By News Staff
Thursday’s Student Government Association meeting opened with updates on the discussion of the planned revisions to the organization’s current constitution.
Danette Brickman, the advisor to the Constitutional Revision Commission (CRC), said senators on the committee will present suggested amendments to the entire senate on Feb. 16, and the senate will vote two days later.
In addition, she explained to the senate and club leaders in attendance the issues with previous revisions to the document. Brickman and Richard Trietley, SGA’s advisor, then discussed the processes by which amendments can be and are added.
For a complete explanation of the current constitution situation and the amendment passage and voting process, refer to the article headlined “Trietley says SGA constitution valid,” published in the Feb. 5 edition of The Bona Venture and also available on the paper’s website.
Other topics discussed during the afternoon meeting included the Spring Awards Ceremony and plans for a student worker position with the late weekend bus.
Rose Brown, SGA president, told the senate about the opening for online nominations for the Fr. Joe Doino, O.F.M. Honors and Awards. Brown asked the senate to encourage the student body to nominate members of the community.
Paula Scraba, a member of the awards committee, said any St. Bonaventure community member can nominate another community member for an award, which will be presented at the annual Spring Awards Ceremony on March 30 at 4 p.m. Nominations will remain open until March 16 Brown said.
Peter Bertoldo and Jackie Roberts, Campus Activities Board (CAB) secretary and co-chair of promotions, respectively, proposed the addition of student workers on the late night weekend bus.
Bertoldo and Roberts said the students would ride the bus and use CAB’s Twitter account to update students as to the current location of the bus, if it’s running late or not running at all.
The primary reasons, they added, would be to eliminate the number of students gathered for long periods of time outside businesses in the local communities both for safety and weather-related reasons.
According to Bertoldo and Roberts, the position would pay minimum wage and would require about 12 hours of work a week, totaling about $432 dollars a month. Bertoldo and Roberts proposed that SGA pay the position for the first month, as a trial period of sorts, while CAB and SGA work out a permanent plan, should the trial period be successful, they added.
The idea for the position came from a previous meeting in which the problems with students knowing the location of the bus were discussed and Robert DeFazio, who organizes club budgets, said purchasing a tracking system was not feasible, Roberts said.
At press time, further details on the awards, the constitution revision, the student worker position and other topics discussed at the biweekly meeting could not be obtained. Check the paper’s website and future print editions for updates.
