Minutes 2010 06 11

  • Dana and Adam met with Luca:
    • Luca agreed for the budget.
    • Luca prefers we raise money.
    • For the furniture, he needs quotes then he will say if he agrees or not.
    • For career night, Luca wants to see the name of companies which going to participate before he agrees or not for the budget.
    • 2 more weeks to get the money.
  • We all have access to the storage in the lounge.
  • We can also get the cable for TV.
  • Adam found a free TV. A very big 32” TV which belongs to the tech guy.
  • Mohammad: Clean the tea makers.
  • Coffee breaks will start 2 weeks from now on Thursdays.
  • Furniture we need:
    • 2 couch sets
    • 2 coffee tables
    • 2 side tables
    • 1 lounge table
    • Some chairs
  • The open forum about PhD tuition and TA is on Monday. Free coffee will be provided by the department.
  • Annual General Meeting is coming. We should provide pizza.
    Parisa will prepare poster for AGM.
  • Dana will improve the content of the website.
  • Send email to Ivanov about website. They also want to change the ECE website. Talk to Doris about this.
  • Parisa have talked to Purang Abolmaesumi who is a faculty member at the department and is a alumni of our department. He said to Parisa that they used to have the following events for ECE-GSA:
    • Mini concert: It was a big event. It was like a talent show.
    • Soccer game: Between faculties and students.
    • BBQ and volleyball at the Jericho beach for the whole department.
  • Orientation time:
    • GSS orientation is on Sept 2, 3 and 5.
    • Sept 4 is not a good time.
    • Sept 1 is the best time.