Student Assembly Finance Commission
April 26, 2010
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

Anna Connors, Emlyn Diakow, Charlie Feng, Danielle Fernandes, Jacob Frank, Dan Gusz, Kristen Jenkins, George Kang, Charles Kim, Rahul Kishore, Lawrence Kogos, Chris Lee, Justin Min, Yuliya Neverova, Joseph Nocciolino, Vivien Pillet, Scott Rog, Robin Shapiro, Kevin Song, Mack Wallace, David Wong, Jessica Zhao

III. Business of the Day

Co-chair elections

The candidates for co-chair were E. Diakow, J. Min, and L. Rosenblum.

D. Gusz asked the each of the nominees to give a short speech.

E. Diakow spoke about her qualifications for co-chair. She was on the Student Assembly, and is currently on a committee looking into the issue of duplicity of groups. She felt that SA and e-board experience were necessary to serve as co-chair. She talked about several ideas she had for the commission, such as working with club sports, changing special projects, sharing durable goods, making budget hearings run more smoothly and improving press relations with the Daily Sun.

J. Min spoke first about his reasoning and rationale to run for co-chair, and how much he enjoyed the SAFC and his interaction with students. He then discussed his qualifications for the co-chair, such as his positions in the past such as Student Assembly minority liaison and treasurer for a student organization. He also talked about his hopes and goals for the commission, such as greater efficiency and transparency, which he hopes to implement as co-chair.

C. Feng played a pre-recorded video speech sent by L. Rosenblum, who is currently studying abroad. L. Rosenblum discussed how she has kept up with the commission through minutes and keeping in contact with current and former e-board members. She welcomed the new commissioners, and talked about her strong commitment to the SAFC and her past position as VP Public Relations. She spoke about some of the ideas she had, such as increasing transparency, improving communication with the Cornell community and Daily Sun, and enacting policies within the commission and the club sports council.

After extensive discussion, the commission voted L. Rosenblum as the new co-chair.

Corey, a guest speaker representing Slope Media, asked the commissioners what they thought about integrating Slope Media advertising into the application process, just as the SAFC currently does with the Cornell Daily Sun. He discussed the benefits of having a different media present on campus, and the diverse range of media outlets, such as Slope TV, Radio, Magazine, and its website.

After Corey left, the commission discussed their opinions on this proposal.

C. Feng thought it would be a great idea. He said he did not think it was wrong for other venues coming to the SAFC to advertise, and that it would provide a diversity of publicity sources.

R. Kishore thought that this would become a conflict of interest. Since the commission already allocates money to the organization, it would in essence provide a kickback to Slope Media by funneling more money to the group through advertising.

C. Feng asked if everyone could email him their opinions on this issue.

IV. Meeting was adjourned at 5:50 pm.

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