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 (15 min)

b.      VP Internal (10 min)

c.       VP Admin (5 min)

d.      VP Finance (5 min)  

e.       VP External (5 min)

VI.      UCSA Executive Director Liz Hall: System-wide Issues (15 min)

VII.        PAB elections and Resolution 09-84 Ratify PAB Elections (15 min)

VIII.     Resolution 09-85 AGS Council Appointments (5 min)

IX.          Resolution 09-86 CCD Job Description (10 min)

X.             Resolution 09-87 Prioritize Current Grads. (10 min)

XI.          Resolution 09-88 Prioritize Quality of Advanced Degrees (10min)

XII.        New Business (10 min)

 

Time Allotted: 122 min

 

Resolution 09-84 Ratify PAB Elections
Sponsored by: Chris Dunckle, Physical Sciences Representative
  on behalf of:   AGS Council  

Whereas the Pub Advisory Board (PAB) is a committee of the Associated Graduate Students (AGS), and

Whereas the PAB charter states that the council shall contain “6 AGS Members (voting)” and “AGS Council shall approve all Graduate Student Members,” and

Whereas the AGS has circulated a ballot and the following people have been selected


Let it therefore be resolved that the AGS council approves the listed council members as representatives to the Pub Advisory board for the 2008-2009 school year.
 

 

Sponsored by:  Chris Dunckle, Physical Sciences Representative

on behalf of:   AGS President

Requires 2/3 Vote

WHEREAS AGS functions best when all graduate students are represented.

WHEREAS the following graduate student in good standing has volunteered to become AGS Council members

WHEREAS the AGS Counstitution, Article III, Section 7 states “ Vacant seats shall be filled as soon as is reasonably possible by appointment or special election as determined by Council. Appointments shall be made by the President and must be approved by a 2/3 majority of Council members present at a meeting in which there exists a quorum."
 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT Christopher Heselton representing the School of Humanities and Angela Hawk representing the School of Humanities are appointed council members.

 

 

 

Sponsored by Adam VanWart, Physical Sciences Representative on behalf of the AGS Executive Committee

 

WHEREAS the AGS Council has the authority to create Staff positions and make appointments to these positions;

 

WHEREAS AGS has established the staff position of Campus Communications Director (CCD);

 

WHEREAS this position must serve the broad needs of AGS Council;

 

WHEREAS a clear job description is the best method of ensuring the CCD performs to the standards Council expects;

 

WHEREAS the executive committee has determined the following job description to accurately and comprehensively capture the necessary aspects of the CCD job:

 

 

Sponsored by Danny Gascon, Representative of Social Ecology on behalf of

Vice President of Internal Affairs Annessa C. Stagner

 

November 10, 2009

 

WHEREAS the Preamble of the AGS Constitution specifies that AGS shall “provide a forum for the expression and recognition of graduate students’ needs and rights”;

 

WHEREAS AGS Council has traditionally voiced graduate student opinion and needs through the passing of legislation,

 

WHEREAS the fiscal constraints and changes made to the University have caused significant concern among graduate students regarding their financial security;

 

WHEREAS the current financial state of the university has resulted in less lines of TA-ships, less money in labs, and less department funding to support current graduate student needs;

 

WHEREAS increasing tuition costs will exacerbate these financial pressures on graduate students;

 

WHEREAS at a time of fiscal uncertainty, many departments plan to continue to increase enrollments;

 

 WHEREAS increasing enrollments will exacerbate existing problems, cause decreased productivity among current graduate students and ultimately higher attrition rates;

 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that AGS Council urges caution in increasing enrollments for Ph.D. programs at a time of fiscal downsizing;

 

LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that AGS Council urges the University of California, Irvine make current graduate students a priority when considering how to work with limited financial means;

 

 

Sponsored by Danny Gascon, Representative of Social Ecology on behalf of

Vice President of Internal Affairs Annessa C. Stagner

 

November 10, 2009

 

WHEREAS the Preamble of the AGS Constitution specifies that AGS shall “provide a forum for the expression and recognition of graduate students’ needs and rights”;

 

WHEREAS AGS Council has traditionally voiced graduate student opinion and needs through the passing of legislation;

 

WHEREAS AGS realizes that the fiscal constraints on the University of California have encouraged a reevaluation of the University operations;

 

WHEREAS graduate students are concerned about the preservation of the quality of their degrees and thus their appeal on the job market;

 

 WHEREAS Many departments are considering new and creative ways, including the creation of Master’s programs, to offset the cost of their Ph.D. Programs and continue to operate in fiscal uncertainty;

 

 WHEREAS increasing enrollments for certain types of programs may require lowering admission standards and may result in a degrading of the quality of the University of California advanced degrees;

 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that the quality of advanced degrees be made a priority when making university decisions regarding the creation of revenue generating programs