1. February 2016 Assembly Meeting Happy Groundhog Day!!!!

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

3. MEETING Introductions/Roll Call Community Agreements (examples) o Respect the Speaker o Cell Phones o Be Engaged o Step Up/Step Back o Others?

4. PRESENTATIONS AS Open Source Textbook Proposal Michelle Oyewole’s Survey Daily Nexus Recovery Peer GSA Support for Emancipatory Sex Education IV Lease Addendum Proposal

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

6. ACTION ITEMS Co-Sponsorships 2016 Fee Initiatives AS Open Source Textbook Proposal Daily Nexus GSA Support for Emancipatory Sex Education IV Lease Addendum Change advertising in the Daily Nexus to the award must be advertised on campus

7. PRESIDENT’S REPORT MLK Silent March Recap (THANK YOU!) GGSE Dean Search Committee Update OJA Search Committee Update Council of Presidents Report o Student Regent(s) Visit - Student Advisor Approved! o Grad Prez Meeting w/ Napolitano (03/15)

8. PRESIDENT’S REPORT GSA Survey Responses Meeting w/ Dean Genetti this Friday (02/05) Campus Regulations Committee o Campus review every four years (unless requested by Administration) o GSA has two seats on committee (VPIA & VPSA?) CCCIV – Meeting this week UCen Governance Board o Starbucks ($500,000-$750,000), aiming for Fall 2016 o 3rd Floor Renovation Survey Forthcoming/GSA Issues Agenda UCSB Campus Story Meeting (01/20/16)

9. January 23 rd & 24 th Students from community colleges, Cal states and UC’s from across the state to address food insecurity and learn best practices Free Meal Ticket to Campus Dining Commons o The application for a free meal ticket at a campus dining common is now open. In the process of scheduling a workshop with our CalFresh representative for graduate students External Affairs

10. Student Regents Meeting with Student Regents o Addressed graduate specific issues: housing, financial stability to lay out the work for next academic year. Student Regent Advisor proposal was approved! Apply to be a Student Regent o All students currently enrolled at a UC campus and who will be enrolled through the 2017-18 academic year are encouraged to apply. o The deadline to apply is February 28, 2016. o Applicants must submit a completed and signed application, a current resume, and an essay as described on the application form. o The Student Regent will be appointed by the Regents at their July 2016 meeting.

11. External Affairs Intent to submit by February 19, 2016. Expected publication date: August 2016.

12. Call for Graduate Student Policy Journal Editors Call for Graduate Student Policy Journal Editors The UC Student Association Graduate and Professional Student Committee seeks editors for it’s upcoming Graduate Student Policy Journal, Volume II. Policy Journal editors may be any Graduate or Professional student enrolled at a UC. An honorarium of $175 will be awarded to each student editor upon publication of the journal. Apply today by visiting: http://ucsa.org/submit- journal/http://ucsa.org/submit- journal/ Questions? Please contact gpdirector@ucsa.orggpdirector@ucsa.org

13. UCSA Board Meeting this weekend! Please stop by and get an idea of the work UCSA does o Great way if you’re interested in running in the upcoming elections o Meet student leaders from across the UC Saturday meeting starts at 9am in Room Flying A Studios (Ucen) Sunday meeting starts at 10am o Public comment at the beginning of each meeting

14. VP of Student Affairs 1.UCSB Community Housing Office Report 1.This raises the question of IV self-governance and perceived student misconduct problems 2. UCSB’s solution: The IV Safety and Security Addendum. This would be added to regular leases in order to curtail student parties and other kinds of “illegal” activity 2.Graduate Health Advisory Committee Report 1.A the next meeting on Feb. 19, 2016, the committee will review the various insurance bids received from different insurance carriers in order to choose either a new plan or to remain with Aetna

15. VP of Student Affairs 3.Suggested Revision of The Graduate Bill of Rights in the GSA Bylaws 1. There are two different versions of the Graduate Bill of Rights. a) One version was adopted in 1995 by the UCSB Graduate Division, GSA, and Academic Senate. b) The other was adopted in 2011 by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and is currently on the GSA website

16. VP of Student Affairs 2. I propose that we update the Graduate Bill of Rights by merging the two versions we currently have, further refining key areas and implementing it campus-wide a) things like committee formation, time- to-degree deadlines, and clear criteria for evaluating the work of graduate students need to be addressed

17. VP of Student Affairs 3. I further propose the creation of a Student Oversight Committee or Student Review Board to address graduate student grievances at UCSB. a) As can be seen in the recent spate of lawsuits and protests against UCSB, student rights are not being honored. Their needs to be a mechanism for ensuring the prompt, impartial redress of student complaints without retaliation by University officials

18. VP Communications and Records Website move: www.gsa.ucsb.edu o Redesign by Student Affairs (approved by Exec Committee) GSA name change: Graduate Student s Association

19. VP Academic Affairs Officer Report Teaching Award nomination form now online. Please consider serving on the Excellence in Teaching Award Committee. February Lunch and Learn Event

20. Excellence In Teaching Award Bylaw Changes Increase the number of awards from 4 to 16. Decrease the honorarium attached to each award from $1000 to $250. Include honoring the award winners during the Spring Social event. Change advertising in the Daily Nexus to the award must be advertised on campus. Increase the number of times one TA can win the award to 3. Add Language to ensure a TA cannot win two years in a row. The number of awards for Teaching Associates increases to 3, one in each division The rest of the awards should be reasonably divided amongst the three divisions.

21. VP Budget and Finance Officer Report Status of GSA Accounts GSA AccountsAccount Status (July 2015)2015/16 IncomeSpentTotal General Account$96,956.00$111,032.00$48,574.64$159,413.36 Childcare Grant$53,958.00$25,619.00$4,850.00$74,727.00 Emergency Relief Grant$24,228.00$25,577.00$19,240.97$30,564.03 Travel Grant$2,430.57$29,266.00$13,000.00$18,696.57

22. General ExpensesBudgetYTD% SpentGSA Lounge and OperationsBudgetYTD% Spent Committee Stipend$9,000.00$1,950.0022%Maintenance$1,500.00$833.7056% Co-Sponsorships$6,000.00$1,800.0030%Supplies$2,000.00$869.8943% Service Awards$300.00$0.000%Communication$1,500.00$414.0728% Teaching Awards$4,100.00$0.000%Legal Services$500.00$0.000% Department Rebates$5,000.00$1,404.0028%OSL Accounting$500.00$0.000% Total$24,400.00$5,154.0021%Computer Services$1,265.00$0.000% Events, Food, and BeverageBudgetYTD% SpentOfficer Retreat$750.00$226.1030% Bagel Hour$12,500.00$1,958.1416%Election Expenses$1,000.00$0.000% General Assembly Meetings$3,000.00$564.5219%Total$9,015.00$2,343.7626% Happy Hour + Other$2,000.00$573.0029%PayrollBudgetYTD% Spent New Grad Student Reception$2,400.00 100%Officer Stipent$42,000.00$17,387.4141% Spring Beach Party$750.00$0.000%Lounge Employee$15,600.00$6,898.6244% Spring Social$2,000.00$0.000%Legislative Liason Stipend$1,500.00$750.0050% Mosher Time$2,000.00$0.000%Mosher Time Employee$200.00$0.000% Total$24,650.00$5,495.6620%Administrative Manager$10,000.00$4,080.1741% External AffairsBudgetYTD% SpentTotal$69,300.00$29,116.2042% External Affairs Travel$10,250.00$3,541.5535%General Account SummaryBudgetYTD% Spent UCSA Dues$4,000.00$1,938.0048%Total Budgeted Amount$142,615.00$48,574.6434% President Travel$1,000.00$985.4799% Total$15,250.00$6,465.0242% GSA General Account

23. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Officer Report (5 minutes) "Social" Hours Graduate Engagement Committee Constitution and Bylaws Revisions Survey / Gift Card Winners…!

24. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Social Hours "Social" Hours = great success! Soon want to have quarterly: Graduate Students of Color Social Hour Women Graduate Students Social Hour

25. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Graduate Engagement Committee Camille Endacott Officially on it! Mosher Time Revival...slowly but surely Spring Celebration combining with Awards!

26. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Constitution and Bylaws Revisions GSA name change to “Graduate Student Association” Cut Daily Nexus specifically from Bylaws for advertising, switch to “local media” Adjust committee stipends to 1-2 hour blocks Clarify voting and motion-making and -seconding powers of Advisor and Administrative Manager during EC meetings VPCP name change to Committees and Engagement

27. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Constitution and Bylaws Revisions Elections language: clarify that anyone who is a graduate student, on-campus the coming year, may stand for election Specify that Internal Affairs is Parliamentarian o timing and other duties Committees for GSA VPs o Student Affairs: take over External’s Housing committee duties Budget and Finance: Clarify Fee Initiatives language Teaching Award number, type amount of awards

28. Committees and Planning (ComPlan or VPCP) Survey / Gift Card Winners Please continue telling people to take the survey! If you’ve taken it, remember you can enter the raffle! Will announce winners and analysis in March meeting!

29. ANNOUNCEMENTS SBCC Superintendent/President Search Search Committees: Call for graduate reps o Vice Chancellor of Research o Dean of Social Science

30. DISCUSSION Career Fair/US Customs & Border Patrol Protest