T HE G RADUATE S TUDENT G OVERNMENT N ORTHEASTERN U NIVERSITY G RADUATE S ENATE F ROST L OUNGE, E LL H ALL November 7, 2011

E XECUTIVE B OARD M EMBER R EPORTS  President Margaret Keaveny  VP of Student Affairs Stephanie Viola  VP of Academic Affairs Jeff Coots  VP of Finance Lauren Vela  VP of Media and Membership Chris Cunningham  VP of Programs and Administration Dave Swanson

Status of Finance Group Funding Guidelines established and published Period I Reimbursements almost done (second chance allowed for many) Period II Letters mailed (change to letter based on Period I problems) Period III applications due FRIDAY NOV. 18 Current projects: – Establishing electronic application process – Communicating guidelines with groups 4

Operating Budget:

Conference Budget:

Raising Student Activity Fee? With current market rates, we have the ability to raise the graduate student activity fee up to $1. The three options are as follows: – Do not raise the graduate student activity fee. – Raise the graduate student activity fee somewhere between $0 and $1. – Raise the graduate student activity fee $1. Lauren’s proposal: NO INCREASE. 7

“S PEAKER S ERIES ”  Sue Ekizian, Associate Director of Campus Recreation  8

G ENERAL A NNOUNCEMENTS U P -C OMING “S PEAKER S ERIES ”  M ADELEINE E STABROOK, I NTERIM V ICE P RESIDENT OF S TUDENT A FFAIRS AND THE D IRECTOR OF UHCS  N EXT S ENATE M EETING : D ECEMBER 5,

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! T HE N EXT S ENATE M EETING M ONDAY, D ECEMBER 5 TH AT 12:00 P. M. F ROST L OUNGE, E LL H ALL ! 11