GSC General Meeting
Minutes:  October 6, 2005

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


I.  	Minutes from September 7th meeting were passed.
II. 	Speakers:  

	1)	Belinda Johnson, Director of Psychological Services
	
        Offices are located on the second floor of Rhode Island Hall.
	
        The following services are free for Brown grad students: crisis
        intervention, short-term psychotherapy, referral service, workshops, and
        consultation services.  New this year, there is now a full-time
        psychiatrist.

	2)	Miryana Vassileva, Career Development
	
        An advisory committee exists to examine the needs of graduate programs,
        and feedback is always welcome.
	
        A "Career Conference" is upcoming in April where Brown Grad alums
        will be invited to talk about their experiences after the doctorate.

        Workshops for October include one for CVs, resumes, etc.  Also, there is
        a "self-assessment" workshop to help with non-academic job searches.

	Call for advanced grad students to talk about their experiences in an
	upcoming panel, "Getting What You Came For."

III.	Officers' Reports:


	1) President

	"Academy in Context" series started on Wednesday, October 5.  The next
	dinner/seminar will be on November 17, 2005, titled, "Looking for Truth
	in History and Science."

	GSC will donate $1000 to Brown's Katrina relief efforts, and discussion
	is under way to decide how and where the money will go.

	It has been voted to discontinue talks with USC regarding issues of
	standardizing expectations in TAships.

	GSC officer elections will be held in December.  Nominations are due at
	the November meeting.

	
        2) VP, Social

	Halloween Part on Friday, October 28.  New this year--prizes will be
	given for best costumes (male, female, group).  Call for volunteers for
	the Decorating Committee.

	
        3) Secretary

	In regards to questions of the number of reps allowed per department--
	each department is allowed (1) rep for every (40) students in the
	department.


	4) Technology Officer

	Efforts have been made to reduce spam in the GSBB.

IV.	Funding Requests:

	Barus & Holley Basketballers' request for $400 was denied.

V.	External Committee Report:

	Grad Council--Alyssa Mocharnuk: 

	The Council has approved, and denied, new courses for Ph.D 
        and Masters programs.

	Dean Sheila Bonde has emphasized the notion of the "grad curriculum."

	One of the biggest discussions this year will be issues regarding the
	"pay as you go" method for Masters programs.

VII.	Group Recognitions:

	LGBTQA is recognized as a student group.

	Turkish Student Association is recognized as a student group.

VIII.	Vacancies--External Committees:

	a.	Grad Council:  William Tatum is the new rep.

	b.	University Community Council:  James Gagnon his the new rep.

	c.	University Disciplinary Council:  Joe Bush is the new rep.

	d.	The following committees still have vacancies:

		College Curriculum Council 

		Public Safety Oversight Committee

                Officer Conduct Review Board

Next GSC General Meeting will be on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 7pm.  See you
all again soon.

Speaker results: GSC will invite a representative from Health Services to speak
about Student Insurance.