May.2014 Meeting Agenda
2014.05.15.1:00-2:00.Rm2019
In attendance: Jaliya Fonseka, Piper Bernbaum , Patti Beaulieu, Sonia Yuan, Mark Kim, Kim Adamek, Chanel Dehond, Zak Fish, Dan Kwak, Karine Quigley, Stephen Wenzel, Danielle Gignac, Emily Stafford
MEETING ADMIN | ||
1 | New Members | SW |
2 | Update Who’s Who list and send to Rose Vogt
-Who’s who’s list was updated & redundant roles were eliminated -Kim is new WASA liaison |
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3 | New Role: BRIDGE Rep
– Zak & Piper -Remove swag calendar and just use bridge calendar |
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4 | Student Initiatives fee refunds
-Review how this refund occurs & verify with SWAG constitution -Sonia to send out notice to Grads with instructions |
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NEWS | ||
5 | Student Societies Updates: BRIDGE, F_RMlab, WA Film Club, Garden Club, Photo Club, UnCOVERED, WAC Garden Club – Permit fee was waived, greenhouse is going ahead Film Club – Movies under the bridge & potentially at Bridge WAC -new cycling group with weekly bike-rides -10am this Saturday is the first one |
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ONGOING DISCUSSION OVERVIEW | ||
6 | Budget overview | SY |
7 | Continued meetings with Ila
-All school meeting tomorrow w/ swag presentation -presidents will have weekly meetings with Ila and other student groups throughout this next term |
SW |
8 | Student Initiatives Fund: Funding and Eligibility Criteria and refund Option
– Sonia to follow up with creating an application form -If you request a refund, you become ineligible to apply for this type of funding |
CP |
9 | Graduate Studies Endowment Fund: Application Recommendation
-Reviewed Ila’s Wish list – Potential upgrade to the shop , could contribute large television screens for review spaces |
SW |
10 | GSA Updates: Exec meeting end of May
-GSA representative to come to Cambridge on May 22nd for meeting – Pecha Kucha Chapter as partnership with main campus – Writing workshops in Cambridge? Emily needs a list of areas of interest in order to organize this, could potentially go to main campus instead. -Thesis formatting/writing tips could be a helpful subject |
VC |
11 | Channels of Communication
– All Grad Communication will occur via LEARN, community issues will be advertised on yahoo groups – Potential to put these types of communication on Bridge? Need someone to champion this if the idea is to go ahead. (Dan Kwak to look into consolidating news on bridge) |
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12 | Tea time | |
13 | Lecture Series – Outside the Box
-Lectures in this series are organized by students who invite speakers from outside of the profession -Farima & Ali are meeting with Ila to discuss this, update to follow -tentative start in June |
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14 | Fitness coordinator
-Tahoora is the new Fitness coordinator -Issues with broken equipment to be taken to her -Chanel proposed touch football & volleyball -Gym nights to continue |
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SPRING 2014 | ||
15 | M1 Welcome Event
-Taking place on Friday May 16th at 44 Landsdowne Road South – Potluck will be supplemented by food purchased by swag |
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16 | Major Term Event (Grad Pecha Kucha, other ideas?)
-MX reviews June 18th – Grad Pecha Kucha |
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17 | Bridge Opening (search for leaders and Projects)
-June soft launch as an unfinished space – potential for an alcohol license as a revenue generator |
VC,ZF |
18 | Meditation Sessions – Jaliya
-Date for this event to come |
JF |
19 | Peer Reviews
-Can take place at bridge -Peer reviews for undergraduates can take place in the fall-winter terms? |
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20 | Open Forum
-Coordinate with WASA for mid-end of term |
SW |
21 | Courtyard party
-Jaliya Investigating potential event -feasibility update at next meeting |
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SWAG ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS | ||
22 | New Microwave
-Stephen to buy this week |
VC |
23 | Calendar Coordination
– another meeting in two weeks at the beginning of june , assign dates to the events & people to start to organise them. |
JF |
24 | End of Term Report
-Completed and awaiting feedback. Archived on the google drive |
SW,KA,SY,VC |
25 | Executive Guidelines
-Awaiting treasurer Guidelines |
SW |
+ | OTHER BUSINESS? |
Follow up
Stephen – Buy new microwave
Sonia – Student initiative fund application form and refund request, Write up treasurer guidelines
Dan – Look into consolidating announcements/communications/calendar with Bridge
Stephen, Karine, Sonia, Vikkie – Attend GSA meeting with Rose Vogt on May 21st
Next meeting June 5th
-Need to set dates for all events and fill in calendar
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