Minutes from the 10/7/09 General Student Alliance meeting. Highlights include:
+ Curriculum discussion
+ John Maeda addresses the students about his strategic plan
+short discussions on the senior gift, a high-end art show and a materials library are discussed.
Here are the minutes for the first Student Alliance meeting of the year. The majors things discussed are:
+ Introduction to the Student Alliance, Executive Committee and explanation of procedures
+ Nominees taken for the Programming Board
+ Raj Bellani introduces himself and discusses his plans for the coming year.
The full minutes are attached below as a pdf:
Minutes from the Department Representative Meeting, Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
+Updates and reports including new initiatives concerning the Senior Gift, the energy competition among RISD housing, and Second Life Bins.
+More information of What We Do, which is coming up soon.
Minutes from the general Student Alliance Meeting.
+Students gather into 4 groups and brainstorm ideas to help save RISD money.
+As a whole group, there is a list generated, broken up into “Institutional” problems and “student” problems, and each of those categories is further broken into short-term and long-term lists.
+Jack Silva from Facilities gives us some input on practical solutions and good ways to tackle these issues.
Minutes from the Department Representative Meeting, Wednesday, February 25, 2009.
Description:
+ Updated reports about SA initiatives started in the Fall
+ Brainstorm of new campus initiatives to tackle (including issues concerning Public Safety, Graffiti, and a potential Senior gift).
+ What We Do discussion and plan for the next steps, as we near the date.
Minutes from the general Student Alliance Meeting.
Description:
+Discussion of location for commencement.
+Freshman Initiatives presentation and ideas of solutions.
+VISIONS (Brown Art and Literary Magazine) Presentation
Minutes from the Emergency Department Representative Meeting 1/14/09.
Description:
+ Justin Rosengarten and Aaron Perry-Zucker present their finalized proposal for What We Do.
+Vote to accept What We Do as an event is passed. Approval of the budget will be an online vote.
Thank you to all who participated in the Student Alliance Executive Committee elections! It was a *very* tight race, and we are very pleased to announce your 2009 Student Alliance Excomm:
President: Nate Barchus
Vice President: Nate Phipps
Corresponding Secretary:Celeste Wilson
Treasurer: Justin Rosengarten
Assistant Treasurer: Xin Xin
Congratulations!
Polls are closed, please bare with us as we count the votes! We will announce the results by the end of the day.
Participation in our student government elections is one way YOU can be part of the student voice. Just take the two seconds and cast your ballot.
http://intranet.risd.edu/template.aspx?ekfrm=18468
1. Log in to the intranet
2. Vote!
Questions can be emailed to alliance@risd.edu