1. May 2016 Assembly Meeting ”VOGHJUYN!” (also translates as: uplifting, lifting up ones spirits)

2. MEETING AGENDA (Structured) Greetings! Community Agreements/Protocol Presentations Advisor/Grad Div./S.A. Dept. Reports Action Items Executive Committee Reports Discussion Items Adjournment

3. MEETING Community Agreements o Respect the Speaker o Cell Phones/Recording o Be Engaged o Step Up/Step Back o One Mic, One Diva o Decorum

4. PRESENTATIONS 1.Jonathan Gomez (Sociology), POOR Magazine

5. THEATRE OF THE POOR

6. Staff Reports GSA Advisor Report Graduate Division Report Student Affairs Report

7. ACTION ITEMS UCSB Family Student Housing Tenant's Association Statement & Support Graduate Representation in Hiring Process UC Regents Statement on Principles Against Intolerance MCC/UCSB Center for Black Studies Research Request for Funding: $500

8. ACTION ITEMS Date of last 2015-16 GSA Assembly Meeting (06/07, 05/31,…)???

9. Congratulations 2016-17 GSA Executive Committee!! President – David McIntosh Vice President of Budget and Finance – Luke Arthur Rosendahl Vice President of Communications and Records – Kyle Crocco Vice President of Academic Affairs – Heather Macias Vice President of External Affairs – Michelle Oyewole Vice President of Student Affairs – Jenna Schaal- O’Connor Vice President of Internal Affairs – Anchal Agarwal Vice President of Committees and Planning – Matt Giles

10. PRESIDENT’S REPORT San Clemente 20% rent reduction! o Thanks to Zach, Emma, Carol and Christian o Chi-5 transitioning to all triple occupancy. o Family Student Housing 12% rent increase Campus Town Hall, Thursday April 7 th, 5-6:30 PM, Corwin Pavilion President’s reflection on failed fee initiative o Five votes!!! o Support is there. o Up to next year’s Exec Committee Campbell Hall Renovation Project Update o Money is there (UC/State) o 1200 seats (900/300)? o Satisfy needs of lecture and performance space o Four years to groundbreaking (aggressive)

11. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Meeting with reps from the Telluride Association o http://www.tellurideassociation.org/ o 1 of 3 schools in consideration (all CA.) o 2-3 year timeline IV Safe Report to the People Isla Vista Conference - The Beloved Community o https://ourislavista.as.ucsb.edu/ o May 20-22, 2016 o Over 40 proposals submitted Faculty Panel on pedagogical practices around difference (Genetti) - May 17 th, 6 PM, MCC Transitioning/Swearing In

12. VP INTERNAL AFFAIRS GSA LOUNGE

13. EVP April UCSA Board Meeting o Letter asking for the resignation/firing of Chancellor Katehi o Approved 2016-2017 UCSA Budget: http://ucsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2016-17- Budget_Board-approved-on-4-15-16.pdf http://ucsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2016-17- Budget_Board-approved-on-4-15-16.pdf Student Lobby Conference o Budget priorities asks including $6 million for graduate students o AB 2017 (McCarty) Establish the College Mental Health Services Act Trust Account o AB 1653 Campus Climate o AB 1747 (McCarty) College Student Hunger Relief Act of 2016 o Endorsing the California Automatic Student Voter Registration Program’s Implementation It was gutted; we didn’t really lobby for it, unless people had time during their lobby visit. o Left a “Supporting UC Graduate Students” one-pager Planning a Graduate Lobby Day at the end of June Food Security : $151,000 per campus per year for the next two years to address food insecurity Family Student Housing Tenant's Association Campaign to address yearly rent increases in family housing and quality of life issues Planning end of year Graduate Students of Color event (June 3 rd ) UCSA May Board Meeting o May 6-8 th. Interviewing our next student regent designate

15. VP of Graduate Student Affairs

16. VP Communications and Records

17. VP Academic Affairs Officer Report

18. VPBF Officer Report Approved Ballot Measures Failed Ballot Measures

19. Administrative Manager Funding  Begin next year at 50% time  $12,500 from Student Affairs  $37,202 from GSA General Account (Currently at ~$100,000)  Increase to 75% during the year if necessary  GSA contribution at 75% time would be $49,265  Repeat GSA general fee ballot measure each year until it passes  Undertake more extensive marketing effort to gain support VPBF Officer Report

20. Co-Sponsorship Bylaw Revisions  Keep the same rules for student group co-sponsorships  $6,000 line item with $300 limit per request  Have separate line item for campus co-sponsorship events  $1,500 for New Graduate Student Orientation  $500 for UCSB Reads  $500 for Grad Slam  $1000 available for other requests with a $500 maximum  Total line item of $3,500 VPBF Officer Report

21. 3 Co-Sponsorship Applications this Month

22. Organization – VOX California / SKILLS Julia Fine Event – UCSB Day / SKILLS Day Part 1 Date – May 24 th, Corwin Pavilion Predicted Attendance – 250 Amount Requested - $300

23. + Organization: S.K.I.L.L.S (School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society) Event: SKILLS Day

24. + What is SKILLS? Interdisciplinary, including graduate and undergraduate students from Chicano Studies, Linguistics, and Education; part of the Center for California Languages and Cultures Service/outreach focused, helping local Latino & indigenous high school students prepare for college by taking a course for college credit Academic, with opportunities for grad students to conduct research in the SKILLS classrooms

25. + How does SKILLS benefit grad students? Research opportunities that lead to papers, journal articles, and books (‘Sociolinguistic Justice in the Schools: Student Researchers as Linguistic Experts’) Teaching experience in an informal and creative setting that allows for experimentation Weekly discussion group in which we explore the relationship between linguistics, education, and race/ethnicity Fulfillment through mentorship

26. + Organization – Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity Alex Kulick Event – LGBTQ Student Research Showcase Date – June 3rd th, Student Resource Building Predicted Attendance – 80 Amount Requested - $300

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28. + LGBTQ Research Showcase Undergraduate and graduate student presenters (multi- disciplinary) LGBTQ-identified researchers Research on topics related to gender and sexuality Performance and keynote address Reception and networking opportunities

29. Organization – IEEE Photonics Society at UCSB Daniel Becerra Event – Photonics Spring Banquet Date – May 4rd th, Mosher Alumni House Predicted Attendance – 90 Amount Requested - $300

30. A Student Chapter of the IEEE Photonics Society For more info go to IPS.ECE.UCSB.EDU

31. IEEE Photonics Society at UCSB Social Events : Ice Cream Social + BBQ 31 1 st Annual Photonics Banquet ~90 attendees 10 companies 11 UCSB groups 2 Other Universities 41% Non-UCSB students Lectures: Dr. Amnon Yariv CalTech Dr. Simon Poole, Finisar Dr. Daniel Renner Freedom Photonics Prof. Joyce Poon Univ. Toronto Prof. Dan Marom Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem Prof. David Sampson Univ. Western Australia Accomplishments of 2014-2015 With just five organizers, we have had: First banquet First self-funded lecturer Our events sponsored by industry have led to jobs for our officers! Jared, Renan, and Sudha

32. Photonics Banquet 2016 32 The event includes a social hour and dinner (included in ticket), and will be followed by lectures from sponsors HP Labs & Freedom Photonics, who will describe their local photonics activities. The UCSB Dean of Engineering, Rod Alferness, will also deliver a lecture for The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics). This year we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Joshua Smith from Cal State Fullerton’s Gravitation-Wave Physics & Astronomy Center, who will give a talk on the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves. We have 71 preregistrations for 80 spots as of 12:00, 5/2/16 Some funding from Industry, AIM Photonics, and IEEE National Office Wednesday May 4 th, 6pm, Mosher Alumni House The banquet brings together local photonics scientists from industry & academia, to meet and learn about local-area photonics.

33. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Officer Report (5 minutes)

34. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Officer Report (5 minutes) Survey for Stipend Payments Flyersss Bylaws Amendments A Special Surprise

35. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Survey for Stipend Status http://goo.gl/forms/EJU63WG2BA At least there will be a record of the lack of payments...

36. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Flyers oYou get a flyer - you get a flyer! EVERYBODY GETS FLYERS!! o Please take these back to your Departments and have your Grad Program Advisor/Coordinator (GPA/C) post them in grad lounges and hand to TAs to post up

37. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Bylaws Amendments (last time, I swear) o Adjusting name of a standing committee from “UCSB Student Oversight Committee” to o “UCSB Joint Student Advocacy Committee” o Bylaws Link Bylaws Link

38. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Mosher Time is Back (probably - 83% sure)! o Tentatively save the date o May 19th, 5pm-ish o Still having final alcohol purchase forms signed…. o Help check out the beer vendors at o M. Special Brewing Co. o Big round of applause to CAMILLE ENDACOTT & the Graduate Engagement (Party Planning) Committee

39. ANNOUNCEMENTS

40. DISCUSSION