Minutes from meeting of
January 20, 2003

Visitors

Funding Requests

No Funding Requests

Presentations

Kurt Jensen, Graduate Student Lobby
• A national graduate student lobby has been formed to lobby Congress to make graduate and professional student stipends tax-exempt, as they were prior to 1986
• Feb. 19-21 will be the second time they go to Washington in person
• They hope to get an official position from UVA
• Council voted unanimously to issue a resolution of support: "The graduate students of the University of Virginia ask that legislation be enacted that would return graduate student stipends to their former Federal Income Tax exempt status."

Treasurer's Report

• No Treasurer's Report

President's Report

Student Healthcase Insurance Committee report
• We're staying with Chickering again for next year
• Premiums are expected to rise by 16.5% next year (about $170 for a single person), compared with a national average premium hike of 22%
• It is not yet clear how much of the premium increase will be paid for by UVA

Maura and Ben will represent Grad Council at a meeting between the dean and GLU concerning
• mid-year tuition hikes
• job descriptions for all graduate student TA's, instructors and graders
• and a grievance system for employment-related complaints

Council agreed to hold meetings on the second monday of the month for the rest of the semester

Second Vice President's Report

Approved last meeting's minutes

StudCo Report

Rob has re-assumed his post as studco rep; we need another

Honor Report

20 honor cases in the pipeline; Honor won its most recent lawsuit

Departmental Concerns

Research Exhibition
• We sent out a request for volunteers to organize the research exhibition
• If we don't get any volunteers, we will send another offering two paid positions to anyone willing to organize it

Meeting adjourned 8:20pm



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