Present:                                                                         
Rich Westreich       Alan Liu            Sarita Kaza         Demetre Daskalakis  
John-Paul Mead       Joe Quaranta        Stephen Pool        Yolanda             
                                                             Troublefield        
Edie Lederman        Diana Yoon          Deowall Chattar     Jason Kornberg      
Eric Kim             Yince Loh           Seth Daily          Roland Knoblauch    
                                                                                 
Not Present:                                                                     
Melissa Fischer      Mike Henry          Craig Gordon        Nayan Sivamurthy    

Corrections to Minutes 9/26:

4) Rubin Lounge Updates:

$30,000 approved, bids complete. No new cuts from what we agreed on recently.

Construction starts in a couple of weeks. Once construction starts, lounge will not be open for use until completion.

6) Shuttle Routes:

Currently stops twice at Dental School (26th St);

No longer stops at Rubin or VA. Schedule available from Campus Info.

New shuttle has been bought, will be operable in November.

Call and thank Paul Toko for improvements before bringing up new requests.

New Items:

1) Meeting this week with Housing Dept. Will address housing lottery. Students to send to meeting: Joe, John-Paul, Demetre, and maybe 3rd or 4th year also. The meeting should be with Laurie Ann or Jose Valcourt, rather than Adele.

2) Security Issue: John-Paul & Demetre will meet with security about a stricter ID checking policy in Rubin Hall. Closing off basement access and installing a card reader at Rubin desk was suggested. Student cooperation will be necessary.

3) Representatives needed for Committees:

Standing Curriculum: 1st yrs=3 (Suggestion: 1 MD/PhD representative)

Task Force on Curriculum Policy Subcommittees

1st yr : 1st yrs=1, 2nd yrs=1, 3rd yrs=1

2nd yr : 2nd yrs=1, 3rd yrs=1, 4th yrs=1

Clinical Years : 2nd yrs=1, 3rd yrs=1, 4th yrs=1

Medical Informatics: John-Paul, Edie, and Stephen

Library: 1st yrs=2

Student Life: 1st yrs=3-5

Selection of Representatives:

Each Class Council should publicize openings and obtain written statements of interest for these positions by meeting on Tue 10/17 .

At that meeting we will determine whether the actual selection process will be carried out by class councils or student goverment as a whole; The applicability of committee bylaws should be considered.

4) TLC (The Learning Center) in Greenberg Hall

The conversion of office space in the basement of Greenberg Hall into study space and computer center won't be done for two years, but there is an immediate issue of computer availability for all classes. Logisitics and designation of computer use for different purposes must be addressed. The purchase of computers for medical education (including both 1st & 2nd modules and 3rd & 4th year needs) will be made a high priority through CORE.

5) Opening Student Cafeteria

Agreed that Yince will present to Food Services a trial plan for keeping the student cafeteria open for evening use. The estimated expenses will be based on Mon.-Thurs. for 1.5-2 hrs a night, with a salad bar and serving cold sandwiches, soda, and chips. If they think they can break even, plan will be executed.

6) New lighting was installed in the Library Mezzanine, and outlets will be installed for the use of people with laptops. Please drop a thank you note to Library.

7) Sarita and John-Paul are working on a Student Council Netscape Page. If anyone has suggestions or contributions, talk to one of them. A preliminary menu should be up at the end of next week.