Student Government Association
Board of Governors
4/16/2008
Hatfield’s A&B, 7:30p.m.

I.Call to Order
-Vice President Napier called the meeting to order.

II.Roll Call
-Secretary Graziani called the roll.

III.Reading and Approval of Minutes

IV.Executive Reports

President Parsons
-Today marks the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. We planted a tree earlier today in remembrance of those who lost their lives that day.
-Met with Jim hunt today.
-There is a Zumba class Sunday in the Mountainlair.
-Student Voices Across Campus roundtables are going very well. Encourages everyone to attend.
-Met with members of the Club Sports’ Federation with Governor Pearson and Governor McCulloch. Director of Communications Peters is going to organize a roundtable with them.

Vice President Napier
-Had monthly meetings with Governors on Friday.
-Attended the Wellness Retreat and did the WVU Ropes Course.
-Working on the Wellness Initiative.

Attorney General Gutta
-Appreciates the Governors who came to the roundtable discussions.

Communications Director Peters
-Encourages everyone to come to the roundtable discussions.
-Is going to try to order t-shirts and binders.
-Stress Buster’s Week is next week.
-Former Communications Director Sarah McLean-if you haven’t signed up for Stress Busters Week, please do so. A representative from H.E.L.P. attended the PR team meeting last night. U92 will be playing music outside the Mountainlair as Stress Busters is going on inside.

Chief of Staff McIntosh
-Tentative retreat date: August 1-3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.

Chief of Staff Queen
-No report.

Executive Secretary Poling
-Absent.

Treasurer Greenberg
-No report.

Elections Chair Dobson
-Met with former elections chairs Queen and Bailey.

Elections Chair Golomb
-Absent.

Outreach Director Capra
-Absent.

Outreach Director Judy
-No report.

Off-Campus Housing Director Fink
-No report.

Press Secretary Aliff
-Absent.

Student Connections Liaison Durst
-Absent.

V.Open Student Forum I

VI.Old Business
A. Animal Cruelty Letter to City Council: Governor Pearson
B. Bureau of Finance Appropriation Proposal 2008-08: Treasurer Greenberg
Tae Kwon Doe: Assist in covering costs of the WVU TKD Association’s Martial Arts Tournament on April 20th at Mylan Park’s Pro Performance Center.
-The board voted to take this grant off the ballot and talk to the group.

VII.New Business
A. Student Connections Resolution 2008-07: Governor Perry
-There is no longer a “Freshmen Advisory Board.”
-Voting on this resolution will take place next week.
B. Bureau of Finance Appropriation Proposal 2008-09: Treasurer Greenberg
Students for Hillary: Assist in funding travel to Pennsylvania to go door-to-door campaigning. Time sensitive-grant passed.

VIII.Governors’ Reports

Governor Fortunato
-No report.

Governor France
-Has a meeting Tuesday to discuss Pre-Graduate School groups.

Governor Mathias
-Congratulations on a successful Greek Week.

Governor McCulloch
-Absent.

Governor Miller
-Attended the Wellness Retreat Saturday.
-There will be a Wellness roundtable discussion tomorrow from 6-9pm.

Governor Mitchell
-No report.

Governor Pearson
-Met with Sports’ Club Federation about the issues facing their organization. Will continue to work with them.
-Attended the Wellness Retreat Saturday.

Governor Perry
-Thanked Governor France for her work on the Summit.
-Has the Freshmen orientation schedule made up.
-Met with Outreach Director Judy and Communications Director Peters. They will be attending the Honor’s Retreat, move-in day, and many other events.
-The professors are getting their textbook requests in earlier.
-Next Wednesday at 6:30pm, the women in charge of the first-year experience will be here. Encourages everyone to attend.

Governor Ramsey
-There will be a Career Services Center press conference tomorrow at 10am. Please attend.

Governor Richmond
-Spoke with representatives about mass transportation in Morgantown.
-Pushing for longer PRT hours.

Governor Rogers
-It is Earth Month.
-April 18th at the Rec Center and April 25th in the Mountainlair-empty water bottles will be collected.
-April 19th-Impact Earth Day at Hazel Ruby-McQuain.
-Met with Fire Chief Dave Fetty to talk about fire codes.
-Working on the results from the Elite Landlord Survey.
-Passed around a sheet for Code Enforcement Ride-Alongs.
-Has the 2007 SunnysideUp annual report.

Governor Seitz
-Met with many administrators over the past two weeks.
-Professor Dahlia is very committed to seeing the broadcast news on the WVU TVs.
-There is a possibility of U92 being broadcasted over the TVs.
– There are plans to have TVs at every PRT station. There will also be an installation of state-of-the-art speaker systems at the stations.

Governor Thomaselli
-Absent.

Governor Wyatt
-Absent.

Governor Zuccari
-No report.

IX.Athletic Council Reports

Athletic Councilman Donato
-Absent.

Athletic Councilwoman Werner
-Absent.

X.Advisors’ Reports
-Advisor Cutlip: Commended the members of the board for caring about where the grant money is going.

XI.Open Student Forum II
-Matt Modansky asked Governor Perry if he could attend the First-Year Experience meeting next week. This meeting is open to any student.
-Patrick Curry will be the new Greek Liason.

XII.Announcements
-Governor France-there is a Lip-Sync contest Thursday night at 9pm.
-There is a gambling speaker tomorrow night in the Mountainlair.
-Thanked everyone who helped her with the Summit.
-President Parsons thanked Governor France for all of her hard work.
– Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Xi Delta will be playing basketball tomorrow at 4:30 on the Mountainlair green.
-Communications Director Peters-PR Team applications are available.
-Chief-of-Staff McIntosh-congratulated Matt Mondansky on making the Dominion Post’s list of 100 most influential people.
-Off-Campus Housing Director Fink-there is a girl’s track meet this Saturday, April 19th.

XIII.Adjournment
8:15pm