8/8/2019 Bill Packet, 19th Congress, Dec. 6, 2010 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bill-packet-19th-congress-dec-6-2010 1/23 NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS Regular Assembly Meeting COGS Assembly Room Room, 250 Student Life Building December 6, 2010 6:30 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call Petitioning In: • Cherry Hagens – Visual & Performing Arts • Galen Wood – Urban Planning & Public Admin - College of Social Sciences • Krista Dolan – College of Law • Toma Sokalikj – International Affairs – Social Science & Public Policy • Alexander Boler- College of Law Student Comments The Report of the Speaker The Report of the Deputy Speaker for Finance Committee Report CSAC Report • Ways & Means • Academics & Student Life • Internal Affairs Funding Requests • Bill 6- NAGPS Directors Meeting • Bill 8- SPORT • Bill 9- Synopticos Old Business • Bill 1 – Removing the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee – favorably reported out of the Internal Affairs committee- Amendments to be provided • Bill 2- Moving CSAC Funds to Unallocated- Tabled Indefinitely- Omitted as per Lieberwerth Measure • Bill 4 – Changing Requirements for Leaves of Absence – favorably reported out of the Internal Affairs committee. Awaiting Ways & Means committee. New Business • Bill 7 – COGS Affiliate Organizations • Resolution 3- FILED 10:00AM DECEMBER 6 Final Roll Call Adjournment Next Meeting • Monday January 10, 2010 at 6:30PM in the COGS Chambers
NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTSNINETEENTH CONGRESS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
Regular Assembly MeetingCOGS Assembly Room
Room, 250 Student Life BuildingDecember 6, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Petitioning In:• Cherry Hagens – Visual & Performing Arts• Galen Wood – Urban Planning & Public Admin - College of Social Sciences• Krista Dolan – College of Law• Toma Sokalikj – International Affairs – Social Science & Public Policy• Alexander Boler- College of Law
Student Comments
The Report of the Speaker
The Report of the Deputy Speaker for Finance
Committee ReportCSAC Report
• Ways & Means• Academics & Student Life•
Internal AffairsFunding Requests
• Bill 6- NAGPS Directors Meeting• Bill 8- SPORT• Bill 9- Synopticos
Old Business• Bill 1 – Removing the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee – favorably reported out of the Internal
Affairs committee- Amendments to be provided• Bill 2- Moving CSAC Funds to Unallocated- Tabled Indefinitely- Omitted as per Lieberwerth Measure• Bill 4 – Changing Requirements for Leaves of Absence – favorably reported out of the Internal Affairs
committee. Awaiting Ways & Means committee.
New Business• Bill 7 – COGS Affiliate Organizations• Resolution 3- FILED 10:00AM DECEMBER 6
Final Roll Call
Adjournment
Next Meeting• Monday January 10, 2010 at 6:30PM in the COGS Chambers
MINUTES APPROVED: Motion to approve, seconded, approved without exceptionNovember 15, 2010
SPEAKER’S REPORT:• Thagard Move – need a couple students to volunteer.• Top floor will be redesigned and may be used for graduate student center. If we are not in on the
design• Sweepings appointment – We generally have a seat on the Sweepings committee, Quinn will be in
that seat.• Workgroups for projects that I would like to see go forward
o Bus line – runs from Stadium to Alumni Village and the Rezo Travel from Reservation to here
Worrall – how would these be different from things the committee is working on,Grimes – Collaboration between other interest groups and COGS.
o Sustainable source for Childcare funding outside of the A&S fee schedule so that it wouldnot be entirely dependent on A&S fees.
• Speaker’s Awards – Katie Taylor – Criminology & Criminal Justiceo Andrew Glazier – College of Law. Those individuals that have given much in service to
COGS• Glazier – Last meeting we didn’t know whether or not the “Call the Question” point was itself
debatable. It is not debatable.• Miles – the motion to suspend debate is debatable.
• Get from Agenda• Time for NAGPS – an organization that has a lot of room for growth. Working to get to where COGS
is now. Glad to see David get Chair for Social Justice.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:• Break out session for Committee Chairs. Take some time to select a chair.• Ways & Means committee – elected Quinn Straub• Internal Affairs committee – we had a meeting on Thursday at Panda Express, discussed the leave
of absence and other things, since we wanted this night to be just about the budget, will send out.o Worrall: Which bills? Bill 1 and 4
• Megan Schwab – Academic and Student life
FUNDING REQUESTS: None
OLD BUSINESS:Bill 5 - BudgetTake a moment to review the letter from Nancy Selken concerning the Childcare budget as well as the 3representatives who could not be here tonight.
Hold any amendment until after the budget committee ends its report.
Ard’is: FSU Childcare – serves as a recruitment tool, adds a place for research for graduate students. Thatamount that was shorted by Senate was made up in part by COGS.We suggested funding PIE and Graduate School Chairs/tents at New Grad Orientation, Professionaldevelopment workshops, Carnival at the Rez (this year’s was great), Excellence.BGSA – trying to get their bearings in line, asked for $5404.75. We voted to fund at $4000MBAA – asked for $10,000, Tazaz and Ramirez noticed that they didn’t use the money allocated andreduced it.Scholar’s Commons – asked for 10 licenses for each of the 4 programs. We didn’t see the need to put themon all the computers, we funded them at 4 each, and several interview kits. Came to $10,000.LSC – Brittany Rhodaback and Andrew Glazier presented the LSC budget. They had done better this year.Gave them $50000MSC – $42,600
Increase to Presentation grants –Increase to Academic Support grantsOrg Support discussion on how to use these funds.COGS AdminNAGPS membershipTravelOverhead 13,306COGS unallocated had quite a bit unspoken form, so we decided to fund the remainder of the childcare to$60000.Proviso can be changed by resolution.Unallocation – unforeseen circumstances as breakdown to Bane the golf cart.
Worrall: Why the diffence in grant lines, Glazier: Our budget when up by 15% so increased grantsaccordingly. The $185,000 is just in the neighborhood of where it has been the last 5 years. We changedthe dates of the period so that the February conferences can be accommodated.
Are there any amendments ?Fredericks: Would like to move $30000 from the Unallocated line into the support line in recognition of theamount we use for Organization support line.Seconded: Objected. Glazier I was under the impression that only CSAC used it.Clarification: We can draw the funds from any line.Fredericks:The CSAC had a limited amount in the Org Support so they had a stop built in.
OpeningFredericks: Confusion about the Organizational Support line, and CSAC. I would like to see the $30000 inthe Org Support to clarify how it is used
Questions :Glazier: Are you saying $32,500 or $30,000. $32,500Tazaz: How hard is it to move it back? Bill, majority of COGS. VP signature, same as our
Straub: If I seconded it, can I speak in CON of it.Englehardt: What grant lines? Org support line. Oh, coolGlazier: Now that you have explained it, nice to have a set aside for Projects, help us to move to parity withLSC and MSC.Tazaz: I would like to add an amendment . Decrease from $30,000 to $10000. Seconded, objected to.
Opening :During our meetings it would be a good idea to keep CSAC and add some more money to draw fromQuestions :This would remain a CSAC line but not any RSO and any med or law school RSO that came to uswould be decided to body.Worrall: I was going to speak in CON, for this amendment, so I am in favor of the Tazaz amendmentreducing the amount.Englehardt: Don’t care for either of these options. But if it has to be – less is more.Straub; POI: Would you keep the same amounts originallyRamirez: If I remember correctly, we voted on this so we could hCON : Glazier. I can’t see any one’s faces. We would be committing to giving RSO’s this muchmoney. We would be looking better to Senate with this. We can put proviso language in, and drawfrom a set pot for RSO’s and would leave us money for other projectsSchwab: This doesn’t serve the purpose to make the organizations.Straub: Against this at $10000. Only funded $15000 last year Glazier: Move to call the question. Seconded.Closing:Tazaz: I made this in line with whatwe funded it last year. I know that the legislation concerningCSAC hasn’t been approved yet. It is in the spirit of what we funded in the past, we can always addmoney later. I wanted to reduce the money so we would have our options still open later.Raise of hands – tie. Grimes: I vote in favor of the Tazaz amendment. PASSES
PRO : -CON : Worrall: COGS unallocated, money not allocated to something else, it would still be unallocated sincewe haven’t got a request for budget for these yet. I think breaking it into 3 sets, an issue could be withintending it for specific functions.Straub: Moveing money tos something we feel is right, but I feel that COGS is small emough so that we candeal with RSOs as they come along.PRO :CON :Move to call the question. CLOSING :I realize $30000 was a lot of money, I considered submitting 6 bills to change the code. I wanted to get a
jump on things, and make sure we weren’t not funding orgs because it was our emergency funds and the
projects line.Move for show of hands.Ayes have it. PASSES
Worrall: I move to have a roundtable debate on the childcare funding item.Grimes: We can’t do that but we can have a 5 minute recess to discuss childcare.
Motion to extend for 5 minutes . Why? Are you caucusing on what we are talking about.
|Ard’is – I move to reduce the Childcare Funding by OPS line – move 10000 money from OPS to Salary.
OPENING . WithdrawGlazier: move to withdraw $20000 from OPS line and put in Salary line.Grimes: Move to put $20000 into SalaryArd’is: These positions are salaried positions not OPS, This will cure the need that the Childcare Center needs. I’m going to take the lead and approach Senate and create a partnership with Senate/COGS to fundthe CCC. Senator Yvette, Glazier, Straub, and I will be working on this.Glazier: This one meets the need. Salary is going to feed the staff, Director and two lead teachers. Easier
to move money and flexible with the part-time OPS staff. TTazaz: What I was told was that we weren’t mandating the use of the funds, just giving them a bulk amount.Glazier:Grimes: In the past, the child care center has always tried to use the money where we wanted it used.Schwab: The letter from Selken is asking for it in salaries.
Weber arrived.
Worrall: In favor of giving them what they asked.|Ardis: Hope we give them what we asked for.Ayes do have it. PASSES
Amendment: Ard’is would move to adjust the OPS wages from $40000 to $30000 with the remainder beingput in COGS unallocated.OPENING: I am taking the lead and building a partnership with Senate to meet the unmet needs of theCenter. I will be at the Finance committee meeting, Thursday evening. This is why I am asking for this. Andhope that Senate makes up the $10000 we cut.Questions:Ramirez: I commend you for taking this step. But if Senate doesn’t step up, what is the next step.Ardis: If Senate doesn’t step up we can look at it again and move money if necessary.Grimes: We moved our budget up so we can discuss these type of things with Senate as necessary.Tazaz: When it fails, we will address the matter at a later date. Could this effect the accreditation of thechildcare center.Ard’is: I believe I am willing to put forth the effort to try to make this work. This will probably come up beforeSenate. Putting forth an effort.Dobiyanski: Senator didn’t say she could make it happen, she is just one of 80 votes.Worrall: Is this really meant to be a compromise solution?Ardis: We put in $10000 they put in $10000.Schwab: Motion to extend 1 minute.Worrall: Will be able to move money later should this attempt fail. We could add money to their budget, butcouldn’t take it away.Schwab: Is there any reason to not fund it?Ardi’s: I don’t see a reason to not fund it , however, COGS should work to make compromises with the bodythat voted to cut it.Tazaz: Could we vote have the money in reserve for the child care center?Grimes: Proviso
Tazaz: Make amendment t o have the $10000 shall be embargoed in the COGS unallocated.
PRO:
Worrall: I am in support of the amendment with the proviso we have a failsafe motion in place to protect thechild care center.Glazier: $20000 was an arbitrary cut and feel they should be funding more sinceThey have more budget than we do it. Feel strongly we should try this and reduce the funding now, comeback and increase funding if the effort fails.
Tazaz: Move to make an amendment to embargo the funds, seconded and objected to.OPENING: I want the money held in reserve the Senate situation doesn’t work out so that the child carecenter is protected. Actually Selken only asks for the preschool children at 36 but there are another 34children there. I just want to reserve the money so there are no issues.
Glazier: Have we ever embargoed the funds for child care.Tazaz: Yes, when the Starlight CCC folded, they returned the funds, when they asked for more for thecombined CCC, we argued for 2 months over blocks and didn’t fund them what they returned.Glazier: Will this prevent this from occurring? It willSchwab: So this will be set aside until the Senate passes the compromise.Tazaz: yes.Schwab: Just because we have this embargoed this we won’t be limited to just funding childcare with it.
Ardis: I believe that it provides a safe cushion for this risky move. Vote yes.Glazier: Now that I understand the diff between Starlight and this I am all for it.Englehardt: It’s a good idea, be careful of what may or may not come.Ardis: I move to amend the Tazaz proviso language so that it cannot be used for anything except childcareuntil such time as the
Ramirez: I completely support the $60,000 but if we go into the Senate with the cushion in place, they mightbe reluctant to play in good faith if they know we would cover it anyway.Tazaz: Basically, Senate gets our budget when Mary Coburn approves it?For Thursday, would this be in place and the Senate would know about it?
CON:Grooms: It completely makes it hard to negotiate with Senate with the proviso that if they don’t fund it wewill. Not so bright.
Ardis: Amendment that this amendment will not be repealed or amended unless it be voted 2/3 by COGSbody.Seconded, no objection. PASSED
Ardis: Call he question on Tazaz Amendment.Tazaz: Although I have been kind of negative, but this provides a safety cushion in case something goeswrong, but will let me sleep better at night. Even though the Sunshine law exists, this will not be a proviso onthe COGS budget and they might over look it.VOTE on Tazaz amendment: Ayes do have it.
Englehardt. Move to call the question. Seconded and objected to. Withdrawn.
PRO:Reread the amendment.CON: DeJesus: I don’t understand why we propose something after Senate has already said they won’tcover it. Don’t want to take away the money.Schwab: Although I do think that we should open lines of communication. I think that playing around withthe budget of Fredericks: While I agree with communication.Tazaz: Mixed feelings about this would like to see some of the centers that they have closed, reopened.Schwab: Rather see us do something
PRO:Straub: We haven’t actually funded them yet, and so the funding being taken away and given just isn’taccurate.
Worrall: We have the time to plan and the proviso language in place so that the safety margins are in place.Ardis: In line with Worrall to see test our relationship with Senate. I believe that it behooves us to try this,move forth to have the Senate partner with us. I hope that it can lead to some of the ideas put forth.Tazaz: Motion to call the question.CLOSINGArdis: With respect to the question that our putting proviso on this that it will affect the Senate. We will never know until we put the tools in the hands and see what happens. Vote yes.Worrall motion for a show of hands. Motion is defeated by a vote of 6-7.
Motion to waive the rules and extend time until we are finished .
Are there other amendments?Blair: Have you discussed the allocations to LSC and MSC yet? No.Blair: Move for 7 minute recession
Blair: Motion to move $2,500. To LSC .OPENING: I fought really hard last year to get more money. In the last 6 months, we have seen LSC isrunning much better this year. I see every day the results of the cuts. I am an officer in 3 different
organizations. JAWS is trying to teach new stress relievers in an environment that is stressful. There are 3new organizations starting up.Fredericks: So this is a good will gesture?Tazaz: Do you not see the increase as a good will gesture?deJesus: How much funding raising has the law school orgs done.Blair: Bake sales are up, taking a cue from Animal Law and doing a Rent a puppy.Englehardt: Have you seen the historical LSC budget?Blair: Done much better this year htan before.Rasch: What else would this be sused for other than Rent-apuppy and massages.Blair: We are doing the Rent a puppy for a fundraiser. We are bringing in good speakers, we rent themasseuses for 5 hours.Ardis: Motion to extend for 3 minutes. Extend for a total of 8 minutes.Would you llike to see the historical data?Wollenschlager: Would it surprise you to know that regular students were turned away from the massages?Blair: Yes, although I wasn’t in charge of it and I would ensure that didn’t happen.Glazier: If LSC had gotten word of that, there would have been repercussions.Ard’is: do you think that this was punishment or reaction to not having been effective?Blair: Both, punishment for have an ineffectual leadership. Punishment was used in discussing the LSCbudget.
Weber takes the speaker’s stand.
Motion to extend by 5 minutes. Seconded. Objection.Motion withdrawn.PRO: Blair Amendment: Schwab: I think that it has been shown that LSC is funded less per RSO thanMSC.CON: Englehardt: I find it appalling that you find that an increase of $18,000 is looked upon as an insult. Idon’t find that they did a better job.Rasch: I don’t see why LSC should get more so you can feel good.Tazaz: I understand that you are getting more and just because I was sitting on the budget committee andthey didn’t seem like that they had to dPOI: Ramirez: Can LSC funding board come before COGS and request more funding.Ard’is: Funding boards can and RSOs can’tGrimes: I originally wasn’t going to say anything. The Law school does fundraising.just not what you mightexpect. We have students getting money from the parents. Allotments to the law school. They are our organization and if they are under performing then it is up to us to make it better.Ard’is: I agree with Grimes. Speak to the level of the budget committee, didn’t hear punishment,Heard if they don’t answer our questions, how can we give them more money. The representatives did athorough research and the funding LSC should receive.Fredericks: The preamendment increase is 37% and a 5 % increase isn’t going to make a difference.
PRO:Ramirez: I was on the budget committee. We would give about $1500/RSO. The $2500 increase is abouthalf of what we would have given for the extra 3 organizations.Straub: We need to be careful what message we are insinuating when we speak.Schwab: We heard that $2500 would be just a little bit and unnoticed. We asked LSC about fundraisingWorrall: The amount of the raise isn’t enough to make me upset.Tazaz: Although there might be another 3 organizations we have to look at what is actually in position now.Grooms: While we heard you don’t spend all your funds on massages, we never do.Ard’is: Thinking of parity, we look at effectiveness for the organizations, we send out the wrong message if we ignore the data.
Worrall: Not opposed to small increase. While comparing MSc and LSC, MSC has actively used it and nothad it swept.CLOSING: I was 100% unprepared to speak tonight. Apologize for the examples. We do a lot more of whatyou think of good events. I want to say, that even though we have earmarks, we do do bake sales. Theamount that came up with at $1500/ org the new organizations are starting up. Sorry I didn’t study thehistorical data. They swept a larger amount from MSC orgs last year thatn the LSC orgs. I am asking so weare doing much better and more fair. This hurts the 700 law students.
VOTE: 5 ayes/ 9 nays, 2 abstain. Amendment fails.Close the floor to amendments.
Englehardt: Move to adopt the budget as amended. PassesBudget Amended
Resolution 2 : Sponsored by Representatives Tazaz, Lieberwirth, and Glazier Tazaz: It was stated that our program assistants will be moved to the SGA offices in December. We feel thatit is important that our assistants stay in their current office to better serve our body and our constituents. It iseasy access to students and our computer lab is here in SLB. With no program assistants, there will be nosupervision for the computers. We will also not have an ease when trying to print. We would like to see theCOGS program assistants to stay in SLB.Glazier: One of the concerns raised is that we need to work well with SGA and while we agree with that andsupport that sentiment, we need to think about COGS itself. By separating Barb and Julie, our executiveboard will have a more difficult time getting issues resolved.QUESTIONS:Worral: Have you asked Vicky or anyone else their opinions on this?Tazaz: I can speak for myself. These are my opinions and before we go and talk to someone, I would like itto be a consensus from COGS.Glazier: Agreed, We want it to be a COGS idea and not just two or three individuals.PRO:Fredricks: Amendment: Add “the” in front of the two COGS in the first WHEREAS. Also, change “generalwalking distance” to “adjacent” in the first WHEREAS.Adopted.Hans: I like it.Fredricks: I like the fact that “therefore be it resolved” states that it should stay in the computer lab.CON:Blair: The second WHEREAS clause, I don’t agree with it. I think that the union is just as accessible. As a lawstudent, SLB is equally as incontinent to students. This is really only binding to us for a year. I don’tunderstand why it is that big of an issue. If we think that we will be better served by having our programassistants supervised, it should work. It should not become a big problem.Shwaub: I feel like this resolution can be interpreted in two opposing ways. One, it could mean that weoppose them moving OR it could imply that we want COGS to move. I think a resolution should be clearer.Straub: Eco thoughts of Blair and Shaub. We have phones, we have e-mail and we have feet. It really shouldnot make that much of a difference.PRO:Worral: I’m really not sure right now.Hans: Call toquestions. Second.No objection, question called.CLOSING:
Tazaz: We want to get the whole group’s opinion on the matter. Just to clear up, as far as not namingbuildings, it was left vague hoping that we would be moving to Thagard in the near future. I want to keepeverything toe3ther and keep everything in a place where everyone knows everything is at and advertised. If we make a move, it needs to be at the beginning of the school year, not in the middle.Glazier: Agreed. We need to think of paperwork and the move itself. It might get very complicated not tomention the paperwork that needs to be signed.Worral: Motion to vote by show of hands. Second.Vote: Aye: 3 Ney: 5 Abstained:7Speaker determination: The resolution does not pass.Tazaz: invoke rule 4Grimes: The decision of the chair may be overruled by a majority rule. It is NOT overruled (7-6; 1 abstention).
I encourage anyone to take up this matter.Glazier: Move to accept the last roll call and final roll call with the exception of Englehardt.Objected by Blair.Glazier: Call to question.Grimes: the ayes do have it.
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NEW BUSINESS:
ROUNDTABLE:• Vicky: Thank you for putting together an opinion. I am taking all information about the shift. I am
doing all of this with your best interest at heart. Thank you.• Senator Demint: This Thusday 6:30-8:30pm, RSO president’s mixer. Free dinner and do roundtable
discussion. Business casual, RSVP [email protected] . We have a lot of groups planning oncoming and encourage all of you to come. Union ballrooms.
• DeJesus: Medical School is hosting the 2010 Hispanic Health Care Conference. Special speakers.Friday, all day. More than welcome to come. There will be lunch. Neighborhood Health Services onBevard Street.
• Hans: Museum of Fine Arts. Passed my first review! :o) TED Talk.• Fredricks: Movie update at SLB.• Staub: Go to the pictures, I can offer rides, but I will be there so if you do not want to be there alone,
I will be there• Glazier: I hope to go to SOAR and bring people.• Blair: Conference update. David got elected thanks to mostly me. It was fun and I think that we
should stay in this organization.• Ardis: I apologize for the message comments. I would also like to take credit for Grimes election. We
almost missed our flight, but I sprinted and it showed that my back is good after the accident. Nicelively debate.
• Grimes: If you need me, you will have to try hard because finals are coming. Please go to Senate,Senate was here and we need to go there too, they are pretty cool people. There’s food as well.Also, continue thinking about constituent service. Great debates today, but we need to continuethinking about how we can make an impact on campus.
o Hans, Blair, and Tazaz for CSAC, approved by the body.o
We are SGA, there is no us vs. them, we all work together.o Representative Ardis and myself will be looking at Alumni village in case anyone wants tocome with to look at some matters.
o If you have any food restrictions, please make sure you let me know so that everyone caneat.
• Straub: Administration is not SGA, please remember.• Ms. Vicky’s office… A209 Oglesby Union… go visit her
FINAL ROLL CALL: Ardis, Blair, de Jesus, Englehardt, Fredericks, Glazier, Grimes, Manojlovic, Ramirez,Rasch, Schwab, Straub, Taylor, Tazaz, Warren, Weber, Wollenschlaeger, Worrall
ADJOURNMENT: 10:20pm
NEXT MEETING: Monday October 4th at 6:30 PM in the COGS Chambers
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
BILL 1
Sponsored by Representatives Glazier & Straub Removing the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee
On December 6 thst , 2010, the body voted to amend Chapter 210 of the COGS Code governing theprocedure for funding Registered Student Organizations in accordance with the attached document.
The purpose of this bill is to delete the COGS Supplemental Allocations Committee and bring all RSOfunding requests outside of funding boards and the annual budget process before COGS as a whole.
Strikethrough indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.
___________________ __________________________________ David Grimes Vicki DobiyanskiSpeaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________ Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs
210.1 This chapter shall apply to funding requests made outside the annual budget process.
210.2 Recognized Student Organizations, as well as any Student Government or Universityaffiliated entity, may request supplemental funds from COGS. These funds when allocated
shall take the form of COGS Organizational Grants and shall be subject to all the provisionsof this Code.
210.3 Any entity requesting funds from COGS must submit a request form to the DepartmentalAccounting Associate. The Associate will schedule their appearance before the Assembly inaccordance with the Internal Rules of Procedure. Any entity requesting an OrganizationalGrant must submit a “COGS Organizational Funding Request Form” as well as schedule anappearance before the Assembly. appropriate COGS body. Any aggregate request which isor exceeds $400.00 will be made in person to the Assembly. Any aggregate request of lessthan $400.00 will be made in person before the COGS Supplemental Allocations Council,C-SAC hereafter.
210.4 C-SAC shall be composed of the COGS Executive Board as well three (3) members of COGS selected by the Assembly to serve three (3) month terms. The Speaker shall serve asC-SAC chair, and the Deputy Speaker for Finance shall serve as vice-chair.
A) C-SAC funds shall be held in a separate line item in the COGS Budget.
B) C-SAC shall meet no less than once every 10 school days so long as there are anysupplemental funding requests pending before COGS.
C) All members of C-SAC shall be entitled to a vote. Allocations shall be made by a
majority vote of members present at a C-SAC meeting. In the event of a tie, therequest shall be referred to the Assembly.
D) Organizations may appeal any C-SAC allocation to the Assembly, though no fundsshall be disbursed or allocated while appeal is pending.
E) Any organization which has submitted more than two (2) requests of less than$400.00 per semester shall bypass the C-SAC process and make a request directly tothe Assembly.
210.5 Embargoed Funds
Organizations which receive funds from C-SAC for upcoming events shall be informed of the allocation; however at the discretion of the committee the funds may be embargoed andnot released until the Deputy Speaker for Finance receives sufficient assurances from theOrganization that the event for which monies were allocated will in fact occur.
A) Embargoed funds shall be held in the C-SAC unallocated account as fundsearmarked for specific organizations to be used in conjunction with specific events.
In no event may embargoed funds be used in any manner other than for what theywere initially requested without the prior authorization of C-SAC.
B) Funds shall be designated by C-SAC as “For immediate release” or as “Embargoed”at the discretion of C-SAC. C-SAC may at their discretion establish a date wherebysufficient assurances must be made or funds will become available for general
allocation.
C) If a speaker has been contracted by the Organization for the event for which fundswere embargoed, this shall constitute sufficient assurances under §210.4, thoughsufficient assurances may be demonstrated in other ways as well.
D) If the event does not take place, the embargoed funds shall become available to C-SAC for general allocation.
210.6 C-SAC shall be empowered to establish guidelines for considering funding requests whichmay be amended by a majority vote of COGS; such amendments C-SAC may not amend.
These guidelines shall be adopted or amended by a two-thirds (66%) majority of the totalnumber of C-SAC members. In forming the guidelines C-SAC shall keep in mind theunique mission of the Congress of Graduate Students and emphasize programs whichexpand academic opportunity over those which are purely social in nature.
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
BILL 4Sponsored by Representatives Ard’is and Lieberwirth
Changing Requirements for Leaves of Absence
On December 6th, 2010, the body voted to amend Chapter 119 of the COGS Code governing theprocedure for dealing with leaves of absence in accordance with the attached document.
Purpose: Is to ensure that leaves of absence are not indefinite and last only one academic semester.
Strikethroughs indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.
___________________ __________________________________ Speaker Vicki DobiyanskiSpeaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________ Deputy Speaker Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs
119.4 No representative shall be granted a leave of absence in two consecutive academic terms. Examples of consecutive academic terms are as follows: fall and spring, spring andsummer, summer and fall.
119.5 If a representative who is currently on leave of absence becomes aware that he or she wouldhave to extend his or her leave through another academic term, he or she must immediatelyresign from the Congress of Graduate Students.
119.6 Should a representative on a leave of absence resign his or her seat, the person temporarilyfilling such seat in accordance with Chapter 119.1 (b) shall be informed and given theopportunity to petition the Assembly to fill the now-vacant seat for the remainder of theCongress.
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
BILL 6Sponsored by Representative Glazier
Supporting NAGPS though Directors Meeting Subsidy
On December 6, 2010, the body voted to move $500.00 from COGS Unallocated Account 244003 toCOGS Admin Account 244-004.
Purpose: To subsidize the work of the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students bypaying for the Speaker’s expense for travel to the Board of Directors Transition Meeting at theUniversity of North Texas January 7 th though the 9 th .
___________________ __________________________________ David Grimes Vicki DobiyanskiSpeaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________ Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
BILL 7Sponsored by Representative Grimes and Straub
Creation of COGS Affiliate Organization Status
On November 15th, 2010, the body voted to create Chapter 303 of the COGS Code governing COGSAffiliate Organization status in accordance with the attached document.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the flexibility with which RSO’s may operate while recognizingthat the special contributions of certain organizations deserves special attention by the Congress in ourallocations processes and in the use of certain COGS resources in order to promote budgetaryefficiency and effectiveness of both COGS and Affiliate Organizations.
Strikethrough indicates deletions, underlined items are additions.
___________________ __________________________________ David Grimes Vicki DobyianskiSpeaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________ Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn
Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs
303.1 The designation of COGS Affiliate Organization (CAO hereafter) is hereby created. Suchdesignation shall be instituted or terminated by the Assembly though law upon applicationof any graduate student recognized student organization. Organizations selected for CAOdesignation should have a proven track-record of effective use of funds and execution of
programming which is either of critical need to the university or of widespread benefit to thegraduate student body. The designation of CAO shall be annually reviewed by the COGSInternal Affairs Committee.
303.2 Organizations designated as CAO shall adopt and amend their own bylaws, conduct their own elections, and be responsible for the election of their own officers; however at no timeshall they exercise any of the aforementioned powers in any manner inconsistent with theCOGS Code or Student Body Constitution and Statutes.
303.3 Organizations designated as CAO shall not be eligible to receive funds from the MedicalStudent Council or the Law Student Council.
303.4 Organizations designated as CAO shall be eligible to request funds from COGS directlythough the annual budget process, as well as request supplemental funding from CSAC or the Assembly itself. This provision shall not be interpreted as precluding the right of theBudget Committee or the Assembly to allocate directly in the annual budget to universitydepartments, student government entities, or any recognized student organizations if thecommittee or assembly should determine that doing so is desirable.
303.5 Any CAO shall be entitled to use any COGS resources for which there is little or noopportunity cost. Determination of little or no opportunity cost shall be made by theSpeaker, subject to appeal to the Assembly.
303.6 The following shall constitute the exhaustive list of COGS Affiliate Organizations:
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
BILL 8On Petition
Providing Funding for SPEAR Conference by SPORT
On December 6, 2010, the body voted to move $1013.00 from COGS Unallocated Account 244003 tothe Sport Psychology Organization and Research Team in the following amounts:
$638.00 in Expense
$295.00 in Food
$80.00 in Clothing and Awards
The purpose of this request is to fund the 3 rd Annual Sport Professional’s Experience and Research(SPEAR) Conference at Florida State University.
___________________ __________________________________ David Grimes Vicki DobiyanskiSpeaker of the House Director of Student Affairs
___________________ _____________________________ Dominick Ard’is Mary Coburn Deputy Speaker for Finance Vice President for Student Affairs
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The 19 th Congress of Graduate Students
Resolution 3 Authorizing Funds to Host the NAGPS South-East Regional
Conference for the Year 2011 at Florida State University
Sponsored by Representatives Straub and Ard’is
WHEREAS , the Congress of Graduate Students desires that the 2011 South-East RegionalConference should be held at Florida State University, and
WHEREAS , miscommunication between COGS and NAGPS has resulted in the need to adjust prior understandings of the budget for the conference, and
WHEREAS , NAGPS has requested a more definite statement of the COGS commitment to host theConference,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 19TH CONGRESS OF GRADUATESTUDENTS, that COGS shall leverage all available external resources including solicitations of sponsorships, donations, advertisements, contributions from the University, and contributions from
the Student Government Association.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in the event such solicitation fails, COGS is committed toallocating an amount up to $10,000.00 to facilitate the Conference.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, a facsimile of this Resolution be immediately sent to AlexEvans, President of NAGPS, and that an original copy be sent to the record address of NAGPS.
_______________________ ___ ______________________ David Grimes Dominick Ard’isSpeaker of the House Deputy Speaker for Finance
A resolution expressing concerns that the majority of U.S. higher education institutions are not incompliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act, otherwise referred to as the “Clery Act”. TheClery Act is a federal statute (20 U.S.C. § 1092 (f))wherein institutional compliance is monitored by theUnited States Department of Education.National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, Inc.
Date: November 12, 2010Author(s): Kristi Kremers, University of Minnesota
WHEREAS , all U.S. universities and colleges receiving federal financialaid dollars are required to report campus security policies and campuscrime statistics; and
WHEREAS , campuses need to have clear guidelines and reporting structureson who should report campus crime statistics to the designated campussecurity authority, including: campus medical facilities, women’s centers, andother departments and officials who either supervise students or respond tocrime victims; and
WHEREAS , a 2002 study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice reportedthat only 63% 1 of institutions did not fully comply with the Clery Act; and
WHEREAS , the current legislation does not require institutions to report allcrimes including assault 2; and
WHEREAS, crimes involving sexual misconduct may be classified as an assaultrather than a sex offense and are therefore not captured in the reported list of criminal offenses; and
WHEREAS, institutions are encouraged to provide, “accurate and promptreporting of all crimes to the campus police and the appropriate law enforcementagencies”.
1 Karjane, H.M., Fisher, B.S., & Cullen, F.T.(2002) Campus sexual assault: How America’sinstitutions of higher education respond. U.SDepartment of Justice. Document #196676. 2
Required criminal offenses in the Clery reportinclude: murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, arson, alcoholor drug violations and hate crimes.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) urges Congress and the Administration to passlegislation to (a) specifically clarify which campus officials and offices arerequired to report campus crime statistics, (b) to further empower the U.S.Department of Education to monitor and fine those institutions not in compliance,and (c) that all criminal offenses including simple assault should be classified andreported in the spirit of law.
Approved and adopted the 5th
day of December 2010, I, the undersigned, hereby certify that Resolution 2010.12.1B was duly adopted by the Association.
