UBC Meeting Minutes:
February 22, 2012
Senate candidates:
1. UBC gets a vote on three of main positions now
2. We are not at quorum so council will need to look over platforms and vote tonight
3. Financial Directors:
a. Bala Varadhan:
i. Show of hands, raise your hand if you have planned an event or budget, many of
your, how many are aware of senate appropriations? Grants? This is what we
need to work on.
ii. Council relationship with senate has been laid back. Going forward info transfer
between councils need to happen to allow for collaboration. Increasing
collaboration in putting on events or documents between councils. A financial
director workshop orientation will allow for info sharing.
iii. Reaching across campus to get student feedback with surveys helps give and
receive info
iv. Ballah.gee@gmail.com
v. Question: How do you know if other councils want work shops?
1. Social work wants having different standpoints of funding
2. He isn’t any smarter but he can share information and can help orgs and
councils with.
b. Kendra Loftice:
i. Current Admin Director for Senate
ii. Appropriation transparency and promotions. Large councils and organizations
miss out on opportunities. The process is also vague on what can qualify so
spending workshops would be helpful. High promotions with student
organization to help them with forms and other financial org issues.
iii. Council allocation advice: She wants to get council FDs everything they need
right at the beginning of their positions. Set up systems to help them spend
efficiently and effectively
iv. Active roles in CTBAC’s
v. Student Services Budget Committee has a big tuition setting voice and we want
a senate seat.
vi. Questions: Experience
1. I have been around bhargav on the committee and helped put on
ready, set, go and was a FIG mentor.
4. Presidents
a. Michael Morton
i. Current communication director for past 2 years
ii. Enhancing the value of UT degree and bettering UT core curriculum. It should
relate back to your professor and what you want to do in your career. Course
Curriculum streams will center around ideas like in FIG systems. Can register for
all of them at once
iii. Increase competitiveness at UT. 4 year graduation rates are a big deal, report
doesn’t address problem or treat but needs to be handled at a school level
iv. Increase student presence at the capital, he worked on Invest in Texas
Campaign this past year. He has met with legislators and higher education
funding. It needs to be met 2013 is key to have a strong presence in session
v. Really passionate about transparency. There is a huge disconnect in internal and
external Senate. There need to be much better cohesion. He wants to be at UBC
and answer question and give feedback. That is how you get student voice.
Coming to Senate is unfair, we need to reach out. We care.
vi. Question: Developing centralize career services for McCombs?
1. Shocked! He talked to Michael, he wants to see career services open to
everyone. To start we need to address a simple way for employers to
post a job online to access all student. Access UT is awful. It needs to be
reformed. McCombs should have access of where our tuition goes to. It
wouldn’t work centralized but it needs to be better.
b. Emily Vandoon
i. Currently the Vice President. Has been to a lot of meetings to forge relationships
with Provost and tower and can be more forward next year
ii. Student initiatives. In Senate it is really beaurocratic. A student comes with and
idea but Senate takes over. Wants to open up legislation to all students. That is
who we should be serving. Students set the agenda and councils hold them
accountable. Can vote down but any student should be able to come in.
iii. Having a senate officer in meetings would help since Senate Exec doesn’t
interact with councils. Senate exec should have a face in the meetings
iv. Course Relevancy: Core curriculum is really stale. To make better, must change
memorization so there needs to be course transformation.
v. Invest in Texas: Going to the capital. It is a lot more important to meet with
legislature to share ideas. Many student opinions are better than one. Joint
resolutions are key for power. Data in meetings is much more convincing.
vi. Questions:
1. Course transformation: Technological innovation is what she means.
Course overlap with high school is bad since college should be making
us better thinkers. Need to reach learning objectives you can use after
you graduate. Critical thinking that you can take into a field.
vii. Question: Curriculum taking a back seat to technology?
1. Course transformation has said that but you need both.
5. Vice President
a. Andrew Clark
i. Been an at large member and a chair of the integrity committee
ii. Engaging senate reps: They way senate functions as an umbrella happens top
down. Council issues and needs should be more of the focus. That is how they
gain legitimacy and what they can do for you. Spend more time talking with
senate reps and what their issues are. There is not a one size mold.
iii. Served on CTBAC for liberal arts and got to represent on big budget issues. Use
Senate reps to leverage his skills to help councils. How can we get a more
diverse sampling of student opinions.
b. Hannah tucker
i. Second year in Senate, started as an at large and was a co-chair this year
ii. Worked to raise 10000 for Bastrop fire relief
iii. First Alumni reunion happening soon and she is super happy about it
iv. The gap between internal and external senate needs work like the difference
between UBC and business students. Getting more students in general and
getting a greater circuit of student ideas. As an internal senate member she is
involved in a lot of councils. There isn’t enough time to get everywhere.
Broadening the pool for UI appointments and getting people out to meetings to
get student opinions is important
v. Evaluation: Make sure council needs are addressed. None are the same. Some
are volunteering and some are programs. Same resources won’t work. She
wants to sit with exec members and make sure that we get the resources we
need
1. Question: SR 1111 opinion?
a. Costs of texts books is ridiculous. We need to vote this. It isn’t
the end all be all bt there are a couple of things we need to do
as students.
2. Questions: Sit down with exec members
a. Each council has different needs so sitting down and having a
conversation is important.
6. Discussion & Debate about Senate Candidates
Meeting Minutes
1. Apologies for the Senate voting being a little rough since it was our first time
a. UBC members can lobby Michael, Taylor, Bhargav for their vote
2. Sign-Ups and Announcements
a. HBSA is having College 102 where they are bringing middle schools kids on March 2nd
from 8AM – 2PM. Looking for 100 people. 3 or more hours will get you a t-shirt
b. Thanks for all the beyond business recommendations. Lots were taken into
consideration. Jay really needs contact. Put name down if you know people in the
industry
c. Kayla: I am in an org called China Care and they are having a benefit next Friday in the
UTC 2.112. All proceeds are going to fund surgery’s in China. It is $6 at the door and $4
before. There will be lots of free food! There are t-shirts too!
d. Bhargav: Tomorrow is the last Sophomore transfer info sessions. If you are interested
you should come out. From 5-6 in CBA 4.304
e. Bhargav: If you are a freshman in the honors program the peer advisor applications
went out! Talk to Michael or Bhargav
f. Jamal: Deloitte is having a case comp, the info session is this Friday at 6 PM in the
Legacy Events Room. It is a national competition. There is a $16,000 case comp first
prize. There is no deadline. By March 9th you have to submit the presentation to
Deloitte. They will pick top four and they will go against one another. It is all online.
g. Adam and Jay: Win $1800 in the FBA underclassman case challenge. The kick-off is
Monday Feb 27th and the competition is on Friday. Go to UTFBA.com and sign up. You
pay a deposit so you don’t drop out.
3. If you are doing homework. Don’t. It is important for us to be engaged.
4. SG
a. Thank you for listening to everyone!
b. AR 28: In Support of Advertising on University Shuttle Busses
i. Passed unanimously.
ii. Next this will go to the SSBC. Contract with Cap Metro is done
c. AR 29: In support of a Centralized Comprehensive Online Room Reservation System
i. This passed
ii. All room pictures are done
iii. Next, it is just working with Dean of Students and Registrar to implement it
d. AR 32: In Support of Increasing Awareness of and Ease of Access to CIS Results
i. SG wants to work it IT to make students more aware of CIS results
ii. With each class listing to the surveys
iii. This is for when you are registering to find the attached one
iv. Maria V: Can Syllabuses be included in this IT issue
1. Yes
v. Seher: Can it go on the registration page?
1. Yes
2. Comments too
vi. Kevin Mei: Are comments typed?
1. Only the ones from the electronic ones will be viewable
vii. Connie: Never seen any comments on the electronic ones?
1. Not automatically released
viii. Fangy: Links?
1. On the course schedule when you are looking at unique numbers it will
have a link there and the UT direct page and a big link on the home page
e. AR 33: In Support of Banning Anti-Bacterial Soaps on the University of Texas at Austin
i. From the public policy school rep
f.
ii. Triclosan causes anti resistance and doesn’t help that much anyways
iii. UT to stop buying the weak antibiotic soap and just use normal soap.
iv. UT has already agreed to to get rid of this chemical since it showed up in the
water supply
v. The authors want to have student education since it is in other products and it
more expensive
vi. Jenny: is money spent for awareness
1. Not sure, will check
vii. Kayla: The wording on AR 33 is bad
How much does it bother us on campus that the big fountains don’t work?
1. Some but not worth the cost
2. Please make sure they are on for graduation
5. Senate
a. SR 1111: There have been no changes since the last time we talked
i. Recap: The focus is to try and have a more standardized process for ordering
text books. The change to 3 year is new so that they can gauge the flexibility
themselves
b. SR 1113: Displaying Waitlists and Enrollment Details in the Course Schedule
i. The main issue is posting current registrar information on the course sign up
page
ii. Olivia: Will this still preserve senior specialties
c. Integrity UT Week
i. Michelle is the co-chair
ii. Thank you for all of the support this week!
iii. Case study tomorrow night in San Jac
6. Audit: Stay Tuned
7. BBA Legacy: WOO!
8. BJGM: Will be announced next week
9. Presidential Challenge: Come to Senate Elections!
a. Thank you.
Vice President: But Michael
1. Constitutional Review Committee
a. Todd: We are working on big things for elected reps. Go to audit!
2. Community Service Committee
a. Kite Festival!
i. March 4, 2012 from 10 AM – 12:15 PM
ii. There are 50 spots available
3. Org Reps
a. SO GOOD and ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MCCOMBS!
b. AND THE DAILY TEXAN
4. Do your org outreach!!
Academics:
1. FRC
a. Look out for next publicity!
2. MES: THIS WEEKEND!!!
a. If you are volunteering, you will get an email from Nancy with specific information,
come at 8:50
b. If you are just attending, please be there by 9:30
c. Dress Code: Business Casual for attendees but Business professional for volunteers,
committee, and exec
3. GPS:
a. GOING GREAT
Administrative:
1. Banquet Committee:
a. Will be announced next week
b. Coming along pretty well
2. Them for next week:
a. Spring Break Fitness
b. Put all your athletic gear on!
Careers:
CFT Committee:
3. CFT California
b. Surprise next week
5. VIP Committee:
a. Going Well
6. Case Committee:
a. Going well
7. Beyond Business:
a. Going well
Financial:
1. Ordering –shirts next Thursday so get your money to Adam
a. $8
2. Corporate Relations
a. Going well!
3. Awk-Word of the Week
a. Didaskaleiniphobia
4. Love my family!
Internal Controls
1. IM Sports and Wellness
a. Nutrition Facts: Whataburger
2. BC Health Fact of the Week: Headphones breed bacteria
3. Traditions: BC Look-A-Likes
a. Jay Shah = Slumdog Guy and girl…
b. Nick Navarro = Paolo Nutini
c. Gaby DeLeon = Sarah Bareilles
d. Petras = Tony Hawk
e. Pranitha = M.I.A.
f. Lauren Kemme = Amanda Seyfried
g. Kayla = Emma Roberts
h. Luke = Andrew Garfeild
i. Ian = David Beckham
j. Peggy = Zhang Ziyi
k. Alex and Mars = Disney Channel Twins
l. Stephen Friedberg = Simba/Matt Damon
m. Skylar = Sponge Bob character
n. Jeff and Michelle = Cuddling cats = king kong
4. Texas Revue
a. Peggy: thank you to my committee!! Surveen has been awesome!
b. RESULTS: WE MADE IT SAVE THE DATE FOR APRIL 20TH AND THE 21ST
Promotions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Publicity is good
PR is good
Elected reps are awesome
EVB
a. Met with the engineers! They are going to be cool and we will beat their faces in later
Technology
1. Tech team: Going great!
2. Wiki Team: Good job at getting everyone to sign up!
3. Video of the Week: Texas Revue!
Recap! See Eugene’s slides!
Member of the Week….. Olivia Luko!