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Rackham Student Government

Board Meeting: September 29, 2011

Agenda

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Previous Minutes

IV. Officer Reports

a. Graduate Student Body Vice President, Josh

b. Graduate Student Body Treasurer, Mindy

V. Second Reading of Amended Board Resolution F-01-11: Creating Student

Advisory Committees for the Rackham Associate Deans

VI. Committee Reports

a. Academic Affairs

b. Budgetary

c. Communications

d. Legislative Affairs

e. Student Life

f. Bylaw Review

g. Service Opportunities

h. Career Opportunities

VII. Future Events Overview (Social, Academic, & Legislative)

VIII. Brief RSG T-shirt Overview

IX. Open Discussion

X. Adjournment

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Board Resolution: F-11-01

Presented for first reading on September 29, 2011

Presented for second reading on _______________

Final Vote: ____ Yea ____ Nay ___ Abs _____

Date

A RESOLUTION CREATING STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR THE

RACKHAM ASSOCAITE DEANS

WHEREAS, The Rackham Student Government (RSG) serves as the conduit between

the graduate student body and the university at large, including the

Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Students; AND

WHEREAS, RSG recently hosted a set of four lunches with the deans for the student

body; AND

WHEREAS, It became apparent during these lunches that regular contact between

Rackham’s associate deans for programs and initiatives and students in

their divisions would be mutually beneficial; AND

WHEREAS, RSG appoints graduate students to a number of school and university

wide committees and workgroup; AND

WHEREAS, The associate deans for programs and initiatives have each voiced

support for the creation of a student advisory panel; NOW ON BEHALF

OF THE STUDENT BODY OF THE HORACE H. RACKHAM

GRADUATE SCHOOL, BE IT

RESOLVED, That a student advisory committee for the associate dean be created for

each of the Rackham Graduate School’s four associate deans; AND BE

IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, That each associate dean shall serve as the chairperson of his or her

advisory committee; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, That each committee shall meet at least once in the Fall semester and

once in the Winter semester, at times and locations determined by the

chair; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, That the membership of the advisory boards shall be appointed by the

RSG Board for a term of one year; AND BE IT FURTHER

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RESOLVED, That the chair of each committee may appoint additional members to the

committee for a specified term; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, That the size of each committee will be determined by the chair and

communicated to the RSG Board on an annual basis; AND BE IT

FURTHER

RESOLVED, That vacancies will be filled by the RSG Board under the advice of

appropriate advisory committee’s chair; AND BE IT FINALL”Y

RESOLVED, That the chair of each advisory committee or their designee will transmit

to board a report of his or her committee’s discussions on or before the

last day of the fall and winter terms.

AUTHORS

______________________________ __________________________

Tien-Huei Tsu Eli Benchell Eisman

Representative, Division 1 Representative, Division 1

Chair, Academic Affairs Committee

ATTEST

By Signing below, I certify the this resolution was dispatched by the RSG Board

under the rules as prescribed in section IX of the bylaws and that the vote count

appearing at the top of this resolution is accurate.

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Joshua Bow

Vice President, Rackham Student Government

PRESIDENTIAL ACTION

I, Michael Benson, President of the Rackham Student Body, do hereby approve /

veto this resolution on this the _______ day of _____, 2011.

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Michael L. Benson

President, Rackham Student Government