I.    Call to Order

            A. 5:06 PM

II.    Circulate Attendance Sheet ( Roll Call )

III.    Approve Agenda (2 minutes)

            A.  5:09 PM

IV.    Approve Minutes from May 27th, 2008 (5 minutes)

            A.  Change Voight to Boyd

            B.     5:11 PM

V.    Officer Reports

            A.    President    Melissa Bruninga-Matteau  (20 minutes)

                  1.      No arrests in identity theft

                  2.      1172 letters sent out

                  3.      Free credit monitoring offered

                  4.      GSHIP meeting yesterday

                           a.       Feasibility study about graduate students moving into Student Health

                                     i.      Tom Parham said it was possible

                                     ii.      Previously refused twice

                                     iii.      May have to go out to bid if it changes too much

                                     iv.      Changes must be in place by August 3^rd

                   5.      Chancellor meeting on Thursday

                   6.      Want comments on graduate only commencement

                            a.       Cut down on length

                                      i.      Split up hard between hard sciences and humanities?

                            b.      Move to undergraduate commencement weekend?

             B.    VP Financial Affairs      Sam Danziger (5 minutes)

                   1.      VP Finance year-end report

                            a.       AGS income from fees up 5%

                            b.      Income from sales at Pub $12,000

                            c.       Have $120,000 in reserves

                            d.      Beer of the month is selected for pub

                            e.       5% of net sales, plus third of profits from the pub

                                      i.      Third of profits is in legal limbo at the moment

                            f.       100 bills have been processed this year

             C.    VP External Affairs       Glen Porter-Watt (5 minutes)

                   1.      UCSB graduate student selected for Student Regent

                   2.      UCLA board of directors meeting next weekend

                   3.      UCSA Congress is coming up at Berkeley

                            a.       Need delegates to come

                            b.      July 9^th-13^th

                            c.       Sets action agenda items for next year

                                     i.      May be affordability this year

               D.    VP Internal Affairs       Adam Bondy (5 minutes)

                   1.      Thank-you card to Melissa

VI. Bill 08-32 Early Voting Sam Danziger (10 minutes)

               A.    Allocates $400 for an early voting budget item this year

                   1.       Pays for parking

                   2.      Creates an account for next year without new bill

                   3.       Amendment proposed to strike recurring budgeting language

                           a. 6 in favor, 7 opposed, 2 abstentions, 1 favor in proxy, 1 opposed proxy

                           b. Fails

                   4.      Bill passes 13 in favor, 0 opposed

VII. Resolution 08-33 Ratification of the Election for the 2008-2009 AGS Council and President-Melissa Bruniga Matteau (5 minutes)

               A.      Passes by acclamation

               B.      Aaron Ruzek is leaving council

END 2007-2008 COUNCIL

START of 2008-2009 COUNCIL

VIII.  Bill 08-34 Election of AGS Executives and Staff- Carrie Carmody  (40 minutes )

              A.    VP Admin: Denise Stephens

                     1.      Organized, detail oriented person

                     2.      Worked in clinical research for a year

                     3.      Leadership experience in outdoor recreation club

                     4.      Passed by acclamation

              B.     VP Internal: Suzanne Kaasa

                     1.      Has been on housing and GSHIP committee for 3 years

                     2.      Worked with AGS in the past

                     3.      Passed by acclamation

              C.     VP External: Glen Porter-Watt

                     1.      4^th year in history department

                     2.      Started VP External position in March

                     3.      Made friends and contacts at UCSA

                     4.      Previous staff member at UCI and ASUCLA

                     5.      Passed by acclamation

              D.    VP Finance: Sam Danziger

                     1.      Will continue term for 3 additional months

                     2.      Will attempt to train replacement

                     3.      Maybe council wants VP for entire year?

                     4.      Passed by acclamation

               E.     Campus Communications Director: Jessie Weber

                     1.      Attempting to graduate in March

                     2.      Has learned a lot about this job

                     3.      Brainstorming idea for Graduate Student Wikipedia

                     4.      Attempting graduate student newsletters

                     5.      Has done research on advertising

                     6.      Passed by acclamation

                F.      Campus Organizing Director: Melanie Matheu

                     1.      Fills in for VP External

                     2.      Helps with AGS Organizing

                     3.      Primarily external

                     4.      Passed by acclamation

                G.    Webmaster: Patty Lee

                     1.      Passed by acclamation

                H.    Legislative Liaison: Josh Carillo

                     1.      Has worked at LobbyCon

                     2.      Served this year already

                     3.      VP External recommends her

                     4.      Passed by acclamation

                 I.        GSHIP Committee Chair: Renee Ellis

                     1.      Served for past 2 years

                     2.      Knows where to find things

                     3.      Passed by acclamation

IX. Resolution 08-35 Appointment of Academic Senate Committee Representatives - Carrie Carmody (15 minutes)

                 A.    Educational Policy: Glen Watt

                 B.     Faculty Welfare: Brock Cutler

                 C.     Graduate Council (3 seats): Scott Stevenson, Melissa Matteau, Denise Stephens

                     1.      Graduate requirements

                     2.      Votes on degree approvals

                 D.    Research, Computing and Libraries: Eric Baumer

                 E.     Student Experience (2 seats): Monica Arnold, Ling Lin

                     1.      Extra-academic experiences

                     2.      Bike paths

                     3.      Affordability

                 F.      Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools: Hanoz Santoke

                 G.    Undeclared Students:

                 H.    Courses: Melanie Matheau

                 I.       International Education: Preben Nielsen

                 J.       Education, Research, and Community Outreach Efforts: Josh Gellers

                 K.    Housing: Suzanne Kaasa (VRC Rep)

                 L.     GSHIP: Laura Sextro, Jessie Weber, Payel Chowdhury, Aaron Weinberg

                 M.   All passed by acclamation

X. Bill 08-33 Presidential Funding Sam Danziger (20 minutes)

                A. President does more than Vice-Presidents

                B. Raises stipend to level of fees

                C. Wording needs to be adjusted as it ties to fees

                D. Tabled until fall

XI.    New Business

Allocated: 142 minutes

Actual: 92 minutes