Student Government Association
Board of Governors Meeting
4/1/2009
Hatfields’ A&B, 7:30 pm

I. Call to Order
– Vice Chair Casto called the meeting to order.

II. Roll Call
– Secretary Graziani called the roll.

III. Reading and Approval of Minutes
– Moved by Governor Richmond and seconded by Governor Kast

IV. Open Student Forum I
– No comments

V. Old Business
– None

VI. New Business

A. Executive Appointments
-Attorney General: James Bailey Approved
-BOG Secretary: Daniel Brummage Approved
-Chiefs-of-Staff: Chris Lewallen and Kayla Poling Approved
-Communications Director: Becky Davis Approved
-Executive Secretary: Charlie Russell Approved
-Elections Chairs: Ben Dooley and Matt Gutta Approved
-Outreach Directors: Erin Graziani and Brian Church Approved
-Off-campus Housing Director: Kevin Beck Approved
-Press Secretary: Katie McCarrison Approved
-Student Health Chairs: Jon Bond and Sawan Prabhu Approved
-Treasurer: Jared Ramsey Approved

B. Promise Scholarship Resolution: Governor Richmond and Governor Sobonya Approved- 15 yea 0 nay 0 abstain
– Need to maintain promise as is without cap or higher restrictions as tuition is most pressing to students and the scholarship pays that for in-state students.

VII. Executive Reports

President Zuccari
– Thanked the board for approval of all nominations

Vice President Peters
– Absent.

Attorney General Bailey
– No Report

Board Secretary Brummage
– No Report

Chief of Staff Lewallen
– Thanked President Zuccari and Vice-President Peters for his executive position

Chief of Staff Poling
– Need Governors and executives to sign up for stress busters week
– Former VP Napier needs a list for the inauguration
– SGA will have a booth at the local orientation and members need to sign up

Communications Director Davis
– Thank you to President Zuccari and Vice-President Peters

Executive Secretary Russell
– Thank you to President Zuccari and Vice-President Peters

Elections Chair Dooley
– Absent

Elections Chair Gutta
– No report

Maniac Director
– Not assigned yet

Outreach Director Graziani
– Thank you to President Zuccari and Vice-President Peters

Outreach Director Chruch
– Ditto (Thank you to President Zuccari and Vice-President Peters

Off-Campus Housing Director Beck
– Off-campus housing survey on the off-campus housing website
– Thank you board for the approval of the executives

Press Secretary McCarrison
– Absent

Student Health Chair Bond
– Absent

Student Health Chair Prabhu
– Absent

Treasurer Ramsey
– No report

VIII. Governor’s Reports

Governor Bostic
– No Report

Governor Butts
– Meeting with Dr. Garbutt to see how current Honors College dorm tutoring mentor program works and how to implement the system in other dorms
– Meeting with Director of Dining David Friend to see about getting more nutritional information in dining halls

Governor Casto
– No Report

Governor Cheng
– Meeting with Rec. administrators to see about a self defense program
– Trying to set up a legal assistance program at the Law School

Governor Covitz
– Congratulations to the new executives
– Meeting with Rebecca Byrd to discuss disabilities and looking to work on reading for blind on campus
– It Greek Week and encourages members to get involved

Governor Fortunato
– Doing surveys for whether or not teacher evaluations should go online

Governor Hess
– No Report

Governor Kast
– Each student organization submitting posters to be hung in the Mountainlair
– Putting together a report on student organizations on what they would like to see changed
– Survey on student organization experiences
– Putting a theme to SGA meetings and inviting student organization leaders that fall under those themes to those meetings

Governor Mols
– Met with Courtney Stevens to talk about new student orientation and about adding new advising sessions to orientation. They also talked about adding more information to packets
– Meeting with Anita Mare to talk about ideas on advising

Governor Quinn
– No Report

Governor Richmond
– Discussed the transportation budget for 2009-2010. As part of that, they talked about raising ticket prices to $20 for parking violation and adding a $50 fee to getting towed from an Administration parking lot
– Discussed the no towing from short term lots policy and ways to improve the towing policy fairness for students
– Met with Student Wellness Board and they want to add warnings about certain drugs to Mountainair television screens

Governor Sobonya
– Plans on speaking with the Morgantown City Council to try to get legislation on towing in the city

Governor Taylor
– Meeting with Michael Wolfe of MECCA 911
– Going to the West Virginia Campus Safety Conference
– Meeting with former governor Thomaselli to talk about PhotoVoice

Governor Vaghedi
– No Report

Governor Wilson
– Today is the last day to sign a team up for Relay for Life
– Mountaineer Week applications are due Friday
– Week of Engagement is coming up and encourages people to sign-up

IX. Athletic Council Reports

Athletic Councilwomen Crutchfield
– Absent

Athletic Councilman Folio
– Absent

X. Advisor’s Reports
– None

XI. Open Student Forum II
– None

XII. Announcements
– Molly Casto will be putting together a contact list
– Applications are out for Maniac Director

XIII. Adjournment
– at 8:14 pm