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Meeting Minutes for Friday March 9th, 2012

EGSO Meeting for Friday March 9th 2012

Attendees: Joel Sodano, Amy Mallory-Kani, Josh Bartlett, Harry Garrott, Jessie Poole, Cary Gouldin, Kaitlin Albertson, Luke Martin, Chris Jacques, and Tony Delgado

Sara’s notes from the GSO Meeting:

-Details about presidential search and faculty senate meeting are on GSO’s website.
-There is a search going on for the GSO e-board going on right now. Those interested should get involved. There is a small stipend offered.
-Assembly has a proposal in process to change constitution in regards to the role of the GSO assembly speaker.
-They are looking into opening a downtown GSO office.

Events:
-Annual Take back the Night" Thursday April 26th College of Saint Rose e-mail Christine if you wish to join.
-American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Rally May 6th at 12
-Rally for Life April 14th at 3pm and April 15th at 6pm
-End of Year Gala Dutch Apple Cruises -Friday April 27th 7pm Buffet and DJ with formal attire. Wednesday April 11th tickets available. Get them soon because it will sell out.
-Badminton tournament at The Bubble March 23rd

Americanist Reading Group
-Meeting Thursday 22nd 3:00Grad Lib regarding two events:
Americanist Roundtable on April 25th from 2-4pm in Arts and Science 122.
Speaker: Tuesday May 8th. Cristobal Silva will be visiting and giving a lecture “Geographies and Immunity”

18th Century Group

-Sophie Gee Tuesday March 20th at 1:00pm in Humanities 354
-Mike Hill’s class will be open at 7:00pm for those interested in seeing Sophie Gee again.

Social Committee
-Deadline for Oh Albany Oh Yeah is approaching. It is May 1st. Please contact Elaina Frulla if interested in submitting.
-Tents and cabin have been booked for Dippikill. More individuals could be squeezed in for the camping area. Contact the social committee if interested.

Outreach Committee
-Books for Prisoners is scheduled for Monday April 9th at Noon in the Honors Office in the Humanities Building. $200 has been received from MCAA and James Searle is currently raising other funding from faculty members. They are currently accepting non-academic books.
-The Community Writing Center project is scheduled to begin in Fall 2012. Funds are going to be requested from UAS. College essay, creative writing, and resume writing workshops are among the options for possible activities. Pat Chu is an option for a faculty member to act as champion for the project.

Conference Committee
-Chris implored everyone to get involved in putting out fliers and attending. There are opportunities for individuals who would wish to help out by moving chairs and directing attendees.
-Collaboration with the undergraduate conference will not be happening as the undergraduate will be rescheduled for later.
-James has scheduled a speaker to come to Don Byrd’s class on April 5th.

New Department Chair is Randall Craig
-Chris suggested the EGSO come up with a list of concerns and questions to give to a new chair Randall Craig. Luke suggested that the EGSO invite Brett and Randall to come to an EGSO meeting or general meet and greet event.

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Meeting Minutes: February 17th 2012

2/20/2012

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Meeting Minutes for February 17th, 2012

Attendees: Aaron Wittman, Chris Jacques, Joel Soldano, James Searle, Luke Martin, Eric Anderson, Cary Gouldin, Jesse Poole, Kaitlin Albertson, Harry Garrott, Elaina Frulla, Josh Bartlett, Tony Delgado, Kate Cove, and Sara Al-otaibi.

Budget.

-Kaitlin Albertson explained that the EGSO has received the following funding:
1. Conference $550
2. 18th century group: $150
3. Americanist: $500
4. Allotted Funds: $250
-Joel Sodano explained that on March 20th that Princeton professor Sophie Gee will do an afternoon talk and sit in on Mike Hill’s graduate class in the evening.

-Josh Bartlett will use the Americanist group funding to set up a standalone speaker/lecturer late in the Spring semester or early in the Fall semester.
Possible option(s) include: Cristobal Silva

Aaron Wittman suggested reaching out to the Biopolitics reading group for other suggestions for possible speakers.

-James Searle noted that on Friday April 6th, an Americanist named Tom Dehcand will be giving a talk.

Conference Committee
Chair Chris Jacques explained the following:
-Keynote Speaker is Thierry Bardini
-March 30-31st are the dates of the EGSO conference. It will be at the downtown campus.
-On Sunday February 18th, the committee is going to review abstracts and begin considering paneling.

A Proposal
Eric Keenaghan is interested in starting a grant for a LGBTQ speaker series that would be affiliated with the conference beginning in Spring 2013.

Social Committee
Aaron Wittman reports:
-No GAC meetings this semester. Chris is interim junior representative.
-Tony Delgado will be assisting the social committee in posting social events on Facebook.
-Next Happy Hour is March 2nd at 4 o’clock at the Hill Street Cafe.
-Saturday February 18th is the Albany Devils hockey game.
-Elaina Frulla has continued working on the “Albany Oh Yeah!” project. She is requesting submissions of popular hot spots in Albany. Please send them to her at [email protected]. There is a deadline of May 1st.
-Aaron was is gauging interest in the following events:
1. bowling in Delmar
2. a car pool to the Malta drive-in
3. a traveling potluck.
4. Glow-in-the-dark mini-golf.
Please contact him.

- EGSO also needs a photographer to take pictures of events and meetings.

Dippikill Retreat
Jesse Poole reported:
-15 people have signed up to attend the EGSO retreat.
-There is a $15 cap on camping at the site.
-Jesse will reserve a 6-person cabin on March 1st.
-They are now looking for more people to join in.

Outreach Committee
Joel Sodano reported:
-Books for prisoners has 600 books. The program needs funding for postage.
-The committee is throwing around ideas of having April 9th as a day for packaging up books for prisoners.
-Sarah is seeking funding from MCAA and Programing.
-The committee is in the process of selecting a theme and venue for a writing outreach event in Fall 2012 or Spring 2013.

GSO Report
-Sara reported there are a few positions open at the GSO:
1.University GSO Senator
2. University Life Council
3. Office Manager of the East Campus location.
4. MCAA Chair

These are upcoming events:
- Film Screening of Fag-Bug at the Downtown Campus Friday Feb 24th 6pm with Q&A (fulfills MCAA requirement)
- MCAA international dinner
- Feb 25th Mardi Gras themed Casino Night at Jillians (Dress in Costume) Tickets at GSO office.
- Hockey game, bowling in March and April.
- MCAA funding is available for events. Come up with some!
- School of Public Health is hosting a Male Date Auction February 18th to benefit suicide prevention.
- Writing Institute Workshop Monday Nights 6pm-9pm Submit to participate. Wednesday 22nd is deadline.

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EGSO Meeting Minutes: January 30th 2012

2/20/2012

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EGSO Meeting Minutes 30-01-12

Attendees:

Joel Sodano, Michael Amrozowicz, Luke Martin, Chris Jacques, Leeann Barrett, Kate Cove, Joshua Bartlett, Aaron Whitman and Jessy Poole.

Conference Committee:

Chris announced that the search for the conference keynote speaker continues and that the deadline for abstracts will be decided

Social Committee:

Aaron suggested the social events be posted on the EGSO Facebook page, with the help of the EGSO secretary Tony.

On the agenda:

- Regular scheduled happy hours (starting Feb 10, Hillstreet Café at 4).

- Yes! Reading

- Albany Devils Hockey Game: Feb 18 Sat 7 pm $12 per ticket.

- Snow-walk/dog-walk: Saturday Feb 4 or Sunday the 5th. Taking a winter stroll. Walk in the park (contact Aaron)

- Dippikill Retreat: this event will take place on Memorial Day weekend, 25-28 of May. If you are interested in going, you have the option of renting a cabin ($15 per person per day, $45 for the weekend) or a camping spots for $2 a night. There are volleyball courts and grills on sight and free canoes. Contact Jessy Poole for more information.

Kate Cove delivered on behalf of Elaina Frulla regarding the O Albany Fanzine. If you are interested in participating and helping out, send your articles and reviews by the end of the term to Elaina.

Outreach Committee:

Joel Sodano announced the committee will meet to discuss the Spring event: Books for Prisoners.

The committee is also considering organizing a Community Writing Center event. Services will include periodic workshops, resume writing, torturing underserved elements of community

GSO:

There is an opening within the GSO eborad MCAA Chair.

Luke Martin calls for suggestions for events in the Spring to add to the budget.

Americanist Group:

The group will organize a faculty roundtable. The time will be announced late March or early April.

USC:

The Initiative in Teaching is calling for nominations from EGSO members.

EGSO is looking for a president for GAC Graduate Advisor Committee Interim representative.

Next meeting: Feb 17, 2:30, room 245.

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Meeting Minutes for Friday November 11th 2011

11/30/2011

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Meeting on Friday November 11th, 2011

Humanities 290 at 1:30pm

Attendees: Harry Garrott, Kaitlin Albertson, Josh Bartlett, Sara AlOtaibi, Aaron Wittman, Chris Jacques, Michael Amrozowicz, Luke Martin, Tony Delgado, Eric Anderson
Next Meeting is December 2nd at 2:30 in HU 290

Announcements

A member of the EGSO is required to go to an MCAA event this semester.

Some MCAA events:
Fifth of July Sunday Sunday November 13th at 2pm
Turkish Movie Night: Next Saturday
Thanksgiving Dinner: Tickets are free. Dress nicely.

Committe Updates

-Conference Committee

There is a meeting on Sunday November 13th at 5pm at Chris Jacques house.
One of the lecture rooms applied for was booked during Friday March 30th.
Chris and others committee members will be visiting the Downtown campus following the EGSO meeting to secure another room.

-Social Committee

No paycheck Friday on November 11th.

-Outreach Committee

Can/Coat drive is going swimmingly.
Next project is Books for Prisoners. Jesse Poole has been in contact with the Writer’s Institute and they would be willing to donate some books.

GSO Events

Sara mentioned that there is additional funding available for MCAA events. Anyone who wants to do a an event or film series should apply.

The GSO is collecting and recycling electronics starting November 15th.
Carpool and bike-share services are available.
The GSO is also collecting donations to help the victims of the recent earthquake.

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EGSO Meeting 9/23 – 1:00 HU 354

10/4/2011

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EGSO Meeting 9/23 – 1:00 HU 354

Next Meeting is October 7th

Attendees: Michael Amrozowicz, Harry Garrott, Joel Sodano, Taylor Churchill, Kaitlin Albertson, Jarod Young, Luke Martin, Eric Anderson, Sara AlOtaibi, Tony Delgado, Chris Jacques, Amy Mallory-Kani, Jesse Poole, Maureen Anderson

Meeting begins with Budget
1:00pm Kaitlin Albertson read the budget.

1:06pm Chris discussed the conference committee. Anyone interested in joining should e-mail him. [email protected]
-He will be doing a doodle poll to schedule committee meetings.

1:10pm Committee Reports
-Social: Paycheck Fridays (Bar Night), Monthly potluck are upcoming events
-Sara reporting on the services the GSO Offers: Free B&W printing 100 pages per week, faxing, coffee and snacks for sale,
-Grants Committee starting in September. Minimal work and Good experience for those interested
-Kickball tournament 10am Oct 22nd Oct 15th sign-up. Minimum of 7 players

1:15pm Conference Topic Proposals: Attached at End
-Amy, Joel Sodano, and Mike A: Waste
-Josh Bartlett: The Love Conference
-Jarod: War & Romance Conference
-Kate Cove: Writing Sound: Literary Engagements with Aurality

2:49pm Decision made to move ahead with The Waste Conference
-Handed on the Conference Committee.

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EGSO Meeting 9/9 – 2:30 HU 354

9/12/2011

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EGSO Meeting 9/9 – 2:30 HU 354

Next Meeting is September 23rd

Attendees:

Michael Amrozowicz, Josh Bartlett, Luke Martin, Kaitlin Albertson, Aaron Wittman, Sara Alotaibi, Eric Anderson, Elaina Frulla, Harry Garrot, Tony Delgado, Cary Gouldin, Jessie Poole, Kate Cove, Maureen Anderson, Jared Young, Kristin Fay and Joel Sodano.

2:35: Luke Martin distributed the current constitution. This was made last year by the constitution committee, Chris Jacques and Michael Amrozowicz

2:40: Luke Martin welcomed everyone to the first EGSO meeting of the semester. He then began describing the purpose and previous years accomplishments of the EGSO's committees.

- Outreach Committees: Accomplished Winter Can/Coat drive and Spring Books for Prisoners

- Social Committee:

Accomplished Can/Coat drive culmination Party
Bar night idea (proposed)

- Conference committees: Successful conference last year and beginning work on the 10th annual English Graduate Conference.

The EGSO is always open to the idea of new committees.

2:47: Conference committee sign-ups were distributed. Any who missed their chance to sign up can e-mail Tony Delgado at [email protected]

Luke next described a number of events that are sponsored by and run by various EGSO members:

Speaker Series

EGSO sponsors a speaker series for the Americanist Group and 18th Century Reading Group.
Interdisciplinary Conference: The idea of having an interdisciplinary conference this year had been proposed, but Luke reported that he had not received a response from any other department's GSOs. The plan is now to continue trying to contact other GSOs with the hope of having an interdisciplinary conference next year.
Luke also mentioned the idea of creating a GSO for interdisciplinary activities.

2:55: Planning of Other Events

Luke asked if Books for Prisoners would still continue. Michael responded that he believed it would but follow-up with James Searle would be required.

Next the EGSO voiced their desire to do the Can/Coat drive again this year.

The idea of sponsoring a family in addition to the Can/Coat drive was raised.

Chris Jacques voiced some reservations regarding the obligation it would create for EGSO members and the association with the non-secular holiday of Christmas.

3:07: Floor turned to Josh Bartlett to discuss the Americanist group:

This is the second year of the Americanist group, with the group hosting a round-table and a lecture by Theo Davis last year.
The group is in the process of examining having an event this year during the middle two weeks of November.

3:14: Chris Jacques suggested a film series as a possible activity for the EGSO to put on.

This would be a great opportunity for Grad and Undergrad students to interact in a forum outside of the classroom.
He also wondered if this could be a possible MCAA tie-in. He said he will talk to Sara from MCAA and report back.

3:19 Floor turned to Michael Amrozowicz who described the 18th century reading group:

They read poems, books, and dissertation chapters and are open to all who wish to come.
They are in the process of exploring a round-table in the spring and/or a speaker.
The first organizational meeting will be Wednesday the 14th of Sept from 12-1 in the Graduate Library.

3:22 Aaron Wittman added that he is Organizing a GRE study group for the spring.This would be for students planning to take the GRE (general and subject) in November.

3:29 Elaina Frulla suggested a “Welcome to Albany Packet” and enthusiastically described how awesome Albany is.

There was some discussion on whether this would be a paper packet, or part of the EGSO website, or both.
It was suggested that this be handed over to the social committee.

3:33 Sara Alotaibi described how to subscribe to the GSO listserve.

In your e-mail send a message to the GSO Listserv, [email protected], with “Subscribe” in subject line.

3:36 Luke Martin explained the relationship of EGSO to GSO. Funding for the EGSO is received from the GSO. He also mentioned the possibility for Graduate students to sit on other University committees.

3:39 Jessie Poole suggested the idea of a “Community writing center” which would offer writing coaching, a writing club and workshops.

It was suggested that the first step would be seeing if these services are met elsewhere in the committee.
There was a discussion of venues with the Library and Social Justice center as possibilities.
Idea was sent to the outreach committee.

3:46 Luke began a discussion of the EGSO's web presence. The EGSO official website is located at http://egsoalbany.weebly.com. There is a calendar of events there.

Tony Delgado volunteered to create and update an EGSO Facebook page.

3:48 Next meeting of the EGSO will address Ideas for the Spring conference.

Any interested parties should bring ideas.
Most helpful are proposals that are as close to a draft CFP as possible.
Chris Jacques highlighted that that was not necessary though.

Schedule of EGSO meetings:

September 23rd: Ideas presented for conference.

October 7th: Conference theme is decided.

November 4th

December 2nd

3:57 Luke Martin highlighted that he would be very pleased if committees could select a liaison/chair by the September 23rd meeting.

Chris Jacques stressed that any type of coercion by the President of the EGSO to the committees is unconstitutional.

4:00 Meeting ended.

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EGSO Meeting Minutes for March 4th 2011

3/4/2011

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EGSO Meeting Minutes 3/4

The next EGSO meeting will take place on March 25th at 2:45 in Humanities 354.

Tasks to Be Completed
General The EGSO needs to attend an MCAA event. Sara Alotaibi proposed seeing A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wilde on 3/24 at the Performance Art Center. If you are interested in attending email her at [email protected].

Attendees
Joel Sodano, Sara Alotaibi, Kaitlin Albertson, Tony Delgado, Luke Martin, Joel Sodano, Eric Anderson, Joshua Bartlett, and Chris Jacques.

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English Graduate Student Organization Minutes for January 23rd 2011

1/23/2011

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EGSO Meeting Minutes 1/23

Tasks to be Completed

Luke Martin needs to submit the EGSO budget, which is due on April 11th.

Tony Delgado needs to begin organizing the EGSO gmail account.

General the EGSO needs to adopt a position apropos of the proposed changes to the University’s General Education requirements.

Attendees

Joshua Bartlett, Elaina Frulla, Tony Delgado, Sara Alotaibi, Christopher Jacques, Joel Sodano, Bret Benjamin, Michael Amrozowicz Matt McGregor, and Luke Martin.

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EGSO Meeting Minutes for December 3, 2010

12/3/2010

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EGSO Meeting Minutes 12/3

The next EGSO meeting will take place next semester. You missed out!

Tasks to Be Completed
Joel Sodano agreed to advertise the Coat Drive and Culminating Party through Engrad.
Anna Eyre will contact Will Alexander to see if he is willing to be the creative keynote.

Attendees
Sara Alotaibi, Kaitlin Albertson, Tony Delgado, Anna Eyre, Luke Martin, Joel Sodano, Eric Anderson, Chris Jacques, Elaina Frulla, Janelle Adsit, and once again Degrassi.

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EGSO Meeting Minutes for November 12, 2010

11/12/2010

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EGSO Meeting Minutes 11/12

The next EGSO meeting will take place on December 3rd at 2:00 PM in the Graduate Student Library.
Tasks that Need to Be Completed:Elaina Frulla needs to attend the GSO Thanksgiving dinner on November 24th from 12-3 in SEFCU Hall of Fame Room.

Attendees: Sara Alotaibi, Kaitlin Albertson, Tony Delgado, Janelle Adsit, Joshua Bartlett, Degrassi, Luke Martin, Matt McGregor, Elaina Frulla, Joel Sodano, Eric Anderson, and Chris Jacques.

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