Meeting Minutes – January 30, 2018

Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting
January 30, 2018
2:00 pm -3:00 pm
Curry Student Center Rm 333

1. Signing up and survey

2. Activity: Gather ideas to how GSG can better present the student body

Alex (President) Isha (Vice Pres, marketing) starts off with welcoming old members and new members to GSG Senate meeting.
Post-it Note Activity: Question asked is what are you passionate about changing on campus and what ideas would you like to see happen.

3. Unveil the new GSG logo

New logo is an effort to re-brand GSG to reach out to students and communities on campus.
Talked about creating an online platform to easily access various resources and getting Senates involved in generating a platform that can represent the different communities.

4. Activity Feedback Categories

5. Officers talk about their Committee

Cristhy (Exe. VP): Student affairs highlighted on budget priority.
Upcoming Events: two movie nights (March), and an Indian event in the future. Specific dates will be notified later.
Amulya (Academic Affairs): emphasized on various committees senates can participate in and get involved in networking and GSG.
Nicholas (Finance and Liaison): Finance committee need help to finance the budget with the GSG. Liaison committee wants to achieve more diversity and cross functionality in the Senate, and get more people involved.
Isha: (Marketing and Outreach): manages the social media aspect of the GSG as well as the online website.

6. Questions addressed by Senates

Can Senates participate in more than one committee? Yes, it all depends on the individual’s time.
Can we use OrgSync platform and functionality to redesign the GSG website? We are currently working on re-designing the GSG website, we welcome all ideas and inputs.

7. Future Senate Meeting Plans

~Senate Meeting Adjourned~

Meeting Attendance

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