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10/7/09 Minutes

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.

10/7/09GSAminutes

Minutes 9/23/09

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:

9/23/09GSAminutes

Dept. Rep. Meeting Minutes 3/18/09

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. 

3/18/09 DRMinutes

Minutes 3/11/09

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. 

3/11/09 Minutes

Dept. Rep. Meeting Minutes 2/25/09

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.

2/25/09 DRMinutes

Minutes 1/21/09

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 

1/21/09 Minutes

Emergency Dept. Rep. Meeting Minutes 1/14/09

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.

1/14/09 DRMinutes