minutes from 8/1 meeting

In attendence were:

Susie Sherman, Grad Psych,
Katie Paul, Grad Psych,
Karen C, 2005 Alum,
Lynn Burnett, 2005 Alum,
Sheila Norman, Humanitites and Leadership MA,
Pamela Tate-Roger,
Kirsten Brydum,
Alexander Friend,
Nicole Henares,
Sara Zesmer,
Roshni Chabra,
Animal Prufrock
Abigail Wick

01 August 2007, NCoC Interim Independent Student Council Minutes

Formation of Council:
We must follow proper steps for its formation in order to be recognized by other councils as legitimate. The first step will be the creation of a charter (we’re looking at charter models from UC Santa Cruz and New School in New York, which we will then revise to reflect the spirit of NCoC).

Proposal for skeletal organizational model for NCoCSC:
Two elected representatives from the school’s thirteen programs = 26 elcted representatives (with one mandatory presence per council meeting). Each program will exercise jurisdiction over the appointment of representatives. Additional slots open for one elected representative from the following: adjunct faculty council, core faculty council, alumni, staff. This would total 30 council members.

**The interim council supports cross-representation—students representatives present at other council meetings, other council representatives present at student council meetings.

What must be decided:
1) How many seats on council—should this be proportionately representational? One mandatory rep from each council! These should be voted on by each department.
2) How decisions are made—modified consensus
3) Leadership roles
4) Mission statement
5) Governmental structure
6) Funding—part of being an official body of the school is receiving funding from the school
7) Will all our meetings be open?
8) Grievance procedure
9) Position descriptions

We need from the 30 council members the following static positions:
1) Board of Trustees representative from the student council
2) Representative to the adjunct council
3) Representative to faculty council
4) Secretary (minutes)
5) Communication person (post blog, send out notices for meetings)
6) Treasurer

Charter articles proposed for discussion at next meeting:
1) Mission
2) Membership
3) Static Positions
4) Meetings
5) Elections
6) Decisions Process
7) Amendments

Next meeting will be:
06 August, 6:00pm

Agenda for next week, chaired by Katie Paul:
1) Pamela Tate Roger will synopsize how the NCoC Interim Independent Student Council was created
2) Susie Sherman (or her representative) will educate the council about different decision-making processes.
3) Katie Paul will look at three radically different charters for student councils (UC Santa Cruz, New School of New York, + one other, to be determined)
4) General Discussion of: What we want to accomplish, mission statement discussion: Board representation, that the administration acknowledge the WASC report as an impetus for the creation of a student council, what sort of binding right to power will we have after our official formation, how can we receive acknowledgement as a council, write a letter to the students letting them know what we’re all about
5) After this meeting we can present to WASC a draft of our charter for NCoCSC!

Method of communication for NCoC Interim Independent Student Council:
New College Students Yahoo group, which Jeremy moderates