Minutes from meeting of
November 10th 2003

Call order 7:00pm

Visitors

Adam Hyde - Graduate Student in Economics

* Funding request for Econ Dept Student Workshop
* Motion to fund at $2000. seconded. Passes 7:6
* Motion to fund at full $2300 with condition of soliciting funding/ co-sponsorship from other departments, additionally specific details from committed 2nd speaker. Motion withdrawn.

Jon Mailesic

* Returns to represent Women's Center to further clarify questions raised when he first presented funding request for Women's Center International Series
* Council approved $500

Committee's progress reports

Research Exhibition

* Two chairs selected from 8 interested, 4 applicants
* University wide Research Week- Graduate students Tuesday/Wednesday & All Students Friday

Speaker Series

* 1st installment, with Dr. Ian Stevenson rocked. Great q&a. full capacity, good food. Spent $278 food and $75 dinner gift certificate for speaker
* 2nd installment next Monday: sex in the academy.
* motion to fund at $375 for 2nd installment funding. Passes.

Events

* Starr Hill Halloween party smashing success. Capacity at 10:45. approximately $1000 cost.
* Walnut Creek get-together: 12 people came and had fun.
* Motion to reimburse Cheryl @ $25 for park shelter passed
* Working on bar night
* Working on email list serve
* Upcoming: wine & cheese Saturday night Nov. 15 7-10pm Garrett Hall Commons. Motion to fund @ $75. motion passed

President's Report

* Need 2nd StudCo Rep from GSAS.
* Research fees- the saga continues. Meeting coming with Dean Ayers & GSC President.
* Summer health insurance $30 fee - we decide to choose our battles and drop this issue.
* Student health insurance - our second spot on SHIC to be relinquished to GLU
* Option to cancel December meeting if no new funding requests.

Vice Presidents Report

* National Association of Graduate and Professional Students are lobbying against taxing stipends.

Honor Report

* Working on decreasing adversarial nature of initiation/trials
* Referendum to reevaluate second sanction

New Business

* Gavin, judge from UJC, presents info on new UBE (University Board of Elections- if it passes as expected in fall referendum).
* Reps. Tom and Andre to form Constitutional review committee. Charged also with investigating if GSC should switch to UBE. Will report at January meeting.
* Anthropology Rep concerned that money to fund grad students as RA's- deconstructing fellowship packages to reallocate TA money. Will look into President's Fellowship and report back.