From owner-grads@po.cwru.edu Wed Dec 1 17:23:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: from cornelius.INS.CWRU.Edu (majord@cornelius.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.216]) by fafnir.astr.cwru.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08788 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:23:23 -0500 Received: (majord@localhost) by cornelius.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.8.8+cwru/CWRU-3.6) id QAA00128; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:23:00 -0500 (EST) (from owner-grads@po.cwru.edu for grads-out) X-Authentication-Warning: cornelius.INS.CWRU.Edu: majord set sender to owner-grads@po.cwru.edu using -f Received: from imo26.mx.aol.com (imo26.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.70]) by cornelius.INS.CWRU.Edu with ESMTP (8.8.8+cwru/CWRU-3.6) id QAA29961; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:22:55 -0500 (EST) (from RJCharn2@aol.com for ) From: RJCharn2@aol.com Received: from RJCharn2@aol.com by imo26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v24.4.) id 3.0.120580fe (1557) for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:22:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0.120580fe.2576eb83@aol.com> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:22:11 EST Subject: Report of 1 December 1999 GSS meeting To: grads@po.cwru.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 39 Sender: owner-grads@po.cwru.edu Precedence: bulk Status: RO Attendance: Rich Charnigo Dan Kerr Tom Merk David Vanik Gail Bromley Laurie McGarland Colleen Tagliarino Graham Cormode Adam Majewski Tom Hund John Martin The meeting began with mention of the book drive and distribution of fliers about it. A report was given about the meeting of some members of GSS with Pres. David Auston; items addressed were equity of funding, taxation, the network, and improving relations with the community. The activities committee informed us that we collected 369 lbs. of food during the recent canned food drive, and about 200 people attended the party on 12 November, donating 224 lbs. of food. Future activities may include a clothing drive and a "service day"; it was also suggested to have another canned food drive in January --- after all those people hoarding food realize they don't need it! The NAGPS conference held from 17-21 November was an opportunity for our representatives to discuss some of our concerns with other graduate students. One idea that received a fair amount of discussion was the possibility of implementing a "buddy system" to help new international students adapt to the culture and the area. Taxation and equity of funding were other issues discussed. It was announced that the interim VP for information services would be James Barker, and a brief description of his background was given. The Women's Coalition is planning a symposium this April; GSS may have some involvement with this. There is currently a surplus of about $900 for the V-fund; we decided to make this money available (but not necessarily to award all of it) to Spring applicants. In other news, the graduate studies committee is looking at a draft of the new General Bulletin, where the issue of the five-year time limit has been raised; some effort is being made to improve conditions at Leutner Commons; some investigation is being done with regard to issues of academic honesty at the undergraduate level; the people at Campus News were not receptive to our request for distribution to graduate students, citing cost; Dan Kerr will be the chair of an ad-hoc committee on funding issues. Rich Charnigo