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Keaton Miller

Keaton Miller. September 29 General Assembly. Committee Meetings. Grants Committee Finance Committee Graduate Education Committee Social and Academic Programming Committee Communications and Internal Relations Committee Tuition, Fees, and Compensation Committee. Announcements….

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Keaton Miller

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  1. Keaton Miller September 29 General Assembly

  2. Committee Meetings • Grants Committee • Finance Committee • Graduate Education Committee • Social and Academic Programming Committee • Communications and Internal Relations Committee • Tuition, Fees, and Compensation Committee

  3. Announcements…

  4. Agenda in Brief • Approval of the Agenda / Call Meeting to Order • Approval of the Minutes • Officer Updates • Vice President of Grants • Vice President for Finance • Council of International Graduate Students • Graduate Education Council Report • Vice President Communications • Vice President of Internal Relations • Execute Vice President • President • University Required Constitutional Amendment • Changes in Graduate Assistant Healthcare Plans • Resolution on Washington Team Playing • Fees Consultation Resolution • Elections

  5. OFFICER REPORTS

  6. Vice President of Grants • Introduction of New Grant Programs • Grant Committees

  7. Vice President of Finance • What is GAPSA? • GAPSA Undergoing Audit • GAPSA Budget Challenges • GAPSA Constitution and Bylaws • Financial Reporting System for COGS

  8. Council of International Grad Students Update • Fall Social on Saturday – 45 in attendance • What I Wish I Had Known as a Grad Student

  9. Graduate Education Council • GRADS First Meeting Report • Teaching Assistant Expectations • Graduate Student Bill of Rights • Academic Freedom and Tenure Report

  10. Bill of Rights • Focus groups next week! • October 7 @ 10-11am • October 8 @ 2-3pm • October 9 @ 1-2pm In Elliott Hall S204 • Register @ z.umn.edu/studentrights

  11. Grad School Events • Many options for free workshops: • CTL • University Libraries • Grad school • DASH • Student senate, SSFC • Boreas Leadership program • Preparing Future Faculty • Discovery Across Disciplines, Oct. 16, 2-4pm • GPEA, April 2015

  12. Vice President of Communications

  13. Vice President of Internal Relations • Paint the Bridge • PageStageEngage • Welcome Week • Happy Hours • Bowling Nights

  14. Vice President of Internal Relations • Paint the Bridge

  15. Vice President of Internal Relations

  16. Vice President of Internal Relations

  17. VP Internal Relations • Page.Stage.Engage. Spoken Word Performance with Guante and Tish Jones. $100 COGS investment, 225 attendance

  18. Welcome Week • First Ever • $300 COGS investment • Estimated ~3000 attendance • Arboretum Tour, Brewery Crawl, Tailgate and Football Game, Concert, Kickball • Next steps

  19. Family and Friends Bowling Night • Tentatively: Friday, October 18 7-10 PM • Goldy’s Game Room • Free for Everyone

  20. Graduate Student Happy Hours • Wednesday October 15 5-7 PM Stub and Herbs • Wednesday November 12 5-7 PM Stub and Herbs

  21. Dear White People Monday October 13 in Coffman Memorial Union

  22. Open Committees • (A) Survey • (B) Academic Freedom and Tenure • (C) Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) • (D) Graduate Student Survey Committee

  23. President: Tuition Freeze • Proposed, contingent on legislative approval • Funding from legislature goes to colleges, which follows per student to cover cost of 3% tuition increase – so there is no impact on collegiate dollars

  24. President: Fee Freeze & Change • No new increases in fees last year (yay!) • Deadline moved out without graduate consultation (before first GA paycheck) • Secured a waiver of the installment and late fees for grad students for first pay period

  25. Constitutional Change

  26. Constitutional Change • Reason: requirement from Student Affairs defining membership as being at least 2/3 students • Section 4. “All voting members of the Council of Graduate Students must be GRD­designated students maintaining active student status at the University of Minnesota ­ Twin Cities.”

  27. Grad Assistant Healthcare Plan

  28. Discussion: Changes in Grad Healthcare • Contract re-negotiated for next year • Drivers of increased costs are out of network • Possibly increased co-pays, network scope, fringe burden • Alternatives, feedback

  29. Resolution on Washington Team Playing

  30. Document on FTE / GRD 999 Students

  31. Elections

  32. SENATOR Senators are elected from the graduate student body to serve as voting members on the Student Senate, the University Senate, and the GAPSA General Assembly. The number of senators varies from year to year (between ten and five) Because of the timing of these meetings, it is entirely possible to ‘split’ the position into Senator and GAPSA GA Rep. Elected: at the April/May GA meeting. Term begins/ends on June 30th Routine duties include: attending Student Senate meetings, University Senate meetings, and GAPSA General Assembly meetings; communicating topics to the general assembly of COGS and results back to it, attending COGS general assembly meetings; notifying the Executive Vice President of necessary absences. Optional duties include: attending COGS executive board meetings; participating in COGS-sponsored events; serving on Senate committees. The Executive Vice President serves as the head of the senate ‘slate’ and is responsible for organizing communication between senators. Senators may also serve as College Delegation Leads. Estimated Time Commitment: 4-6 hours monthly at routine meetings

  33. Announcements…

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