MCB GSO Meeting: June 25, 2009

4pm, 547 LSA

Introductions

Nominations for GSO Secretary, Vice President and President

    * Secretary
        - Angela Brooks
    * Vice President
        - Debbie Thurtle
        - Zach Bohannan
        - Roman Barbalat
    * President
        - Jane Klimenko

Results

    * Secretary
        - Angela Brooks
    * Vice President
        - Zach Bohannan
    * President
        - Jane Klimenko

Resolving Koshland Committee Tie
    - All in favor of adding another person to the Koshland Committee to
      resolve the tie.

Who has the Costco card?
    - Stevo
    - Does it need to be renewed?

Survey Monkey Account
    - Christina Bianchi has the account information for the MCB Survey Monkey
      account.  The "Basic" version only allows 100 survey responses.  The MCB
      account allows for more responses.
        

4:10pm

Steve Fairclough – introduction, hand out of contact info

All-around introductions

News

    * New GSO video camera available in GAO
    * Departmental Survey Monkey account exists
          o Contact Christina or Eileen
    * Departmental Costco Mebership
          o Currently in Steve Fairclough’s name
    * New Softball League
          o Commissioner – Matt Talioferro
    * Data Club
          o Organizer – Kate Monroe
          o Elected for 1 year
          o Organized food and spekers
          o Constitutional amendment is needed to add this position

Orders of business
    * Should MCB have a representative to attend union meetings?
    * MCB GSO website needs to be updated

Steven Fairclough put motion forward to amend constitution to add Data Club Organizer position
    * Padma Gunda seconds the motion
    * All in favor of motion

Description of Executive Officer Positions

Nominations of Officer Positions:
    * VP: Veronica Anania
    * Secretary: Angela Brooks
    * President: Richard Lusk
    * All are in favor of these nominations

Outgoing Remarks by Steve Fairclough
    * Divisional representative need to ensure that a student is on every faculty search committee
    * Outgoing members should be contacted for information for the incoming members
    * Patty would like to resign from GA alternate position
          o All members accept her resignation
    * Should Koshland speakers be filmed?
Meeting adjourns at 4:30pm

Pres Megan Clarey called meeting of GSO 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 officers
Friday June 8th, 2007.

Handed out copies of the MCB Constitution and a list of old/new GSO members.

VP Oliver Zill discussed the elimination of MCB190s. MCB graduate
students no longer have the option to teach a 190 in place of a 290 due to
hiring issues. He recommended that anyone with ideas or input talk to him
and those in charge.

Encouraged new officers to review their job duties as listed in the
constitution to ensure they know what specifically they are required to do
for their position.

Elected new executive officers. Stephen Fairclough nominated himself for
President, Katie Brown nominated herself for VP and James Walker nominated
himself for Secretary. Nominations were unanimously approved.

Old officers met with new officers for their respective positions to
discuss job duties and general information.

Meeting adjourned.

Meeting  called to order 4:14 pm.  Roll  taken.  Quorum met.

Discussed  changes to constitution. 

-   Article  II. Section C i.  Divisional Representatives shall distribute 
[disclosable] meeting minutes to the GSO executive board and MCB students of the division.

-   Article  II. Section C vii.  Only graduate students who will be in their third 
year or beyond at the time of service are eligible.

-   Article  II. Section C ix.  Recruitment Rep. office created, and will be a second
 year or beyond.

Discussed Nomination/Election procedures: 

-   If nomination is unwanted, send email to list

-   Discussed forming a committee to review Noms and ensure correct divisions of nominees

-   Discussed making a web-based ballot (Billy Rowell volunteered to find someone)

-   Vote on addition of acceptance clause to ballot: unaminous yeas

                  

                  

Discussed necessity of 2 year terms

-   Koshland Committee, Graduate Affairs, Grad Assembly

-   Did not change term length

 

Discussed actions to take concerning officers not performing their duty

-   Discussed dismissing officer and holding new elections

-   Discussed getting faculty members to appoint new officer

-   Decided faculty appointment better option than holding new elections

 

Discussed encouraging officers to write summary of duties

-   for newly elected officials

-   for ballot to encourage participation

 

Discussed GA duties

-   Discussed lack of interest of current officers

-   Need for better communication between GA officers discussed

-   Discussed making a schedule for GA officers to attend meetings

 

Discussed changes to graduate curriculum

-   GAC discussed making modules for each division

-   Request to make classes (230) more challenging

-   Discussed whether or not writing class desired

-   Discussed requesting proposed plan for grad students to review when it becomes available

 

Discussed Faculty search and Grad student involvement

-   Lenny Teytelman discussed his participation on a search committee; encouraged participation of grad students

-   Job search list is online

    *  Meeting called to order 4:10pm.  Roll taken.  Quorum met.
    * Discussed changes to constitution. 
          o Article II. Section C iii.  Graduate Affairs representative shall now report
 to Divisional Representatives.
          o Article II. Section C vi.  Number of Graduate Assembly representatives shall
 reflect the number of students in the department.
          o Article II. Section C vii.  Role of Admissions Committee representatives clarified.
          o Article II. Section D i 2.  Careers for Life Sciences PhDs shall be 4th year
 or beyond.
          o Article II. Section D iv 3.  Procedure for declining an elected position added.
          o Vote on ratification of new constitution: unanimous yeas. 
    * Council of Chairs and Division Heads (CCDH)
          o Discussed what this council does.
          o Discussed requesting that minutes of CCDH meeting made public (sent to students).
          o Vote on request for minutes: unanimous yeas.
          o Discussed requesting the addition of a student representative to the CCDH
          o Vote on request for representation: unanimous yeas. 
    * Recruitment Representative
          o Discussed the addition of a recruitment representative to the GSO.
          o Discussed the role of such a representative to coordinate the graduate student 
efforts in recruitment, including organizing hosts, and planning of recruitment visit activites.
          o Vote on addition of rep: unanimous yeas
          o Will be future email vote on specifics of position 
    * Power to enforce GSO constitution in regards to obligation to serve on GSO.
          o Discussed ways to enforce constitution rules on serving.
          o Discussed ways to penalize those that refuse to serve their position.
          o Discussed bringing the issue to the Graduate Affairs Committee.
          o Vote on bringing to GAC: 3 nays, the rest yeas. 
    * Election of new Executive Board
          o Explained roles of executive board members
          o Sara Peyrot elected as President by unanimous decision.
          o Deirdre Lyons elected as Vice President by unanimous decision.
          o Leslie Stanton elected as Secretary by unanimous decision. 
    * Meeting Adjourned at 5:10pm.