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02092022_Senate Minutes

Associated Students of Boise State University

Senate Meeting

February 9th, 2022 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

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  1. Call to Order 4:32
  2. Welcome
  1. Land Acknowledgement
  1. Attendance
  2. Officer Updates
  1. Eric: Comms committee is pioneering a new thing regarding committees, details in flux, more info in the next three weeks; new member bio MUST be completed
  2. Sam: only members of ASBSU can attend BSU Day at the Capitol due to complications regarding technical details of event; March 1st is Day of the Capitol, you can help pass out gifts to the legislature from 8:30-9:00 am, invite will be sent out on Slack
  3. Kayla: Funding information -
  1. Joint: $18,025.00
  2. Direct: $12,185.37
  3. Individual: $7,806.00
  1. Graf: hearing from Sustainability Committee today; for Senators, still need an Elections Committee representative
  2. Sarah: met with Dr. Finstuen from the Honors College, leader of The Institute of Advancing American Values, first speaker March 7, also looking for a fellow, if interested you can email the application to americanvalues@boisestate.edu
  3. Kenny: Executive Tuition and Fee Committee on February 22nd, open forum portion of meeting, they evaluate fiscal increases and decreases, talking about tuition increases, etc.; portion we are advocating for is the counseling services department
  4. Alex Luthy: talked about the elections process, final slate decided by February 24th, March 15 & 16 Election/Voting, should have positions filled before spring break; if you would like more information, check out https://www.boisestate.edu/asbsu/asbsu-elections/ 
  1. New Business
  1. Bill #08
  1. David Stolworthy said he thought it was a very clear and well done bill and does not really have anything else to add.
  2. David Stolworthy motioned to move from discussion to voting, Delaney O’Keefe seconded it.
  1. Approve: 8 Deny: 0 Abstain: 0
  1. Official Vote Count on Bill #08

Approve: 7  Deny: 0 Abstain: 0

  1. Committee Time
  1. Sustainability Committee
  2. #BelieveBroncos
  3. Mental Health Committee
  4. Government Relations Committee
  1. Old Business
  2. Announcements
  1. Haily Opperman talked about the Health Equity Alliance; a student organization that advocates for healthcare equity; many students involved are in the respiratory program or nursing program but they are interested in having anyone join that is interested in healthcare or social justice
  2. Jenn Fields talked about different Programming and Marketing Assistant jobs available at Boise State. More information available at this link https://www.boisestate.edu/getinvolved/lead-and-serve/job-opportunities/ 
  3. Sarah talked about Bronco Giving Day, a philanthropic event, a great day for fundraising for scholarships. More information available at this link https://broncosgive.boisestate.edu/ 
  1. Meeting Adjourned 5:13pm (went into committees)