October 26, 2016 GA Meeting Minutes
AHCS GSA
The Art History & Communication Studies Graduate Students’ Association (McGill University)
Agenda for the October 26th, 2016 General Assembly
6:00pm, Ferrier 230.
[if !supportLists]1. [endif]Approval of the agenda
S: Motion
Z: Approved
[if !supportLists]2. [endif]Elections for still open GSA Executive positions:
[if !supportLists]a. [endif]Events Coordinator
Lindsay: Nominated
S: Approved
[if !supportLists]b. [endif]Secretary
No one interested
[if !supportLists]3. [endif]PGSS update from council meeting (Robin and Zoya)
Z: Relatively few things that related directly
Asked for support for things - CKUT support
Participation for various organizations - sustainability project looking for people, Internal Affairs, Brain Waves (research on podcast)
PGSS Halloween party upcoming
Academic Affairs - committee looking for people
Cyclical review
GSA engagement competition for United Way
Need more helping hands for Study Saturday volunteers
Movember/November needs more people to participate
[if !supportLists]4. [endif]Report from faculty meeting (Sofia, Sandra, Victoria)
S: B-22 available again soon, code is changed, hoping to get it set up for next semester, more updates to come
Library liason office hours once a week, Thurs 10-11 am, Sterne's office
Media @ McGill Snowden talk
Upcoming research forum from Darin
Putting together GPD townhall - he will give us more info about new funding strategy, please send us questions
[if !supportLists]5. [endif]Report from ASSE delegates (Itza and Zoe)
First ASSE fundraising event on Sunday
Organized to try and get students together and raise $200 for ASSE fees for the year
Well-attended by ASSE, great support from them
Try one more event
Event at the end of Fall semester, before everyone is gone
Set up some sort of Paypal to receive donations
Two donors so far
Other ways to raise the fees?
Francois may help to organize the second party
Lindsay: Departmental clothing as a way to raise money?
Zoe and Itza: Maybe next semester?
K: Food or bake sale?
Zoe and Itza: Maybe
V: Incorporating more students - how does that affect the fees?
Zoe and Itza: Yes it does
Fund for hosting events? Or is it an out of pocket expense?
S: Yes
[if !supportLists]6. [endif]Report from AGSEM delegate (Shana)
S: Not much to report
Applications live - have until November 15
Seven positions
K: When do we get paid for TA training
S: Will email them
[if !supportLists]7. [endif]Report on Curatorial/Editorial project
Lindsay joins project
S: Gave presentation at faculty meeting
Two part project - first is a magazine, call for submissions has gone out to a variety people, second part is an art exhibition, vernissage is April 28, want to have four to five local artists, being held at Mainline Gallery, topic is "When No One Was Looking"
S: Are we sending out call to various depts? Quota for how many ppl accept from Concordia?
L: Blind submissions?
S: No quota and yes to blind submissions
Great support from faculty
[if !supportLists]8. [endif]Student blog (Itza)
I: Last year there was a blog on WordPress
Ayanna was running it
It would be good if we keep working on that base
Zoya: Found one
I: Let's find where the blog is and make it work
Sandra: What would you like to see on the blog?
I: Institutional representation on the website, agendas, meeting minutes, student profiles, conferences
Sandra: Use archive tag for 2015?
I: If you already have a page that used to have some track, it's better to keep that
K: Whose going to run it, and which platform will they put it on?
MORE DISCUSSION
[if !supportLists]9. [endif]Protocols around the GSA email and mailing list (Itza)
I: Didn't receive ASSE email
V: Send email information to council members
[if !supportLists]10. [endif]Upcoming events:
[if !supportLists]a. [endif]Pub nights
V/S: November 18 - Faculty/Student pub night, Brass Door pub on Crescent
K: October one was a bit pricey, though cool
Sandra: Jan will be inter-departmental
S: Probably be in basement of Thompson
Zoya: Nice to get a reminder email about pub nights
[if !supportLists]b. [endif]Meet the GPD town hall
Please contribute questions!
[if !supportLists]c. [endif]Speaker Series dinners
S: More coming up next semester, this semester is booked, more communication studies oriented next semester
[if !supportLists]d. [endif]Faculty town hall
It will happen March 15 - it will be in the morning, and we will be providing breakfast
[if !supportLists]e. [endif]Cafe/research forum?
S: This one potentially more low-key, discussion based, presentations, discussing their topic or a chapter, whatever they want to bring up or discuss with people in the department - is anyone interested in that?
Shana: Would want that to be more at a pub night - less formal
V: Pub night - research theme?
Sandra: February theme potentially?
S: Brass door
Shana: Practice talks for conferences
Sandra: How did it work?
Shana: As needed
V: Put call out and see if there's interest
[if !supportLists]11. [endif]New business?
