GSC General Meeting
Minutes:  April 6, 2005

President - Robin McGill
VP, Administration - Ki-O Kim
VP, Social - Sarah Dawson
Treasurer - Matthew Hirsch
Secretary - Dany Chan
Technology Officer - Guillaume Marceau

Minutes Review:
Minutes from the March 2, 2005 meeting were passed for review.

Speaker:
Brenda Allen, Associate Provost & Director of Institutional Diversity

In regards to the new University bias policy, an ad hoc committee has been
reviewing current policies on the process of bias/discrimination allegations and
resolution.  The new policy is still in the draft stage, but it is in effect.
For more information, please visit the Provost's Office website, or contact
Brenda_Allen@brown.edu.
 
Executive Reports:

	President: Thank you to all the participants in the process of revising
	the Constitution.

	Social: All the Socials at the GCB have gone very well.  The last
	remaining Social will be held at the Graduate Lounge.  Upcoming events:

	May 13 - Spring BBQ
	May 27 - Champagne Toast @ Graduate Lounge


External Committee Reports:

	Chief of Police Search Committee

	Mark Porter (from UMass, Dartmouth) has been selected as the new Chief
	of Police and Director of Public Safety for the University.  His term
	has begun since early April.


	Health Insurance Committee

	Changes have been made regarding the cost of health insurance—the
	cost has been raised by 15% across the board.  For concerns or issues,
	contact: James_Palardy@brown.edu.

Vacancy:

	University Resource Committee

	We still need 1-3 graduate student representation.  The Committee, led
	by Provost Robert Zimmer, meets every Monday afternoons from 3pm-5pm.  A
	suggestion was made to have the three representatives split up the
	responsibilities.


Funding Requests:
	2005 History of Art & Architecture/Comp. Lit Grad Symposium
	The GSC granted their request for $357 (plus change).
	Classics Dept. Conference "Sticks & Stones, Speeches & Songs"
	The GSC granted their request for $400.

Graduate Speaker Candidacy;
Candidate: (Luk Chong Yeung), a doctorate recipient in Physics.
Decision:  we tabled the vote until the audition to be held on April 20.  

*Note: (Luk Chong Yeung) was selected as the Graduate Speaker for Commencement
 after the audition, and her speech is titled, "Our Miracle Year."

*A motion was passed to extend the meeting past 9pm.

Wilson-Deblois Award:
Nominations:
	Dean Carla Hansen
	Laura Hess & Janet Rankin (Associate Directors of the Sheridan Center)

*Laura Hess & Janet Rankin will be the recipients of the Wilson-Dubois Award by
 a vote of 7 to 6.

GSC Constitution vote:

The Constitution passed by a unanimous vote.  The second necessary vote will be
held at the May 4 GSC general meeting for it to be in effect.  The by-laws were
passed out to all representatives to be voted on at the May 4 meeting as well.

*Next GSC general meeting will be on May 4, 2005, 7pm-9pm @ GSL.