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GSA Reps Meeting - July 18, 2006

  1. Graduate Alumni Committee (GAC) – Purvez Captain
    1. The alumni committee has become a formal organization within the last 4 years.
    2. Want to get departments more responsive to events
    3. Graduate lounge:  have been working on getting for 10 years.
    4. Wish List:  what money can we get from Rice/Alumni.
    5. Let GAC know of any problems with administration or faculty, etc.
    6. Last year, worked on insurance, health center hours
    7. What activities do we want? (looking for jobs, etc)
    8. Building database of emails for all graduate alumni.
    9. Do mailouts for Orientation pizza party and Beer Bike
  2. Do we need an amendment for MLS students to join GSA?  Cristina Hofmann
    1. 60 students
    2. need to pay $10 GSA fee
    3. constitution says need to be a full time student
    4. don’t have enough Reps to vote for amending the Constitution; will bring up again at next meeting
  3. GSA Olympics.  Friday July 28th, 5:30-7:15pm.  Nikhil Gheewala and Amber Raley
    1. In replacement of a TG, because no departments volunteered
    2. If raining, will postpone for a week
    3. Ask professors to be judges?
    4. Take pictures:  Jordan, Kristjan, and April
  4. Update – GSA Lounge:  should be open in Fall
  5. Band suggestions for Fall Picnic, September 22nd:  email Jordan.   Budget = $1000
  6. Update:  Orientation committee.  Mike Contreras
    1. Everything going well
    2. Leaders go over Orientation packet and lead scavenger hunt.  Reps required to do it; if can’t, must get replacement.
  7. Orientation booklet:  send grad pictures to Jordan.  Pics due by end of week.
  8. Orientation Leaders:  passed around Contact Info sheet
  9. New 13th Street and Student Center hours.  Jordan Miller
  10. Update:  Gym Hours.  Jordan Miller
    1. Request for extended gym hours:  no one wants to work at the gym.  Keep pushing for extended hours.
  11. Statistics Department, proposal for funding.  Sarah Thomas.
    1. Statistics orientation
    2. Will bring it up at next officers meeting and again at next reps meeting

In attendance:  Jordan Miller (President), Nikhil Gheewala (External VP), Amber Raley (Treaurer), Cristina Hofmann (Parliamentarian), Anna Kelly (Secretary).  Reps: April Smith (Bioe), Mike Perham (Chem), Mike Contreras (Civil/Env Eng), Ann Ziker (History), Laurie Stevison (EEB), Garret Merriam (Philosophy), Kristjan Stone (Physics/Astronomy), Sarah Thomas (Stat), Jim Lancaster (PostDoc Assoc).  Other:  Alison Harris (Civil/Env Eng), Purvez Captain (GAC).