MSAD 16 Hall-Dale Student Senate
Date: Wednesday January 30, 2008
Place: Hall-Dale High School Room ?
Time: Student Choice Period
Agenda
1.0 CALL MEETING TO ORDER
1.1 Roll Call by Secretary
2.0 READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2.1 Approval of Minutes From Our Last Meeting (Minutes on Page 2)
-minutes approved
3.0 OLD BUSINESS
3.1 No Old Business
4.0 NEW BUSINESS
4.1 Schedule: A Summary Of Meetings To Come (Page 3)
4.2 Meeting Place
4.3 Student Nominations
-Andy read off nomination from each grade level that were suggested by teachers. Each grade level broke off and selected two frm each grade level to go to a breakfast on thursday.
4.4 Winter Carnival
-Is being covered by the winter carnival committee.
4.5 Workshop Reminder And Due Dates
-Meeting will be on thursday afterschool. Full business meetings will be held two times a week in the cafeteria.
5.0 REPORTS FROM OFFICERS
5.1 Senate President Reporting On Maine For One Letter (Page 4)
-Letter will be given to Amnesty for consideration as a new project at Hall-Dale
6.0 REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
6.1 Student Relations (No Minutes Due To No Meeting)
6.2 Principals Advisory Committee (No Minutes Due To No Meeting)
6.3 Events Planning Committee (Minutes On Page 5)
6.4 Ad Hoc Committee (Minutes On Page 5)
7.0 OTHER BUSINESS
7.1 Agenda Items For Next Meeting
8.0 ADJOURNMENT
8.1 Requires Motion, Second, and Vote
A Two-Week Student Senate Schedule
Friday February 1st: Open For Class Officer Meetings
Tuesday February 5th: Open For Committee Meetings
Thursday February 7th: Student Handbook Workshop
Monday February 11th: Open For Committee Meetings
Wednesday February 13th: Regular Business Meeting
*Meeting Location For All Regular Business Meetings Will Be Mrs. Ambrose’s Room Unless Otherwise Decided Upon.
**I Strongly Encourage All Committees To Meet During Both Available Committee Periods As Many Are Focusing On Winter Carnival, Which Is Right Around The Corner
Maine For One Request:
I received a letter from a man named Brian Goff upon our return to school in January. He is the founder of a project called Maine For One, which works in conjunction with the One Campaign. This campaign, which was founded a few years ago by Bono from the band U2, is working towards making extreme poverty a thing of the past. It aims to give the millions already suffering access to food, water, shelter, and clothing. The campaign is all about debt relief and has proposed a plan that will allow third world countries to distribute the money being paid on interest alone, and use it towards necessities in life. The campaign is also working towards giving every child the right to an education, as well as giving women equal opportunities in life.
Brian Goff has spent much of his time during the last year promoting and gaining support for his campaign. His primary goal for the project at this point is the gain state-wide support. He has written Governor Baldacci a few times and recently requested that he declare a Maine for One Day to gain media attention and celebrate the cause that the One Campaign is working towards. He states that the One Campaign is urging our leaders to provide more aid to areas of need such as Africa and create programs that will allow these people to one day be able to take care of themselves.
He is not asking for money through this letter, but rather support. He proposed a couple of things we could do for the cause. Firstly, we could hold a Maine for One day at Hall-Dale. This would involve organizing it with our school administration and all class presidents. We could make posters and send out e-mails regarding the cause. Finally, we could have people sign our petition and visit www.one.org. He also urges us to write Governor Baldacci and let him know how we feel about the One campaign, as well as encourage him to declare a Maine for One day.
To sum it all up, Brian Goff wants us to get the word out to students and faculty, who will hopefully spread it to family and friends, who will spread it to others and so on. I know that something of this sort is more of an Amnesty Club project, but I felt I should inform the senate first, as it was addressed to us. I encourage any individuals to support this project through their own initiative if they feel compelled to and invite them to visit www.one.org.
Thank You,
Andy
Minutes of the Events Planning Committee
Attendance: Wade Davis, Ben Cheung, Whitney Wei, Megan Bates
Date: 1/28/08
Time: SC Period
Location: Mrs. Ambrose’s Room
We:
-had faculty-wide email sent out for the nomination of student of the month
-reviewed our goals and ambitions
-discussed the possibility of a student-wide assembly
Committee meeting ended at 2:09 pm
Minutes of the Ad Hoc Committee
Attendance: Sam Estes and Marc Daigle
Date: 1/28/08
Time: SC Period
Location: Mrs. Ambrose’s Room
Summary: We talked about what we are going to do for the year. We decided on working on RAS and SC until winter carnival comes. After winter carnival is over we will proceed to work on SC/RAS.
