Hey Folks!
The Evergreen Arts and Crafts Fair is happening again this year on November 19th, 11am-6pm in the CAB.
Spots are still open for vendors, so please apply at goo.gl/forms/QrFkWZSF80
Application deadline is this Friday!
It’s a great way to make a few $$ and you’ll have a wonderful experience hanging out with other crafters
Meeting Minutes 10/15/2014
Absent Emily, Oomung
Chair: Tyler Bieber
Meeting Minutes: Approved
Agenda: Approved
Forest: Form a committee to promote election commissioner
Tyler: hiring permanent hiring committee
Nicholas: Green screen update (table next week)
Check In’s
GSU Scholarship
Concerns with a GSU scholarship:
Open Committee Positions
WSA Liaison
Greener Commons Discussion Update
WSA Report
Nick and Evelyn left at 2:40
Safer Communities Act
Absent: Forest, Matthew, Nina, Ooumung
Nathan Lefkoff (arrived at 2:00)
Elected Chair: Dylan
Public Comments:
• Max. Merchant-SA coordinator
• S&A are interviewing candidates on the 13th and 15th, for the S&A board for next year
• The GSU can assist in choosing the S&A board for next year. GSU members can also apply for positions.
• 2 GSU members are needed for the hiring board.
Organizational Structure
Current Positions:
Budget Manager-knowledge of budget
Legacy Document-lists positions
Internal Coordinator-maintain communication between all parties
External Coordinator-communicate with other organizations on campus
Historian-mandated, file information in narrative document
Promotion Organizer: Promote events/activities and all things relating to the GSU
Office Manager: maintain a clean office space, write meeting minutes
• Positions are listed on the google docs site
*Besides Office Manager and Historian, GSU can add or take away positions
Add to next week’s agenda (?)
Promotional Organizer Position
• Emily: proposed multiple people to promotional organizer.
• Tyler: committee with 3 GSU reps
• Emily: suggested 2 GSU reps instead. Easier to communicate with two instead of three people.
• Promotional Committees of 2 GSU Reps (approved)
• Molly Pumfrey (Nominated)
• Anne Belson (Nominated)
External Coordinator
• 2 positions (lower/upper campus)
• 3 positions-(lower/upper/student groups) *amended
Upper Campus: Brenden Hale (nominated)
Lower Campus: Tyler Bieber (nominated)
Student Groups: Evelyn (nominated)
Internal Coordinator
• 1 GSU rep position
• Andrew (nominated)
• Andrew asked for interim with this position
Budget Manager
• 2 budget mangers (open positions)
• Emily Dunn-Wilder (Nominated)
• Nicholas Bense (Nominated)
Historian
• Person in this position will change per quarter
• Raven for fall quarter (nominated)
Andrew: be civil and respectful of other members around GSU business
GSU Members Attendance/GSU Meeting Time
Meeting Time-20 minutes cap
• Nat Lefkoff will be able to attend meetings on Wednesdays at 2:00 PM, due to a commitment with the Gateways program.
• GSU consensus of allowing Nat to show up at 2:00 PM at weekly meetings
• Anne Belson: A few members can form an outside small group to update Oomung regarding information of meetings.
Dylan forms stack
• Nat: missed two meetings, should GSU representatives attend all meetings?
• Dylan: if a GSU member meeting cannot make meetings, then they cannot be here to share opinions,
• Dylan also mentioned Forest’s idea to do a vote by proxy
• Jeff: The 1-3 meeting group is established, and there should be consistency for the student body. GSU members should be able to represent and share opinions at meetings.
• Nicholas: issue with Monday night? Schedule conflicts?
• Molly: some people have issues with meeting on Monday (work, classes),
• Linkon: declared Point of Order; focus back to the question, can someone visit meetings occasionally? (Students who cannot make the meetings? And should the GSU time change?)
• GSU consensus on clarifying a change in discussion
• Nicholas: move to established current meeting time for the rest of the year, explore alternatives
• Andrew: move to 1-3 PM CAB 301, Wednesdays
• Emily: amend the motion of the floor to reevaluate meeting time for next quarter, schedules can change.
• Slight confusion over the process of amendment
• Tyler: Once it is moved and seconded-cannot be amended
• If motioned and not seconded, then an amendment can be formed.
• Wednesday, 1-3, CAB; official meeting hours
• Andrew: difficult to remove from GSU, explore possibilities for Oomung. He is an elected member
• Nat: agreement in possibilities. Contact Oomung’s work on behalf of GSU, with Oomung’s permission
• Jeff: agreement, but Oomung should take steps to be in contact
• Molly: allow chance, but he should be willing to make an effort
• Misha: GSU is a paid position
• Tom: If a GSU representative does not consistently show up meetings, then they would not have earned their stipend
• Tyler: can draw up a system by by-laws, will not be present for meetings, and will be up for review.
• Past 20 Min cap
• Andrew: someone can have an important role. There is an established Committee of Review
• Nat: contact Oomung, let him know to contact GSU with solid response by email, GSUrep@gmail.com
Hiring S&A Board Committee
• Two GSU members must be willing to be present for hiring process on the both Monday and Wednesday
• Brendan Hale (nominated)
• Emily Dunn-Wilder (nominated)
Noel McHugh
• IT housing
• Andrew: explore other avenues of fb. System of topics and threads
• Greener Commons /GSU category?
• Canvas site setup (possible)
• Work group meeting in 2 weeks (Wednesday at 1), send representatives to meeting. 1-2 sentences of purpose of having a GSU category in Greener Commons.
• Emily: Canvas for internal communication, three on commons to communicate, regarding agenda to the public.
• Talk to Dylan H. (Andrew will send email)
• not having a single topic for minutes (weekly minutes)
• Brenden: motion to move Greener Commons discussion for next week’s agenda
CPJ Column
• Bi-weekly column of questions directed the GSU, Nicholas would write responses based on the approval of the union.
• Evelyn: taking up time in discussions?
• Nicholas would post answers
• Tyler: move to allow Nicholas in collaboration with promotional team; entrusted with the final word
• Allow Nicholas to reach out for comments from the union
GSU Scholarship
• Nicholas creating a scholarship
• Geoduck Student Union Solidarity Scholarship
• Nicholas is using his stipend to create a scholarship
• Nicholas wants approval of the name or name ideas for the scholarship
• Scholarship criteria: for students who are actively creating change on campus
• one way to assist to students
• approval from GSU to use the union’s name for the scholarship
• Tom: needs to be a broader discussion for the use of name, ask the student body
• Tyler: motion to two budget managers in week 5 to present financial options towards the scholarship.
• 4 people opposed
• Nicholas: move to approve the name
• Molly: table for next week
• who/form scholarship committee
• information regarding the GSU scholarship process was sent to GSUrep@gmail.com
• table this discussion for next week
Other Comments
• Linkon: add “New Business” to “Add Agenda” section
• New Business/Add Agenda
Absent: Dylan, Oomung, Nathan Lefkoff
Minutes: 1:52-3:09
Elect Chair: Branden Hale
Public Comments: None
Elected Members for Committees
Emily Dunn-Wilder: Health & Food
Tyler Bieber: Food Services Advisory
Nicholas: Presidential Fund Committee
Linkon: Interested in veteran’s committee
Comments on Committee Process
• Committees that should be filled by GSU reps
• Nina: Faculty Liaison (Nominated), contact Sandy
• Jeff, Evelyn nominees in Board of Trustees
• Jeff: Board of Trustees liaison (Nominated)
• Forest: appoint number of GSU to help fill committees by Oct. 15th
• Nicholas, Anne, and Molly will promote (posting flyers, tabling, Greener Commons, green screens, and etc.) all governance positions by Oct 15th on Campus
• Linkon will promote all governance positions by Oct 15th, on Tacoma’s campus
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WSA Liaison/Board of Directors
• Appointing WSA liaison/Board of Directors
• Fill Board of Directors soon?
• Tyler is on the Board of Directors
• Anne is interested in Liaison position
• Position should be filled before winter
Emily-National Food Challenge
• Pressure on Food Service Corporations to purchase local, organic food. Increase student health.
• Air mark purchased 25% real food. Eggplant 73%. Aiming for real food percent 32% in 2020.
• Emily is asking for GSU’s official support.
• GSU will endorsed the Real Food Challenge Campus Food Coalition
WashPIRG
• Tony-organizing director and Sarah-campus organizer.
• Grass-roots, student directed program. Promote democracy, environment, and other issues
• Register 300 students on campus to vote, GSU possibly endorsed voting campaign?
Improving Communication
• CommuniCATion,
• Facebook is troubling/ not everyone has access to Facebook
• Canvas? Talk to people from Greener Commons to set up a category for the GSU
• Tyler will speak with Noel McHugh, regarding Greener Commons for next week’s meeting
• Forest mentioned the site, trello.
Compensation for Traveling
• Linkon showed figures that reflect the cost of traveling from Tacoma to Olympia.
• $347.52
• GSU members quickly reviewed travel budget
• Linkon reimbursed $347.52 for travels of Tacoma
• $144.48 left in travel expenses
Next Week’s Agenda
• WSA Liaison Position
• Review “Let it all Hang out” let it all hang out
• Think about a new site for communication among members (Noel McHugh-Tyler Bieber)
Send agenda via. email
We need Election Commissioners for First-Year Student Elections! This is a paid position, and is crucial to have during elections. Job dates are October 27-December 12, 2014. Please apply!
“Please stop by in order to make sure that your voice is heard by the Presidential Search DTF as the College searches for its next president, and to learn more about the search!
If you absolutely cannot make it to the forum itself, stop by the Geoduck Student Union table at the Student Activities Fair that same day, to make sure your ideas are heard!”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1495686167348978/
Event is tomorrow, 3:00pm-5:00pm, in Lecture Hall 1
Hey First-Year Students!
Would you like to make a difference at The Evergreen State College? Are you looking for leadership opportunities and care for the well being of our Evergreen community? Do you want certain things to change?
Your Geoduck Student Union is an active body that listens to students, proactively perceives campus concerns, and works to improve the welfare of all students, present and future, creating an Evergreen we can all be proud of. The GSU is looking for passionate first-year students individuals to run for elections this upcoming fall! For the 2014-2015 academic year, you get to work with other incredible representatives in making a positive change for our school.
You can:
Application deadline is November 10th.
For more information about the GSU, please check our Facebook page: Geoduck Student Union 2014-2015.
Attendance
Members present: Donald O Gribbons, Brendan Hale, Faurest Nelson Wicks, Hesham Badissy, Paige Jones, Sebastiano Trinh, Stefan Bach, Tyler Langenbrunner, Courtney Kindell, Lawrence Novak, Drew Hawley, Robert Guicheteau
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