Spotlight on SGO Council Meeting
By: Jan Aguilos
Issue date: 11/25/09 Section: News
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Leading the meeting were the six elected SGO officers: President, Cory Spencer, Executive Vice President, Sandra Barsoum, Vice President of Finance and Administration, Oneil Madden, Vice President of Internal Affairs, Steve Velez, Vice President of Public Information, Olumayowa Okubanjo, and Vice President of Activities, Carolina Garcia.
The remaining members of the SGO Council are composed of the various executive board members of all SGO-approved student clubs and organizations.
Each club and organization has a single seat on the Council, in which one executive board member (usually the President) votes on SGO decisions such as approving new clubs/organizations and amendments to the SGO Constitution.
Early on in the meeting, Grace F. Bulaong, the director of the Congresman Frank J. Guarini library spoke to the members of the council.
Council members have previously complained about high school students using the library but Bulaong explained that the library was open to the public.
She added that the Guarini library is one of two federal deposits in Hudson County, with 30,000 print volumes and close to 100,000 electronic documents from the U.S. government.
She spent time discussing the library's website. Its database offers volumes of recognizable and reputable literature including books, magazines and journals on countless subjects. The online home of the Frank. J. Guarini Library is: http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/.
One of the other notable events was the admission of a new student club, Fashion Org. President Tiffany Salas spoke to the SGO Council about the budding club and asked to be approved by the members of the Council.
Executive Vice President Sandra Barsoum was the first member of the Council to endorse Fashion Org. After the motion was seconded, the members of the Council approved the club unanimously.
Council members also discussed and debated nine amendments to the SGO Constitution. The amendment that received the most attention was the third, which, if changed, would hold the president of each club more accountable to SGO Council members.
Asheenia Johnson, president of Black Freedom Society, pushed for this particular amendment.
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