ASUWB Open Public Meeting
DATE: January 27th, 2015
TIME: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Rose Room, UW1-280
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Call Meeting to Order – 8:00am
Called to order 8:00am
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Attendance/Roll Call – 8:01am
President
Vice President – Late (8:09)
Director of Student Advocacy
Director of Public Relations
Director of Business Operations
Director of Government Relations – Late (8:07)
Graduate Senator
Senior Senator – Late (8:07)
Senior Senator
Junior Senator
Junior Senator
Sophomore Senator
Sophomore Senator
First Year Senator
First Year Senator
James Anderson
Brittany Monares
Brandon Johnson
Sara Grossie
David Edwards
Justin Nygard
Vacant
Daniel Schmidt
Josh Custer
Naaz Sandhu
Alicia Lookabill
Yaman Harut
Justin Han
Horacio Rodriguez
Eunah Ko
III.
Confirm Agenda – 8:03am
Horacio moves to table Student Advisory Council and add WSA Update
Justin Han seconds
Motion passes 10-0-0
IV.
Approval of January 20th Meeting Minutes - 8:05am
Justin Han moves to table the Jan. 20th Meeting Minutes
Nazz seconds
Motion passes 10-0-0
V.
Executive Board and Senator Reports – 8:05 am
James Anderson
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President
Participated in Farmers Marketing meeting with CSG and HERO’s
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Brittany Monares
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Brandon Johnson
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Met with Advisors for weekly check in meeting
Continued Work on the “Class of 2015 Emergency Fund”
Attended SFAC Meeting
Met with Brittany for weekly check in
Met with Director of Strategic Initiatives for the UW Bothell School of
Business
Met with ASUWB team members to discuss Academic and Budget
Council
Met with UW School of Public Health Student to discuss how to get
involved in leadership
Met with Joe Shelley and Russ Canon to discuss the continuation of
Persistence Plus
Met with Cham Kao and CSG to discuss a peer escort service for
students
Participated in the Pathways to Academic Engagement Event for First
Year Students
Attended Provost Advisory Committee (PAC’s) meeting with Yaman
Harut
Organized Student Government Tri Campus Meeting
Prepared recommendations for the ABC
Vice President
Drafted letters and printed pictures for the people to lent us items for the
MLK day of service
Revised the proposed student conduct code and made edits re: the sexual
assault part.
Attended the student conduct code revision meeting at UW Seattle with
Gina Christian
Helped create sandwich board marketing for ASUWB 101 and put them
in UW2
Weekly meetings with senators, started to create work plans with them
Marketing of lack green visit
Scheduled a meeting with Darren Brannum
Followed up on the safety focus group meeting in order to get put within
a subcommittee focus group
Began working on video ideas for the its on us campaign launch
Read over and made some edits to a piece of proposed legislation that
Justin gave me re: sexual harassment and assault
Started to organize ASUWB round tables for student at large to attend
that were a mirror of the first one we did.
Director of Student Advocacy
Created poster board highlighting ASUWB for Pathways/ASUWB 101
Tabled at Pathways event
Attended Camps Space Meeting
Marketed the Student of the Month
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Emailed Elections Committee Chair Megan to go over details of
ASUWB 101
Composed a list of alternative class times with Horacio based on survey
results
Digitalized notes for the Academic & Budgetary Council
Had check-in meeting with James
Had check-in meeting with Andrea
Attended committee meetings
Held Office Hours
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Director of Public Relations
Marketed Laci Green
Marketed ASUWB 101
Marketed Elections Committee
Sent student feedback to Chelsea re: Subway Prices, and Vegetarian
Options with Food Trucks
Marketed Lobby Days
Met with Andrea
Updated website: Student Discounts
Updated website: Agendas and Minutes
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Director of Business Operations
SAEF Application Communication
ASUWB Budget Presentation
5 Publicly Posted Office Hours
CACES
5k planning meeting
Alumni Conference Call
SAF Meeting
Joe Shelly Meeting about Persistence Plus
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Director of Government Relations
Meeting on ABC (Academic Budgetary Council);
Drafted ABC (Academic Budgetary Council Bylaws);
Met with students, discussing Huskies on the Hill;
Reviewed Jan 19 Lobby Day with students that went;
Listened to political media (State of the Union, Committees, etc);
Office Hours;
Bill Tracking;
Meeting with Kelly;
Meeting with Andrea;
Made meetings for Jan 28 Lobby Day
Sara Grossie
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David Edwards
Justin Nygard
Graduate Senator – n/a
Senior Senator
Vacant
Daniel Schmidt
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Held Office Hour
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Met with Josh
Met with Brittany
Met with people about the Academic Budgeting Council (ABC)
Senior Senator
Josh Custer
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Naaz Sandhu
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Alicia Lookabill
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Yaman Harut
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Held Office Hours due
Met with Daniel
Met with Brittany
Worked with Horacio on UWB Facilities email regarding the men’s
bathrooms
Created and planned out tentative schedule for projects
Junior Senator
Met up with weekly check-in with Brittany
Scheduled meeting with Brittany and Andrea
Held office Hours
Having an on going discussion relating having heaters while tabling
with Chelsea, still waiting for response.
Tabled with Bradley during office hours
Training with Sam to have music playing while we table
Assisted Brandon and Horacio Rodriguez with hanging up Student of
the Month posters
Had a weekly quarter meeting with Andrea
Junior Senator
Safe Campus committee meeting
Office Hour
Set up meeting with faculty member for discussing health service on
campus
Reviewed SAEF applicants
Sophomore Senator
Attended PACS meeting at UW Seattle with James Anderson. Details in
Committee Reports
Started to draft a timeline for the deadlines on project Holly.
Worked with Horacio Rodriguez to find a replacement for us both to sit
on RHA.
Reviewed the SAEF applicants for today’s meeting.
Had a weekly Senate check-in with Brittany
Had a quarterly check-in with Andrea
Had a check-in with Ali Sasanian from RHA to figure out the best times
for ASUWB + RHA, and who could work around that time frame
Attended / tabled Pathways to Academic Engagement Fair on Monday
Worked on Holly the Husky’s design
Held office hours on Tuesday
Participated in a meeting with Kimberly Campbell from CSG (along
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Justin Han
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Horacio
Rodriguez
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Eunah Ko
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with James and Brandon) to figure out logistics for the upcoming ARC
Forum
Continued working on the inspiration board for the furniture options @
the ARC
Updated the Food Truck Board on the parking garage
Sophomore Senator
Meet with Leah Shelton planning for next steps of the Diversity Union
Connected Students with Staff members for a Bruma Information
Session
Attended Safety Focus Group
Contacted 21 Acres for UW Bothell Night Market
Reviewed SAEF Applications
Provided David Edwards feedback regarding the SAEF Applicants
Forwarded Assistant Vice Chancellor Elain Haig-Winder to Eunah for
her to contact her regarding our Living Learning Committee
First Year Senator
Collaborated the “mini-urinal cake project” with Josh Custer
Collaborated with Justin Han & Brandon Johnson in hanging Legislative
Agenda Posters
Held office hours
Re-scheduled weekly meetings with Brittany Monares
Attended quarterly meeting with Andrea
Tabling with Brandon Johnson
Attended winter training with most of ASUWB team
Attended Brandon Johnson’s “Roundtable”
Attended Olympia “training day” with Just Nygard & Kelly Snyder
Attended lobby day in Olympia and tried asking for a tuition with Justin
Nygard, James Anderson, Brandon Johnson, and Daniel Schmit
Met with Betsy Brown about “ 11vs.11 soccer tournament”
Replaced Alicia Lookabill on the RHA committee as a co-representative
to Yaman Harut (main rep)
Attended the RHA “Block Party” & communicated with RHA executive
board
Hung up graduate senator flyers with Brandon Johnson & Naaz
Collaborated with James Anderson, Daniel Schmidt, and Justin Nygard
Took lead on Pathways tabling for ASUWB representation
Collaborated with Brandon Johnson about course offerings survey
(feedback from the Roundtable)
First Year Senator
Weekly meeting with Brittany
Held office hour
Attended Club Council Meeting
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Emailed Elain Haig-Winder regarding Living Learning committee
SAEF Presentation -8:15am (Action Item, David Edwards)
Alex Lefort, Erin (Bri) McCloskey, Lexi Menth
 All three would like to attend the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate
Biology
 Have been working on projects surround crows on campus – particularly
vocalizations
 All will be presenting at the conference and have received scholarships to
attend
Daniel moves to approve Alexander Lefort for $316.82 for lodging and poster
printing
Justin seconds
Alicia makes an amendment to increase total to $542.82
Motion passes 13-0-0
Daniel moves to approve Erin (Bri) McCloskey for $682.82 for lodging,
workshops, field trips, train, and poster printing
Yaman seconds
Motion passes 13-0-0
Yaman moves to approve Lexi Menth for $913.82 for lodging, workshopes, field
trips, train, and poster printing
Daniel seconds
Motion passes 13-0-0
VII.
Committee Reports - 8:25am
Alumni Council
Art Advisory Committee
CACES
Chancellor's Cabinet
Club Council
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David Edwards
No updates
Horacio Rodriguez
No updates
David Edwards
Meets 4th Thurs. of each month now
James Anderson and Brittany Monares
No updates
Eunah Ko and Brandon Johnson
Club Approval
o Association for computerized
machinery Club - Approved
o Women in Business Club - Approved
o Pre-Med Club - Approved
o Debate Society - Approved
Budget Request
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Commuter Task Force
Diversity Council
Downtown Bothell Action Committee
Elections Committee
General Faculty Organization
General Staff Organization
Graduate Advisory Committee
Graduate Student Council
Living Learning Community Task Force
Future Dining Services Task Force
Provost Advisory Committee
BSU Movie Night - $500 Approved
Valentine/White day with JSA - $150
Approved
Brief discussion about new gaming devices checkout
(Xbox, Play Station, etc)
Sara Grossie (Justin Nygard Backup)
 New Surface lot – 145 spaces
 Rate increase presentation:
o No rate increase since 2012
o Need to think about cost of future
parking structure and possible rate
changes to accommodate that cost
Naaz Sandhu, Justin Han
No updates
Justin Nygard
Next Meeting is 2/18
Brittany Monares and Justin Nygard
Meetings are every Wed. 11-1:00
Who else can attend this quarter?
Brittany Monares
No updates
Brittany Monares
No updates
Vacant- Graduate Student Senator
Vacant- Graduate Student Senator
Eunah Ko and Justin Han, 2 students at large
n/a
Sara Grossie and Justin Han
 Need someone else to attend the next meeting
(2/4)
James Anderson and Yaman Harut
 The Life Sciences Building Project
o Cost projected to be $160M, $120M
coming out of the tuition dollars
 Emma: What about a shuttle of sorts to connect
the two ends of the campus? What is the
University Transportation Committee’s stance
on it?
o Aaron: The UTC doesn’t look into
expanding into that anytime soon
 Incorporation of the West Campus
Development Framework
o Rebuilding the area south of the dorms
+ the waterfront
o Big discussion especially for childcare
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Residential Hall Association
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SFAC
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facilities
The 20-year vision for how the South Campus
could look like
Campus Masterplan developed in ‘03
o Signifies that UW Seattle can’t grow as
such anymore
o New campus masterplan coming out in
‘15 - could provide a new blueprint as
to UW can grow.
Funding strategies for some of the larger
projects
o Important to recognize the ripple effect
that one school creates on the other.
UW is very interconnected and
intertwined
What made it to the Governor’s Budget and
how accurate of a predictor it is (not that
accurate)
PACS’ main priority: Protecting tuition dollars
and ensure that they are used for the right
reasons
o UWB side of things: Space. 95% class
utilization rate tells all.
Alicia Lookabill
Katie & Chelsea came to talk about the 0% for
housing residents
Tips were given on energy saving and Lag
results by Ben
Future Events for housing
Super Bowl event (food, balloons, and
decorations)
Husky Pantry
Valeri Event (sex-ed) “Cookies-anda-condom”
RHA Bike Budget
James Anderson
Amy will be reaching out to facilities to
compare bids to a third party vendor
Terence met with Ana to discuss this
Amy met with Tom Mullins to look over
timeline of contractors and subcontractors.
This will be a presentation to let us know what
is going into the building.
Reviewed outdoor furniture selections
presented by physical planning
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SAF Committee
David Edwards
•Discussed Annual Cycle
Student Conduct Code Committee
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Student Technology Fee Committee
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Emergency Preparedness Committee
SAFE Campus Working Committee
Technology Advisory Committee
Washington Students Association
Campus Garden Committee
Board of Regents
Review of the ILP loan-
Brittany Monares and Naaz Sandhu
Met in Seattle last week, making small edits to
the code, getting ready to start sharing it with
others to get their feedback
possibility of Gina or Katie coming to
ASUWB to revise it.
Daniel Schmidt and Josh Custer
Josh Custer joined the committee
Membership
Meet will new STF members
STF First Cycle Proposals Closed
STF Met on 1/16/15 from 9-11am
Talked about proposals
Alicia Lookabill
No updates
Alicia Lookabill and Brittany Monares
n/a
Daniel Schmidt and Justin Han
 Talked with Joe Shelley about the committee
and emailed him to see when the first meeting
is happening.
Justin Nygard
 See agenda item – JulieAnne Behar here today
to update ASUWB Team
Sara Grossie
 Next Meeting is this Friday, 1/30
James Anderson
 ILP reduction in annual percentage rate from
5.5% to 4.75%
 Borrowers have surplus for savings
 Economic Impact for State is $12.5 billion with
79,331 jobs
 Student Satisfactory Report by Ed Taylor
1. Surveying students to question whether or not
they are satisfied with their experience at UW
2. Do we have a metric to measure this at UW
Bothell?
 Legislative Update: Governor’s “book 2
budget” w/o new taxes provides UW $270
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City of Bothell Meetings
CSG
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GPSS
Faculty/Staff Awards Committee
Food Truck Focus Group
UW BIG
Facilities Use Working Group
million in support
UW responsible for 70% of operating costs for
coming biennium with this proposal
Brittany Monares
No updates
James Anderson
James will now be meeting monthly with CSG
President to discuss the work being done on
each campus
Student Security Escort Group is being
discussed with CSG representatives
James Anderson
Alicia Lookabill and Sara Grossie
No updates
Brandon Johnson, Justin C. Han
No updates
James Anderson and Brittany Monares
 3 proposals were received
a.
Supporting Learning in Large Gateway Classes
b.
Diversity Speaker: Jeff Chang ($3,000 from
UW BIG and the other $2,000 will be done through
external partnerships.
c.
BOLD Women’s Leadership Camp V.2
($5,000) for either IslandWood Partial Deposit or
IslandWood Challenge Course
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Engineering Refresher Course: Is this a
responsibility of UW BIG or the University since it
was very targeted.
James Anderson
VIII. Old Business 9:00am
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Residential Housing Rates 2015-2016 (Information Only, Chelsea Handran)
(9:00am-9:20am)
Recap: Chelsea and Katie came to ASUWB meeting in December to brief us
on the process of setting housing rates
The decision was made by administration that the housing rates will not
increase for the next academic year (first time rates have not been increased)
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Student Advisory Council Update (Action Item, James Anderson)
WSA Update (Information Only, JulieAnne Behar)
Legislative Advocacy: WSA Priorities
1. Affordability
-Increasing higher ed funding: maintaining tuition freeze
-Defining College Affordability: “Affordability as Workability” model
created by UW Seattle as response to legislators believing students can work
their way through college. This model uses dollar amount of student
working 20 hours per week. Sen. Bailey agreed to sponsor this.
2. Voter Access
-Motor Voter Preregistration
-Moving the current registration deadlines
3. Graduate and Professional Student Education, Childcare Funding, WA
National Guard Conditional Scholarship
Days of Action:
Affordability - 2/25, 4/8
Ending Campus Sexual Violence – 3/4
Board Meetings:
1/31 – Evergreen
2/14 – Olympia
3/7 – Olympia
IX.
New Business 9:45am
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ASUWB Budget Update (Information only, David Edwards)
Remaining balance for each category is represented in the Excel from Marie
SAEF is not updated because a lot of applicants have been approved and
have not traveled yet
David will update the Excel to the Google Drive
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Hold for SAEF Applications (Action Item, David Edwards)
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Caucus Time
XI.
Announcements – 9:55
Academic Budget Council – Would anyone else like to help? Contact James and/or
Daniel if interested.
There’s a project wall in the office updated by Brittany – ask for help there if you
need it.
Please submit your committee reports on time – Note “no new updates” if there is
nothing new to report.
Please submit marketing requests at least a week, ideally two weeks, ahead of time.
Sat. February 7th: First Tri-Campus meeting. Directors are required to attend.
XII.
Adjournment – 10:00am
Daniel Moves to adjourn
Justin N. seconds
Motion passes 12-1-0