GSC General Meeting
Minutes:  September 7, 2005

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

Speaker

Sheila Bonde, Dean of the Graduate School, first reported that Brown University
is admitting displaced students from New Orleans, and may call upon graduate
students for help in these efforts.  She then offered her vision for the Grad
School:

	to foster a sense of community and identity for the Grad School, through
	social and academic events;

	to identify and clarify a "Graduate Curriculum": what are the
	commonalities among the individual programs?  This question has led to a
	new seminar series titled, Academy in Context, whose first
	dinner/seminar, highlighting issues of "ethics in academia," will
	begin on Wednesday, October 5, 2005.


Executive Reports

	President: provided an overview of the mission of the GSC and a report
	on the revisions of the Constitution and by-laws last semester.  Goals
	for this semester includes implementing the Constitution and pushing for
	more advocacy from the GSC.

	Vice-President, Administration: summarized the responsibilities of this
	office, which includes communicating with the representatives of the
	external committees, and organizing the process of group recognitions.

	Vice-President, Social: the first Social is on Friday, September 16,
	2005 at the Graduate Student Lounge, and a DJ will now entertain us at
	these Socials.  In addition, a new calendar is now available for Lounge
	reservations.

	Secretary: attendance at the monthly meetings will be emphasized for all
	representatives, and extra effort will be directed at recruiting
	vacancies in unrepresented departments.

	Technology Officer: responsible for updates of the GSC website and one
	of the goals this semester is to have the Brown Book accessible online.

	Treasurer: the (3) Summer Socials were a success, as was the New Student
	Orientation.  The following forms are now online: departmental rebate
	forms and funding request forms.

Budget Proposal for 2005-2006

After several motions for amendments, a new budget was passed for this upcoming
year.

External Committee Reports

	Brown Bookstore Committee: the committee has been deliberating on ways
	to improve the campus bookstore.  A decision is expected by the end of
	the semester.

Group Recognitions

	Brown Community Knitter's Group is now recognized as a student group.
	Barus & Holley Basketballers is now recognized as a student group.

Funding Requests

	Brown Community Knitter's Group

	Requested $400 towards the "Comfort Items for Sick Children
	Project." In accordance with the by-laws, $200 was awarded for this
	project.

Vacancies - External Committees

	Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies

	Adam Wienert has been elected as the representative for this committee.

	Parking Violations Appeals Board

	John Cumbers has been elected as the representative for this committee.

Miscellaneous

A motion was passed to move the October general meeting to Thursday, October 6,
2005 due to a conflict with the first lecture of the Academy in Context series.

NOTE: Next GSC general meeting is on Thursday, October 6, 2005 at the Graduate
Student Lounge from 7pm-9pm.  Visit the GSC homepage for this and other
information: http://www.brown.edu/Students/GSC/