Meeting Minutes — Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Johns Hopkins University Student Government Association

I. Call to Order — 7:34pm

II. Roll Call

1. Excused: Diana Baik, Joanna Gawlick, Mimi Gu, Michael Wu
2. Absent: Archie Henry, Saharsh Patel

III. Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve minutes from 2/15/11 by Senator Kirk Sabnani. Seconded by Senator Moses Song.

IV. Executive Officer Reports

a. President — Mark Dirzulaitis

1. Wiz Khalifa tickets going well, we’ve sold about 1100 so far

1. Senior President Josh Ayal: 1100 people or 1100 tickets?
2. Mark: Some people bought two, but it’s pretty close.

2. Met with Dean Boswell and discussed President/Provost meeting agenda. Major goals accomplished (large scale Fall and Spring events, increase in Student Activities Budget). Want to thank them, talk about bigger picture stuff (Olmstead Lot, Freshman Quad, long-term projects, syllabi collection, research board). Start thinking of ideas to discuss at the meeting.
3. Thanks to Wyatt for helping clean up SGA office.

b. Vice President — Elizabeth Duval

1. Need to discuss absences/latenesses; 3 unexcused is a hearing, 6 is a removal. Hearing for Archie Henry will be next week.

c. Treasurer — Wyatt Larkin

1. The budget started with $14,500 from Dean Boswell. At semester mark, spent a little under half; began year with roughly $30,000 in reserves (built up contingency money). Wiz Khalifa and reimbursements will take us down to $20,000. I will be attending Finance Committee meetings from now on.

d. Secretary — Diana Baik

1. Senator Nick Trenton: Diana is excused/no new announcements. I will be acting secretary for tonight.

V. Committee Reports

a. Academic Affairs

1. Soph. President Alexandra Larsen: Meetings will be Tuesdays at 9pm. We want to market the course selection website more the rest of semester. During sophomore class council meeting, Provost Minor suggested making online course reviews mandatory to view grades. Want to create a resolution to back this new system. Senator Max Dworin: Why are we supporting this if we already have the Merlin review system? Wyatt: Merlin data is rather incomplete. This information would give more accurate reviews.

b. Appointments and Evaluations

1. Senator Mike Wu (excused): Kirk: Reviewed two constitutions for provisional groups, checked MSE’s staff application. Only received 2 out of 13 provisional group reports, so we’ll decide what to do with the other provisional groups in the coming week.

c. Campus Affairs

1. Senator Stephanie Hsu: Meetings are Tuesdays at 6:30pm. We’re going to have another bike project proposal before end of semester. Kirk and I are going to work with Dean Boswell about online directory idea and put it on SGA website. Ben’s going to work on getting better scanners for library.

d. Finance

1. Nick: Wyatt will be coming to Finance Committee Meetings from now on. Student Initiatives Grant has been relatively successful so far, we’re in the marketing phase at this point. Want to draft up a new proposal for the $100 start up funding for new student groups, will get it by next meeting. Anyone who has reimbursements, please come see me about getting reimbursed ASAP.

e. Student Involvement

1. Junior President Ardi Mendoza: We’ll be working on Student Initiatives Grant marketing. Moses: Want to get really good vendors for Mattin Markets, will work with Liz on this.

VI. Class Council Reports

a. Senior Class Council

1. Josh: Meetings are at Mondays at 9am. Planning ot have Senior Club Night at Mosaic at Power Plant next Thursday. Getting ball rolling on senior week prep, sent out senior newsletter. Would recommend doing newsletters for other classes.

b. Junior Class Council

1. Ardi: Going to apply for the T-shirt grant from federal credit union for a big junior event at the end of April.

c. Sophomore Class Council

1. Alexandra: We got a double-sided printer in Charles Commons print room. Had a meeting with deans/provost last week, want to plan an event called “Halfway to Graduation Celebration” for the sophomore class, hopefully beginning or end of April. Working with Dave Furman from dining.

d. Freshman Class Council

1. Freshman President Merrill Anovick: Met with Dave Furman and other deans to finalize set up for high table. Mapped out everything in rec center. Coming together nicely. Invites going out today/tomorrow. Please help with advertising/promotion. We have enough space for 800. Another idea: March Madness event, have prizes, etc.

VII. Advisor Report — Jason Heiserman

1. At a conference, will be back next week.

VIII. Old Business

1. Wiz Khalifa tickets

1. Senator Karen Poreh: should we have a reminder for people to buy tickets? Mark: Will send out an email later this week. Will also be pitching to alums. Liz: Have uniform Facebook statuses for Wiz Khalifa.Merrill: How is the seating working out? Do we have our own section? Mark: All schools are grouped together.

2. Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS)jer

1. Wyatt: Met with Kieran Coleman of FAS this week. Funding will come from SAC. Liz: Any objections to tabling FAS money? Motion to table FAS funding until next week by Liz. Unanimous consent.

IX. New Business

1. Agenda for President/Provost’s meeting

1. Mark: What do you want on agenda? Long-term, academics, etc. Merrill: Let’s get specific details on funding for all new projects next year. Mark: Boswell or Steinberg will hold the money for us to request for events. There won’t be any problems. Liz: If you have any other points, please email me or Mark.

X. Announcements

1. Alexandra: Phi Mu sister trying to petition to build a footbridge over N. Charles Street. Administration is a little weary. Josh: Ask about behind the scenes details.
2. Kevin Barry: Olu, up-and-coming 19-year-old rapper, would come perform at Hopkins for free. It could be a good concert, could book him pretty easily. Thoughts? Wyatt: See if he could perform for Spring Fair.

XI. Open Discussion

1. Mark: Jerry Schnydman will be coming on 8th to talk, can we move the meeting to 8:30pm so High Table would not conflict? Max: Should keep meeting at 7:30.

XII. Adjournment

1. Senator Sean Murphy motions to adjourn. Seconded by Moses. Meeting adjourned at 8:11pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Nick Trenton

Acting Executive Secretary