Proceedings of the May 2nd, 2007 meeting
Agenda 1. 5:45 FOOD (Thanks Anwei!)
2. 6:00 Welcome with Introductions (Kristina)
3. 6:05 Announcements (George)
i. Approve minutes from 04/25 with following changes:
Fen Zhao was present as a voting member.
Fen Zhao's name was misspelled in the officer elections section.
Maxim Afanasyev was present as a voting member.
ii. Health Insurance Info Session a success!! Thanks to Paul, Jenny, Adam, and Hanna for volunteering!
4. 6:10 Update from the ASSU Exec (Hershey)
5. 6:15 Funding (Adam)
Argentinos en Stanford, et al.
Persian Student Association
6. 6:25 Approving NomCom (Jake/Kristina)
7. 6:35 GSC Funding Update (Euan)
8. 6:45 Presentation from Oladayo
9. 6:55 GSPB Presentation (Rachel Fithian)
10. 7:05 GSC Diversity Committee funding request (Cullen)
11. 7:15 New Business Attendance Kristina Keating*
George Bloom*
Marja Mullings*
Jenny Allen
Niraj Sheth (Stanford Daily)
Maria Spletter
Hanna Muenke*
Anwei Chai* (Proxy for Lan Wei)
Timo Hardmann
Kyle Anderson*
Polina Segalova
Zeng Fan*
Adam Sciambi
Rhyan Uy*
Melahn Parker*
Cullen Buie
Adam Beberg
Donna Winston
Matt McDonald
Alex Ene
Euan Robertson*
Maxim Afanasyev*
Minutes Announcements:
1) Minutes from 04/25 are approved by consensus with the following changes:
Fen Zhao was present as a voting member.
Fen Zhao's name was misspelled in the officer elections section.
Maxim Afanasyev was present as a voting member.
2) Health Insurance Info Session a success!! Thanks to Paul, Jenny, Adam B., and Hanna for volunteering! Will look into having this program again in the fall, taking into account the feedback that people gave this time.
Funding:
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1) Argentinos en Stanford, in collaboration with German, Turkish and Mexican cultural groups want to have an international BBQ at the end of international week at the Bechtel. Each will have their own barbecue with cultural food. Will have DJ, dance floor, etc. Committee recommendation is $1925. Passes by consensus.
2) Persian Student Association. Having two events. First involves food. Second is movie about earthquake in Iran and role American’s played in that. Recommendation for $800 of funding. Passes by consensus.
Update from the ASSU Exec
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Hershey reports that they had 65 applicants for executive cabinet. Will be doing about 22 interviews, pick 12 members after that. VSO committee has been formed. Executive committee will probably meet next week for the first time. Elections Officer Selection Committee has been formed, and will meet tomorrow at 8:30pm to discuss the position, and figure out how to advertise for applicants.
Introduced Eugene Ngo, the senate deputy chair.
Approving NomCom
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NomCom is the committee that picks students to sit on University committees.
Members have been selected, but we need to approve them.
Chair: Jake Kraft
Others: Kike Aluko, Candace Jones, Danny Arbeiter, Alvin Tse, Aimee Epstein, Woubezena Taddesse Jifar
All members approved by consensus.
Presentation from Oladayo
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Oladayo is from the Graduate Business School and has developed a socio-commerce platform. Idea that everyone has things they have, want, or want to get rid of, so if people are able to let friends or fellow campus-mates know these items, people might be able to donate and reuse rather than recycle or throw away. There is a social aspect to the site, in order to make trades within groups of friends easier, but this is not meant to be the primary aspect. The site is currently only available on campus, not to alumni or the general public, because this keeps the site more manageable for the time being. GSC members who were interested in learning more about the project gave their contact information to Oladayo.
GSPB Presentation:
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Anne Marie fills in for Rachel Fithian as a representative from the GSPB. The GSPB usually focus on smaller events for about 20 people, with funding coming from provost. We heard the GSPB mission statement. They want to organize a Nola’s night, which would be different than what GSPB usually does, because it would be a large-scale open event. In the past, similar events had over 100 students. Because of the larger scale of the program, the GSPB would like financial support from the GSC.
First event is scheduled for Thursday May 17th. Need to provide transportation because it’s a class 5 event. The shuttle is the main expense, costing 445.50. Additionally, would want to provide some appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks, costing about $200. Total per event is thus $645.50. Would like to hold a second event as well, which would likely cost the same, leading to a total requested budget of $1290.
Points from discussion as follows:
-Fen is excited about this because this was on our list of things we want to do.
-Brief discussion of whether funds will come from discretionary or reserves, with reserves being selected.
-If in Nola’s, would be in a separated off area, which would allow for more concentrated getting to know people, and make it easier to distribute the free food and drinks.
-The shuttle is approximately twice as expensive as a Marguerite would be, but those are booked. Someone points out that it might be Senior Pub night that is using the Marguerite, and that if this overlap is the case, we should consider coordinating busses and also make sure that we pick a different bar than the seniors have selected.
- Kristina suggests that we found half the requested money, enough for one pub night, with the idea that other resources might be used to fund additional nights.
$650 to fund one Graduate Student Pub Night is passed by consensus.
GSC Diversity Committee funding request.
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Cullen reports that the Diversity Committee had asked for $350 in funding in the fall to have town hall meetings, and it was approved, but it apparently never made it into the minutes. The request to have this funding request and amount put in the minutes is approved by consensus.
New Business
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1) Cullen is on the Stanford Alumni Association board of directors as a student representative. The board is having one of its semi-annual meetings soon, so Cullen asks if there are any issues that should be brought to that group. George and Maria want mentorship process brought up.
2) Kristina wants everyone to send her a picture of themselves. If you don’t send her a photo, she will take your picture at meeting next week. If you fail to show up at the meeting, she will stalk your Facebook profile.
3) Melahn is working on an event with four comedians and a hypnotist, scheduled to be held May 23rd somewhere on-campus. Has gotten some funding from other sources already, and also plans to ask the undergraduates, because they will likely be a large part of the attendance. They are looking at on-campus locations, and are evaluating the costs of different locations. The location is currently the biggest hurdle, as all performers have been tentatively booked. They will make a firm decision by Monday as to whether or not they will be able to pull off the event in time, and then start advertising, which the other funding sources will help with.
They are looking for $750 in funding from the GSC.
Hanna raises an objection because details like location are not settled yet.
Votes: 9 for, 0 against, 2 abstaining. Passes.
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