Meeting Recap #2: Sept. 11, 2011

The following is 99 percent what you will see in this Tuesday's (Sept. 13) issue of the Sun Star.  No commentary today, sorry.

Senators in attendance

Present:

Jennifer Chambers

Sophia Grzeskowiak-Amezquita

Arthur Martin

Chelsea Holt

John Netardus

Will Collingwood

Jesse Cervin

Robert Kinnard II

Michael Golub

Absent:

Hollie Seiler

Aaron Acevedo

Timothy Grediangin

Paul Pharr

Officers in attendance

Mari Freitag

Concert Board appointment

RJ Mikulski was appointed to the Concert Board by ASUAF president Mari Freitag. The senate confirmed the appointment by a vote of 6-0-0. Cody Rogers, the assistant director of the Student Activities Office (SAO), had recommended Mikulski to Freitag. The Concert Board works with SAO in hosting concerts during the school year.

Officer appointment

Mari Freitag has selected former ASUAF senator Josh Banks to be the ASUAF government relations director. Banks will be hired for the position during the next week. The government relations director is responsible for maintaining a healthy relationship between ASUAF and local, state and federal governments.

Public relations chair appointed

John Netardus was appointed chair of the senate’s public relations committee. The public relations committee works with the government relations director in advocating university issues both within and outside of the campus. Some of these concerns include informing students of issues facing the university and working with university staff and faculty in promoting UAF. Robert Kinnard III nominated Netardus for the position.

Publication board representative selected

Chelsea Holt was appointed as the senate’s representative to the publication board. The publication board oversees the financial health of the Sun Star, has the power to hire and fire the editor and acts as an advisory council to the papers staff. Sophia Grzeskowiak-Amezquita nominated Holt for the position, while Will Collingwood nominated Jesse Cervin. Both Holt and Cervin accepted their nominations. Holt was confirmed by a vote of 4-3, with senate chair Jennifer Chambers casting her tie-breaking vote to Holt.

Rating: * * * (3/5) = Average result / expected / approval
Why?: Other then being a short meeting (under 40 min.) not much happened. They confirmed a few appointments, but did not vote on any legislation. This was a good meeting, but pretty basic in what it accomplished.