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Marrah — 2009-11-17 20:36:31

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- Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I have personally been very busy with the conference planning as NAGPS Secretary. I have been working on the NAGPS constitutional committee as well as maintaining the conference webpage and weekly annoucements. I will provide a detailed report from the conference proceedings when I return. I have also decided to run for the office of NAGPS President, please feel free to join my page and leave feedback/ask questions [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Marrah-for-NAGPS-President/171897622629?ref=mf Marrah for NAGPS President].	+ Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I have personally been very busy with the conference planning as NAGPS Secretary. I have been working on the NAGPS constitutional committee as well as maintaining the conference webpage and weekly annoucements. I will provide a detailed report from the conference proceedings when I return.

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Marrah — 2009-11-13 12:15:33

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	+ === November 23, 2009 === + The budget pages have recently been updated. However, we do not have any official news about the changes for the mid-year and next academic year. We will have a meeting later his month and I hope to have some more information to provide here and on the Student Affairs budget page. +
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	+ === October 27, 2009 === + I received all of the documents handed out at this meeting; all materials to orient new members of the committee. We will likely have a meeting soon once the student affairs budget cuts are projected, likely in January. +
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	+ + === October 22, 2009 === + I received all of the documents handed out at this meeting; all materials to orient new members of the committee. As we are on a two year plan for our medical, dental and vision benefits from the quotes made to us and approved last year we won't likely meet again this academic year. Please check back to see if additional meeting are scheduled.
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- This will be a joint commission/city council meeting, to primarily discuss rental issues in the city of Davis.	+ This will be a joint commission/city council meeting, to primarily discuss rental issues in the city of Davis. If you go to the webpage for the commission, you can obtain the minutes from this meeting.

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Marrah — 2009-11-13 12:10:18

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- Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I have personally been very busy with the conference planning as NAGPS Secretary. I have been working on the NAGPS constitutional committee as well as maintaining the conference webpage and weekly annoucements. I will provide a detailed report from the conference proceedings when I return.	+ Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I have personally been very busy with the conference planning as NAGPS Secretary. I have been working on the NAGPS constitutional committee as well as maintaining the conference webpage and weekly annoucements. I will provide a detailed report from the conference proceedings when I return. I have also decided to run for the office of NAGPS President, please feel free to join my page and leave feedback/ask questions [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Marrah-for-NAGPS-President/171897622629?ref=mf Marrah for NAGPS President].

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Marrah — 2009-11-05 16:39:08

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- Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I will provide a detailed report when I return. I have been working with ASUCD (University Affairs; Jeremia our Lobby Assistant also sit on this committee) and UCLA GSA to obtain whiteliner privileges to the UC Regents. Through all of their work they have gotten the run around and no real answer on how to obtain this access for our groups. We are continually referred to UCSA as we think UCOP may interpret our request as asking to be one of UCSA's 4 designated student whiteliners, which isn't the case. I've done some additional research that I've passed on to ASUCD UA and UCLA GSA. It seems that there have been other groups that have obtained whiteliner privileges. Jeremia has put out an email to find out how they obtained this access. Additionally, as a group of three we can pool time for public comment at the Regents meeting to receive 7 minutes for our group. Additionally, we may submit materials for distribution to the Regent's Secretary. These last two options are specifically outline in their bylaws. Therefore, at this time we will use these rules to access the Regents at the November meeting at UCLA. The UCLA GSA will focus on fee increases and UCD GSA will focus on the GSHIP vote. As more information is available, I will post it here. In the meantime, we are still working on obtaining our own not UCSA-affiliated student whiteliner access to the Regents for the future.	+ Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I have personally been very busy with the conference planning as NAGPS Secretary. I have been working on the NAGPS constitutional committee as well as maintaining the conference webpage and weekly annoucements. I will provide a detailed report from the conference proceedings when I return. + + I have been working with ASUCD (University Affairs; Jeremia our Lobby Assistant also sit on this committee) and UCLA GSA to obtain whiteliner privileges to the UC Regents. Through all of their work they have gotten the run around and no real answer on how to obtain this access for our groups. We are continually referred to UCSA as we think UCOP may interpret our request as asking to be one of UCSA's 4 designated student whiteliners, which isn't the case. I've done some additional research that I've passed on to ASUCD UA and UCLA GSA. It seems that there have been other groups that have obtained whiteliner privileges. Jeremia has put out an email to find out how they obtained this access. Additionally, as a group of three we can pool time for public comment at the Regents meeting to receive 7 minutes for our group. Additionally, we may submit materials for distribution to the Regent's Secretary. These last two options are specifically outline in their bylaws. Therefore, at this time we will use these rules to access the Regents at the November meeting at UCLA. The UCLA GSA will focus on fee increases and UCD GSA will focus on the GSHIP vote. As more information is available, I will post it here. In the meantime, we are still working on obtaining our own not UCSA-affiliated student whiteliner access to the Regents for the future.

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Marrah — 2009-11-05 16:37:35

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	+ == November 2009 == + Malaika and I will attend the NAGPS National Conference at the University of Nebraska Lincoln November 14-18th. I will provide a detailed report when I return. I have been working with ASUCD (University Affairs; Jeremia our Lobby Assistant also sit on this committee) and UCLA GSA to obtain whiteliner privileges to the UC Regents. Through all of their work they have gotten the run around and no real answer on how to obtain this access for our groups. We are continually referred to UCSA as we think UCOP may interpret our request as asking to be one of UCSA's 4 designated student whiteliners, which isn't the case. I've done some additional research that I've passed on to ASUCD UA and UCLA GSA. It seems that there have been other groups that have obtained whiteliner privileges. Jeremia has put out an email to find out how they obtained this access. Additionally, as a group of three we can pool time for public comment at the Regents meeting to receive 7 minutes for our group. Additionally, we may submit materials for distribution to the Regent's Secretary. These last two options are specifically outline in their bylaws. Therefore, at this time we will use these rules to access the Regents at the November meeting at UCLA. The UCLA GSA will focus on fee increases and UCD GSA will focus on the GSHIP vote. As more information is available, I will post it here. In the meantime, we are still working on obtaining our own not UCSA-affiliated student whiteliner access to the Regents for the future. +
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- The commission formulated its workplan for the year. We will focus on renter's issues, student "friendly" businesses/discount programs, sustainability, student-police relations and campus-city entertainment partnerships.	+ The commission formulated its work plan for the year. We will focus on renter's issues, student "friendly" businesses/discount programs, sustainability, student-police relations and campus-city entertainment partnerships.

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Marrah — 2009-11-05 09:16:17

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	+ === November 2009 === + The commission formulated its workplan for the year. We will focus on renter's issues, student "friendly" businesses/discount programs, sustainability, student-police relations and campus-city entertainment partnerships. +

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Marrah — 2009-11-04 11:18:34

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	+ ==== GSHIP Literature from UCSA ==== + [[File(GSHIP Factsheet_draft.pdf)]] + [[File(GSHIP Newspaper Article.pdf)]] I sent a copy of this to the Aggie 11/4/09; asking for publication on this issue + [[File(GSHIP_Postcard_to_the_Regents.pdf)]] Please feel free to have students fill these out and return them to the GSA office, we will collect these and send them to UCOP on your behalf +

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Marrah — 2009-11-04 11:17:23

Upload of file GSHIP_Postcard_to_the_Regents.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-11-04 11:15:19

Upload of file GSHIP Newspaper Article.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-11-04 11:11:19

Upload of file GSHIP Factsheet_draft.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-11-04 11:07:39

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- * Next meeting scheduled 10-27-09	+ * Next meeting scheduled 10-27-09; I was out of town for this meeting but will update this section once I receive minutes from the meeting
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- * First meeting scheduled 10-22-09	+ * First meeting scheduled 10-22-09; I was out of town for this meeting but will update this section once I receive minutes from the meeting
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	+ === October 19, 2009 === + Dean Timm met with the system-wide work group, this information is confidential at this time but at the meeting they reviewed all of the campuses' scores of the plans given to us. + + === October 22, 2009 === + UCSA asked for more student representation on the system-wide GSHIP workgroup. I sent an email indicating that if meetings were held at UCOP, the students on the Davis GSHIP work group could attend and I would facilitate transportation. + + === November 3, 2009 === + I was granted access to the conference call, as part of the system-wide workgroup, to discuss the financial aspects of the plan. At this time, I cannot report any information as this is still confidential. However, this information is to be presented to the University Office of the President as a potential Regent's item to mandate system-wide graduate student coverage (at this time, only undergraduates have this mandate and graduate student mandates are campus by campus) and potentially vote on creating a system-wide plan. +

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Marrah — 2009-10-19 08:11:21

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- From my two terms as serving as an executive officer for the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, I feel that this group is in need of some reorganization. I think the current officer structure can been streamlined and the origanization made more efficient. I have offered some constitutional amendments with corresponding author Brent Laabs (former NAGPS officer and professional at legalease) to be proposed at the NAGPS National Membership meeting in November. For more information please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/2009NAGPS NAGPS Constitutional Amendments]	+ From my two terms as serving as an executive officer for the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, I feel that this group is in need of some reorganization. I think the current officer structure can been streamlined and the organization made more efficient. I have offered some constitutional amendments with corresponding author Brent Laabs (former NAGPS officer and professional at legalese) to be proposed at the NAGPS National Membership meeting in November. For more information please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/2009NAGPS NAGPS Constitutional Amendments]
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- * [http://lieberman.senate.gov/ Senator Joe Leiberman] (UCD)	+ * [http://lieberman.senate.gov/ Senator Joe Lieberman] (UCD)
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- The Student Health Center is shifting to an "Open Access" model for appointments. For more information on what this means to you and your standard of care please see [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/services/appointments.html Appointments]. With the UC-wide directive to meeting staffing furloughs Cowell has been operating on decreased staff plan which will hinder their plans to move to this open access model and their ideas of optimal service in new health center building. The current furlough model consistently has understaffed primary care physicians and often students have been deferred to the urgent care clinic for non-urgent issues. The health center would like to move to a reduced hour schedule where there are more primary care physicians during a shorter work day, to help meet the open access model. A proposal for new student health center hours of operation would close the health center at 6:00 PM daily (instead of 7:30 PM) and elminate Sunday Urgent Care as well as meet the current furlough hours required by Cowell. The proposal will keep the health center fully staffed during business hours rather than causing employees to take furlough time during normal business hours. The health fee oversight committee approved this recommendation for the 2009-2010 academic year.	+ The Student Health Center is shifting to an "Open Access" model for appointments. For more information on what this means to you and your standard of care please see [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/services/appointments.html Appointments]. With the UC-wide directive to meeting staffing furloughs Cowell has been operating on decreased staff plan which will hinder their plans to move to this open access model and their ideas of optimal service in new health center building. The current furlough model consistently has understaffed primary care physicians and often students have been deferred to the urgent care clinic for non-urgent issues. The health center would like to move to a reduced hour schedule where there are more primary care physicians during a shorter work day, to help meet the open access model. A proposal for new student health center hours of operation would close the health center at 6:00 PM daily (instead of 7:30 PM) and eliminate Sunday Urgent Care as well as meet the current furlough hours required by Cowell. The proposal will keep the health center fully staffed during business hours rather than causing employees to take furlough time during normal business hours. The health fee oversight committee approved this recommendation for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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- Graduate Studies Associate Dean Lenora Timm is the contact our campus who has been working with the administrators from other campuses and UCOP on the system-wide GSHIP proposal. They have been working together for since last academic year on what to include in a system-wide plan. Timm has put a strong emphasis on dependent health care as an option for the plan. Very recent data from the retention survey projects about 30% of our students have one more more dependant. In the "insurance world" once you hit 1000 the cost of service on a group plan goes down therefore it could be feasible that between all of the campuses there is at least 5000 students with dependents; although it is likely the number is larger. The system-wide group sent out a RFP and these will be presented to the committee within the next few days. Timm has requested we start a committee to specifically review the bids and determine if any will meet the needs of our campus. I've been in contact with the administrative coordinator for the current UCD SHIP committee to obtain the names of the graduate and professional students currently serving on that committee. I've also been in contact with student leaders from the vet and law schools; so once these meetings start, all those covered on our current SHIP plan who would move to the new GSHIP plan (if approved) will be represented in the meeting.	+ Graduate Studies Associate Dean Lenora Timm is the contact our campus who has been working with the administrators from other campuses and UCOP on the system-wide GSHIP proposal. They have been working together for since last academic year on what to include in a system-wide plan. Timm has put a strong emphasis on dependent health care as an option for the plan. Very recent data from the retention survey projects about 30% of our students have one more dependant. In the "insurance world" once you hit 1000 the cost of service on a group plan goes down therefore it could be feasible that between all of the campuses there is at least 5000 students with dependents; although it is likely the number is larger. The system-wide group sent out a RFP and these will be presented to the committee within the next few days. Timm has requested we start a committee to specifically review the bids and determine if any will meet the needs of our campus. I've been in contact with the administrative coordinator for the current UCD SHIP committee to obtain the names of the graduate and professional students currently serving on that committee. I've also been in contact with student leaders from the vet and law schools; so once these meetings start, all those covered on our current SHIP plan who would move to the new GSHIP plan (if approved) will be represented in the meeting.

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Marrah — 2009-10-11 19:43:39

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- Working with the NAGPS Constitutional Committee to draft a compromise document between the Secretary, Ombudsman and NERC proposals.	+ Please see some of my committee reports for work I have done this month. Working with the NAGPS Constitutional Committee to draft a compromise document between the Secretary, Ombudsman and NERC proposals.

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Marrah — 2009-10-11 19:41:49

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- The [http://www.cef.org/ Committee for Education Funding] hosted a legislative conference and gala dinner on September 30, 2009. Several distinguished guests received awards, including Rep. Patrick Kennedy who received a lifetime award on behalf of his father (photo above). Notes from the meeting I attended will be posted later.	+ The [http://www.cef.org/ Committee for Education Funding] hosted a legislative conference and gala dinner on September 30, 2009. Several distinguished guests received awards, including Rep. Patrick Kennedy who received a lifetime award on behalf of his father (photo above). Notes from the meeting: [[File(Committee for Education Funding 2009 Legislative Conference.doc)]] please remember these are not to be viewed as official documents but my notes from attending the meeting.
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- Will update soon.	+ Working with the NAGPS Constitutional Committee to draft a compromise document between the Secretary, Ombudsman and NERC proposals.

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Marrah — 2009-10-11 19:40:31

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Marrah — 2009-10-07 21:16:22

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- The [http://www.cef.org/ Committee for Education Funding] hosted a legislative conference and gala dinner on September 30, 2009. Notes from the meeting I attended will be posted later.	+ The [http://www.cef.org/ Committee for Education Funding] hosted a legislative conference and gala dinner on September 30, 2009. Several distinguished guests received awards, including Rep. Patrick Kennedy who received a lifetime award on behalf of his father (photo above). Notes from the meeting I attended will be posted later.

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Marrah — 2009-10-07 21:04:50

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	+ + [[Image(CEF with Patrick Kennedy.jpg, thumbnail, left , 300, "Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI, right) with GSA External Chair Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins. Rep. Kennedy received an award on behalf of his father, the late Ted Kennedy at the Committee for Education Funding Legislative Conference September 30, 2009")]]

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Marrah — 2009-10-07 21:03:47

Upload of image CEF with Patrick Kennedy.jpg.

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 15:23:00

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- * Rep. Linda Sanchez (UCD) - * Senator Charles Schumer (UCD) - * Rep. Tom McClintock (UCD) - * Rep. Mike Thompson (UCD) - * Rep. Doris Matsui (UCD) - * Rep. Lois Capps (UCD) - * Rep. Ellen Tauscher-resigned (UCD) - * Rep. Wally Herger (UCD)	+ * [http://lindasanchez.house.gov/ Rep. Linda Sanchez] (UCD) + * [http://schumer.senate.gov/ Senator Charles Schumer] (UCD) + * [http://mcclintock.house.gov/ Rep. Tom McClintock] (UCD) + * [http://mikethompson.house.gov/ Rep. Mike Thompson] (UCD) + * [http://www.matsui.house.gov/ Rep. Doris Matsui] (UCD) + * [http://capps.house.gov/ Rep. Lois Capps] (UCD) + * [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/vacancies_pr.html?pr=district&vid=26 Rep. Ellen Tauscher-resigned] (UCD) + * [http://herger.house.gov/ Rep. Wally Herger] (UCD)

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 15:19:24

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 15:16:27

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- * Rep. George Miller's committee staff in education and labor (UCD) - * Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Stanford) - * Rep. Anna Eshoo (Stanford) - * Rep. Duncan Hunter (UCD) - * Senator Barbara Boxer (UCD)	+ * [http://edlabor.house.gov/ Rep. George Miller's committee staff in Education and Labor] (UCD) + * [http://www.lofgren.house.gov/ Rep. Zoe Lofgren] (Stanford) + * [http://eshoo.house.gov/ Rep. Anna Eshoo] (Stanford) + * [http://hunter.house.gov/ Rep. Duncan Hunter] (UCD) + * [http://boxer.senate.gov/ Senator Barbara Boxer] (UCD)

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 15:09:20

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	+ + === October 2009 === + + This will be a joint commission/city council meeting, to primarily discuss rental issues in the city of Davis.
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	+ === September 30, 2009 === + A webinar was hosted to train each campuses' workgroups on how to score the GSHIP bids. + + === October 5, 2009 === + Met with the UCD workgroup to discuss our progress on scoring, decided we all need to do our individual scoring this week. We will meet this week to compare our scoring and decide which proposal we'd like to send as our campus recommendation. +

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 15:04:45

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	+ * Rep. Buck McKeon (UCD) + * Rep. Howard Berman (UCD) + * Rep. Elton Gallegly (UCD) + * Rep. Dan Lungren (UCD) + * Rep. Linda Sanchez (UCD) + * Senator Charles Schumer (UCD) + * Rep. Tom McClintock (UCD) + * Rep. Mike Thompson (UCD) + * Rep. Doris Matsui (UCD) + * Rep. Lois Capps (UCD) + * Rep. Ellen Tauscher-resigned (UCD) + * Rep. Wally Herger (UCD)

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Marrah — 2009-10-06 14:59:57

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	+ ==== Legislative Conference and Gala ==== + The [http://www.cef.org/ Committee for Education Funding] hosted a legislative conference and gala dinner on September 30, 2009. Notes from the meeting I attended will be posted later. + + ==== Legislative Appointments October 1-2 ==== + GSA Vice-Chair Karinna Hurley, myself and two representatives from Stanford made over 20 visits in two days. + + * Rep. George Miller's committee staff in education and labor (UCD) + * Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Stanford) + * Rep. Anna Eshoo (Stanford) + * Rep. Duncan Hunter (UCD) + * Senator Barbara Boxer (UCD) + * Senator Diane Feinstein (UCD/Stanford)

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:26:25

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:26:05

Upload of file Student Loan Reform White Paper.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:25:36

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:25:12

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:24:33

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:24:19

Upload of file H1B Visa Reform White Paper.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:23:51

Upload of file H1B Visa Reform.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:23:17

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	+ * [[File(Graduate Student Tax Exemption.pdf)]] and [[File(Graduate Student Tax Exemption White Paper.pdf)]]

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:22:57

Upload of file Graduate Student Tax Exemption White Paper.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:22:23

Upload of file Graduate Student Tax Exemption.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:21:51

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:21:20

Upload of file Federal Research Public Access Act White Paper.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:20:50

Upload of file Federal Research Public Access Act.pdf.

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Marrah — 2009-09-26 20:19:48

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	+ + Met with NAGPS Legislative Concerns Chair, James Hodgson, and several students from the Stanford Graduate Student Council to prepare the white papers for our legislative appointments in Washington, DC with California House and Senate representatives. Additionally, MIT students provided some background research on some of the key issues for graduate students at the national level. I've posted the documents below: + +

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Marrah — 2009-09-18 12:11:14

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Marrah — 2009-09-18 12:08:58

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Marrah — 2009-09-18 12:08:13

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 13:41:59

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	+ + From my two terms as serving as an executive officer for the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, I feel that this group is in need of some reorganization. I think the current officer structure can been streamlined and the origanization made more efficient. I have offered some constitutional amendments with corresponding author Brent Laabs (former NAGPS officer and professional at legalease) to be proposed at the NAGPS National Membership meeting in November. For more information please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/2009NAGPS NAGPS Constitutional Amendments]

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 13:38:40

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- == [http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/ Student Affairs Budget Advisory Group] ==	+ == Student Affairs Budget Advisory Group == + + [http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/ Student Affairs Budget Advisory Group]
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- == [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/pdf/hfoc08-information.pdf Health Fee Oversight] ==	+ == Health Fee Oversight Committee == + + [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/pdf/hfoc08-information.pdf Health Fee Oversight]
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- == [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/pdf/ship08-cmte-purpose.pdf Student Health Insurance] ==	+ == Student Health Insurance Committee == + + [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/pdf/ship08-cmte-purpose.pdf Student Health Insurance]
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- == [http://cityofdavis.org/meetings/agenda.cfm?c=3 City-UCD Student Liaison Commission] ==	+ == City-UCD Student Liaison Commission == + + [http://cityofdavis.org/meetings/agenda.cfm?c=3 City-UCD Student Liaison Commission]
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- == [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSHIP GSHIP Campaign] ==	+ == GSHIP Campaign == + + [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSHIP GSHIP Campaign]

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 13:31:59

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- I recently found out that the request for bids will go out for the system-wide GSHIP campaign through updates from the Graduate-Professional Student Committee at UCSA. With this, I felt that the GSA should get more involved in this process, as bids start to come in, we should be able to look at the proposals and bids. We want to make sure that the new plan, if adopted by the Regents/UCOP will at minimum meet our current plans' coverage and preferably enhance it (particularly with dependent health care). I have scheduled a meeting with those individuals in administration who have been working on this campaign during system-wide meetings. More information coming soon.	+ I recently found out that the request for bids will go out for the system-wide GSHIP campaign through updates from the Graduate-Professional Student Committee at UCSA. With this, I felt that the GSA should get more involved in this process, as bids start to come in, we should be able to look at the proposals and bids. We want to make sure that the new plan, if adopted by the Regents/UCOP will at minimum meet our current plans' coverage and preferably enhance it (particularly with dependent health care). I have scheduled a meeting with those individuals in administration who have been working on this campaign during system-wide meetings. + + === September 14, 2009 === + + Graduate Studies Associate Dean Lenora Timm is the contact our campus who has been working with the administrators from other campuses and UCOP on the system-wide GSHIP proposal. They have been working together for since last academic year on what to include in a system-wide plan. Timm has put a strong emphasis on dependent health care as an option for the plan. Very recent data from the retention survey projects about 30% of our students have one more more dependant. In the "insurance world" once you hit 1000 the cost of service on a group plan goes down therefore it could be feasible that between all of the campuses there is at least 5000 students with dependents; although it is likely the number is larger. The system-wide group sent out a RFP and these will be presented to the committee within the next few days. Timm has requested we start a committee to specifically review the bids and determine if any will meet the needs of our campus. I've been in contact with the administrative coordinator for the current UCD SHIP committee to obtain the names of the graduate and professional students currently serving on that committee. I've also been in contact with student leaders from the vet and law schools; so once these meetings start, all those covered on our current SHIP plan who would move to the new GSHIP plan (if approved) will be represented in the meeting.

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 13:19:21

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- == [http://www.ucsa.org/involved/GSHIPCampaign.php GSHIP Campaign] ==	+ == [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSHIP GSHIP Campaign] == + + I have been trying to keep our campus in the loop about the [http://www.ucsa.org/involved/GSHIPCampaign.php UCSA GSHIP Campaign] since last academic year. +

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 13:13:10

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- I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee.	+ I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee. I did find out however that the new [http://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/schedules/2009-2010/H-line.pdf UNITRANS H-Line] provides free service to and from Silo/Health Sciences district.

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Marrah — 2009-09-17 12:53:28

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- * First meeting scheduled 9/15/09	+ === September 15, 2009 === + + The Student Health Center is shifting to an "Open Access" model for appointments. For more information on what this means to you and your standard of care please see [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/services/appointments.html Appointments]. With the UC-wide directive to meeting staffing furloughs Cowell has been operating on decreased staff plan which will hinder their plans to move to this open access model and their ideas of optimal service in new health center building. The current furlough model consistently has understaffed primary care physicians and often students have been deferred to the urgent care clinic for non-urgent issues. The health center would like to move to a reduced hour schedule where there are more primary care physicians during a shorter work day, to help meet the open access model. A proposal for new student health center hours of operation would close the health center at 6:00 PM daily (instead of 7:30 PM) and elminate Sunday Urgent Care as well as meet the current furlough hours required by Cowell. The proposal will keep the health center fully staffed during business hours rather than causing employees to take furlough time during normal business hours. The health fee oversight committee approved this recommendation for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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Marrah — 2009-09-11 11:47:50

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- The GSA has hired a new Legislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant]. I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee.	+ The GSA has hired a new Legislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant].
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	+ I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee. + + GSA Chair, Malaika Singleton and I met with ASUCD President [http://daviswiki.org/Joe_Chatham Joe Chatham], ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich], and the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_University_Affairs_Office ASUCD University Affairs Office] to determine what areas we can partner on in the next academic year. Malaika and Joe plan to participate in the UC AS/GSA President's Council. We will try to partner on lobbying efforts, particularly on local issues at the capitol. We will also try to get access to the regents and UCOP through white lining privileges as we are not represented solely for not being members of UCSA. Graduate students are welcome to participate in [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Lobby_Corps Lobby Corps]. ASUCD may also ask the GSA to align with them on resolutions to support or not support bills going through the capitol. Finally, we will all work together to maintain transparency on campus. GSA and ASUCD reps will have regular meetings.
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- Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already existing page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon. GSA Chair, Malaika Singleton and I met with ASUCD President [http://daviswiki.org/Joe_Chatham Joe Chatham], ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich], and the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_University_Affairs_Office ASUCD University Affairs Office] to determine what areas we can partner on in the next academic year. Malaika and Joe plan to participate in the UC AS/GSA President's Council. We will try to partner on lobbying efforts, particularly on local issues at the capitol. We will also try to get access to the regents and UCOP through white lining privileges as we are not represented solely for not being members of UCSA. Graduate students are welcome to participate in [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Lobby_Corps Lobby Corps]. ASUCD may also ask the GSA to align with them on resolutions to support or not support bills going through the capitol. Finally, we will all work together to maintain transparency on campus. GSA and ASUCD reps will have regular meetings. -	+ Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already existing page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon.

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Marrah — 2009-09-11 11:46:55

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- Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already existing page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon.	+ Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already existing page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon. GSA Chair, Malaika Singleton and I met with ASUCD President [http://daviswiki.org/Joe_Chatham Joe Chatham], ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich], and the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_University_Affairs_Office ASUCD University Affairs Office] to determine what areas we can partner on in the next academic year. Malaika and Joe plan to participate in the UC AS/GSA President's Council. We will try to partner on lobbying efforts, particularly on local issues at the capitol. We will also try to get access to the regents and UCOP through white lining privileges as we are not represented solely for not being members of UCSA. Graduate students are welcome to participate in [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Lobby_Corps Lobby Corps]. ASUCD may also ask the GSA to align with them on resolutions to support or not support bills going through the capitol. Finally, we will all work together to maintain transparency on campus. GSA and ASUCD reps will have regular meetings. +
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- After considering other obligations may not allow me to chair the commission, I offered to serve as vice-chair and current ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich] will chair this year's commission. Next month our commission will have a joint meeting with City Council to focus on the commission's work in rental issues. The Renter's Subcommittee has recommended we move forward on several action items; development of a renters educational information guide, post the 2009 renters survey online for review of locals' concerns can continue to monitor renters' issues by doing the survey on a annual basis at ASUCD housing day. One of the more current projects is the Davis Neighbor's Night Out. The City of Davis would like to encourage you to host a party for the upcoming Davis Night Out on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Each host will receive a complementary $25 gift certificate to Davis Co-Op to purchase goods to host your party. Additionally the campus Safe Party Initiative is giving prizes for simply attending a party and larger prices for hosting a party! For more information please see [http://safeparty.ucdavis.edu Safe Party] or [http://cityofdavis.org/neighbors/ City of Davis]. Here is an article with more information [http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/September-2009/Davis-Keeps-the-Peace-With-Neighbors-Night-Out/ DNNO]. -	+ After considering other obligations may not allow me to chair the commission, I offered to serve as vice-chair and current ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich] will chair this year's commission. Next month our commission will have a joint meeting with City Council to focus on the commission's work in rental issues. The Renter's Subcommittee has recommended we move forward on several action items; development of a renters educational information guide, post the 2009 renter’s survey online for review of locals' concerns can continue to monitor renters' issues by doing the survey on a annual basis at ASUCD housing day. One of the more current projects is the Davis Neighbor's Night Out. The City of Davis would like to encourage you to host a party for the upcoming Davis Night Out on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Each host will receive a complementary $25 gift certificate to Davis Co-Op to purchase goods to host your party. Additionally the campus Safe Party Initiative is giving prizes for simply attending a party and larger prices for hosting a party! For more information please see [http://safeparty.ucdavis.edu Safe Party] or [http://cityofdavis.org/neighbors/ City of Davis]. Here is an article with more information [http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/September-2009/Davis-Keeps-the-Peace-With-Neighbors-Night-Out/ DNNO].

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Marrah — 2009-09-11 11:29:56

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- [http://www.ucsa.org/about/conferences.php UCSA Congress] will be held at UC Santa Cruz August 6-9, 2009. ["GSA Chair"] Malaika Singleton will attend our our behalf. The registration this year covers room and board, so the expense of sending a representative was worth the cost of allowing is to make connections with the other UC GSA's. Stephanie will be leaving Davis at the end of August; we are looking for a new lobby assistant. If you know any one who is interested, please let me know. I've launched the registration for the [http://www.nagps.org/events/annual-conference NAGPS National Conference] and registration is $125 per student. I've also generated a Facebook event for Legislative Action Days and the NAGPS National Conference. Please join the [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5103728345 NAGPS Facebook] if you would like more information.	+ [http://www.ucsa.org/about/conferences.php UCSA Congress] will be held at UC Santa Cruz August 6-9, 2009. ["GSA Chair"] Malaika Singleton will attend our behalf. The registration this year covers room and board, so the expense of sending a representative was worth the cost of allowing is to make connections with the other UC GSA's. Stephanie will be leaving Davis at the end of August; we are looking for a new lobby assistant. If you know any one who is interested, please let me know. I've launched the registration for the [http://www.nagps.org/events/annual-conference NAGPS National Conference] and registration is $125 per student. I've also generated a Facebook event for Legislative Action Days and the NAGPS National Conference. Please join the [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5103728345 NAGPS Facebook] if you would like more information.
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- The EC selected a candidate for IGS Coordinator, we will present this candidate for approval by the general assembly in October. Legislative Assistant interviews are also occuring this month.	+ The EC selected a candidate for IGS Coordinator, we will present this candidate for approval by the general assembly in October. Legislative Assistant interviews are also occurring this month.
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- The GSA has hired a new Lesgislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant]. I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee.	+ The GSA has hired a new Legislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant]. I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee.
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- Group started last academic year to deal with the cuts Student Affairs would receive in addition to cuts from 2007-2008 that were made perminant for their annual budget. Comprised of student affairs adminstration and leaders from groups on campus funded by the student affairs budget.	+ Group started last academic year to deal with the cuts Student Affairs would receive in addition to cuts from 2007-2008 that were made permanent for their annual budget. Comprised of student affairs administration and leaders from groups on campus funded by the student affairs budget.
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- Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already exisiting page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon.	+ Met to give a status update on last year's discussions as well as provide an orientation for new members to the group. Student affairs has received notification of an additional budget reduction above the amounts we discuss during last academic year while they were budget planning. Additionally, there is an estimated larger cut for the 2010-2011 year and we will get more information about this soon. Some of this budget information will be provided on our already existing page, [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Student_Affairs_Budget Student Affairs Budget], which I will update soon.
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- After considering other obligations may not allow me to chair the commission, I offered to serve as vice-chair and current ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich] will chair this year's commission. Next month our commission will have a joint meeting with City Council to focus on the commission's work in rental issues. The Renter's Subcommittee has recommended we move forward on several action items; development of a renters educationa information guide, post the 2009 renters survey online for review of locals' concerns can continue to monitor renters' issues by doing the survey on a annual basis at ASUCD housing day. One of the more current projects is the Davis Neighbor's Night Out. The City of Davis would like to encourage you to host a party for the upcoming Davis Night Out on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Each host will receive a complementary $25 gift certificate to Davis Co-Op to purchase goods to host your party. Additionally the campus Safe Party Initiative is giving prizes for simply attending a party and larger prices for hosting a party! For more information please see [http://safeparty.ucdavis.edu Safe Party] or [http://cityofdavis.org/neighbors/ City of Davis]. Here is an article with more information [http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/September-2009/Davis-Keeps-the-Peace-With-Neighbors-Night-Out/ DNNO].	+ After considering other obligations may not allow me to chair the commission, I offered to serve as vice-chair and current ASUCD Vice President [http://daviswiki.org/Chris_Dietrich Chris Dietrich] will chair this year's commission. Next month our commission will have a joint meeting with City Council to focus on the commission's work in rental issues. The Renter's Subcommittee has recommended we move forward on several action items; development of a renters educational information guide, post the 2009 renters survey online for review of locals' concerns can continue to monitor renters' issues by doing the survey on a annual basis at ASUCD housing day. One of the more current projects is the Davis Neighbor's Night Out. The City of Davis would like to encourage you to host a party for the upcoming Davis Night Out on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Each host will receive a complementary $25 gift certificate to Davis Co-Op to purchase goods to host your party. Additionally the campus Safe Party Initiative is giving prizes for simply attending a party and larger prices for hosting a party! For more information please see [http://safeparty.ucdavis.edu Safe Party] or [http://cityofdavis.org/neighbors/ City of Davis]. Here is an article with more information [http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/September-2009/Davis-Keeps-the-Peace-With-Neighbors-Night-Out/ DNNO].
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	+ I recently found out that the request for bids will go out for the system-wide GSHIP campaign through updates from the Graduate-Professional Student Committee at UCSA. With this, I felt that the GSA should get more involved in this process, as bids start to come in, we should be able to look at the proposals and bids. We want to make sure that the new plan, if adopted by the Regents/UCOP will at minimum meet our current plans' coverage and preferably enhance it (particularly with dependent health care). I have scheduled a meeting with those individuals in administration who have been working on this campaign during system-wide meetings. More information coming soon.

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Marrah — 2009-09-11 11:04:01

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- The GSA has hired a new Lesgislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant].	+ The GSA has hired a new Lesgislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant]. I have been working with [http://daviswiki.org/Will_Klein Will Klein] this summer who serves on the [http://daviswiki.org/ASUCD_Environmental_Policy_and_Planning_Commission ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission] to see if there is a feasible to get UNITRANS access to for graduate students on a fee basis. The motivation for this work is my sub-project in sustainability. I am trying to get students out of their cars and onto other modes of transportation. Many students, including myself, are commuter students who use their cars to drive around town and campus we do not have the "unlimited" ride access as undergraduate students. We met with a group of students and UNITRANS employees to discuss this issue. At the moment, we are going to try to use the TAPS fall survey to determine the ridership by graduate students and if they would be able to use the service if they were assessed a quarterly fee.
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Marrah — 2009-09-11 10:56:53

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- The GSA has hired a new Lesgislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant	+ The GSA has hired a new Lesgislative Assistant/Scheduler to help assist with our ongoing legislative efforts on behalf of graduate and professional students on campus. Please welcome [http://daviswiki.org/Jeremia_Kimelman Jeremia Kimelman] if you see him around the GSA office. Please see [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Lobby_Assistant GSA Legislative Assistant].

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- [http://www.ucsa.org/about/conferences.php UCSA Congress] will be held at UC Santa Cruz August 6-9, 2009. ["GSA Chair"] Malaika Singleton will attend our our behalf. The registration this year covers room and board, so the expense of sending a representative was worth the cost of allowing is to make connections with the other UC GSA's. Stephanie will be leaving Davis at the end of August; we are looking for a new lobby assistant. If you know any one who is interested, please let me know. I've launched the registration for the [http://www.nagps.org/events/annual-conference NAGPS National Conference] and registration is $125 per student. I've also generated a Facebook event for Legislative Action Days and the NAGPS National Conference. Please join the [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5103728345 NAGPS Facebook] if you would like more information. Finally, I have finally found a new lawyer for our GSA. We are at the beginning of contract negotiations at this time.	+ [http://www.ucsa.org/about/conferences.php UCSA Congress] will be held at UC Santa Cruz August 6-9, 2009. ["GSA Chair"] Malaika Singleton will attend our our behalf. The registration this year covers room and board, so the expense of sending a representative was worth the cost of allowing is to make connections with the other UC GSA's. Stephanie will be leaving Davis at the end of August; we are looking for a new lobby assistant. If you know any one who is interested, please let me know. I've launched the registration for the [http://www.nagps.org/events/annual-conference NAGPS National Conference] and registration is $125 per student. I've also generated a Facebook event for Legislative Action Days and the NAGPS National Conference. Please join the [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5103728345 NAGPS Facebook] if you would like more information. + + The EC selected a candidate for IGS Coordinator, we will present this candidate for approval by the general assembly in October. Legislative Assistant interviews are also occuring this month. + + Finally, I have finally found a new lawyer for our GSA. We are at the beginning of contract negotiations at this time.

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- = MAY 19, 2009 BALLOT MEASURES = - [[TableofContents(right)]]Election Results - - Propositions - \|\|'''No'''\|\|1A "Rainy Day" Budget Stabilization Fund\|\| - \|\|'''No'''\|\|1B Education Funding. Payment Plan.\|\| - \|\|'''No'''\|\|1C Lottery Modernization Act\|\| - \|\|'''No'''\|\|1D Children's Services Funding\|\| - \|\|'''No'''\|\|1E Mental Health Funding\|\| - \|\|'''Yes'''\|\|1F Elected Officials Salaries\|\| - - = GSHIP TESTIMONIALS = - - I have been working on enhancing our health care for the past year. One of my specific focuses has been dependent health care. This work has been featured in the Aggie paper on [http://www.theaggie.org/article/2183 December 5, 2008] and most recently on [http://www.theaggie.org/article/4077 June 2, 2009] with the GSHIP testimonial campaigns. - - A representative from UCSA will be on campus May 2th to record video GSHIP testimonials for the campaign for sytem-wide insurance for graduate students to reduce the cost of the plan and add benefits (such as dependent care). If you are interested in filming your own testimonial what you can do is set up something on an individual laptop and we can upload it onto a website like this one, http://vimeo.com/channels/theedit. - - If you decide to do this, please contact Filiberto Nolasco Gomez @ UCSB GSA filiberto@umail.ucsb.edu for additional information. - - Some guidelines for filiming [[file(GSHIP VIDEO GUIDLINES.pdf)]]. You can also complete a written testimonial at [http://www.ucsa.org/involved/GSHIPCampaign.php GSHIP Testimonial]. Please email me if you have any additional questions about this process. - - CONTACT ME AT [[MailTo(gsaexternalchair AT ucdavis DOT edu)]] - - [[Image(UCD Longworth.jpg, thumbnail, 400, "Your UC Davis Lobbying Team! From NAGPS Legislative Action Days September 2008 Washington, D.C. Brent Laabs, James Hodgson and Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins")]] - - [[Image(Marrah at CA capitol.JPG, thumbnail, 400, "Marrah in the California State Capitol during UC Day March 2009")]] - - [[comments]] - - = LOBBY ASSISTANT = - - We've hired Stephanie Guan, 4th year pre-law student (managerial econ major) to fill the position of ["GSA Lobby Assistant" GSA Lobby Assistant]. If you see her around the GSA office, please make sure to say hello! - - = CURRENT NEWS = - - Don't forget to vote & join the GSA Facebook! - http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22379644840 - - Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins, GSA External Chair - Phone: 530-752-5547 - FAX: 530-752-5423 - Email: melachowicz@ucdavis.edu - - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION - University of California, Davis - One Shields Avenue - Davis, CA 95616 - P: 530.752.6108 - F: 530.752.5158 - E: gsa@ucdavis.edu - W: gsa.ucdavis.edu - - - == UC DAVIS GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOICATION EXTERNAL CHAIR 2008-2009 == - - Created to keep the UCD GSA up to date with the External Chair activities for 2008-2009 elect, Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins - - ===June 2008 === - - I went to Arizona State University and met with their external chair to discuss common issues as well as forming a connection through NAGPS. I strongly encouraged them to come to Davis for the NAGPS Western Regional in March 2009. Of the issues we discussed one hot topic was trying to find additional funding resources for travel and research, by asking for local industry & business support. - - === July 2008 === - - We were denied entrance to the 2008 UCSA Student Congress as we are no longer due paying members. We tried to attend as non-voting observers to make connections with current GSA officers on other UC campuses. However, we were told we were not allowed to participate as attending congress is a privilege of due paying members. During these communications, there was not address to our previous grievances or why our entire campus has decided to leave UCSA... simply put, all they did was ask for our dues. - - NAGPS is currently updating the 101 GSA/GSO document, email if you have suggestions for this document. - - === August 2008 === - - I was appointed the interim CIO/Secretary by the NAGPS Board of Directors. Plans are underway to make the most of NAGPS Legislative Action Days in Washington D.C. next month; September 10-12, 2008. - - === September 2008 === - - NAGPS Legislative Action Days was this month. Brent Laabs, James Hodgson and I went to D.C. and lobbied on behalf of UC Davis Graduate students by visiting the offices of your local representatives in the house and senate. We also made visits to the house representatives sitting on the immigration and education committees in order to lobby for a national platform allowing more student visas as well as changes in the government student loan structure (lower interest rates and longer borrowing time to match current time to degree). - - === October 2008 === - - The GSA will supported the efforts of Yolo County to provide early voting on campus. This event was held October 27-31, 2008 in the MU Old Post Office from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily. - - * Early voting was a total success! We had 2210 voters, up from 1440 in the 2004 election! - * Thanks again to all of the graduate student volunteers who assisted in early voting. - * A special thanks to Adam Costanzo, the GSA-COD, for helping me with this event & being the GSA point of contact while I was in Minneapolis! - - James Hodgson and I attended the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students 22nd Annual Conference, 10-28 to 11-2 at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. James Hodgson will be serving as the Legislative Concerns Coordinator thus primarily responsible for our legislative platform and lobbying activities for the next year. I was "officially" elected as NAGPS Secretary/CIO for the 2008-2009 year by the member schools present at the meeting. With that I am a member of the national board of directors and an officer of the executive council. As Davis is a member school, you can access this information to find out what events we participated in during the meeting and learn more about NAGPS. '''''As NAGPS Secretary/CIO I am working on the conference proceedings which will be complete and available at www.nagps.org once I receive all of the other materials from the NAGPS officers'''''. - - Brent and James streamlined the NAGPS Legislative Platform; which is available under ["GSA Advocacy"]. - - As mentioned in July 2008, NAGPS was currently editing the 101 Ways to Build a GSA/GSO/Have a successful organization. The new version came out at the national conference. If you'd like Ideas on how to build your departmental GSA or would like to look for ideas on how we can improve in this pamphlet, please let us know. - - Also at this meeting we finalized the date for the '''["Western Regional" NAGPS Western Regional Conference]''' to be hosted here by the Davis GSA, '''April 2-4 2009'''. I am looking to start a planning committee for this event. Please contact me if you are interested. - - * PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AS AN NAGPS MEMBER SCHOOL, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO UHC INSURANCE. - * THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO CANNOT ENROLL IN SHIP: YOUR DEPENDENTS!!!! - - === November 2008 === - - James and I are working with California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA) to give a presentation at the annual Graduate & Professional Forum sponsored by the CASFAA Graduate & Professional Issues Committee next month, in Anaheim. If given an opportunity to speak, we will focus on the financial aid portion of our national legislative platform as well as address issues specific to California students during our current state-wide budget crisis and cuts to education funding. - - UCSA has a bit on their homepage about how many students were registered to vote. They failed to mention UC Davis and the efforts made here which actually broke student voter registration records, making news. I emailed the office about this a few days ago to remind them that accolades to all UC schools should be placed on their webpage. I don't think that our membership by paying dues is necessary to reflect the wonderful work our undergraduate and graduate students are doing to mobilize awareness about the political effort, primarily as this is good advertisement to bring prospective students to our campus. - - NAGPS adopted the 4th Ed of 101 Ways to Build an Effective Graduate‐Professional Student Organization, [[File(101 Ways.pdf)]] - - ===== Letter from Brent Laabs ===== - - Greetings all, - - A major poll, "Californians & Higher Education", was released today by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan non-profit think tank. It has a whole lot of survey data about how Californians feel about the state of the university system. As this can provide some good data that we can use in our state legislative platforms, I thought I should share this with you as soon as possible. - - As noted in the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert: "Almost three out of every four parents of children ages 18 and younger say that students have to borrow too much money to go to college and that they're very or somewhat worried about being able to afford a college education for their youngest child. " ... "More than four out of five Californians worry that the state budget crisis will lead to significant cuts in funding for higher education. But more than half of those polled are unwilling to pay higher taxes or increase student fees in order to avoid such cuts." - - I'm also noting a few other statistics: - * For each voting bloc - democrat, republican, or independent - the most important issue facing higher ed is rising tuition and fees. - * 78% of all Californians believe that a racially diverse student body is very or somewhat important for public colleges and universities (55% very) - * 82% of all Californians believe that a economically diverse student body is very or somewhat important for public colleges and universities (57% very) - * Over 2/3 of voters believe that college is necessary to be successful, but over 2/3 believe that many do not have the opportunity to attend college. - - So there you have it. The PPIC poll is attached, so you can find all of the numbers there. The original source is: http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=848 - - [[File(PPIC higher Ed.pdf)]] - - I hope this help you all as you assemble talking points for your California campaigns. - - Brent Laabs - Legislative Chair - National Association of Graduate-Professional Students - - === December 2008 === - - Hired new lobby assistant Stephanie Guan, please see her page for updates on what she has been working on. December was a short month on GSA business due to the holiday/winter break. Mostly working on details for the western regional NAGPS conference. We booked rooms in the MU and we are pricing out block rates at local hotels for our out of state guests. - - === January 2009 === - - In charge of our special elections committee to fill our executive vacancy(s). Also working with Stephanie, Lobby Asst, to make appointments for lobbying in DC for NAGPS Legislative Action Days which will be the first week in March. Will be starting registration and call for presentations for the western regional NAGPS conference this month. Looking for a few volunteers to assist me on a conference planning committee. - - === February 2009 === - - Our Lobby Assistant, Stephanie and I have been actively working on planning the Western Regional Conference. I've negotiated a room block and attended the Plan Green Conference on campus to learn about how to plan an eco-friendly event. We have put out a call for proposals through the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students website and Facebook. ["Users/FrancisHsu" Francis Hsu] generated a conference website to streamline the review process of these proposals as well as student registration. We are looking to finalize our conference schedule in March with the hopes that our campus centers will be able to participate as well as R4 to help teach other graduate student leaders about "green campuses." Next month Erica McKenzie and I will attend the NAGPS Legislative Action Days. Stephanie has spent a majority of this month scheduling our visits to our senators as well as key CA representatives in the house that sit on the education, healthcare and immigration committees in order to focus on issues relevant to graduate student issues both in California and nation-wide. - - ==== Stacey and I went to the Plan Green Conference ==== - [[Image(Stacey at Plan Green.jpg, thumbnail, 300, "Stacey with another conference attendee")]] [[Image(Us at Plan Green.jpg, thumbnail, 300, "Here we are being Green!")]][[Image(In Motion.jpg, thumbnail, 300, "We are attending separate sessions to maximize our time and investment")]] - - === March 2009 === - - NAGPS-Western Regional planning is.... well, going. We've had some issues with our budget and the cost of the room at the MU, which have finally been resolved. We have a great schedule coming along with guests from Teach from America, Interfolio and BetterWorldBooks coming to present. We also plan to feature some of our campus centers to address diversity issues on regional campuses. We plan to give a "Plan Green" seminar to pass on the success of our campus to other schools. Finally, we will have a workshop on mentoring. Registration is still open to all graduate students and we are still accepting proposals. - - Erica our GSA Treasurer attended NAGPS-Legislative Action Days March 3-7, 2009. For some key issues we lobbied for on behalf of graduate students, please see [[File(LAD 2009 Lobbying.doc)]] for full details. There were roughly 20 students present from all over the country and we had over 70 appointments with representatives from the House and Senate. I also arranged a meeting on our first day with the Committee for Education Funding to discuss relevant issues for higher education funding and discuss possible partnerships for our move forward on some language for the "time to degree" issue. - - [[Image(Marrah and Erica LAD.JPG, thumbnail, 500)]] - - Team-California scheduled 15 appointments during our 2 lobby days! - (2 reps from UC Davis and 2 reps from Stanford) - CA Senator Barbara Boxer - CA Rep. Ann Eshoo - CA Rep. Jerry Lewis - CA Rep. Dan Lungren - CA Rep. Mary Bono Mack - CA Rep. Zoe Lofgren - CA Senator Diane Feinstein - CA Rep. Mike Honda - CA Rep. Doris Matsui - CA Rep. Joe Baca - CA Rep. Pete Stark - CA Rep. Linda Sanchez - CA Rep. Adam Schiff - CA Rep. Buck McKeon - CA Rep. Howard Berman - - We also had 5 unscheduled cold-call visits! - - Stephanie, Malaika and I attended UC Day March 10, 2009. We had a delegates meeting in the morning to discuss the budget issues relevant to how the UC system is funded by the state government. We were given lobbying packets and set appointments for the day to meet with legislative staffers. This year, the UC's were asked to keep the appointment groups small therefore Stephanie and I were only assigned to two lobby visits. During these visits we were requested to focus on the budget. If you'd like to see any of the materials given to us, please email me or see [http://www.ucday.org/ UC Day Highlights]. We also attended a lunch with a speech given by President Yudof emphasizing the importance of the UC system to the state of California and a dinner with an excellent speech by Chancellor Vanderhoef who was awarded by many local and national legislators for his service to UC Davis. - - [[Image(UC Day 1.jpg, thumbnail, 300)]] - [[Image(Stephanie and I UC Day.JPG, thumbnail, 300, "Stephanie (GSA Lobby Assistant) and Marrah on the steps of the California State Capitol UC Day 2009")]] - [[Image(UC Day 2.jpg, thumbnail, 300)]] - [[Image(UC Day 3.jpg, thumbnail, 300)]] - - === April 2009 === - - The NAGPS WRC went farily smoothly; we had about 25 registrants and 6 western regional schools attend. The presentations were excellent and we've filled all of our regional officer positions for NAGPS. - - We announced the EC elections at the general assembly meeting at the beginning of the month. We hope that many students will run for the executive council for the 2009-2010 year. We have created a campaign website on our wiki to allow students to introduce themselves and discuss what they'd like to do if elected. - - For the month of April I will be looking into our current lawyer contract as well as making contacts on the education and healthcare committees for our state legislators. We need to establish these contacts to start making local lobbying visits regarding graduate-professional students concerns. Stephanie will assist me with this. - - Malaika and Karinna tabled at the Wellness Carnival. There were not many graduate students in attendence. However, we plan to generate a survey on graduate student healthcare on our campus which I hope to share with the Regents to help them facilitate their information quest for the UCSA agenda item of investigating graduate student dependent healthcare. - - The GSA tabled at Picnic Day. Despite being in a high traffic area, we didn't see a lot of graduate students at our table. Next year we have decided to open the GSA office rather than table in the Quad. This way students who have never seen the lounge or GSA offices will have chance to visit. - - [[Image(Picnic Day.jpg, thumbnail, 300)]] - - I will serve as the HFOC rep on a subcommittee generated by student affairs to discuss the current campus budget. There will be two meetings this month and more in May. I will report what I am able (pending confidential issues). We've generated a page for your comments and sent out a survey for your feedback on areas you feel we should try to protect from budget cuts. Additionally, we are holding an informal dialog session to hear your thoughts. - - I was interviewed by a researcher from California Forward. They are trying to determine what issues student advocates are working at the campus and state level, to see if some of these areas are mirrored by the goals of this group. If you would like more information about this group please see [[File(California Forward.pdf)]]. - - I have heard that our campus submitted the most testimonials and surveys to UCSA regarding the issue of dependent health care. Rumor has it that they may be in contact with me regarding coming to campus for testimonial interviews (video). Please email me if you are interested in sharing your testimonial. - - === May 2009 === - - I was the MC for the afternoon talks at the 14th IGS. It was an awesome event but I think the rain kept some people home. If you would like to see photos from the event, please email me so I can share the Kodak Gallery album with you. - - I was invited to speak to the Graduate Student Association at UCLA to discuss their decision to leave UCSA as well as forming potential lobbying partnerships. They would also like to hear about the benefits of being an NAGPS member school. A report will come soon. - - I was at the [[File(UCSA meeting.doc)]] at UC Merced on May 9th. A proposal for ratification of the charter was presented, [[File(UCSA Charter Edits.pdf)]] and voted on at this meeting. The executive council has drafted a letter in support of these changes [[File(UCSA Charter Letter of Support.doc)]]. However, during the meeting these changes were submitted to the bylaws rather than the UCSA charter. The justification for this action was the UCSA board can immediately approve bylaws changes but a charter change requires approval of 2/3 of the UCSA member schools; within two months of the vote from the board. As it is at the end of the academic year, they felt that it would be difficult to get this 2/3 approval. UCSD GSA has indicated they still intend to make some formal changes acknowledging the needs of graduate students next year. I made a statement at the meeting that the changes submitted in the bylaws are a step in the right direction; but as the bylaws can be suspended (as they were this year) to prevent a graduate action item this isn't good enough to ensure the voice of UC graduate students is heard and made a priority of UCSA. A report of the meeting is here [[File(UCSA Merced May 2009.doc)]]. I am also on a fact finding mission to determine more about how much it cost to be a member, why we would want to be a member (again) to keep a record of the information provided to me directly from UCSA rather than our previous word of mouth records. I find that it will be important to have this information available for future GSA reps and executive council officers. - - Malaika and I sat on the Mentoring in the Sciences panel for Cynthia's GSADC project. It was a small crowd but we heard some concerns from students in the sciences. - * Should you have a personal relationship with your mentor? - * What types of mentoring should you expect for a masters program? - * When is the appropriate time to leave a bad situation/not a good mentoring match? - * Other types of mentors besides PI/Major Professor? - * Lack of peer mentoring in the sciences - - Malaika, Erica, Stacey and I went to the TGFS picnic. It was nice to see so many staff enjoying themselves. Photos coming soon! - - I will be chairing a subcommittee on Sustainability for the City-UCD Commission. Right now I've set up a google groups site to start brainstorming for the next year's commission. I will likely create a wiki page on our site once we get stuff going. - - I received an email from the ASUCD External Affairs Commission reminding me of our ex officio spot on the commission. I responded that this was the first I've heard about it and would have certainly been involved this previous academic year, if I was notified. Meetings will be weekly on Tuesdays and I hope that the External Chair, or some appointed graduate student on behalf of the GSA will be actively involved in the commission next academic year. - - UCSA was on campus at the GSA office recording testimonial from graduate students in Davis on May 27th. See the GSHIP testimonials section of this page for more information. - - === June 2009 === - - I will be running the GSA elections at the June assembly meeting. I am also working on our lawyer contract. Finally, the state committees on education and health care will be meeting in June and July to discuss the budget issues in these areas. I will try to make some meetings in the next month, to see where the budget is going and how it will continue to impact higher education and health care in our state. - - I've been contacted by the ASUCD University Affairs Director about meeting to discuss ways we can consolidate our lobbying efforts in the next academic year. I explained that we've attempted to do so by sending Stephanie, our lobby assitant, to LobbyCorps meeting with not much sucess. However, this seems like a new avenue to investigate and a great potential partnership. Stephanie and I will try to meet with her some time this month, update to come later. - - == City-UCD Student Liaison Commission == - - To see the function of this commission and for full meeting minutes and agendas, please see [http://cityofdavis.org/meetings/agenda.cfm?c=3 City - UCD Student Liaison Commission - Agendas and Minutes] - - === October 2008 === - - Quorum was not reached, no meeting - - === November 2008 === - - * 2008 Davis Neighbors Night Out: survey results available, contact me if you are interested - * Voting on campus: early voting was very successful, with 2200+ voters in 5 days up from 1135 in 2004 for the early voting event. Due to the overwhelming response more graduate students came to volunteer on Friday (13 total) to meet the voting demands. Also, the MU generously made arrangements to move the voting stations from the old post office to the east conference room so they could have a total of 16 booths on Election Day (9 were available for early voting). Yolo County would like to continue this relationship but will only hold large elections on campus. - * City verse Campus voting issues: there are 28-32 ballot types for early voting for Yolo County, it would be hard to accommodate all of these at more than one location thus MU was a good location. The problem with Election Day is that only one precinct can vote on campus (primarily students who live on campus) and many students were confused about their Election Day voting station. - * Renters Sub-Committee Update: developing a survey to determine the primary issues affecting voters; last survey primarily had demographics from undergraduate/1st year students. Need to expand the data to other student renters; offered to get the survey information to graduate students when it was available - * Citywide Safety Walk: report issues of safety (lighting, potholes, etc) to the city any time you see them. Plan on skipping the week of safety in exchange to promote continual reporting (stickers? flyers?--in the works) - * West Village Project: hoping to get the annexation agreement finalized soon, planning on spring 2009 groundbreaking - * SPAC registered groups can get a 25% reduced rate for booking community facilities for their events (Vets Memorial, city maintained parks/greenbelts, Community Chambers, Senior Center) contact the city for more information - * Voter Registration: very successful campus drive, on the last day 10/20 300 additional people registered in the last hour! - - === December 2008 === - - '''Police/Student Relations''' – UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza gave a briefing of crime activity on campus for the period of January 1 – October 31, 2008: - - - \|\|<rowspan="9" width="50">\|\|Crime/Arrest\|\|#\|\|notes\|\| - \|\|Aggravated assaults\|\|3\|\| - \|\|Battery\|\|16\|\| - \|\|Theft\|\|488\|\|(<$400/mostly bikes)\|\| - \|\|Grand Theft (>$400)\|\|111\|\| - \|\|Burglary\|\|153\|\| - \|\|Larceny\|\|8\|\| - \|\|Sexual Assaults\|\|3\|\| - \|\|Arson-1 - - * UC Davis PD recently caught a bike thief, this person was responsible for a large amount of campus bike theft and hopefully it will be reduced. - * UC Davis has developed an active shooter program. They are currently presenting the program to UCDC in Washington D.C. Other campuses are requesting the program be presented to them as well. If you would like to learn how to implement this program into your building on campus, please contact them. - * Chief Spicuzza stated UCDPD has a citizen’s academy. It is 9 weeks at 2hrs a week. Students receive 2 credits for completion. - * Chief Spicuzza is developing a program to focus on the dangers of driving while fatigued. The program will be given to parents and students. - - '''Captain Darren Pytel, Davis Police Department gave a briefing of crime activity in the city for the period of October 2-December 2, 2008:''' - - \|\|<rowspan="10" width="50">\|\|Crime/Arrest\|\|#\|\|notes\|\| - \|\|Party complaints\|\|202\|\| (music complaints totaled 150+. Overall noise complaints are down from last year)\|\| - \|\|Vehicle Burglary\|\|80\|\| (if trend continues-stat’s will be up)\|\| - \|\|Fights\|\|79\|\| - \|\|Drunk in Public\|\|54\|\| - \|\|DUI arrests\|\|45\|\| - \|\|Auto Theft\|\|26\|\| - \|\|Robbery\|\|6\|\| - \|\|Sexual Assaults\|\|4\|\| - \|\|Assault w/Deadly Weapon\|\|2\|\| - - === January 2009 === - - ''Lighting/Safety Issues'' – Bob Weir, Davis Public Works Director, summarized the Dark Sky Ordinance. He stated Julie Partansky was the driving force behind the Ordinance. It applies to commercial and city facility lighting. The original objective was to aid Astronomers and Observatories in viewing the night sky. In addition, it reduces light glare. It does not dim the lights, it focuses the light down to illuminate the ground and not other objects. The Ordinance governs light pollution and not the number of lights. The Ordinance went into effect in 1998 and the following year the City started retrofitting city facilities. City Hall was the first to be retrofitted. The Howard Reese bike path and Putah Creek bike path have also been retrofitted. The Public Works Department budgeted $25,000 per year for retrofitting, funded with Construction Tax revenue. However, due to budget issues, the funding was discontinued last year. - === Februrary 2009 === - - ''Carbon Footprint Reduction'' – Mitch Sears and Kim Vincent, City Sustainability, and Sid England, UC Davis Sustainability. - - Mitch Sears detailed the City’s Sustainability program. The program was built on decades of sustainability related programs including alternative transportation programs, land use - smart growth principles, energy conservation, renewable energy production – PVUSA, agricultural mitigation, Farmers Market, and Co-Operative Housing. The program takes advantage of existing programs and builds towards a balance between ecology, economy and social equity. The local strategy includes, climate change, reducing emissions the City can directly affect (City operations), developing a long-range GHG emissions reduction plan for the community, including adaptation strategies, engaging the community and University, and initiating a community dialog on sustainability. - - The Davis Experiment was implemented 30 years ago. It set principles on living in Davis including energy use, building codes, solar houses, solar dryers, swimming pools, fences and hedges, working in the home, streets, recycling, shade trees, bicycles, and buses. Many communities are just starting on initiatives the City of Davis implemented 30 years ago. The City is in the midst of a low carbon diet challenge which includes 100 families in Davis. - - Sid England, stated UC Davis is focusing on: - - Green buildings-New projects will exceed Title 24 standards by 20% and all UC buildings will be LEED 2.1 Certified. Building renovations will include sustainable measures. - Clean energy standards-UC campuses are striving to achieve 20% of grid-provided electricity purchases from renewable sources by 2010. - Climate protection practices-reduce greenhouse gasses by 2014 to 2000 levels and by 2020 to 1990 levels. - Sustainable transportation practices-increase percentage of low or zero-emission vehicles in campus fleet by 50% in 2009-10. - Sustainable operations-waste diversion goals 50% by 6/30/08 and 75% by 6/30/12. - Environmentally preferred purchasing practices. - - UC Davis is implementing a new Department of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability. This Department will have a policy level advisory group to the Chancellor. S. England stated there are 2,400 labs on campus and there is a fume hood in every lab. A fume hood uses energy equal to 3 single family homes. UC Davis is working on educating students and staff on how they can save energy on campus. The West Village project will only allow students or UC Davis employees. Only renters or people outside of Davis will be allowed to purchase a home. Residents will not be allowed to buy a parking permit on campus. - - UC Davis is working on educating students when they transition out of student housing into private housing. All incoming students receive a canvas bag for convenience shopping, a reusable beverage container, a brochure on sustainability and how to apply the principles when the leave campus housing. S. England sees a disconnect when students move off campus. They may follow a vegan diet while on campus and then they move into an apartment with roommates and do not know how to cook vegan meals. He asked if the Commission thought students would be interested in a sustainable cooking class. The Commission thought it would be a good idea, also to include how to buy local organic produce and easy recipes. M. Johnston stated that Sodexho does cooking classes in the residence halls. Student Health also provides an eat well series. M. Sundstrom stated students would be more likely to take a class if they got a unit for it. The Commission also suggested a class on sustainability. S. Lee stated a low carbon diet for students in student housing would be beneficial. - - ''Safe Party Initiative Grants Results'' –C. Valencia and M. Johnston, UC Davis Student Health, provided the following results: - - The Safer California Universities Project included 14 CSU & UC campuses. It evaluated the efficacy of a “risk management” approach to alcohol problem prevention and reducing intoxication and related harm. - - The Universities included: - - ''Intervention Sites'' - - * CSU Chico - * Sacramento State - * CSU Long Beach - * UC Berkeley - * UC Davis - * UC Riverside - * UC Santa Cruz - - ''Comparison Sites'' - - * Cal Poly SLO - * San Jose State - * CSU Fullerton - * UC Irvine - * UC Los Angeles - * UC San Diego - * UC Santa Barbara - - UC Davis intervention strategies for off-campus parties include a Social Host Safe Party Campaign, Joint Patrols and DUI Check Points, increased visibility of enforcement (media), good neighbor activities such as Davis Neighbors’ Night Out and educational and promotional materials. - - ''Overall Project Outcomes'' - - * Approx. 6,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at off-campus parties in fall quarter - * Approx. 4,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at bars/restaurants in fall quarter - - * The percentage of students who stated they consumed alcohol in the past 30 days has dropped since 2003. - 2003 - 62.4% - 2005 - 58.8% - 2007 - 55.3% - - The grant has ended. However, Student Health is continuing the program and looking for a new grant or other funding mechanism. - - === March 2009 === - - Quorum was not reached, no meeting - - === April 2009 === - - Meeting focused on local parking issues. Sgt. Ton Phan, Traffic Enforcement, and Sheri Kolb, Parking Enforcement Officer (Davis Police Department) provided information on parking in Davis. S. Kolb stated the parking enforcement vehicles are now outfitted with a camera that takes several pictures of license plates per second and recognizes up to 7 characters on the plate. As the Officer returns to an area, and new pictures are taken, if the same license plates come up the Officer is notified. They confirm the vehicle and plate and issue a citation. - - * Police Department provided some general information on towing downtown. S. Kolb stated Davis Waste Removal cleans streets downtown two times a week. The streets are posted as tow areas during the street cleaning period. However, in general, cars will not be towed unless they are blocking a driveway. They will receive a $35 citation. - * Information on visitor permits downtown: S. Kolb stated most areas downtown are covered by timed zones and require a permit to park on-street. If visitors need to park longer, there is a pay lot at E Street Plaza. The E Street Plaza lot is $0.25 per 15 minutes with a 4-hour limit. This limit may be extended to 8 hours. S. Kolb stated the biggest problem with the lots is using the pay kiosks. Many times, parking enforcement stops by to educate and help out with the kiosks. The kiosks accept credit/debit cards and cash, but do not issue change. - * On campus you receive a warning before a citation. What is the City’s policy? S. Kolb stated the sign postings are the warnings, no other warnings are given. - * Common parking problems? S. Kolb stated that parking around the campus is all permit parking, as the majority is in a residential area. Areas have different times and permit requirements. Some students believe that the UC Davis parking permit works in the city limits. It does not. Sgt. Phan stated there are many issues related to bicycles. The biggest problem with bicyclists are running stop signs downtown, riding on the wrong side of the road, no light at night and no helmet on under 18 riders. Bicycle citations are between $100-200. C. Valencia asked about biking under the influence (BUI). Sgt. Phan stated that the Police Department issues 1-2 BUI’s a month. The citation cost for a BUI is $250. It does not go on your driving record. Sgt. Phan stated abandoned bicycles are confiscated on a complaint only basis. There is a 24-hour warning, and then the bike is taken to the Police Department. - - === May 2009 === - - Oeste Manor Neighborhood Association (OMNA) came to the meeting to address rental housing issues. They submitted an Oeste Manor Neighborhood Association Proposal: “Rental Housing Safety Ordinance” (attached). The proposal requires the City to maintain a database of residential rental property information, make the information available to the public, hold landlords financially accountable for their property, and require landlords to have a City business license. OMNA is proposing the City charge a fee to register in the database and issue a fee for complaints issued on the property for noise, zoning or health violations. - - Mitch Sears and Kim Vincent (City of Davis) suggested three areas that students can focus on to improve sustainability efforts: - - 1. Transportation-biking or carpooling outside of Davis to campus - - 2. Waste & consumption – recycling, end of year large furniture items - - 3. Energy – sustainability rating for apartments - - ==== Sustainability Sub-Committee ==== - - I volunteered to head a subcommittee for the next year's commission to address some of these issues to see what areas students can partner with the local community in sustainability efforts. I started a Google-Group as an electronic forum to brainstorm and bring back to the commission. I will also meet with some groups on campus and in the city over the summer to compile a list of current sustainability efforts in Davis. - - == COMMITTEES == - - I am serving my first year on the SHIP committee and second year on the HFOC committee. To see the purpose and function of these two committee in charge of our health care costs/plans please see [http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/about/committees.html Health Center Committees] - - === SHIP === - [[File(SHIP bylaws.doc)]] - * November 2008 meeting: Chuck Auchterlonie presented a summary of the Request for Proposal for the Medical and Dental Insurance Programs. He provided a background of the student health plan and explained that SHIP is funded by premiums paid by students. In addition, Saylor & Hill Co. has provided analytical and other insurance consulting services to Student Health Services and was asked to conduct a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) process for SHIP medical & dental plan. Medical – Aetna Student Health, Anthem Blue Cross, United Healthcare Student Resources (UHC) were the only three vendors that responded to the RFP. The reason being that student health insurance is a specialized niche market. Most insurers do not have the information systems or account management personnel to successfully manage student health insurance accounts. The committee was given the vendor responses. A motion was made and approved by all voting members that the current arrangement with Anthem BC is competitive in terms of price and service. Given the cost, student communication required, and uncertainty involved with changing medical vendors – there is no compelling reason to make a change from Anthem BC. Dental – Aetna, Anthem BC, Delta Dental, MetLife, UHC responded to the RFP. The members were given the responses from the vendors. Based upon the bids, MetLife provided the most competitive total premium cost, however MetLife’s network of dentists in the Davis area required further evaluation. A decision regarding Dental vendors will be made in the next meeting. The committee requested more information like the provider network from Anthem BC and MetLife. Saylor & Hill will be requested to further review the MetLife total premium cost bid and review the MetLife network providers as compared to Delta Dental. - - * December 2008 and January 2009 meetings: discussed our potential bids for health insurance and dental. We voted on staying with our current healthcare provider, Anthem, as it was the most fiscally reasonable option. We reviewed other dental plans in detail; although Delta Dental is slightly more expensive, we determined that it was best to stay with this provider as they have a proven history and more local providers in the Davis area than our other options. Right now, we will finalize our health care package within the next 1-2 meetings. We are to review potential additions (change in chiropractic care and transgender benefits) as well as some potential cuts/changes which may reduce the cost of our premiums. Please contact me if you have any areas of the health care plan you'd like the committee to evaluate - - * February 2009 meeting: SHIP Renewal 2009-10: Chuck Auchterlonie presented the projected SHIP Renewal Premium Rates for 2009-10 academic year. Medical claims experience for undergraduate students in 2008 increased significantly over the prior year in both number of claims and dollar amount of claims. This resulted in a projected 21.5% increase in the premium rate for 2009-2010 for undergraduate students. Graduate students experienced a modest increase in total claim dollars from the prior year and are projected to have a 5.1% premium increase for 2009-10. The projected annual premium rate renewal without any changes to the current benefits would be $1,949 for Graduate students and $1,043 for Undergraduate students. The following medical benefit additions were discussed by the committee to determine whether or not they should be added for the 2009-2010 academic year. Chiropractic from a $100 maximum to 10 visits @ 80%-50%, Transgender benefits up to $25,000 per year (a new benefit), Addition of academic or educational testing (previously excluded). Discussion centered on the need for possible medical benefit additions versus the cost of these benefits. Both chiropractic and transgender benefits were discussed in detail. Academic testing which was previously excluded can be included as a benefit at no additional premium cost. The committee unanimously voted to approve the addition of all three benefit changes for the 2009-2010 academic year. The committee requested that the transgender benefit description be clearly documented in student communication materials to avoid any confusion about how this benefit will be accessed and claims paid. - - * March 2009 Meeting: As the insurance plans are pretty much finalized for the next academic year, this was a business meeting to discuss proposed waiver guideline changes and a review of SHIP Bylaws to see if they needed modification. Some language changes were suggested. I have agreed to serve on this committee again next year. - - - === HFOC === - * January 2009 meeting: mainly debriefed new members of what the committee does & past actions. We will have another meeting in March to review the Health Fee(s) and determine what is necessary in order to maintain service integrity in our current budget crisis. - * June 2009 meeting: this was the final meeting of the year; we went over the 2008-2009 Cowell budget, which was close to the projected budget for the fiscal year. Despite some mid-year budget cuts, Cowell was able to meet their expected reserves amount to raise what they feel should be sufficient funds to buy equipment for the new facility (which was not built into budget for the CEI for the new health center). Projected move-in may be a month sooner than projected, possibly starting in March 2010. The 2009-2010 budget was presented and some general assumption were made about potential budget cuts based on proposals sent to Cowell before the May 19th election. However, these cuts may change in the next few months thus requiring a revision to the Cowell budget. This is a new concept for Cowell, as they are typically very close to their projected budget annually and may have difficulties in the next few years adjusting to continual budget cuts. Last year the HFOC committee suggested possibly charging students for "no show" appointments as a deterrent; as some students could be denied appointments filled by "no-shows." As the new e-Health-Messaging is being used to give reminders to students about their appointments via email a day before the appointment, "no shows" have decreased to less than 5%, better than last year. Therefore, there is no real reason to implement the "no show" fee in order to recover revenue. In light of the current budget crisis, however, we may need to investigate cost-saving plans or ways to generate more income for Cowell next academic year. I have agreed to continue serving on this committee next year. - - === Student Affairs Ad-Hoc Committee === - - Erica McKenzie [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Treasurer GSA Treasurer], Cynthia Degnan [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC] and I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. We've had several meetings in the past two months and more updates will come soon. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC. - - * Concerned about the UCD budget? Get the latest UC Davis budget information on [http://budgetnews.ucdavis.edu Budget News]. If you are interested in the general University of California System Budget, please see the following document [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/budgetmyths.pdf UC Budget Myths and Facts] - * May budget revise causes another mid-year crisis for UC funding for more information [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/21173 UC May Review] and for information on how the state schools are affected see [http://www.calstate.edu/pa/News/2009/may-revise.shtml CalState May Review]	+ #redirect 2008-2009 GSA External Chair

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	+ I've been contacted by the ASUCD University Affairs Director about meeting to discuss ways we can consolidate our lobbying efforts in the next academic year. I explained that we've attempted to do so by sending Stephanie, our lobby assitant, to LobbyCorps meeting with not much sucess. However, this seems like a new avenue to investigate and a great potential partnership. Stephanie and I will try to meet with her some time this month, update to come later. +

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- Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC] abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.	+ Erica McKenzie [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/GSA_Treasurer GSA Treasurer], Cynthia Degnan [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC] and I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. We've had several meetings in the past two months and more updates will come soon. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.

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- Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan (http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC) abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.	+ Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan [http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC] abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.

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- Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan (GSADC) abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.	+ Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan (http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/Grad_Assistant_to_the_Dean_and_Chancellor GSADC) abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC.

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	+ + Erica McKenzie (GSA Treasurer), Cynthia Degnan (GSADC) abd I are currently serving on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the student affairs budget for 2009-2010. We've created this page '''["Student Affairs Budget"]''' for you to leave your comments. Please see Erica's page for more details as she has provided some detailed information in this area as she also serves on SFAAC. + + * Concerned about the UCD budget? Get the latest UC Davis budget information on [http://budgetnews.ucdavis.edu Budget News]. If you are interested in the general University of California System Budget, please see the following document [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/budgetmyths.pdf UC Budget Myths and Facts] + * May budget revise causes another mid-year crisis for UC funding for more information [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/21173 UC May Review] and for information on how the state schools are affected see [http://www.calstate.edu/pa/News/2009/may-revise.shtml CalState May Review]

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	+ UCSA was on campus at the GSA office recording testimonial from graduate students in Davis on May 27th. See the GSHIP testimonials section of this page for more information. + + === June 2009 === + + I will be running the GSA elections at the June assembly meeting. I am also working on our lawyer contract. Finally, the state committees on education and health care will be meeting in June and July to discuss the budget issues in these areas. I will try to make some meetings in the next month, to see where the budget is going and how it will continue to impact higher education and health care in our state. +

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Marrah — 2009-06-02 21:12:10

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- * March 2009 Meeting: As the insurance plans are pretty much finalized for the next academic year, this was a business meeting to discuss proposed waiver guideline changes and a review of SHIP Bylaws to see if they needed modification. Some language changes were suggested.	+ * March 2009 Meeting: As the insurance plans are pretty much finalized for the next academic year, this was a business meeting to discuss proposed waiver guideline changes and a review of SHIP Bylaws to see if they needed modification. Some language changes were suggested. I have agreed to serve on this committee again next year.
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	+ * June 2009 meeting: this was the final meeting of the year; we went over the 2008-2009 Cowell budget, which was close to the projected budget for the fiscal year. Despite some mid-year budget cuts, Cowell was able to meet their expected reserves amount to raise what they feel should be sufficient funds to buy equipment for the new facility (which was not built into budget for the CEI for the new health center). Projected move-in may be a month sooner than projected, possibly starting in March 2010. The 2009-2010 budget was presented and some general assumption were made about potential budget cuts based on proposals sent to Cowell before the May 19th election. However, these cuts may change in the next few months thus requiring a revision to the Cowell budget. This is a new concept for Cowell, as they are typically very close to their projected budget annually and may have difficulties in the next few years adjusting to continual budget cuts. Last year the HFOC committee suggested possibly charging students for "no show" appointments as a deterrent; as some students could be denied appointments filled by "no-shows." As the new e-Health-Messaging is being used to give reminders to students about their appointments via email a day before the appointment, "no shows" have decreased to less than 5%, better than last year. Therefore, there is no real reason to implement the "no show" fee in order to recover revenue. In light of the current budget crisis, however, we may need to investigate cost-saving plans or ways to generate more income for Cowell next academic year. I have agreed to continue serving on this committee next year.

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	+ === May 2009 === + + Oeste Manor Neighborhood Association (OMNA) came to the meeting to address rental housing issues. They submitted an Oeste Manor Neighborhood Association Proposal: “Rental Housing Safety Ordinance” (attached). The proposal requires the City to maintain a database of residential rental property information, make the information available to the public, hold landlords financially accountable for their property, and require landlords to have a City business license. OMNA is proposing the City charge a fee to register in the database and issue a fee for complaints issued on the property for noise, zoning or health violations. + + Mitch Sears and Kim Vincent (City of Davis) suggested three areas that students can focus on to improve sustainability efforts: + + 1. Transportation-biking or carpooling outside of Davis to campus + + 2. Waste & consumption – recycling, end of year large furniture items + + 3. Energy – sustainability rating for apartments + + I volunteered to head a subcommittee for the next year's commission to address some of these issues to see what areas students can partner with the local community in sustainability efforts. I started a Google-Group as an electronic forum to brainstorm and bring back to the commission. I will also meet with some groups on campus and in the city over the summer to compile a list of current sustainability efforts in Davis.

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	+ + I have been working on enhancing our health care for the past year. One of my specific focuses has been dependent health care. This work has been featured in the Aggie paper on [http://www.theaggie.org/article/2183 December 5, 2008] and most recently on [http://www.theaggie.org/article/4077 June 2, 2009] with the GSHIP testimonial campaigns.

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- N 1A "Rainy Day" Budget Stabilization Fund - N 1B Education Funding. Payment Plan. - N 1C Lottery Modernization Act - N 1D Children's Services Funding - N 1E Mental Health Funding - Y 1F Elected Officials Salaries	+ \|\|'''No'''\|\|1A "Rainy Day" Budget Stabilization Fund\|\| + \|\|'''No'''\|\|1B Education Funding. Payment Plan.\|\| + \|\|'''No'''\|\|1C Lottery Modernization Act\|\| + \|\|'''No'''\|\|1D Children's Services Funding\|\| + \|\|'''No'''\|\|1E Mental Health Funding\|\| + \|\|'''Yes'''\|\|1F Elected Officials Salaries\|\|
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- NAGPS adopted the 4th Ed of 101 Ways to Build an Effective Graduate‐ Professional Student Organization, [[File(101 Ways.pdf)]]	+ NAGPS adopted the 4th Ed of 101 Ways to Build an Effective Graduate‐Professional Student Organization, [[File(101 Ways.pdf)]]
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- Our Lobby Assistant, Stephanie and I have been actively working on planning the Western Regional Conference. I've negotiated a room block and attended the Plan Green Conference on campus to learn about how to plan an eco-friendly event. We have put out a call for proposals through the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students website and facebook. Francis Hsu generated a conference website to streamline the review process of these proposals as well as student registration. We are looking to finalize our conference schedule in March with the hopes that our campus centers will be able to participate as well as R4 to help teach other graduate student leaders about "green campuses." Next month Erica McKenzie and I will attend the NAGPS Legislative Action Days. Stephanie has spent a majority of this month scheduling our visits to our senators as well as key CA representatives in the house that sit on the education, healthcare and immigration committees in order to focus on issues relevant to graduate student issues both in California and nation-wide.	+ Our Lobby Assistant, Stephanie and I have been actively working on planning the Western Regional Conference. I've negotiated a room block and attended the Plan Green Conference on campus to learn about how to plan an eco-friendly event. We have put out a call for proposals through the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students website and Facebook. ["Users/FrancisHsu" Francis Hsu] generated a conference website to streamline the review process of these proposals as well as student registration. We are looking to finalize our conference schedule in March with the hopes that our campus centers will be able to participate as well as R4 to help teach other graduate student leaders about "green campuses." Next month Erica McKenzie and I will attend the NAGPS Legislative Action Days. Stephanie has spent a majority of this month scheduling our visits to our senators as well as key CA representatives in the house that sit on the education, healthcare and immigration committees in order to focus on issues relevant to graduate student issues both in California and nation-wide.
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- Aggravated assaults-3 - - Battery-16 - - Theft-488 (<$400/mostly bikes) - - Grand Theft (>$400)-111 - - Burglary-153 - - Larceny-8 - - Sexual Assaults-3 - - Arson-1	+ + \|\|<rowspan="9" width="50">\|\|Crime/Arrest\|\|#\|\|notes\|\| + \|\|Aggravated assaults\|\|3\|\| + \|\|Battery\|\|16\|\| + \|\|Theft\|\|488\|\|(<$400/mostly bikes)\|\| + \|\|Grand Theft (>$400)\|\|111\|\| + \|\|Burglary\|\|153\|\| + \|\|Larceny\|\|8\|\| + \|\|Sexual Assaults\|\|3\|\| + \|\|Arson-1
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- Party complaints-202 (music complaints totaled 150+. Overall noise complaints are down from last year) - - Vehicle Burglary-80 (if trend continues-stat’s will be up) - - Fights-79 - - Drunk in Public-54 - - DUI arrests-45 - - Auto Theft-26 - - Robbery-6 - - Sexual Assaults-4 - - Assault w/Deadly Weapon-2	+ \|\|<rowspan="10" width="50">\|\|Crime/Arrest\|\|#\|\|notes\|\| + \|\|Party complaints\|\|202\|\| (music complaints totaled 150+. Overall noise complaints are down from last year)\|\| + \|\|Vehicle Burglary\|\|80\|\| (if trend continues-stat’s will be up)\|\| + \|\|Fights\|\|79\|\| + \|\|Drunk in Public\|\|54\|\| + \|\|DUI arrests\|\|45\|\| + \|\|Auto Theft\|\|26\|\| + \|\|Robbery\|\|6\|\| + \|\|Sexual Assaults\|\|4\|\| + \|\|Assault w/Deadly Weapon\|\|2\|\|
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- The University’s included: - - Intervention Sites - - CSU Chico - Sacramento State - CSU Long Beach - UC Berkeley - UC Davis - UC Riverside - UC Santa Cruz - - Comparison Sites - - Cal Poly SLO - San Jose State - CSU Fullerton - UC Irvine - UC Los Angeles - UC San Diego - UC Santa Barbara	+ The Universities included: + + ''Intervention Sites'' + + * CSU Chico + * Sacramento State + * CSU Long Beach + * UC Berkeley + * UC Davis + * UC Riverside + * UC Santa Cruz + + ''Comparison Sites'' + + * Cal Poly SLO + * San Jose State + * CSU Fullerton + * UC Irvine + * UC Los Angeles + * UC San Diego + * UC Santa Barbara
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- Overall Project Outcomes - - Approx. 6,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at off-campus parties in fall quarter - - Approx. 4,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at bars/restaurants in fall quarter - - The percentage of students who stated they consumed alcohol in the past 30 days has dropped since 2003. - 2003 - 62.4% - 2005 - 58.8% - 2007 - 55.3%	+ ''Overall Project Outcomes'' + + * Approx. 6,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at off-campus parties in fall quarter + * Approx. 4,000 fewer incidents of intoxication per university at bars/restaurants in fall quarter + + * The percentage of students who stated they consumed alcohol in the past 30 days has dropped since 2003. + 2003 - 62.4% + 2005 - 58.8% + 2007 - 55.3%

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- Malaika, Erica, Stacey and I want to the TGFS picnic. Photos coming soon!	+ Malaika, Erica, Stacey and I went to the TGFS picnic. It was nice to see so many staff enjoying themselves. Photos coming soon! + + I will be chairing a subcommittee on Sustainability for the City-UCD Commission. Right now I've set up a google groups site to start brainstorming for the next year's commission. I will likely create a wiki page on our site once we get stuff going. + + I received an email from the ASUCD External Affairs Commission reminding me of our ex officio spot on the commission. I responded that this was the first I've heard about it and would have certainly been involved this previous academic year, if I was notified. Meetings will be weekly on Tuesdays and I hope that the External Chair, or some appointed graduate student on behalf of the GSA will be actively involved in the commission next academic year.

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- Some guidelines for filiming [[file(GSHIP VIDEO GUIDLINES.pdf)]]. You can also complete a written testimonial at [http://www.ucsa.org/involved/GSHIPCampaign.php GSHIP Testimonial ] Please email me if you have any additional questions about this process.	+ Some guidelines for filiming [[file(GSHIP VIDEO GUIDLINES.pdf)]]. You can also complete a written testimonial at [http://www.ucsa.org/involved/GSHIPCampaign.php GSHIP Testimonial]. Please email me if you have any additional questions about this process.

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- * Senator Diane Feinstein (UCD/Stanford) - * Rep. Buck McKeon (UCD) - * Rep. Howard Berman (UCD) - * Rep. Elton Gallegly (UCD) - * Rep. Dan Lungren (UCD)	+ * [http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/ Senator Diane Feinstein] (UCD/Stanford) + * [http://mckeon.house.gov/ Rep. Buck McKeon] (UCD) + * [http://www.house.gov/berman/ Rep. Howard Berman] (UCD) + * [http://www.house.gov/gallegly/ Rep. Elton Gallegly] (UCD) + * [http://lungren.house.gov/ Rep. Dan Lungren] (UCD)
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