Music Undergraduate Students’ Association
Tel.: 514 398 4551 Fax: 514 398
8061
general@mcgillmusa.ca
www.mcgillmusa.ca
Strathcona Music Building
555 Sherbrooke Street West, E106
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3
Executive Council Minutes
Saturday, September 21, 2013
MUSA Retreat, Beaulac
Time: 10:00 am
Present: President, VP External, VP Internal, VP Finance, VP Health and Athletics, VP
Administration, Phonograph Editor, First Year Rep
Regrets: Senator, VP Communications
Absent: VP Events, VP Academic
1. Call to Order: VP Admin, 10:09 am
2. Announcements: n/a
3. New Business:
 VP Internal motions that the MUSA GA should be mandatory for all MUSA execs
o seconded: VP External
o all in favour
 VP Internal motions the creation of inter-council meeting for all music student
organizations within Schulich School of Music be mandatory in October, with an
optional one in January
o seconded: President
o all in favour
4. Executive Report Presentations
 President
 went over constitution and goals of MUSA and its execs
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Student Life Fund fee renewal
talk to Peter Wightman about revamping 550 Sherbrooke & about the old ensemble office
ask LAN Manager about switching the computers and setting up a third computer in
office
VP Internal
replace Senator on the faculty council meetings
create a public agenda of the upcoming GA for the students
set GA date for Thursday October 17 @ 5:30 (or the 24th) and contact Dean, Associate
Deans, Building Director, 7th floor administration, and area chairs
talk to Food and Dining about the caf, and the establishment of a paid coffee machine?
contact EUS for if quorum isn’t passed in the GA, allow people to vote online
request more people to help out with future years’ Discover McGill and Frosh
meeting with Alain Terriault for practice room sign-up date
email voice and piano undergrad and grad students with practice room registration info
 VP External
Tel.: 514 398 4551 Fax: 514 398 8061
general@mcgillmusa.ca
Strathcona Music Building
555 Sherbrooke Street West, E106
Music Undergraduate
Students’ Association
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Association des Étudiants en
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du 1e time
Cycleand place
send information out about Robert’s Rules and the SSMU
meeting
SSMU GA is Wednesday October 9 @ 4:30 SSMU Ballroom
relay SSMU’s GA publicizing strategy at next meeting
VP Finance
check budget for possibility of food at the GA
VP Events
talk to Joe Sullivan (head of the jazz department) to have bands play at one or all of the
Phonograph release parties
 VP Communications
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for next semester, get a listserv out asap (the first week) about practice room signups
for the MUSA website, add the links of MEdUSA, MGSS, and MASC to the site??
 VP Health and Athletics
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wants to increase the Musician’s Health Series from a week to a month in November
o one event a week for a total of 4 events
contact Chamber Music Without Borders to come to the GA to advertise the Student Life
Fund
 VP Administration
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change VP Communications’ email to “communications.musamcgill.ca”?
update the board rules: expiry after 2 weeks, or after the event has passed, all the boards
around C-201, the music caf, outside the library
print out an office hour document to post on the office door
call head of security Kevin Byers if McGill Security doesn’t respond by Monday for
locker registration
contact Blacksun about mailing list
Phonograph Editor
has posters up for joining the Phonograph and article submission calls
give MASC (Music Associations’ Student Composers) president information to President
Phonograph release potential dates:
o first release and early Halloween party Friday, October 25th
o second release and coffee house Friday November 29th
 First Year Representative
 made a Facebook group “Schulich School of Music Entering Class of 2013”
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advertise the GA at the Music As A Profession course
post a note on the FB group about lost clothes moved to the lost and found
First Year movie night Thursday October 3, @ 7-9:30pm?
Secret Santa event Thursday, November 28?
12. Guest Speakers: n/a
13. Round Table
 ideas for visibility of MUSA
Music Undergraduate Students’ Association
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Tel.: 514 398 4551 Fax: 514 398
8061
general@mcgillmusa.ca
www.mcgillmusa.ca
Strathcona Music Building
555 Sherbrooke Street West, E106
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3
word of mouth
o class announcements before events
information booth on Discover McGill with brochures stating “MUSA Sponsored”
sweaters, water bottles
o design contest
MUSA anonymous comment/suggestion box
14. Adjournment: 2:32 pm