Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
Student Advisory Board
March 26th, 2012
Ethnic Cultural Center- Condon Hall
Meeting Start: 4:10pm
Members Absent: First Nations, MiXed, Unite for Sight, MIC
Advisers Absent: n/a
Guests Present: Bill Dow – ASUW Director of Policy and Procedures, Cara Luck, Jaydee Dodd
Check in Question: Name, RSO/Org affiliation & what did you do over Spring Break? (5mins)
Community Concerns/ Issue Exploration: (30mins)
- ECC Room Naming Discussion Recap
o Forum on April 4th at 4pm in 711E
o Wanted to move with 5 rooms
§ Will split Asian and Pacific Islander
§ Dr. Sheila will now be overseeing the process
§ Forum is open to everyone
- SAB Structure Discussion
o Some individuals are confused on how SAB works
o SAB officers will be conducting mini meeting discussion to talk about SAB
§ Date and time: TBD
o Will be publishing out a letter to ECC Community about SAB
- The Daily Training
o Issue with using Gender Neutral Pronouns
§ The Daily says that it’s not proper to use certain pronouns
§ Need to come up with a proper resolution to solve this without telling them how to do their jobs
Vice President’s Corner: Updates? (25mins)
- New Building Site for UWPD
o Was asked to go back and look at the other options since some students were concerned that they were looking into moving UWPD across the ECC
o Will reexamine the original 16? Sites
o Will form a committee including different communities (Greek, RHSA, SAB, Legacy Groups, ASUW, etc)
- ECC Naming Issue
o Had a number of meetings about the ECC Room Naming, including one with PI Community
§ Came up with options for the 5th meeting space via using some of the student offices
o Will be impossible to start over because of the building
§ Delay = more money
o There will be a meeting to decide as a community to talk about the placement of rooms
§ This Friday at 4pm
o Need to realize that the whole building is for everyone at the ECC
- ECC is hiring
o New jobs have opened up due to some staff is moving on
§ Maggie will take care, and so she will not do advising
§ There are other advisors available – see Marissa or Jessica
Discussion Points (15mins)
- Student Conduct Code Presentation (handout will be emailed)
o ASUW Director of Policy and Procedures – Bill Dow
§ A document in Washington State Law that governs student conduct/behavior on/off campus
· From fighting to harassment to stalking
§ Revised since Nov 2010
· Now address issues that covers allegations between UW community members and cyber stalking
§ Still gathering information and will make this campus wide in the near future
§ Contact Bill Dow at
Announcements/Upcoming Events: ASUW, RSOs, etc. (7mins)
- You need to relay the information to your organization
- 1st General Meeting: April 9th Mixer in 711E
o There will be more events in April/May
§ A visit from the Provost
§ Officer Nominations for Chair and Vice Chair
§ New SAB Member Applications
§ ASUW Elections Forum on April 30th
- Social Justice Event, This Friday (12-1pm) with Lunch at 711E
- ASUW is now hiring – www.jobs.asuw.org
- Self Defense Class for female identified individuals (look for doodle link)
- April 6th – Quincenero by La Raza Commission at 7pm at the ECT
- Poly Day on April 27th
- FASA Spring Quarter Meeting on Thursday
- FASA is also looking for volunteers for NWFASA Conference
- MAPS Talent Show on April 27th
- Student Regent Application on SAB email
- Recruitment for ECC Staff
- WAC is holding a forum on abortions this Friday
- Spring Career Fair on April 10 at Hec-Ed
- Spring Powwow on April 20-20 – looking for volunteers
- MIC Night at SU on April 21
- Luau on April 20th in kane
Meeting End: 5:29pm
Minutes taken by: Kristine Maramot – OMA/D Student Advisory Board, Secretary