Minutes from meeting of
February 5, 2001

Call to order

Guest: Joy Asekun (First Black Women's Leadership Conference)

Budget and schedule has changed since we first got e-mail. Genesis of conference. Last year conference for black men organized by some of the fraternities was inspiration. They worked with the Women's center to create forum to deal with black women's issues. They have keynote: she will speak for free. Jacklyn Monk. She relates to the Women Center's ongoing topic on the role of media and women. She is the editor of Vibe magazine. She used to work for Ms. One of the first black women to hold such a position. It will be 10-3 on Saturday, April 14. Meetings with Ms. Monk followed by several workshops. The budget has decreased. They have canceled the breakfast. They will need travel expenses for Ms. Monk. They will allow for the first 60 that respond to the invitations. It has been a real learning experience for the graduate students involved. They have learned a great deal about how to run a conference. The Hues mentors will be involved. They are graduate students who mentor undergraduates. They do see it as a more inclusive conference. They are requesting about $500.

Questions: Will some of the workshops be open to anyone. Yes, the workshops will be open to everyone after lunch. Keynote speaker will speak at the lunch.
They are hoping balance between the graduates and undergraduates. The undergraduate NAACP is paying for the use of Minor Hall. They hope to have faculty involved.

Funded at $500 (full request).

Treasurer's Report:
Confusion due to the retirement of Dean Husky. We have no idea what has happened with our account in Dec. and Jan. We probably have about $13, 590. $1000 of that is gone for the Research Exhibition and Tavern.

Secretary's report:
Minutes approved. In the future they will be e-mailed to all.

President's report:
End of semester Tavern was a bomb. Music was great, but only 30 showed up. It seems that too many parties were held that same night. We took a $500 hit, although we did pay off the beer with the door.

Grad Health Insurance. We sent letter to various important people. Open letter to Casteen. The gist is that there is progress. The administration is looking for ways to fund health insurance.

BOV: Sasha Wilson has been elected as student BOV member. She is a fourth year in the Curry school's joint masters program. This does give graduate students some voice.

We need to think about officers for next year. We really need continuity to know what to do in the future. We are all encouraged to return. We also need officers. With the changes in the administration, we must take a role in educating the new administration. In the past, we haven't used the undergraduate election system, although we may want to consider doing that.

Honor: Justin Reese.
The honor committee would like our official support of the referendum coming up on the honor system. Six proposal presented by the review committee were proposed for a vote. Only some minor changes were made from the initial proposals. Most of the substance was preserved. They are also asking us to inform our departments about the upcoming vote. The graduate students could make the difference in whether this passes or not. Each proposal will be voted on separately. The ballot will be with the student vote at the end of February. A pamphlet will be sent out just for graduate students.

Voting on the proposal to endorse honor measures was delayed until departmental reactions could be collected. [Proposal passed].

The Honor Committee needs new reps. The changes taking place next year will determine how honor will function for the next 15 years. A chance to have a great deal of influence on the process.

StudCo: Nothing.

Old Business: Research exhibition. Josh did a wonderful job (although he could have used more help). Participation was much better this year. Faculty Senate wants to help out more next year. Possibly professors could be assigned judging duties as a committee assignment. Also, the Faculty Senate can reserve Newcomb before student groups. They could help us get a good time for the exhibition. Josh also spoke to the BOV about the research fair.

We are now on the Connections mailing list.

New Business: Med School event at the Tavern this Saturday.

QualChoice meeting will be the February 27.

Patrick is working on getting the newsletter our soon.

Departmental concerns: English rep. said that Dean will no longer cover costs associated with job interviews. This is a policy change.

Minutes from meeting of February 5, 2001

Minutes from meeting of
February 5, 2001