Wednesday 10/21/2015

Absent: Lupe, Rhianna, Anne

 

Tom

 

November 9th-GSU elections application date

 

S&A/GSU retreat: dietary needs

Leave Thursday at 2:00 PM

 

Quorum was not met in today’s meeting

 

Public Comments

 

Mac received a proposal for student and faculty forum from David Sears

The proposal will be on next Wednesday’s agenda for discussion.

 

Frank-WashPIRG will be tabeling out in the CAB tomorrow

 

Changes to Agenda

 

add discussion of what the faculty liaison should say at the faculty meeting

 

Check ins

 

Jeff will present the copy of the legislative ballot at next Monday’s meeting.

 

The ballot consists of:

 

  • Citizen’s Bill of Rights
  • Allowing prisoners to transfer credit from prison to college programs
  • Allow student votes on Trustees
  • Restrict community laws (negatively impact the homeless community)
  • Push to decrease tuition cuts

 

Talk to Jeff by Sunday if anyone would like to add to the legislative ballot

 

Alex met with Wendy yesterday. The white lies matter will not be a part of the bias instance response team. Wendy decided that if place more attention onto the fliers.

 

A few GSU reps mentioned that many students are complaining and feel that there should be a definitive response. And that, the GSU can also write a statement regarding the White Lives Matter fliers.

Mac will draft a letter and present it to the GSU on Monday. If approved, the letter can be posted on facebook and Greener Commons. The entire GSU can also meet with Wendy Endress.

 

Mac, the faculty liaison will mention the fliers at the faculty meeting.

 

Alex also discussed with Wendy that the T REX and Trans bike shop banners were removed from the library lobby. The bias response team will send out an email regarding the situation. Wendy also mentioned the GSU needs to do active recruiting for the fall elections and committees.

 

Alex will meet with the president next week. George Zimmerman is interested in meeting with the GSU once a month.

 

Discussion for Veterans

Parking services will not longer hand out free parking passes to the veterans. Alex will be discussing with Randy on how to handle this service. It is also possible to write a proposal and present it to the S&A board. Alex will go to the VA office and determine how many veterans will need parking passes.

 

Discussion on Geoduck Crawl

Molly, Jeff and Mac are interested in organizing the Geoduck Crawl. They will met outside of the formal GSU meetings. The Geoduck Crawl could happen by week 8. If not, the crawl will happen in winter quarter.

 

Discussion on Decoupling

 

Propose to legislative to decouple S&A fees from tuition. The proposal indicated that if the tuition changes than the S&A fees will be decoupled. This is an issue the WSA will lobby for.  The S&A is vulnerable to a 25% cut to their funding this year. Jeff will send a copy to Elyssa Goss and then officially submit it on Thursday.

 

Working with GO and Groups on Campus

Molly spoke with an officer from GO and obtained contact information. Alex is also in discussion with GO. The GSU can meet with the officers from GO once a month. The GSU can also potentially create a liaison spot for a GO member. GO and GSU can co-sponsor events. Molly will email GO.

 

Emails for Positions

The GSU will need to decide which positions will have emails and how to label these email addresses. There was concern that every year positions within the GSU have changed. Tom mentioned that the emails can be easily deactivated if that position is no longer exists. Today, the GSU will create the alias address and then put them up to a vote.

 

Positions that will have personal emails:

 

Chair (GSU.Chair@evergreen.edu)

Vice-Chair (GSU.Vice-Chair@evergreen.edu)

Liaison (GSU.Lobbyist@evergreen.edu)

Chief Budget Officer (GSU.Chief Budget Officer@evergreen.edu)

 

Endorsements by the GSU

Molly mentioned that a student wanted the GSU to host a U.S Sen. Bernie Sanders National Student Town Hall event. The GSU cannot endorse a candidate that is on the ballot. This could possibly alienate other students on campus.

 

Faculty Meeting

At the faculty meeting, Mac will mention the White Lives Matter fliers, TREX banners being removed from the library lobby, Governance hours

 

Jeff will contact Robert for a WSA interview next Wednesday.

 

Agenda on Monday

 

  • Approve Meeting Minutes
  • Vote on emails
  • Vote on email to GO
  • Vote on response letter of White Lives Matter
  • Legislative Poll
  • Meeting with the President