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Go to AgendaMinutes for: 2005-06-15
Attendance:
Tracy Terry [minutes]
Daniel Woods
Aneto Okonkwo
Melanie Kannokada
Adam Beberg
Maria Spletter
Jenny Allen
Aarti Rao [SAPHOP]
Tom Lee
Ravi Garg [SAPHOP]
Christina Riesselman
Dong Wang [ACSSS]
Josh Lippman
Natalie Chun
Paul Gurney
Minutes:
A – First, let’s discuss the certification of the minutes from the last meeting.
Tom – Moriah requested a clarification to the minutes. Last week we discussed the undergraduate request that we support their bill with respect to divestment from Sudan. I mentioned that last year, SCID approached us and we decided not to get involved with them. The reasons I gave for not supporting SCID were not the correct reasons. The reasons were more that we were not sure what was involved in disclosure and we did not want to lock ourselves into this particular direction for a solution. I apologize and will add the note to the minutes.
JA – Are there any objections to certifying the minutes with the addition of this clarification? [none] The certification of minutes passes by consensus.
JA – I would like to thank everyone who helped out with the pub opening party last week.
Tom – Students do not have to pay sales tax in the pub and we all get a drink special tonight, so stick around after the meeting and join us for drinks.
FC
Adam - South Asian Preventive Health Outreach Program has submitted an early discretionary funding request for next year. The funding request is split half/half between the undergrads and us. [goes over items on funding request list: $700 for equipment and $30 for copies].
SAPHOP rep – [discusses use of funding for preventative health outreach to the Asian community]
JA – Are there any objections to funding SAPHOP for a total of $730? [none] This passes by consensus.
Adam – ACSSS has submitted a request for early funding for events in the fall including a new student welcome.
Wong - Basically ACSSS serves the 400 – 500 Chinese students on campus. We set up channels for communication and community for these students. The welcome party for the new students helps provide information and advice to reduce the culture shock of coming to America.
Adam – Are there any questions? The recommendation is for $2,099 [goes over details]. [no Qs]
JA – Are there any objections the ACSSS New Student Welcome for a total of $2,099? [none] The ACSSS funding passes by consensus.
Adam – ACSSS is also doing a Moon Festival next year.
Wong – This is not the Full Moon. The Moon Festival is a very traditional Chinese festival and this is open for everyone. Since this is a common festival for other Asian countries as well, there is usually high attendance from other Asian groups.
Tom – Since there is overlap, do you collaborate with other Asian group?
Wong – Yes. [goes on to describe several collaborations]
Adam – The requested funding is for [goes over items on list]…a total $1134. Are there any questions?
Josh L – Could you bring a few extra moon cakes to the GSC meeting?
Wong – Sure.
JA – Are there any objections to funding the ACSSS Moon Festival for a total of $1134? [none] The ACSSS funding passes by consensus.
JA – The next item of business is the Non-Com bill. Anita and the Non-Com members have spent a lot of time and energy approving these committee appointees.
Tracy – The Committee on Research does not fulfill its requirement of having 2 graduate students.
Adam – Actually, that is a typo. One of those labeled undergrad is actually a graduate student.
Josh L – There are several of typos of that sort.
Tom – I hesitate to approve a bill with several typos. Let’s table this until they fix the typos.
JA – Are there any objections? [none] Okay, let’s table this.
JA – We have decided to cater the 4th of July BBQ [details read from agenda].
Who would be wiling to help out before and during the barbeque? [Tracy(maybe), Jenny, Cullen, Adam, etc.]
Natalie – When you say help before, what do you mean?
JA – We need help with advertisements and decorations, t-shirts and set-up. Natalie has submitted a design for our GSC t-shirt for next year. It is a great design and Tom will send it out soon. We should have them by the BBQ. Be on the look out for that. In addition to that, there is a polo shirt idea.
Aneto – The US wants to get an ASSU polo shirt and they want to know if others are interested as the more people who are interested the lower the price will be.
Tracy – So, you expect us to buy an expensive ASSU polo shirt in addition to the GSC t-shirt?
Tom – Let Danny get in touch with me on that and we’ll contact him if anyone is interested.
JA – Tom and I spoke with Chris Griffith on our goals to work together for the next year. We also spoke with Chris Christofferson about the Munger housing project. We need some volunteers to work with him on that.
Tom – Basically, what Chris [Christofferson] wants is someone to go to periodically with questions.
Moriah – What about Matt [Ginder-Vogel] and Mike [Beman] who were on the committee last year?
Tom – That committee has had its last meeting.
Moriah – There was a committee in place that was large and in contact with Chris [Christofferson]. I’m concerned that there is a responsible and smooth transition between last year’s participants and next year’s.
Tom – Chirs [Christofferson] was concerned that the space committee is done because the project has been approved and now they want to have an informal contact person for periodic questions that may or may not arise. So this will not be as formal an arrangement as there was last year.
JA – We have decided to have the GSC, CAs, and GSPB get together quarterly to discuss plans and collaborations to better serve the graduate community. There has been some concern that we don’t contact them until the last minute to recruit for volunteers to work events. We’d like to get them on board earlier.
Tom – This is a version of the presentation that I gave the US and ExCom
[Presentation given over powerpoint outlined below]
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Graduate Student Council
Goals Summer 2005
Agenda
• Funding
– Policy updates; New ideas
• Programming
– GSPB/CA cooperation
– July 4th
– University Orientation/GOALIE
– Reserves
• Advocacy
– Transitions!
• Operations
– GSC Office and Website
Funding
• New policies in place before fall
– Religious and Political groups
• Drafting document now; done by end of month
– Strengthen existing policies
• Encourage collaborative efforts; discourage spinoff groups
– Equipment purchases - save $ on oft-rented items
– New Idea: Programming Venture Fund
• Allow individual students/pre-VSO groups to put on new events
– New Idea: Preferred Vendor Program
• Special arrangements for student groups; save $ on events
Programming
• GSPB/CA Cooperation
– Start cooperation early in planning
– We have funds, they can get manpower
• July 4th party
• University Orientation/GOALIE
– Perhaps GOALIE+BBQ
– Have DOSA/GLO support; need funding
• Reserves
– Determine appropriate level for reserves
– Form policy for excess reserves
Advocacy
• Transitions!
– Housing, Academic, Diversity doing OK
– Legislative, Transportation lagging
• New/restarting committees
– Families
– International Students
– Cross-Interaction
– Stipends
• Get rolling
– 2005-06 Budget priorities being decided NOW
– Admins schedules more flexible
– Hit ground running in Fall
• Step up and take the lead!
Operations
• Website update - summarized at 6/1 meeting
• GCC Office
– Keys - waiting to hear back from R&DE
– Network/Phone - working on it, some complications
– Equipment
• Fax, scanner, printer (B/W & Color)
• Desktop computer; 2 laptop stations
– Furniture - need to reconsider order
• Possible alternate sources of $
Summary
• We can do a lot over the summer!
• Getting the ball rolling now makes life easier in the Fall
Go GSC Summer!
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[end of presentation]
JA – Thank you, Tom, for the presentation. We will now adjourn. [6:55]
Tom – Don’t forget the Pub drink specials tonight!