In the March 15 Student Government Association meeting, Vice President Tristan Hobbs and Executive Senator for Committee Relations Morgan Rollins presented the revisions and specifications for the SGA constitution.
The constitution consisted of laws that were taken out or replaced, and included the amount of representatives from each diverse organization or association in the SGA being reduced to one in addition to prerequisites. For instance, senators would have fixated office hours and submit devoted minutes spent if the revised constitution was to be approved, as stated by Rollins.
Rollins also stated that a final reading of the constitution will take place during next week’s meeting on March 21.
President Dillon Yonker reminded the SGA of the association's upcoming elections over positions on board and senate. There will also be a meet and greet event that will take place on March 20, along with a debate with the two presidential candidates, as stated by Yonker.
Yonker also stated that voting polls will be open on March 22, and will close on March 29. Following this will be swearing in of the elected candidates on April 10.
Seniors Christina Tagg and McKenzie Adamson, president and secretary of the Politics Club, attended the meeting in request of approval of allocation of $799.98 to attend the Model UN Conference in North Carolina. The allocation would provide for the three-night hotel fee.
The allocation was approved by the SGA.
Treasurer Dustyn Hall spoke in place of the Student Union Advisory Board regarding the board's request of approval for the allocation of $642.60. The re-location would come from a previous allocation to attend a baseball trip in which they were not able to attend due to the Vice-Presidential Debate.
The allocation was also approved by the SGA.
Sophomore Nicholas Hylton, president of the Longwood running club, attended the meeting in request of approval from the SGA of the club's constitution with interest from eight people to join if approved.
Hylton stated that the club will help students by providing a means to exercise. The club will meet once a week and meetings can be indoors if impending weather, as also stated by Hylton.
The constitution was approved by the SGA.
Sophomores Shannon Blunt, chief trainer, and Isabella Corgo, president of WMLU, attended the meeting in request of approval of WMLU's revised constitution. Such revisions consisted of minor word changes and positioning of the executive board and chairs, as stated by Historian Emily Moran.
The revised constitution was approved by the SGA.
Rollins spoke in place of Cheryl Steele, assistant director of student engagement, to remind freshmen and seniors to take the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) as mentioned in the Feb. 18 SGA meeting.
The next SGA meeting will be on Tuesday March 21 in the Martinelli Board Room in Maugans Alumni Center at 3:45 p.m.
