Student Assembly Minutes
April 27, 2009
A. Call to Order: 9:04 p.m.
B. Parking Discussion—Fran Manfredo, Director of Campus Safety
• Campus Safety has been working on a plan to change the parking on campus and brought it to SA to discuss
• The plan would involve a re-designation of lots so that there was student parking available proportional to the number of students living on each side of campus
• The plan calls for two passes only--a faculty/staff pass and a student pass, which would allow students to park in any student-designated lot on campus
• A member suggested that there be two student passes, one for the north side of campus and one for the south side of campus
• After discussing, SA voted and decided that it was too soon to have this plan go into effect for the '09-'10 school year and that there are still too many logistics that would need to be figured out
• Fran Manfredo also clarified some common questions he receives about parking:
• Parking ticket fees for Hamilton College are about the same as those of other schools
• All parking regulations can be found online
• Campus Safety doesn't have anything to do with the Appeals Board for tickets
• Hamilton College is a pedestrian campus
• Revenue from parking tickets does not go into Campus Safety budget
• Students are assigned to the most convenient lots based on their dorm and Campus Safety does not assign more passes to a lot than there are spaces available, but other students often park there illegally and therefore the lots fill up
C. Campus Planning Committee Update
• Acts as the advising committee for the president
• Has been discussing the possibility of having more students sit on various committees that are currently only faculty/administrators
• Hamilton College has less student representation than other schools with similar committees
• SA members are in favor of more student representation on various committees and will work with administration to get members of the community at large to serve on these committees
D. Community Building Meeting
• Saturday, May 2nd, 1:30-4:30 p.m., KJ, RSVP online
• Everyone is strongly encouraged to attend
• Goal is to make sure that everyone is mindful and respectful of diversity on campus
E. Funding
• The GNAR Club receives $150
• Funding decision passes unanimously
• $300 remaining this semester
F. Committee Reports
• Food
o Special Diet committee will meet to plan for next year this Friday at noon in McEwen (email cbrowne@hamilton.edu or food@hamilton.edu if interested)
• Technology
o WebAdvisor survey is done and results are being compiled
o May movies will be up on May 1st
• Diversity and Accessibility
o Discussed next year's plans and want to work more with clubs on campus
o Want to have a strong Multicultural Week next semester
o Want to work more with Utica next year
• Constitution
o The revisions have been completed and will be sent to the student body soon
• Elections
o Vote for class representatives through midnight on Wednesday, April 29th
G. Announcements
• MyHamilton Student Assembly Suggestion Box channel is up and running! Go to "Add Channel" at the top of your MyHamilton to add the box.
• Remember and remind people to vote in the class representative elections through Wednesday, April 29th
• The Class of 2011 wanted to fund a relaxation event for finals week so 2 massage therapists will be in the KJ Atrium on Tuesday of finals week from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
• STAND is having an Open Mic Night on May 7th at 9:00 p.m. in the Barn (if you want to perform email stand@hamilton.edu)
• Senior Week tickets go on sale tomorrow and ONLY seniors can purchase them
Meeting Adjourned: 9:50 p.m.
