GSA Minutes 2013 01-24 - Revision history

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==Attendance== 12: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack, ==Officers' Reports== Treasurer's Report (Brigette Zacharc..."

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==GSA Meeting Minutes==
24 January 2013 

==Attendance==
12: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack,

==Officers' Reports==
Treasurer's Report (Brigette Zacharczenko) 
EEB GSA Finances: 
Current Balance $ 
Spent $ (not including today’s pizza costs) 
No money made (yet). 

==Agenda==
I 

II 

III 

IV Fundraising Committee (Kathryn Theiss and Johana Goyes Vallejos): 
Ideas: Info will be sent out soon for artwork submission. Additionally an online survey will be used to determine what the majority of students would be interested in purchasing. 
T-shirts: Most attendees (coughMariacough) had no complaints about the fit of the organic cotton t-shirts purchased in previous years. Maybe tank tops? 
Glassware: Both pint glasses and mugs (?) have no minimum order. 
Totes bag: Minimum order of 50. 
Photo submitted in 'contest' to be printed as postcards, notecards, puzzles, calendars. This idea was well received by all attendees. 
Other: Windows decals, EEB customized wine bottles (not compliant with University policy). 

V Green Grads (Maria Pickering): More involvement needed. Campus-wide email will be sent out in a week or so and meeting will be set-up for students to come with 'green' ideas. Pizza will be at this meeting. 

VI 2013 Graduate Symposium (Jessie Rack, Jon Velotta, Johana Goyes, Bill Ryerson): Announcement email sent out. Date will be March 9th. Room and lobby are booked. Website is updated. Invited speaker and welcome speaker booked. 

IX Tuesday Evening Seminar (Alyssa Borowske): 2 upcoming seminars have been arranged. Details to come. 

Meeting began at 4:30pm 
Meeting adjorned at 5:30pm 
Minutes recorded by Jessie Rack

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 (Jessie Rack): Ted's social nights for grad students?  Weekly or bi-weekly gathering: Mon-Wed half-priced happy hour from 4-7pm; Tuesday: Flight Night: 2 half pints for $3, and no cover charge. <br><br>
-VII GSS Representatives (Michael Hutson and Hayley Kilroy): Hayley is gone this semester, so Kasey Pregler will be filling in as our EEB representative.  Rachel Rock-Blake: parking?  Secret parking spots for grad students, but no map?  Availability confusing.  Bill: those spots officially don't exist.  Parking changing.  Grad students will get first dibs to pay $300 dollars.  Area 6(?) free parking.  Will get rid of resident/commuter spots, everyone will have "Areas".  GSS sent a committee to talk to parking dept about limited parking.
+VII GSS Representatives (Michael Hutson and Hayley Kilroy): Hayley is gone this semester, so Kasey Pregler will be filling in as our EEB representative.  Rachel Rock-Blake: parking?  Secret parking spots for grad students, but no map?  Availability confusing.  Bill: those spots officially don't exist.  Parking changing.  Grad students will get first dibs to pay $300 dollars.  Area 6(?) free parking.  Will get rid of resident/commuter spots, everyone will have "Areas".  GSS sent a committee to talk to parking dept about limited parking.  <br><br>
 VIII Green Grads (Hayley Kilroy): HKM revived Green Grads this past semester.  On hiatus until she gets back.  We will probably participate in give & go, possibly Earth Day celebration with UConn (any interest, contact Kasey.)  KP is checking greenhouses for plant donations so we could sell them for green grads fundraising.  KP and HKM are working on a budget for Green Grads.  HKM did a LOT last semester: bike ride, movie night.  Well attended.  Any more info on GG, contact HKM.  It will officially start again when she returns.   <br><br>

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 III Tuesday Evening Seminar (Nora Mitchell, Brigette Zacharczenko): email to dept to recruit hosts and email to grads to bully speakers.  Prob: people to host seminar.  Manette Sandor (faculty rep) asked if she should bring it up at a faculty meeting--that we need hosts for TES.  Flexibility in day?  Doesn't have to be Tuesday.  <br><br>
-IV Faculty Updates (Manette Sandor): new faculty member being hired.  Negotiation with dean happening, HAVE a list of top candidates, faculty plan to interview some in February (not sure how many).  Position: Global Change Ecology.  We should encourage labmates and other grads to attend the candidates' talks.
+IV Faculty Updates (Manette Sandor): new faculty member being hired.  Negotiation with dean happening, HAVE a list of top candidates, faculty plan to interview some in February (not sure how many).  Position: Global Change Ecology.  We should encourage labmates and other grads to attend the candidates' talks.   <br><br>
 V Professional Development Association (PDA?): A representative sent Kentwood an email requesting funds for her group.  KW forwarded it to MS, who sent it to Kasey.  Can we do anything to help organize?  (We don't have $$!) Seems like their org will be setting up workshops and seminars for STEM grads and postdocs.  Not many details.  We can't think of how we can offer assistance to start this group up.  <br><br>
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 VI Social Ideas (Kasey Pregler): Potluck-style grad lunch.  Once a month, ex. Salad Day, everyone could bring an ingredient or $.  James Mickley: Stony Brook did "Soup Day"- one person made soup, others brought $$.  Email Kasey with lunch ideas.
 (Cera Fisher): Social Movie Night: B movies, popcorn, people bring a couple dollars and watch movie.  Projector?  Fishbowl in BioPharm?  Only thing: license of the movie needs to be owned by University.
-(Jessie Rack): Ted's social nights for grad students?  Weekly or bi-weekly gathering: Mon-Wed half-priced happy hour from 4-7pm; Tuesday: Flight Night: 2 half pints for $3, and no cover charge.
+(Jessie Rack): Ted's social nights for grad students?  Weekly or bi-weekly gathering: Mon-Wed half-priced happy hour from 4-7pm; Tuesday: Flight Night: 2 half pints for $3, and no cover charge. <br><br>
 VII GSS Representatives (Michael Hutson and Hayley Kilroy): Hayley is gone this semester, so Kasey Pregler will be filling in as our EEB representative.  Rachel Rock-Blake: parking?  Secret parking spots for grad students, but no map?  Availability confusing.  Bill: those spots officially don't exist.  Parking changing.  Grad students will get first dibs to pay $300 dollars.  Area 6(?) free parking.  Will get rid of resident/commuter spots, everyone will have "Areas".  GSS sent a committee to talk to parking dept about limited parking.
-VIII Green Grads (Hayley Kilroy): HKM revived Green Grads this past semester.  On hiatus until she gets back.  We will probably participate in give & go, possibly Earth Day celebration with UConn (any interest, contact Kasey.)  KP is checking greenhouses for plant donations so we could sell them for green grads fundraising.  KP and HKM are working on a budget for Green Grads.  HKM did a LOT last semester: bike ride, movie night.  Well attended.  Any more info on GG, contact HKM.  It will officially start again when she returns.
+VIII Green Grads (Hayley Kilroy): HKM revived Green Grads this past semester.  On hiatus until she gets back.  We will probably participate in give & go, possibly Earth Day celebration with UConn (any interest, contact Kasey.)  KP is checking greenhouses for plant donations so we could sell them for green grads fundraising.  KP and HKM are working on a budget for Green Grads.  HKM did a LOT last semester: bike ride, movie night.  Well attended.  Any more info on GG, contact HKM.  It will officially start again when she returns.   <br><br>
 Meeting began at 4:30pm<br>

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 ==Attendance==
-: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack,
+: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack, Shannon Hsieh, James Mickley, Johana Goyes, Bill Ryerson, Tim Moore, Holly Brown, Rachel Rock-Blake, Cera Fisher, Manette Sandor, Michael Hutson
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-==Officers' Reports==
-Treasurer's Report (Brigette Zacharczenko)<br>
-EEB GSA Finances:<br>
-Current Balance $<br>
-Spent $ (not including today’s pizza costs)<br>
-No money made (yet).<br>
 ==Agenda==
-II <br><br>
+I 2013 Graduate Symposium (Jessie Rack, Jon Velotta, Johana Goyes, Bill Ryerson): Announcement email sent out. Date will be March 9th. Room and lobby are booked. Website is updated. Invited speaker and welcome speaker booked.  Grad potluck breakfast.  Last year: $800 refreshments, $350.    Should ask for $1200 for food b/c of increasing prices.  Copy of current budget being sent out by KP.  Possible chance to do statistics on recruited students?  Photo contest this year--annonuncement coming soon.  <br><br>
-III <br><br>
+IV Faculty Updates (Manette Sandor): new faculty member being hired.  Negotiation with dean happening, HAVE a list of top candidates, faculty plan to interview some in February (not sure how many).  Position: Global Change Ecology.  We should encourage labmates and other grads to attend the candidates' talks.
-IV Fundraising Committee (Kathryn Theiss and Johana Goyes Vallejos):<br>
+V Professional Development Association (PDA?): A representative sent Kentwood an email requesting funds for her group.  KW forwarded it to MS, who sent it to Kasey.  Can we do anything to help organize?  (We don't have $$!) Seems like their org will be setting up workshops and seminars for STEM grads and postdocs.  Not many details.  We can't think of how we can offer assistance to start this group up.  <br><br>
-Ideas: Info will be sent out soon for artwork submission. Additionally an online survey will be used to determine what the majority of students would be interested in purchasing.<br>
-T-shirts: Most attendees (coughMariacough) had no complaints about the fit of the organic cotton t-shirts purchased in previous years. Maybe tank tops?<br>
-Glassware: Both pint glasses and mugs (?) have no minimum order.<br>
-Totes bag: Minimum order of 50.<br>
-Photo submitted in 'contest' to be printed as postcards, notecards, puzzles, calendars. This idea was well received by all attendees. <br>
-Other: Windows decals, EEB customized wine bottles (not compliant with University policy).<br><br>
-V Green Grads (Maria Pickering): More involvement needed. Campus-wide email will be sent out in a week or so and meeting will be set-up for students to come with 'green' ideas. Pizza will be at this meeting.<br><br>
+VI Social Ideas (Kasey Pregler): Potluck-style grad lunch.  Once a month, ex. Salad Day, everyone could bring an ingredient or $.  James Mickley: Stony Brook did "Soup Day"- one person made soup, others brought $$.  Email Kasey with lunch ideas.
-VI 2013 Graduate Symposium (Jessie Rack, Jon Velotta, Johana Goyes, Bill Ryerson): Announcement email sent out. Date will be March 9th. Room and lobby are booked. Website is updated. Invited speaker and welcome speaker booked.  <br><br>
+VII GSS Representatives (Michael Hutson and Hayley Kilroy): Hayley is gone this semester, so Kasey Pregler will be filling in as our EEB representative.  Rachel Rock-Blake: parking?  Secret parking spots for grad students, but no map?  Availability confusing.  Bill: those spots officially don't exist.  Parking changing.  Grad students will get first dibs to pay $300 dollars.  Area 6(?) free parking.  Will get rid of resident/commuter spots, everyone will have "Areas".  GSS sent a committee to talk to parking dept about limited parking.
-IX Tuesday Evening Seminar (Alyssa Borowske): 2 upcoming seminars have been arranged. Details to come.<br><br><br>
+VIII Green Grads (Hayley Kilroy): HKM revived Green Grads this past semester.  On hiatus until she gets back.  We will probably participate in give & go, possibly Earth Day celebration with UConn (any interest, contact Kasey.)  KP is checking greenhouses for plant donations so we could sell them for green grads fundraising.  KP and HKM are working on a budget for Green Grads.  HKM did a LOT last semester: bike ride, movie night.  Well attended.  Any more info on GG, contact HKM.  It will officially start again when she returns.
 Meeting began at 4:30pm<br>
-Meeting adjorned at 5:30pm<br>
+Meeting adjorned at 5:15pm<br>
 Minutes recorded by Jessie Rack
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GSA Minutes 2013 01-24 - Revision history

Jessica Rack: /* Agenda */

Jessica Rack: /* Agenda */

Jessica Rack at 22:15, 24 January 2013

Jessica Rack: Created page with "==GSA Meeting Minutes== 24 January 2013 ==Attendance== 12: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack, ==Officers' Reports== Treasurer's Report (Brigette Zacharc..."

Jessica Rack: Created page with "==GSA Meeting Minutes== 24 January 2013
==Attendance== 12: Kasey Pregler, Brigette Zacharczenko, Jessie Rack, ==Officers' Reports== Treasurer's Report (Brigette Zacharc..."