SGA Minutes- April 28, 2009
5:30pm; CSRB 563
I.
Meeting called to order by Rachel Pastorek
a. Thanks to the outgoing board members and class presidents for all their hard work this
year!
b. Thanks to Student Affairs- Dr. D, Dr. Lopez, Ms. Bobbie, Ms. Lindy and Ms. Carolyn for
their help and support.
c. Thanks to students for help with Family Day, Tiger Run, Camp Tiger, etc.
II. Dr. D. – New SGA Officers
a. President – Rachel Pastorek
b. Executive VP – Ryan Vega
c. Community VP – Stephanie Bourque
d. Social VP – Lisa Dang
e. Student Health VP – Jay Huber
f. Secretary – Catherine McGee
g. Treasurer – Jamie O’Neal
h. Tech/Education Chair – Ray Quebedeaux
i. Intramurals – Jason Gray
III. Rachel –
a. Wants SGA to be more active and have a firm presence on campus next year.
b. Will be transitioning new executive board over next few weeks.
i. High expectations for SGA and for school as a whole.
ii. Organization, Responsibility, Accountability, and Communication are next year’s
goals.
iii. Lacking theme/purpose over past few years with upset and changes due to
Hurricane Katrina – wants to have a cohesive theme and purpose for SGA in the
upcoming year.
c. Anyone is welcome to come to SGA meetings. SGA officers, class officers, and interest
group presidents are expected to attend SGA meetings as voting members.
d. Meetings will likely be twice a month.
e. Please voice any ideas or concerns to help improve SGA and school in general.
IV. Student Affairs Announcements
a. Dr. D – Facebook is no longer available on campus. 16% increase in speed of network
since this site was blocked.
i. Number of individuals on probation for network usage has dropped
considerably.
ii. Threshold for being targeted as a high user has also decreased (200-300MB
network usage/week). Dr. D. doesn’t agree with this new rule and will bring this
issue up with the IT department.
b. Cafeteria – theft issues
i. Students and staff have been stealing items from cafeteria.
ii. Videotaping has been occurring and will be sent to Dean for identification.
iii. 18 people last week were identified as cafeteria thieves.
c. Dr. Lopez –
i. Swine Flu
ii. Case count up to 64 in at least 6 states. Good news is that case reports in
Mexico have decreased over the past few days.
iii. Caution for people who have been to areas where there have been cases
reported.
iv. Good hygiene practices – Wash your hands!
v. If anyone gets sick that is suspected to have been in an area of contact – tell
them to stay home and contact healthcare provider.
vi. Student Health Website has posted information
vii. AdHoc Committee in place – will have formal meeting tomorrow afternoon as
people prepare for the possibility of a pandemic. WHO Level 4 has been
established- sustained transmission within at least one community. Pandemic is
not inevitable but it remains a strong possibility.
V. Carter Davis–
a. National Student Research Forum at UTMB Galveston
b. National competition – LSU was well represented with 7 students performing oral and
poster presentation.
c. Carter – won best overall oral presentation as well as best oral presentation in Cell
Biology and Anatomy. (Congratulations!)
VI. Interest Group Meetings
a. Propose to reinstate the one meeting per day rule.
b. Will be further discussed at next SGA meeting.
VII. Humanism in Medicine Essay
a. Essay entries are due on Thursday, April 30th at 5pm
b. Panel of faculty judges will review essays. Winner receives $500 and will read essay at
L2 White Coat Ceremony in August.
c. Please email entries to sbour2@lsuhsc.edu
VIII. EMIG Ultrasound Workshop –
a. 9:30am – noon on June 2nd – is open to any student volunteers.
b. Looking for 5 volunteers, email Rachel Breaux if interested.
IX. Chase Schumacher - AAMC
a. Attended AAMC Convention in Dallas with Ben Kurtz last weekend.
b. AAMC is the governing body for American Medical Schools. LSUHSC has one
representative for each class.
c. Chase will send an email out in upcoming weeks detailing issues and concerns.
d. Concerns:
i. USMLE exams – not many changes will be happening soon. Stress taking Step 2
early in the 4th year. Changes planned for 2011-2012 may require students to
take Step 2 prior to applying for residency.
1. Pass/Fail is not an option. Step 1 will continue to be graded with a
numerical score.
ii. Match Day will be changing (2011/2012) – more standardized process for Match
and Scramble. Details will be outlined in the email.
iii. AAMC has website (www.aamc.org/first) for information about financial aid
financial aid and loan repayment. New "Doing Well by Doing Good" program
available to wipe out all remaining medical school debt after 10 yrs working in
a community service occupation. Residency and Fellowships may count towards
the 10 year requirement. More details are available on the website.
iv. L3/L4 Rotations – standardization issues between different sites. Will be
discussing ideas with deans here to try and implement new ideas.
e. LSMS-MSS
i. Details sent out last week concerning student membership. Please refer to the
LSMS-MSS email sent out by Ryan Vega on 4/17/2009
ii. Met last Sunday to discuss Legislation proposals that are currently being
discussed.
1. LSMS and medical students do have a voice in this process.
2. Under the current law there will not be more than a 5% increase in
tuition over the next year. LSMS is monitoring this issue on our behalf.
3. There is legislation (HB 772) being proposed to change the Rural
Scholars Track.
4. There is legislation (HB 830) to establish a board to manage the new LSU
Teaching Hospital.
5. To view any bill or check on the progress of the current legislative
session visit: www.legis.state.la.us
6. Additional news and events concerning medicine in Louisiana can be
found on the LSMS website: www.lsms.org
X. Danielle O’Banion – new president of Homeless Clinic
a. Primary goal is to create positive dialog between students and those who can help us
get Homeless Clinics
b. Please let her know if you have any ideas! dobani@lsuhsc.edu
XI. Jason Aua. Technology Committee has met about how to improve lsumedstudents.com
b. Some parts of the site may be moved internally to LSU servers.
c. c/o 2011 Class President run off is now posted on lsumedstudents.com and will close on
Thursday at 5pm.
XII. SLE Issues
a. Not officially under SGA jurisdiction but SGA will work to bring SLE Committee in better
communication for next year.
b. Proposals submitted last fall – decisions regarding them have not yet been made. If
projects are approved by SLE, hours from previous semesters may be given credit.
XIII. Meeting adjourned by Rachel at 6:20pm.
In Attendance:
Rachel Pastorek- SGA Executive VP
Scott Stafford – SGA Community VP
Jason Au- SGA Technology Chair, OIG
Carter Davis- SGA Treasurer
Stephanie Bourque- SGA Secretary
Ben Kurz – AAMC
Chase Schumacher – AAMC, LSMS
Marie Tan – APAMSA, DIG, RIG
Jimmy White – CMDA, OSIG
Stephanie El Hajj – CORE
John Haas – CORE
Danielle O’Banion – Homeless Clinic
Kevin Gipson – PIG, SMILE
Matthew Giglia – SIG
Christian Hernandez- SIGNNS
James O’Neal - SIHO
Sancta St. Cyr – SNMA
Whitney Nichols – WIM
Hitesh Chheda – L4 President
Danny Robinson – L3 President
Ryan Vega – L2 President
Daniel Eads – L1 President
Scott Hebert
Sophia Mai
Ray Quebedeaux
Jason Gray
Jay Huber
Catherine Gretchen
Catherine McGee
Rachel Breaux
Dr. Delcarpio
Dr. Lopez