STUDENT GOVERNMENT : Minutes, February 4, 2004

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Minutes, February 4, 2004
Date: 2/4/04
Call to Order at
Motion to accept minutes:
First: Katie
Second: Lindsay
Treasurer‚s Report:
General Fund: $11750
Special Projects: $7000
Various Clubs: $1575
All College: $28300
Motion to Accept Treasurer‚s Report:
First: Elena
Second: Holly

New Business

1) Action Item - Food Service: Dean Allen met with a few managers of Sodexho. Students should be seeing positive changes over the next few weeks in terms of variety. SG will be putting out a survey to get the opinions of the students.
2) Roundtable Discussion (Mayor Leighton): Julia went to a roundtable discussion along with students from 5 other colleges. They talked about the downtown economy and plans for the future. The mayor said that he would like to see Wilkes-Barre turn more into a college town. They also discussed the movie theater, and the possibility of a movie theater bringing in more businesses to the downtown. Hopefully within the next month or so the mayor will be coming to Wilkes to have an open forum discussion with the students.
3) January Member of the Month: Ashley & Candice, the freshmen class, and Jenna & Candice were nominated. The freshmen class won! Congratulations!

Old Business

1) Potential Game Room: The Beacon will be doing an article next Monday, and we will hopefully be voting next week.
2) High School Leadership: There are 3 conferences that are definitely set up, with the possibility of a 4th. If you would like to be a part of any of these programs, please sign up, or talk to Elise.

Events

· Winter Weekend ˆ Feb 19th ˆ 21st: Everything is booked for all 3 days. The prizes will be the same as last year.
· St. Patrick‚s Day Parade ˆ March 14th
· Casino Night ˆ March 19th
· Spring Fling ˆ April 2nd: A vote was done on a theme, and the winner is oriental/zen. If you have any ideas or questions, see Ashley K.
· Block Party ˆ April 24th: There was a block party meeting on Tuesday. They discussed different inflatables, as well as carnival games, and food.

Academic Committees

∞ Curriculum: Minor changes were made to the course descriptions of several classes.
∞ Academic Standards
∞ Concert & Lecture
∞ Library
∞ SLRP
∞ Public Safety
∞ TREC
∞ Provost

SG Committee Reports

Ω Alumni:
Ω Budget:
Ω Constitution:
Ω Food:
Ω Publicity:
Ω Spirit:
Ω Game Room:
Ω Website: The website is updated.

Club Reports

MSC: Jabali Africa has been rescheduled for March 4th. KJ James is playing tonight in the Rifkin Café.
Programming Board: The scrolling message board is up, and they are working on getting the Ethernet line hooked up.
SCSC: Meeting tomorrow.

Class Reports
Seniors: The carnation sale has started.
Juniors: Liz is looking for more reps.
Sophomores: They are working on a fundraiser idea.
Freshmen: The Valentine candy sale has started.

Closing Comments

Comments from the floor:
Class Officers:
Representatives:

Exec Board
IRHC: Steph is working on a self-defense seminar.
Elise: If you signed up for HS leadership, Elise will be getting in touch with you.
Melissa: Office hours are due this week.
Julia: If you have any ideas for WW, please let Julia know.
CC:
Mudd:
Terry:

Advisors

Donna:
Dr. Mencer:
Dean Allen:
Michelle:

President
Selena: The school has signed a new contract for 3 more years with the YMCA.

Motion to Adjourn at 6:48
First: Liz
Second: Shuja

Thanks and have a great week!
Melissa Merok

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