to someone, I would like it
to be a consensus from COGS.
Glazier: Agreed, We want it to be a COGS idea and not just two or three individuals.
PRO:
Fredricks: Amendment: Add “the” in front of the two COGS in the first WHEREAS. Also, change “general
walking distance” to “adjacent” in the first WHEREAS.
Adopted.
Hans: I like it.
Fredricks: I like the fact that “therefore be it resolved” states that it should stay in the computer lab.
CON:
Blair: The second WHEREAS clause, I don’t agree with it. I think that the union is just as accessible. As a law
student, SLB is equally as incontinent to students. This is really only binding to us for a year. I don’t
understand why it is that big of an issue. If we think that we will be better served by having our program
assistants supervised, it should work. It should not become a big problem.
Shwaub: I feel like this resolution can be interpreted in two opposing ways. One, it could mean that we
oppose them moving OR it could imply that we want COGS to move. I think a resolution should be clearer.
Straub: Eco thoughts of Blair and Shaub. We have phones, we have e-mail and we have feet. It really should
not make that much of a difference.
PRO:
Worral: I’m really not sure right now.
Hans: Call toquestions. Second.
No objection, question called.
CLOSING:
Tazaz: We want to get the whole group’s opinion on the matter. Just to clear up, as far as not naming
buildings, it was left vague hoping that we would be moving to Thagard in the near future. I want to keep
everything toe3ther and keep everything in a place where everyone knows everything is at and advertised. If
we make a move, it needs to be at the beginning of the school year, not in the middle.
Glazier: Agreed. We need to think of paperwork and the move itself. It might get very complicated not to
mention the paperwork that needs to be signed.
Worral: Motion to vote by show of hands. Second.
Vote: Aye: 3 Ney: 5 Abstained:7
Speaker determination: The resolution does not pass.
Tazaz: invoke rule 4
Grimes: The decision of the chair may be overruled by a majority rule. It is NOT overruled (7-6; 1 abstention).

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I encourage anyone to take up this matter.
Glazier: Move to accept the last roll call and final roll call with the exception of Englehardt.Objected by Blair.
Glazier: Call to question.
Grimes: the ayes do have it.
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NEW BUSINESS:

ROUNDTABLE:
• Vicky: Thank you for putting together an opinion. I am taking all information about the shift. I am
doing all of this with your best interest at heart. Thank you.
• Senator Demint: This Thusday 6:30-8:30pm, RSO president’s mixer. Free dinner and do roundtable
discussion. Business casual, RSVP soar@admin.fsu.edu. We have a lot of groups planning on
coming and encourage all of you to come. Union ballrooms.
• DeJesus: Medical School is hosting the 2010 Hispanic Health Care Conference. Special speakers.
Friday, all day. More than welcome to come. There will be lunch. Neighborhood Health Services on
Bevard Street.
• Hans: Museum of Fine Arts. Passed my first review! :o) TED Talk.
• Fredricks: Movie update at SLB.
• Staub: Go to the pictures, I can offer rides, but I will be there so if you do not want to be there alone,
I will be there
• Glazier: I hope to go to SOAR and bring people.
• Blair: Conference update. David got elected thanks to mostly me. It was fun and I think that we
should stay in this organization.
• Ardis: I apologize for the message comments. I would also like to take credit for Grimes election. We
almost missed our flight, but I sprinted and it showed that my back is good after the accident. Nice
lively debate.
• Grimes: If you need me, you will have to try hard because finals are coming. Please go to Senate,
Senate was here and we need to go there too, they are pretty cool people. There’s food as well.
Also, continue thinking about constituent service. Great debates today, but we need to continue
thinking about how we can make an impact on campus.
o Hans, Blair, and Tazaz for CSAC, approved by the body.
o We are SGA, there is no us vs. them, we all work together.
o Representative Ardis and myself will be looking at Alumni village in case anyone wants to
come with to look at some matters.
o If you have any food restrictions, please make sure you let me know so that everyone can
eat.
• Straub: Administration is not SGA, please remember.
• Ms. Vicky’s office… A209 Oglesby Union… go visit her
FINAL ROLL CALL: Ardis, Blair, de Jesus, Englehardt, Fredericks, Glazier, Grimes, Manojlovic, Ramirez,
Rasch, Schwab, Straub, Taylor, Tazaz, Warren, Weber, Wollenschlaeger, Worrall

ADJOURNMENT: 10:20pm

NEXT MEETING: Monday October 4th at 6:30 PM in the COGS Chambers

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244 Student Life Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-4177 Phone: (850) 644-7166 Fax: (850) 644-1950

The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 1
Sponsored by Representatives Glazier & Straub

Removing the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee

On December 6thst, 2010, the body voted to amend Chapter 210 of the COGS Code governing the
procedure for funding Registered Student Organizations in accordance with the attached document.

The purpose of this bill is to delete the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee and bring all RSO
funding requests outside of funding boards and the annual budget process before COGS as a whole.

Strikethrough indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.

___________________ __________________________________
David Grimes Vicki Dobiyanski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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Be it enacted by the Congress:

210.1 This chapter shall apply to funding requests made outside the annual budget process.

210.2 Recognized Student Organizations, as well as any Student Government or University

affiliated entity, may request supplemental funds from COGS. These funds when allocated
shall take the form of COGS Organizational Grants and shall be subject to all the provisions
of this Code.

210.3 Any entity requesting funds from COGS must submit a request form to the Departmental
Accounting Associate. The Associate will schedule their appearance before the Assembly in
accordance with the Internal Rules of Procedure. Any entity requesting an Organizational
Grant must submit a “COGS Organizational Funding Request Form” as well as schedule an
appearance before the Assembly. appropriate COGS body. Any aggregate request which is
or exceeds $400.00 will be made in person to the Assembly. Any aggregate request of less
than $400.00 will be made in person before the COGS Supplemental Allocations Council,
C-SAC hereafter.

210.4 C-SAC shall be composed of the COGS Executive Board as well three (3) members of
COGS selected by the Assembly to serve three (3) month terms. The Speaker shall serve as
C-SAC chair, and the Deputy Speaker for Finance shall serve as vice-chair.

A) C-SAC funds shall be held in a separate line item in the COGS Budget.

B) C-SAC shall meet no less than once every 10 school days so long as there are any
supplemental funding requests pending before COGS.

C) All members of C-SAC shall be entitled to a vote. Allocations shall be made by a

majority vote of members present at a C-SAC meeting. In the event of a tie, the
request shall be referred to the Assembly.

D) Organizations may appeal any C-SAC allocation to the Assembly, though no funds
shall be disbursed or allocated while appeal is pending.

E) Any organization which has submitted more than two (2) requests of less than
$400.00 per semester shall bypass the C-SAC process and make a request directly to
the Assembly.

210.5 Embargoed Funds

Organizations which receive funds from C-SAC for upcoming events shall be informed of
the allocation; however at the discretion of the committee the funds may be embargoed and
not released until the Deputy Speaker for Finance receives sufficient assurances from the
Organization that the event for which monies were allocated will in fact occur.

A) Embargoed funds shall be held in the C-SAC unallocated account as funds

earmarked for specific organizations to be used in conjunction with specific events.

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 In no event may embargoed funds be used in any manner other than for what they
were initially requested without the prior authorization of C-SAC.

B) Funds shall be designated by C-SAC as “For immediate release” or as “Embargoed”

at the discretion of C-SAC. C-SAC may at their discretion establish a date whereby
sufficient assurances must be made or funds will become available for general
allocation.

C) If a speaker has been contracted by the Organization for the event for which funds
were embargoed, this shall constitute sufficient assurances under §210.4, though
sufficient assurances may be demonstrated in other ways as well.

D) If the event does not take place, the embargoed funds shall become available to C-
SAC for general allocation.

210.6 C-SAC shall be empowered to establish guidelines for considering funding requests which
may be amended by a majority vote of COGS; such amendments C-SAC may not amend.
These guidelines shall be adopted or amended by a two-thirds (66%) majority of the total
number of C-SAC members. In forming the guidelines C-SAC shall keep in mind the
unique mission of the Congress of Graduate Students and emphasize programs which
expand academic opportunity over those which are purely social in nature.

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 4
Sponsored by Representatives Ard’is and Lieberwirth

Changing Requirements for Leaves of Absence

On December 6th, 2010, the body voted to amend Chapter 119 of the COGS Code governing the
procedure for dealing with leaves of absence in accordance with the attached document.

Purpose: Is to ensure that leaves of absence are not indefinite and last only one academic semester.

Strikethroughs indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.

___________________ __________________________________
Speaker Vicki Dobiyanski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Deputy Speaker Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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Be it enacted by the Congress:

119.4 No representative shall be granted a leave of absence in two consecutive academic terms.
Examples of consecutive academic terms are as follows: fall and spring, spring and
summer, summer and fall.

119.5 If a representative who is currently on leave of absence becomes aware that he or she would
have to extend his or her leave through another academic term, he or she must immediately
resign from the Congress of Graduate Students.

119.6 Should a representative on a leave of absence resign his or her seat, the person temporarily
filling such seat in accordance with Chapter 119.1 (b) shall be informed and given the
opportunity to petition the Assembly to fill the now-vacant seat for the remainder of the
Congress.

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 6
Sponsored by Representative Glazier

Supporting NAGPS though Directors Meeting Subsidy

On December 6, 2010, the body voted to move $500.00 from COGS Unallocated Account 244003 to
COGS Admin Account 244-004.

Purpose: To subsidize the work of the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students by
paying for the Speaker’s expense for travel to the Board of Directors Transition Meeting at the
University of North Texas January 7th though the 9th.

___________________ __________________________________
David Grimes Vicki Dobiyanski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 7
Sponsored by Representative Grimes and Straub

Creation of COGS Affiliate Organization Status

On November 15th, 2010, the body voted to create Chapter 303 of the COGS Code governing COGS
Affiliate Organization status in accordance with the attached document.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the flexibility with which RSO’s may operate while recognizing
that the special contributions of certain organizations deserves special attention by the Congress in our
allocations processes and in the use of certain COGS resources in order to promote budgetary
efficiency and effectiveness of both COGS and Affiliate Organizations.

Strikethrough indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.

___________________ __________________________________
David Grimes Vicki Dobyianski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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Chapter 303 COGS Affiliate Organizations

303.1 The designation of COGS Affiliate Organization (CAO hereafter) is hereby created. Such
designation shall be instituted or terminated by the Assembly though law upon application
of any graduate student recognized student organization. Organizations selected for CAO
designation should have a proven track-record of effective use of funds and execution of
programming which is either of critical need to the university or of widespread benefit to the
graduate student body. The designation of CAO shall be annually reviewed by the COGS
Internal Affairs Committee.

303.2 Organizations designated as CAO shall adopt and amend their own bylaws, conduct their
own elections, and be responsible for the election of their own officers; however at no time
shall they exercise any of the aforementioned powers in any manner inconsistent with the
COGS Code or Student Body Constitution and Statutes.

303.3 Organizations designated as CAO shall not be eligible to receive funds from the Medical
Student Council or the Law Student Council.

303.4 Organizations designated as CAO shall be eligible to request funds from COGS directly
though the annual budget process, as well as request supplemental funding from CSAC or
the Assembly itself. This provision shall not be interpreted as precluding the right of the
Budget Committee or the Assembly to allocate directly in the annual budget to university
departments, student government entities, or any recognized student organizations if the
committee or assembly should determine that doing so is desirable.

303.5 Any CAO shall be entitled to use any COGS resources for which there is little or no
opportunity cost. Determination of little or no opportunity cost shall be made by the
Speaker, subject to appeal to the Assembly.

303.6 The following shall constitute the exhaustive list of COGS Affiliate Organizations:

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 8
On Petition

Providing Funding for SPEAR Conference by SPORT

On December 6, 2010, the body voted to move $1013.00 from COGS Unallocated Account 244003 to
the Sport Psychology Organization and Research Team in the following amounts:

$638.00 in Expense
$295.00 in Food
$80.00 in Clothing and Awards

The purpose of this request is to fund the 3 rd Annual Sport Professional’s Experience and Research
(SPEAR) Conference at Florida State University.

___________________ __________________________________
David Grimes Vicki Dobiyanski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

BILL 9
On Petition

Providing Funding for Synoptikos Panel and Reception

On December 6, 2010, the body voted to move $1523.00 from COGS Unallocated Account 244003 to
the Sport Psychology Organization and Research Team in the following amounts:

$573.00 in Contractual Services

$200.00 in Expense
$750.00 in Food

The purpose of this request is to fund the annual panel discussion and reception for Synoptikos.

___________________ __________________________________
David Grimes Vicki Dobiyanski
Speaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________
Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs

6 December 2010

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The 19th Congress of Graduate Students

Resolution 3
Authorizing Funds to Host the NAGPS South-East Regional
Conference for the Year 2011 at Florida State University

Sponsored by Representatives Straub and Ard’is

WHEREAS, the Congress of Graduate Students desires that the 2011 South-East Regional
Conference should be held at Florida State University, and

WHEREAS, miscommunication between COGS and NAGPS has resulted in the need to adjust
prior understandings of the budget for the conference, and

WHEREAS, NAGPS has requested a more definite statement of the COGS commitment to host the
Conference,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 19TH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE

STUDENTS, that COGS shall leverage all available external resources including solicitations of
sponsorships, donations, advertisements, contributions from the University, and contributions from
the Student Government Association.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in the event such solicitation fails, COGS is committed to
allocating an amount up to $10,000.00 to facilitate the Conference.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, a facsimile of this Resolution be immediately sent to Alex

Evans, President of NAGPS, and that an original copy be sent to the record address of NAGPS.

_______________________ ___ ______________________

David Grimes Dominick Ard’is
Speaker of the House Deputy Speaker for Finance

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RESOLUTION 2010.12.1B
A resolution expressing concerns that the majority of
U.S. higher education institutions are not in
compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of
Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act, otherwise referred to as the “Clery Act”. The
Clery Act is a federal statute (20 U.S.C. § 1092 (f))
wherein institutional compliance is monitored by the
United States Department of Education.
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, Inc.

Date: November 12, 2010

Author(s): Kristi Kremers, University of Minnesota

WHEREAS, all U.S. universities and colleges receiving federal financial

aid dollars are required to report campus security policies and campus
crime statistics; and

WHEREAS, campuses need to have clear guidelines and reporting structures

on who should report campus crime statistics to the designated campus
security authority, including: campus medical facilities, women’s centers, and
other departments and officials who either supervise students or respond to
crime victims; and

WHEREAS, a 2002 study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice reported

that only 63% of institutions did not fully comply with the Clery Act; and
1

WHEREAS, the current legislation does not require institutions to report all
crimes including assault ; and
2

WHEREAS, crimes involving sexual misconduct may be classified as an assault

rather than a sex offense and are therefore not captured in the reported list of
criminal offenses; and

WHEREAS, institutions are encouraged to provide, “accurate and prompt

reporting of all crimes to the campus police and the appropriate law enforcement
agencies”.

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Karjane, H.M., Fisher, B.S., & Cullen, F.T.
(2002) Campus sexual assault: How America’s
institutions of higher education respond. U.S
Department of Justice. Document #196676.2
Required criminal offenses in the Clery report
include: murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, arson, alcohol
or drug violations and hate crimes.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Association of Graduate-

Professional Students (NAGPS) urges Congress and the Administration to pass
legislation to (a) specifically clarify which campus officials and offices are
required to report campus crime statistics, (b) to further empower the U.S.
Department of Education to monitor and fine those institutions not in compliance,
and (c) that all criminal offenses including simple assault should be classified and
reported in the spirit of law.

Approved and adopted the 5 day of December 2010, I, the undersigned, hereby
th

certify that Resolution 2010.12.1B was duly adopted by the Association.

Alex Evans President & CEO

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