Summary of Votes and Bottom Liners Assigned to Tasks General Assembly 2/17/2010

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Votes

1. occupy 19th and Holloway - passes

2. convince to strike, not force, info picket, no pulling fire alarms – passes

3. closed occupation – defeated, one vote for

4. critical mass to civic center, delegates – passes

5. one central open occupation – clarification of proposal, last longer, teaching, version of what we want our university to be – passes

6. Answer 3/20 anti-war – pass

7. SFSUnited, joint faculty picket, noon-2pm, open sit-ins, student pickets continue – clarification, noon-1pm solidarity with staff, and get – passes

8. Zero tolerance for cuts. – passes

9. 8 am picket to shutdown (minute taker distracted, not clear what happened to this proposal, but it is essentially an amendment to vote #2, asking for the picket to start earlier). – pass (clarified)

Bottomliners list

1. General conference of ethnic student organizations– Jamal, Roshan

2. College of Humanities teach-in – Alex

3. Ethnic Studies teach-in/forum – Roshan, Anita

4. Reach out to Health center, public health workers – Greg

5. Banners for each academic dept – Spencer, Krystale

6. City Health Center outreach – Michelle

7. Creative Arts program schedule to be produced, event - Natasha

9. Speakers in quad, noon-2 – Akasha

10. Freshman outreach campaign – Kendall

11. Calendar with post Mar 4 events - Krystale

12. Classroom announcements – everybody.

General Assembly- Draft Agenda

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Here is the draft agenda for the General Assembly (2/17/2010). The agenda for the GA is broken into 4 main points that we will expand on in the next SFSUnited meeting.


1. What is a General Assembly/ Call Out for others to get involved [3 min.]
2. What is SFSUnited? How will it benefit you? [5min]
-What is SFSUnited doing (each committee explain) [2min each, 12min.]
3.BREAKOUT by COLLEGE (How can you organize your department for March 4?What do you want to see happening on March 4? What can we achieve?) [20 min.]
-Discussion/Reportback/Vote [30 min.]
4. Debate on Business Occupation/March 4th [40min]

We are still trying to figure out if we want the vote to be part of the Discussion/Reportback or to have it at the very end, after the debate.

The expanded version of the agenda and announcements will be printed and distributed during the General Assembly after running it through the SFSUnited coalition.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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In case many of you don't know, this coming Wednesday (February 17,2010) is going to be the first General Assembly of the semester. We invite all students, faculty, staff and all others who may be interested in voicing their opinions on the current budget cuts to education and helping build collectively towards March 4, a statewide day of action, to come to this event. This General Assembly will also be host to the first ever open debate on the December 9th occupation of the Business building at SFSU.

Date: Wednesday , February 17, 2010
Time: 7pm
Location: Rosa Parks A-C (in the Cesar Chavez Student Center)

Light refreshments will be served

There is also a facebook page for this event. ( http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=292447152234 )

If interested in helping organize this event, the GA planning committee(A part of SFSUnited) meets on Tuesdays at noon in Cafe 101.

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Demands- work in progress

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SFSU-specific Demands

-End Furloughs (connect to full funding, no layoffs), reinstate laid-off faculty and staff, reinstate SETC union workers, that were replaced by independent contractors, and provide (adequate(wording)) wages for all faculty and staff.

EOPSS, and project connect.

-That the University and all auxiliary Organizations on campus make investment portfolios transparent.

-Abandon plans for the construction of the Recreation and Wellness center, no increase in student fees

-That students, faculty and staff receive a discount for transportation on MUNI and BART.

-Keep the Ethnic Studies Resource and Empowerment Center, and the Stay-in-School Family Resource Center open

-That a permanent location be established on campus for students to organize.

-Absolve all academic disciplinary action taken against students for participating in the occupation of the business building or any other direct actions, as they are exercising their rights as human beings and students.

-That a diverse body of representatives from the faculty, staff, and student body share decision making power on campus.

-That decisions on how budget cuts are made and how much is cut from each department be made public.

-That a student run food co-op be established on campus, for struggling students affected by budget cuts.

*That all administrative and executive positions at SFSU be student and faculty elected (long term goal)

Statewide demands

()That education, from kindergarten through PHD, be free of charge for students, and that all institutions adhere to a single standard of education.

() That all military recruiters be expelled from soliciting students on campus.

-That all student loans be forgiven, and that the 40,000 prospective students that were rejected due to the budget cuts be allowed to attend SFSU.

-Reinstatement of Masterplan

CSU specific-demands

()That the CSU board of trustees be dissolved, or be elected, with recall provisions, by students faculty and staff.

()That administrators with salaries above the median salary have their pay reduced down to the median.

CFA Demands

-Close corporate loopholes

-Amend Prop 13

-AB 656- tax on oil

-tax the rich (redundant?)

Strategy

-Build student union

- Build capacity of SFSUnited in order to achieve goals.

-By withholding fees, demand the creation of a committee of students, faculty, staff, and workers that can negotiate budgetary decisions.

Join SFSUnited every Tuesday 5:30pm Ethnic Studies 116!

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Current Projects:
-March 4
-Outreach
-Demands
-Research & Education
-Action/Events
-General Assembly Planning
-Labor