[SWAG] March Meeting Minutes

MEETING ADMIN

1

New Treasurer:  Sonia Yuan

• Signing authority needs to be handed over (Connor must sign off when he returns)

• Book appointment with CIBC

CP, SY

NEWS

2

Student Societies Updates: BRIDGE, F_RMlab, WA Film Club, Garden Club, Photo Club, UnCOVERED

• Calendar of events now accessible on bridge

MT,KA,DG,ZF

ONGOING DISCUSSION OVERVIEW

3

Student Initiatives Fund: Funding and Eligibility Criteria

• Caitlin still working on application form

• This term $600 for pecha kucha + bridge event

• Mark to coordinate getting money for this term

• Potential bridge event (awareness meeting)if money is not all spent on pecha Kucha

• -money can be banked in future terms, this term’s must be spent or lost

CP

4

Graduate Studies Endowment Fund: Application Recommendation

CO, MT, CP, VC

5

WA Centre for Graduate Research and Student Initiatives: Timeline & Preparation

• Questioning use of space. does it just need a  clean up?

• Don’t do anything  major, Ila has plans for the building

• Founders lounge as student lounge, improve facilities, seminar rooms, beneficial to all students

• All in place by the fall term

KA,DG

6

Masters Student Directory

• Post on Learn – Stephen send to Emily

SW

7

GSA Coordination and involvement with architecture

• We need to tell them what we want

• Vikkie is contact GSA councillor

• Grad Orientation event in Cambridge (Emily will be looking into coordinating this for the fall)

SW

8

TA Selection Process(Inquiry from GSA)

• Consensus that this is not a widespread concern. Issues should be dealt with on an individual basis

SW

WINTER 2014

9

Future City Toronto Symposium

• Successful event – $50 to be given to philip once connor is back to sign the Check

KA,SW

10

MX Reviews/ Open Studio

• March 19th – Sign up by Friday the 7th

SW

11

RePoST Symposium for Winter 2014

• RePost Symposium – exhibiting architecture Wednesday March 12th

VC,ZF,MH

12

Awards Banquet

• $50 contribution to be made by SWAG

MT

13

Faculty Pecha Kucha + Formation of Pecha Kucha Chapter

• Date set for April 3rd

• Contact Church by farmers market as potential site

• Stephen to follow up with profs and make a schedule

SW

14

Peer Reviews

• See if Chanel would be interested in hosting this?

• pot luck

• potentially on a Thursday evening TBD

MZ

15

Tea/Coffee Time

• Excellent turn out last time

VC,EV

16

Open Forum

• Monday 31st – Stephen or Kim talk to wasa to coordinate

MT

17

Magazine Workshop

• Chanel – No Progress

CD

18

RBC Insurance (note from emily)

• Not of Interest

SW

SWAG ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS

18

Inventory Check

MT, CP, VC

19

Communications Infrastructure: Yahoo Group, Facebook, UWLearn, Sharepoint, Gmail

• Conclusion that current google based system works pretty well. (not worth paying for hosting or other service)

• facebook, yahoo for announcing events

• bridge is for posting archive of meeting minutes

• Learn is for official documents

SW

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OTHER BUSINESS?

• Thinking architecture symposium – organized by John Mcminn -SWAG $50 contribution for food

• Zak Teaching Workshops

• Group meet with emily to see what workshops could be arranged from main campus (April)

• restructuring of grad program – fall (remove qualifying)