Outline:

Introductions

Exec Comm.

Field Reps.

  • what are resp
  • outline and expose @ communitity @ large
  • comm. on all levels , field reps <-> community
  • voting members assigned to field, we need to engage the fields you represent
  • field reps some way in the voting board
  • every tues morninig @ 9am

    VP updates

  • Compsing @ GPSA Meetings VP updates
  • BYOMug.. CPSA .. to funds go to Haiti and

    VP Operations update

  • R8 update Big Red Barn
  • R.7 Charter review year: when is charter change appropriate

    Slope Day May 7th Travis tck24

  • Band chosen, Drake , Francis and the Lights

    Grad Entertain

    Bi-line groups

  • web-site funding process

    Ad-hoc Sustainability

  • next mtg is 3-5 2010 115 Sipley hall

    Town Hall

    Big Red Barn - Space

  • Thoughts for increase usage
    • dining hours
    • pub
    • Offices for GPSA
    • Reading lounge
    • centralized place to meet for GPSA
  • Funding for Improving BRB
    • Univ is funding it
    • Univ

      Grad. Career Services sin GCI was initiated

  • 31.1. % visited career center
  • career newsletter
  • grad student career guide
  • more workshops

    Integration of the Grad/Professional Student comm

  • BRB Student center

  • incrementally
  • increase space vertically

Building "communitiy"

  • Overall community "building"
  • we need to have a building common cyber space
  • consolidated calendar and
  • events calendar
  • GPSA blog, facebook
  • services available for grad students

Grad. Students Pay and Benefits

  • how do we reach out to our peers and oru faculty
  • grad student services , pay the working group was addressed but moved to the education committe.
  • support benefits

    Support for grad students aAlso housing

  • HOusing 14% Grad students on campus which is good
  • mental health
  • diversity we are very diverse, we can be very strong
    • we are very strong and can become stronger
    • how do we see ourselves as a community
    • mental health care will be addressed

      Integrating in to community

  • integration between different discibpline
  • possibly more formal programs
  • teacher development program

  • Where should we be in 3 - 5, 10 years

  • Actionable Items:

Resolution 12 : Activity Fee Amount

  • "whole dollar amount" will be voted on Mar 15th

Open Forum

  • Professional Development : development base lin trainng is offered to all grad students
  • cec24
  • Celebration coming up April 15-16th
  • Ben Havner BLog setup
  • BLog : Forum for student govt other: Ivy's and MIT

Ned's Impressions

  • VERY well attended
  • great ideas w/r to "field reps" and communication
  • good input
  • how to facilitate groups like Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa and their collaboration ideas
  • breaking into 4 working groups appears to be a great way to do it.
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