Liaison to Employee AssemblyLiaison to Employee Assembly- More opportunities to interact with senior administrators

- Get exposed to a different assembly culture - the EA has its own style

- Very useful networking opportunity

- Friendly, low-stress group that is genuinely curious about what the GPSA is doing

- Hear about Cornell transitions from the people implementing them

- Essential position for cross-assembly communication

- More free food!

Liaison to Cornell CinemaLiaison to Cornell Cinema• Attend meetings of the Cornell Cinema Advisory Board

•Represent Graduate and Professional Student concerns to the Cornell Cinema Advisory Board

•Make important decisions regarding cinematic programming at Cornell

• Report back to the GPSA on pertinent matters

GPSA Charter Review TimelineGPSA Charter Review Timeline

• October 4 – Announcement of Charter Review Timeline at GPSA Discussion Meeting # 2

• November 8 – Meeting 1 of the Committee, 5:30 to 7:00 pm

• December 6 – Meeting 2 of the Committee, 5:30 to 7:00 pm

• February 14 – Meeting 3 of the Committee, 5:30 to 7:00 pm

• February 21 Business Meeting – Resolution Circulated to Voting Members

• March 14 Business Meeting – Resolution voted on by Voting Members

• April 4 Discussion & April 18 Business Meetings – New Voting Members/Officers elected in accordance with new charter

GPSA Charter Review CommitteeGPSA Charter Review Committee• The Operations and Staffing Committee is required to review the Charter during non-Activity Fee setting years.

•All Committee meetings shall be open to the graduate and professional student community.

•Voting Members of the Operations and Staffing Committee shall include all standing committee chairs (Appropriations, Communications, Events, Financial Commission, and Student Advocacy).

•During Charter review years, standing committee chairs may appoint a representative from their committee to serve in their place in the charter review process.

•The Committee encourages interested graduate and professional students to attend meetings of the Committee.

Finance Commission 2010/2011 PreviewGraduate and Professional Student Assembly

September 24, 2010By: Robert Hartshorn

GPSA Finance Commission Chairperson JGSM Voting Member

Cornell University GPSA Finance Commission

Preview

GPSA Finance Commission• Summary of Commission

– Roles– Meeting dates– Members

• Funding Preview– Source– Balances– Recent Activity– Upcoming Activity

Background• The funding arm of the Graduate and Professional Student

Assembly (GPSA).

• The GPSAFC is responsible for funding over 200 registered graduate and professional student organizations on the Cornell campus.

• Meetings– October 5th, November 2nd, and December 7th

– Sage Hall room 141– 6:30PM to 8:30PM

Members

• Seeking two additional representatives

– Ideally from Vet, Law, Humanities, or Biological Sciences

Bobby Hartshorn Finance Commission Chair, GPSA Voting Member - JGSMKyle Albert Appropriation ChairChristopher Clarke Social ScienceJohn Connelly Social ScienceHadi Fathallah Social ScienceDavid Ho Social ScienceAsia Sikora Social ScienceVen Su Johnson Graduate School of Management (JGSM)

904/19/23 Cornell University GPSA Finance Commission Preview

http://assembly.cornell.edu/GPSA/20091116R3

1004/19/23 Cornell University GPSA Finance Commission Preview http://irp.cornell.edu/F_Factbook.htm

- total 6353

Cornell University GPSA Finance Commission Preview Members http://assembly.cornell.edu/GPSA/Members

Figures from Office of Assemblies Funding https://assembly.cornell.edu/charon/bases/3

Funding Balances• Spring 2010 Beginning Balance (pre-budget ) $106,451

• Requested: $345,232– 3x available balance– 201 groups filed for annual funding– ~30% of 09/10 allocations went unused

• Allocated: $150,459– 140% of balance– 43% of requested amount

• Spring 2010 Ending Balance (post-budget process) ($44,008)

• Fall 2010 Income from Student Activity Fees $152,125

• Estimated Fall 2010 Beginning Balance $108,117

• Note a buffer of $50,000 is kept to protect against over draft.

Recent Funding Activity• September Special Request 5

– Environmental Law Society – Gender & Sexuality Reading Group – CU Chinese Students & Scholars Assoc. – SPICMACAY– Society for Horticulture – TOTAL : $2,589

• Late Submissions for Annual Budgets 23 / 13 / 12~• Appeals 3~

• October Special Requests 4~

September Allocation:Environmental Law Society 42

Gender & Sexuality Reading Group 400 CU Chinese Stdts & Scholars Assoc. 947

SPICMACAY 700 Society for Horticulture 500

Total: 2589

Spring Annual Budget – no funding list

Africana Student AssociationAnimal Behavior Club

Chinese Basketball ClubVet-Equine Practitioners

NWAEG

Questions?