Roll Call
Members Present: Chris Noustios, Brian Logan, Thaddeus Richards, Brian Vernor (late), Tara Lawrence (Parliamentarian).
Officers Present: Freida Ravasco, Keith Wagner, Benjamin Winker, Josh Mehler, Rob Hatfield, Jessica Shadian.
Advisors Present: Joan Tyson, Rees Hughes.
Chair's Report
Mehler asked that the Council make their comments germane and short due to the length of the agenda and the number of appointments which must be made during the meeting.
Consent Calendar
Vernor arrived at 6:42 p.m.
MOTION: LOGAN/ LAWRENCE move to approve Minutes #3 dated September 9, 1996.
APPROVED AS AMENDED
4 y, 1 n
MOTION: RICHARDS/ NOUTSIOS move to amend the minutes under the President's Report to state that "...President McCrone will announce his decision as to whether or not to proceed with investigating the trimester plan on November 15" and to change the General Council Discussion to state "...for the Course Profiles Club..."
APPROVED
4 y, 1 abst.
Appointments
President
MOTION: RICHARDS/ LOGAN move to appoint Charles Douglas to the position of Professional Studies Representative.
APPROVED
Douglas was seated on the Council.
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint Dorte Jensen to the position of Arts and Humanities Representative.
APPROVED
Jensen was seated on the Council.
MOTION: RICHARDS/ LOGAN move to appoint Chris Johnston to the position of Arts and Humanities Representative.
APPROVED
Johnston was seated on the Council.
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Jason Locher to the position of Professional Studies Representative.
APPROVED
Locher was seated on the Council.
MOTION: RICHARDS/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint Neil Borges to the position of Behavioral and Social Sciences Representative.
APPROVED
Borges was seated on the Council.
MOTION: RICHARDS/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint Alicia Deal to the Instructionally Related Activites Board.
APPROVED
MOTION: LOGAN/ RICHARDS move to appoint Jack Keener to the Equal Rights and Representation Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: RICHARDS/ LOGAN move to appoint John Menke to the Elections Commission.
APPROVED
MOTION: BORGES/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint Lockey Elizabeth White to the University Curriculum Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Mauricio Torres to the Ad Hoc Substance Policy Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: LOGAN/ DOUGLAS move to appoint Steven Carne as the President's Designee on the HSU Foundation.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint Steven Carne to the Instructionally Related Activities Board.
APPROVED
MOTION: RICHARDS/ VERNOR move to appoint Steven Carne to the Student Fee Advisory Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Seona Bae to the Student Health Advisory Committee.
APPROVED
Administrative Vice President
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ LOGAN move to appoint Lockey Elizabeth White to the University Resource, Planning, and Budget Committee.
APPROVED
Student Affairs Vice President
MOTION: JOHNSTON/ VERNOR move to appoint Carmen Tirado-Paredes to the Academic Senate.
APPROVED
The gavel was passed to the Parliamentarian from 7:08-7:10 p.m.
MOTION: NOUSTIOS/ RICHARDS move to appoint Dorothy Lee to the Student Affairs Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: JENSEN/ RICHARDS move to appoint Ianna Nova Frisby to the Public Art Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: LOCHER/ RICHARDS move to appoint John Menke to the Public Safety Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: BORGES/ VERNOR move to appoint Kelly Caldwell to the CenterArts Special Events Advisory Board.
APPROVED
Legislative Vice President
The gavel was passed from 7:17-7:22 p.m.
MOTION: LOGAN/ RICHARDS move to appoint Alicia Deal to the Student Affairs Committee
. APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ VERNOR move to suspend chapter 2, section 1023 of the A.S. Government Code to allow for the appointment of Bodhi Burgess to the Center Arts Special Events Advisory Board.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ RICHARDS move to appoint Bodhi Burgess to the CenterArts Special Events Advisory Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ VERNOR move to suspend chapter 2, section 1023 of the A.S. Government Code to allow for the appointment of David Swaffar to the Communications Committee.
APPROVED
9 y, 1 n
Concern was expressed regarding appointing a student who the Council did not have a chance to interview.
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint David Swaffar to the Communications Committee.
APPROVED
7 y, 3 abst.
Student Affairs Vice President
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ LOCHER move to appoint Steve Gluck to the Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee.
APPROVED
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Steve Gluck to the External Affairs Committee.
APPROVED
President
MOTION: RICHARDS/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Charles Douglas as the President's Designee on the Lumberjack Enterprises Board of Directors.
APPROVED
9 y, 1 abst.
MOTION: LOCHER/ JOHNSTON move to appoint Charles Douglas to the Student Fee Advisory Committee.
APPROVED
9 y, 1 abst.
MOTION: LOGAN/ DOUGLAS move to present the following Council appointments as a singular slate:
Chris Johnston - Provost's Cabinet (provisional appointment) Dorte Jensen - Sexual Assault Prevention Committee Freida Ravasco - President's Designee on the Instructionally Related Activities Comm. Neil Borges - Instructionally Related Activities Committee Neil Borges - Student Health Advisor Committee Jason Locher - HSU Foundation Dorte Jensen - Instructional Communications Advisory Committee Jason Locher - Environmental Health and Occupational Safety Committee.
APPROVED
Wagner explained that the Provost's Cabinet is a result of the dissolution of the Academic Resource Allocation Committee. This committee is not official, so any appointments to it will be provisional until the structure is further defined. He added that there are likely to be two student positions on this committee.
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ NOUTSIOS move to appoint the slate of Council members.
APPROVED
9 y, 1 abst.
MOTION: DOUGLAS/ LOCHER move to appoint Carmen Tirado-Parades to the Equal Rights and Representation Committee.
APPROVED
Program Presentations
Clubs and Activities
Vicki Paul, Clubs Coordinator and Coordinator of the Humboldt Orientation Program, stated that there are approximately 150 clubs at HSU, 9 of which are new this semester. One of the primary services of Clubs and Activities is the provision of funding for clubs to sponsor events or travel. This funding is provided via the Clubs Coordinating Council (CCC). The CCC meets every other Friday, and minutes for the past meetings are posted in the Clubs office. The Clubs office also has limited funding ($200 per semester) for clubs to use for copying and other small projects. Each club may request up to $25 of those funds. Paul stated that she already has more requests than she has funding available, so she is likely to approach the Board of Finance in the future for additional financing.
Another service of the Clubs office is the banner making facilities that are found in the outer room of the office. There is both newsprint and white paper available. Paul stated that the outer room of the Clubs office is now open whenever the building is open to give the Clubs increased access to these supplies and their mailboxes. However, this has led to some problems as there were some expensive markers stolen recently.
Paul mentioned that some of the activities sponsored by the Clubs and Activities office include the annual Leadership Conference (held October 19 of this year), the Clubs and Activities Fair, and the Arts and Music Festival. Clubs and Activities also sponsors the Leadership Resource Center - a room in the University Center which contains books on leadership related issues for student use, a phone, and a computer.
Activities Coordinating Board
Rees Hughes, coordinator of the Activities Coordinating Board, attended the meeting to answer any questions regarding the ACB. He stated that this is the seventh year of the ACB, which receives its funding from the Associated Students, Student Affairs, the state, the Residence Hall Association, and the Humboldt Orientation Program. The ACB has approximately $13,000 available to fund campus-wide programs such as the Diversity Conference, the Leadership Conference, the annual student recognition banquet, the Volunteer Fair, and the Leadership Resource Center. The ACB also funds student initiated projects for an amount up to $250.00. The funding is distributed throughout four granting periods. There are four students on the ACB.
Special Presentation - CSU/HSU One Card Program - Wayne Perryman
Wayne Perryman, campus coordinator of and HSU representative to the system-wide task force considering the implementation of the One Card Program, attended the meeting to explain the proposed program to the Associated Students Council. This plan is still in the process of collecting proposals from vendors, but Perryman is in the process of developing a position paper relaying HSU's opinion of the proposition. Under the proposed system, each student would receive a card in replacement of the identification cards currently used. This new card could contain services from a variety of vendors including a long distance calling plan, dining services, facility access, bank ATM access, student information, point of privilege/ sale capabilities, vending, and campus security. HSU will be able to choose which of the services it would like to provide to students. This plan is the first part of a system-wide integrated technology strategy plan.
Perryman stated that the vendors will be able to put small corporate logos on the cards, and that the University would collect income for the use of those services. These funds would be used for the administration of the card program, thus making it self supporting.
Comments and concerns included: that this program might lead to additional campus security; that this card could be used by the University Police (UPD) to track students as they enter an exit buildings; that HSU may negotiate with the local banks to allow the One Card to be used as a debit card for their accounts; that the card could be used to determine who is in the building in case of an emergency such as an earthquake; that this is against the civil liberties of the students; that there is fear that students would be tracked by the administration; that this presentation is only informational; that there may be on and off campus applications for this card, especially in terms of point of sale transactions; that the Department of Education may be able to use this system to directly deposit student loans into student bank accounts; that the card would contain a bar code, two magnetic strips for the storage of information, and possibly a signature strip; that this card would not be a credit card due to anticipated protests from the parents of students; that there is a possibility that the University will choose to adopt "smart cards" which will contain a 1-64 K memory chip which could hold information such as medical records and academic records.
Discussion continued and included: that there are potential advantages and potential abuses for this system; that this plan might connect creditors in a way that could not be beneficial to the student; that this might lead to other companies moving onto HSU to provide food services; that this issue needs to be discussed in a larger forum; that students would be able to pick and choose which services to use, but all of the services would be connected to the card; that the students should be included in the discussion of this issue before the decision to move forward with the plan is made; that the decision to move ahead with this plan is likely to be made by the end of October or early November; that this plan will be implemented system wide because it provides an economy of scale and therefore is a better position from which to bargain; that a copy of the request for proposals will be made available in the Associated Students office; that there will need to be another administrative position added to deal with the administration of the card if the plan is implemented; that the technological aspects of the program will have be further developed before this program is implemented.
General Forum
There were no open comments from the audience.
Official Reports
General Manager
Tyson welcomed the new Council members and reminded them that she and President Wagner will need to meet with them soon to provide them with an orientation to the Associated Students.
Public Relations
Hatfield mentioned that he recently distributed a letter to the Council detailing his activities.
Hatfield stated that he is working on adding the names of the A.S. programs to the A.S. sign outside of the University Center.
California State Student Association
Shadian stated that there will be a voter registration meeting at 3:30 p.m. on September 26 in the Associated Students offices. She added that the California Faculty Association and some student clubs are also registering voters.
Shadian asked that Council members interested in helping with the CSSA conference meet with her after the meeting.
Legislative Vice President
Mehler welcomed the new Council members and stated that he is looking forward to working with all of them.
Student Affairs Vice President
Winker mentioned that there will be a homecoming dance featuring the HSU Calypso Band on October 5th in the Kate Buchanan Room. The dance is a fundraiser for the Arts and Music Festival.
Administrative Vice President
Ravasco welcomed the new Council members and explained her position on the Council. She asked that the Council members read the Board of Finance minutes before the A.S. Council meetings. She added that the Board of Finance meetings are on Mondays alternating with the Council meetings at 5:30 in Nelson Hall East Room 120.
President
Wagner reminded the Council that they received his report before the meeting. A copy of that report follows these minutes.Committee and Program Reports
Douglas mentioned that the Student Health Advisory Committee is in the process of collecting schedules from its members.
Douglas mentioned that there appears to be no avenue for student input into the allocation of excess funds held by the University Resource, Planning, and Budget Committee. Hughes pledged that the Students Affairs office could be used as a way for students to have input into the allocation of those funds.
Douglas stated that Lumberjack Enterprises is in the process of remodeling the Jolly Giant Commons. Some parking spaces will be lost due to the retrofit, thus increasing the crunch for parking on campus. Douglas also stated that the LJE Board of Directors is discussing the installation of a South Campus convenience store in the first floor of the Student Business Services Building. This store, in the space currently occupied by the mail room, would replace the Lumberin' Jack. He also mentioned that there is a new alcohol policy on campus and that organizations wanting to serve alcohol will now be required to have an one million dollar liability insurance policy.
It was announced that the Women's Center now has workstudy funds available.
General Council Discussion
Douglas asked that anyone having opinions concerning the selling of PepsiCo products on campus contact him so that he may collect those opinions and present them to the Lumberjack Enterprises Board of Directors.
New Business
There was no new business presented at this meeting.
Announcements
It was announced that there will be a teleconference on student health and the integration of mind, body and spirit in the university community on September 26 from 10:00 am to 12:00 p.m. in Gist Hall room 22.
The Council was reminded of the upcoming Leadership Conference on October 19. Wagner stated that he would pay the conference fee for any interested Council members.
The Multicultural Center has open meetings every other week. Contact the MCC for more information and dates.
Douglas reminded the Council to participate in voter registration activities.
The Council was reminded to attend a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed trimester plan on September 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the Kate Buchanan Room.
The A.S. will be sponsoring the showing of The Princess Bride in Founders Hall room 118 at 8:00 on September 27.
Women in Science and Engineering is sponsoring a workshop on fulfillment in careers.
Hatfield and Shadian were thanked for their work.
There will be a Majors Fair on October 3rd.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 p.m.
Submitted by, Approved by, Kelly Flynn Josh Mehler A.S. Secretary Legislative Vice PresidentReturn to Minutes