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CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Student Union Board of Governors
Attendance: S. Lamont, N. Clark, L. Gargamelli, J. Hartig, D. Orloske, R.
Schneeweiss, D. Ross, R. Campbell, J. Kaufman, H. Palmer, D. Sarro.
Meeting was called to order by Ms. Lamont at 4:30 p.m. in the Ballroom
Annex of the Student Center.
Ms. Lamont then asked for any Old Business. Hearing none she then went on
to New Business.
Ratifications
Ms. Lamont introduced Mr. Hartig the new SGA representative to the Board
and Ms. Clark who is filling one of the vacant Program Council At-Large
seats to the Board. Both were given time to tell the members something
about themselves and their current involvement on campus. Ms. Lamont then
asked for motions to ratify their membership.
MOTION: (Sutera /Kaufman) To ratify the nomination of Joe Hartig
as a representative of the Student Government Association to the SUBOG.
MOTION PASSED ( 7-Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstained) SUBOG 98-01
MOTION: (Gargamelli /Sutera) To ratify the nomination of Nancy
Clark as an At-Large representative of the Program Council to the SUBOG.
MOTION PASSED ( 8-Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstained) SUBOG 98-02
Ms. Lamont then reported that four student members on the Board had to
resign this semester. This apparently was due mainly to academic needs.
These included Mindy Shedd, Chip McCabe, Jessica Walsh, and Aral Balkan.
Ms. Lamont indicated she felt it unnecessary to fill the remaining
vacancies as there was only two meetings left in the year. There was a
general consensus that that would be prudent.
Mr. Orloske then gave an update on the Student Center
Construction/Renovation Project. He reported that after a 3-4 week delay,
the contract has been signed and the Schematic Design Phase would be
started in the next few weeks. He indicated that this phase would be where
the actual layout of the building would be decided and where people would
be asked to give their input. He also reported that President Judd had
decided, after much consultation, that in order to get the most building
for the available funds and to have the project completed in the shortest
time, the Student Center would be closed down during the construction
phase. This would be from mid-May 1999 to August of 2000. Questions from
the members followed concerning where offices might be moved and how
services would be provided. Mr. Orloske indicated that there was a
commitment to relocate all current tenants in the building during the
construction and that those plans were underway as to how that will be
accomplished. He reported that most offices would be moved to Seth North
Hall. The Bookstore and food services were the biggest issues, and he
hoped to have those planned out within the next month. Plans for providing
adequate event space would follow after those two services were
accommodated. He also indicated that there was a commitment to provide
student organization tenants of the Student Center office space during the
shutdown, probably in Seth North Hall. Special needs groups like WFCS
radio might need other facilities and that would be addressed through the
planning process.
A concern about the priority student groups would get in access to event
space in the new building was expressed by Ms. Clark. Mr. Orloske
indicated that campus groups, including student organizations, currently
have and will continue to have top priority in facility use. He explained
that the current policy is to let campus groups book facilities up to three
years in advance during the academic year. Outside groups could only book
a year in advance.
Mr. Orloske indicated that during the schematic phase he would ask Board
members to review plans as they develop but warned there was a concern that
prolonged reviews would delay the project. He asked anyone who was
interested in participating in that process to understand that input had to
be given quickly so the timetable could be adhered to.
Ms. Lamont then brought up that the current space in the publications area
that was the Dial Yearbooks needs to be allocated to some group. A
discussion occurred where the consensus was that any group assigned the
space should be compatible with the Recorder operations as unlike groups
would only create problems in facility use. It was decided to survey
student clubs as to office space needed not only to see if there was a
compatible group but also to get input for the design of the Student
Activities area in the new facility. Ms. Lamont asked Ms. Gargamelli to
develop a survey to go out to clubs and report back the results at the next
meeting.
Program Council
Ms. Gargamelli then gave the Program Council report. She highlighted
upcoming events including the Sneak Preview of Dark City and the planned
theater trip to the Bushnell for the musical Rent.
Ms. Lamont then put forth a request from Stephen Ostertag, Program Council
member, to be able to place a "sandwich" bulletin board outside the Student
Center to highlight upcoming PC Events.
MOTION: (Kaufman/Campbell) To permit Program Council to display
advertising outside the Student Center using a "sandwich" bulletin board.
MOTION PASSED ( 9-Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstained) SUBOG 97-03
House Committee
Ms. Gargamelli indicated that they had no new business to report and gave a
brief description of the work of the House Committee for new members.
Budget Committee
Mr. Campbell reported the Committee had completed their work with Program
Council to develop a standard financial reporting system which the Council
would use to prepare monthly financial statements for the Board to review.
He said he did not have current data to provide reports for this meeting
but should have them soon. Mr. Orloske suggested that the reports be
distributed with the minutes the following week. Mr. Campbell then gave a
brief description of the work of the Budget Committee for new members.
Student Services Committee
Mr. Schneeweiss gave a report on the cancellation of the Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar lecture. He indicated that ticket sales were very poor. If
they had gone through with the event, they might have lost their entire
budget for the year. By canceling, the Mosaic Committee is able to fund
other events for the year. These include a large scale "eye color"
experience where student will be able to experience prejudice and talk
though it together. They are also exploring cosponsorships for a program
later in the year so that a larger program might be possible.
Ms. Kaufman reported that the Student Services Committee did not have any
programs planned currently but was looking to do some additional outreach
programs for commuters.
Ms. Lamont then indicated she had included a reference guide to
Parliamentary Procedure in the packets for members to review.
Open Floor
Ms. Lamont gave a report on her attendance at the National Conference of
NACA. She said it was a good experience being able to talk with students
at other schools and discovered many of them have similar problems as we
have with student involvement. She said many schools had turned to
providing stipends to student leaders so they would not have to work and
could put more time into campus event planning. She also was surprised to
find out that most schools she talked to did not have the financial
resources that we have for student programs. Overall she found the
experience exciting.
Finally Ms. Lamont asked members to review the suggested dates for the
final two meetings of the SUBOG for the year. It was decided that they
will be held on April 2 in the North Room and April 30 in the Alumni
Lounge. Both would be scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Meeting adjourned at 5:23 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Duane A. Orloske
Executive Secretary
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