Wesleyan Student Assembly — Wesleyan University

Minutes: January 29, 2006, No. 10

WSA Officers

President: Jesse Watson

Vice President: Monica Arduini

Coordinator: Emily Malkin

Treasurer: Matt Ball

Meeting Agenda and Business

1) Approval of Minutes

2) approval of new members

3) Internal election for new COCo chair

4) Mid-Year Committee Reports

5) New Business and Announcements

Attached Documents

Mid-year report (draft)

SBC mid-year report

Opening of Meeting: 7:03 pm

Approval of Minutes

Minutes approved unanimously

Approval of new members:

Zach Kolodin

Nora Connor

Regina Ackeifi

Matt Rose

Napat Phichaphop

Mark Kelley

Members approved unanimously

Internal Election for New COCo chair

Nora Connor is the new COCo chair. Congratulations!

Mid-Year Committee Reports

See attached documents

Stack for EC:

Anda Greeny requests that the EC report be at the beginning of the mid-year report, not end. Would also like IPC to be listed.

Stack for SBC:

• Nora Connor asks about money for the emergency fund. Matt Ball replies that the surplus from last year was used this semester for unforeseen expenditures.

• Benedict Bernstein asks for a graph of amount allocated vs. amount requested. Matt Ball promises this in about a month, as well as other cool things. Benedict wants list ordered by total amount of allocations, not alphabetically.

• Emily Morris says that it would be on lockbox, not necessary for mid-year reports. Benedict replies that it would be easily analyzed in terms of hierarchy, etc… Matt Ball replies that he could fiddle around with it.

No stack for COCo

No stack for EPC

Stack for FiFaC

• Sam Ruth says that he and Gabe will be starting up library committee soon, email if interested.

• Gabe updates on the last week of FiFaC activity: Union relations (wants student representative), prototype housing meeting, architect for Usdan will be coming.

• Nora Connor asks why the architect is coming and what hasn't been finalized. Dean Rick replies that small stuff, like paint colors, chairs, etc… is considered as part of the process.

• Jason Harris asks about dinning services: Gabe says that Max and Zelda wrote a proposal, which will be presented after dinning committee next week. Bid for new dinning services will be opened up towards the end of the year.

• Stack for IPC

• Benedict asks about MTVU. Dean Rick will ask ITS.

• Jason Harris asks about the emergency loan fund, and why SBC doesn't oversee it. Monica replies that it is separate from student activities fund.

• Alex Halpern-Levy asks how much the fund is. Monica replies in the $10,000-15,000 range.

Stack for CC

• Benedict praises the new website, but also points out grammatical error.

• Emily will be presenting internal wsa surveys next week and the all-campus survey.

• Napat Phichaphop encourages more organization and adding a sitemap to the website. Also bullet points/more catchy phrases in WSA emails.

SAC mid-year reports

will be next week

General stack:

• Dave Woo asks who takes care of Internet stuff (he noticed it tends to crash around finals), then gives scary personal anecdote to impress point. Monica will bring it up during ITS advisory committee.

• Benedict suggests bullets, indents, and better formatting for the mid-year report.

• Whitney Matthews corrects date on first page.

• Jason Harris asks about new dean. Dean Maria replies that there is a search committee including three students, will email list to WSA. First search committee meeting will be next week. Will review applications beginning Feb.17. Phone interviews over spring break, decide on finalists for campus visits in Early April, final decision will be made in May.

• Alex Halpern-Levy asks how students get on the committee. Dean Maria replies through SLC, consulted Rafi. Two seniors, one sophomore.

• Jason asks about advisory board to the dean. Dean Maria will be discussing this with the SLC, whether or not to wait until the new dean is here. Wanted a large group: 15-18 people.
   

New Business and Announcements

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FiFAC and SBC stay

Monica asks for quick introductions.

Emily suggests an earlier meeting for Superbowl Sunday.

Jesse Watson seeks interested parties for the search for the new Director of Public Safety.

Matt Ball asks about card-access in dorms. Keep in touch with Gabe and Raffi.

Benedict asks if he could bring in revisions to the mid-year report by Wednesday.

Adjournment: 8:00 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Xiaoxi Tu, WSA Secretary