Doctoral Students’ Council Steering Committee
minutes of meeting held on 15 October 2004

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Chair:
Minutes:
Members present:

Absent:
Paul McBreen
Eric Doviak
Paul McBreen, Stephanie Domenici-Carbonargi, Aleta Styers, Camille Tipton,
Celia Braxton, Moira Egan, Tina Lee, David Hamilton Golland (non-voting)
and Eric Doviak
Tomoaki Imamichi

P. McBreen called the meeting called to order at 6:17 pm.

The agenda was approved.

Approval of the minutes of the September steering committee meeting was tabled until the Fri. 22 Oct.
when they would be approved by the committee prior to the plenary.

Old Business

Report of the Co-Chair for Business: Co-Chair A. Styers reported that it would be a tight budget year
because receipts from the Student Activity fees were far less than expected, because subsidies for medical
tests were already over budget and because the entire annual audit fee may come due in the fall semester.
She suggested some cost-saving measures and expressed a desire to standardize procedures for approving
check requests and entering the stages into a database.

Health Services Committee: E. Doviak reported that it would not be possible to enroll students in an
association health plan in New York State and that the best service his health insurance subcommittee
could provide students is to compile his research into a health insurance buying guide.

Information Resources: P. McBreen reported that there has been little oversight of money from
students’ technology fees and asked D. Hamilton Golland to inquire at USS about better scrutinizing
technology fee monies at other CUNY campuses.

Website: C. Tipton asked the committee to recommend modifications to the DSC website and reported
that she has not received much cooperation in her attempts to resolve the downtime issues.

(C. Braxton no longer in attendance).

Physical Fitness Center at Baruch: S. Domenici-Carbonargi reported that matriculated Graduate Center
students can now take a letter from the registrar to Baruch’s office of the gym director and gain access to
their athletic facilities.

Business Cards: S. Domenici-Carbonargi reported that half of the business cards were typed up and
submitted and the first batch should arrive before the next meeting of the plenary.

Lockers: A. Styers reported that DSC controls the lockers in its space and suggested that DSC set a
policy to fairly allocate those lockers. She also reported that if necessary, DSC has the permission of M.
Schoengood to open lockers. There was discussion about if and how the lockers should be redistributed.
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Doctoral Students’ Council Steering Committee
minutes of meeting held on 15 October 2004

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Safety and Evacuation Procedures: The question of whether DSC should be more vocal about the need
to conduct evacuation drills. A motion to request that CUNY-GSUC security develop and publicize
evacuation procedures was approved, 7-0.

Composition of the Steering Committee: A question recently arose as to whether the co-chairs are also
members of the Steering Committee. S. Domenici-Carbonargi reported that S. Lerner researched the issue
and found that the co-chairs are also members of the steering committee.

New Business

Graduate Council: P. McBreen reported on efforts to raise awareness of Graduate Council. D. Hamilton
Golland expressed interest in rewriting the USS delegate’s duties as a member of the Graduate Council.

Presidential Search Committee: P. McBreen reported that the faculty members of the Presidential
Search Committee would be appointed at the next meeting of the Graduate Council and stated that
students should care which members were selected. A motion to elect S. Domenici-Carbonargi as student
representative to the Presidential Search Committee was approved 7-0. A motion to elect A. Styers as
student representative to the Presidential Search Committee was approved 7-0.

Coffee Hour: M. Egan reported that she is planning a Coffee Hour for 10 Nov.

ATM: M. Egan reported that Baruch has a free ATM on campus and expressed interest in obtaining one
at the Graduate Center.

Steering Committee Goals/Projects: It was agreed that each member of the steering committee should
submit a list of goals/projects for the year.

DSC Logo: A motion to pay Jen $150 for her work on DSC’s logo was approved 7-0.

Adjunct Project Coordinator: Interviews for the position of Adjunct Project Coordinator will be
conducted on 29 October 2004 at 4 pm.

Steering Committee Office Hours: Resetting of each member’s of the steering committee office hours
will be conducted via email.

Announcements

USS Elections: D. Hamilton Golland reported that two slates were nominated for leadership of USS and
an election was held. The winners won 26-16.

USS Scholarships: P. McBreen and M. Egan won USS Scholarships.

The meeting was adjourned.