Oct 28, 2024 Exec x Advisor Meeting

SGA Executive Board Advisor Meeting 10/28, 2024 / 8 am EDT / Teams Virtual Meeting

Present: Stone, Buse, Brandon, Tim, Charles, Nasreen, Amy Absent: Agenda

Finance Report-Brandon
Agenda Overview-Nas
1. 8 page resolution in first reading
  1. Dining
  2. Catching up on previously tabled items
  3. No gbm on the 5th
  4. Yashas- Would like a Campus Surveillance discussion added to the agenda
2. Dr.Brown Meeting Updates
3. Resolution
JayGames Summary-Tim
New Senators/Programming-Nas & Tim
1. Sweatpants, water bottle, scarves, fanny pack
Pres.Daniels Meeting Discussion Points-Stone
Town Hall Press Release-Buse
1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssj31fWSa7z4W9jGlmsJDTP0wPHppia4gIWRlV01_IA/edit?usp=sharing
Initiatives
1. Daar - MSE Tables
2. Tyler- did not specify but would like it added to the agenda

Notes

Finance Report-Brandon
1. We have 14033 USD left in our discretionary. We’re still waiting for JayGames food reimbursement. The ballet club texted again about their allocation, but it was processed last week, so Brandon will check again.
Agenda Overview-Nas
1. There will be an 8-page-long resolution in first reading, which will take a lot of time.
  1. Stone thinks that the presentation shouldn’t take more than five minutes.
  2. Tim asked if it’s not supposed to be in second reading. Nasreen said that they want to get feedback on the resolution for their next meeting with Dr. Brown. Our names will be there as a signature so Nasreen would like to thoroughly discuss it.
  3. From the way the meeting went last time, the language and manner of the resolution will impact our relationship with the admin. The resolution and town hall should be productive, not combative. Nasreen’s personal opinion is that we can easily edit it to alter the language. She wants to make it so that it is intentional and achieves a goal, keeping it more Hopkins specific and less of a rant. We need to have that initial conversation about how it’s supposed to be edited. The resolution should be reflective of SGA’s sentiments and our relationship with the admin.
    1. Tim asked if Nasreen will mention this in the meeting, to which she responded that she will try.
    2. Stone asked if Jessica will be at the GBM tomorrow.
  4. Hopkins Dining will be visiting the GBM.
  5. We will be catching up on previously tabled items, such as the Wellbeing Day feedback and parking initiative.
  6. There won’t be a GBM on November 5th.
  7. Yashas would like to add a campus surveillance discussion to the agenda.
  8. Nasreen will see who qualifies for the vacancy positions and filter them.
2. Dr. Brown Meeting Updates
  1. During the meeting with Dr. Brown, they didn’t talk about the resolution as much but went over the survey. Tomorrow will be spent going over the survey as they want to send it out as soon as possible.
3. The resolution will be read and then Tim’s programming bills will be passed. The meeting will go until 9 PM.
JayGames Summary-Tim
1. The event went well, although some people didn’t show up.
2. Stone said that it could just be because of Halloweekend.
3. Charles said that this is typical as sometimes people sign up and not show up. Stone believes that the execution was amazing and Charles agreed.
New Senators/Programming-Nas & Tim
1. Tim talked to Nasreen about the programming vacancies.
2. Lighting of the Quad tabling bill might be moved to second reading. He will talk to Charles. It will include the purchase of the tablecloth and banner. Tim thinks that ppl like the limited merch, not T-shirts though. He saw some plushies and sweatshirts in the closet, so we have things we can give out. Brandon said that we have 14k left, so Tim asked if it includes the Ekiben reduction. Brandon said that it doesn’t and he asked Tim how much he is planning to spend on this event.
3. When Tim asked how we are doing when compared to last year, Brandon explained that there were no major expenses for the semester and no history was kept by Jenny, the previous treasurer, so he can’t compare it to last year.
4. Brandon clarified that we actually have around 16k.
5. Tim asked if a bill with an expense around a thousand dollars would work. Amy said that might be too little. The Ekiben expense was 2 thousand 470 dollars, so Tim asked if he could use Ekiben’s reimbursement. Brandon said that we could but he wants to see what we’re planning to buy. Limited merch has to get out this week.
6. November 12th is Tim’s birthday, so he won’t be coming to the meeting.
7. Tim didn’t ask Connie about the T-shirt yet. Amy believes that we need some time to ask her, although we don’t have too much time left. It was suggested that we could use an old design.
8. Nasreen said that we could design a letterman jacket.
9. Buse said that she can talk to the design editor of the newsletter.
10. Tim said that he’s not even sure if we will need the limited merch design.
11. Tim is in communication with the senior programming council. At this point he’s fine with meeting with them separately if needed.
12. Tim will interview class programming council members. Stone said that he should get the support of class presidents.
Pres.Daniels Meeting Discussion Points-Stone
1. Stone said that we didn’t have time to discuss this yet, but the meeting is important.
2. Next GBM, Jessica will explain the intent behind the update letter, which will cover what steps were taken following the construction resolution. There won’t be a discussion, so it’s just a quick announcement. Hopefully, the letter will be approved by Wednesday.
3. The slight predicament is that we don’t have much time next GBM to talk about this. Through existing group chats on Teams or arranging additional meeting times, we could facilitate a discussion. During the meeting, we shouldn’t stress the 5% tuition reduction solution as we don’t have too much of a good response as to what made us settle on 5%. Our goal is to make them acknowledge that the current solutions are not enough. The fact that students are impacted would not correlate to a tuition reduction. Since direct cash might not work, we can ask for better dining plans and other similar incentives. Hopkins is committed to democracy, so we believe that the admin should be open to talking about how we can enhance these.
4. Stone won’t be here next GBM, but he asked Tim to lead a discussion about this upcoming President Daniels meeting. Tuition reduction is not feasible, but we should decide on the kinds of compensation we are expecting. This can be facilitated under a Teams message, so it won’t be a discussion during GBM. We can create a new chat for us and others who are interested.
5. Stone consulted the executive board and Charles on whether the upcoming President Daniels meeting should be about the diversity admissions resolution or if it is better to keep this meeting to construction. Brandon believes that the topic itself should be brought up in the meeting.
6. As a talking point, the fact that there is still dissatisfaction among the student body and more tangible work is necessary will be made clear.
7. Brandon will draft the talking points and we will review it together. Resolution is long but very well researched. Points from there can be used as they are highly valuable. We will talk with Nayshawn and Cynthia.
Town Hall Press Release-Buse
1. Buse showed what she has so far for the press release.
2. Brandon will talk to Cynthia and Nayshawn and this press release will be finalized.
3. Brandon was at the Black Caucus meeting yesterday. Members there said that they traditionally have dinner with President Daniels, which didn’t happen for the past 2 years. They want to have some kind of dinner with President Daniels.
4. Charles asked them to reach out.
Initiatives
1. Daar - MSE Tables
2. Tyler- did not specify but would like it added to the agenda
  1. More feedback on this will be required before adding it to the agenda.
3. There won’t be any discussion for these and questions will be answered through Teams.