Minutes 9/25/07

Absent: None
Excused Absence: Soham Banerji
Quorum? Yes

Proceedings:

Macalester College Student Government Legislative Body information distributed.

7:22 – Meeting called to order

• Roll Call
• Announcement: Amy Knulls is no longer a part of LB
• Commission Assignments announced
• Explanation of information outlined in binders
• Attendance policy explained: 2 meeting absences allowed, 24 hours advance email notice required for excused absences.

FAC:
• Outline of Mac Dems, Mac GOP upcoming debate event. Political Science paying for entirety of advertising. FAC recommends payment for Hotel, airline tickets, meals and hotel for speakers. $4,330 is estimated cost.
• The motion to allocate $4,330 of funding is approved.
• The Model UN asks for additional $50 dollars in order to cover cost increase from last year’s commitment fee.
• Motion to approve $50 dollars of additional funding for Model UN passes.
• Mac Protestants request $300 dollars to fund dinner discussions.
• The body voted to table the request until the following meeting.
• MASECA request $94 dollars to allow them to meet their new budget for their mega-[?] occurring on Sept. 29, 2007.
• The $94 dollar request was approved unanimously by the body.
• $200 dollar request for Thistle literary magazine. Budget covers 200 issues with 25 pages each and a small advertising budget.
• The $200 dollar request is approved.

ERC:
• Student representatives for the trustee committee have been approved. They are having an informational training session for those students on Saturday Sept. 29, 2007.
• Student representatives’ names will be released to the Mac Weekly.

Programs Board:
• Planning new thing for the semester to build off the success of the lawn party
• Committees begin meeting separately

Meeting Adjourns at 7:53