Excused Absence: Rudy Herrera Marmol
7:10 - Meeting called to order
- Roll Call and Approval of Minutes
- The new approach to the alcohol policy arose from an in-depth exploration into ways to apply the law we have, and to effectively commit to these issues.
- The result is a more liberal alcohol policy.
- First charge is a warning, and it is not until the second or third charge that it gets more serious
- Community agreements instead of over-arching policy: cultivating responsibility within the community, taking circumstance into account
- Focus on resolving situations before the need for the involvement of an RA arises. As a result, RA role is currently much more about facilitating.
- There seems to be a consensus amongst Residential Life that this new approach to the policy has been successful thus far, and that it possesses a great deal of potential.
FAC
- Approved Additional Allocation request for ASA Asiantation Dinner ($364.21)
- Funding of newly chartered orgs - the semester after they are chartered they get flexi dollars ($80)
- Desire to update the FAC section of the MCSG bylaws, in order to make it more consistent and specific
- New student org charter request: Students for a Free Tibet; they are scheduled to come and talk to us next week
- Minnesota Student Org:
- big miscommunication: there was no intended mockery
- end result: the org has decided not to go through with the charter
- Study abroad meeting scheduled - facilitate inquiry into how these programs are conducted
- Terrence announced that he will be unable to serve as one of the EPAG reps this year, due to severe time constraints. Aaron Brown will take his place this semester.
- Stephanie expounded on some of the points discussed at the last EPAG meeting:
- the structure and funding of Concentrations (the Mellon-funded framework)
- explorations into the feasibility of team-teaching, in order to increase the diversity of teaching perspectives in the classroom.
- evaluation of the Geography Department conducted by an external board: one recommendation was to promote the program's appeal to underrepresented populations. Geography department has begun a serious collaboration with the American Studies Department on this matter.
- The VP elections will be conducted on October 9th: the publicity for it has been taken care of.
- Showing of the movie Land of a thousand homeless
- Nov 19th Christmas Carol at the Guthrie (75 tickets)
- Still working on Battle of the Bands (Surround Sound) - partnering with MPIRG for Get Out the Vote (GOTV) activities
- MPIRG meeting tomorrow - 8pm (collaboration of orgs on voter engagement)
- Working with the ERC on VP elections. Also, elections for a new senior rep will get rolling once VP elections are over with.
Announcements
- Waste Awareness Campaign (headed by Abe Levine): to reduce waste in Cafe Mac. Anyone interested should feel free to jump on board!
- Next meeting of the Climate Committee is next Thursday. This is intended to serve as a point of contact for any student body member to voice concerns and/or questions to the administration.
- Macalester obtained a grant for election education activities (debate watching parties, etc) - a portion of it goes towards funding student-led initiatives, so students may be able to apply and obtain some of this grant money!
- Next group training for the Allies Project (October 24th) - program geared towards creating a community of tolerance, and increasing the number of 'safe spaces' on campus.
- Karen suggests that we put bike racks on the student survey. There seems to be an increasing demand for them.
Meeting adjourned at 8:27
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