General Studies Lounge

GSSC Executive Board Meeting ‐ 11.10.2009
Call to Order at 6:15 pm
Attendance Noted for the Record:
* President Katherine Edwards
* VP Finance Jacqueline Thong
* VP Communication Clark Chaheine
* VP Policy Jenny Chong

TOPICS COVERED BY EACH E-BOARD REPRESENTATIVE

VP
Finance Jacqueline:

Senior
Bowling and Basketball mania expense to be voted and approved on this evening

Proposed
expense reports:

$302.13
Basketball mania (Pending council vote)

$832.50
Senior Class Bowl event (Pending council vote)

Low
student turn-out for the Havana Central Event

Student
Body President Katherine:

Replacement
personnel for empty positions under the Student Life umbrella pending further
details; needing confirmation for the nominated personnel pending

Plans
in place to construct meetings where council members can engage each other in
open dialogue to eliminate the mood of non-cohesivenes

University
Senator Jose Robledo:

Ivy
Council report: awareness of Columbia University General Studies student body
brought to the attention of the rest of Student Council bodies throughout the
other Ivy League colleges; cooperative effort to acknowledge the nontraditional
student bodies underway. Plans and specific initiatives are pending
announcements via GSSC University Senator or Ivy Council representatives soon

Swipe
access to Columbia University buildings still in the process of negotiation;
updates pending

Continuation
of the Confidentiality agreements for Senatorial positions and the conflict of
interest for more transparency pending details

VP
of Communications Clark Chaheine:

Pending
meeting this Friday with Elliot Shackelford to update the lerner screens in
terms of broadening the role that the communications offce has with the student
body.

Facebook
initiative planning to take place on the upcoming communications committee
meeting

VP
of Policy Jenny Chong

Swipe
access article published on the spectator

Housing
walkthroughs

11/23
or 11/24 to be the next policy and pizza event

Further
swipe access resolutions to be drafted

11/13
meeting to take place  with Dean Kromm
regarding swipe access and other Policy members of the respective other
colleges

Dean
Waldorff

Confirmation
for Verbal Judo communications workshop date pending

Faculty
Award pending further developments