I.         Call to order
II.        Circulate attendance sheet
III.       Approve agenda (2 min)
IV.       Approve minutes from previous meeting (5 min)
V.        Executive Reports

a.      President (10 min)

b.   VP Internal (10 min)

c.   VP Admin (5 min)

d.   VP Finance (10 min)   

e.   VP External (10 min)

VI.      Staff Reports

                       a. LL (5 min)

                       b. CCD (5 min)

                       c. COD (5 min)

                       d. SC (5 min)

 

VII       GSHIP Committee Report , Chris Marchum (10 min)

VIII.    Resolution 09-81 Support UC System Wide GSHP (10 min)

IX.       Resolution 09-82 Pub Bucks Funding (5min)

X.        Resolution 09-83 Support Tankless Water Heater Purchase for Pub (10min)

XI.       Committee Reports

                       a. Sustainability, Josh (5 min)

                       b. Grad Council, Kim (3min)

XII.       New Business (10 min)

 

Time Allotted: 125 min

 

Sponsored by Josh Gellers, Social Sciences Representative, on behalf of Payel Chowdhury, Vice President External

 

WHEREAS The University of California (hereafter UC) system currently manages eleven separate insurance plans for the 55,000+ graduate and professional students enrolled throughout the UC;

 

WHEREAS the cost associated with graduate student health care plans varies widely across the UC campuses, with a net cost increase of 6.9% expected for the 2009-2010 academic year;

 

WHEREAS the status quo arrangement is not fiscally sustainable over the long-term due to rising health care costs and the volatility of the state and national economies;

 

WHEREAS a 3% cost savings can be achieved by harmonizing GSHIP policies across the UC according to Hewitt Associates, a consulting firm contracted by UCOP;

 

WHEREAS it is the obligation of the graduate student association at every UC campus to promote the welfare of graduate students at each respective institution;

 

WHEREAS a pooled health insurance plan would actively promote the physical wellbeing of graduate students across the UC while alleviating deadweight loss and inefficiencies intrinsic to the current system;

 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that AGS hereby supports the establishment of a systemwide GSHIP;

 

LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that AGS urges the UC Regents to adopt the proposed plan to create a systemwide GSHIP to better manage the rising cost of health care while maintaining a high level of quality care.

Sponsored by Adam VanWart,Physical SciencesRepresentative and VP Finanace

 

Sponsored by Josh Gellers,Social SciencesRepresentative and Legislative Liaison, on behalf of Stacey Murren, Director of UCIStudentCenter and Event Services

 

WHEREAS the Constitution stipulates in the Preamble that AGS “shall…promote those needs and rights [of graduate students]” and later in Article V §1 that “Graduate students have needs and priorities which require the application of their established fees in the interest of graduate students,”

 

WHEREAS implementing policies which enhance campus sustainability may be said to promote the needs and rights of graduate students and that application of established fees towards sustainable purchasing practices is in the interest of graduate students,

 

WHEREAS the purchase and installation of a tankless water heater at the Anthill Pub would allow the Student Center to operate its water heating system in a more environmentally sustainable manner and reduce energy consumption in accordance with university sustainability policies and obligations,

 

WHEREAS Student Center Director Stacey Murren has agreed to share with AGS the cost of purchasing and installing a tankless water heater at the Anthill Pub,

 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that AGS support funding for an energy-saving retrofit to the Anthill Pub in the form of a tankless water heater,

 

LET IT THEREFORE ALSO BE RESOLVED that the amount to be funded towards the purchase of a tankless water heater shall be later determined jointly through consultation with the Pub Advisory Board and Director Murren, and the formal request be presented as a bill to AGS Council at a future meeting.