General Assembly Meeting
AHCS GSA
The Art History & Communication Studies Graduate Students’ Association (McGill University)
Agenda for April GSA Meeting
April 13, B-22, 6 pm
Approval of Agenda
Approved
Elections
Nominations?
Send out email for open position and target certain individuals for positions
Need people to run the new student orientation
Co-presidents: Itza and Zoe (interim)
Orientation
Meet the GPD
Early Town Hall
Will recruit positions, perhaps from next year’s cohort
Comms Officer-Open
Finance-Open
Secretary-Open
PGSS Reps-Open
AGSEM-Zoe (interim)
ASSE-jake
GSC/EC/DPE-Zoe and Itza (interim), jake (assisting)
Will lead and aid in recruiting for more
Perhaps organize a committee in the coming semester
Can use Art/iculation website (which has an ISSN) to publish conference papers next year, Sofia will relay instructions (will meet to discuss after May 6)
Event Coordinator-Open
PGSS Update
Representatives were not present
Report from Faculty Town Hall
Overall success
Great doughnuts
Art History class follow-up
Faculty meeting next week, for Itza and Zoe to attend (April 19 @ 9:30, W-220)
In March Darin went over numbers accepted
Suggestions for Art History speakers next year, transforming and creating a committee for how it is run
Lauren Berlant is confirmed
WNOWL updates
Report from ASSE
Been in touch with jake and support her transition to delegate
Divide attendance to their events
Meeting at end of the month
Using headset translations for language accessibility, accommodating Anglophones
Report from AGSEM
Applications for position to come out in May (Zoe interested)
Report on Department Chair
Ongoing
Likely Mary Hunter for Departmental Chair
Meeting with Dean for finalizing
Unsure if Darin will continue as GPD
Report on WNOWL
Exhibition opens April 26, Vernissage April 28, Hard Red Spring performing, Sofia DJing
Magazine will be released and website launch 28
Artist Panel, May 6th
Film Screening, 24th
Workshop, April 30? With Cedar Eve
Sister-exhibition to potentially be put up early May, booking transport
Departmental exhibition, switching out little boy on stairwell for a big tapestry, installing two prints in department also, installing didactic panels
Initiative to keep working with McGill Visual Arts Collection
Perhaps initiate a role for it with GSA
Facilitated through Mary Hunter
Kinks sorted out, should be thorough transition
Door open to continuing this project into next year
Travel Funding
Dispersed was through Faculty of Arts, now split between Departments
Department has allotment, but how to disperse?
Small to more, or larger to smaller student population
Conference travel already dispersed, resolved
Often part of funding package, that you apply for at other schools, some departments non-competitive
Difference between several hundred and several thousand
Could we change amount based on need?
Per year that these are allocated
Can get it multiple years?
Plan for entire stay--can choose lump sum or big payout
Already a lot of competitive travel awards
General agreement that less competition
Funding discrepancy--difficult for internationals, how would large grants be distributed
Media@McGill offering lower amounts
Knowing funding upfront allows student to be selective--ie: $2,000 for student and can apply how many times you’d like until you reach that amount
General preference is that students get funding allocated for travel that is guaranteed over the course of their studies and that they can apply for
Darin equalized funding by reaching out to supervisors
New Business
Its getting warmer!
We are going to miss each other for various personal reasons
All sang “We’re all in this together” ;)