Minutes
 SGA Senate Meeting
 Secretary: Andrew Vanlandingham

 May 4, 1993
Under Roll Call, Senators Nathan Balllard, Tracy Baker, Ansley Paulsen, Leigh Christi Smith, and Jason Williams were absent.
 Under President's Report, President John Bradberry will appoint candidates for the Athletic Association next week. Julie Mickle presented the final Recycling Poster that will be distributed on campus. John asked for assistance in distributing the posters.
 The senate will vote on senator of the year if there is quorum is reached during the meeting.
 John introduced the topic of the inauguration of the new senate. Andrew Vanlandingham introduced the idea of having the inauguration at Tate Plaza to allow the campus to see the swearing in of the new senators and president and vice-president. The idea was to encourage SGA to be more visible after the election. The senate came to no conclusion concerning the idea. Discussion was held on the issue anyway. More discussion will be held under new business.
 Sandra Van Meek, announced that she will attend the Athletic Association Board of Directors meeting at St. Simons Island over the weekend.
 Lynn Sullivan said that a new newsletter will be ready for next weeks meeting.
 The senate voted for senator of the year. Nominees for the award were: Jay Gemes, William Perry, Julie Mickle, Victoria Young, Greg Bell, Richard Martin, Alex Panos, and Andy Vanlandingham. The senate voted and the award will be presented during the inauguration.
 Under Vice-President's Report, Vice-President Ashley Disque presented the idea for the next student handbook.
Academic Affairs member Alex Panos announced that the finalized format of the teacher evaluations form will be available next week.
Senator William Perry presented the Miss UGA bill for a second reading. The bill was passed unanimously.
 Senator William Perry also presented some of the final ideas for the amendments to the Constitution. Some ideas included the elimination of the Freshmen Senate and forming a Freshmen Caucus to serve as a non-voting advisory group. He also presented an idea of eliminating the Graduate positions to establish a Graduate advisory board. And with the changes new number of senators would be a total of 50 senators. The Freshman senators objected to the concept, while Graduate Student Association Coordinator, Chris Grant endorsed the graduate plan. The discussion then focused on the election time, allowing a the new administration to present a budget. Russ Willard stated that the constitution should allow for an earlier election.
Senator Vanlandingham reintroduced the idea for the inauguration plans. He objected to the idea of a banquet and the idea of spending a large amount of money. The discussion moved to the problems of the expense. It was resolved the president would make the final decision with input from the interested parties'.