MSGS held a general body meeting on April 7th, at 12 noon in 1302 Chem/Nuke. All members were invited to attend. The current agenda was as follows, amended with meeting notes:
12:00
- Call to Order: Arrival and pizza!
- Thank you to Kathleen, Dr. Phaneuf and the MSE Department for the food!!
- Introductions
- What we do, and who we are!
- Officer introductions and brief description of roles
- List of annual MSGS activities
- Old Business
- Membership and Orgsync: Join on Orgsync, more things coming
- Research Fest: Max and Nalia, submit posters and talks, CFP coming soon
- QE prep: Zoey and Eugene, starting soon
- Discussion of next voting cycle, all positions are open, exact voting and nomination mechanism to be determined.
- New MSGS Business
- Advocates for Science and the March for Science
- Discussion and vote, statement approved unanimously: MSGS endorses AfS
- SLOAN PEM: Sarah Mburu, free food to write, sponsored by Dr. Lloyd on Saturdays from 1 to 4 PM
- Advocates for Science and the March for Science
- Open floor for announcements
- Sustainability Workshop Poster Competition (http://www.energy.umd.edu/sustainability/workshop-2017)
- CASE (http://case.umd.edu)
- UMD Social Justice Day (https://sph.umd.edu/event/umd-social-justice-day)
- Optics Society Poster Competition (http://umd.orgsync.com/org/osaatumd/poster_2017)
- Adjourn by 12:55: Seminar time!