Agenda 6.3.15 & Minutes 5.27.15

Post date: Jul 31, 2015 3:15:04 AM

Agenda 6.3.15

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. Reports

  3. Gift Money Allocation

  4. Skip Bean Award Money Allocation

  5. Staff of the Year Award Money Allocation

  6. J Comm Elections Bylaw Revision

  7. Committee Meetings (Elect Committee Chairs)

  8. Notes and New Business

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

~Oscar Wilde

Council Minutes 5.27.15

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. Reports

  3. Co-Curricular Budget

     • Full description: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JrP_1M0SKlv9HvDvMOGQVx20phPRsMKGnvbPl5CPReU/edit#gid=0

     • Motion Passes

  4. Money Allocation

     • I move to allocate $100 for a gift for Mr. Smith.

     • Motion Passes

  5. Committee Introduction

     • Descriptions of individual committees

  6. Athletics Over Break

     • Gives people the opportunity to spend time with family

     • Baseball team has suffered from not having practices and games over April Vacation

     • Has potential negative consequences on academics if athletic events are condensed over times when students have classes

     • Council needs more information from athletic department

     • Motion to refer motion to Admin Committee

       • Motion to amend referral to Student Life Committee

       • Amendment passes

     • Referral passes

  7. J Comm Bylaw Notification

     • Amend Article VII, Letter F, 3 ii to read “Elections will take place in the fall and will be organized by the Organizational Engineering Committee”

     • Strike Article VII, Letter F, 3 iii

     • Motion to place bylaw revision at the beginning of next week’s meeting

     • Motion passes

  8. Discussion about relevance of X-Periods

     • There are many ways in which X-Periods are used

     • Some classes don’t get a single X day in the entire year

     • Good time to get work done during school

  9. Meeting Adjourns