ATTENDENCE
Members present: Donald O Gribbons, Brendan Hale, Faurest Nelson Wicks, Hesham Badissy, Paige Jones, Ryan Bersentes, Sebastiano Trinh, Stefan Bach, Tyler Langenbrunner, Jonathan Gottlieb, Andreas Txai Villacorta, Ryan Morikawa, Courtney Kindell
Members absent: Douglas Ridley, Oshen Davidson-Hall, Lawrence Novak, Drew Hawley, Robert Guicheteau
BUSINESS
The Tacoma Trip
· Rescheduled for next week: Leave at 1:30pm, reach Tacoma at 2pm, and meet until 4pm
· Hesham, Stefan, Faurest, and Melissa volunteered to get the van-driver certification
· Courtney suggests multiple trips to Tacoma per quarter for better representation of the campus
Sustainability Committee
· A student, Grace, was approved to join the committee
Parliamentary Procedure
· Several GSU members expressed interest in Parliamentary Procedure training
· Tom to set up 5-hour training with Shane, hopefully schedule before Winter quarter
Smoking issue
· Reviewed issues on Traffic and Enforcement from last week
· Drew Buckman representing the faculty expressed support for a partnership between the GSU and the faculty to address this issue, a special committee is to be formed to that effect
Committee meeting times
· Several GSU members have committee meeting times that conflict with GSU meetings
· All members are to send hours and other information to Melissa to compile and present alternative options
GSU-S&A Pizza Party
· Briefly touched upon this idea from weeks past and agreed to give it more serious thought
Website
· Brainstormed ideas for a new design
· Melissa will design the new page, given GSU parameters
Public Comment Board
· Courtney suggested that GSU meetings include a public comment board to allow members and observers to put thoughts and ideas up
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
· Donald and Paige reviewed their recent meeting with Paul Smith (facilities) in which Smith voiced his general discomfort with the entire enterprise
· Provided floor plans for all bathrooms on-campus but single-occupancy (de facto gender-neutral) bathrooms are not distinctly marked; Paige and Donald propose highlighting the map with all single-occupancy points
GSU Meeting Minutes
October 24,2012
– ATTENDENCE –
Members present: Donald O Gribbons, Brendan Hale, Drew Hawley, Faurest Nelson Wicks, Hesham Badissy, Paige Jones, Robert Guicheteau, Ryan Bersentes, Sebastiano Trinh, Stefan Bach, Tyler Langenbrunner, Oshen Davidson-Hall, Jonathan Gottlieb, Andreas Txai Villacorta, Lawrence Novak
Members absent: Taya Patty, Douglas Ridley, Courtney Kindell
– BUSINESS –
Evergreen Student Government website
Idea to build an interactive student government website that consolidates GSU, GO, and S&A in one place
Taco Truck
Sharon Goodman supports idea of a taco truck as a late night option, willing to advocate for progress; will be written into RFP as best as possible
Create a test run –> Need to communicate to the owner of the taco truck, create campus event, Drew and Paige volunteered to help promote the test run to yield a large turnout
Oshen voiced concern about significance for off-campus students, advocated for late night café or other hang-out instead
Jonathan volunteered to seek out other vendor options
Smoking Ban
Significant health concerns from student body, several students feeling threatened
Lower campus: RAD have made it clear that enforcement is not a priority–> Resolution to collaborate with GO and Sharon Goodman (about RAs and RDs)
Upper campus: Out of RAD’s jurisdiction and police can only enforce when within 25 feet of building–> Idea that faculty personally enforces upper campus
Agreed on GSU official position: Campus-wide blanket ban is a bad idea, but in favor of moving smoking locations away from high-traffic areas (approved, 15-0)
Intramural Sports
Soccer to run first, as trial for success of program
Season will run from now until a week after Thanksgiving break
Need around 100 students to be involved in that time to add another sport (likely volleyball)
Soccer Club will be approached to talk about collaborating on the soccer league
Hesham will spearhead operation and facilitation of intramural sports for GSU
Boat (Kayak) House
Measure has been approved and funds allocated
Paige volunteered to contact metal working teacher (Bob Woods) about building kayak house as a part of his program –> Cheaper ad involved students
If Bob Woods is not interested, look to Paul Smith (Facilities) or RAD services
Indoor Mural (free wall)
Costs should be approx. $225 for 10ft x 5ft
Create a test trial with Dirty Hands in the HCC
Donald will write a proposal with the GO to give to Sharon
Plan and co-sponsor the event with GO
Tacoma meeting
Agreed to have the GSU-Tacoma campus meeting next Wednesday, 10/31/12
Bar in the CAB
Proposal to exchange a 6,000 sq.ft. room for the teacher’s lounge
Look into liquor licenses
Create a survey to see student interest
Talk to peers in other schools that have bars on campus, compare data
October 16, 2012
GSU Website:
GSU needs to change the website to make it more accessible to the student body.
Ideas for Website:
· Public Comment Box
· Connect to Facebook page
· Create Sponsored Ad
· Describe more clearly what we do and who we are
· Post Committees onto website
· Put link onto the evergreen.edu page
Mural Policy:
Two members from Dirty Hands asked for the GSU to endorse the mural policy on campus. The Mural would most likely be on plywood attached to the building and there will be a process for the artist to be chosen. The artist will create their work onto the plywood and eventually other artists will be chosen and it will be replaced. The GSU wrote and approved their endorsement and gave it to Dirty Hands. Donald motioned to approve the policy. Paige seconds it.
Election Commissioners:
Two students have applied for the Election Commissioner position. The GSU Office Manager will contact the two students and see if they still want the position and the GSU will hire them.
Intramural Sports:
The GSU has made a big push to create an Intramural Sports program at Evergreen. The GSU surveyed freshman on campus and saw a large interest in intramural sports.
Possible Intramural Sports:
· Soccer
· Capture the Flag
· Flag Football
· Ultimate Frisbee
· Volleyball – highest interest
· Dodge ball
Currently the GSU is waiting for Wendy to provide the complete data from the intramural sports and present it to the GSU to make further decisions about which sports should be implemented.
Student Activities:
The GSU and the S&A will have a pizza party to set up a community who can work together to better the campus with separate budgets. The GSU is interested in having TED talks on campus in which people from the community can come to campus and speak on a topic they are passionate about. Also the possibility of a dance, pep rally for basketball, spirit week and a scavenger hunt.
Attendance:
Present: Ryan, Sebastian, Forrest, Ocean, Paige, Donald, Stefan, Hesham, Drew, Tyler, Courtney
Absent: Brendan, Lawrence, Doug, Taya
October 17, 2012
– ATTENDENCE –
Members present: Donald O Gribbons, Courtney Kindell, Brendan Hale, Drew Hawley, Faurest Nelson Wicks, Hesham Badissy, Paige Jones, Robert Guicheteau, Ryan Bersentes, Sebastiano Trinh, Stefan Bach, Tyler Langenbrunner, Oshen Davidson-Hall
Members absent: Taya Patty, Jonathan Gottlieb, Andreas Txai Villacorta, Douglas Ridley, Lawrence Novak
– BUSINESS –
Communication with Student Body
Improve the GSU website, need to make more accessible and aesthetically pleasing to the student body; Create a page similar to the S&A page on the TESC website (not the blog)
Public comments box, stick-note wall of ideas and concerns from students to GSU
Facebook: advertise, endorsement from President, personal bios on members and committee roles, engage students in GSU and campus awareness through social networking
Mural Policy / Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands intere