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20090309 Minutes

Student Assembly Finance Commission
March 9th, 2009
5:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
163 Day Hall

I. Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.

II. Roll Call

Commissioners
Lee Blum, Jack Castle, Cailen Casey, Maddie Ehrlich, Elyse Feldman, Charlie Feng, Varun Gehani, Ian Lesyk, Michael McCormick, Yuliya Neverova, Lauren Nicola, Jonathon Raymond, Scott Rog, Benjamin Schreff, Vivien Pillet, Lauren Rosenblum, Cameron Scott, Qing Zhao

III. Business of the Day

Attendance — voting/ Dividing guidelines for review after break

Y. Neverova informed the commissioners that out of the four groups that appealed to the SA, only two were accepted. Y. Neverova went over the decisions and reasoning for each group.

B. Schreff said that there will be a vote on M. Ehrlich and D. Chu on commissioner status, due to attendance issues. He stated that D. Chu missed two help sessions, a meeting on January 26th, and all the appeals which were worth up to 7 points.

Commissioner discussion.

B, Schreff collected the commissioners’ votes on whether to keep D. Chu on the SAFC.

B. Schreff said that M. Ehrlich had 8 attendance points, and missed the help sessions and appeals, all of which were excused.

M. Ehrlich apologized to the commission, and stated the reasons for her absences. She then left the room.

Commissioner discussion.

Vote: M. Ehrlich to stay on the commission.

M. Ehrlich re-entered the room.

Y. Neverova then split the commissioners into groups to revise and look over sections of the guidelines that would be discussed after spring break.

V. Gehani informed everyone that interview dates for SAFC applicants has been moved to April 18th.

IV. Meeting was adjourned at 5:25 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Valerie Pocus
SAFC Clerk, Office of the Assemblies

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