Minutes 9/16/08

Absent: Rudy Herrera Marmol, Chloe Mirzayi

7:03 - Meeting called to order

• Roll Call and Approval of Minutes
  

MPIRG Taskforce

• State-wide student organization: non-partisan voter recruitment activities
• No Youth Vote Left Behind: MPIRG along with 2 other non-profit orgs formed this coalition
• Goals of MPIRG: General Registration, Voter Education, Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
• State goal of registering 10,000 people to vote: already half way there
• They would like to establish a partnership with MCSG, particularly as it relates to communication efforts
• Movement to get President Rosenberg to sign the Presidential Commitment to Civic Engagement
  
• Emphasized that there are ways for individuals too young to vote and international students to get involved in election activities: such as tabling at events, becoming dorm captains, etc.
• MPIRG will be available to have a presence at campus-wide events
  

FAC

• Motion to approve current FAC members passed

SSC

• Art History Club approved

AAC

• Discussed the need to locate and explore channels on campus through which students are unable to acquire funding.
• EPAG Update (Terence Steinberg and Stephanie Ewbank): EPAG (Educational Policy and Governance) constitutes a board of department chairs, faculty and staff members, and two student representatives, who meet weekly to discuss and evaluate Macalester's educational policies. It was noted that a large proportion of the topics discussed at EPAG are in line with the vision of the AAC. Also, Terence and Stephanie are making an effort to make the LB and the rest of the student body aware of important EPAG topics and to further involve them in the decision-making process.

ERC

• The lollipop initiative is being successfully completed
• There will be future updates on publicity endeavors

PB

• Collaborating with Vera Sidlova on a human rights festival
• Collaborating with Bodacious on Halloween week dance
  
• Will be selling subsidized tickets to the November 17th Atmosphere Concert
• Showing the Exorcist movie during Halloween week
  
• Need people to sign up to help out with Surround Sound (battle of the bands)

Presidential Commission

• Obtained the contact information of MCSG members

Meeting adjourned at 8:08