GSC Meeting Minutes

                            November 3^rd, 2004

                          Graduate Student Lounge

              Minutes taken by Abhinav Bhandari, GSC Secretary

   These minutes are intended to reflect the gist of discussion.
   Questions and statements have in general, been paraphrased, though in
   general their original meaning has been retained. If you have
   questions about or corrections to these minutes, please contact
   Abhinav_Bhandari@brown.edu

   Present:

   Officers

   President: Jeff Reingold

   VP-Social: John Raiti

   VP-Administration: Lei Wang

   Treasurer: Xiaofei He

   Technology Officer: Daniel Doro Ferrante

   Secretary: Abhinav Bhandari

   Representatives who attended the meeting:

   · American Civilization: Angela Mazarsis & Ani Mukherji

   · Anthropology: Krysta Ryzewski & Rebecca Meyers

   · Applied Math: Lisa DeKeukelaere & Akil Narayan

   · Chemistry: Marcus Faust & Brian Luisi

   · Community Health: Julia Finkelstein

   · Comparative Literature: Ghenwa Hayek

   · Computer Science: Matt Lease & Daniel Acevedo

   · Economics: Adrienne Lucas

   · Engineering: Dhananjay Tambe

   · English: Daniel Block & Lisa Brocklebank

   · Environmental Science: Erin Bray

   · History of Art & Architecture: Dany Chan

   · Mathematics: Graeme Wilkin

   · Old World Archaeology & Art: Lisa Anderson

   · Philosophy: Randall Rose

   · Physics: Matthew Hirsch, Kio Kim

   · Psychology: Daniel Kauwe

   · Sociology: Jennifer Darrah

    1. Minutes and Minutiae

   Minutes of October meeting were approved unanimously.

    2. Reports and Announcements

    a. Announcement regarding the GSC elections- The elections will be
       held in December. Nominations so far:

   Ki-o Kim - Physics: Admin VP
   Sarah Dawson - Old World Archaeology and Art: Social VP
   Matt Hirsch - Physics: Treasurer
   Guillaume Marceau - CS: Tech Officer

    b. Student activities advisory board needs one representative. Diane
       Gorman was elected to serve on the board.
    c. Campus life advisory board needs one representative. No nomination
       was received for the post.
    d. Departmental Rebate Update: Only two departments have submitted
       the rebates form. The GSC treasurer strongly encouraged all the
       departments to submit the rebate forms as soon as possible.
    e. Social Update: Wine social will be held on November 12^th and a
       beer social in the following week.
    f. Additional Announcements:

   -RIPTA passes are available at the library and they are 50% off for
   Brown Students.

   -A search committee has been formed to look for a new director for
   athletics position. Bethany Bradley is the graduate student
   representative on the committee.

    g. A write up on the Graduate teaching committee will be available on
       the GS website.
    h. GSC funding policy discussion: The President initiated a
       discussion on the GSC's funding policy. Currently the policy is to
       fund half of the event upto a total of 400 dollars.

   3. Miscellaneous

    a. Colonel Verrecchia of the department of public safety informed the
       graduate student council about the changes taking place in the
       policing policy. The campus is being divided into North and South
       zones and there will be a Lieutenant in charge of each zone.
       Officers will make regular appearances at the GSC meetings from
       now. Also, the officers will start eating with the students on the
       campus. To access the program there is a mini survey available on
       the web page of the public safety department. Colonel Verrechhia
       also informed that no specific dates have been set for the Brown
       Police to get armed.
    b. Grad Forum Update: Grad Forum got a seed money of $1500 from the
       office of campus life and student services. The presenters will
       come back to the GSC with a scaled and more detailed plan at a
       later date.

   A motion for meeting to be adjourned was passed. The next meeting will
   be held on December 1^st, 2004 (7pm @GSL).