senate minutes archive

8:03 pm
I. Invocation- Nick Leslie
II. Roll Call- 1 absence
III. Reports
a. President
i. Letter to the House- Scout’s letter read by Carrie
ii. Presentation of ASCC Meeting Guidelines
b. Vice President- Report of D.C. trip
c. Treasurer
d. Secretary- Contact information check (all information on the bulletin board outside of Scout’s office). Please make sure your contact info. is correct.
IV. Correspondence
a. Other
V. Old Business
a. Other
VI. New Business
a. Psychology Club Presentation- Accepted by Senate as a new club (14/16)
b. Sociology Club Presentation- Accepted by Senate as a new club (12/16)
c. Up Til’ Dawn Program- More discussion next week
d. Other
VII. Committee Reports
a. Committee Sign Ups
i. Community Development Committee
ii. Food Committee
iii.
VIII. Announcements- Senator Issues mentioned: Coffee shop closed too early (possible survey needs to be done?), flex dollars to be used at concession stands?, moving out of buildings in the summer- why?
IX. Other
X. Adjournment- 8:28 pm

I. Call to Order- at 8 pm
II. Invocation- Kevin Jam
III. Roll Call
IV. Approval of Minutes
V. Executive Reports
a. President
i. Other- Friday, Fall board meeting
b. Vice President
i. Other
c. Secretary
i. Other
d. Treasurer
i. Other- Budget Committee Report. Proposed Increases- 6.9% Tuition, 5% R&B, 3.1% Food.
VI. Correspondence
a. Other- Carroll Crazies Goals- presented to the administration. Reading of goals.
-2006 Saint’s Golf Tournament (cancelled), but recognition of $100 donation will be mentioned at upcoming football game.
VII. Old Business
a. Other
VIII. New Business
a. Salsa club- Moved to next meeting
b. Removal of Clubs (Over 2 absences)- All voted for GSA to be removed. GSA officially removed as a club.
c. Other
IX. Committee Reports
a. Community Development Committee
i. Up Till Dawn- Alyssa Welch (director) spoke- explanation of event. 6 members per team with 1 captain. Senators should be on a team, if not leading one. For the finale, most of entertainment is donated and we spend some of our own $.
b. Student Issues Committee
i. Freshmen Drinking- Alpha Seminar freshmen class survey regarding drinking in Guad. Review of survey.
ii. Other
X. Announcements
a. Other- Food Committee- No meeting as of yet. E-mails have gone out and are planning a meeting. Get Sodexho contract.
-Club announcements made.
XI. Adjournment – at 8:28 pm

I. Call to Order- 8:03 pm
II. Invocation- Patrick Harris
III. Roll Call- 1 absence, 1 excused
IV. Approval of Minutes- Approved
V. Executive Reports
a. President
i. Welcome to Ben MacIntyre- Originally from Helena. Recently was at a Catholic College in San Diego. Office OC207- Open door policy!
-Introducing of Senate and Exec. Board
-Gabe- “What is the biggest change you’ve made?” BM- “Changing focus and having ethic of caring. Getting back to building community.”
-Carrie- “Is it too laidback now as far as drinking rules?” BM- “Going through Carroll and not police. Drinking rules have not changed though.”
-Freshmen- Gets crazy at Friday around 11 pm. Late night problems- drunken belligerence. The select few that are causing the problems aren’t getting caught. CAs don’t catch all of it- some are absent quite frequently. Problem with high school students being in dorms. Security over the last 2 weekends has gotten better.
BM- CAs are there to help provide a safe environment- not eradicate drinking. If you’re concerned, talk to Jim Carney, the desk, or a CA.
Judith- Suggested posting something on how to get help or report an incident.
Jeff- Guys are smoking pot all the time on my floor and my CA has mentioned it, but it’s a constant problem that’s not getting fixed. Same room, same guys.
-Guad pool tables need to be fixed (Patrick is on it).
ii. Board Report- Scout reports for: Academic Affairs’ Goals: Strengthen fine arts, environmental focus, Helena strategy (more part-time, non trad. Students), expanding theology, Human and Animal bonding program, Facility enhancement, enlarge and make more international programs, and strengthen the honors program. Developing more co-curricular programs. Strengthening of Student services. Possible masters in several programs. Like the idea of having classes live together. There will be a cross country team now.

Sophomore Retention- Parking changes. Convenience and safety is a concern for sophomores. Doors of St. Charles are also randomly locked at different times of the day.
Retention- Are people getting into the classes they want?
Also no good places for study in St. Charles. Only place available is on 4th floor and computers are not accessible and it’s in the middle of a residence hall.
iii. Other
b. Vice President
i. Other
c. Secretary
i. Other
d. Treasurer
i. Other
VI. Correspondence
a. Other
VII. Old Business
a. Other
VIII. New Business
a. Salsa club- Cancelled.
b. Other
IX. Committee Reports
a. Community Development Committee
i. Up Till Dawn Presentation- This week is Awareness week. The All Team Meeting will be on November 27th from 5-10 pm. No team fee.
b. Student Issues Committee
i. Other
X. Announcements
a. Other- Clubs that want funding will have to have an Up Till Dawn team
Patrick- Bus to Butte on Saturday. Sign-ups this week. Non-alcoholic event. The person that provided the $ for the bus gave it that it would be non-alcohol because alcohol and drugs almost destroyed his life.
XI. Adjournment – 8:54 pm

I. Call to Order- 8 pm
II. Invocation- Kevin Jam
III. Roll Call- 2 Absences
IV. Approval of Minutes- Approved
V. Executive Reports
a. President
i. Flex $ Success- Can now use flex dollars in the PE center/Stadium
ii. Community Service for Clubs- Requiring clubs that want $ to do community service- such as Up Til Dawn
iii. Other
b. Vice President
i. Guests at ASCC Meetings- Inviting Admin./faculty to meetings to hear student voices.
ii. Other
c. Secretary
i. Attendance Report- Will be sending out individual e-mails on attendance.
ii. Other
d. Treasurer
i. Other
VI. Correspondence
a. Other
VII. Old Business
a. Other
VIII. New Business
a. How to Improve Student Government- Save for later. Think on it and be ready to give feedback.
b. Other
IX. Committee Reports
a. Community Development Committee
i. Up Till Dawn – Senate team? Saint of the Month will start meeting.
b. Student Issues Committee
i. Guad Community- Pat Harris made a new survey to hand out and would like to work more with CAs instead of through ASCC
ii. Other
c. Food
i. Meeting with Sodexho Report- Poor attendance. Talked to Gerry (30 min. meeting) about goals, etc.
X. Announcements
a. Military Movie Night, Monday, November 13th- ROTC @ 7 pm “The Great Raid” in honor of Veteran’s Day
b. Other- No more e-mail of minutes. Look on the website from now on.
XI. Adjournment – 8:09 pm

I. Call to Order- 8:01 pm
II. Invocation- Carrie Ritter
III. Roll Call- 1 Excused, 1 Absence
IV. Approval of Minutes- Approved. Now available online.
V. Executive Reports
a. President
i. Other- Clubs have been having internal issues- we’ve been encouraging them to deal with their issues by themselves and then come to us if they can’t be resolved.
Discussed the ethics with clubs.
b. Vice President
i. Other
c. Secretary
i. Other
d. Treasurer
i. Other- Approving lots of club financial requests.
VI. Correspondence
a. Other
VII. Old Business
How to Improve ASCC- Nick: Put agenda out earlier- so that senators can come prepared to discuss topics. Do we need to have 6 meetings?
Answer: yes, but some just end up being shorter.
-Gabe: Discussions have improved this year. And it was good that the freshmen senators brought up issues.
-Scout: Report of House comments.
-General: Idea of Senate newsletter
-Jim on Student Policy involvement: Students in the past have had as much involvement as they want- it’s up to them. Administration is more than willing to work with ASCC. Those who want to participate are encouraged.
a. Other
VIII. New Business
a. Senior Class Christmas Party- On Saturday, Dec. 9th
b. ASCC Christmas Party, Dec. 7th- Participation- Need help. Serving at 5:30 pm. Scout will be e-mailing Senators for help.
c. ASCC Elections in April- Last election had minimal participation. The Senate needs to be a big part of the next ASCC Elections in April.
d. Other
IX. Committee Reports
a. Community Development Committee
i. Up Til Dawn Report- 4200-4300 letters. 160 people out of about 200 showed up at the all team meeting (Those senators and other individuals that did not make the meeting can still pick up their letters or drop them off on Monday).
ii. Saint of the Month
b. Student Issues Committee
i. Other
c. Food
i. Other
X. Announcements
a. Other- 4th Senior Senator, Cathy Redfern
-Check e-mails consistently
-Outdoor Club is revamping and could use lots of help- meeting on Friday at noon in the ASCC offices
XI. Adjournment – 8:58 pm
XII. Jim Hardwick’s Visit:
-Dr. Burberett has been working with 10 faculty on the environmental studies program
-Going to review having a performance choir for next year, and it will hopefully start touring the year after.
-Support for human-animal bonding project. Set up advisory board.
-Athletics: Men and Women’s X-Country team being started next Fall. Looking at recruiting 20 new freshmen (as well as upper-classmen) to run X-Country
-National Survey Project- Next semester- Checking student engagement (Checking social stuff, teacher-student relationships, etc.). This will be Carroll’s 1st year of participation.
-Budget Committee: College had to look at changing healthcare providers. Trying to set a reasonable fee level. Can’t keep raising the tuition as much as it has been in the past- trying to keep it under a 5% increase.
Trying to increase financial aid to Juniors and Seniors.
College budget of 28-30 million- 8 million to financial aid and a large chuck is payroll to staff.
-Looking at hiring academic tutors for each residence hall- and giving those people a break on housing. Would like to offer more academic assistance.
-Videos promoting living on campus- and winning video receives possible free housing.
-Funding: Increase in student fee to fund Arrive Alive.
Kelly Parsely has resigned from the Friendship Center- so we are meeting with the F.C. to find someone else to share roles- we need to come up with $8,000.
Additional RN support is needed in the healthcare center, and they haven’t yet been able to add a staff member. Kathleen has put together a proposal for a part-time RN.
These activities would cause a $15 increase/student.
-Burberett would like each major to have an extra curricular activity group for their majors (ex.EWB)- these groups would have to go through the ASCC club process.
-Arrive Alive was used by a total of 148 students last month.

-ASK THE ADMIN. ?: One ? came up about drug dealing on campus. The Helena PD and Missouri River are responsible for all drug investigation, not Carroll. You can pass information on and it’s important for all students to know that.

-- Sean: Professor evaluations keep getting locked and it’s getting really annoying trying to do them. Could they put them on the Square?
Emily: Why can’t you do an evaluation on a teacher not coming back next year?
Jim: The process has more to do with a teacher getting tenured.
General: Adjuncts need evaluations.
Jack: Online summer courses?
Jim: No, but they have been talking about offering more summer courses in general.