May 13, 2019 - VPSA

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting: VPSA
Minutes for May 13, 2019. Taken by LC Chen.
Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Erika Salzman, Sarah Crucilla, Varun Shanker, Alice Zhai, Dana He, Rachel Sun
Guests: Arushi Gupta, LC Chen, Yuying Lin, Irene Chang, Tom Mannion, Kevin Gilmartin, Joe Shepherd
Call to Order: 12:20

President’s Report (Varun):

  • New FCC nomination process sent out last week
  • Orientation meeting on Friday with Kristin
  • Met with student program director about getting students involved with lecture series, special speakers, etc.
  • Two complaints about budgets – fixed
  • The Tech funding will remain the same Officer’s Reports:
    V.P. of Academic Affairs (Arushi):
  • Appointed new secretary and at large reps last week
  • Met with math faculty two weeks ago
  • Student faculty lunches on May 22nd
  • Published a new Research FAQ page on ARC website (Unit limit exceptions are allowed for research – Gilmartin)
  • Computational requirement proposal
  • Next week: faculty board appointments
  • ASCIT teaching awards announced yesterday
  • Deans meeting tomorrow V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah):
  • Dabney Interhouse – no transports
  • BDR and Fleming Interhouse coming up
  • Retreat updates – think about interactions between freshman on campus
  • Case of Concern process improvements
  • Put a FAQ paper in freshman orientation packet (e.g. housing, rotation, etc.) Director of Operations (Rachel):
  • Club equipment space Treasurer (Yuying):
  • Copy of MOU (good for record)
  • Unclear wording about ASCIT membership: OGC Social Director (Irene):
  • Good attendance at movie night Secretary (LC):
  • Nothing to report. If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions.

Meeting Adjourned: 12:59

Respectfully submitted,
ASCIT Secretary