GCSA Forum Minutes

26 January 2016
I. Call to Order and Invocation, Henry Hagen
II. Roll Call, Hannah Wardell
Gianna Scavo, Absent
Chris Carlson, Absent
III. Approval of Minutes, Hannah Wardell
IV. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Standing Committees
i. Club Development Update, Gianna Scavo
ii. Academic Affairs Committee, Kristen Gandek
iii. Communications Committee, John Buckley
Website is coming out Monday, beginning to send out elections communications
to the recommended people. We purchased the app we were looking into, it will
roll out in March.
iv. Financial Affairs Committee, Ryan Daly
v. Executive Cabinet, Henry Hagen
V. New Business
i. Senior Class Event Budget, Abel Cherian
Planning first senior class event, next week (February 5th). 100 days till
graduation celebration in the Chairmans room. Food for the senior class and an
unveiling of the senior gift and beginning donations. Getting Pizza through
dining services. 40 pizzas at $9 each. 150 drinks at $2.50 each. Banner and
other promotional materials from the design center. Total $1,120.00 for
everything from the Rep. Initiative account.
Jamie, Motion to approve
Pharryanna Seconded
Approved unanimously with the abstention of Abel
ii. Rock Gym Budget Extension, Ryan Daly
Rock Gym is asking for $319 to as .25 hours to the workers pay allotment and a
pay raise to $10 an hour and $100 for blacklight tape for a blacklight climbing
night.
Concerned that they may be paying their employees not in accordance to
Gordons pay grade--This job would be payed $9.75, so only $271.00 for the
wages section. $371.00 total.
Kevin, motion to approve an amended budget of $371.
Seconded
Approved.
iii. Idiom Budget Extension, Ryan Daly
Idiom wants to publish a valentines edition on Valentines day focused on love
poetry. Asking for $250.
Rosie, Motion to approve
Kevin Seconded
Approved.
iv. Constitutional Amendments Discussion, Jamie Shore
There are questions that need to be talked about in a public forum.
Is the VP of Student Life just a reallocation of representative responsibilities?

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Reps work always seems to overlap with VPs, the VPs help direct and support
the reps. Validates the issues.
It creates a great space for someone to have a legitimate title to interact with
administration about important issues.
Position of intentionality about student culture and hold the reps accountable to
that.
As the student body grows
So you think that the committee will actually effectively function the way that its
conceptualized now.
A great space for people who need to talk but dont get to talk.
Worth talking to the people who could potentially be there to see what they think.
Concerned about the bureaucracy of the committees under the VP.
Looking at the director of diversity and student care--how would they overlap?
Does lowering the number of reps actually achieve our goals (after analysing other
schools, hoping to provide accountability, make sure that things are more efficient.)
It wouldnt automatically make reps more efficient. Need to make sure we do that
in other ways too
Not sure about the efficiency argument--it seems the more reps means the more
work that gets done.
But, it seems that it does help reps be more accountable to being efficient.
Less positions means more competition which means people take the job more
seriously.
Last years GCSA worked with 10 reps total.
Make it a little more manageable to have teamwork and make the leadership
easier for the executive cabinet
It would be nice to have more leadership and organization from the VP or
Student life, the reps need more leadership and this position might help that.
The reps need more leadership, need to learn to help hold people accountable,
would love a position of rep leadership.
Maybe leadership doesn't need to be official and institutionalized-- a lot of the
problems this year are because we are all unexperienced reps.
Changed the amendment section to allow any member of the Student Government to
present an amendment--along the same lines as old constitution but misworded originally.
Abel, motion to table
Michael, seconded
Approved, 9-3
VI. Representative Initiatives
Should we have puppies come again before finals?
Rosie and Ezra working to extend Chasement study hours. Trying to talk CSD
into it, but Public safety and the library are on board.
Pharvy is working on fixing up the Bethel Chapel, unsure of what to change to
increase traffic and make people more comfortable with the space.
Nathanael is working on polling.

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Rosie is working with the library to extend midterms library hours to be the same
as finals.
VII. Presidents Notes, Henry Hagen
VIII. Announcements
Thursday morning stuffing Scottie fair flyers into mailboxes
IX. Adjourn