LAS Student Council Meeting Minutes

September 26, 2007

Present:
Matt Richman - Criminal Justice
Josh Bird, James Montgomery - BPMI
Emile Bowe - GDCB (Genetics) – embowe@iastate.edu
Kristin Wiegman, Molly Stalley - Biology
David Imberti – Mathematics – fephisto@gmail.com
Physics
Tim Reineke – GSB
Malory Klocke - English
Julie Neppl - Economics
Brandi Gesinger - Psychology
Eric Fackrell – Pre-Professional Health Programs
Rachel Butterworth - Geology and Atmospheric Studies
Jon Turk – GSB – jturk@iastate.edu
Kevin P. Riley – Philosophy – kpr@iastate.edu
Stacey Goodman – Music – sgoodman@iastate.edu
Jeff Erickson - Political Science – jeffer99@iastate.edu
Becca Miller – Sociology – rmiller1@iastate.edu
Patrick Teply – World Languages and Cultures
Adam Welker – BBMB – punkdc@iastate.edu

Excused:
Taleen Brady – GSB

Guests:
Elyse Harper - VEISHEA

Call to Order

Minutes for 8/29 and 9/12 - Approved

GSB Report – Senator Turk is on the Student Affairs Advisory Committee; talk to him with issues for the Dean of Students

New Business

1. LAS Council Conference Fund
1. Application due November 7th
2. Forms being sent out tonight
3. Council decides, but usually allocates $30/student
4.  
2. Dean Whiteford
1. Meeting on October 24th
2. We'll be having pizza and pop!
3. If you have questions, you can ask him. Please forward questions to Juile beforehand when possible. (Julie's e-mail is jneppl@iastate.edu)

Old Business

1. Ice Cream Social was last Thursday
1. Ice cream was melty and late
2. Homecoming
1. October 14-20
2. Julie will ask about wristbands
3. Clubs can have tables
4. Will be located somewhere in Central Campus
5. Homing contacts
1. Emily Northey – Sponsorship Co-Chair – northey.emily@gmail.com – 515-231-9429
2. Phil Clemens – Sponsorship Co-Chair – clem1496@iastate.edu
3. VEISHEA
1. VEISHEA has lots of committees to be on – Apply!
1. On the iastate.edu page, click on VEISHEA
2. Don't be scared by application – it's simple.
2. VEISHEA contacts
1. Megan Todd – meganbtodd@iastate.edu
2. Kyle Peterson – kyleopeterson@iastate.edu
3. Elyse Harper – elyse353@iastate.edu

Open Forum

1. Attendance requirements:
1. For organization representatives
1. Only one unexcused absence (or two excused absences) is permitted per semester.
2. The first LAS Council meeting (August 29, 2007) of the year does not count towards the absences.
3. After you exceed the absences for the semester, your organization cannot receive funding for the semester.
2. For GSB senators
1. The rule is the same as listed in GSB Bylaws – GSB senators may be unexcused from no more than 1/3 of the meetings of the Council.
3. If you really can't make it to a meeting
1. If you can't make it and you need an excused absence, any of the officers can excuse you
2. Organization representatives can have a substitute attend the meeting for them and it won't be counted as an absence
2. SORP
1. The new Student Organization Recognition Policy is going into effect
1. The Council will need to modify the Constitution and Bylaws to remain a registered student organization
2. We will need to decide which “tier” of membership we wish to apply for – different tiers come with different privileges with regards to room allocations, vehicle rental, etc.
3. There are concerns as to whether the privileges accorded to the faculty advisor and dean conflict with the SORP requirements with regard to student-only voting and student control of student organizations
2. Reineke, Turk, and Brady will prepare a presentation on the impact of the SORP for the next meeting

Adjourn