GSS Meeting
 Wednesday, September 13th at noon (12:00pm)
  Crawford, Room #14
  *PIZZA AND POP SERVED*

Agenda:

1.  Welcome and introductions 
2.  Elect Recording Secretary (Rich Charnigo, Pres) 
3.  Report on end of tuition taxation (John Martin, CorSec)
     -Offering of sense of the senate resolution (See Attached motion 2000.01)
4.  Formation of the International Welcome committee (Raja Ghanem, BME)
     -Motion to form adhoc committee (See Attached motion 2000.02)
5.  Approve the 2000-2001 budget (Tom Hund, Tres)
     -Motion forthcoming from Treasurer
6.  Report on Electronic Dissertation issue (Rich Charnigo, Pres)
7.  Report on NAGPS (Tom Hund, Tres)
8.  GAInS Report (Tom Hund, Tres)
9.  Concern about ambiguity of teaching requirement for Case Prime Fellowship  
                                                     (Raja Ghanem, BME)
10. Elect Executive Committee (Rich Charnigo, Pres)
11. Election of Vice President (Rich Charnigo, Pres)
12. Appoint university committee reps (See Attached needs list)
13. New Business (floor open)
 
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GSS Committee needs:

All volunteers accepted:  GSS Activities, GSS Orgs & Alloc, GSS Internat'l 
Welcome

Several positions to be filled:  GSS Exec Comm
             (The executive committee is composed of two representatives
              from each university cost center.  It holds full budgetary
              responsibility and sets meeting agendas)

Assorted University Committees:  Arts/Sciences curriculum (2), FS 
Libraries (1), FS Grad Studies (1), FS Research (1), UCI Parking (1)
(contact Rich Charnigo, rjc12@po.cwru.edu, if interested)

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Motion # 2000.01

Sense of the Senate Regarding the End of Tuition Taxation

Sponsors:  John Martin (CorSec), Tom Hund (Tres), Raja Ghanem (BME)

Whereas from 1995 until the recent past, some graduate student tuition awards
were considered taxable income subject to paycheck withholding.
And whereas this was a terrible burden for effected graduate students to bear.

We wish to voice our overwhelming gratitude and thanks to Dean Jentoft,
Dean Wagner, Dean Bassett, and other members of the administration
for helping us through those trials and tribulations.
  And most of all we wish to thank President Auston whose selfless 
intervention in this matter proved to be the decisive turning point
for improving the quality of life for all graduate students effected
by tuition taxation withholding.
  On behalf of the graduate student body, the Graduate Student Senate
thanks you from the bottom of our hearts.

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Motion #2000.02

Formation of Ad-hoc committee on the International Buddy Program

Sponsors:  Sathaporn Laksanacharoen (EME), Raja Ghanem (BME)

Whereas the senate would like to explore the formation of an
International Buddy program to pair domestic students with new
international students to help orient them.

Let it be resolved pursuant to GSS Bylaws Article III, Section E,
Part 4 that an ad-hoc International Buddy committee be formed.
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Summitted by John Martin (GSS Corresponding Secretary.