Agenda 11-13-05

Agenda for SBA Administrative Board Meeting Nov. 13, 2005

The SBA administrative Board meets in Chicago-Hessler on Sundays at 6 p.m. Meetings are open and students are encouraged to attend.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Executive Board Reports
IV. Committee Reports - A. Law & Grad mixer
V. Unfinished Business - A. Grade Normalization Process
VI. New Business - A. Thanksgiving Dinner Cider; B. Funding Request - Conversations Project; C. Brandeis Bowl Prize
VII. Discussion - A. Fostering Upstairs-Downstairs Dialogue
VIII. Student Concerns - A. Coffee Cart in Lieu of Machine B. Lexis/Westlaw point updating
IX. Adjournment

Agenda 11-6-05

Agenda for SBA Administrative Board Meeting Nov. 6, 2005
The SBA administrative Board meets in Chicago-Hessler on Sundays at 6 p.m. Meetings are open and students are encouraged to attend. If a large number of students attend, meeting will move to a larger classroom, TBA (look for signs).

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Executive Board Reports

IV. Committee Reports
A. ATM update
B. Movie Night (student concern)
C. Blood Drive Wrap-Up
D. Law & Grad mixer

V. Unfinished Business
A. Vote on Constitutional Amendments for attendance policy
B. Honors Luncheon - Monday of Law Week
C. Tsunami Relief Donation Request
D. Grade Normalization Process
1. Town Hall Recap/Student Response
2. Talk With Dean Geisinger
3. Article in the Paper
4. Suggestions for Motion at Faculty Meeting

VI. New Business
A. Valpo Pool League
B. Thanksgiving Dinner Cider
C. Funding Request - Conversations Project

VII. Discussion
A. Fostering Upstairs-Downstairs Dialogue - defer to Unfinished Business

VIII. Student Concerns
A. Coffee Cart in Lieu of Machine
B. Lexis/Westlaw point updating

IX. Adjournment

GNP Town Hall Forum - Friday at 4 p.m.

SBA will be having a Town Hall Forum to discuss the GNP this Friday at 4 p.m. in Tabor. Get informed and get answers. The 1.5-hour forum is in the following format:

15 minutes – Deans Berner and Geisinger will explain the GNP and why it is being done
15 minutes – Professor Potts will explain why some professors are against the GNP
45 minutes – Moderated Q&A session with pre-determined questions from students
15 minutes – Brainstorming session to formulate alternative solutions

After reading the information about the GNP on the SBA website, please send any questions you want answered to valposba@gmail.com and they will be added to the list. If the list is exhausted during the forum, we will begin taking questions from the audience.

All students; staff; administrators; adjunct, tenured and untenured faculty are invited to attend.