Council Meeting #1

Monday, 15 October 2012

6:00pm, Price Center Forum

  1. Call to Order. [6:07pm]
  2. Approval of Agenda. [6:08pm]
  1. Motion to approve. Motion passes.

III. Certification of representatives.

  1. New representatives asked to send in preferred email for certification purposes.
  1. General Announcements and Public Comment [6:09pm]
  2. RahulKapadia—looking for people to serve on the Finance Committee. DPC expires October 30th.
  3. Shannon Muir—Organizing a Voter education event for October 25th, need volunteers to present on propositions and facilitate Q & A. Pizza provided. Looking for a legislative aide since the transition period is difficult to make the transition smooth for next year. Register to vote!
  4. Taylor Bright—October 16th, Happy Hour at the Loft in conjunction with University Center. Jazz concert from 5 to 7pm. October 31st, Fall Free for All with free beer, free food, beer pong and costume contest.
  5. Mat Jarvis—Previous service coordinator resigned and looking for a replacement as soon as possible.

Break for food [6:15pm]

  1. State of the GSA and Graduate and Professional Schools
  2. Introduction of executives.
  3. Reviewed GPSES survey
  4. Revised governing documents of the GSA over the summer.
  5. Hosted orientation dinner for new graduate students—550 in attendance.
  6. Fall Free for All on October 31st
  7. Negotiation with University Centers and the Loft for weekly Happy Hours
  8. Partnership with San Diego Symphony for fundraising
  9. External office
  10. helped host UCSA Congress at UCSD
  11. Extensive effort to get out the vote and raise awareness of Prop. 30
  12. Lobbying post election to bring forth issues of graduate and professional students
  13. Scott is going to NAGS and will present next week.
  14. Finance closed the budget from the last fiscal year and updated current budget with rollover funds. Can be found on GSA website. Looking to streamline reimbursements and working on transparency.
  15. Academics
  16. longer checkout periods for books.
  17. Continue to work with library in regards to policies and reserves.
  18. Rearrangement of physical science library.
  19. Judiciary branch to keep GSA accountable to governing by-laws.
  20. Chancellor dissertation awards. 9 given out by division for outstanding dissertation.
  21. Tolerance workshops alongside faculty.
  22. Possible failure of Prop. 30 would lead to a midyear fee increase of 20% and a 15% reduction in departments.
  23. Professional school fee increases have already gone into action and will continue to increase.
  24. University Centers is running a $10 million deficit.
  25. Proposal for Visual Arts department to undertake the Craft Center in an effort to offset the costs and reopen the space
  26. Housing, minimize rental rates and emphasize need for housing.
  27. Transportation running a massive deficit.
  28. Proposal of online MA’s for the UC system.
  29. Diversity [6:39pm]
  30. Resignation of John Alaniz
  31. Higher enrollment of graduate students but lower retention rates especially among underrepresented minorities.
  32. As a result, rankings can drop.
  33. Summer projects: monitoring new VC EDI, bringing diversity to orientation, LGBT events
  34. Students of Color Conference, November 9-11
  35. Discussion of Bylaws for Diversity
  36. Disorganization of cultural organizations, looking to condense organizations.
  37. Election of New VP Diversity
  38. Nomination of Don Johnson.
  39. Candidate Johnson’s plans:
  40. Retention issues, organize a delegation for the Students of Color Conference
  41. Don Johnson elected as new VP Diversity for the GSA.
  42. Rep. Retreat [6:52pm]
  43. Mandatory, October 22nd 6pm in the Forum, will last about an hour and convene at Porter’s Pub afterwards
  44. External issues, Robert’s Rules, council procedures
  45. Remember to be certified and provide email
  46. Introduction of Amended Governing Documents [7:00pm]
  47. Standing executive committee created at the beginning of the summer to update and revise governing documents.
  48. Committee decided to revise entire constitution instead of individual amendments. No positions changed, just revised for language, fluidity and consistency.
  49. Changed document available on website and sent out over the listserv.
  50. Motion to strike the old constitution and replace it with the updated one.
  51. Motion passed.
  52. Officer and Committee Appointments [7:07]
  53. Appointment of Jon Monk as Social Events Coordinator
  54. Appointment of Lara Bullock as Cultural Event Coordinator
  55. Appointment of Scott Guenther as Legislative Liasion for National Affairs.
  56. Appointment of Brian Griffeath-Loeb and SayananSivaraman to the Finance Committee.
  57. Internal Appointments
  58. Advisory Committee on Sustainability- MargieMatthewson
  59. ARCHAC – Cory Stevenson, Micah Manary, Lindsay Freeman
  60. Campus Budget Committee – Rahul Kapadia
  61. Campus/Community Planning Committee – LylaFadali
  62. Capital Outlay and Space Advisory Committee (COSAC) – Jeffrey Kwang
  63. Electronic Information and Communications Policy Committee (EICPC) – NimaNikzad
  64. Grad Life Steering Committee (GLSC) – Emily Elizabeth Goodman
  65. Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit (LRT) Work Group – Patrick Hennigan
  66. Office of Students with Disabilities Advisory Committee – Kris Nelson
  67. Sports Facility Advisory Board – Robert Hill
  68. Student Conduct Regulations Review Committee – Kris Nelson
  69. Transportation Policy Committee – Jeremy Davis-Turak
  70. TritonLink Executive Committee – Rakesh Varna
  71. University Centers Advisory Board – Michael Porter, Michael Yu
  72. Academic Appointments
  73. Academic Integrity Review Board – Jonathan Udoff, David Lee, Avery Sonnenberg, Sol Reyna, Natalie Elder, Lenore Rodriguez McCrory, Tsukasa Takahashi, Emily Pfeiffer, BehrangAsadi, David Pinzur, Daniel Freilich, Melissann Herron
  74. Community Standards Board – Jeff Kwong, Kris Nelson
  75. Course Material Fee Committee – GaroBournoutian
  76. Program Review Committee – Karmel Allison
  77. Education Initiative Workshop – MatanHofree, Richard Tibbles
  78. Academic Freedom – Jonathan Okerblum
  79. Diversity and Equity- Jordan Haug
  80. Campus and Community Environment – Ian Parker
  81. Educational Policy – Mitch Downey
  82. Graduate Council – Jordan Gosselin, Mat Jarvis
  83. International Education – Kara Finzel
  84. Library – Kris Nelson
  85. Representative Assembly – Jordan Gosselin, Mat Jarvis
  86. Call for Council Meeting #2 [7:13pm]
  87. Adjournment [7:14pm]

Attendance: Mat Jarvis, Emily Elizabeth Goodman, Jordan Gosselin, Ash Arianpour, Rahul Kapadia, Taylor Bright, John Alaniz, Shannon Muir, Scott Guenther, Jon Monk, Jacqui Le, Lara Bullock, RoshniChandrashekhar, Ian Parker, Christopher Ahn, Cory Stevenson, Dan Jacobsen, Ludovic Vincent, Michael Yu, Marty Flores, Shigeki Miyake-Stoner, ShokufehNourollahi, Chris Abdullah, Anna Wakeland, Jackie Ward, Donald Johnson, Carson Dance, Dan Frost, Brie Iatarola, Joaquin Contreras, NimaNikzad, RussellReas, Rakesh Varna, GaroBournoutian, Travis Brayak, ShaylaMelo, SayananSivaraman, Joe Smalley, David Idol, Jorge Leal, Patrick Hennigan, Yutaka Ishida, Anthony Nguyen, Alexandra Tracy, Daniel Hoff, Jeremy Semko, Robert Won, HosseinSadeghi, Ashley Juavinett, Jeff Dahien, Darcy Barron, Michael Rivera, Liam Kavanagh, AungMyo, Natalie Forssman, John Ballard, KathryFurby, Brandon Stephens, Lynn Waterhouse, Mattias Cape, Katherine Le, Jennifer Tseng, Crystal Zhoy, Danielle Ishihara, Amber Lundy, AitorLajarin