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GSA Meeting Minutes--December 5, 2002
Attendance:
Officers: Lee Ritscher (President), Emily Moberg (IVP), Allison Luengen (Treasurer)
Department Reps: Sajeemas "Mint" Pasakdee (Environmental Studies), Meredith Armstrong (Ocean Sciences), Susanne Altermann (Biology), Dirk Robinson (EE), Wendy Williams (Psychology)
Visitors: Robert Conde (Linguistics, Grad Commons Governance Board)
I. Approval of Agenda and Minutes
Agenda and minutes approved.
II. Funding Request
Native American Research Cluster: asking for $612 to find two events in the next two terms (winter term: speaker from Australia, an Indigenous Studies scholar and an Environmental Science professor; spring term: Jim Northrup will be speaking on humor and colonization)
They are hoping to put the Northrup talk on in conjunction with the Native American Resource Center and Merrill College; they are currently asking other sources for money and have raised a significant amount already -Graduate students are organizing these events, and the organizers expect mostly graduate students to be in attendance - Events will be free.
The GSA voted to sponsor the Native American Research Cluster in the amount of $300; they are welcome to re-apply next term if they are not able to raise the balance elsewhere
III. EVP Election
We have an EVP (Joni Wajnryb from Politics; Cheryl Lemus had to turn down the joint appointment)
IV. Committee Reports
| Meredith |
Constituency Advisory Cte: met with Jean-Marie Scott this term; learned that because Grad Housing rents are tied in with undergrad housing, GSH pays for the construction of the new dorms; the director of financial planning will be coming to next termÕs meeting to discuss this; GSA encouraged Mer to push for GSH (and future grad college) rents to be decoupled from the dorm rents, and to discuss this issue with Grad Dean Talamantes Robert, GSCGB: the board is looking at vendor propositions for the old Whole Earth space and hopes to forward a recommendation by the next meeting; GSA encourages the board to have the vendor coordinate with us in terms of future happy hours, etc. |
| Susanne |
Transportation Oversight Cte: concern that the chair (Wes Scott) is a staff person for TAPS rather than an independent (possible conflict of interest???); cte discussed plans to extend parking hours in the Performing Arts Center lot until 8 or 9 pm (not enough parking for event attendees), plus charge for parking in that lot (free parking + shuttle in structure) and eliminate B spots--this is not decided for sure, and it would affect grad students in Kerr; bike plan advocacy/alternative transportation discussion--Kevin Karpluss' campus bike plan was recirculated; GSA suggested the following: better bike racks (which will accommodate bigger bikes), covered bike racks, extend the bike shuttle to the east side, extend bike shuttle hours, let bikes on the shuttle at Long Marine lab, install security cameras at bike racks; GSA also expressed concern about the newly-installed 24 hour parking at SocSci; GSA proposed that Susanne collect concerns from grad students via email next term and bring these to the cte |
| Allison |
GSHIP: meeting to look at next year's plan to be held on January 15th, 4-5 pm, asking for volunteers to attend with her |
| Wendy | WEAVE: hoping for more attendance, alternating between 'fun' and 'issue/intellectual' oriented meetings, meetings will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month, the January meeting will be held on 1/14 from 6-7.30 and it will be a book discussion of Second Shift by Hochschild |
V. Officer Reports
| Allison | The budget is included in the agenda; event planners are getting $50-75 stipend; need to set up a cte to discuss the surplus and how to disperse it--emergency fund |
| Marla |
No report |
| Emily | No report |
| Lee | meeting with MRC: discussed funding town hall (MRC wants a Frank-approved agenda for it), housing issues (asked for her to initiate a task for to look at grad housing in particular, and put 2 suggestions forward: 1. decouple GSH rents from dorm rents; 2: establish housing fellowships sponsored by MRC, grad dean, depts.), problems with GSHIP, asked for a copy card for grad students to use at the library, asked for MRC's office to help fund the GSA president's stipend since right now it's woefully inadequate; SFAC: asked them to double money for travel grants and officer stipends, and to supply a 1/2 time worker for the GSA (last priority)É and Lee is resigning!! |
VI. Grad Funding Town Hall Meetings/Petitions
See notes from Lee's meeting with MRC; Emily will email Rebecca Schein to find out if the histcon group is still working on this.
VII. Meeting with Deans
This meeting will take place on Thursday, December 19, at 3 pm in Kerr Hall.
VIII. Billing Problems Poll
Line Mikkelsen, linguistics graduate student and a member of the Campus Welfare Committee, is soliciting graduate student responses concerning problems they've had with the billing system (examples: GSHIP: no specific charges [generic "pharmacy" category], incorrect dates, non-specific amounts; rent is due before we get paychecks; late fees are imposed even on incorrect bills; etc.)
Board reps should get comments on this from their constituents. This was presented by Emily Robinson.
IX. Bylaw Change
Unanimous vote to change Bylaw IV to read: "GSA officers will be elected at the second-to-last meeting of the Spring Quarter of every year. In the event that any office is not filled at the time, elections will be held at each subsequent meeting until it is filled." (Changes in bold.)
X. New Business
Request for help from a student who can't afford to buy acid-free paper for dissertation: GSA is soliciting extra paper from students who have filed and didnÕt use all of their paper; this will be stored at the Grad Commons for people to use if they need it.
DCP issues--Lee will email Willeen McQuitta and ask her to come to the February GSA meeting to update us on this.
International Student Fee committee from last year: Emily is emailing the people on that committee and will try to have a letter for GSA by the January meeting.
XI. Adjourn
Contact GSA: gsa@ucsc.edu