SG Notes: Capital Projects committee purchase proposals finalized

Christine Lee, News Editor

April 16, 2013

The meeting April 10 was called to order at 6:02 p.m.

All College: $8,108.44

Conferences: $1,640

General Funds: $2,409.92

Leadership:–

Spirit: $347.77

Student Government Total: $12,506.13

Lambda Kappa Sigma Fund Request (Week 1 of 2)

◦Requesting $1,800 to cover half of the registration fee for nine participants to attend the conference

◦Will be using SG vans for transportation; hotel and food are paid out of pocket

◦$600 attained from Pharmacy Senate for conference registration fees; cannot accept any more

◦Conference focuses on women in pharmacy

Ham Radio Club Recognition (Week 1 of 2)

◦Can communicate all over the world; must be licensed through a test from the FCC

◦Will provide education and funding for the licensing test

Enactus Fund Request (Week 1 of 2)

◦Requesting $5,636.81 to cover lodging, airfare, and transportation expenses for the National Competition for eight students plus one advisor

◦Fundraiser: Super Smash Bros tournament, library coffee shop, apparel sale

◦Reached out to Students in Free Enterprise Alumni with an online link to donate.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fund Request (Week 1 of 2)

◦Requesting $3,000.00 for the annual Customs, Classics, and Cruisers Car Show

◦Funding will be used for T-shirts, trophies, Dino, giveaways, sponsor gifts, tent, plaques, and signs

◦Half of proceeds from entrance fees will be going toward the Wounded Warrior Foundation

Recycle Metrics Fund Request (Week 2 of 2)

◦Requesting $500 for event functions; $350 on food, $150 on shirts

◦Recycling Competition between Wilkes and King’s College that lasts for one month

◦April 22: Wilkes and King’s team travel around city of Wilkes-Barre and collect recycling, meet and see who collected more

◦Winner will receive a trophy made of recyclable materials and donation to cause of their choice

◦White office paper only because it is worth the most to recycle

◦15 barrels will be at Wilkes, 15 at Kings

◦WNEP will be covering the events

◦About 80 people attended the party on Friday night; spent more than $200 on food and drinks

◦Joe Pugliese motions to allocate $500.00 to Recycle Metrics; Peter Tuzzo seconds the motion.

■Motion Does Not Pass: 7-25-10.

◦Samantha Bickert motions to allocate $150 for T-shirts to Recycle Metrics; Samantha Earley seconds the motion

■Motion Passes: 29-3-10.

History Club Fund Request (Week 2 of 2)

◦Requesting $530 to match the $20 out of pocket hotel room cost per member and gas for transportation to and from Washington, D.C. for 17 people

◦Taylor Moyer motions to allocate $530 to match the $20 out of pocket hotel room cost per member and gas for transportation to/from Washington, D.C. to History Club; Christian Giovannini seconds the motion.

■Motion Passes: 29-2-11

2013-2014 Budget Approval (Week 1 of 2)

◦Budget was presented; Suggestions listed below for how to adjust budget

◦Pull $3,000 from Adventure Ed and add to Programming Board

◦Pull $1,000 from SG, MSC, and SG Vans and add to Programming Board

◦Breakdown MSC, OCC, CC costs: all breakdowns

◦Pull $3,000 from SG to add to Programming Board

◦Pull $3,000 from ASB to add to Programming Board

Capital Projects Request (Week 1 of 2)

◦New ladder to hang banners, lightweight, adjustable, easy to store

◦Collapsible cart that is larger and holds more weight

◦Calendar to display school events (2×3 feet)

◦6 new folding tables for small events

◦New grill for events

◦OCC walkway project: cost of more sand, pavers, and grass seed

◦2 new SG vehicles (trade in): Chevy Traverse-will bring comparison between vehicles for next week

Programming Board Constitutional

Revision (Week 2 of 2)

◦Changes to constitution regarding parts that should have already been there

◦Condensed voting and general membership

◦Kyle Wolfe motions to pass the constitutional revisions; Anthony Cooper seconds the motin

■Motion Passes with a hand vote

Inactive Club: Earth and Environmental Science Club (Week 2 of 2)

◦Have not been active in two years

◦Nick Wierman motions to disband the Earth and Environmental Science Club; Kyle Wolfe seconds the motion.

■Motion Passes with a hand vote.

Student Government Presidential

Nominations (Week 2 of 2)

◦Catelyn Sofio nominates Peter Tuzzo; Joe Pugliese seconds; Peter declines

◦Kassi Bugg nominates Samantha Blincoe; Ian Foley seconds; Samantha declines

◦John Sweeney moves to close discussion on nominations; Peter Tuzzo seconds; Discussion closed

The meeting was adjourned at 8:24 p.m.

About the Contributor

Christine Lee, Life Editor

Senior News Editor Christine Lee is a senior communication studies major with concentrations in journalism, broadcast media and rhetoric and minors in history and political science. She brings three and a half years of experience writing for The Beacon, having served as Life Editor from January 2011 (spring semester of her freshman year) to April 2012 (her sophomore year) and a staff writer from September-December 2010 (fall of her freshman year). She became news editor in fall 2012 and as a graduating senior, she serves as a writer and mentor to incoming Beacon staff. Christine carries a passion for all things news and current events and looks forward to covering major events on campus. She fully believes in respect for each person being interviewed, as she believes they have a story to tell her and she is recording it in print or on-air. A Dean’s List student, she hails from the small town of Bloomsbury, N.J., and in addition to her role as News editor, she is an on-air reporter for “Wilkes Now,” the student-produced television program filmed on campus, sings with the University Chorus and a local church choir, is an E-mentor for first-year students and is involved in a number of other little activities on campus. She is a student member of the Society of Professional Journalists-Wilkes Chapter.