Thanks to everyone who attended our second meeting.  We had excellent turnout.

The minutes have been posted on the ctools site. Please check them out and ask me if you have any questions.

Please email your ideas for the faculty panel by Monday, Oct. 20th.

-Your president &c.

Thank you to everyone who attended our first 2008-2009 academic year meeting.

It looks like we’ve got a great year ahead of us.  Particularly exciting are the prospects of a GLaM sponsored Halloween gathering after our October 31st Colloquium, as well as regular brown bag lunches for graduate students.

If there are any questions or further comments about the meeting or about GLaM this year, please let me know.

See you at the next meeting.

-Eric

Next GLaM meeting will be this Thursday, Nov 15 at 4 pm (location TBA – probably Catford?). Hooray, November GLaM meeting!

Also, GEO is having its second mass membership meeting this Thursday, Nov 15, at 7 pm in Angell Hall Auditorium C. This meeting is important because:
a) Members will be voting on a final bargaining platform (see Lauren if you want to look at the latest draft), and discuss said platform. This will drive the union’s contract negotiation efforts this year.
b) Members will elect a lead negotiator and bargaining team. These are the people who will represent the union in the bargaining process with the university.
c) There is a Bargaining Kickoff Party afterwards, at the new GEO headquarters: 330 E. Liberty St., Suite 3F (the CEW building). Free beer and t-shirts will be abundant.
d) All of the above.

[Note that our department still doesn't have a Steward. It would be helpful if we did. Hint. Hint.]

Our second meeting of the year is this Thursday, Oct 11^th at 4:00pm. I will send various annoying reminders and reserve a room for our meeting as well. If there’s anything you would like to discuss, please let me know and I will include it in the agenda for our meeting.

There will be food. Remember GEO representatives are coming to this meeting.

Also, I’d like at least one of the members of each committee to attend. The list of committee assignments is pasted right here:

Exec Committee: Susan
Grad Committee: Eric, Damon
Undergrad: Chris O
Admissions: Anthony, Terry
Colloquium: Miki, Xinting, Joseph (Kevin, Lauren co-chairing)
Social: Miyeon, Yu-fen, David, Jonathon, Lisa
Web: Li, Kevin
Newsletter: Brook
Rackham Forum: Gerardo

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, complaints. Thanks!!!

Gerardo