Tuesday,October 9, 2007
              Senators Present at Academic Affairs Meeting:
              Tammy Hartke, chair
              Benjamin Dei
              Devshri Desai
              Ifetayo Belle
              Alison Uzdella, secretary



                                
Minutes of the Meeting
                
              1.Chair Tammy Hartke updated the committee on a meeting held with Vice Provost Luis Falcon
                during which the following issues were discussed: the print quota, e-mail issues, and the fee hike.
                 a.Both the print quota and the fee hike were voted on by the Undergraduate Senate, and the Provost's 
                   office is aware of the problem. They suggested more coordination with the Undergraduate Senate in order
                   to prevent future problems.
                 b.Suggested the possibility of moving the graduate student e-mail system to the faculty server to ease the
                   load on the student server.This has never been considered before.Provost's office will arrange a meeting
                   with Leslie Hitch to discuss what can be done about email and print quota.

              2.The GPSA is working on increasing communication with the Provost's office by having meetings every six
                weeks and asking for input on agenda items.

              3.The Provost's office also mentioned things they are working on:
                 a.They would like to evaluate the TA orientation and may ask for assistance later this year.
                 b.Need more graduate student office and teaching space
                 c.Graduate student housing
                   I.Possibility of using universities off-campus properties for grad student housing when
                   the new dorms come on-line.

              4.Issues raised at the first full Senate meeting
                 a.Intellectual Property Policy
                   I.The current policy is written for faculty and does not explicitly cover students.
                     Also, it is lacking on several other points, including definitional clarity as well
                     as how closely it is followed by the administration.
                  II.Committee decided that we need to gather more information from faculty contacts,
                     the undergraduate student government and perhaps law school students/ professors before proceeding.
                      -Benjamin Dei will compile a written proposal for the next committee meeting, to present to the
                       Graduate Senate.
                      -Tammy will speak to Steve Gibson from the School of Engineering in order to gauge faculty feeling
                       and determine if there is any possibility of collaboration.
                      -Possibly attend a meeting of the Undergraduate Sentate to see if they are aware of the issues/if
                       there is any interest in collaboration.
                        i.Joey Fiore—Undergraduate Senate contacts.
                      -Possibly contact Vice Provost to see if we can gather information as to the current policy concerning
                       IP as it pertains to students
                 b.Co-op, internship, departmental issues:
                   I.Example: Bouve has no co-op or internship opportunities.
                     -The issue may be too specific for the GPSA to get directly involved.
                     -Committee decided that we will start by gathering more information:
                      is there a particular reason for the policy in Bouve? What are the policies in the College of Engineering?
                 c.Greater cooperation among colleges
                  I.The administration is already tossing this idea around.

              5.Tammy discussed Welcome Night surveys and the fact that students demonstrated an interest in
                lectures and networking events. Would this be something the committee would like to pursue?
                 a.Committee decided that other committees (ie: Media and Membership/Administration and Programs)
                   were better suited toward these events.

              6.Tammy asked for more volunteers for the Graduate Open House on Saturday, October 13.
              
              7.Reminder of Academic Initiative Open Meeting October 10.
              
              8.The date for the next committee meeting is TBA.
              
              9.Meeting adjourned at 7:09 p.m.