Minutes

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GSC Agenda: May 24, 2006: 6:00-8:00 - FOOD @ 5:45!
Graduate Community Center - Nairobi Room
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Quorum for this meeting is eight voting members.
1. 5:45 FOOD (thanks Donna!)
2. 6:00 Welcome with Introductions (Paul)
3. 6:05 Announcements (Paul)
i. Minutes from 5/17 (thanks Cullen!)
Paul-Motion to approve minutes from 5/17. Objections? [none] passes by
consensus
ii. Shireen Barday’s requests Tim Sanders to act as her proxy for the summer
iii. Flicks (Maria)
Monday May 29th: Paul and Donna will help out
iv. Party at Rains (Willis Lounge) May 26th (Friday)! Remember to get the word out.
v. An article in the Daily today stated a letter addressed to Pam Matson and John
Etchemendy asking for a review of Adina Paytan’s case for tenure was sent from the
GSC. This was a mistake, some GSC members signed the letter but it was not sent from
the GSC.
4. 6:10 Funding (Adam)
Indonesia Club requested $225 for a fundraiser to help build orphanage
Adam: Are there any questions? [none]
Paul: Are there any objections? [none] Passes by consensus
5. 6:15 Explanation of officer forms and docs (Maxim)
All officers expecting to be paid need to fill out forms.
Continuing officers need only to fill out the orange form
New officers need to fill out the white and the orange form and need to attach id
(passport/california id)
International students need to contact Maxim to find out more information.
If your payments have stopped or don’t show up talk to Justin
Reimbursement:
If you have receipt write out a page describing items purchased and attach
receipt
For Services(e.g. DJ’s) don’t pay yourself, give fill out a form, give it to
Justin or Maxim.
All the forms will be in the GSC office
6. 6:30 2006 Graduation Pledge (Paul)
Last year’s GSC received an email from Matt Nickodemous. Matt would like to
see Stanford continue the grad pledge but having difficulty finding a student
group to take it on. The Grad Pledge is a volunteer pledge taken by graduating
students. In 2004 Students for a Sustainable Stanford organized the pledge, an
online form was available for students to fill out. The students who took the
pledge received blue ribbons and a wallet card as symbols of the pledge. Matt
would like the GSC/ASSU to stand behind and organize the pledge.
Tom: If someone volunteers to organize the pledge then there is no reason it can’t
be done.
Matt: Do you know the history of the Grad Pledge?
Paul: It started at Stanford and has moved onto other universities.
Tim: Will it end if it doesn’t happen through a student group?
Paul: It will end if someone doesn’t spearhead the operation (i.e. update website,
get ribbons).
Elizabeth: Students for a Sustainable Stanford are busy writing a proposal for
campus to reduce green house gases emissions.
Paul: I will let Matt know that the GSC cannot do it.
Tom: Let him know that, for next year, he should tell us earlier.
Paul: I will also suggest that he inquires again in the Fall.
7. 6:45 Faculty Senate report on Faculty recruitment and retention (Adam)
Adam provided update on the Faculty senate report
- see supplemental material
8. 6:55 Fee Schedule (Justin)
Request to approve fee schedule for next year.
The fees are up from last year.
Paul: What happens to refund buffer
Justin: Goes to an account and sits there to act as insurance in case refunds
requested change from year to year. If a lot of people request refunds from a
certain club then the accounts for that group will be frozen and that money will be
used to refund the students.
Tom: If it gets too big then decrease fees in the next year.
All in favor? Opposed? Abstaining? [8 0 0] The fees schedule passes.
9. 7:05 New Business
i. SUPost.com (Greg Winches)
Supost.com is a posting/classifieds web based system which allows
anyone with a stanford.edu email to post. It serves the sustainablility
interests of the stanford community as it allow students to sell things that
might otherwise be thrown away. It also provides a place for students to
search for sublets/housing etc. Greg is interested in asking the GSC what
the best way to advertise to students would be.
Tom: Is this a commercial venture?
Greg: No, started from a class (released last week). There are no ads and
no fees to post.
Adam: Subletting will soon have to go through official Stanford channels.
ASSU is interested in making an events list.
What will happen to the website once you leave Stanford?
Tom: You can put it on grad events.
Paul: This is an area we’re interested in it.
Tom: ASSU wants a calendar, Greg has a calendar, Elizabeth, Greg, you
should talk.
Paul: We can put it on the GSC website
ii. Student Loan Rates (Tom):
Every year on July 1st the rates on student loans change. This year they are
increasing again. Encourage/remind people that it would be a good idea ot
refinance before July 1st.
10. 7:10 Adjourn GSC Meeting