SGA Update: Constitutional Amendments and New E-Board Inductions

Taylor Longenberger, News Editor|May 2, 2014

David Holder

The newly elected Executive Board stands above this year’s e-board and will look to them for advice next year.

Student Government Association (SGA) met in Lienhard lecture hall Fri. April 25.

 

Senate voted full time faculty member Howard Weishaus as Legislative Advisor for the 2014- 2015 school year. Weishaus had previously held the position as Legislative advisor for several years and will now be able to continue his work through the position once again.

 

Newly elected SGA officers were inducted by Senior Vice President and COO of Westchester Services, Bill McGrath and Associate Vice President and Dean for Students, Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo. New officers will be running the SGA meeting as of next week.

 

Constitutional amendments were presented to Senate, all but the amendment to add a Vice President of Programming for each Organization were approved.

 

  1. The legislative branch of SGA will now include “a single representative from each recognized organization… and two representatives from each school at Pace University Pleasantville.” The single representative for each organization will still be composed of one senator.

 

  1. The Associate Justices will now have a voice in senate, where they had not previously. Budget Allocation Committee (BAC) will now vote on the Vice President of Finance’s By-Laws, which will then be sent to senate following the approval.

 

  1. The theme of Justice was removed from the Vice President of Unity and Social Justice’s position as the theme will not be the same for next year.

 

  1. The Executive Advisor will be the Director of Student Development and Campus Activities (SDCA) or an appointee. If the director of SDCA chooses to appoint a new person, they must inform SGA E-board at least 2 weeks in advance and meet with SGA Executive-board (E-Board) to discuss nominees. SDCA director will make the decision and the SGA E-board will inform students of the decision.

 

 

  1. Media groups must submit a form of recognition to the SGA E-board, in which case they will not be required to host programming as it will not be assumed that organizations wish to have media group status. Any media group must maintain a membership of at least 5 members, fulfill SGA and SDCA requirements, and shall never be considered dormant.

 

  1. Outlying funds from the previous fiscal year will now follow a series of processes in order to be approved for use in the following year.