/ LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Meeting Minutes / Template Version: 1
Date: 3/4/2015
Meeting Information
Name of the Meeting: GSS General Assembly Meeting
March 4, 2015 / 12pm / Rauch 091 /
Attendees
Name / Area/Organization / Name / Area/Organization
Nipun Goel / President / Kathleen Hutnik / Director
Dustin Dannenhauer / Vice president / Alex Wiedorn / GLO-GA
Jingjing Lin / Secretary
Syed Salman Raza / Treasurer
Joe Brague / Historian
Yi Li / Communication Officer
Agenda
  1. Upcoming Events
1)Harry Potter Trivia Night: POSTPONED to 4/1 Packer house 7:30PM
2)Negotiations Workshop: The series will consist of:
3)1) A Panel Discussion (3/18) 2) A Formal Presentation (4/1) 3) Mock Negotiation Scenarios (4/8) Sign up here:
4)What’s Brewing Thursday March 19: Cultural Taboos: Are there things we should not say or do?
5)Getting Things Done Workshop: CANCELLED
6)Discounted Zoellner Tickets
7)Romeo & Juliet April 11th 8PM & April 12th 2PM- $4
8)LU Jazz Rep Orchestra April 17th 8PM- FREE for students
9)GSS Happy Hour welcome back after Spring Break: TBD
10)Trip to Franklin Institute BOGS: March 10th. $25 Start from Lehigh 4:00PM Topic: Surviving through franklin institute. Email:
  1. GSS Committee Updates
1)Parking Advisory Committee: remove meters around Alumni building;free 4 hours parking in front of Packer House
2)Faculty Committee on Student Life:work on Faculty Lunch to get faculty engagement. One student can take one faculty member to have lunch together.
3)Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Need student rep from Arts and Science!
  1. Petition for PhD students
1)PhD students on Maintenance of Candidacy credits be allowed to audit classes for 1 credit.
2)Purpose: use 1 credit to reallylearn something more instead of just paying the money to remain candidacy. And the course can be showed on transcript.
  1. GSS Elections
1)7 total positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Historian, Travel Grants Officer and Communications Officer.
2)Nominations Open on March 18th. Accepted till midnight 18th
3)Campaign Policies in effect from March 18th 1:00PM
4)Candidate presentations and Questions on April 1st.
5)Electronic voting: Opens at 1PM April1st and closes at 11:59 April 1st.
  1. Guest Speaker--Monika Samuelson: University Business Services
1)Farmers’ market manager NEEDED!
2)Sustainability Resources for Student
  1. Zimride: share the ride in Lehigh community (Lehigh student, faculty, and staff); if you post a ride/commute before Mar. 15th, you may win a $2-$50 gift card.
  2. Enterprise car share: you can simple rent by hour
  3. The GreenFund: one time grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to students; application due on the first of each month
  1. Ongoing Events
1)Tuesday’s at 10: Start your day with free breakfast and coffee.
2)Teacher Development Series: 2:30PM – 4:00PM
3)Dates:1/29, 2/12, 2/26, 3/26, 4/9 & 4/23
4)Mentoring Program: 10:30AM – Noon
5)Dates: 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6
  1. Spring 2015 Meeting Schedule
1)March 18th – GSS E-board Nomination
2)April 1st – Elections
3)April 29th – New E-board takes over
  1. Open Floor
1)President John Simon Town Hall Meeting
2)Yes+ Club Yoga sessions. Monday after spring break. FREE Dinner!
3)Search for new Vice President and Vice Provost for international affairs. (1 person with 2 responsibilities)
Discussion / Commitments / Responsible
Follow-up previous commitments / Responsible / Status

Future Meeting:March 18, 2015

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