AGS COUNCIL MINUTES |
AGS Council Minutes I. Call to order 5:16 pm II. Circulate attendance sheet III. Approve agenda (2 min.) IV. Approve minutes from previous meeting (5 min.) V. Officer reports a. President- Carrie Carmody (10)
1) Committee for Science Planning- Promotions Advancing Science in University, communicate with public a. Opportunity for recruiting funding- more funding cuts were made and next year doesn’t look better; including graduate funding b. What does grad support look like and how can we make up shortfalls -Discrepancy in funding between t.a. and r.a/gsr
-Incentives to get grant money
2) Normative-1
a. Meeting to reevaluate policy to ntd
3) Committee to select a new dean of the arts
-Carrie is grad on that committee
4) Issue of postdocs under grad division after split with office of research -They get services/money from grad division, which is paid by student fees, should they since they are not students? (they are classified as employees) 5) Int’l research opportunity conference next Monday 12-1:30 in cross-cultural center 6) Proxies- people not clearing with others before proxy- more than two proxies; which list is appropriate to post? 7) How we want to handle the public and private lists
b. VP Financial Affairs- Sam Danziger (5)
1) New budget info soon; current budget on old site, linked to new 2) Potential of AGS store room converted to a conference room 3) New AGS banner to hang for official events
4) Subcommittees
-Business and Social- have met but not scheduled any parties/events this quarter -PAB- meeting after meeting today
c. VP External Affairs- Glen Watt (5)
1) Early voting numbers- about 1800 people voted early at UCI this year; good turnout 2) Yudof wrote a letter encouraging students to vote- ~40,000 new student voters registered UC wide VI. Bill 08-55 Faultline Funding Request (10 min)- 1) About Faultline/ information about this year’s work:
-Faultline Journal is going into its 18th year, run by MFA students, assisted by undergrads from different departments. -Currently there are translations in Hungarian, Spanish, Mandarian, French, German, Hindi -Interviews with writers/poets
-Solicited work from international writers/poets
-Received a few hundred submissions of unsolicited work this year 2) Funding from English department, bookstore, International Center for writing and translation, Vice Chancellor of Students affairs, novelist T Jefferson Parker; budgets are tighter this year 3) Although this is focused on arts students, past arguments for funding are that the journal is submitted/sold to sources outside of university and helps increase university prestige, however it is a large funding request 4) Graduate student involvement: 12 writers, 12 poets, 15-20 readers -Amendment to reduce funding to $500 11 for, 16 against
-7 no, 19 yes, 2 abstentions for $1000- strongly encourage to seek other sources of funding, such as ASUCI, since many undergrads are also involved in this program VII. Bill 08-56 Money for Grads hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for other grads (5) Written by Svetlana, Presented by Jessie
$500 to give $20 giftcards to graduate students hosting other graduate students for Thanksgiving. Puts AGS name out there in a positive light towards graduate students. Doing more than just a party for students Amendments: Request a digital photo of the dinner and graduate students, council members are not eligible. 24 in favor, 5 abstentions
VIII. Committee Reports (5) BAG Group- Proposal to admin to adjust ring road bike hours, bike rental program 4-5 new faculty interested in bicycle policy on campus
Business and Social Committee- 2 mtgs so far, tossing ideas around Tacos Mondays at Steelhead, holiday-themed party, bonfires, trips to local areas, midnight bowling
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