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1) Vice President Position

a) Proposed Amendment (See Below)

i) All in favor of the change to the constitution

b) All those interested in the position should follow the instructions in the constitution.

2) Chairman of the Senate Position

a) George will fill that position

3) LAN Party this Friday

a) Come and forget about school for a while

b) Those of the USG that will be helping with the setup will need to be at room 200 at 3:30 pm.

c) What is needed?

d) Work out Specifics of the party.

4) More clarification on the North VA SG

a) They will have the same opportunity as anyone else in the school for open positions.

i) Senate rules will be enforced so there should be open seats next quarter

ii) If there are no open spots next quarter senators will be given the opportunity to open up their spot for one of the North VA students.

5) Tobacco use on campus

a) Some students have expressed concern over the use of tobacco products on campus

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1.       The new judicial policy (not yet in effect) – Ruth

a.       There were concerns about the student judicial process.

b.      The USG wanted there to be a student representative at the judicial proceedings

c.       There is a requirement of 12 hours of training a year for participation in the appeal committee.

d.      There will only be students in the appeal process, as there are too many original judicial hearings.

e.      There should be a minimum of 3 trained students.

f.        The procedure will be more spelled out in the upcoming catalogs.

g.       USG will appoint those who are interested in the committee.

h.      Hearings generally take 2+ hours.

2.       Chairman of the Senate Position

a.       Vacancy

b.      Propose amendment, No Seniority by Time. 

                                                               i.      What will the qualifications for that role?

                                                             ii.      There will be a proposal for an amendment to the constitution for the requirements for this role. Hopefully by next week.

3.       Northern Virginia Student Government

a.       How to include them?

b.      Proposal for a Welcome letter

c.       Should they need to go through the same process as all the other senators.

4.       Forum Issues

a.       Fixing the current forum

b.      Ideas on how to prevent from happening again?

                                                               i.      Register with full name

                                                             ii.      Only use Neumont Email address

                                                            iii.      Agree to Terms of Service agreement

                                                           iv.      There will be a section for guest to post that will be moderated

5.       Constitution Updates

a.       What is the status?

6.       Update from IT

a.       Web space

b.      VPN from Home

c.       Outlook from Home

Minutes For USG 08-27-07.doc

            So, they are closing the Northern Virginia Campus. We understand that it is due to excessive costs with the zoning and building of the planned campus. These cost and delays would prevent the school from having a permanent facility in the Northern Virginia area for at least a year. The school did not feel they would be able to actively promote that campus with only a temporary location.

We as a USG welcome the students that choose to move to the Utah campus. We hope y0u enjoy the mountains as much as we do!  All those who wish to comment about these changes and ask questions are welcome to on the USG Forum at this location (http://neumontusg.com/forum/index.php?topic=122.0)

1)      Marc Means – NUbe Project

a)      What is it?

i)        To generate revenue and for the USG and get articles up about the categories of opinions, instruction, and Humor.

ii)       All submissions will be the reviewed by the program administrator.

iii)     All video blogs will be hosted on revver.com that will also provide the revenue from ads.

b)      What is it for?

i)        Provides a fun and unifying activity for all of the student body and at the same time create a small amount of revenue for the USG.

ii)       Directors will receive prizes for their submissions.

(1)    The limit on prizes will depend on the success of the videos and the success of the ads.

2)      Sarah Chastain – For Senate Member

a)      None opposed – she is the 10^th member.

3)      Unified Student Body – West Virginia Campus

a)      Should they have a completely separate SG, or if not what should be combined?

i)        Combination on school wide problems/choices and separation on local only issues.

ii)       Eventually the school will expand beyond the 2 schools.

iii)     Each school should have its own senate.

iv)     If there was a school policy change then we need to have to include them because it affects them.

v)      What should we do if someone over there wants to be a USG president?

vi)     We need the cabinet members to publicly apologize for what happened during the election.

vii)   If they say no, then let them hit the walls and they will probably come back later as they will probably need our help.

viii)  Where is the line for what items are global vs. local.

4)      The GUI design class

5)      Open positions for USG

a)      Flyers should be made with information about what position’s are available and what their responsibilities are.

b)      The Website Admin.

c)       USG News letter positions.

6)      LAN party the first of every month.

a)      This upcoming LAN party.

7)      USG “Quarter Kick-off” Barbecue

a)      Before the start of the quarter so the new guys can get to know the old folks J

b)      So we can say good bye to our lives again together.

8 )      Student Web space

a)      Details about how and where it will be hosted.

b)      How much space would be available for each student?

1. Peak Awards - See the site http://ggtree.com/PeakChallenge/ for more information?
2. USG “Quarter Kick-off” Barbecue
3. Website
   1. Newsletter - Print out the “newsletter” to people who want to read a print format.
   2. Email Address List - People who want updates about our activities.
4. USG Funds
   1. Soda Friday - SWE will do soda on Friday along with food.
   2. Where are our activity funds going to? Find out so we can help SWE and other groups get more funding?
      1. USG will help SWE serve and bake goods
   3. Shirts
      1. Fundraiser Ideas: I dream in c#, I dream in Java, USG shirts, etc.
      2. Our USG shirts: Shirts for USG to identify us as a group.
   4. “Tape the teacher” - 1 yard of tape. 1$ to tape a teacher to the wall.
   5. Make a teacher wear a shirt (same idea as above just with a shirt)

Agenda for USG meeting on 08-06-2007

1)      Marv Jensen – Jason Vou

a)      Attendance and Solutions

b)      Options for those living farther away from Marv Jensen’s

2)      USG business

            a)  Appointing Yolanda Vagis to the  Activities committee  - 3 votes for, 0 against

      b)   Ricardo Aponte for USG Senator - 3 votes for, 0 against

c)       Jonathan Ma becoming a senator - 3 votes for, 0 against

3)      Things For discussion

a)      Mailing List for Students who wish to receive information about USG

i)        What this will contain

ii)       How often

b)      Chairmen of the Senate  - Revisiting next week for vote

i)        Valid candidates

(1)    John Brooks

(2)    Gorge Gastelum

ii)       Look over the powers of the Chairmen of the Senate and return informed to Vote next meeting. (Information on the responsibilities and powers are located in the constitution.)

c)       Dissolution of the 45 Votes thing for Senate

i)        None opposed to the removal, although there should be an official amendment to the constitution in order to remove it.  The voting on the amended constitution will take place next meeting.

d)      Number of Senators needed/wanted

e)      This week’s LAN party – look for fliers for more information on this. All things are go so far.

f)       Internal Projects

i)        Please give ideas for any internal projects that you would be willing to participate in on the forums for further discussion next week.

ii)        Testing software – this would provide a great project as it would always be in need of keeping it current.

Minutes for USG meeting on 07-30-2007

The following was sent in an e-mail to the Neumont Student body today following the election. Thanks to the candidates, and to those that voted. Hope to see all of you at the next meeting!

-Andrew Cordes

The USG election has ended. 167 students voted today in what was a close race.

The new President and Vice President are Tyler “TJ” Garlick and Nick Smith. They will be in office for the next three quarters. If you have suggestions for the USG, they can be contacted at tyler.garlick@student.neumont.edu and nick.smith@student.neumont.edu, as well as the weekly meetings.

The next USG meeting will be on Monday at 12:15 in Room 201. All students are invited to attend and participate. If you are interested in becoming officially involved with the USG as a senator, you will be given instructions for doing so at a meeting.

Have a nice weekend.

Erin