TEMPLE LAW�STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION

SENATE MEETING

11.16.21

WELCOME!��TAKE A SEAT & SIGN IN!

SIGN-IN: https://bit.ly/sbasignin-nov

TONIGHT’S AGENDA

Call to Order

• Welcome & Sign-In

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Old Business

• Approval of October Meeting Minutes

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BOG Update

• Admin Report
• Student/Faculty Committee Appointment

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Committee Reports

• Budget Committee - proposed amendments to SBA Code; 106 appeal
• Social Committee - application of Barrister’s Ticket Subsidy

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Resolutions

• Student/Faculty Appointment
• Amendments to SBA Code
• 106 Appeal
• Barrister’s Subsidy Application

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New Business

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OLD BUSINESS

OLD BUSINESS

• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting minutes, recording and the presentation can be found at the SBA website under the “SBA Meetings” tab
• Meeting highlights and links to the materials will be emailed following the meeting to all students
• Approval of October Meeting Minutes
• SBA Meeting Times
• A new poll will be sent in the first week of the Spring Semester
• BOG office hours now by appointment only going into exams
• Coffee / Café Times
• Sent requests from last meeting to Debbie Feldman

BOARD OF GOVERNORS’ UPDATE

BOG ADMIN MEETING UPDATES

• The Administrative Committee reviewed the exam delivery format, considering several issues, and decided that exams should go forward as planned.
• The law school will defer to the University on mandatory testing
• University recommendations sent today from Mark Denys:
• Take a pre-departure covid test
• Get a flu shot
• Take a post-return covid test
• Topic for discussion under New Business: Testing Pledge
• We will be discussing registration issues with Admin during our touchpoint this week

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STUDENT/FACULTY COMMITTEES

PLANNING STUDENT ORG EVENTS

1. Schedule the event
1. Look on the Temple Law Calendar to consider any conflicts
2. Submit Event to Livewhale, even if it is a virtual event
1. Once you have added your event to the calendar, you will receive you event room assignment by email, with a link to request A/V (Live-streaming, Recording, Laptops for presentation, etc.).
2. Confirm / secure budget
• If event was not previously approved in the budget, submit a 106 request within the appropriate time frame before the event to your organization’s budget committee member
3. Order food and supplies within budget
• Consider using food vendors who accept Diamond Dollars (contact Britt Walden at least 3 days before the event to order; no reimbursement required)
• Please note that tax cannot legally be reimbursed by the University
• Save original receipts!!!
4. Get the word out
• Fill out the SBA Listserv Email Form by Noon the Sunday before the event to have appear in the SBA Brief
• Flyers are not required, but if submitted must be formatted as .jpg or .png files
5. After the event
• Upload a copy of the event attendance sheet.
• Get reimbursed! Submit your reimbursement form within 4 days of the event.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

BUDGET COMMITTEE

• The Budget Committee is proposing three amendments to the SBA Activity Fee Allocation and Spending Act (“SAFA”) of the SBA Code
• Amendments to SAFA can be made by a majority vote of the Student Senate (unlike constitutional amendments)
• SAFA Alcohol Policy Amendment
• No alcohol policy has ever been in place before - this permits it so that there is a uniform policy applied to all organizations (rather than case-by-case)
• Adds policies for reasonable care and consideration with serving/providing alcohol, including a mandatory requirement for food at the event
• There are technical requirements that must be met, so each organization which requests funding must submit an “Informed Notice” of these new policies
• Has a limit of $150 per event, $300 per semester, and $600 per year for each org (40 orgs brings this total to $24,000 yearly max, $48,000 with food, if every organization requested and was approved the maximum amount). The BoG can permit exceptions to the per event/semester requirement on written request.
• SAFA 106 Requests Amendment
• Clarifies the current practices in place within the policy (this has not been updated since 2017)
• Adds more appropriate deadlines for 106 requests
• <$150 is due one week before the event (Budget Committee reviews and votes)
• $150.01 - $300 is due two weeks before event (Budget Committee makes recommendation, Board of Governors reviews and votes)
• >$300 is due one week before the Senate meeting at which it will be considered (Budget Committee makes recommendation, Senate reviews and votes)
• These deadlines allow for us to work with the Student Organization to ensure that they can give the appropriate “Due Diligence” reasoning for approval on higher levels of review.

BUDGET COMMITTEE

• SAFA “Open to the Student Body” Amendment
• “Open to the student body” refers to the concept that all students are welcome at an event funded through the Activity Fee. To be considered open to the student body, events must meet, at minimum, all of the following:
• 1) the event is physically or virtually accessible to all members of the student body,
• 2) the event details are or will be published at least one (1) week in advance of the event on the current and public Temple Law Calendar, and
• 3) the event details are or will be submitted in advance of the event to the SBA by the procedure and deadline specified by the SBA Secretary to be published in a regular weekly correspondence to the SBA listserv at the beginning of the week which the event occurs.

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SOCIAL COMMITTEE

• Save the Date: January 21, 2022 at Vie
• Theme: Roaring Twenties
• Final headcount due to Vie by January 11
• 350 student tickets- $40 subsidy
• Ticket sales to begin November 29th (tentative)
• Full ticket price: approximately $155
• Subsidized according to recommendation approximately $115
• COVID policies
• Decision on subsidy must be made TODAY to get 2/3 approval from the Senate

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Recommendation: subsidy be applied to 350 students tickets.

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RESOLUTIONS

VOTING PROCEDURE

https://bit.ly/nov-resolutions

RESOLUTION #1

Resolved:

The BOG appointment of Christina Wagner to the Disciplinary Student/Faculty Committee is approved.

RESOLUTION #2

Resolved:

The Budget Committee’s Alcohol Policy Amendment to the SBA Code is approved.

RESOLUTION #3

Resolved:

The Budget Committee’s 106 Requests Amendment to the SBA Code is approved.

RESOLUTION #4

Resolved:

The Budget Committee’s “Open to the Student Body” Amendment to the SBA Code is approved.

RESOLUTION #5

Resolved:

Retroactive approval of NLG’s 106 request is granted, providing a special, non-precedential exception to the “open to all students” funding requirement.

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RESOLUTION #6

Resolved:

The Social Committee’s recommendation with respect to the BOG Barrister’s Subsidy is approved.

Recommendation: Apply subsidy to 350 student tickets only.

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NEW BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS TOPICS

• Covid Testing Pledge for return after Thanksgiving
• Issues with all-gender washrooms

OPEN DISCUSSION

THANKS EVERYONE!

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