Collective Meeting - April 3, 2014

Collective Meeting 
April 3, 2014 - 10:00 am 

Attendance: Cutler Edwards, Paul Tchir, Jorge Leal, Maki Smith, Mary Klann, Jonathan Abreu, Teresa Walch, Nick Hirsch, Dave Henderson 

Speaker Logistics
We were able to secure extra funding: $500 from Dean’s Office of the Division of Arts and Humanities; and $576 from the Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Combined with the remaining funds in our Collective budget as well as our GSA DPC funds, we have enough now to cover a sizable honorarium ($500) and cover lunch and dinner for grad students on Thursday. We should have enough to set some money aside for a GSA-sponsored social at the end of the quarter.

Dr. Goldstein arrives in SD 4/16 (Wed) at 11:55 am : Maki will pick up at the airport
Wednesday --> free day to enjoy San Diego
Since we have extra money, he will be staying at the La Jolla Shores Hotel  
(Jaime booked and confirmed reservation today, 4/3)

Thursday (April 17) 
transporting him from hotel - Mary will pick up at 10:00 am 
informal campus tour - Jorge + Mary
Coffee at Mandeville Coffee Cart before workshop 

Workshop - 
booked location in Galbraith Room because the Veracruz/Huerta Rooms and Price Center seminar rooms were booked
Jorge  will send email to grad coordinators - Ethnic Studies, Literature, Anthropology, Sociology, CGS, and other people interested from other departments inviting them to come to the workshop
Mary - will create flyer for Jorge to send to other departments, email list-serves, and put flyers up in the elevators as soon as possible (waiting on image from Dr. Goldstein)
Cutler handling catering logistics for lunch 
Jorge will facilitate the workshop, will provide Dr. Goldstein a list of questions beforehand 
Nick suggested a pre-session to generate questions for the speaker, gain familiarity with his work to happen next Thursday afternoon at the Loft 
Mary to scan the intro of Poverty in Common to send to the the list-serve

Lecture - 3:30 pm in Galbraith Room 
Dinner - still need a location -
Mary will email Dr. Goldstein to ask about any dietary restrictions
Dinner will be after the lecture, around 5:30 or 6:00 pm 

Friday
Leaves SD 4/18 (Fri) at 1:25 pm - need airport drop off volunteer, or will provide reimbursement for taxi

TAship Issues
Proposed a Town Hall Meeting on Week 4 to address the issues with MMW and departmental TAships 

MMW - 33% funding for fall quarter rather than 50%
Questions have come up over whether the history department going to cover the difference for students who are applying for MMW for next year? Or are we encouraged to apply elsewhere? 

TAing in the Department 
transparency and availability 

Applying outside the department - ask Mayra/Head TA to schedule a workshop to address questions of first year students about the application process for TAships outside of the department (interview process, writing sample, etc.) 
Deadline for applying is May 1 

Miscellaneous 
Nick suggested having an orientation for incoming students at the beginning of next year to fill them in on issues they have to deal with later on from the perspective of graduate students (ex. TAships outside of the department) 
History colloquium or “book club”? 

If time later in the quarter, it would also be helpful to have a workshop on writing grants for history students. Not necessarily focused on finding funding but rather how to execute a successful grant.