SAFC Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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

Present: Samuel Bendix, Adam Castle, Jeffrey Catalano, Luke Chernosky, Mary DePalma, Adam Dix, Kelsey Donahue, Jillian Dorans, Maddie Ehrlich, Varun Gehani, Lisa Gilbertson, Colin Heath, Jennifer Hsu, Brittni Levinson, Kim Lewis, Michael McCormack, Scottie McQuilkin, Samuel Miller-Little, Adrian Nunez, Spencer Pepper, Jonathan Raymond, Eric Schulman, Joey Zielinski

Absent: Jeffrey Cohan, Jeffrey Douglas, Erica Fischer, Nadia Ormsby, Alex Saltman

III. Business of the Day

Administrative/Internal Affairs

S. McQuilkin started off the meeting by introducing Sarah Boxer.

S. Boxer introduced herself and mentioned that the SA will be hearing the appeals of student groups this Thursday and next Thursday. She invited all of the commission to show up and see how the SA works. Next, she said that she had been getting some feedback from groups about the SAFC being too social as an organization. She said that she had heard some commissioners trusted each other instead of listening to a voice of reason. She also expressed concern that the SAFC was becoming too lackadaisical. Lastly, she said that she wants the commissioners to have some fun, but take their job seriously, and if any commissioners had any questions, they could email her at sbb26@cornell.edu.

S. Pepper commented that the commission does a great job, and that it is ok to have some fun, but the commission also needs to recognize the fine line between having fun and staying professional.

S. McQuilkin quickly mentioned that she would be passing around a mid-semester feedback form for the commissioners to write comments on and added that this organization needs to stay professional.

E. Greenberg introduced himself to the commission and said they he was just sitting in on the meeting to get a feel for what goes on during the SAFC meetings.

S. McQuilkin asked if there were any questions.

A. Nunez asked about an update on the group �Men of Color Conference�.

S. McQuilkin responded by saying the group did not end up appealing and instead gave the SAFC a letter with recommendations for changes in the SAFC policies and guidelines. She moved on to say that E-board elections would be in two weeks from today and she encouraged people to run for positions. She also encouraged commissioners to encourage each other to run for positions. With this, however, she said that SAFC members cannot run as a ticket, only as individuals. Lastly, she reminded the commissioners that that meeting would take a very long time, and then finally passed out the Mid-semester feedback sheets.

{Commission takes 5 minutes to fill out sheets then hands them back to Ms. McQuilkin}

S. McQuilkin reminded all of the commissioners that the interviews for new commissioners are on Saturday November 18th, from 10am-4pm, in Goldwin Smith, rooms 158 and 162. She asked that commissioners advertise as much as they can. She also said that the new and old E-Board members would select which candidates get interviewed after the applications are due. In addition, she invited all of the commission to help with the selection of candidates. Next, Ms. McQuilkin mentioned that there is a two-year term limit for commissioners and that any who have passed the two year limit will need to be voted back on the commission. Lastly, Ms. McQuilkin said that she would email any individuals that have passed the two-year term limit.

A. Nunez asked how many commissioners the SAFC would take.

J. Zielinski said that after keeping track of which commissioners would be leaving and coming back, he estimated that the SAFC would try to take six to eight new members for next semester.

S. McQuilkin added that old and new E-Board would be selecting 15 candidates to interview and would work on making all of the interviews as equal as possible.

J. Zielinski moved on to say that there were nine appeals to the Appropriations Committee (Apps Com), and only three were passed on to the SA to vote on. He added that if any commissioners wanted to view the SA meeting that it would be at 4:45pm in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Lastly, he said the commission would now be splitting up into three groups to go through all of the SAFC�s policies and guidelines and try to figure out any ideas of changes that can be made to them.

{Commission splits up into three groups to discuss and comes back together at 6pm}

S. McQuilkin ended the meeting by thanking all of the commissioners for showing up.

IV. Adjournment

Meeting ended at 6:00 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Daniel Kantor
SAFC Clerk, Office of the Assemblies