Agenda of the 85th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association March 18, 2021 Hofstra University Zoom University Call to order A. B.
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Meeting Called to order at 6:32 PM Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at Approval of the Minutes a. Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to approve the cabinet minutes from 3/17 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed b. Senator DeCrescenzo moves to approve senate minutes from 3/11 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed New Business a. Elections Commission i. Elections will be April 29 ii. The Chair will be Senator Hotaling iii. Info sessions are required to attend more dates will be coming in the future Special Business a. Meet Advisor Severino Randazzo i. Introduction of who Sev is and what his role is at Hofstra University ii. He is Excited to start working with SGA b. Presentation from Chair Germaine i. Day of understanding and what this event is 1. Equity Chair Ran 2. Inspired by Bryant University 3. Working in conjunction with IEI 4. To see all the diversity organizations on Campus 5. Working on a schedule to help more dates and details coming soon E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. Meeting with Incoming President 1. If you have anything to mention, please reach out to E-Board 2. Meeting President Rabinowitz Next week if you want to address anything please reach out to E-board b. Vice President - A. Osner i. Compass Dining Coming Apr 8 ii. Meeting with Allison Versace c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. SGA will be doing a Budget Blanket
d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. Working on Staff Appreciation Letters ii. Special Project more to be announced F. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. We had our first two clubs come to the meeting for funding. Both clubs were fully funded to the best of the committee's ability b. Club Resources - K. Ortiz i. Presented by Academic Affairs Chair 1. Continued to review the Constitution 2. Continued Club Outreach 3. Making sure all club constitutions are in good standing c. Communications - A. Colon i. Take over Tuesdays are now happening ii. Communication Committee Appreciates all the work iii. Alumni Panel in 2 weeks - April 1st iv. Working on Programming d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. April 5th-9th will be Spring into Action Week ii. Advocacy Forums will be happening in Early April iii. Sexual Assault Awareness - Butterfly Cutout iv. Take back the night e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk i. Met with Vice Provost Blue Today 1. Remote Options for Fall Semester 2. Wellness Days Please reach out to ii. Worked on SAW Questions iii. Meeting with Julie Yindra 26th at 1:30pm f. Equity & Inclusion - W. Germaine i. A day of understanding Presentation g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. Working on Sustainability ii. Club Office Spaces will start renovating March 31st iii. BLAC lounge is done h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. Wellness Wednesday is continuing still ii. Working on SAW 2021 Questions iii. Working on getting Feminine Products throughout Campus iv. Hofstra Card Services will be tabled and working on new initiatives i. Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to pass the Appropriations Allocations i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed j. Senator Patane moves to pass all committee minutes i. Motion Seconded
ii. Motion Passed G. Announcements H. For Good of the Order I. Snap Cup J. Adjournment a. Elections Chair Hotaling moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 7:33 pm
Cabinet Agenda Zoom Room
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Call to Order A. Meeting Called to order at 7:47 pm New Business a. Welcome Sev and Zaibis! b. Elections Commission - Secretary Greenberg i. Monday March 15th elections commission met ii. Senator Hotaling is the chair of the elections commission iii. Turnover is the 29th of April Peak / Pit Pres / VP Updates Please be conscious of dates that other people mention during Cabinet meetings The meeting for Upcoming President with Posner will be April 7th SGA ability for spending has been in the works for club spaces SGA is helping New Student Orientation with purchasing computers Senior gift ideas- will get back to you for budgets Work on Emailing for Asian and Pacific Islander people for support Dining coming (Bruce and Collin) to represent Compass on April 8th Comptroller Updates a. We will be doing a blanket allocation in replace of budget weekend Secretary Updates Continuing working on tasks Agendas have been posted Committee Updates a. Appropriations i. Approps had 2 clubs that came to this weekly meeting b. Academic Affairs i. Continue working on weekly tasks ii. Continued working on Questions for SAW iii. Updates to CTR’s coming soon iv. Discussing wellness days logistics c. Club Resources i. Nothing to report! d. Communications i. Working on Alumni Panel which is in 2 weeks as of now we may have 6-7 people ii. Working on April Programming e. Equity and Inclusion i. Next week there is an event please come ii. Cornell meeting next week iii. HOLA event tomorrow at 8 please come we are working on a collaboration f. Facilities and Operations i. Not much happening but the lounges are in progress
g. Programming i. Build A Friend Apr 28 in Netherlands Core 8-10 pm ii. Spring into Action week Apr 5-8 iii. Take back the night virtually coming soon Still working on details iv. Butterfly event no official date yet but sometime mid/end April h. Wellness and Campus Safety i. Working on SAW Survey Questions ii. Art with Impact 6-8 PM working with being more identity Based April 26th VII. For Good of the Order VIII. Adjournment Chair Aquino Moves to Adjourn the Cabinet Meeting Motion Seconded Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm
Agenda of the 85th Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association March 11, 2021 Hofstra University Zoom University Call to order Meeting Called to order at 6:31 PM A. Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at 27
B. Approval of the Minutes a. Senator Patane moves to approve the cabinet minutes from 3/10 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed b. Chair Aquino moves to approve senate minutes from 2/25 i. Motion Second ii. Motion Passed C. New Business a. S.A. 2021.85.002 i. Changes to the policy series are grammatical changes or updates that do not exist anymore 1. Senator Behm a. Clarifying the changes or how it cannot be accurate and how we do work with PR issues 2. Senator Behm moves to have a moderated caucus for 15 minutes a. Motion Seconded b. Motion Passed 3. Senator Congdon and Senator Behm a. Talks about concerns for the correct wordage and what can be changed and asks for the constitution to be updated 4. Chair Aquino a. If you want to propose changes, we can write another legislation 5. Senator Behm Moves to propose new wording with a. Any full-time undergraduate student must have served in the Student Government Association for one (1) year and in good standing with the university is eligible to run for the office of President and Vice President. 6. Senator Congdon a. If people want to propose new changes, we should bring it back at a later point 7. Chair Conolly-sisk moves to pass S.A.2020.85.002 a. Motion Seconded i. Motion passed 1. By a vote of 18-4-5 b. Objection i. Debate 1. Chair Connolly-Sisk For a. I feel that we should pass this legislation and make edits later to come next week. 2. Senator Welch Against a. I think we have a pretty good paragraph now and we should put this in and pass it now 3. Chair Aquino For
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a. Wording and language are very hard and to make it perfect that's why we take writing policy very seriously we are here to represent the students we should bring it back next week and all set and stone 4. Senator Behm a. I would love to do wording now, but I understand the general consensus is that we would rather do this another time, so I think it is a good compromise to unstrike the struck words concerning President and VP election eligibility Chair Germaine moves for a Roll Call Vote a. Motion Seconded i. Comptroller Cote: Yay ii. Appropriations Chair Liebowitz: Yay iii. Club Resources Chair Ortiz: Yay iv. Communications Chair Colon: Yay v. Programming Chair Paturzo: Yay vi. Academic Affairs Chair Connolly-Sisk: Yay vii. Equity & Inclusion Chair Germaine: Yay viii. Facilities & Operations Chair Aquino: Yay ix. Wellness & Campus Safety Chair O’Brien: Yay x. Senator Behm: Nay xi. Senator Cheng: Yay xii. Senator Congdon: Yay xiii. Senator DeBiso: Abstain xiv. Senator DeCrescenzo: Yay xv. Senator Doherty: Abstain xvi. Senator Funk: Yay xvii. Senator Kang: Abstain xviii. Senator Patane: Yay xix. Senator Perez: Abstain xx. Senator Potula: NV xxi. Senator Rudder: Yay
xxii. Senator Schanck: Yay xxiii. Senator Shareef: Yay xxiv. Senator Welch: Yay b. By a vote of 19-1-5 SA.2021.85.02 is passed D. Special Business a. Creation of Elections Commission i. Chair Connolly-Sisk Nominates Chair Paturzo 1. Motion Seconded 2. Chair Accepts ii. Chair Germaine Nominates Chair O’Brien 1. Motion Seconded 2. Chair Accepts iii. Senator DeBiso Nominates Senator Hotaling 1. Motion Seconded 2. Senator Accepts iv. Chair Connolly-Sisk Nominates Vice President Osner 1. Seconded 2. Declined v. Chair O’Brien Nominates Secretary Greenberg 1. Seconded 2. Accepts vi. Chair Germaine Nominates President Stark 1. Seconded 2. Declined vii. Chair Connolly Sisk Nominates Chair Colon 1. Seconded 2. Declined viii. Chair Germaine Nominates Senator Welch 1. Second 2. Accepts ix. Chair Connolly Sisk moves to ratify elections commission by roll call vote 1. Motion Seconded a. Comptroller Cote: Yay b. Appropriations Chair Liebowitz: Yay c. Club Resources Chair Ortiz: Yay d. Communications Chair Colon: Yay e. Programming Chair Paturzo: Yay f. Academic Affairs Chair Connolly-Sisk: Nay g. Equity & Inclusion Chair Germaine: Yay h. Facilities & Operations Chair Aquino: Yay i. Wellness & Campus Safety Chair O’Brien: Yay j. Senator Behm: Nay k. Senator Cheng: Yay
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Senator Congdon: Yay Senator DeBiso: Abstain Senator DeCrescenzo: Yay Senator Doherty: Abstain Senator Funk: Yay Senator Kang: Abstain Senator Patane: Yay Senator Perez: Abstain Senator Potula: NV Senator Rudder: Yay Senator Schanck: Yay Senator Shareef: Yay Senator Welch: Yay i. By A vote of 24-1-1 b. Presentation by Senator DeBiso i. Presents on the resources that we have for students 1. Work Order 2. Compass Dining 3. Academics 4. Works with Students to help Advocacy E. E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. A student leader meeting with the new University President will be happening soon. If there is anything specific that you would like addressed, please let us know. b. Vice President - A. Osner i. The new Director of OSLE will be joining Cabinet and Senate next week as he will be SGA’s new acting advisor. ii. We will be attempting to have one in person Senate meeting on April 22nd for all who are comfortable with doing so. An online option will still be available. c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. Nothing to Report d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. Had a Meeting with Sam 1. Worked on Website 2. Updates to Calendar 3. Meeting with Sev updates and help accommodate adjustment to SGA and Hofstra 4. Staff Appreciation Letters 5. Compass Dining F. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. Treasurer Training is currently happening. Reach out to any club E-Board members you know of and get the information out to them.
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The committee is looking into artists who could potentially give a virtual concert for the Spring Fall Fest. b. Club Resources - K. Ortiz i. Looking over S.A.2 during the week ii. Working on club Outreach iii. Club space allocation was pushed a week c. Communications - A. Colon i. SGA Take over please look at the Google Doc d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. Build-A-Friend is in the works now e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk i. CUA & CAE met with Marc and Diane to discuss plans for next semester as well as other advising area concerns ii. IT & EdTech are continuing to research the technological strategies of other educational institutions iii. DAV(e) will now be meeting with SAC on March 24th iv. Will be meeting with Vice Provost Blue next week f. Equity & Inclusion - W. Germaine i. Meeting with Cornell Craig Tomorrow ii. HOLA is having an event Next week please come g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. Updates from Joe Barkwill 1. Wifi in Pride Den 2. Tents are Coming Back March 22nd h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. Discussed Proposal and resolution ii. Updates from Wellness regarding iii. Working on licensing but there are lots of Laws that the school has to follow iv. Updates to staffing i. Senator Patane moves to pass all committee minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed G. Announcements H. For Good of the Order I. Snap Cup J. Adjournment a. Chair Conolly-Sisk moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 8:24 pm
Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended:
Elections Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 1 03/15/21 7:00 PM Chair M. Hotaling Chair A. Paturzo Senator B. Welch
Chair D. O’Brien Secretary C. Greenberg
Arrived Late: Absent: I. II.
Elections for Election Commission Committee Chair: A. Say congratulations to Michael for being elected as Chair!! Elections Discussion: A. 85th’s Turnover is on April 29th, 2021! B. Next meeting, we will be ironing out the dates for Elections Information Sessions/Campaigning/Voting/etc. C. Will be reaching out to our Severino, our amazing new Advisor, to discuss how we want things to proceed for this Election season. D. Reminder: if you are planning to run in this election, you MUST attend one of the information sessions we are planning. No exceptions.
Meeting Adjourned
7:08 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Chair Michael A. Hotaling Election Chair
Meeting Commenced Attendance Attended:
Appropriations Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 6 03/15/21 7:33 PM Chair A. Liebowitz Senator M. Hotaling Chair W. Germaine Senator B. Welch
Comptroller N. Cote Senator J. Kang Associate J. Lee Senator A. Rudder
Arrived Late: Absent: I. II. III. IV.
Associate A. Sierra
Senator M. Safian
SGA Housekeeping Muslim Student Association Women’s Rugby Football Club Spring Fall-Fest Talent Review
Week 6 Allocations: Club Name:
Item:
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Allocated
Percentage Allocated
Muslim Student Association
Iftar Dinners for Ramadan
$ 4,993.95
$ 4935.45
98.83 %
Total
$ 4,993.95
$ 4,935.45
98.83%
Total Requested
Total Allocated
Total Percentage
$ 4,993.95
$ 4,935.45
98.83%
$ 870.00
$ 300.00
34.48%
Uniform Shorts
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
100.00%
Total
$ 990.00
$ 420.00
42.42%
Total Requested
Total Allocated
Total Percentage
$ 990.00
$ 420.00
42.42%
Women’s Rugby Uniform Jerseys Football Club
Meeting Adjourned Respectfully Submitted, Chair Aaron Liebowitz
8:36 PM
Club Resources Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Meeting #6 03/15/2021
Meeting Commenced 7:05 PM Attendance Attend Associate Zacchia Senator Behm
Senator Perez Senator Potula Chair Aquino Chair Connolly-Sisk Chair Ortiz Absent
Introduction/Opener I.
Kahoot for Pages 7-11 A. Pages 11-14 for next week
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Tik Tok A. Tonight, by midnight
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Outreach Updates A. Next week emails clubs to fulfill requirements of their election B. Senator Behm Updates: 1. MSA printing posters
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Updates A. Delay on office space applications
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Start Reviewing Club Constitutions A. What should be in a club constitution
Meeting adjourned at 7:26 Respectfully Submitted, Chair Kristin Ortiz
Communications Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Weekly Meeting 6 03/15/2021 Meeting Commenced 6:31pm Attended: Senator Thomas Doherty Senator Daniel DeCrescenzo Chair David O’Brien Senator Andrew Patane Senator Afsah Shareef Senator Julie Singh
Senator Gigi Walker Associate Olivia Bevinetto (left early) Associate Alma Glavatovic Associate Alisha Riggs Associate Mac Sykes Chair Antonella Colon Absent: 1. High/Low 2. Social Media a. Instagram i. First Take Over Tuesday ii. Great Job Gigi! b. TikTok i. Started to post committee TikToks ii. Posted Comms yesterday and programming today iii. Come up with new idea for next week 3. Thomas’s Wellness Wednesdays a. Weight Training 4. Alumni Panel 5. April Programming a. Spring into Action Week- 4/5-4/9 i. Advocacy Forum- 4/7 ii. TikTok dance/activity? iii. Get members from other clubs to sponsor/testify on the survey or dm other clubs to post about it b. Elections i. Campaigning- 4/19-27 ii. Senior Spotlight iii. Tickets record an Instagram Takeover iv. Info Sessions (TBD) v. Voting 4/28-4/29 Meeting Adjourned 7:36pm Respectfully Submitted, Antonella Colon Communications Chairwoman
Programming Committee Minutes
Weekly Meeting #6 3/16/21 Meeting Commenced 6:30 PM Zoom Code: 983 9715 5171 Attendance Attended
Senator Susan Cheng Senator Calob Congdon Senator Maxie DeBiso Senator Katie Funk Senator George Kaludis Senator Faith Schanck Associate Amanda Doherty Associate Nicole Kerr Associate Jessaia McGriff Associate Gabrielle Schroeder Chair Alexa Paturzo
Absent 1. Check in 2. Programming Ideas a. Advocacy centered programs i.
Sexual Assault Awareness Program during April 1. Update 2. Meeting
b. Build-A-Friend i.
Update
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Date- April 28th; 8-10pm
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Netherlands Core
c. Spring into Action Week i.
April 5th-9th
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April 7th- Advocacy forums
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Surveys
3. Remember to register for Fall semester classes! 4. Housekeeping
a. Sign up for elections, Senators are required to complete two club elections this semester. b. Absences c. Questions?
Meeting Adjourned 7:02 PM Respectfully Submitted, Alexa Paturzo Programming Chair
Academic Affairs Committee Minutes Spring 2021 Meeting #6 03/18/21 Meeting called to order at 6:00 pm est Attendance Attended Chair Connolly-Sisk Chair Paturzo Senator Behm Senator Congdon
Senator Walker Senator Kaludis Senator Schanck Associate Navarro
Absent Visitors A. Icebreaker a. Tell me what you’re most excited to do once spring is fully here!
B. Updates from me a. Updates from Vice Provost Blue b. TikTok! C. Draft questions for SAW a. Please rate on a scale of 1-5 (Scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree): I feel like Hofstra offers enough sections of major related courses b. Please rate on a scale of 1-5 (Scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree): I would like to still have an option to take classes online for fall 2021 c. Please rate on a scale of 1-5 (Scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree): I think even if Hofstra returns to a traditional school environment, professors should have to undergo a technical literacy program D. Subcommittees a. CUA/CAE i. How can we help advertise the events admin are putting on to support students? b. IT/EdTech i. Meeting with Ed Tech in the coming weeks c. DAV(e) i. Having a meeting with Julie on the 26th at 1:30pm ii. Meeting with SAC on the 24th to catch up and brainstorm E. The Weekly Norm a. Sign-up for elections! b. Review Absence Policy :) c. I want to grab coffee with all of you- reach out to me! F. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm est Respectfully Submitted,
Khiya Connolly-Sisk Academic Affairs Chair
Equity and Inclusion Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #6 3/18/21 Meeting Commenced 6:02 PM Attended
Visitor Absent
Attendance Associate Lila Campbell Chair Antonella Colon Chair Will Germaine Senator Bryan Perez Senator Maheen Safian Senator Afsah Shareef Senator Suzie Cheng Senator Anja Rudder
1. Peak/Pits 2. Check-ins a. Subcommittees Assignment i. Programming : 1. Lila, Suzie 2. Possible safe space event ideas ii. Outreach:
1. Anja, Bryan, Afsah 2. Email drafts iii. Research: NO Hate programs 1. Anto, Maheen 2. Possible safe space ideas b. Task for each subcommittee i. Assigned. Due next committee. 3. Chair Updates a. Meeting with Cornell i. Updates ii. Office Hours coming soon b. HOLA event tonight! i. come! c. Racial Equity Council i. South African Human Rights Day ii. Tuesday @4 d. SAW Questions i. Knowledge of the Ethics reporting system 1. Email Vice Provost about system e. RHA Environmentalism Week 4. Questions/ What's up a. Meeting Adjourned
6:30 pm
Respectfully Submitted, Will Germaine Equity and Inclusion Chair
Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes S20 Weekly Meeting #6 3/18/21 Meeting Commenced 6:00pm Attendance Attended Chair Bernice Aquino Associate Aleyana Boothe Senator Maxie DeBiso Senator Thomas Doherty Associate Abia Farzandali Senator Katherine Funk Associate Anthony Papasodero Senator Andrew Patane Senator Julie Singh Senator Benjamin Welch Absent I. II.
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Icebreaker: Do you cut your sandwiches vertically or horizontally? How’s your week been? Updates from 1-1 with Zaibis A. Club office space renovations will begin on 3/31. Tara & Alexa have been involved in the process. B. For sustainability - suggested that Paul Romano is the best person to stay in contact with. Also said to reach out to Wellness & Chair O’Brien for any previous research. Aleyana - how did your meeting go about the Parent & Family Garden? Any updates?
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Julie is our point person for the Calkins/Hammer Lab renovations. Looking forward to hearing updates once the meetings start!
Meeting adjourned 6:30pm Respectfully submitted, Bernice Aquino Facilities & Operations Chair
Wellness & Campus Safety Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #6 3/18/21 Meeting Commenced 6:00 PM Attendance Attended Senator DeCrescenzo Senator Hotaling Senator Kang Chair Liebowitz Chair Ortiz Senator Potula Associate Sanchez Chair O’Brien
Visitor Absent
Chair Ortiz (excused)
1. Highs and Lows a. It’s midterm season but the weather is nicer! 2. Wellness Wednesdays a. Associate Sanchez will create content for 3/24/21 b. Chair Liebowitz will create content for 3/31/21 3. Wellness/Campus Safety Chair 2021 - 2022 a. Reach out with questions! 4. Resolution/Proposal a. More financial wellness ideas 5. SAW 2021 Questions
a. How comfortable are students with taking in person classes for Fall 2021? b. Come up with more! 6. Menstrual Product Proposal a. Working on wording for proposal Questions/Concerns i. None
Meeting Adjourned
6:30 pm
Respectfully Submitted, David O’Brien Wellness & Campus Safety Chair