Minutes of the 3nd meeting of the 57th CLAS Assembly, September 24, 2013, Bedford Lounge, Student Center

Members present:

1. Abdou Salma 2. Abrahams Shani 3. Bejanyan Maria4. Berkowitz Zakery5. Berman Moshe 6. Berman Teddy 7. Borshch Karina 8. Chamani Isaac 9. Deutsch Ronit 10. Edeson Ian11. Elghandour Tarek 12. Fruchter David 13. Hovell Mike 14. Logie Kenji 15. Mikhli Jennifer16. Waingort Alberta 17. Zaghi Nisan18. Cohen, Robin19. Andrawis Giuseppina 20. Cremidis Paolo21. Mizrahi Raymond 22. Shmuel Nadler23. Esperanza Maria24. Gorbonos Allen25. Michelle26. Marie

Members absent:1. Jean Laurent Yves E. 2. Rudy Hayeem 3. Osman Fatema

12:35 pm Meeting called to order

I. Swearing in of new members Michelle and Marie.II. Vote on Non Budgetary status for the pre optometry club (void

wrong club introduced )III. President Rosenberg delivers his State of the College AddressIV. Government Operations Chair Motioned for referral of the revision of

the election act to be referred to her committeea. Nadler requested a point of information regarding whether it

was necessary to have the matter referred to committee in order to start working on it.

b. Paolo Cremidis Objected to this referral to committee c. The PHD Floor Leader Tarek Objected to the prior objection

i. Tarek’s Motion was upheldd. Salma’s Motion passed unopposed

V. Committee Chairs report describe their vision for the year: a. Academic Affairs

i. Looking into increasing the number of academic advisersb. Budget and Finance

i. New Grant Form presented to the assembly ii. Clubs have started to initiate budget transfers

c. Media, Outreach and Engagement i. Exploring new methods to get the word out to students ii. New CLAS Student Government website coming online

soon d. Student Activities

i. The Committee will now act as liaisons between Student Government and clubs.

VI. Floor opened to questions from membersVII. NYPIRG updated the assembly on current initiatives

a. Requested Co-Sponsorship for their Talent show on the 10th of October

b. The assembly voted to Co-Sponsor the event regarding Outreach.

c. The Budget and Finance Chair was asked to look into the possibility of funding the event.

VIII. Next meeting time announced for October 1st, 12:30 pm, location TBA.

IX. Motion to adjourn made by Shani, seconded by Teddy, meeting adjourned.

1:15 pm Meeting adjourned

Minutes prepared by Kenji L Logie

Notes

Mr. Bruce Crane interrupted the meeting after a motion to adjourn was made, and proceeded to address the assembly without being recognized. After further investigation, it was determined he was informed prior to the meeting by the speaker due to the number of items the agenda his request to have his issue placed on the agenda could not be granted.