Absent: Petal,Miriam,

2/04/2015

Chair: Anne Belson

  • Public Comments:

    Water Watch in Olympia Victoria Field

  • National Non-profit

  • She would like to get in touch in Sarah and GSU members regarding lobbying training next week

  • Water Watch is promoting the stop of over use of antibiotics in factory farms.

  • The 2013 Center for disease control reported that people were contracting anti-biotic resistant diseases.

  • Water watch is supporting city resolutions, federal legislation that support this issue.

  • There is a preservations and anti-biotic in medical treatment act that is being developed in the legislative.

  • Seattle has already passed the resolution

  • The GSU endorsed this matter.

     Concerns with WashPIRG-Branden Ebert

  • Renewal for the WashPRIG conflict

  • questioned why there is a WashPRIG member on the GSU

  • There was a concern of conflict of interest between WashPRIG and GSU.
  •  The GSU specified that any student can run for the GSU and that there is no rule against students who are apart of certain organizations.

  • Molly turned in 508 signatures to the GSU. WashPIRG will be placed on the winter ballot.

    Approve Minutes: Approved

    Approve Agenda: Approved

  • In the future, a section dedicated to listing student suggestion will be added to the agenda.

  • Student suggestions will be placed in the GSU office.

Tacoma Check-In-Tacoma

  • Tacoma S&A approved the funds

  • Create time to allow for public comments and speak to the Tacoma S&A board on Tuesday.

    Attitudes and Tensions within the GSU

  • GSU member expressed being uncomfortable on monday’s meeting and on face book

  • Some of the GSU acknowledge that the tension within the GSU has set a personal tole on GSU members.

  • GSU members will focus on using the face book group with a more professional tone.

    Discussion of Student Education Investment Initiative and Vote

  • Nick Wooten is willing to organize a petition for the Student Education Investment Initiative fee.

  • There will be 14 weeks to work with other collaborators to further develop the initiative.

  • Nick Wooten would still like to hear from the GSU in regards of the student vote conflict within the administration.

  • GSU members expressed if the CRC will be on ballot, then the initiative should also be listed.

  • Nick Wooten proposed to collect signatures until the spring and placed it on the ballot on next year.

  • The GSU motioned that if enough signatures were obtained by spring quarter, then the initiative will be placed on next year’s winter ballot.

    Tacoma/Gray’s Harbor/Reservation-Based Representation Amendment

  • Tyler wrote a draft that described the addition of GSU positions to Tacoma and Reservation positions.

  • It would cut down first-year students positions.

  • Some members mentioned the need advertise graduate student positions for the GSU.

  •  A member suggested to have elections ending at the end of week 9. Therefore, entire group could review votes.

  •  If specially reserved seats for non-olympia campus seats are unfilled, then one seat from each non-olympia campus can be filled by a olympia-campus student.

  •  Another member proposed to reserved the level of GSU members steady and add extra non-olympia positions.

  • A GSU member motioned to amend the bill that would add 1 reservation to Gray’s harbor programs, tacoma campus, and two reserve seats to be voted for in fall term for transfer students to the olympia campus. (nominated)

    CRC Renovation Initiative and Vote

  • A few GSU members spoke with students, and they seemed to be hesitant to vote for the renovation.

  •  Other members debated that it be up to the student body to decide.

  • There was motion to vote for the CRC Renovation Initiative to be placed onto 2015winter ballot (nominated)

  • Vote Breakdown

12 passed

3 no

1 abstained

Information in the proposal will be public to the student body.

GSU Finalization Fee-Tyler

  • The GSU is the student government and represents all students.

  • Many member expressed that there has not been enough student outreach.

  • “Would you support?and 展hy?engage how students feel about this fee.

  • The fee would allow the GSU to be a financially independent governing body.

  • There are differencing opinions on opt-out fees

  • There was a discussion that if the fee was approved by the student body, then it would be a permanent fee without an opt-out option.

  • It is poor time as it might conflict with the other suggested fees (CRC, Student Education Investment Fee).

  • Motion to table the vote of the fee to the spring quarter vote (does not pass)

  • Move to vote to add the amended advisory vote to the winter ballot 2015 (pass)