Student Assembly General Meeting E9519 12:15 PM 1:30 PM October 2, 2007

Student Assembly General MeetingE9519 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM October 2, 2007

Members Present:

Erin McDonald Ryan McAuley Jennifer Deal Lindsay Barrick Phillis Kim Mike Ward Thaoi Ngo Mona Rezapour Krit Pongpirul Meghan Davis Jessie Myers Sandy Eckel Jean Ko Hsien Seow Cherise Wong Amritha Ramakrishnan Huseyin Naci Anne Sawyer Gila Neta Dani Saba George Tsarouchas Dorothy Kester Christen Fornadel Hilary Schwandt Ji Yi Rachel Weber Michal Engelman TinaMarie Lieu Seema Menon Dorina Fersheri Attia Goheer

Announcements SET meeting on Wednesday October 3 Pick up a tax card if you’re in SA office

Quality of Life Committee (Anne) -Shuttle buses concern is being addressed though nothing has been put in action yet. -Town Hall meeting November 14, Wednesday, Room TBA -HopkinsOne problems- do all departments have problems with it?

Honors and Awards (Mona) -Sign up sheet for hooded sweatshirt -Solicit donations for auction -Mona to send out template for donations, department Rep’s need to send out this email Student Assembly General MeetingE9519 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM October 2, 2007

Communications n/a

Finance n/a

Social -Fall formal “Soul Train” on Nov. 10 -Email to be sent out for help selling tickets -SA Social meeting 12:15 SA student conference room Friday

Community Affairs (Erin)

- Baltimore week next week - Final planning meeting at 4pm Wednesday October 3rd, all invited to attend, At SOURCE office (2017 Monument) - copies of flyers will be left in student room- please volunteer to put them up - Sandy to check on desktop background for computer labs - Erin to send out email to SA to get volunteers for events - Gila Neta to send email to students about Baltimore week - SA in charge of photo contest (self-contained), Josh Sharpstein to be here on Wednesday (Anne and Aworyi), BloomWorks (6pm; Hsien and Amritha) - Erin to order fruit/sodas/snacks (Jay’s) for WombWorks - Announcements in Intro to HIV Epi and Biostats

Vote on Two New Student Groups: Health and the City (Michal) -Group to bring together different perspectives on health problems in urban cities, esp. Baltimore -Different from SPARC- Health and the City is at an academic conversational level specifically for urban health - Unanimous approval

The Confounders: Jose (treasurer) -School Soccer team affiliated with Baltimore City League -all students and staff welcome to play -precedent is for soccer teams to stay affiliated with departments, not with SA -SA funds to be used for soccer ball, water, etc.

-25 deny -1 approved -2 abstained Student Assembly General MeetingE9519 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM October 2, 2007

Strategic Planning Presentation -- Donna Strombino -Last Oct- Accreditation of JHSPH; Hopkins scored well, met all objectives with the exception of a few (those were partially met) -School has grown immensely since last accreditation (7 years ago) -Elizabeth Holt- email if you have questions about accreditation process -3 general focus areas: scope of school (Bill Spannhake, collaborations (Stephen Gange), technology (Francesca Dominici). SA has students in each committee (Rachel, Pritika, and Hsien). -Steering Committee on the 9th of October- for update on each committee (drafts by November) -Submit feedback on strategic planning website (or email Elizabeth/Donna or committee chair directly) comments to committee chairs or subcommittees on any issues or concerns

APHA representative (Lindsay) - national student board, volunteer for committee (5-10 hours/month) - good way to get Hopkins into national community - see if any Hopkins students would be willing to host public health students from other schools - compiling list of JHSPH students/faculty presenting on APHA to send out to school body (via self-report)

Santa Claus Anonymous (Tina Marie) - money goes to 2 children organizations - football at Patterson Park - Does SA want to take this on as an event/subsidize registration event? - Decide during exec meeting