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09292021_Senate Minutes

Associated Students of Boise State University

Senate Meeting

September 29th, 2021 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Zoom Link

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome
  3. Attendance/approval of minutes
  1. Attendance 12 people
  2. (from 9/1/21, 9/8/21, 9/15/21, and 9/22/21)

        Motion to fast track the minutes by David, seconded by Aidan

        Approve: 15 Deny: 0 Abstain: 0

        Motion to approve the minutes by David, seconded by Alice

        Approve: 15 Deny: 0 Abstain:0

  1. Officer Updates
  1. Eric (Communications Officer): the Career Fair is happening October 20th from 10:00am-2:00pm; an email will be sent out with the flyer
  2. Sam (Government Relations Officer): National Voter Registration Day was yesterday, event was a great success
  3. Amaia(Administrative Director): No updates this week
  4. Tate (Ethics Officer): No updates this week; office hours available on the website
  5. Grace (AVP of Inclusive Excellence): completed IESC meeting for this week, closer to finalizing a purpose statement; BelieveBroncos need to fill out survey; the IESC is working on creating a coalition between all of the great diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts across campus, if you know of any organization, faculty/professors that might be interested, contact Grace; IESC meetings are on Wednesday now from 3:00pm-4:00pm
  6. Graf (AVP of Academic Affairs): Homecoming Decorating Party is this Friday from 2:00pm-6:00pm, if anyone would like to help, any assistance is appreciated; if you are in a club and would like to reserve a golf cart, be sure to sign up for that today through Engage; yesterday was Faculty Senate, change to Policy 6320; Graf has a really nice connection to the Provost, be sure to let him know if you ever wanted to talk about making any changes around campus; Sustainability Club had meeting, looking to get more involved on campus
  7. Sarah (Vice President): convening a Student Focus Group to review the proposal for University Dining Services, Monday at 3:30pm, be sure to let Sarah know if you are interested in attending
  8. Kenny (President): Sarah, Ed Whipple, and Kenny toured the Children’s Center on Monday; Student Fee Advisory Board request to build the infrastructure and repair some of the damages to the Children’s Center; Kenny and Sarah had a meeting with Ed Whipple and the Provost to have a formal dead week policy implemented
  1. New Business
  1. Presentation by Alicia Estey, Vice President for University Affairs and Chief of Staff
  1. Discussed the lack of notice for required COVID testing/proof of vaccination for the Oklahoma game
  1. No student was turned away for not having a test/vaccination card
  2. Will not require testing/vaccine card because they don't have access to 35,000 tests
  3. Question (David Lund): Why was there a rush to pass this incentive?
  4. Question (David Stolworthy): Why are we having football games in the first place?
  5. Statement (Will Johanson): Thanks for coming to explain your position.
  1. Old Business
  1. Resolution #02
  1. Attendance taken
  2. Thomas said he did not think this was a great look for ASBSU; though he thought policy changes should have more notification, this policy could be a lot better and align better with the University, no point in it anymore at this point in time
  3. Mary feels that inconvenience does not warrant a resolution like this, does not support this at all
  4. Aidan M agrees, thinks it is a bad look for ASBSU to take a stance against a public health decision; thinks we have reached a happy resolution at this point, no point in trying to turn around and rush back and admonish Administration for something that has already been handled
  5. Amber Warren agrees, thinks the resolution does not represent the community as a whole and seems very personal, resolutions should be for policy changes, would be more productive if public health notifications were given more in advance but does not find the resolution relevant
  6. Kelsie Zak asked if there was an updated version of the Resolution
  7. Miguel with the motion to move onto voting from discussion for Resolution #02 and Amber with the second
  1. Approved: 15 Deny: 0 Abstain: 0

Official Vote Count on Resolution #02

Approved: 1 Deny: 9 Abstain: 2

  1. Declaration #01
  1. Presented by Will
  2. Tabled by Will indefinitely, seconded by David Stolworthy
  1. Approved: 25 Deny: 1 Abstain: 0
  1. Announcements
  1. Graf is sitting on Academic Calendar Committee, if you have any last minute thoughts to share with Graf, greater Veterans’ Day recognition was one of the ideas he has heard
  1. Kelsie asked a question about who to speak with regarding new things in the REC, such as more punching bags; Kenny suggested contacting the Director of the REC
  1. Kenny mentioned that the Executive meeting is on Monday from 3:00-5:00pm, talking about Aramark and the RFP
  2. David mentioned that the production of the River Bride is open this weekend
  1. Meeting Adjourned (5:35pm)