Student Senate Meeting Minutes (10-22-24)

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

10/22/24

The meeting was called to order by Joel Tranel at 7:00 p.m.  

Members Present: Maggie Newhouse, Joel Tranel, Caden Boyer, Maeve Cannon, Noah Lahner, Ali French, Lizzie Pike, Mario Rodriguez-Gomez, Shania Vanlewin, Allison Ciero, Aidan Indahl, Garett Rotzien, Noah Sheck, Angela Gonzalez Campos, Joey Dunn, Jaedyn Fellenz, Simone Vega, Javier Cifuentes, Sidney Polzin (Alex Hale), Wesley Larson, Luke Pilot (Emma Gerdes), Jacob Fiala, Diego Corvera, Zoe Fink, Maggie Albers (Marc Fletemeyer), Reese Heitzman (Jared Mitchell), Amanda Siemienas, Conner Perry, Cynthia Sele

Members Absent: None

 

Dance Team Requests:

• Suggested Amount: $350
  • Asking for poms and jazz shoes
  • All of these costumes stay at Saint Mary’s, even after people graduate
  • Team Bonding: $50
  • $200 Deposit for the Timberwolves Game
  • Minimum amount that is needed for this year to function for just the costumes is $1,000
    • Would go to all 13 girls
    • Would be worn at all SMU home basketball games, Timberwolves games, and St. Kate’s University small competition 

Move to Fund at $350: Wesley Larson
Seconded: Aidan Indahl
Motion Passes

 

ASCD Requests:

• Suggested Amount: $316
  • MN Teacher of the Year Transportation and Celebration
    • Miles to Winona from Minneapolis
    • 1 night in a hotel

Motion to Fund at $316: Aidan Indahl
Seconded: Wesley Larson
Motion Passes

 

BSA Requests:

• Suggested Amount: $100
  • 4 Pizzas for Movie and Costume Night
  • Subscription for Movies 
  • Gift Card Prize: Flex Dollars

Motion to Fund at $100: Wesley Larson
Seconded: Joey Dunn
Motion Passes

 

Club Hockey Requests:

• Suggested Amount: $919 
  • 6 hotel rooms (4 men per room, 1 girl, coach in the rooms) in Fargo, Minnesota for Friday night stay
  • Miles for travel
    • St. Olaf
    • Marian University in November
    • Moorhead, MN

Move to Fund at $919: Aidan Indahl
Seconded: Jacob Fiala
Motion Passes 

 

Executive Board Reports

Maggie Newhouse, President

• Sign up to help with Trunk or Treat if your available
  • Sunday from 1-4pm in the Hall of Fame Room
• Possible Senate meeting next Monday, instead of Tuesday at 7pm
• Book Club is Senate recognized 

Joel Tranel, Vice President of Financial Affairs

• Nothing to report 

Mario Rodriguez-Gomez, Vice President of Campus Affairs

• Announced that new directional signs are up
• Highway Cleanup announcement
• Capital Improvements Poll Google Form announcement 

Noah Lahner, Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Nothing to report 

Caden Rodning, Vice President of Public Affairs

• Goals of Voter Registration at Saint Mary’s 
  • 92% to vote
  • 94% registered students
  • Grow 10% for minority voting  
• Meeting with Ann on Thursday to go over the plan for election day to be able to then promote the students next Tuesday
• Questions sent to MN House Candidates from Saint Mary’s students to help answer questions we may have

Ali French, Vice President of Student Affairs

• Open swim now from 6-9pm Sundays and Fridays
• Women’s and men’s Soccer play Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm home
• Friday Men’s (UW-Stout) and Women’s (St. Norberts) hockey kicks off their season and Women’s volleyball is at St. Kates
• Saturday Men’s and Women’s Soccer are home against Carlton and it is both their senior nights. So go support, especially women’s at 1pm bc if they win, they are most likely going to win the conference. Volleyball is home at 7pm against Scholastica and Men’s Hockey has their home opener Saturday night at 7pm

Maeve Cannon, Vice President of Media and Communications

• Please fill out the senator spotlights (I have 14 responses and need 13 more). 
• I have a meeting on Friday at 2 pm discussing a group that’s taking Digital and Social Media Analytics. They’re doing a consulting project on Student Senate and saw that I am VP of Social Media and Communication via Instagram. They wanted to sit down and talk about my position and how I complete your responsibilities with this position.

Lizzie Pike, Vice President of Administrative Affairs

• Nothing to report

Shania Vanlewin, Vice President of Multicultural Affairs

• Nothing to report

Scott Walker, Advisor

• Father Burns dinner at his house on April 9th
  • Only 18 at a time can go

Class Officer Reports

Freshman

• Nothing to report

Sophomore

• Nothing to report 

Junior

• Nothing to report

Senior

• Nothing to report

 

Senator Concerns: Nothing to report

Adjournment

Motion made to Adjourn- Jacob Fiala
Seconded – Joey Dunn

 

Adjourned at 7:30 pm