AGSA Minutes - August 27, 2007

1. Attendance:
   Rachel Dwyer, Amber Kling, Jen Foster, Katie Nielson, Raymond Whitlow, Daniel Cadzow, Cara Fraser, Jessica Howe, David Bell, Denice Szafran, Jennifer Faux, Katie Whalen, Amy Hansen, Dustin Keeler, Thomas Mergenov, Michelle Bellino, June Carrington, Alicia Sampson, Daniel Grover, Bonnie Vest, Ben Kamphaus, Heather Menz, Samantha Wolff, Amanda Davis

2. Meeting was called to order at 11:03 A.M. by Patrick Fazioli

3. Nominations for AGSA Positions for the 2007-08 School Year (I apologize for the misspelling of any names)

   President: Patrick Fazioli

   Vice President: Amber Kling

   Secretary: Katie Nielson, Tera Thompson, Amy Hansen

   Treasurer: Tera Thompson, Russ Gullekson, Katie Whalen

   Senator: Denice Szafran, June Carrington

   Alternates: Raymond Whitlow, Tera Thompson, Kevin Wiley, Jen Faux

   Faculty Committee: Ashley Hansen

   Graduate Committee: Anna Ireland, Alicia Sampson

   Curriculum Committee: Jen Foster

   Grievance Committee: David Bell, Kevin Wiley

   Network Admin: Ben Kamphaus, Dave Witt

   GSEU Rep: Mia Jorgenson

   IEMA Rep: Raymond Whitlow, Ben Kamphaus, Rachel Dwyer

   More nominations can be submitted later this week through email- keep your eyes on the listserv for more information.

4. New rule: all money must be encumbered at meetings, we can no longer encumber money through the listserv, therefore, we need to be on top of this at the meetings to ensure that we don.t have to call emergency meetings to encumber money for upcoming events.

5. Fall Picnic: Friday September 7, 2007 3:00 PM in the Ellicott Picnic Area by the rugby field and Red Jacket- an email will be sent with additional information
   1. Department is contributing $50, we voted to encumber $150 for food and drinks for the picnic . unanimous decision
6. First GSA Meeting is September 5, 2007- we need at least 2 people to show up for this meeting- Denice Szafran and June Carrington volunteered, but anyone else is welcome to attend as well. It.s a great opportunity to see how the GSA works. The meeting is at 7:00 PM in room 330 in the Student Union.

7. Please remember to lock the Grad Lounge when you leave, it has been found open. First year students, if you do not have a key, please see Margaret and you can get one for a $5 deposit.

8. There are 2 listservs:
   1. APY GRAD STUDENTS: official listserv of the department, this is seen by all grad students, Margaret, Dr. Pollock, and Stacey
   2. AGSA List: more informal, students only (no faculty can see)- email hjarvis@buffalo.edu to be added to the AGSA list Please use caution when replying to listserv messages, and make sure you are replying to the appropriate people, rather than the entire list.

9. IRB storage- The department cannot store IRB documents, please discuss this with your individual advisor for further questions/guidance.

10. Dr. Lawrence Schell, bio-cultural anthropologist, who was supposed to be in our Spring Speaker series and was unable to make it, will be coming this fall at some point to give his talk. Please keep an eye on the listserv for dates/times.

11. New postdoc, Dr. Doug Bolender is here for the IEMA (Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology), and he would like to meet with the grad students- we will post the date/time for a happy hour when we can meet with him.

12. The IGERT Colloquium series (GIS interdisciplinary organization) is being organized by Ben Kamphaus- if you know anyone who does GIS research who may be interested in coming and speaking, please email Ben- bek3@buffalo.edu.

13. Meeting was adjourned at: 11:49 P.M.

Repectfully submitted,

Bonnie Vest
AGSA Secretary