Overview:

The Anthill Pub & Grille (the pub) is a "No Swill Beer Zone" traditionally run by the Associated Graduate Students (AGS) and now operated by a vendor. The purpose of this committee is:

1) to maintain graduate student involvement in the pub, 2) to facilitate communication between the pub vendor and the UCI community, and 3) to make sure that no swill (for example; low quality macro brews ) should ever flow from pub taps.

Responsibilities:

1. Review the operating hours, menus, pricing and programs for the Anthill Pub & Grille.

2. Assess and advocate Anthill Pub & Grille service and facility needs.

3. Educate and communicate with the UCI community regarding the Anthill Pub & Grille.

4. Recommend a monthly "Student Select" beer on tap. This beer shall be a craft brew.

5. Be briefed by the Anthill Pub and Grille management on the economics of running a pub and specifically pub pricing.

6. Archive of all media regarding the Pub that can be found by PAB members. This archive is to be maintained by the PAB historian.

7. Oversee expenditures from a Pub Advisory Board account provided by AGS. This account is expected to reflect a portion of percentage of Pub rent paid to AGS and will be used to fund infrastructure, equipment purchases, marketing and promotions as deemed appropriate by the Pub Advisory Board and approved by AGS council. Unspent funds from the Pub Advisory Board account should roll over on a yearly basis.

8. Recommendations made by this group shall be formalized in a written document and made available to all interested parties.

Membership: 11 voting and 5 non-voting members:

• Chair: AGS VP of Financial Affairs or an appointed proxy (voting).
• Director, Hospitality and Dining Services or an appointed proxy (voting).
• 6 AGS Members (voting).
• Owner and Manager of the Anthill Pub and Grille or an appointed proxy (non-voting).
• 4 ASUCI representatives (2 voting, 2 non-voting)
• Social Committee Liaison to be appointed by the AGS social committee (voting)
• Historian (non-voting)

 Procedural:

1. Recommendations: By simple majority

2. Quorum: The Chairs and 4 additional voting members

3. Proxy: Each position is responsible for appointing his or her own proxy

4. Ties: In case of a tie vote, the Manager or Owner of the Anthill Pub and Grille casts the deciding vote.

Subcommittees and Positions:

1) Pub Expansion and Space Management Sub-Committee:

Role: The role of the Pub Expansion and Space Management Sub-Committee is to aid Pub management in physical improvements within existing Pub space as well as promote and lobby for Pub space expansion to the University as deemed needed by the Pub Advisory Board.

Membership: Chair and Members to be appointed by Pub Advisory Board,

2) Pub Art & Aesthetics Sub-Committee:

Role: The role of the Pub Art & Aesthetics Sub-Committee is to aid Pub management in acquiring and displaying art and aesthetic improvements to the pub space.

Membership: Chair and Members to be appointed by Pub Advisory Board

3) Advertising and Entertainment Sub-Committee:

Role: The role of the Advertising and Entertainment Sub-Committee is to aid Pub management in finding and procuring local entertainment (musical and otherwise) and advertisement using internet based and on-campus media not accessible by the Pub Management.

Membership: Chair and Members to be appointed by Pub Advisory Board

4) Historian:

Role: To document and organize Pub History such that the PAB has an easily accessible mechanism for referencing documents related and not limited to: Operational Guides, Agreements both involving AGS and not involving AGS, AGS Resolutions related to the Pub, Press both on and off campus related to the Pub including websites and newspaper articles.

Membership: Either graduate or undergraduate may be elected to this position. Voting members are not excluded from holding the Historian position.

1. Operational Guidelines:

1.1 Membership: The committee shall consist of the 11 voting and 5 non-voting members appointed annually at the beginning of the academic year by a vote held at an AGS council meeting.

1.2 Graduate Student Members: All graduate student members must be UCI graduate students in good standing.

1.3 Applications: The AGS Student Body President shall solicit applications and the AGS council shall approve all Graduate and Professional Student Members.

1.4 Pub Employees: No more than two AGS members on this Pub Advisory Board may be pub employees.

1.5 Undergraduate Membership: Chair of the Pub Advisory Board will solicit appointments from ASUCI to fill the 2 voting and 2 non-voting seats. ASUCI representatives will be approved by vote at the first Pub Advisory Board meeting of the academic year.

1.6 Subcommittee elections: Elections will be held in the first meeting of the academic year.

1.7 Historian: The Pub Advisory Board Historian will record meeting minutes and have an active role in maintaining Pub History and documents related to business and social aspects of the Pub. The Historian will be elected at the beginning of the academic year by the Pub Advisory Board. A voting member may also hold the Historian position.

2. Procedures:

2.1 Frequency: This committee shall meet at least once a month

2.2 Meeting Time: At the beginning of each quarter the committee shall set the time and date for all meetings.

2.3 Monthly Meeting Subject: Meetings will be pre-scheduled at the previous meeting to address one of the key responsibilities of the Pub Advisory Board which includes but is not limited too; operating hours, menus, pricing and entertainment programs.

2.4 "Student Select" Beer: At the conclusion of a monthly meeting, the committee will taste several different beers and vote on the coming month's "Student Select" beer.

3. Recommendations:

3.1 Recommendations shall be decided by a simple majority of those voting members in attendance.