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GSA Meeting Minutes--February 7, 2002
Attendance:
Officers: Sara Sutler-Cohen (IVP), Lee Ritscher (President), Heather DeShon (Treasurer), David Machledt (Secretary), Yancey Quiñones (EVP)
Department Reps: Emily Moberg (History/CPB), Sajeemas “Mint” Pasakdee (Env. Studies), Allison Luengen (Etox), Marlene Elwell (Anthropology), Florence Woo (Linguistics), Ruth Schmitz (Physics)
Visitors: Yan Zhang (EE), Marla Holt (Ocean Sciences), Brandon Allgood (Physics), Behnosh Najafi (Psychology)
I. Approval of Agenda and Minutes
Agenda and minutes were approved with no changes.
II. Board and Committee Representative Approvals
Marla Holt was approved as the new representative for Ocean Sciences.
Behnosh Najafi was approved as the GSA rep to the Hate Bias Review Roard.
Marlene Elwell was approved to sit on the GSA Travel Grants Committee.
III. Committee Reports
| Brandon |
The Grad Student Commons has a TV, DVD and VCR available for use with study rooms. The governance board is soliciting people to sit on the committee beginning in March. The board is currently finalizing a brochure on the grad commons to be distributed to grad students and is conducting a contest for mug design. Profits from the sale of mugs could go to a number of uses, including travel grants. The Whole Earth hopes to have its liquor license by the end of the month and the omni-lock, to give grads 24 hour access to the grad commons, should be installed by the end of the winter quarter. Also, art moulding will be installed so art can be displayed in the grad commons. |
| Florence |
The GSA has approved 28 travel grants so far this year and that flyers will be sent out Feb. 6th for the next round. |
| Dave |
The social committee is moving forward with a winetasting trip March 2, and 2 surfing classes. Both classes filled quickly and received good reviews. Suggestions for a night at Boche Cellar were added to a discussion which suggested that happy hours be held on campus. |
| Sara | The Single Parents Action Network (SPAN) is planning a benefit for hardship funds for summer rent braks and books. The women’s center will put on a photography installation and poetry reading. A new proposal to allow people with single parents to join SPAN is being considered. Veronica Toledo is the new SPAN president and Kimberly Madison is now Secretary. |
| Allison |
She has collected 40 “horror stories” to bring to the GSHIP committee. She met with Marta to organize the complaints into broad categories detailing communication problems versus coverage problems. She met with key players and found out that med premiums will probably go up 9-15% this year, just to maintain current coverage. They are moving towards sending prescriptions electronically, and heard her comments on improving mental health, dental and physical therapy coverage, as well as extending coverage through the summer months for prescriptions. She reported that the board was “stunned” with her presentation, though action is uncertain. The insurance cheat sheet has stalled for the time being. |
| Emily |
The Committee for Planning and Budget (CPB) is going through 10-year plans. All the plans are on the web. The grad college 10 year plan is located at: www.planning.ucsc.edu/plans2001
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IV. Officer Reports
| Sara | She found a Hate Bias committee representative and will send a new call for board and committee reps. A friend of hers will start SPAN at UC-Berkeley. |
| Heather |
The Ansel Adams photo for the Grad Commons has been ordered. The council approved a motion to spend up to $300 to frame and mount the photo. Heather agreed to send out a dedication e-mail. The GSA also offered support for office supplies for students who lost data in the Sinseimer fire, but no one requested funds. |
| Dave | He apologized for being behind on the website redesign and solicited more help. |
| Yancey | Written report on UCSA meeting events is attached. |
| Lee |
Student regent selection would take place on March 3rd and 10th. Also, the UCSC will host the regents for breakfast on March (February?) 14, 2002. See attached for further details.
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V. New Business
Brandon asked what the GSA take is for upcoming student fee referendums. The consensus was reached that if a transportation referendum is proposed, the GSA will support it.
Yan Zhang announced a Chinese New Year’s party for February 11th in the Grad Commons. The event is for Chinese and non-Chinese students and includes a component to educate people about Chinese culture. She requested support for the party. The GSA approved $400 to go to funding this event, provided that the GSA was recognized as a co-sponsor.
Sara requested funding on behalf of the organizers of the Women of Color Film Festival. After reviewing last year’s grant, the GSA approved a motion to offer $1500 to fund this event.
Heather requested funding on behalf of the Chicano Latino Research Center (CLRC) for $250 for food for an opening reception for an upcoming conference. (See attached funding request). The GSA approved a motion to fund $250 for this purpose and to become a co-sponsor of the event.
Sara presented a request for funding on behalf of the Women of Color Research Cluster to fund a series of upcoming events. The above-mentioned CLRC conference was among these events. No further funding was approved for the other Women of Color events.
Emily proposed that we offer a Tax workshop for grad students, and agreed to find out how much it would cost to hire an accountant for a presentation. Further decisions would be made over e-mail.
It was agreed to add a discussion of increasing Travel grant funds to next month's agenda.
VI. Adjourn
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