UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
STUDENT COUNCIL
One Medical Center Drive  Suite 210  Stratford, NJ 08084
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Student Council Minutes
Meeting Date: Thursday, November 20th 2008
Location: Top Doc’s Cafe
Next Meeting: 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 14th 2008
Location: Top Doc’s Cafe
I. Call to Order and Attendees:
(A) The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm
(B) Attendees:
Council
STUCO Board: Matt LaPorta, Betty Chung, Kim Young, Kirin Syed, Erin
Toller, Garrett Tomasino, Soumya Bollampally
Class of 2009: Jennifer Stellke, Ken Minnett, Hope Voto, Kristen
Fleming.
Class of 2010: Olamide Oladipo, Danielle Mercurio, Rob Donlan, Bethany
Cottingham, EJ Gettings
Class of 2011: Oliver Chang, Elizabeth Jasolosky, Tom Nappe , Kristen
Spencer, Beth Chisholm, Lauren Moleta
Class of 2012: Michael Z. Caposole, Ingrid Edshteyn, Nidhi Shah, Farhad
Modarai, Sarah Campeas, Aileen Chen, Matthew J. Ingrassia
Guests
Dean Cavalieri, Dean of UMDNJ-SOM
Dr. Krueger, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(C) Excused: Julianne Wysocki, Elizabeth Chisholm
(D) Unexcused: Michael McCollum, Melissa Suarez, Daria Szkwarko
II. Approval of Minutes
(A) Two amendments were made to the minutes from the meeting held on
October 16th 2008
i.
Open forum with Dr Lambert, article 4c was amended.
Students are to address all concerns to class officers and
should not contact Mr. Ed Smalls directly
ii. Open forum with Dr Lambert, article 6 was amended. MPR
use is permitted five days a week; Monday through Friday.
Charges are applicable on weekend use of the MPR and on
unusually large setups.
(B) The minutes from the October 16th 2008 meeting were unanimously
approved with the previously listed amendments
III. Special Business
(A) Open forum with Dean Cavalieri
1) Dr Cavalieri started by saying a few words about AOA president Dr
DiMarco’s visit to SOM. Dr Cavalieri stated that Dr DiMarco had a
great day here at our campus on Wednesday, November 19th. He met
with our leadership and enjoyed being with the students. He had great
things to say about our students and thoroughly enjoyed his time at
SOM. He also met with Dr Owen and had a nice conversation with
him as well. They are both interested in the growth of osteopathic
medicine and they had a nice healthy exchange regarding expansion of
the osteopathic field.
2) Dr Cavalieri stated that permission has been granted to increase the
class sizes with the support of Dr Owen and this was appreciated by
Dr DiMarco
3) Dr Cavalieri then went on to speak about the annual AOA convention
that was held in Las Vegas this past October. He stated that the
convention was very successful. He was very pleased with the large
number of student leaders present from SOM. He then listed faculty
members from SOM that were recognized and stated we have some of
the best faulty present here at SOM. The faculty members that were
recognized are:
i.
Joshua S. Coren, D.O., M.B.A. - 2008 AOF Emerging
Leader Award
ii. Carl Hock, Ph. D. - 2008 Irvin M. Korr Research Award
iii. Richard T. Jermyn, D.O. - 2008 Purdue Partners Against
Pain Award
iv.
Joanne Kaiser-Smith, D.O. - AOA Mentor of the Year
Semi Finalist
4) Brian Gallagher trail: Dr Cavaleri acknowledged that the trial has been
in the news recently and stated that seeing our school in that light is a
challenge but our students, faculty and staff has stayed focused and
have not let those negative events distract them. He then went on to
state that all that is now behind us and encouraged everyone to stay
focused and move forward.
5) School finances: Dr Cavalieri stated that finances are always a
concern. Last year there were budget cuts which resulted in a
significant increase in tuition. He stated that a lot of effort was being
put towards seeking and receiving other revenues for school such as
fund raises, grants and philanthropies. He said that they were doing
their very best to avoid any significant increase in tuition next year
beyond what will be increased due to inflation. He stated his staff is
working very hard in this regard. He further stated that the good work
of students and faculty recognition is leading to grants and gifts and
also that the fundraising has been very successful thus far.
6) Dr Cavalieri next congratulated Dr Anita Chopra on her appointment
as the new director of the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging
(NJISA).
7) Reyonld’s Foundation grant: SOM recently received a grant of two
million dollars from the Reynold’s Foundation for geriatric education.
Eighty schools applied for this grant and only ten schools were
fortunate enough to receive them. The grant is to be applied over a
course of ten years and will give us the ability to expand geriatrics into
the new curriculum. The funding will also support inclusion and
expansion of our geriatric education into the emergency medicine and
psychiatry residency programs. UMDNJ-SOM is the first osteopathic
school to ever receive this grant.
8) Open searches for 3 leadership positions:
i.
Assistant dean for General Medical Education- the search
for this position is being headed by Dr Kreuger.
ii. Permanent chairs for the Department of Obstetric and
Gynecology and the Department of Surgery- the search for
these positions is being lead by Dr Deresio.
9) Program expansions:
i.
Dr Barone chief of neurology is looking to expand
positions in the division of neurology.
ii. Orthopedics- a joint replacement surgeon from Albert
Einstein may join us soon.
iii. We are also looking to expand residency programs and in
order to do this we need to strengthen our graduate medical
education in osteopathic programs.
iv.
Dr Jermyn looking to start up PM&R residency
10) Touro in Vineland: the proposed opening of Touro medical school in
Vineland is being opposed by SOM.
i.
An alternate proposal that is receiving some attention
involves the development of an SOM clinical campus down
there instead. Dr Owen is very interested in the thought of
another UMDNJ campus down in Vineland. The mayor of
Vineland is meeting with SOM leaders next week to
discuss this proposition.
11) Medical school at Cooper: Cooper hospital is focused on that
happening but this is not being received well right now due to the
financial situation and the need for expanding and strengthening
existing UMDNJ programs. Therefore no significant progress has been
made regarding this issue.
12) Building issues: plans are being made to develop a road that leads
directly to Route 30 from the SOM campus. This is intricately related
to the current parking issue as well.
13) Dean Cavalieri then entertained some questions:
i.
Question: there is a rumor that if Cooper hospital is
successful in opening it’s own medical school they might
need and or to try to use our resources here for faculty and
classroom. Is that true?
Answer: Yes that rumor is out there but frankly since we
have the approval to increase class size that idea is off the
table.
ii. Question: Will the school in Vineland be and osteopathic
school?
Answer: Talks of a UMDNJ school are still in the initial
stages and the plan is still premature. Both Dr Rogers and
Dr Owens have talked about SOM being interested in a
campus there. It is an underserved area and both city and
state monies can be utilized for this. The campus will also
have other schools such as school of nursing and graduate
education. We already send our students down to the
Vineland Medical Center for rotations in orthopedics and
maternal fetal medicine. Furthermore, some of our own
graduates practice down there and they see that good things
are emanating from our school and so the proposal is
currently for an osteopathic school down there.
iii. Question: inaudible
Answer: Touro did not get provisional accreditation and so
there has been a set back for them. This is more of a delay
than a major set back. They are planning on opening an
allopathic med school in north jersey in connection with
Hackensack medical center.
(B) Open forum with Dr Krueger.
1) COCA and the new curriculum: SOM will be presenting to COCA on
December 13th. Once approved the new curriculum can be posted
online on the website.
2) Class size: approval has been granted to increase the current class
size. The increase will occur in increments and the current plan for
next year is 120 students. The planned increments are 120, 130 and
150. Right now the classrooms have enough space for 150 students.
The classroom space will be reassessed as the class size increases Dr
Krueger stressed that SOM does not want to lose the culture of our
school which includes small class size and an small professor to
student ratio.
3) Honor code: the search for a school “Honor Code” was in vain as
none could be found. Dr Lambert is currently working on preparing an
“honor code” document in conjunction with the honor code committee.
Secretary of faculty Dr Naegle is also looking into it.
4) Issues with exams: 3 issues were brought up by the honor code
representatives that are currently being discussed:
i.
Tighter proctoring policy. This issue went to discussion this
morning and changes will be voted on at the next meeting.
ii. Proctors should have better training.
iii. Scrambling exams i.e. all students get the same questions
but in a different order
5) Computer based exams: trial basis of exam software will be piloted at
the second year Ob/Gyn module exam in January 2009. The software
that has been chose does have the capability to scramble exams. The
current plan is to have students take the exam in the histology lab as it
has better wireless connection and plenty of outlets. More comfortable
chairs will be provided.
6) Parking: first and second years should have hangtags. Third and
fourth years should not park in the patient parking lot as those are
reserved for patients only. If third and fourth need to be on campus
then they should buy the one-day passes from the public safety office.
7) Policy on Kennedy parking: students are not permitted to park in
visitor parking lot. Third and fourth years on rotation at Kennedy
should have a wafer on their Kennedy IDs and are to use their IDs to
park in Kennedy staff lots. Dr Krueger then stated that he will be
meeting with Dr Barone to talk about the issues that students are
having with the Kennedy security personal.
8) Board prep: RFPs for COMLEX 1 are in and everyone wants online,
classroom and access to questions. Only one company that responded
to that and that company is Kaplan. RFPs for COMLEX 2 haven’t
come back as of yet.
9) Board prep month is now scheduled for June. It will be the first month
of the fourth year. Fourth years can take the COMLEX 2 anytime after
the prep ends. Complex PE prep will be around the same time. By
2010 the intent is to make it mandatory to pass COMLEX 2 in order to
start fourth year rotations.
10) Career advising: the first session was held last week and was
successful. Dean Micciche and Dr. Kimmelman got very nice
responses and emails. The second session is scheduled for December
10th at 530pm in the auditorium. Dr Krueger, Jackie Giacobbe and
Terry Brown will be there to discuss issues such as interpreting
COMLEX scores, impact of COMLEX scores on specialty choice,
pros and cons of taking the USMLE exam.
11) An email has been sent to the 3rd years to encourage them to start
signing up for the COMLEX 2, especially the COMLEX PE. There is
only one test center for the PE and dates are limited. .Last year,
nationwide, there were students who had to delay graduation and the
start of their residency because they either failed the PE or didn’t take
it on time. The ideal time is to take it in the fall in September, October
or November.
IV. Executive Committee Reports:
(A) President:
(1) I had the opportunity to present a report at the Fall Quarterly meeting
of Council of Student Government Presidents (COSGP) held October
24th-26th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Highlights of my presentation
included the wide array of Residency & fellowship opportunities, the
new preclinical curriculum for the entering class of 2013, as well as
some our larger community service projects.
(2) On November 3rd the UMDNJ Council of Student Leaders met. The
Council of Student Leaders is comprised of Student Government
Presidents and Vice-Presidents from the various UMDNJ campuses
and schools. The Council of Student Leaders is in the process of
forming a UMDNJ Student Senate formally comprised of the each
school’s Student Government President and Vice- President. The
UMDNJ Student Senate will serve as the student voice to UMDNJ
administration and the UMDNJ Board of Trustees.
(3) Thank you for everyone that came out on Thursday, November 13th to
the first in a series of workshops titled “Planning Your Educational
Career” with talks from Dean Micciche on the Mentors Program, Dr.
Krueger described key aspects of successful residency applicant, and
Dr. Kimmelman described key aspects of the curriculum vitae as well
as the Dean’s Letter. The next workshop is scheduled for December
10th title “Exploring Specialty Options”.
(4) On November 19th we welcomed AOA President Carlo J. DiMarco to
campus his luncheon Dr. DiMarco talked to us about his theme,
“Leading to Greatness: Initiatives in OGME, Research, and
Advocacy”. Upcoming events in addition to the “Exploring Specialty
Options” workshop include the Unity Tree Lighting event on
December 8th at 1:30p in the Atrium.
(5) Hope all is well with everyone. Please let me know if you have any
comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns.
(B) First Vice President:
(1) I am in the process of scheduling a meeting with ID club and AMSA
presidents to go over the logistics of organizing club events at SOM
since they were not present at the 1st club presidents meeting when
these matters were discussed. Club presidents’ CD has been distributed
to all club presidents with the exception of the presidents of new and
reactivated clubs, who will receive their CD at our 1st meeting
together. Due to heavy conference and exam schedules during October
and November, the next monthly club presidents’ meeting will be in
January 2009. However, club presidents have now been sent multiple
reminders of the number and types of events they must complete for
this semester to maintain active funding status for their clubs.
(2) A new policy for room reservations for the 1st year classroom and the
auditorium went into effect this month and this policy will be
reiterated to club presidents at the January meeting. Several issues
pertaining to club courtesy, “dibs” on events, room reservation issues,
and overlapping similar events during the same time period have come
up and will be addressed during the January meeting. Assigned clubs
have done a good job of cleaning the student lounge weekly. I am now
working on putting together the Student DO of the Year selection
committee and hope to send an email to the student body about the
nomination process this month.
(3) STUCO president, Matt LaPorta, and I represented SOM at the
Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP)
meetings in Las Vegas, which preceded the AOA Convention, at the
end of October. We are both working on projects for the Medical
Education Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee, which is working
on compiling materials for new DO schools to use to set up the
structure of their student government and student organizations. Next
COSGP meeting with be at A.T. Still University - School of
Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) in Mesa, Arizona, in
January 2009.
(C) Second Vice President:
(1) UMDNJ-SOM Annual Talent Show: The Student Council will sponsor
the annual UMDNJ-SOM Talent Show on Saturday, January 24th,
2009. Calling all singers, dancers, musicians even comedians and
“wanna be rockstars”! We need lots of performers so start planning
and practicing your acts now! Group acts and cultural performances
are welcome and encouraged. More details on signing up, rehearsals
and deadlines soon to follow. Want more of a “behind the scenes” role
for the Talent Show? E-mail Kimberly Young at youngk1@umdnj.edu
and I will form a committee for lighting, sound and other support for
our amazing acts.
(2) Medicine Ball: Due to exam scheduling and location availability, the
date of Medicine Ball is being moved from it's tentative date of
Saturday, March 14th, 2009 to Saturday, February 21st, 2009.
(3) STUCO Constitution: Amendments to the STUCO Constitution will
be proposed this week, including a change to the attendance policy for
STUCO Meetings. I would like to compile all necessary amendments
to implement at one time, to make the constitution as up to date as
possible. Please review the current constitution and proposed updates.
Pay particular attention to each of your own positions, so that the
constitution can reflect your position accurately. I anticipate
additional amendments concerning updates to the election procedure
that are being compiled by a special election committee, independent
of my review of the STUCO Constitution.
(D) Treasurer:
(1) The list of students was completed for those planning to receive funds
for traveling to the AOA Convention. The amount each student will
receive is ~$85.
(2) I also made an adjustment to the STUCO budget. More money was
added to be used for securing a venue for the Medicine Ball. This was
done due to an error made while making the budget. This change will
not effect money available for student funding because these requests
will now come out of a different bank account, which STUCO also
manages.
(E) Secretary:
(1) Next meeting is Jan 14th WEDNESDAY. Please note that this does
not change the deadline to submit reports. The deadline is Sunday
January 11th 2009, 3pm.
(2) The deadline for submission for all completed reports holds firm at
3pm the Sunday before each meeting. ALL reports were submitted on
time for this meeting. Thanks to everyone who sent in their reports on
time.
(3) Please note that completed reports are official documents and are
saved as such. In light of this, please refrain from using shorthand
notations and abbreviations. Also, please use complete sentences and
run the report through spell check.
(4) Late reports will be documented
(5) Attendance is taken at every meeting. We will pilot taking attendance
in “roll call” style at the November meeting.
V. Class Reports:
(A) 2009
(1) This past month our class is very busy with interviewing for residency
positions for next year. We are also taking our COMLEX LEVEL 2
PE and COMLEX LEVEL 2 CE. Each of these exams takes a while to
grade, so we are all trying to finish them up now to leave enough time
for scores to come back before graduation.
(2) Our class has also formed a yearbook committee and this past
Saturday many students were at the media studio getting their senior
portrait taken for the yearbook. We have one more opportunity for
senior pictures on a weekday afternoon in December and a make up
date will be set up soon as well.
(3) Finally, we are currently in the process of preparing a document that
will contain information for underclassmen on elective rotations that
we will add to the same document that we received from the Class of
2008.
(B) 2010
(1) The Class had a Fourth Year Planning with Fatmata on Monday (Nov
17). This event helped answer questions regarding the new curriculum
and what to do when applying for electives.
(2) We also had a Class Thanksgiving Dinner on Monday (Nov17) after
the Fourth Year Planning. This gathering gave us the opportunity to
dine together and expand our sense of unity.
(C) 2011
(1) Another busy month as the holidays kick in. The SOM Class of 2011
is working their ways through the Endocrinology/Neurology module
(exam Monday, December 8th) after catching their breaths from the
Pulmonary module. 9 exams separate them between the holidays
(which include geriatrics, psychiatry part II, OMM, physical
diagnosis).
(2) Final bids for COMLEX/USMLE preparation are arriving. Discussions
between CSAR and SOM 2011 for their boards review vendor are
underway. Any suggestions, feedback, or comments are welcome.
(3) SOM 2011 “welcome back” potluck dinner tentatively scheduled for
early January 2009.
(4) PBL of 2011 is in a nine week cardiology/renal/pulmonary module.
The next exam is scheduled for Friday, November 21.
(5) In collaboration with SOM 2012: Twenty-five members of SOM 2011
& SOM 2012 visited “Terror Behind the Walls” at Eastern State
Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA, on Halloween night, Friday, October
31, 2008.
(6) This year’s annual Halloween Party, hosted by SOM 2011 & SOM
2012, took place on Friday, November 7, 2008, at The Stone Grille of
Gloucestor. All UMDNJ schools and friends were invited, with seven
of the eight UMDNJ schools present. Attendance of over 200 persons
allowed final costs for the event to be reasonably low. Thank you to all
that attended for making it such a successful and enjoyable evening,
and to The Stone Grille for being a wonderful host.
(D) 2012
(1) The SOM 2008 Halloween party was a great success, thanks in no
small part to the hard work and planning put in by the class councils of
2011 and 2012. I would like thank everyone who attended and thank
you all for sporting your after-Halloween costumes. Congratulations
to our costume contest winners, Parth Patel and Lauren Moleta. So far
we have received some very good feedback and we welcome even
more, as we will be planning another campus wide gathering in the
near future, by request. Please let us know if you have any
suggestions.
(2) Our student council is now settling in together and we are working
comfortably as a team. We just recently welcomed a few new
unofficial members to our council: Chuck Stanfa as our library
representative and our co-social directors Lou Marquet and Geoff
Froehlich. Our social director positions will be on probationary status
but we look forward to creating an official position for this in the
future. Our plans for a class pancake breakfast have recently been
approved by the administration and will soon be executed: stay tuned.
(3) As far as the curriculum is concerned, our traditional students are
currently studying the histology of the ear, eye, lymphatics and
reproductive system, physiology of the GI tract, biochemistry of fat
and nucleotide metabolism, genetics and intro to the history and
physical exam in patient care. Their final exam block for the semester
will begin on December 2nd and end on December 12th.
(4) The PBL students are beginning the 6th case of their cardio/renal unit
II module and will continue until December 12th, when they will take
their unit exam. They are continuing their thoracic and abdominal
dissections with Randy Swanson. They will also meet with Dr. Scott
to review the physical exam for cardio and renal, in preparation for
their upcoming SP lab experiences. Anne Marie Santilli, a previous
PBL student of the class of 2010, facilitated a module for the PBL
students for the week of November 9th. The PBL students were very
impressed with the way she challenged them and would like to say:
“Thanks Anne Marie!”
VI. Committee Reports:
(A) Curriculum:
(1) Discussion of the exam administration policy: proctors will now have
to undergo training of the policies and rules. Bathroom break policies
are being reviewed in general.
(2) The technology enhancement/changes of WebCT to Angel were
briefly reviewed, and some of the members noted that faculty (when
they are trained) should be instructed and possibly required to offer
grade breakdowns to the students as has been done on some of the
WebCT courses.
(3) New issues discussed were:
i.
The curricular element of "threads", which separates
responsibilities of a given systems based course to multiple
thread directors and makes less work overall for each
thread coordinator.
ii. A question of making second year lectures (to start) more
interactive but possibly requiring attendance. Currently
there is not a specific attendance policy.
(B) Student Affairs:
At our last meeting the following issues were discussed.
(1) Currently still discussing “how many times a student should be
allowed to take Step 1. The student manual currently states that a
student who fails ANY COMLEX exam will be required to appear
before the Student Affairs committee…[failure of] ANY two (2)
COMLEX exams shall appear before the Committee and be placed on
academic probation status. We are comparing policies of other local
medical schools in order to come to a fair decision.
(2) We are also re-evaluating what “academic probation” vs. “disciplinary
probation” currently involves
(3) We are also looking into other ways to help students who are suffering
academically such as limiting travel, limiting participation in away
rotations, etc…
(4) The November Student Affairs Committee will be Tuesday,
November 25, 2008, 7:15 - 9:00 a.m., 201 AC.
(5) The Pre-meeting for Student Representatives will be Friday,
November 21st @ 4 p.m. in Rm. 212 Academic Center (Dr. Lambert’s
office).
(6) Finally, our 2nd year SA Rep, Kristin Renee Spencer, reported the
following: A successful Halloween party @ Stone Grille hosted by
2011 & 2012 class councils. Over 200 people in attendance!
(7) The 2011 class council “welcome back” potluck dinner has been
postponed to January.
(C) Honor Code:
(1) All honor code representatives attended a meeting held with Dr.
Lambert. The purpose of this meeting was to due the initial planning
to develop an official SOM honor code policy for students. Currently
students are using the AOA code of conduct policy. It was decided by
all honor code reps, and with the full-backing of administration, that
there should be an individualized honor code policy created by
students.
(2) This meeting attempted to create an initial plan for gathering
information and the general progression of a process to create a new
honor code. The first business was to decide if the group of honor
code representatives would be adequate to create a new code. It was
decided that since our group was made up of elected students, that it
would be adequate to create a preliminary honor code. We were all
given summary honor codes from other medical schools, and were
encouraged to find more examples.
(3) It was decided that an initial draft of an honor code would be devised
the group of all four years of honor code reps. This initial draft would
be sent to the representatives of STUCO for initial feedback and
review. With the revisions submitted by STUCO, the initial honor
code policy would be emailed to the entire student body. And an open
forum would be offered to any student who wishes to participate. The
open forum would include Dr. Lambert and Honor Code
Representatives, and would address any issues that student’s may have
about the new policy. The honor code reps would then meet to revise
the policy and create a final draft that would include accepted changes
submitted by the student body.
(4) The honor code reps were asked to find examples of honor codes on
the internet. We were asked to do research to create bullet points that
are important, including concepts, statements and specifics.
(5) The topic of the exam policy was then discussed. Dr. Lambert
informed us that our concerns were shared with the academic team and
the curriculum committee as possible revisions to the current exam
policy. These concerns included; better training of proctors (including
walking up and down aisles and going into hallways to make sure no
students are milling around), requesting two proctors to be present
during exams, backpacks not allowed into room while exams are
taking place, no cellphone use (to specify that phones should be turned
“off” and not just that they shouldn’t be used), no bathroom breaks to
be allowed during the last thirty exams of appointed exam times,
asking for ABC versions for the test.
(6) Our next meeting is planned for January 7, 2009 at 5 PM.
(D) Alumni Affairs:
(1) The Alumni Association wants to thank everyone for another
successful SOSA Fall Festival. They will be sponsoring another
monetary award for the winners of Student D.O. of the Year.
(2) Dean Micciche and Dr. Lambert are working on the matching for the
Mentors Program. If you would still like to sign up then contact Dean
Micciche at miccicda@umdnj.edu.
(E) Public Relations:
(1) I was approved to send the newsletter to the faculty using the listserv
and this was done for the October edition. I will be coordinating with
Kirin to get the newsletter out earlier this month. We need to discuss
whether we want to post the newsletters on the website or if having the
minutes posted is sufficient.
VII. Club Affairs:
(A) None.
VIII. Old Business:
(A) None
IX. New Business
(A)
Funding request by APAMSA
Jennifer Lou submitted a request to fund two students (herself and Betty
Chung) to attend the APAMSA National Board 2009 Winter Retreat at
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX from December 31st to
January 4th. Jennifer informed the council that in October 2008 she was
elected as the co-education chair and Betty as the national program
director. The national board is not formally requesting their attendance but
as national officers they are required to attend two national meetings
during the year. They would like to attend the retreat to participate in
discussions and planning regarding national business such as 2009
national conference, 2009 hepatitis B meeting etc. They will also present
and discuss national board officer reports with the rest of the national
board. They have not requested funding from SOMAFF because they
were elected after the SOMAFF submission deadline.
They requested $191 per student for a total of $381 from STUCO to cover
costs of airfare, ground transportation and food.
Ultimately they were awarded $191 per student for a maximum of $381.
The decision was approved by a vote of 12 with 3 abstentions.
(B)
Ad Hoc Committee presentation of Election Guidelines
The revised election guidelines were presented by committee members Jen
Stelke, Bobbie Daniels, Ken Minett, Birju Ringwala and Wachovia Rier.
Thanks to all the above and Chris Garcia and Ayanna Kersey-McMullen.
The committee plans to officially involve Dr Lambert and the honor code
senior rep in the near future.
X. Motion to adjourn
(A)
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kirin Syed
STUCO Secretary