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Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

AMSC Student Council

Meeting Minutes

September 21, 2004
11:00 - 11:50 AM
MTH 2400
 
  1. Call to Order
    11:07 am
  2. Attendance
    Chris Danforth, Bing Zhang, Stacey Nicholls, Danny Dunlavy
  3. New Business
    1. Selection of GSG departmental representatives
      Suzanne Sindi will continue as GSG representative for the entire year.
      Stacey will be a GSG representative in the Fall.
      Either Bing or Chris will be the representative in the Spring.
    2. Becoming a GSG-registered student group
      Voted to register as a GSG student group.
      Motion: Chris, second: Stacey. In favor: 4, opposed: none.
      1. Benefits
        The following were discussed as possibilities for GSG funding:
        • Hiring a student to head study groups for qualifying exams for
          exams that the Math Dept. does not have such a group
        • End of year picnic
        • Graduating Student Conference (talks by students and two former AMSC
          students (academic/industrial) to talk about transition to first job)
        • SC student seminar
        • SC office hours for SC courses (equivalent to qualifying exam study groups)
      2. Requirements
        1. Chris volunteered to become the ASC Treasurer, a position required 
          for groups seeking GSG registration.
        2. Danny will start the registration process: amend the ASC Constitution to 
          include a treasurer as an Officer, put the new Constitution to a vote, and register 
          the ASC through the GSG web site.
    3. ASC Website
      The following were discussed: calendar of events, constitution, links to orgs involved in
      Bing volunteered to maintain the web site and act unofficially as the ASC Secretary.
    4. AMSC Graduate Committee Meeting
      We agreed to ask the committee to publish the SC preliminary requirements. We also
      will announce the creation of the ASC to the Graduate Committee.
  4. Member Business
    The ASC agreed to invite all AMSC students to ASC meetings in the future.
    We unofficially adopted the motto, "Share the work to share the wealth" for the ASC.
  5. Adjournment
    11:56 am