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[[Karolina Fucikova]] Reported that they are independent of the GSA, [[Maxi]] is organizing earth day – going to middle schools and taking kids on environmental walks.  There are 50 kids, and she is hoping to break them into as small groups as possible  Send her an email if you are interested.  We also have a new compost bin in the grad lounge, and we got a donation from Eric Schultz of plates.  Leah BW mentioned the ecohusky 5000 with the proceeds going to the green campus fund.  There was also a sustainable energy symposium, and there will be an earthday fashion show, and recycled art will be on display in the Benton.
 
[[Karolina Fucikova]] Reported that they are independent of the GSA, [[Maxi]] is organizing earth day – going to middle schools and taking kids on environmental walks.  There are 50 kids, and she is hoping to break them into as small groups as possible  Send her an email if you are interested.  We also have a new compost bin in the grad lounge, and we got a donation from Eric Schultz of plates.  Leah BW mentioned the ecohusky 5000 with the proceeds going to the green campus fund.  There was also a sustainable energy symposium, and there will be an earthday fashion show, and recycled art will be on display in the Benton.
  
==[[Grad-Invited Seminar]]==
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==[[Biology Club]]==[[Tobias Landberg]] liaises to this club for undergraduates in EEB, which has a facebook page.  There, you can advertise to maybe get an undergrad to work with you.
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==Special Agenda - Grad Invited Speaker==
 
'''Thursday, April 3, 2008''' <br>
 
'''Thursday, April 3, 2008''' <br>
 
Speaker: [http://www.fiu.edu/~donnelly/ Maureen Donnelly] from FIU  -- helps run herpetology class at OTS <br>
 
Speaker: [http://www.fiu.edu/~donnelly/ Maureen Donnelly] from FIU  -- helps run herpetology class at OTS <br>
Grads need to be involved in lunches/dinners/entertainment/meetings <br>
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Voting for next years' speaker also happened at the same time, stay tuned for who that might be.
On Friday she will give a talk just for the students <br>
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She will mail around 3 topics and the grads will get to decide <br>
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Her schedule will be posted to EEBedia <br>
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Volunteers for the position of grad-invited seminar representative?? <br>
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==Officer’s reports:==
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===Treasurer===
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([[Kat Shaw]]) <br>
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We have about $500 in our account <br>
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Pre-orders are the easiest way for us to pay for services, so thanks for the tote-bag success <br>
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===GSS===
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([[Vanessa Boukili]]) <br>
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Free coffee first Tues of every month <br>
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Welcome back bar night – email to follow soon <br>
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Beginning of April – spring fling formal – 200 person limit <br>
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Status of our symposium money – we’ll find out this Wed <br>
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People-soft software may be updated soon <br>
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Complaints and Suggestions? – send to Vanessa <br>
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===Faculty meeting rep===
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([[Karolina Fučíková]]) <br>
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Personnel issues in the last meeting, Karolina wasn’t invited <br>
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Thiago could go as our grad representative to the candidate search, but can’t talk about it until people have been notified <br>
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===Collections Representatives===
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No news from Botanical and Invertebrate Committees <br>
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Vertebrate collections ([[Tobias Landberg]]): <br>
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James Fischer is now gone <br>
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Our new vertebrate collections manager is [[Susan Hochgraf]] – she works all day Thursdays here at Uconn - Her number is 6-8945 <br>
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===Welcome Committee===
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([[Tsitsi McPherson]]) <br>
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We have a new student in Simon Lab <br>
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Welcome information will be available for any potential grads visiting during the symposium  <br>
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Info will be provided via email and cd this summer to save on paper  <br>
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Should we be welcoming others like postdocs? Consensus is we should. <br>
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===CCB===
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Trina says they haven’t met lately nor does she know if they’re going to soon <br>
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[[EEB_Graduate_Student_Association#GSA_Meeting_Minutes|See old minutes]] if you don’t know what the CCB is
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===Fall barn dance===
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Work on getting a date set with Greg in advance <br>
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Crawdad party or spring picnic? Something to look into.  <br>
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===[[EEB Departmental Seminar]] lunch coordinator===
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([[Tsitsi McPherson]]) <br>
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Still not getting enough grad students going to these  <br>
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[[Carrie Fyler]] suggests running it like the undergrad seminar (297)- Suggest reading a paper before, come with like a question to ask. Or also just to look at the schedule and commit to 4 or 5 dates in advance <br>
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Pablo likes the feedback on his research when we go around and introduce ourselves, but Krissa thinks maybe that’s best left for individual meetings <br>
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Can you just mail the grads the paper for the undergrad seminar too? Will try. <br>
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Maybe this could this become a seminar for grads? <br>
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[[Nic Tippery]] suggests expanding the committee to include people dedicated to coming every week?  <br>
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Sarah, Kat, Carrie volunteer – but others are encouraged to come to seminar speaker lunch
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===Undergrad report===
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([[Leah Brown-Wilusz]]) <br>
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[http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/Recyclemania.html Recyclemania] sponsored by Ecohusky <br>
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600 tons is our goal – competing against other schools (especially Yale)
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Caught green handed – get prizes for recyling <br>
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Contest runs from January 27-April 5, 2008
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==Other business==
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===EEBedia===
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([[Nic Tippery]]) <br>
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Still going strong – club to reform soon <br>
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Under [[:Category:Graduate Student Resources|Graduate Student Resources]] – list of [[Funding Sources]] – please contribute if you know of scholarship – there are icons for ease of browsing by subject matter <br>
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Pablo suggests a list of conferences and symposia would also be a good idea <br>
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[[EEB GSA Constitution|GSA Constitution]] and [[EEB GSA Bylaws|Bylaws]] will be added to EEBedia – on file with student activities – should we update?
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===[[Environmental Activism Group|Green Grads]]===
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([[Krissa Skogen]]) <br>
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'''Next meeting – Feb 14th, in [[Bamford]] at 5pm''' <br>
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Goal is to create a campus organization (a Tier II organization to get GSS funding) – create constitution and have a number of officers <br>
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Work with building managers to get official stickers to promote conservation <br>
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Work on getting recycled products used around campus and eliminating plastic bags at coop <br>
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Grads from all departments are welcome <br>
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Green Grads vs. Ecohusky? – Ecohusky is undergrad while green grads are for grads – utilize different funding sources.
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Communication will be vital to work together
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=== Biology Club for undergrads===
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[[Tobias Landberg]] is working on this from the grad student side to help establish <br>
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Club for all biology depts. in trying to match undergrads up with research labs <br>
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Grads, if you have spaces and opportunities in your labs, please keep this in mind <br>
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'''First meeting this Thursday, Feb 7th, 6pm [[BPB]] 130'''  - 10 pizzas will be provided <br>
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What about Tri Beta? Science fraternity and nationally recognized
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==Special Agenda - Crawdad Party==
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[[Tsitsi McPherson]] introduced the agenda. <br>
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We decided that we would have it (17-0-1) <br>
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It will be on May 2 (9-5) <br>
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Crawfish will be served (9-3) <br>
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GSA will fund part of it (13-0)<br>
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There will be veg/non crawfish food.
  
Meeting adjourned at 5:55pm.
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Meeting adjourned at 5:09 pm.
  
 
[[Category:GSA Minutes]]
 
[[Category:GSA Minutes]]

Revision as of 17:50, 14 April 2008

GSA Meeting Minutes
27 March 2008

Food: Giannelli’s pizza (near 4 corners, they deliver) served on our official GSA reusable lime green plates

Attendance: 18

Called to order at 4:05pm


Treasurer's Report

Kat Shaw reported that we made $586.98 on tote-bags, $100 of which was being refunded to our NEEC account. She also mentioned that there are still totebags to buy, and you can add your name to the t - shirt list, when we get enough names, we will order more.

GSS Announcements

Nic Tippery read GSS announcements, you can email him if you want to copy of the announcements.

Collections

Jane O’Donnell is taking a disaster preparatory class, so we will be prepared for a disaster

Evening Seminar

Next one is Monday April 28, 2008
Given by Roberta Engel hosted by Elizabeth Jochusch
The last one was by Amanda Wendt, and it went great! We are looking for someone to speak in early September next year.

Center for Conservation and Biodiversity

Trina Bayard reported that the faculty basically ignored our request that the grants applications be due earlier so that they could be disbursed earlier.

Welcome Committee

Tsitsi McPherson emailed the welcome package to Eric Schultz. The possibility of giving incoming students a totebag or t-shirt, was discussed, but no consensus was reached

GreenGrads

Karolina Fucikova Reported that they are independent of the GSA, Maxi is organizing earth day – going to middle schools and taking kids on environmental walks. There are 50 kids, and she is hoping to break them into as small groups as possible Send her an email if you are interested. We also have a new compost bin in the grad lounge, and we got a donation from Eric Schultz of plates. Leah BW mentioned the ecohusky 5000 with the proceeds going to the green campus fund. There was also a sustainable energy symposium, and there will be an earthday fashion show, and recycled art will be on display in the Benton.

==Biology Club==Tobias Landberg liaises to this club for undergraduates in EEB, which has a facebook page. There, you can advertise to maybe get an undergrad to work with you.

Special Agenda - Grad Invited Speaker

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Speaker: Maureen Donnelly from FIU -- helps run herpetology class at OTS
Voting for next years' speaker also happened at the same time, stay tuned for who that might be.

Special Agenda - Crawdad Party

Tsitsi McPherson introduced the agenda.
We decided that we would have it (17-0-1)
It will be on May 2 (9-5)
Crawfish will be served (9-3)
GSA will fund part of it (13-0)
There will be veg/non crawfish food.

Meeting adjourned at 5:09 pm.