GSA Officer Meeting Minutes

1)     Brief Officer Updates

a.      Advocacy – new intercampus shuttle route does not allow stops at other locations – lobby for more stops on the route -- Kate

b.     Community Service – Will setup Fairly Tale Trails - Ruth

2)     International Graduate Student Resource Fair

a.      September 13th, 2:30-5pm

b.      McCormick Tribune Center (1870 Campus Drive)

c.      Expected attendance: 250 students

d.      Need volunteers!  Ruth has tentatively agreed.

3)     New Graduate Student Orientation

a.      September 17th, 9am-5pm

b.      Pick-Staiger Concert Hall / Norris University Center

c.      We are manning a table at the Resource Fair (1-3:30pm) – Jenn, Kate, Megan

d.      Free lunch in Norris Louis Room @ 12pm if you help out

e.      Need: GSA listserv signup, GSA Fall Quarterly Newsletter, candy, GSA banner, GSA gear (if printed by then)

4)     TGS/GSA 5K Run/Walk

a.      Registration email – Megan will send it out Monday

b.     Food quote – Jenn & Kate will work on it

c.      T-shirt design & printing – design submitted, proof expected next Friday

d.     New waiver from Chris Johnson with updated date/time – Kate (I forgot to ask you, sorry)

e.      Donation request form – work with corporate relations

5)     GSA Fall Quarterly Newsletter

a.      Coordinators: Becky & Kate

b.      Outline of Contents

1.      Events

1.      GSA 5K Run/Walk – Sunday, October 14th @ 10am

2.      GSA General Meeting – Wednesday, October 10th @ 5pm

3.      Lakeshore Soiree – Friday, October 19th @ 7:30pm (co-sponsored)

4.      Credit Financial Seminar – Wednesday, October 24th @ 5pm (w/ USBank)

5.      Fairy tale trails (date from Ruth)

6.      First Time Home Buyers Seminar – Wednesday, November 14th @ 5pm (w/ USBank)

7.      Department Reps Kick off meeting?

8.      Advocacy Group Kick off meetings?

2.      Announcements

1.      New Health Insurance Plan

2.      Upcoming GLC survey

3.      TGS Goals/recent changes (I think travel grants were increased among other things – please check the TGS website)

3.      Advocacy Updates

1.      Parent services – sittercity, mother rooms

2.      Graduate Student Bill of Rights

3.      Join advocacy committee

c.      Print Deadline – Wed. Sept. 12th so it’s ready for distribution at the international student and regular orientations

6)     GSA Gear Update

a.      T-shirts & Hoodies  -- on their way, should be ready early next week

b.      Banner - Kate

7)     New Department Representative Program

a.      Leaders: Kate & Harold

b.      They will discuss structure & plan

8)     New advocacy committees

a.      Set kick-off meeting dates – Kate & Harold (& Megan)

9)     Fall Financial Seminars

a.      New USBank manager – Nick Skipitaris

b.      Setup Fall Seminars

1.      Credit Financial Seminar – Wednesday, October 24th @ 5pm

2.      Home buying Financial Seminar – Wednesday, November 14th @ 5pm

c.      Nick wants us to send him a calendar of all our events with the financial seminars included.  Dave, you can wait until the Fall Quarterly Newsletter has been printed.

10)  Communication

a.      NULink

1.      Kate will contact undergrad ASG about the possibility of graduate student groups posting events on NULink

b.      Possible advertising opportunities – eg. Facebook group, NU newspaper – not discussed

11)  Next Listserv

a.      Send items for the next listserv to our gmail account - ALL

b.      Megan will send the listserv Sunday night/Monday

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