GPSA Finance Commission

‘GPSAFC Funding Meeting Minutes:

Commission Attendance: Mia Tootill, Dipayan Ghosh, Glenn Garcia, Vinay Pagay, Raj Shrestha, Lang Gao, Qiu Wang, Di Wu

Absent: William Hill

Graduate and Professional Student Attendance:

1. Eliza Allen (Textile and Apparel Journal Club)

2. Thomas Ellingham (Textile and Apparel Journal Club)

3. William Fetzer (The American Fisheries Society)

4. Thane Maxwell (International Planning Student Organization)

5. Li Jiang (Cornell Graduate Consulting Club)

6. Parag Mahanti (Graduate Association of Chemistry)

7. Adarsh Kowdle (India Association)

8. David Andros (JGSM - Association of Veterans)

9. Johnston Moore (Chocolate & Confections Technology Club)

10.Evonne Lau (Chocolate & Confections Technology Club)

11.Niccolo Athens (Contemporary Chamber Players)

12.Elizabeth Newbury (Communication Graduate Student Association)

13.Chris Clarke (Communication Graduate Student Association)

General Committee Notes and Comments:

1.)Total October Funding Results

a.)Total Requests = 82

b.)Beginning budget = $81,031

c.)Total Approved = $12,284

d.)Remaining Budget = $68,747

Break Down of Subcategories (see next page)

2.)Late Annual Budget Submissions

a.)Requests = 45

b.)Amount Approved = $2,389

d.)Groups Examined

• The American Reading Group
• Cornell Linguistics Circle

3. Special Request

a. Requests = 31

b. Amount Approved = $3,705

c. Groups Examined

• Anthropology Graduate Student Association
• JGSM - Social Enterprise and Microfinance Club
• Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society
• Cornell India Association

4.)Appeals

a.) Requests = 6

b.) Amount Approved = $6190

c.) Groups Examined

• HAUS - History of Architecture and Urbanism Society
• New World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG)
• VET - Student Chapter of the American College of Veterinary Pathology Psychopaths
• VET - Cornell Student Chapter of American Association Equine Practitioners
• Women in Public Policy
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Association

Closing Remarks / Additional Planning:

1. The chair explained the funding process to the new members, as she was the only member to have previously served on the FC.

2. The committee was not aware that so many officers would be attending the meeting and so the majority of the meeting was spent speaking with the officers and discussing their organizations’ applications — both annual budgets and special requests.

3. Urgent requests not reviewed in the meeting were reviewed afterward by the chair and in communication with members via email.

4. It was agreed that another meeting would be held at the earliest opportunity to finish reviewing the non-urgent requests.

5. The meeting concluded 15 minutes late, at 7.45pm.