Minutes -- 02/13/01 General Meeting

General Minutes (02/13/01)

I. Attendance
II. Community Forum
	A. Handing out SSDP handout from the week before.
	B. DAMEA meeting Thursday at 7 - talking about OPEC.
	C. Saturday is Culture Night - performances at 4 and 8 in Common Ground.
	D. Novack Cafe T-shirts are here!
	E. I think I missed one, but I'm not sure.
III. President's Remarks
	A. Jorge is sick. Take him to Dick's House if he collapses.
	B. Novack - still open, trying to do it for Spring Term as well. People who did it this term may not be able to do it next term, so a new sign-up sheet is going 		around. Blitz Jorge if you have an attack of conscience and decide to do it later. Hey, you get a cool t-shirt.
	C. Camera crew is going to be in 101 Collis next weekend for the admissions office.
	D. Thanks to those of you who showed up at the trustee meeting! We'll do it again next time around.
	E. Jorge spoke with the Alumni Council president - she wants to work with SA.
IV. Vice President/MIAC
	A. Job description - Erica Berman is almost done with this for next year.
	B. Amendments - in two parts. Today's should be the easy part; next week is very very important!
V. Treasurer's Report - see agenda.
VI. Committee Reports
	A. Academic Affairs - Mike Perry '03. See agenda.
	B. Admin Fac - Stephanie Bonan '03. See agenda.
	C. Communications - Rebecca Davis '03. See agenda.
	D. Student Life - Molly Stutzman '02. See agenda.
	E. Student Orgs - Meg Hitchner '01. 
		1. Meetings will be on Wednesday at 6:30pm in Novack.
		2. Otherwise, as on agenda.
	F. Student Services - Jared Thorne '03. See agenda.
VII. SA Resolution 9: Eliminating the Amendment Period. Passed by acclamation. 
VIII. Constitutional Amendment 1: Executive Requirements
	A. Vote tally:
		1. Votes for: 39
		2. Votes against: 2
		3. Abstentions: 2
	B.Amendment fails.
	C. "If the Jack-o candidate is elected then the SA is shot to hell." - SA Vice President S. Chancellor Hill
IX. Constitutional Amendment 2: Alumni Liaison - passed by acclamation.
X. Open Forum
	A. In a motel room in Delacroix, 
		1. I was drinking like a Dartmouth boy, 
		2. thinking of the wrong turns I had took.
	B. As I lay there on the pea-green floor, I reached into my dresser drawer ­ 
		1. Looking for a bottle, but
		2. Instead I found a book.
	C. A book about a man; a book about the dude who lives above. A book about a man, who drives a pickup full of sweet, sweet love.
	D. So if you think he doesn't care, or even that he isn't there, it's not too late to see how wrong you are.
		1. And if you think you've gone astray, let God be your Triple-A,
		2. He'll tow you to salvation and he'll overhaul your heart.
	E. I'm talkin' 'bout a man; I'm talkin' 'bout the dude who lives above. I'm talkin' 'bout a man, who drives a pickup full of sweet, sweet love.
XI. Attendance