Parkside Student Government Association                    In Senate October 6, 2006

I. Call Meeting to Order

            12:03p

II. Roll Call

Present – Dittman, Ferguson, Jensen, Kirleis, Lucier, Rakidzich, Robertson, Scerpella, Scheeler, Schemm, Slabik, Brar, Lee, Wilson

Absent – Junion, Moore, Murray, Pogorzelski, Santiago, Schneiderman, Slocum, Coan-Henderleiter, Vaughn

Excused – Graziano, Lange (proxy – Brandon Albanito), Mays (proxy)

15 Voting Members on the Floor.

Motion to seat Senators Hallmon and Jackson entered by Wilson, 2^nd by Jensen. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

17 Voting Members on the Floor.

III. Approval of the Minutes

Motion approve the minutes entered by Lucier, 2^nd by Dittman. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes. Minutes approved.

IV. Approval of the Agenda

Motion to approve the agenda entered by Jackson, 2^nd by Lucier. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Point of Order: Jensen – New Business should include a discussion of a Fall Election.

Motion to seat Senator Schneiderman entered by Scheeler, 2^nd by Lucier. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

18 Voting Members on the Floor.

V. Swearing in of New Senators

            Senators Campbell, Krueger, Stoll and Surber are sworn in.

Motion to seat the new Senators entered by Scerpella, 2^nd by Jackson. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

22 Voting Members on the Floor.

VI. Jim Ladwig

            Register of Deeds for Racine County.

Elected 2 years ago. Graduated from Whitewater. Served in Student Government Deals with Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates. That is only thirty percent of work. The rest is all Real Estate Transactions.

Questions.

VII. Confirmation of the Secretary

            Appointed Michelle Slabik as Secretary.

Motion to confirm Michelle Slabik as Secretary entered by Jackson, 2^nd by Graziano. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Motion to seat Graziano entered by Slabik, 2^nd by Lucier. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Motion to seat the PASA proxy entered by Surber, 2^nd by Jensen. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

24 Voting Members on the Floor.

VIII. SUFAC Nominations

Senator Wilson speaks on relevance of elections.

Motion to close the floor for discussion entered by Jackson, 2^nd by Robertson. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Motion to table SUFAC nominations entered by Scheeler, 2^nd by Jensen. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion fails.

            Nominations:   

Ferguson

                        Scerpella

                        Jensen

                        Rakidzich

                        Jackson

                        Surber

                        Schneiderman

                        Lucier

                        Slabik

                        Scheeler

Motion to close nominations entered by Albanito, 2^nd by Krueger. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Motion to limit speaking time to 30 seconds entered by Dittman, 2^nd by Krueger. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

            Top 6 vote getters are placed on SUFAC.

Motion to close the floor entered by Robertson, 2^nd by Albanito. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes.

Motion to censor Speaker for holding an illegal election entered by Wilson, 2^nd by Jensen. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion fails.

            Voting.

IX. Announcements

            No Announcements.

X. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting entered by Scheeler, 2^nd by Stoll. Ayes, Nays, and Abstentions. Vote unanimous. No abstentions. To the decision of the Chair, motion passes. Meeting Adjourned.