Minutes from meeting of
September 10, 2001

Call to Order

Visitors
Art History Department -- request for funding of annual conference. We unanimously agreed to fund the Art History Graduate Symposium: "Art and Text" the amount of $1,500. Rachel Hershberg, grad student in Art History is the organizer of the conference and our contact person.

Writing Center -- Writing center wants to expand the program. Hope for 5-7 groups this years. The instructors will be paid for 25 hours at $15 instead of 20 hours as last year. Good participation from across the university. Long waiting list.
We unanimously voted to fund the Fall Dissertation Workshop of the Writing Center the full amount requested of $700. Representing the writing center was Sigrid Anderson, the Writing Center Director. She is our contact person and organizes this project.

Steve Horvath is the undergrad from the class of 2002 who would like our help in graduate career forum. He will be holding a forum. Grads would give brief speech on how they got here and then take questions.

Secretary's Report - None.

Treasurer's Report
Our estimated or projected figures based upon anticipated carryforward of last year's budget surplus are $16,100 from this year's allocation from the GS activity fee, and about $12,000 (plus or minus a little) left over from last year that needs to be carried over. The new system apparently did not manage to do that. This leaves us with an estimated figure of about $28,000 before this year's allocations and about $24,000+ remaining for the 2001-2002 school year. There are still several payments to come through, including a $250 charge from last year which needs to be debited.

Honor & Judiciary Reps
Ken Baranowski is the new honor rep (Jad Donohoe was already appointed). Honor is investigating the single sanction.

President's Report
Meeting with Dean Ayers -- seems like a positive appointment. Discussed several plans to increase some funding to grad students: Jefferson Fellowships, Advising Post-doc position, and another fellowship based on teaching. Also discussed tearing down New Cabell hall and replacing it with a new building across the street

Faculty Senate Retreat -- We solicited input on the faculty senate retreat, and we were asked to raise the following points: 41% of all teaching contact is done by grads, our pay is lousy compared to peer institutions, we need more money for conferences and travel, parking is a serious problem.

Old Business
Health Insurance -- vouchers have gone out. Some problems due to split funding and implementation - *instructors* are not covered b/c they are staff

Orientation -- great turnout!! Cost = $400

Research Fair -- need to encourage participation

CEPC -- Kelly will serve on the CEPC committee again. His main concern is making sure that grad and undergrad classes are lumped together too often. Committee is sometimes nothing more than a rubber stamp, although it does have a certain amount of power.

Webmaster -- We approved Andy Hawald as the new web master. He'll receive $75 a semester for this.

New Business
Tavern Social -- Planned for Friday, September 14th.

Bar nights? -- Starr Hill Oct. 6, upstairs, 9pm-2am

New Student Book -- General interest in creating a book for new students. I will contact the appropriate university offices to get help and then put together committee to carry this out.

NAGPS -- Questioned whether we want to renew our membership. What benefits are we actually getting? Todd will call to see what kind of lobbying they are actually carrying out.

Future meeting times -- In the future, meeting will be on the second Monday at 6:30. That would make next meeting Oct. 8th.

Minutes from meeting of September 10, 2001

Minutes from meeting of
September 10, 2001