Student Union Board of Governors Minutes
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Student Union Board of Governors (SUBOG)
Minutes for Friday, May 11, 2007, 1849 Meeting Room
Present: K. Barone (Chair), C. Bombria, L. Yeomans, J. Ceja, K. Fournier, C. Zohlman, D. Lynch, E. Tuttle, A.Taitague, D. Macchiaroli, D. Orloske, O. Mamed, S. Hazan, J. Higgins, J. DiPlacido, M. Garofalo
Absent: A. Spitko, S. Martinez, M. Toston, R. Bachoo
Guests: A.
Estrom, S. Sweeney
Mr. Barone
called the meeting to order at 2:04 PM. He welcomed all and asked that the
minutes from the previous meeting be approved.
MOTION (M. Garofalo/E. Tuttle) SUBOG 2007-29
To approve the minutes of the April 20, 2007, meeting as attached
Motion Passed: 13-Yes
0-No 1-Abstained
Mr. Barone then asked the Board to ratify the new leadership of CAN for the 2007-2008 year.
MOTION (J. DiPlacido/E. Tuttle) SUBOG 2007-30
To approve C. Bombria as President, A. Spitko as VP of Marketing and E. LaCombe as VP of Finance for the Central Activities Network
Motion Passed: 14-Yes
0-No 0-Abstained
Mr. Barone requested that the Board ratify the new representative of the Student Government Association to the Board for the 2007-2008 year.
MOTION (S. Hazan/A. Taitague) SUBOG 2007-31
To approve K. Fournier as the SGA appointed representative to the SUBOG
Motion Passed: 15-Yes 0-No 0-Abstained
CAN Report
C. Bombria presented the
CAN Report (see attached). Ms. Bombria spoke about the attendance at all of the
Spring Weekend events. CAN was very happy with the attendance numbers for each
of the events. The Busta Rhymes Concert, Comedians, Raining Jane mini-concert
and 3 on 3 Tournament were enjoyed by many and were well organized. Ms. Bombria
indicated that students felt the Carnival and the BBQ events were the most
popular and that the BBQ program had approximately 2,000 students in attendance!
Mosaic
Committee
S. Martinez was absent
and no report was available.
House
Committee
C. Zohlman acknowledged
this committee’s work for the past year and that he looked forward to supporting
new signage in the Student Center and a Club Shop formally being put into place
for next fall by SA/LD.
Student
Services Committee Report
A. Taitague acknowledged
this committee’s work and indicated that she hoped the support of the commuter
students by this committee would continue next year as it has for so long.
Budget
Committee Report
The Board then went on
to begin the approval process for distribution of the SUBOG portion of the
Student Activities Fund. The CAN Budget was the first to be discussed. There
were some questions about how CAN came to the proposed breakdown of funds in the
committees and what the level of reserves were.
MOTION (C. Zohlman/J. DiPlacido) SUBOG 2007-32
To approve the allocation of $156,000 to CAN per the attached
Motion Passed: 15-Yes
0-No 1-Abstained
The Board then
considered the allocation of funds for Leadership Development and MOSAIC.
MOTION (M. Garofalo/C. Bombria) SUBOG 2007-33
To approve the allocation of $52,000 to Leadership Development and MOSAIC per the attached
Motion Passed: 15-Yes
0-No 1-Abstained
The Board then
considered two allocations of funds from SBG900. The first was to support
summer programs. D. Orloske pointed out that funds from the Student Activities
fees should be used to fund summer programming. C. Bombria pointed out that
summer programming ended up funding faculty and staff participation in community
events and not student. O. Mamed requested that CAN and SA/LD consider an
alternate source for such programming in the future as the SBG900 account should
be used for Board projects such as signage or acquiring art, and not for ongoing
programming as it might create a sense of entitlement that would have been
similar to the WC asking SGA for funds each year.
MOTION (A. Taitague/J. DiPlacido) SUBOG 2007-34
To approve the allocation of $1,755 to supplement income for summer programs from SBG900
Motion Passed: 10-Yes
3-No 1-Abstained
The Board
considered the second request for funds from SBG900. This is to support a new
Leadership Development Lecture Series called Living Room Lectures. Again it was
pointed out that SBG900 should not be used for funding regular series
programming, and that it is clearly recommended that this program be funded from
some other source in the future. S. Hazan indicated that this is on a trial
basis and not a permanent funding source. Faculty indicated that they supported
this series as a potential collaborative effort with academic departments.
MOTION (J. DiPlacido/D. Lynch) SUBOG 2007-35
To approve the allocation of $10,000 to SLD905 for this lecture series
Motion Passed: 9-Yes 1-No 3-Abstained
Old
Business
No old business.
New Business
No new business.
Announcements
- O. Mamed announced that the Student Center and Student Activities/Leadership Development Departments have chosen Graduate Interns for next year. They are awaiting approval from the VP SA Office before making a formal offer. They are:
Jessica Long –
University of Massachusetts, Lowell – Lowell, MA
Barrett McGee
– Centenary College of Louisiana – Shreveport, LA
David McGraw
– Doane College – Crete, NE
Kimberly
Reissig – Central Connecticut State University – New Britain, CT
- S. Sweeney announced that S. Hazan has been appointed as Director of Student Activities/Leadership Development. O. Mamed has been appointed as Director of the Student Center; D. Orloske, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, will be retiring effective July 1, 2007; Pat Anderson, SA/LD Department Secretary, will be retiring as of June 1, 2007; J. Rafferty has left the Student Center and is now the Associate Director of the Usdan Student Center at Wesleyan University.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:54 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Wayne Otis
Mamed
Executive Secretary, SUBOG 2007-2008
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