Agenda
1 Plugging for Volunteers – Quick
- Social hour.
- Chenlu’s seminar series.
2 GSI Supplement News – 15 minutes
- Our constituents care about them so we talked to Dana (more later)
- First big problem: can’t call it a GSI supplement because union won’t let
us pay GSIs - Some parties have a “It’s just part of the program” attitude: we need a
concrete reason and united front for getting it.
3 Upcoming Events: Faculty Town Hall – 35 minutes
3.1 News Update: Meeting with Dana – 10 minutes
Chatted with Dana about format of the discussion. Reshaping questions.
3.2 Event Planning: Attendace, Ringers, New Questions – 25 minutes
Brainstorming on how EEGSA should be involved with running the event.
Ideas:
- Pack the crowd with officers
- Plan extra questions for the day of
- Publicize like crazy: social hour and word of mouth and email
4 What are Our Goals for the Year? – 10 minutes
We need to decided what big projects we want to focus our energy on in the future.
Let’s have a quick brainstorming session on that.
5 Quick Officer Reports – Seriously, like a minute each
- Treasurer
- Social Chair – Feel free to put Social Hour/Bar Night/Special Event
Coordinators on the spot. - Industrial Liaison
- GA Liaisons
- Webmaster
- Faculty Interviews
- Prelim Ombudsmen
Notes
Regarding input on concrete arguments for unified GSI supplements:
- $300 is quite simply a big percentage of graduate student income.
- Especially with Berkeley cost of living.
- Departmental GSI requirement increased to 30 hours is essentially a pay cut.
- Since GSIs get paid less and now more is required.
- Lower GSI stipend acts as a disincentive to serve as a GSI.
- A GSI is like a punishment in this sense.
Town Hall:
- Announce at social hours! All officers must attend if able and spread the word.
- Presidents to continue channeling student input into agenda and format.
- I think we forgot to ask for student volunteers to present questions.
Other gripes:
- Everyday office stuff is an impossibility to obtain quickly due to pay and bureaucracy issues.
- A streamlined minutiae experience is possible.
- Can EEGSA request the department for additional funds to serve as a facilitator?
- Management culture is lacking, which results in delays of this nature.
- We have no strong leader to will other people into working together in resolving office issues.
Big Ideas:
- Big event, like skiing, surfing, going to las vegas
- Repainting Cory Hall, esp. stairways (open murals?)
- Grad and undergrad research mixer
Industrial Liaison:
- EEGSA can cosponsor some infosessions (2-3 this semester, up to 5 next semester)
- EEGSA can have extra infosessions off-campus (bar nights etc)
- We first have to pick from dept industrial liaison list first
- Can charge up to $500 for a cosponsorship
- Mysterious Lockheed and Sandia checks are no longer
- Can sell social hours in addition to bar nights; recruiters banned unless they are on above list
Treasurer: Shit is on track.
Social Chairs: Bar Night poll to be sent out.
Webmaster: Site redesigned, group account to be created for officers only.