2024-08-15 SGA Senate Meeting Minutes

August 15, 2024
2:02 pm, Forum 3-139A, Downtown Campus Room 200B, Zoom

In Attendance

Student Senators

  • Senator Elisabeth Small
  • Senator Ashley Wrobeh
  • Senator Billy Simba
  • Senator Shawn Sanchez
  • Senator Elizabeth Cole

President

  • Angelo Romero

Vice President of Governance

  • Alicia Crimmins

Vice President of Downtown

  • Loritea Ellis

Treasurer

  • Esma Demir

Chief of Staff

  • Liam Krieger

Secretary of Governance

  • Tehya Deisenroth

Student Trustee

  • Joseph Leichtner

Historian

  • Nick Tran

Office of Student Life

  • Advisor: Jodi Oriel
  • Faculty Advisor: Mark Sample

Minutes

Call to Order (2:02 pm)

  1. Roll Call (see attendance above)
    Vice President of Governance Crimmins called for a roll call to start the senate meeting.
  2. Land Acknowledgement
  3. Approval of Minutes
    1. Vice President of Governance Crimmins called for a motion to approve the July 10, 2024 Student Government Association minutes.
    2. Veterans Senator Sanchez so moved, seconded by Diversity Senator Small
    3. A vote was taken.
    4. Be it resolved, the Monroe Community College Student Government Association approves the July 10, 2024 minutes as written.

Speak to the Senate

No one spoke to the senate

Reports

  1. President Romero

    Since SGA last met, President Romero has been working on Student government-related items to prepare for the Academic Year. He was part of the process of filling the position of Student Operations Coordinator. He helped interview the candidates, and he can happily share that Tracy Mckinney will be the Student Operations Coordinator. Student Life is happy to have her as part of the team! President Romero is also on the search committee to fill the position of Assistant Director at Student Life, and it’s going well! On Tuesday, July 23rd, President Romero attended a training session for his position as a Community College representative for the SUNY Student Assembly. He would learn his role, how his position will impact, and how his role will work in the Executive Meetings. On August 9th, the Community College Caucus elected its chair, giving them the colleges they will represent. President Romero will represent MCC, Finger Lakes Community College, Cayuga County Community College, Corning Community College, and Suffolk County Community College. President Romero has also been working with incoming students to bring back the Cheerleading Club. He helped write the Trib Post with the students to find a trained coach for the club. On Monday, July 29th, President Romero, VP Crimmins, Secretary of Governance Deisenroth, Student Relations Senator Simba, Historian Tran, and Graduate Assistant Geisert met with the Grounds Supervisor Eric Mendel and Student Matt Simpson on a project regarding the Butterfly Garden. This will be a continued project as they are still working on it and seeing if this could happen. On August 5th, President Romero gave his updates to the Board of Trustees on what SGA has been working on throughout the semester, and the total number of officers now is 13! President Romero has been working with the SGA, Office of Student Life, and Admissions to have a Club/Org Fair at the orientations this summer. He has been contacting all of the clubs & organizations to see if they could attend the ones on the Brighton and Downtown. He would help manage the SGA table and Student Life table. Lastly, President Romero would like to shout out to the whole SGA Team for their hard work and dedication—everyone who has helped with the 9/11 committee with their amazing ideas. Those helping with the turbo vote and setting the dates. He looks forward to working with this team and knows this will be a fantastic team going forward.

  2. Vice President of Governance Crimmins

    Since the last senate meeting on July 10th, Vice President of Governance Crimmins attended SGA training on the 16th. On the 29th, she joined with Matt Simpson, a member of the Sustainability Club, MCC Groundskeeper Eric Mendel and other SGA members to discuss the possibility of introducing monarch butterflies to our campus. Throughout the summer, Vice President Crimmins has continued working on aspects of the upcoming 9/11 ceremony, as well as making posters for the Turbo Vote events. Lastly, she tabled at one of the new student orientations earlier today from 11-1. Thank you.

  3. Vice President of Downtown Ellis

    Vice President of Downtown Ellis has no report this week.

  4. Treasurer Demir

    Treasurer Demir has no report this week.

  5. Secretary of Governance Deisenroth

    Good afternoon. Secretary of Governance Deisenroth attended the student government training on July 16th. Further, she attended a meeting regarding the butterfly garden with Matt Simpson, and officer of the Sustainability Club, and the groundskeeper, Eric Mendel, on July 29th. She is really looking forward to continue developing this project. This morning, she participated in orientation, representing SGA, from 11-1 with Vice President Crimmins, President Romero, and Veterans Senator Sanchez. Lastly, Secretary of Governance Deisenroth has continued to help in the 9/11 ceremony, including picking a poem to read. Thank you.

  6. Chief of Staff Krieger

    Chief of Staff Krieger has no report this week

  7. Historian Tran
    Nicholas Tran the Historian, took part in tabling for orientation on Monday, August 12 from 6pm- 8pm. Nicholas has also attended the meeting regarding the inquiries of sustainability clubs idea of a butterfly garden along the pond. Thank you.
  8. Health & Wellness Senator Wrobeh

    Health & Wellness Senator Wrobeh has no report this week.

  9. Veterans Senator Sanchez
    This week, Veterans Senator Sanchez attended two orientations where he tabled for Student government. He also started getting his textbooks and supplies gathered for the upcoming semester.

  10. Student Relations Senator Simba
    Summer has been good, and there is excitement for the start of the new semester. The training sessions during the summer have been enjoyable. Constructive conversations have taken place and connections have been made with both old and new students during the ongoing new student orientation.
  11. Diversity Senator Small
    On Friday, August 9th at noon, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senator, Elisabeth Small, met with President Angelo Romero Jr. to discuss the planning of the Turbo Vote Event. President Angelo Romero Jr. had mentioned that he will contact Vice President Alicia Crimmins to draft a rough copy of the flyer for the event. Further details were determined to be discussed at the meeting on Thursday, August 15th.
  12. Student Trustee Leichtner
    Student Trustee Leichtner has no report this week

New Business

  1. Action Items (requires a senate vote)
    1. Resolution for the Appointment of Elizabeth Cole as Residence Hall Senator.

      Resolved, the Monroe Community College Student Government Association approved the appointment of Elizabeth Cole as Residence Hall Senator
      Vice President of Governance Crimmins called for a motion to approve the resolution.
      Senator Small so moved, second by Senator Wrobeh.
      Discussion: Elizabeth Cole completed and met the standards of the Student Government Association and Office of Student Life and Leadership.
      A vote was taken. The resolution passed.
      Be it resolved, the senate present and voting that the Student Government Association approve the appointment of Elizabeth Cole to become Residence Hall Senator effective August 25, 2024, at Monroe Community College.

Discussion Items

  1. There were no discussion items.

Old Business

  1. There was no old business.

Questions and Comments

  1. There were no questions or comments.

Adjournment

  1. Vice President of Governance Crimmins called for a motion for adjournment.

    Senator Simba so moved, second by Senator Wrobeh
  2. Meeting was adjourned at 3:37 pm.

Executive Session

Respectfully submitted,
Tehya Deisenroth
Secretary of Governance