ASG-BoD regular meeting minutes for 01/21/2020

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Tess McMillan
  1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES 2. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the chair at 3:35PM 3. ROLL CALL In attendance:  Emmanuel Tshimanga  Carolina Valdez(Proxy)  Hannah Lee  Naomie Mutanda 4. INTRODUCTIONS Different students and club advisors attended the meeting alongside student programs staff. 5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  Agenda 1/21/2020 The agenda was approved unanimously without any amendments. Mover: Hannah Lee Seconder: Naomie Mutanda Vote Count: 4-0-0 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTE  BOD Minutes 11.27.2019 The Minutes were approved unanimously without any amendments. Mover: Hannah Lee Seconder: Naomie Mutanda Vote Count: 4-0-0
  2. OPEN FORUM No comments were made 8. REPORTS Representatives Reports:  President: Emmanuel Tshimanga
    I attended the board of trustee meeting to report on the work that the ASG has been doing. I have been attending various meetings with Bellevue College administrators to provide student representation as well as voice our concerns.  Vice President: Carolina Valdez I have been working on making sure that the Student environmental and sustainability fee meets to discuss requests since I am filling in for the social responsibility. I will be working on coming with a structure to make changes to the current model.  Events Representative: Hannah Lee “I have been working on promoting and recruiting ASG officers. Recently we tabled and gained more student interest so I have been emailing and answering their questions. Currently we have received several applications for ASG positions and we will be doing interviews very soon. In addition, I have been assisting clubs to create ideas, sharing my input, and to bring awareness to their events so more students can support and engage in the community.”  Treasurer: Naomie Mutanda I have been working on making sure that our budgets are up to date. I will be meeting with the people involved for the STF committee. I will be working to make sure that we are ready for the Students activities fee allocations. 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 10. NEW BUSINESS:  Uplift Ghana Presentation: Not present  Funding Request: Dutec Mover: Naomie Mutanda Seconder: Hannah Lee Vote Count: 4-0-0 Amount: $ 5,100 Budget: 1910 Representatives from the dutec club presented about the importance that having clinical with doctors from outside hospitals and some of the seniors in the program have on their not only to learn but also connect. They have been organizing this event for a few years now and they usually get a pretty good turnout in numbers of Bellevue College students attending. There was a series of questions asked. The ASG suggested that they start thinking about fundraising in order to offset the cost.  Funding Request: Global Game Jam Mover: Naomie Mutanda Seconder: Hannah Lee Vote Count: 3-1-0 Amount: $ 8,000 Budget: 1910
    The coalition of various clubs such as the computer science club, Virtual reality and many other technology focused clubs came to present on the benefits that Bellevue College students will have organizing this event on campus. Some of the students present shared how this event helped build community with fellow Bellevue College Students. The event is open to all BC students. People around the world will be competing at the same time trying to come up with the best game following a specific given theme. Having this event here gives some students the opportunity to practice and collaborate with others on a project. This is a really enriching experience as expressed by some of the students that were in attendance.  Funding Request: Game Dev trip Mover: Naomie Mutanda Seconder: Hannah Lee Vote Count: 3-1-0 Amount: $ 16,200 Budget: 1910 Members of the Game developers club and few from the computer science club presented about the importance of this conference to students. They did mention that this conference help students connect with various notable people in the gaming industry. The conference has some prominent speakers and this will have Bellevue College represented. The ASG did insist on the fact that this opportunity should be open to all students following the application process set by the Club and the advisor. There was questions and some of the students that have previously attended the conference gave their testimonies. The ASG decided to fund the trip partially and encouraged students to plan fundraisers in advance to be able to offset the cost. 11. ANNOUNCEMENTS Hannah Lee moved to extend the meeting up to 15 min Naomie Mutanda seconded Vote count: 4-0-0 12. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by the chair at 4:50PM
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