Associated Students
Associated
Students Council Monday, September 14th, 2009 Minutes
#4 Call to
Order Beth Weissbart,
Legislative Vice President, called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. in the
University Center South Lounge. Roll Call Members Present: Stefanie Chen-Welch, Kristy Eden, Ana Parra, Nathan Rudberg,
Stephanie Partlow, Norman Romero, Iban Rodriguez, NightSnow Vogt Members Absent: Kari Armstrong (excused) Officers Present: Brandon Chapin, Beth Weissbart, Alex Gradine, Joyce Tam,
Elise Gerhart, Amanda Hubacek Advisors
Present: Joan Tyson Approval
of Agenda MOTION: PARRA/PARTLOW
move to approve Agenda #4. APPROVED AS AMENDED Chapin stated
that Dina Haigounian, a student member of the Provost’s Council, requested to
make a committee report early in the meeting. MOTION: PARTLOW/RUDBERG
move to amend the agenda by placing Committee Reports after Approval of
Minutes. APPROVED
Chair's
Report Weissbart had no
report. Approval
of Minutes A.
Approval of Minutes #3 dated August 31st, 2009 – Action Item MOTION: VOGT/PARRA move to approve Minutes #3 dated August 31st, 2009. APPROVED Committee
Reports Dina Haigounian,
a student member of the Provost’s Council, reported that the Council met on
Wednesday and discussed the prioritization of programs into four categories. The lowest ranked category, category four,
consists of programs that by default may be eliminated. Students who are enrolled in these programs
will be allowed to finish their degree, but may find that their program will be
very different than the description listed in the catalog as substitutions will
be used to replace eliminated classes.
The Council recommended that enrollment for these programs to be
closed. Haigounian stated she voted in
favor of the recommendation to make sure that students are enrolled in programs
that will not be eliminated. Haigounian
also suggested that students interested in attending HSU be notified if they
apply for a program that may be eliminated.
Public
Comments (As per the Gloria Romero Open Meeting Act of 2000 authorized by
Section 89306.) Amanda Tracy, a
student at large, commented that she was not aware of a list of programs that
may be eliminated. Dina Haigounian
commented on her frustration regarding Financial Aid. Haigounian feels that the campus may be using
Financial Aid to aid in the attrition of students and reported that her
Financial Aid award has not yet been processed, Appointments
to Committees and Council A. S.
President (Brandon Chapin) MOTION: EDEN/RUDBERG
move to appoint Victor Reuther to the HSU Associated Students Lobby Corps. APPROVED MOTION: EDEN/RUDBERG
move to appoint Victor Reuther to the AS Presents Committee. APPROVED MOTION: EDEN/RODRIGUEZ
move to appoint Victor Reuther to the Student Grievance Committee. APPROVED MOTION: PARRA/RUDBERG
move to suspend AS Government Code Section 6.03 to appoint Jerson Desiderio to
the Student Health Center Advisory Committee.
APPROVED Desiderio is in class and unable to
attend the meeting. MOTION: CHEN-WELCH/PARRA
move to appoint Jerson Desiderio to the Student Health Center Advisory
Committee. APPROVED MOTION: EDEN/PARRA move to appoint
Iban Rodriguez to the Academic Senate. APPROVED MOTION: EDEN/PARTLOW
move to appoint Iban Rodriguez to the Activities Coordinating
Board/MultiCultural Center Allocation Board. APPROVED Rodriguez is the
MOTION: EDEN/PARTLOW
move to appoint NightSnow Vogt to the Associated Students Council as the
California State Student Association Representative APPROVED Vogt will be the voting California State
Student Association Representative. MOTION: RODRIGUEZ/CHEN-WELCH
move to appoint Aaron Wilyer to the Associated Students Council as the
California State Student Association Representative. APPROVED Wilyer will be the Fiscal Coordinator for
the California State Student Association Program. A. S.
Administrative Vice President (Alex Gradine) No appointments. A.S.
Legislative Vice President (Beth Weissbart) MOTION: EDEN/RODRIGUEZ
move to appoint Norman Romero to the AS Campus/Community Service Scholarship
Committee. APPROVED A.S. Student
Affairs Vice President (Joyce Tam) MOTION: PARTLOW/PARRA
move to suspend AS Government Code Section 6.03 to appoint Isaac Malmuth to the
AS Presents Committee.
APPROVED Malmuth is in class and unable to attend
the meeting. MOTION: ROMERO/PARRA
move to appoint Isaac Malmuth to the AS Presents Committee.
APPROVED MOTION: RODRIGUEZ/PARRA
move to appoint Nida Ahmed to the Academic Senate.
APPROVED Old
Business There was no old
business. Official
Reports (10 minutes limit each speaker, additional time at discretion of Chair) Chen-Welch – Chen-Welch
reported that she will be attending the Board of Finance meeting tonight. Armstrong – Absent. Romero – No report. Rodriguez – Rodriguez
reported that he attended the Academic Senate last week. Rodriguez will not be able to attend the
ACB/MCC meeting on Thursday but will be meeting with Tam to go over the
information on Friday. Partlow – Partlow reported
that she will be attending the Board of Finance meeting tonight. Rudberg – Rudberg reported
that he will be meeting with his liaison, The MultiCultural Center, soon. Parra – Parra noted that
she will be a member of the CNRS Lab Fee Committee. Residence
Hall Association (RHA) Representative Report (Vacant) No report. General
Manager (Joan Tyson) Tyson thanked
Council for attending the Fall Retreat over the weekend. The first Board of Finance meeting will be
tonight at 5:00 p.m. in the South Lounge Conference Room. Associate Director
of Student Life (Gail Wootan) Absent. Public
Relations (Elise Gerhart) Gerhart reported
that she has been working on networking with Associated Students groups around
the CSU on Facebook. Gerhart is also
considering creating a pamphlet on public participation for students. AS Presents
(Amanda Hubacek) Hubacek reported
that the Sugar Ray concert was well attended and is looking forward to working
with the AS Presents Committee. No report Vogt reported
that he will be attending his first CSSA meeting this weekend with Chapin and
Wilyer. Legislative
Vice President (Beth Weissbart) Weissbart
reported that the Cabinet for Institutional Change (CIC) is focusing on the
governance of the University. The CIC
has convened a group of leaders from the Academic Senate to work on governance
issues and is also considering bringing individuals from other campuses to
share ideas of what works on their campus.
Weissbart reported that she met with Snyder who discussed significant
changes that are happening in Academic Affairs.
Weissbart will bring more information on the changes to the next
Executive Committee meeting. Student
Affairs Vice President (Joyce Tam) Tam reported
that she attended her first University Center (UC) Board meeting on Thursday,
September 10th. The UC
reported the opening of the Library Café.
Tam also reported that ¾’s of the facilities will be operating in the
new College Creek housing in Fall 2010.
Tam also reported that two fountains will be built where students will
be able to fill up reusable water bottles.
One fountain will be located in The Depot and another at Student
Business Services. Administrative
Affairs Vice President (Alex Gradine) Gradine reported
that he met with the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund committee last week and that
they are interested in collaborating more with AS. The deadline for the first Activities Coordinating
Board/MultiCultural Center Allocation Board grant cycle will be September 17th;
the second cycle’s deadline will be October 15th. Those interested in applying for grants
should download information from the clubs website. President
(Brandon Chapin) Chapin reported
that 33 letters were written by students regarding Furloughs to members of the
California Legislature. Chapin also
reported that he will be signing up for a table for the quad so that Council
members may begin tabling once a week during office hours. Chapin reported that the Academic Senate
discussed shared governance with President Richmond at their last meeting. There is currently a discussion of replacing
the Academic Senate with a University Senate that would subsume much of the
Academic Senates work and committees. The Residence Hall Association will be
forwarding a representative for appointment to Chapin in the near future. The CIC is recommending that committees
without a necessary workload be suspended for the academic year. As a result the President’s Council has been
suspended. Chapin attended the UC Board
meeting on Thursday, September 10th. General
Council Discussion Tam noted that the Sugar Ray concert was good and encouraged
other Council members to take advantage of attending AS Presents shows. General Council Work Session There was no
General Council Work Session. Announcements Council members
who have signed up to play on the intramural softball team may earn a ½ unit of
credit. Softball games will be on Sunday
afternoons. Tam announced that she is
forming an intramural basketball team.
Tam also announced that there are leftovers from the retreat and
encouraged Council to eat them.
Chen-Welch stated that she is a D.J. on KRFH on Thursdays from 10:00
p.m. – 11:00 p.m. and can make announcements on behalf of A.S. Adjournment Weissbart
adjourned the meeting without objection at 3:09 p.m. Recorded by: Rob Christensen AS Secretary Approved by: _______________________ Beth Weissbart Legislative Vice
President |
