Officer Meeting (2010-10-29)

Notes

Event Reporting

  • Surf trip rocked. Pictures need to be sent to Anthony for posting.
  • Bar night also rocked. Again, pictures need to be sent to Anthony.
    • James is in charge of this one.

President Update

  • Town Hall: Relative success, vast majority approve of separating EE and CS for next town hall.
  • Faculty Lunch: Huge success, faculty extremely receptive and responsive.
    • Proposed ideas: Student/faculty mixers, dual advising, student review refresh
    • GSI Union Meeting: Still in negotiations with UCOP, may advise on grading strike soon
    • Cross-Outreach: Beginning stages of uniting outreach (EEGSA and other groups). Sheila Humphreys is the point person for this effort.
    • Moderator Poll: Still up and running. Will continue to receive input throughout the year.

Other issues

  • Dual advising
    • In general, cannot be a bad idea, but issues concerning implementation
    • There is a fear that a formalized secondary advisor will be more trouble than it is worth for faculty and students alike
    • Some members concerned that faculty will not be willing or interested in such an idea
    • Need to obtain from Nathan Cheung details on his ideas for secondary advisor position
    • EEGSA should poll for demand, will be highly dependent on wording
    • Can issue different questions with different wordings to guard against bias
    • Family issues
      • Nathan asked EEGSA to poll students for demand for support for family services
      • Some ethical concerns – students’ family lives are not the department’s business
      • Unless they receive increased financial support!
      • Another concern is that if we find a high demand for family services the department will do nothing because they cannot afford it – i.e. it is not an a priori concern
      • Need to push back on Nathan Cheung for more details
      • Money
        • Publicize check processing
        • Need to feed Social with remaining budget

Lounge Fridge:

  • Someone said they would talk to Mark Davis. Was it Jansen?
  • Neel checked the room afterwards – all power jacks are unreceptive.

What else do we want to do?

  • Raise awareness of EEGSA’s existence. Announcements at social hour of recent accomplishments would be a good start.
  • Having more unsubsidized events would be another good way to raise awareness and have fun. Example would be poker night (we have all the supplies already) or beer night with a nominal entry charge to cover expenses.
    • Bobby and Tim are in charge of setting up a poker event.
    • Let’s stay away from regular events. Ex. The first board game night thrown was a massive success, but the regular weekly ones (and movie nights) are low in attendance.

Officer Updates

Faculty Interview:

  • Chancellor from UC Merced
  • Strong student showing (roughly 10)
  • Surveys passed around, feedback collected, will be submitted to department

Industrial Liaison:

  • Getting some money (need amt) from sponsorships, not a lot
  • Switching to donation tactics
  • Suggestion: Can we use faculty contacts with industry to get extra money?

Webmaster:

  • Advertise for GA stuff on website
  • Rank advisors on website
  • Set up an EEGSA calendar of events (incorporate GA stuff as well)
Posted Friday, October 29th, 2010 under Meetings.

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