General SBA Meeting 8/17/14 11am
Present: Aparna Agnihotri, Navdeep Singh, Stephen Guichard, Anthony Crisostomo, Dustin Kirby, Ernesto Falcon, Lexi Howard, Neil Cacali, and Kate Casey,
Absent: Megan Donaghey
Introduction:
Ernesto- Structure of meeting discussion; any concerns about the agenda? Amendments or proposals? Move by Ernesto, second by Neil to enter the agenda into adoption.
Manager’s Amendment to the Bylaws:
Ernesto (4 minutes, grated more from Nav) grammatical changes raised; meeting structures raised by Ernesto- Wednesdays from 5:30-6; Ernesto will hold office hours on Fridays for individual meetings and/or CSO resource meetings; Get first year representatives more involved in the structural creation; Getting first years involved might include recruiting them for committees.
4.11 brought up for online voting; (Kate) brought up concern about quorum meeting restrictions; (Ernesto) asked for questions on online ballot structure; (Neil) requested all voting to be designated to a specific day; (Lexi) requested a change in language from “must conclude in” to “shall remain open for” to specify the length of online ballot life; (Neil) adds “and conclude” to “shall remain open”; (Dustin) proposes an amendment for “the period for voting shall be 48 hours” second by (Stephen); voted and entered into the bylaws.
(Nav) brings up grammatical issue in 4.02; (Stephen) brings up clarification in 4.14 “not feasible meeting” strike proposed, seconded by (Kate) voted in; (Neil) asks for clarification in “closed meeting”; (Ernesto) brings up title 10 for a designated person on the board to interpret terms.
(Lexi) raises concern of changing “intramural activities” to “sports and activities”; (Ernesto) proposes striking all “intramural activities” and changing them to “sports and activities” (Lexi) seconds, vote entered into bylaws.
(Lexi) raises question about the oversight of committees, (Ernesto) answers with reference to 6.01; (Neil) raises question about 6.02 clarifications on Barristers’ Committee ticket subsidies, (Stephen) proposes changing to 6.02(a) “subsidies” to “part or full ticket refund”(Aparna) seconds, change admitted to bylaws (note Dustin votes Nay).
(Ernesto) moves to close discussion and open for public comment; debate concluded and Manager’s Amendment moved to pass, (Lexi) seconds, voted pass 10 ayes, 0 nay.
Funding Requests:
Harshan Samra from the Rugby Team presents funding request for new jerseys for the team. New jerseys are necessary because the old ones do not fit and were mistakenly sized last year. The Rugby team represents McGeorge at multiple school-related and philanthropic events in Sacramento.
Adam Silva with the Water Law Society proposes funding for an alumni event at the Mokolumne River watershed. Tom Infusino is an alumni working with the Water Law Society in planning this event. Big Bar, Parde Reservoir, and Camanche fish hatchery are proposed locations for the trip. The proposed date is on September 6th but may be delayed to coincide with the Salmon run. Proposed events planned by Mr. Infusino are educational and environmentally focused. Request is $600 to cover the cost of rental of vehicles to drive up, insurance if a faculty member is not available to work, snacks and water for event participants, and a thank you gift for the speaker. The cost to students for attending this trip is $10 for Water and Environmental Law Society members, $15 for non-member students, and $20 for everyone else. No external fundraising for this trip other than payment from students for participation.
Discussion:
Rugby proposal- Ernesto opens the floor with a motion to fund the request. Lexi mentions the representation of Rugby as a positive face of McGeorge. Fully in favor of funding $500 for new Rugby jerseys. 10 Ayes, 0 Nays
Water Law proposal- Nav opens the floor with a motion to partially fund the request. Neil expresses concern about the inconsistent numbers representing costs of the event. Lexi moves to conditionally fund $200 if the Society resubmits the request to open the event to the entire school Shoeb seconds. 10 Ayes for proposed funding of $200 at this time.
Item #5:
List of CSOs requesting startup funds send by Neil. Read by Neil:
Black Legal Student Association
Christian Law Student Society
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
Governmental Affairs Student Association
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Jewish Law Student Association
Junior Barrister’s Club
McGeorge Health Law Association
McGeorge Property Law Society
McGeorge Rugby Football Club
National Lawyer’s Guild
Phi Alpha Delta
Public Legal Services Society
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Water Law Society
Wine Law Society
Federal Bar Association
Lexi moves to fund each CSO for the full $150 start-up funds, Dustin seconds. All in favor, 10 ayes, 0 nays.
Policies:
Ernesto reiterates that the bylaws are more powerful than policies for SBA and the policies, at the moment, are redundant. Key access provision may be on a need basis instead of only 4 years. Subsection (d) summer session was changed to include the allowance of SBA board members to serve on committees during the summer so that orientation committees will be staffed. Ernesto moves to change “sports and activities” for consistency, Lexi seconds. All in favor, 10 ayes, 0 nays.
Agenda to be posted 48 hours before a meeting, Ernesto expresses concern about having an agenda finalized two days before a meeting. Shoeb expresses concern about the burden of posting a meeting agenda 48 in advance. Neil proposes a generalized requirement with proposal for amendments. Ernesto moves to include “at least 48 hours” in section 1.01 Dustin seconds. 10 in favor, 0 nays.
The section will be retained in the policies. Added language on transfer of ownership on Google Docs from Ernesto. Lexi moves to strike the word “ownership” throughout the sections 3.03 and 3.o4 and replace the word with “possession” and in 3.03 add “for the duration of their term.” Neil seconds. All in favor 10 ayes, 0 nays.
Ernesto moves to enter the policy changes into effect, Anthony seconds. All in favor 10 ayes.
Ernesto moves to adjourn the meeting, Stephen seconds. Next meeting is on August 27th at 5:35.
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