Thanksgiving van update:
- 120 responses
- Good sense of time
- Will be running shuttles on Friday and on Saturday
- Think could be worth it to get a charter bus that could fit around 50 people
- Would leave at 2pm
Proposal:
- $1825 from $7500 proposal funding budget towards charter bus and $30 rental for Bowdoin van
- Vote passes
Committee updates:
Facilities & Sustainability
- Dining advisory meeting; discusses sleeves for cups; looking for people to join
- Sasha met with security; enthusiastic about engaging with students/student groups
- Reminder to fill out library of things form
Student Affairs
- Sleep initiative. Talking with res life office about partnering
- Coming up with fun winter program
- Discussion of hosting event in Morrell Lounge
- Event at the beach?
Diversity & Inclusion
- Trying to expand host family programming
- Disabled Students Association Disco in the spring – more sensory friendly party
Academic Affairs
- Working on syllabus initiative; regrouping to make a change; even if professors aren’t willing to put an entire syllabus out there, might be willing to put more information
TFC
- Working with data the TFC has to disseminate this information to BSG and students in an effort to be more transparent
TCC
- Chartered two new clubs
- Working on post-event evaluation forms for clubs to give feedback
Spending discussion:
- Goals of this discussion/why we’re having it
- Tuition is really high here, even if you’re on aid
- To run a school is expensive and it has only gotten more expensive
- Want to see if there are things students feel aren’t being utilized; food being wasted; services offered at times students can’t make it; etc. Not to say these things aren’t worth it, but looking at a starting point
- Budgets are determined a year in advance
- Want to involve ourselves into the conversation
- This meeting resulting in a document that will be used to continue meeting with people involved and bringing to Matt Orlando
- Motion to vote to enter executive session
- ⅔ majority: enters executive session
Committee time