Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The Fourth Judicial Board

Minutes of Tuesday, September 30, 20088

Call to Order

The third meeting of the Judicial Board was called to order on Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.  Chairwoman Natasha Pereira called the meeting to order with Associate Justice Raymond Hear recording minutes.

Attendance

All associate justices were present.

Unfinished Business

I. Swipe Access
A. Natasha has contacted Maddie; the access is still in process.
II. AUSG e-mails
A. It was determined that only Chairwoman Pereira and Associate Justice Austen Walsh had AUSG e-mail accounts.
B. Chairwoman Pereira stated she would look into the accounts of the remaining justices and report back at the next meeting.
III. Website
A. Associate Justice Vanessa Steil has not received an e-mail from Jake, the IT Director.
B. Associate Justice Steil will contact Chairwoman Pereira on Friday, October 3, regarding whether or not Jake has contacted her.
IV. Vice Chair of the Judicial Board
A. By appointment, Associate Justice Timothy Hoagland is now the Vice Chair of the Judicial Board.
B. Vice Chair Hoagland was asked if he could now attend the Wednesday cabinet meetings instead of Associate Justice Walsh since the responsibility falls under the position of Vice President.
C. Chairwoman Pereira will send Vice Chair Hoagland the schedule of Wednesday night cabinet meetings.
V. Clerk of the Judicial Board
A. Vice Chair Hoagland stated that the bylaws require the position of clerk to be filled by an associate justice.
B. Vice Chair Hoagland also stated that deliberations can only have justices present to point out that the bylaws needed to be amended in two areas if the clerk were to be someone from outside the Judicial Board.
C. The clerk’s position was still found to be one that an associate justice should be a student of the university who is not already a part of the Judicial Board, and the bylaws will be amended so that the clerk from outside the board will be legal.
D. If the position of clerk has not been filled, Associate Justice Hear will maintain the position.
VI. Changing the Two-Thirds Majority
A. Chairwoman Pereira stated the two-thirds majority clause in article 5 section 2 does not make logical sense.
B. Associate Justice Walsh suggested the clause be changed to “a majority vote plus one.”
C. Chairwoman Pereira suggested the clause be changed to “a three-fifths majority.”
D. A vote was put to the table and all were in favor of the three-fifths majority.
E. Chairwoman Pereira will write the decision into the Judicial Board bylaws and return it to the committee for review at the next meeting.

Adjournment

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

Notes

I. The next meeting will be Tuesday, October 7.  The time and location will be determined by Chairwoman Pereira before the meeting date.
II. Chairwoman Pereira will send e-mail with summary of all essential documents attached.
III. Chairwoman Pereira will continue to look into swipe access for the justices of the Judicial Board.
IV. Associate Justice Steil will contact the IT person and will notify Chairwoman Pereira by Friday whether she was successful.  If she is not successful, Chairwoman Pereira will try contacting the IT person herself.