Joint Session Minutes 3-28

Joint Session Minutes

Tuesday, March 28, 2012

Meeting at 7p in SLC Board of Trust

Welcome

• Call to Order, Speaker-Elect Neely
• Roll Call, Secretary Julia Peredo

Old Business, Speaker-Elect Neely

• Open Floor for Vanderbilt Student Body: Speaker Kenny Tan
  • Questioning Emergency Resolution status—citing Roberts’ Rules of Order

Presentation of Resolutions

• Resolution 11-12-41: Confirming the New Chief of Staff
  • Technical Questions:
    • Senate: None
      • Motion to suspend rules to allow voting on resolution
    • House: None
      • Motion to suspend rules to allow voting on resolution
      • Any more technical questions
        • Speaker Tan: What was the total number of applicants for this position?
          • Four
          • Speaker Tan: What were the qualifications?
            • There are many, and there was an ensuing debate for about an hour and a half
            • Written application and interview process as well as the tasks that the individual has completed for the organization in the past as well as other organizations
          • Speaker Tan: Will we be able to ask the elect questions?
            • No; this runs very differently from the Speaker election… would break from precedence and not be what the constitution prescribes
• Debate:
  • Senate: None
  • House
    • Would like to know what the candidate is like, do not know much about him…
      • Speaker Neely: Synopsis of what candidate has done for organization in past, and had great answers and explanations of the role during the interview, has experience in Cabinet as Deputy Chief of Staff—we felt, as a consensus choice, that he was the best choice
      • Speaker Tan: He served as Deputy Chief of Staff last year, but he also served on the campaign team of Maryclaire and Mark
        • Maryclaire: Yes, he did, but his competency to serve as Chief of Staff did not come from his campaign role but rather from his plans and ideas for the organization. What he did as a campaign team member is completely irrelevant from his competency as Chief of Staff
      • Speaker Moore: I would like to point out that more than one applicant for Chief of Staff endorsed Maryclaire and Mark
• Motion passes Senate and House

New Business, Speaker-Elect Neely

• New Business: Student Body President-Elect Manard
  • Applications for Appointed Positions are out and due April 3 by noon
  • AcFee Chair application is going out in the next week
  • College Council President elections will begin on April 2 with campaigning
  • Election Commission Update:
    • Meeting this week or next week to discuss feedback from candidates
    • Probably resolution forthcoming about future elections
    • Also concern about addressing violations
    • Open meeting to VSG
    • Feel free to send Lucas comments via e-mail if cannot attend meeting (and are candidate or part of team)
    • Applications for next year are online
• VSG Dundies: April 17 at Chili’s at 7pm – look out for e-mail
• SPC Update: Speaker-Elect Neely
  • Selecting new Chair – Application coming out next week as well
  • Co-Sponsorship Update: Student Body President-Elect Manard
    • Last Co-Sponsorship of the Month: Beta’s Tribute to Kyle Craig
    • General co-sponsorships will continue to go out until week before exams
    • VSG Programming Update: Peter Blumeyer
      • Finalizing menu for Turnover
      • Working on glitches in evaluations and budget request system
      • Upperclassmen: Finish up last collaborative event of the year and e-mail
      • Upcoming VSG Events
        • VSG Appointed Positions Applications Due: Tuesday, April 3
        • VSG Turnover: Wednesday, April 11 at 6pm-7:30pm
        • VSG Movie Night: Friday, April 13 at 7pm & 10pm

Adjourn and Thanks, Speaker-Elect Neely

 

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Posted by ChandlerBair on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in Minutes, Records.

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