Student Government of Seattle University

Representative Assembly Meeting

Meeting Minutes
April 15, 2015 STCN 130 at 6:00 p.m.
I.

Call to Order
Raquel calls the meeting to order at 6:01 PM

II.

Roll Call (initial on the line)

Eric Sype, President _________
Raquel Davalos, Executive Vice President _________
Matthew Kelly, Vice President of Finance _________
Meggie Green, Vice President of University Affairs _________
Luke Larsen, Senior Representative _________
Manuel Siguenza, Junior Representative _________
Palmyra Jackson, Sophomore Representative_________
Owen Goetze, At-Large Representative _________
Mark Vargas, At-Large Representative _________
Sarah Coluccio, Athletic Representative
absent
Monica Chan, Multicultural Representative ___absent___
Lynn Doan, Commuter Representative _________
Jordan Murakami, Transfer Representative _________
Jaden Phan, International Representative _________
Braden Wild, Students with Disabilities Representative _________
Jarrod Gallagher, Nontraditional Representative _________
Isheeta Tewari, Freshman Representative _________
Tanish Bhojwani, Freshman Representative _________

III.

Approval of the Minutes

Motion passes unanimously with abstention from Sarah Coluccio, Braden Wild, and Monica Chan.

IV.

Public Comment None

V.

Guest Speakers None

VI.

Old Business None

REPA 20150408 SGSU Project Chart Update (Steering Committee)
Raquel: I seek a motion to address this after the New Business.
Owen: So moved.
Manuel: Seconded.
Raquel: Motion passes unanimously.

Raquel: Lets do a quick tutorial of the calendar.

Lynn: In order for this to work you have to accept the invitation.
Raquel: 10th and Madison Project?
Owen: TBD.
Raquel: Tobacco Free?
Eric: Completed.
Raquel: Sexual Assault Committee?
Kristen: Im working on it through other avenues
Manuel: I will follow up with it.
Raquel: Bikes.
Jarrod: I met with Ryan Kennedy to discuss.
Margaret: ERIC Kennedy.
Raquel: Transfer Life Event.

VII.
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Jordan: Thats this Friday! 11am-2pm in STCN 110!

Raquel: Club Catalog.
Tanish: Done! The idea behind this was to increase connection.
Raquel: Adjunct Faculty.
Izzy: Were waiting on the court system. Unless we want to actively campaign on behalf of the adjuncts, were in a place of
waiting, as is everyone else.
Raquel: Voting Event Help.
Meg: Ive been talking with Tyler about UA helping Elections with the smores event.
Raquel: #fixitSGSU
Izzy: I check them regularly.
Raquel: Map.
Matt: Monica got funding.
Raquel: Freshman event?
Isheeta: May 23rd
Raquel: Senior Soiree.
Luke: May 28th! Volunteers?
Raquel: Meg?
Meg: Luke, do you have a number of volunteers you need?
Luke: I need 20 people minimum.
Raquel: Halfway There?
Myra: April 24th!
Raquel: SPF?
Matt: Thats a working group now.
Raquel: Gift fund?
Matt: Over.
Raquel: Voter registration?
Kristen: On-going.
Raquel: SUSO event.
Jordan: Thats happening this Saturday and its going to be a lot of fun. Basically all day. The SU SUSO team plays at 9am.
Raquel: If youre around, please go to that. OMA-ISC merger.
Manuel: Its not about this merger in particular, but about the larger restructure in general. If anyone has questions, talk to
Monica.
Eric: This is the leg-work to finding our stance on this issue.
Matt: Name change for SPF to Restructuring Appropriations.
Raquel: If you have ideas, please go for it!
New Business
REPA 20150415 Bylaw Changes (Discussion)
Raquel: Are there any immediate questions? No? Okay. The first change I made was to match the elections code. I added this
part about final quarter seniors, Eric do you want to give background?
Eric: Your final quarter of senior year you do not need to take a full load of classes to maintain your financial aid. The old policy
was out of line with University policy.
Owen: I am concerned that this will result in the seniors being out of touch with the student experience.
Eric: I would think that those in their final term would have had more experience than anyone else with regard to the student
experience.
Matt: It puts an unfair financial burden on that senior to have to take more classes than they need in order to maintain their
position.
Izzy: Why do we bar part-time students from participating in SGSU?
Raquel: I dont even know where to begin having that conversation.
Izzy: This institution is very expensive, so I think it would be worth thinking about.
Raquel: Tonight we cant have this conversation, but at a later time, yes. This next change is with regard to the midterm
appointment process.
Jarrod: Can you explain the midterm appointment committee?
Raquel: The steering committee and the president. *reads from bylaws*
Eric: This is the process we went through to bring Mark and Manuel into this body.
Mark: I felt it was seamless. The process was fine. I think it works.

Manuel: It works. Its fine.

Myra: Should we remove the two references requirement? I feel like its too high of a demand to make on these positions.
Meg: This is how the process went last year.
Kristen: I dont think we need the references part.
Raquel: Okay, so. Just a resume and a cover letter. Moving on. This has to do with the appropriations things Matt requested.
Matt: Were in a working group right now to incorporate individual projects into the appropriations program.
Raquel: We need to add the civic engagement director role to the bylaws. This is a language change from run to seek. The
internal and external chiefs of staff job descriptions are now detailed in the bylaws here. Would it make sense to get rid of this
redundant sentence?
Eric: I think it would be trivial to make this change because theyre so flexible.
Izzy: Exactly, and SGSU hires the person they need and they might not be the exact job description.
Raquel: Are we good with what is here? Do we need more?
Owen: I know were trying to hire a new external COS because Izzy is running, but that puts us in an awkward marketing
place. Do we make it so the external COS cant seek office?
Izzy: It should fall under the responsibility of the Secretary of Elections. They have the budget and it keeps the awkwardness
out of the positions seeking office.
Kristen: Seeking office and holding that position are two different things. The marketing aspect is a part of the external COS
job. Its not that hard to separate your bias from your job.
Eric: I would say that by having the external COS do the marketing for elections weve been limiting ourselves. Tyler and his
team feel confident in marketing it this year and thats a great precedent to set.
Raquel: Great. This is the description for the CED position.
Eric: CED was nowhere in any of our governing documents so they couldnt get any funding for projects. It makes sense for
the CED to request funding from the projects fund for large projects but for smaller funds that will come out of the PAB
budgets.
Kristen: Yeah, I dont know how I feel about the wording regarding traditional costs.
Manuel: How about annual costs?
Kristen: Yeah, maybe.
Eric: What about administrative costs?
Raquel: Okay, sounds good. Heres the entire article we added. Basically there was no wording for how reps were to use the
projects fund. So, weve been following precedent and now weve added this formalized bit here. This section pertains to the
amount being less than $500.
Jordan: Is it a unanimous or simple majority with regard to funding requests coming from the executives?
Eric: Simple majority.
Matt: I like the $500 amount. Its a good number.
Raquel: Any final questions?

REPA 20150415 Bylaw Changes JOINT SESSION (Action)

Raquel: I seek a motion to enter a joint session.
Mark: So moved.
Tanish: Seconded.
Raquel: Motion passes unanimously.
Matt: I move to approve the changes.
Eric: I second.
Raquel: The changes pass unanimously.
Eric: I move to close the joint session.
Meg: I second.
Raquel: The motion with opposition from Manuel and Tanish.

REPA 20150415 Budget Update (Matthew Kelly)

Matt: These numbers are up to date. One of the graphs couldnt hold all the information. Heres where were at. *goes through
presentation* Any questions?
Manuel: Not all the budget numbers are up there
Matt: Thats because they arent active.
Jordan: Is there money set aside for the transfer event thats happening soon..?
Matt: Its been set aside, but its not up here because I assembled this last week.
Eric: The PAB budget number is most definitely incorrect.

VIII.

Matt: Well talk later.

Officer Reports:
A) Eric Sype-President:
a. Swishes for Wishes is next Wednesday. Partnership between SAAC and SGSU.
b. Conversations about the Re-Org.
c. Tobacco Free: Ryan has asked that I head up communications. If youre interested in sitting in my place for the
first meeting.
B) Raquel Davalos- Executive Vice President:
a. Bylaws.
b. Swishes for Wishes.
c. Exec. Update:
i. Budget planning.
ii. Bylaw changes.
iii. NJSLC funding: Were sending two people from next years group.
C) Matthew Kelly- Vice President of Finance:
a. Mark your calendars. Appropriations is happening on Saturday.
D) Meg Green- Vice President of University Affairs
a. Academic Assembly:
i. Updates.
b. Breakfast at SPU with other student governments.
E) Representatives
a. Luke Larsen, Senior Representative:
i. Volunteers for Senior Soiree. Please. Please. Please.
b. Manuel Siguenza, Junior Representative:
i. Email regarding events.
ii. Beyond 12th and Jeff event.
iii. Bylaws.
c. Palmyra Jackson, Sophomore Representative:
i. HALFWAY THERE!
ii. CITI meeting next week!
d. Owen Goetze, At-Large Representative:
i. 12th and Jeff event.
e. Mark Vargas, At-Large Representative:
i. Email.
ii. Starting to formulate an idea.
f. Monica Chan, Multicultural Representative:
i. Absent.
g. Lynn Doan, Commuter Representative:
i. Waiting on CTSL for information.
ii. Boat tour next Saturday.
h. Jordan Murakami, Transfer Representative:
i. Conversation with Michele concerning reorg.
i. Jarrod Gallagher, Non-traditional Rep:
i. Beyond 12th and Jeff event.
j. Jaden Phan, International Representative:
i. Nothing to report.
k. Braden Wild, Students with Disabilities Representative:
i. Absent.
l. Sarah Coluccio, Athletic Representative:
i. Absent.
m. Isheeta Tewari, Freshman Representative:
i. Freshman event.
n. Tanish Bojwani, Freshman Representative:
i. Nothing to report.

o. Kristen Wieliczka, Civic Engagement Director:

i. Nothing to report.
p. Izzy Gardon, External Chief of Staff:
i. Meetings.
ii. Advertising.
q. Margaret Quartararo, Internal Chief of Staff:
i. Nothing to report.
F) Advisors
a. Kayla Zobel:
i. Kelsey and I will both be gone tomorrow.
ii. Elections campaigning begins a week from today!
IX.

X.
XI.

Committee Reports
A. PAB:
a. This is Seattle U display.
b. Lemonade promo for elections!
c. First Friday donuts during elections!
B. Steering:
a. Next Saturday, April 25th, is the day of our retreat.
C. Finance:
a. April 18th is appropriations.
D. University Affairs:
a. Elections partnership.
b. Whiteboard issues.
Announcements
Eric: Speaking at Mission Day! I would encourage you all to stay up to date regarding the activism on campus.
Owen: Since it is Mission Day, is the office open?
Raquel: No. In the next couple of days, there will be many signature packets coming in. But them in Tylers box.
Mark: Thank you Owen, Eric, Myra, and a bajillion other people who looked at my email.
Adjournment at 7:18 PM