Meeting minutes 3/9/09

Announcements:

• internship panel
• planning another professional development workshop
• Coleen Condon from alumni situation—utilizing online resources provided by UMass to find jobs and internships
• working on CPPA alumni mentoring program with Satu—create a structure with set expectations; creating a database
• Start of intramural soccer: Monday March 30; aiming for Monday and Wednesday games

T-shirt design contest

• sending out email reminder

Constitutional amendment specifying officer election procedures

• term limits
• getting PAGC involved in orientation, important to promote it to newcomers
• will be advertised on website
• change to amendment: students who are planning to graduate the semester following the fall election are ineligible to run for office
  
• passed by unanimous vote

Carrie: diversity committee

• used to be one, would like to have one again
• plans to hold a brainstorming session the week after spring break
• background: existed for a 2 or 3 years previous to this one; worked for diversity/social justice education, student diversity
• concern about appearing confrontational
• faculty has been receptive in the past
• scheduling meeting for Tuesday the 24th from 1-1:20 in dungeon conference room

Motion to table Committee items until later in the week

• 4pm thursday in Mainzer

Oxana: Tapestry Health

• financing issues: might have to close half of their sites
• want us to help with lobbying effort--draw attention to problem
• waiting for response
• Megan will coordinate w/Oxana to meet with Tapestry staff member; Megan has some contacts w/Planned Parenthood

Wrap up: Thanks to Puja, Carrie and Oxana for presenting!