Meeting minutes 8/24/11 5-6pm

  1. Enviromental Board – Natasha Goss
  2. No grad students currently on board
  3. Here to ask for students or at least a liaison to board from UGGS
  4. IS a voting position
  5. Weekly meetings Tues 5pm, 2-3hr/wk commitment
  6. Would like to fill position in next several weeks, interviews for interested
  7. Contact
  8. (coordinator)
  9. Officer elections
  10. Social chair
  11. Kika Tarsi nominated last meeting
  12. Speech, kika steps out
  13. Joey and Steve say nice words
  14. Kika voted in
  15. Co-Senator
  16. Laura Michaelson nominated last meeting, couldn’t make it today
  17. Floor open for other nominations, nothing
  18. Tabled until next meeting
  19. NAGPS conference
  20. Jorge Cham confirmed
  21. Chem 140 confirmation by Friday!
  22. Officer updates
  23. Alexandra
  24. Wants to make subcommittees on diversity and inclusiveness issues
  25. Hope: committee on a particular area, share knowledge, go to larger committee/university meetings and speak intelligently on subject (racial, religious, students with children…)
  26. Committees formed on basis of hot topics
  27. Alexandra will get something coherent on paper
  28. Joey
  29. Travel / group grants due Wednesday next week
  30. Grading Sunday 18th 2-3pm-ish start
  31. BFA meeting – university will make budget
  32. Gillian
  33. Wants to better understand dept structures to better unclude/communicate with students there
  34. Kate – search travel grant apps to see which depts. Didn’t apply
  35. Kika
  36. Goal is one event a month, maybe 3rd week of each month
  37. Sept – happy hour, backcountry pizza?
  38. Sept 15th – science themed cruiser ride
  39. Brian
  40. All-grad-student listserv being constructed
  41. Calendar of event being created for website
  42. Health board co-chair – Chris Schaefbauer
  43. Introduces self
  44. Will try to attend meetings to answer questions, provide direct communication between UGGS and health board

Meeting Adjourned

Attendance:

Brian Francisco MCEN

Steven Koenig MCEN

Anthony Rasca APPM

Joey Hubbard EBIO

Ryan Jenkins PHIL

Alexandra Morgan ATLAS

Kate Allison EDUC

Michele Battiste ENGL

Kika Tarsi EBIO

Gillian McGinnis MFS

Chris Carruth ATLAS

Meagan Todd GEOG

Brian Seok ATOC

Tom Oneill ECEE

Chris Schaefbauer CSCI

Halley Profita CSCI

Nicholas Nelson ASTR

Jakob Sedig ANTH