Associated Students of Mills College
Full Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, September 27, 2010
GSB 110
Start Time: 6:33
I.Roll Call
i. Amelia Lopez, ASMC President
ii. T Gage, ASMC Vice President
iii. Lakshmi Poti, Executive Accountant (ABSENT)
iv. Aya Fawakhiri, Internal Affairs Chair
v. Modesta Tamayo, Public Relations Chair
vi. Isabel Cortes, Judicial Chair
vii. Alexis Redeemer, Academic Chair
viii. Courtney Young-Law, Advisor
ix. Maritess Magtang, Senator-at-Large
x.Miriam Adamec-Ostlund, Senator-at Large
xi. Lin Rui Li, Senator-at-Large
xii. Rebecca Freeman, Senator-at-Large
xiii. Margaret Pixley, Sustainability Senator
xiv. Emily Meike, APER Senator
xv. Yeonsoo Choi (Soo), Ege Residence Hall Senator (ABSENT)
xvi. Sarah Jeanne Lombardo, Social Sciences Senator
xvii. Dru Anderson, Division of Arts Academic Senator (ABSENT)
xviii. Amandla Roque Atilano, Class of 2011 Historian (ABSENT)
xix. Alexis Savage, Class of 2013 Historian
xx. Kirie Lange, Class of 2011 Historian
xxi. Gurpreet Trung, Office of Institutional Advancement
xxii. Tymessa Rutledge, Press
II.
Approval of Agenda
● Alexis R- Moves to have discussion about on-campus parking under new business
○ Isabel amends motion by limiting discussion time to 5 minutes
○ Vote: 0 opposed
●
Courtney motions to give the adviser's report after new business
○ Vote: 0 opposed
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Modesta moves to approve agenda
○ Alexis R seconds
○ 0 opposed; agenda approved
III. Open Forum- No one presents
IV. Gupreet Trung presents for the Office of Institutional Advancement, which wants to
introduce the topic of philanthropy to the student body.
● Break down of funding for Mills College’s operating budget- School endowment (13%)
Student fees (55% of operating budget), Private support:gifts from alumni, parents,
family, friends, corporations (32%)
● Last year 91% of students received some form of scholarship
● Alumni participation (24%) helps the school’s rankings and the value of degree
● -More information can be found in The Annual Report (Latest edition comes out in late
October)
● The goal of OIA is to create a sense of philanthropy for current Mills College students so
that after graduation students understand the importance of maintaining a consistent
yearly support at any amount, which ideally could happen through a Student
Philanthropy Council-Student led organization that helps raise awareness about
philanthropy and supporting the school thrive.
-We currently do not have this type of organization or communal attitude at Mills
-Tuition is a lot of money, but does not cover all of the costs to maintain the school
-During the strike Mills set a goal to have over 50% alumni participation rates, which has not
been accomplished yet
-OIA is recruiting students to run the club
Please contact Gupreet Trung gtung@mills.edu if you are interested in this cause
V. Old Business
i. Keys for Senators- Senators will not receive keys to the office
ii. ATM discussion-Held through Student Services Committee (October 18Th, 6:30PM, GSB
110) Discussion on the ATM; is the ATM needed on the Mills College campus, if so, which bank
would be best to affiliate with, the cost, and where should the location be
Email input to: alopez@mills.edu or asmc@mills.edu
VI.
New Business
i. Committee meetings○ Academic Board Meeting went well, because we had a chance to collaborate and
hear multiple points of view on current academic issues. The group liked the
scheduling, because we were very productive.
ii. Should we change the time for committee meetings from 6:30p-8p to another time?
○ Purpose: To maintain retention of ASMC members considering that full board
meetings are on alternative Mondays
○ 1.5 hours meetings are needed, because 1 hours wasn’t enough to accomplish
tasks last year
● Alexis R moves to table discussion to the next full board meeting
○ Isabelle 2
○ Vote: 5 (Y),9 (N),1 (O)
● T motions to host 5 minute discussion
○ No one opposed
iii.
■Modesta moves to keep times as is and allow committees to adjust as
needed individually
■Margaret seconds
■Vote: 13 Y ,0 N, 1 O
Responsibilities and Attendance Pledge○ All ASMC members need to sign the responsibilities and attendance pledge,
which essentially states to please not show up late to meetings; When absent
senate are to contact Vice President T Gage 24hours prior to meeting and
Executive Board members are to contact President Amelia Lopez
iv. Parking Discussion (Start Time: 7:31)● There are a lot of problems on campus involving parking: ASMC should research more
on topic and create a list of logistics that would help plan:
○ Expanding Parking-What are the current issues?
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v.
■Issues in Ethel Moore, Mary Morse, etc (Limited amount of parking up hill)
■Commuter parking near the children’s school should include more parking for
residential students
■There should be more accommodating lighting in parking lots (Richard’s Lot)
■There is not enough parking on campus at certain times of the day to
accommodate everyone.
■There are several additional handicap parking spots on campus to comply
with ADA regulation
Should there be a difference between student/residential/commuter parking?
Discussion Closed: Please send feedback to alopez@mills.edu
Retreat
● Pluses and Deltas
-Expense of the food was high (Great to support alumni and local business, but should
pay less in the future)
-More togetherness should be created during the retreat
vi. Adviser’s Report● Office Hours- Wednesdays and Thursdays between 3:00 - 5:00
● Funding Deadline for clubs to be established was last Thursday, thus next meeting we
will have the full list of active clubs
● Clubs can still form, but will not receive ASMC funding this semester
● Board of Treasurer’s meeting will be October 6 (5:00pm, GSB Gathering Hall)
● ASMC Credit Card (Only treasurer of clubs will have access) AND there will be set
expectations on how the card will be used. If rules are broken, then clubs will lose
access to credit card and depending on the actions that were taken the judicial board will
hold hearings and deal with accordingly
● Next week’s executive board will discuss stipends
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Some clubs have negative balances, but most cases have been resolved (If problems
still exist or continue then contact lpoti@mills.edu )
VII. Announcements● Fem Dems will watch the Presidential Speech in Student Union at 4PM and then watch
the Meg Whitman debate at 6PM (September 28, 2010)
● 12:15 -1 in Cowell Student Resource Room: DSL is starting a group for residential
students. Goal of group is to win prizes: Check out Dr. Joi’s email (September 28, 2010)
● Home soccer game at 5pm (September 28,2010)
● Swim a mile is Saturday-Raise money for Women’s Cancer Resource Center
● Next weekend will have 2 home soccer games
● BWC-Bring a friend
● Convocation and Reunion Weekend (Senior Breakfast in the Ensemble Room in the
music building)
● Open house will host 20+ clubs
● State of the college address is at 10 Friday
● Women Health Resource Center is having a coming out of the closet party (More
information to come)
● PAD is hosting penny wars
X.
Adjournment- 8:02