2009 12 14 Minutes
THE NEW SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY STUDENT SENATE MINUTES
December 14, 2009
66 Fifth Ave room 600F @ 9pm
Submitted by Peter Ian Cummings, Secretary of the Senate
Members (6 voting): Christopher Walsh, Dan Schulman, Eric Eingold, Alfonso Cuaycong, Sindy Varela, Peter Ian Cummings
(Absent: Daniela Capistrano, Taylor Janes, Chris Crews, Helen Weselcouch, Nate Kleinman, Pat Korte, Rachel Fudim-Davis, Tushar Gogia, Jonathan Ziese.)
Helen Weselcouch is now suspended, and Pat Korte remains suspended, for non-attendance under Constitution XII G.
Special Guests: Amy Minter (Provost’s Office), Lisa Selca and Lacey Keller (from Economics Conference).
1. Call to order.
Co-chair Peter Ian Cummings called the meeting to order at 9:20pm. Eric Eingold was appointed stack taker.
2. American Student Government Association.
Subject was postponed for discussion to January due to lack of quorum.
3. Economics Conference.
Lisa and Lacey said they would return in January with a proposal for their conference. Amy Minter said the Provost’s Office may be able to provide some funding.
4. Events.
Peter suggested that we allocate $10,000 for five second semester all-campus events. This passed 6-0 and the meeting decided to send the proposal out via internet.
5. Agenda items on website.
Peter suggested the following:
(a) Socially responsible investing — should be changed to a smile since the trustees passed the proposal to establish an SRI committee.
(b) Students on board — should be changed back to a frown, since the trustees are not currently adding students to the board as per the committee resolution, pending restructuring of the board.
(c) Study space — should be changed to a smile since the 80 Fifth Avenue space is a study center (not a student center, as Chris Crews and others have stated.)
(d) Student Center — should be separated from the above and returned to a frown since we will still have no student center with space for performance based programs to use, place for parties, etc etc. This was discussed at the last meeting.
Peter will bring the agenda items back to next meeting due to lack of quorum.
6. Committees.
Peter said there may be a problem with committees (such as the facilities committee) where members do not report back to the USS. Dan suggested that we appoint a committee liaison to make sure members report back. This was postponed to next meeting due to lack of quorum.
7. Disciplinary Panel.
Under new procedure, USS has one member on disciplinary panel that hears disciplinary cases against students. Peter will email the members to see who wants to do it.
8. Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 10:16pm.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER IAN CUMMINGS
Secretary of the Senate.