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Introductions. Officers: Jimmy Harris, President Chris Roberts, Vice-President Danny Anderson, Corresponding Secretary Olivier Arnoult , Treasurer Jeremy Marvel, Recording Secretary Executive Board: Scott Adams, Social Sciences Chris Ryan, Math & Natural Sciences
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Introductions • Officers: • Jimmy Harris, President • Chris Roberts, Vice-President • Danny Anderson, Corresponding Secretary • Olivier Arnoult, Treasurer • Jeremy Marvel, Recording Secretary • Executive Board: • Scott Adams, Social Sciences • Chris Ryan, Math & Natural Sciences • Lucas ODonnell, Engineering • Patrick Warren, Arts and Humanities • Quentin Jamieson, Medical Sciences • Maritza Rosales, At-Large • Craig Rudick, At-Large • Sreenath Narayan, At-Large • UNFILLED, Professional Programs • Deans: • Dr. Chuck Rozek • Dr. Denise Douglas
Meeting Agenda • Introductions • Mentoring 101: What Makes a Good Mentor? • Graduate Professional Council • Bylaws Changes • Transportation Committee • Stimulus Plan! • Upcoming Events and Committees
SENATOR RECOGNITION PROGRAM • New initiative to encourage dissemination of information to ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS! • BCC gssrewards@case.edu on GSS updates you send to your constituents • An email qualifies you for chance to win $15 gift card (drawing at next GSS meeting) • Meeting updates qualify too! (see gss.case.edu) • SENATOR OF THE MONTH: Cara Henry-Halldin (contact Olivier)
Mentor 101 Tom Bulea, Professional Development Committee • Dr. Mano Singham from UCITE presents: • What makes a good mentor and how to find them? • What to do to be a better Mentee? • What should you focus on when mentoring others? • TONIGHT: March 5th @ 5:30, Clapp 405
The Graduate Professional Council Where we have come from & where we are going.
Before the GPC Pro Council What was it? What happened to it? What are we going to do differently?
In the Beginning • Summer 2008 • First Meeting • Biweekly Meetings throughout the summer • Fall Semester 2008 • Biweekly Meetings • The GPC gets a name • Events • GPC Bodega Event • Co-sponsored event with the Nursing school: Forum on Health Care and the Election
Spring Semester 2009Creating a Footprint • Constitution & Bylaws • Student Affairs Support • Creating a place for the GPC within each school or program • Events • Weekly happy hours at the Jolly Scholar • Bodega Event • End of the year event • Relay for Life • Hudson Relay • Clothing Drive • Housing Information
The Players Graduate School Dental School Medical School (University and Cleveland Clinic) Masters in Non-Profit Organizations Law School Business School Nursing School (Masters and PHD) Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Bylaws Changes • Election Terms • Reorganization of Standing Cmtes • Composition of Executive Board • Recognized Organizations • Budget • Duties of Officers • Amendment Deadlines • Changing language in Constitution in VII.A to include executives to submit amendments to constitution (See Formal Bylaws Changes for details)
Election Terms • Overview of Proposed Change: • Change start date of Senators, Executives, Officers from August 1st to June 1st. • Reason for Change: • To use the summer as a “ramp up” period and minimize the “lame-duck” period. • To get all of executive board formed before school year starts and at the same time
Reorganization of Standing Cmtes • Overview of Proposed Change: • See Table • Reason for Change: • Activities and Prof Development act as two separate cmtes • Diekhoff committee usually only active in Spring, and the two committees overlap • Benefits and Compensation committee to examine everything from Health Care to RTA passes
Composition of Executive Board • Overview of Proposed Change: • Merge 3 College of Arts and Sciences Cost Center executives • Remove at-large Executives, put Committee chairs onto exec. board • Establish firm ties to Graduate Professional Council • Reason for Change: • Structure Executive Board to improve collaboration and communication inside and outside of GSS
Recognized Organizations • Overview of Proposed Change: • Provide Organizations and Allocations Cmte (O+A) with recognition capabilities • Increase Funding Amount from $250 to $500 • Change wording to encourage multiple events by student groups • Reason for Change: • To encourage student participation in O+A committee • To allow student groups to plan better and more frequent events for grad students
Budget • Overview of Proposed Change: • Create budget start date in bylaws, and specify it to align with start date of Execs, Senators, etc. • Specify how budget and finances are managed between start of new exec board until full senate approval • Reason for Change: • New Exec board/GSS should be able to propose/decide its own budget • Events during the summer and early fall incur costs to GSS before budget has been decided. New rules will enable expenditures with safefguards.
Duties of Officers • Overview of Proposed Change: • Rebranding of Corresponding Sec. and Recording Sec. into Information Officer and Secretary • Other misc. changes to other Execs • Reason for Change: • Corresponding Sec. is largely in charge of emails and website currently, so the title of the position should be reworded to align with current duties • Other changes in duties to executives are proposed to align with expected duties
Amendment Deadlines • Overview of Proposed Change: • Switching Deadlines from 2 weeks to 1 week before GA for amendment submissions • Reason for Change: • Timing of Exec meeting and GA has meant that at least 2 months are needed to turnaround a bylaws change, the change will expedite the process
President Vice-President Secretary Information Officer Treasurer Engineering Executive Arts+Sciences Executive School of Medicine Executive Professional Schools Executive Activities Cmte Chair Prof. Development Chair Mentor/Diekhoff Chair Organizations and Allocations Chair Graduate Professional Council (GPC) Liason Elections are Coming!
Transportation Committee • No activity with committee • Dissolve Committee?
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LLVrG4WVGFgXoxtHoOxoZA_3d_3d(POSTED ON GSS.CASE.EDU) Survey is 5-10 minutes Please encourage your constituents to take the survey! Graduate Student Health Insurance Survey
Stimulus Plan • Website for information: • http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/research/stimulus.cfm
Upcoming Events and Committees Chris Roberts, VP
How to stay informed? • Email: Look for Emails on GSSenate email list • Forward and Post Flyers for events • GSS Newsletter (Coming Soon: GSSNewsletter email alias) • Web: Go to GSS.CASE.EDU • Google Calendar • News and Events posted daily • Meetings: Many announcements will be made here