Student Bar Association
Administrative Board Minutes
October 23, 2005
Executive Board
President Kristin Nesbitt - present
VP Mark Worthley - present
Secretary Ashley Ulbricht - present
Treasurer Brandon Sanchez - present
ABA Rep. Tim Suha - present
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1L Student Reps.
Kevin Lawrence - present
Sherwin Tsai - present
Jordan Gwaizdon - present
Faculty Rep. Brian Bennett - present
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2L Student Reps.
Mariel Lim - present
Lindsay Huusko - tardy
Aaron Beck - present
Faculty Rep. - vacant
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3L Student Reps.
Dan Stahley - present
Nick Gonzales - present
Mahrya Fulfer - present
Faculty Rep. Katie Lockamy - tardy
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Executive Committee - vacant
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Guests:
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Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 6:02 pm
Approval of Minutes
Approval of the minutes - motion passed unanimously
Executive Board Reports
President
Deferred
Vice President
Apologized for missing the meeting last week
Secretary
1. Deferred
Treasurer
1. Deferred
ABA Representative
ABA Conference Report
Discussed the 20 hr work Rule: This is suggested by the ABA, but made mandatory by Valparaiso Law School
Loan Relief:
Bills have been introduced to Congress
Voted on in April
ABA wants us to petition our respective Representatives/Senators to show support of the bill
This will include any public interest job and essentially is a payback assistance program for student loans
Please see Tim Suha for additional information, or if you wish to contact your Senator/Representative about this bill
Committee Reports: No Business Discussed
Unfinished Business
A. Constitutional Amendments
Discussion of the Amendments and Proposed changes:
If a member is in a position of getting voted off SBA because of attendance issues, is there overall discretion as to Tardiness?
Yes (5)
No (8)
Abstain (1)
Therefore, there will be no discretion for tardiness. If you are more than 5 minutes late to the meeting, an Administrative Board member will be counted as tardy.
Due to a vote for no discretion, should there be an increase in the amount of tardies an Administrative Board Member is allowed?
Yes
How many?
4 (4 votes)
5 (6 votes)
Abstain (4)
Each Administrative Board member will be allowed to be tardy 5 times, before it is counted as an unexcused absence
B. Halloween Party
Pumpkin Carving will be at Brian Bennett's house at 8 pm on Wednesday, October 26th
We will be purchasing a “Big Pumpkin” from Wal-Mart
We are allowed to decorate on Thursday, October 27th. Please arrive around 8:30 PM
D. 2L Faculty Representative Election
Held on Monday, October 24th
The candidates are:
Thomas Grossman
Jay Perez
Amanda Purdue
New Business:
TWEN:
Westlaw has set up a TWEN website
Go to the Westlaw website to access
Post information about upcoming events, etc
Honors Luncheon:
Oliver was in charge of the Honors Luncheon
Ashley Ulbricht agreed to be in charge of this event, as long as it was still on the Wednesday of Law Week, as she has internships on Tues and Thursdays
Kristin Nesbitt stated that if the luncheon is not on a Wednesday, she will be in charge of it
Discussion:
We will be adding Chung's photo website to the SBA website
He declined to be the official SBA photographer
Student Concerns:
Grade Normalization:
Committee is being put together to present to the faculty
Students are not in favor of this process
This should not be applied to 2L's and 3L's, but started with the 1L class
This topic is deferred until the next meeting
Adjournment--- 6:50 p.m.
