Senate Meeting Update Archives: 2006-2007Archives are listed in most recent order. February 11, 2008 ASPLU Public Forum » Erin McKenna & John Grey spoke about the new PLU General Education Requirements. » Erin McGinnis Spoke about Dining Services. » Senate Bill 13: Major Spring Concert at PLU. This bill would allocate $70,000 to be spent on bringing a big name artist to perform for PLU students and surrounding community. Sent to Committee; Student Outreach & Guiding Documents The Month of January 2008ASPLU broke out into three distinct groups to work on mini projects. Senators worked on revitalizing the Cave, ASPLU Elections, & coming up with a more productive ASPLU meeting format. The result of which produced a permanent floor plan as well as new business plan for the Cave, and ASPLU will now be holding public forums every month to reach out to the student body. November 19, 2007At this meeting there was a special presentation from Melanie
Cunningham about Multi-Cultural Recruitment at PLU. John De Mars gave a
presentation in regards to the ASPLU budget.» Senate Bill 8: This bill would appropriate funds for the creation of a "Club of the Month" plaque. Passed » Senate Bill 9: This Bill would approve the Presidential appointments to the campus committees. Passed» Senate Bill 10: This bill would provide funds so that the Clubs & Orgs Caucus can hold its Constituency Meeting. Passed » Senate Bill 11: This bill would provide funds so that the Off-Campus Caucus can hold its Constituency Meeting. Passed November 5, 2007 Steve Titus, Vice President of Development and University Relations Development gave a presentation explaining the new PLU $150 million campaign.Lauren Buchholz gave a presentation on effective promotions. Kelsey Dawson gave a presentation explaining her role within ASPLU as the Public Relations Director. » Senate Bill 8: This bill would appropriate funds for the creation of a "Club of the Month" plaque. Sent to Committee: Student Outreach » Senate Bill 9: This Bill would approve the Presidential appointments to the campus committees. Sent to Committee: Student Outreach October 29, 2007At this meeting Kate Fontana gave a special "Spiritual Guidance" presentation.» Senate Bill 6: This bill would approve Crystal Ranee Charaba as the Non-Traditional Senator. Passed » Senate Bill 7: This bill would allow Senator Whetstine to change from At-Large Senator to Upper Campus Senator. Passed October 22, 2007At this meeting Carl Pierce, Tamara Power-Drutis & John De Mars gave a reports from the Board of Regents » Senate Bill 6: This bill would approve Crystal Ranee Charaba as the Non-Traditional Senator. Sent to Committee: Guiding Documents & Student Outreach October 1, 2007» Resolution 1: A resolution that would appoint Rachel Johnson, Rachel Herzfeldt-Kamprath, and Jared Vidano to the Appropriations Board. Adopted» Senate Bill 5: Approval of Jamie Roberts as Off-Campus At-Large Senator Passed September 17, 2007At this meeting the Senate & Dr. Laura Majovski discussed the issues surrounding the current meal plans. Director Greene brought cupcakes for September Birthdays and passed out awards to those who did not receive theirs on August 31, 2007.
» Senate Bill 4: Approval of Executive Committee Members: Carl Pierce (ASPLU President), Kyle Wetherald (Executive Caucus Leader), Jackie Lemon (Residence Caucus Leader), Kate Burdekin (Clubs & Orgs Caucus Leader), & Riley Relfe (Off Campus Caucus Leader). Passed September 10, 2007At this meeting Senator Relfe presented on the importance of, and creative uses for PLU webpages. Vice President Power-Drutis discussed the Green Leaf Challenge.» Senate Bill 3: Approval of the Senate Special Rules. Passed » Senate Bill 4:
Approval of Executive Committee Members: Carl Pierce (ASPLU President),
Kyle Wetherald (Executive Caucus Leader), Jackie Lemon (Residence
Caucus Leader), Kate Burdekin (Clubs & Orgs Caucus Leader), &
Riley Relfe (Off Campus Caucus Leader). Sent to Committee: Guiding Documents August 31, 2007At this meeting Director Greene passed out awards to ASPLU Senators and Directors.
» Senate Bill 1: This Bill would establish both Rick Eastman (Associate Director of Student Involvement & Leadership) & Eva Johnson (Director of Student Involvement & Leadership) as ASPLU advisors. Sent to Committee: Guiding Documents » Senate Bill 2: Approval of the 2007-2008 Fall Senate Elections packet. Passed » Senate Bill 3: Approval of the Senate Special Rules. Sent to Committee: Guiding Documents April 10, 2007At this meeting the Senate received reports from President Carl Pierce in regards to the hiring of new directors. Vice President Tamara Power-Drutis reported on the renovations going on in the cave and took suggestions for new paint colors. John McClimans reported on the off-campus caucus, Clubs & Orgs “Club of the Month” bill and the creation of the “52 things to do in the Spring” as well as discussed budget review.
This bill was about accepting the 2007-2008 Senate Election Packet, which contains all the information that is needed to run for an elected ASPLU position. This information includes deadlines and rules for the upcoming 2007-2008 campaign season. This bill would supply funds for the Relay for Life events. Money would be spent Grocery Bingo, art projects and programs. Other Important Announcements: » All students are encouraged to purchase their tickets and attend The President of the United States Concert. The better the turnout, the better opportunity of having more awesome artists attend campus. April 3, 2007
This was the very first meeting with the newly elected President and Vice President performing their newly elected role. There were the introduction of the new ASPLU directors, and three presentations. The first presentation was about the upcoming elections and election packet. The second presentation was from GREAN about making PLU more sustainable and the possible creation of a fund. The cost of which would be passed on to the students. The details of which are still all being worked out and nothing has been made official as more discussion is needed. Senator Relfe, gave the third presentation to the senate about the officers creating WebPages similar to this one, so that ASPLU can create a more unified form of open communication to constituents. » SB 23: The 2007-2008 Senate Election Packet. Sent to Committee This bill was about accepting the 2007-2008 Senate Election Packet, which contains all the information that is needed to run for an elected ASPLU position. This information includes deadlines and rules for the upcoming 2007-2008 campaign season. March 13, 2007 There was a lot to cover at this meeting. There were the announcements of the new PLU Student Body President and Vice President, discussion of 9 Senate Bills, and awards were presented and goodbyes were given. The pool tables no longer fit in the UC, so they will be moved to the residence halls. Hinderlie & Hong halls will each receive $150.00 to subsidize the cost of moving. » SB 15: Act relating to the ASPLU Bylaws as
required due to ASPLU structural changes. Passed The number of ASPLU Senators will increase by 5, a summer executive position will be created, and the Public Relations director will now be an executive director. » SB 16: Act relating to the appropriation of ASPLU
Senate Special Project Funds for the Beehive Design Collective Tour. Passed The Beehive Collective is a group of volunteer artists committed to increasing awareness about global issues of human rights. The artists do extensive field research about the effects of globalization, focusing on interviews with people affected by globalization and then create collaborative, hand-illustrated tapestries in reaction to the personal stories related to them in their travels. The focus of the Beehive Collective aligns with ASPLU’s goal to increase global awareness on campus and presents information in a unique and creative way and cost of bringing the collective is more than GREAN or Global Awareness has to give. $800 will be given to aid in bringing the Beehive Collective to campus. » SB 17: Act relating to the appropriation of Senate
Special Project Funds for the expenses spent on the all campus Harry Potter
Party. Passed $500 was released to aid in the expenses of the Harry Potter Party (Second Annual Extravaganza). » SB 18: Act relating to the expenditure of Program
funds for Spring Formal 2007. Passed A budget was presented and included with this bill. The 2007 Spring Formal has a projected cost of $9,000 with a projected return of $10,500, ($1,500 projected profit). » SB 19: Act relating to the 2007 Spring Concert.
Passed After doing a survey of student body concert interests, the entertainment committee contracted the Presidents of the United States of America. The projected cost of a concert of this caliber is $34,400. The projected gross return is $34,400. Any profit made will go to benefit the artists, the student body benefits from the concert, and ASPLU is supposed to break even. » SB 20: Act relating to the stipends of the ASPLU
President and Vice President. Passed The stipends for the 2007-2008 ASPLU President and Vice-President will be increased to $690.00 each. A 4% increase due to the rising cost of living. » SB 21: Act relating to the appropriation of Senate
Special Project Funds for the expenses spent on the Meal Plan Forums. Passed The Senate, along with Dining Services, helped sponsor the Meal Plan Forums, which took place in October 2006. The Feedback that was obtained from the forums helped Dining Services plan how they will approach meal plans for the 2007-2008 year as well as the UC renovations. $250 was released to aid in the expenses of the forums. Senates One-on-Ones are an opportunity for the Executive Caucus Leader to privately talk with senators. Feedback from the one-on-ones is useful in planning the rest of the semester, along with creating ways to address problems in the future. The Senate released $600 to be spent on food, drinks and other necessary supplies. |
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