Sept 21 GA Meeting Minutes
AHCS GSA General Assembly
September 21st, 2016
6:00pm to 7:00pm, Arts 160
Agenda
Approval of the agenda
Introduction by Presidents (Sofia Misenheimer and Victoria Lessard)
Ratify changes to constitution
Elections for GSA Executive positions:
VP- Finance
Events Coordinator
Secretary
PGSS representative Art History
PGSS representative Communication Studies
PGSS update from August 31 council meeting
PGSS Call for Art History rep for cyclical unit reviews of Rare Books and Special Collections/Osler Library/Visual Art Collection/Archives and Record Management
Report from faculty meeting (Sofia)
Report from ASSE delegates (Itza and Zoe)
Report from AGSEM delegate (Shana)
Upcoming events:
Pub nights
Imposter Syndrome Workshop
Meet the GPD town hall
Speaker Series dinners
Faculty town hall
New business?
Minutes
Victoria: I vote to approve this agenda.
Sofia: I second it.
Motion passes.
Victoria: I vote to ratify changes to the constitution.
Robin: Seconded.
Motion passes.
Sofia: I vote for Victoria to be co-president.
Sandra: I second.
Motion passes.
Victoria: We have the following positions available for nomination: Secretary, Events Coordinator, VP-Finance, and PGSS Rep.
Victoria: Any interest in Secretary? Any interest in VP-Finance? Any interest in Events Coordinator? Any interest in PGSS Rep?
Robin: I would like to be PGSS Rep.
Zoya: I am also interested in that position.
Victoria: I motion to elect Robin and Zoya as our PGSS Reps.
Sofia: I second that.
Motion passes.
Victoria: At the faculty meeting, we discussed the office of legal aid for students, and funding opportunities.
Sofia: At the faculty meeting, we learned that there is a new professor, we discussed the speaker series, the library research series for grad students, the Media @ McGill conference, Edward Snowden’s talk, the Beaverbrook Lecture.
Victoria: What do you think of doing an interdepartmental event with physics?
Sandra: What about with other departments? Such as East Asian Studies?
Sofia: We can also invite the English department and do this in January.
Victoria: We’re also planning a “Meet the GPD Town Hall.”
Sofia: We can also submit two students for the speaker series dinners, and we hope to sort that out as soon as the speaker list comes out, based on first-come first-serve basis.
Victoria: Any new business?
Sandra: We need to fix the listserv.
Sandra: I vote to adjourn this meeting.
Victoria: Seconded.
Motion passes.
