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11/04/2004: "Meeting Minutes 11/4/04"
Members present: Dave, Adrianne, Jessica, Melissa, Amos, Ursula
Constitution:
Ursula wrote a draft of a constitution based on CWA local constitutions and several other grad union constitutions. During the meeting, we began the process of revising this draft. I will mail out another draft in the next day or so. I will also post a draft to the website. We welcome comments from everyone on big or small issues!
Major decisions on the constitution:
At this point, membership will be open to all grad students.
We decided on a structure consisting of two co-coordinators, a treasurer, an internal communications officer, an external communications officer, and four members at large. We will have our first election the third week of school next semester. Nominations will begin the first week of school next semester. We will hold elections by paper ballot, and officers will be elected for the remainder of the school year this time but, in the future, they will be elected for one year. This structure is open to changes if other members would like to contribute ideas.
Regular meetings:
Regular meetings for the rest of the semester will take place on Wednesdays at 8:30. Amos will reserve a room on campus. Our next general membership meeting will be Wednesday, November 17.
Next meeting with CWA:
We will meet with CWA's district organizer, Susan Baxter-Fleming, on Monday, November 8 at 9:00 in Poplars 331. Anyone is welcome to come (though you may want to let us know ahead of time so we know how many people to count on).
List of grad students:
Dave will continue to work on getting the detailed list of grad students.