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General Body Meeting

October 17th, 2024

Huntsman Hall JMHH360

Word of the day: HAPPY

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Attendance

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Agenda for this meeting

6:00 - 6:10 Food, Call to order & Approval of agenda

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6:10 - 6:20 President’s Updates

6:20 - 6:40 Constitution Vote

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6:40 - 7:00 Executive Board Updates

7:00 - 7:15 Open Floor

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7:15 - 7:30 Committee Time

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Presidents Updates

  • Recap of Meetings with Dean Wenger
    • Dean’s Office Priorities
    • Income Capping
    • Extra Space for TA/RAs
    • External Grant List
    • Orientation Improvements
  • GAPSA + IPF issues
  • Student Survey Soon

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Constitution Vote

Voting Procedure (Do this three times for the three amendments

  • Discuss any changes/amendments to the amendment
    • Friendly/unfriendly amendments
    • Unfriendly amendments - debate and vote on a change
  • Debate
  • Vote (Needs ⅔ vote to pass)

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Finance Updates

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Budget Line

Amount

Spend to date

Remaining

Administrative

$16,338

$1,831.87

$14,168.13

Social

$6,000

$1,582.35

$4,417.65

Grants

$24,000

$0.00

$24,000

Exec Stipends

$14,000

$0.00

$14,000

GAPSA Rep Stipends

$2,000

$0.00

$2,000

Merit Funding

$12,000

$0.00

$12,000

Total

$74,338

$3,414.22

$70,585.78

Gapsa Allotment

$74,338

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Current spending to date -

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Finance Updates

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  • Grants close Nov. 1st!
    • For those who were having issues with submitting grants due to dates, that’s been mostly handled
  • Finance committee, keep an eye out for an email from me about setting a time to meet & decide on grants
    • If anyone has food opinions for this meeting lmk
  • Looking for a finance deputy! If you have a particular interest in helping me write grant summaries, come talk to me

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having no money

crying @ the club

doomscrolling

uppers

imposter syndrome

deriving all my

self worth from

my intelligence

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I love

I love grad school

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Policy Updates

  • Few amendments down the line focusing on Article II

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  • GETUP

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  • Ongoing Projects
    • Joint Ph.D. Students
    • Penn Experience/Penn & Slavery
  • Input on SAS Dean

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Social Updates

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Upcoming Events

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  • Halloween Happy Hour - SAS x Weitzman
    • time: Oct 25, Friday, 6-8 PM
    • location: lower gallery of Meyerson Building
    • activities: costume contest, karaoke, food & drinks
    • tickets: FREE sign up (SASGov website, instagram)

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  • Escape Games - SAS
    • time: Nov 1, Saturday, 1:15-2:30 PM
    • location: Olde City Escape Games
    • themes: The Midnighters (15 players), 2084 (7 players), Quest for Freedom (15 players)
    • tickets: $5 per person

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Public Affairs

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  • Fill out this survey about swag preferences →

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  • Penn Grad Talks
    • Those of you who picked PA as 2nd choice (thank you), I might ask for your help when it comes time to pick finalists (late Jan/early Feb)

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Operations Updates

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Word of the day: HAPPY

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Attendance

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Next meeting is Halloween!!�

You are highly encouraged to come in costume!

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Communications Updates

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  • We’re still missing reps from:
    • Africana Studies
    • Cinema & Media Studies
    • Comparative Literature
    • English
    • History of Art
    • History & Sociology of Science
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  • If you know anyone in these departments please let me know!

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GAPSA Reps Updates

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  • Budget passed
  • New VP of Finance
  • Spring Gala set for March 7th

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Open Floor

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Committee Time

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Join Us for Happy Hour!

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