VP Internal Report

 

Report to Spring 2010 AGM

Report Compiled: March 9 2010

VP Internal

Emma Brand

This is a summary of the work undertaken by the VP Internal, Emma Brand from October 22, 2009 until March 9, 2010. This report is submitted to the Graduate Students’ Union at the Spring 2010 Annual General Meeting.

Events Held

EVENT	Trivia Night with Shawn and Steve - featuring Mike
When	October 22nd 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	40

EVENT	I Love MUNdays International You-Tube Karaoke Kat and Nate’s Trivia Bitters Halloween Bash
When	October 26th – 30th
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	300 for the three events
Costs	The events cost the GSU no money. The Bitters Halloween Bash generated the most revenue of any event at Bitters in the history of the General Manager. This really is a testament to all the hard work not only of the Bitters staff (who organized the event), but also everyone who has helped develop momentum for the GSU over the past 6 months.

EVENT	Your Weekly Dose of Mind-Melting Trivia with Amy-Lee "KnowledgeTree" Kouwenberg and Olivia "O'Trivia" Puckrin
When	November 5th 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Adam and Ellen’s Trivia
When	November 12th 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Trivia with Matt and Bridget
When	November 19th 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Art’s Trivia Extravaganza
When	November 26th 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Kat and Nate’s Trivia
When	December 3rd 9pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

 

EVENT	Welcome Back and Food Bank Fundraiser
When	January 8th
Where	Bitters
Number of Attendees	200
Description	Welcome back to school event at Bitters and Food Bank Fundraiser.
Details	The first of a series of Food Bank Friday’s fundraisers was held. $474 was raised by selling tickets to a 50/50 draw. Tickets were one for $2 and three for $5. The winner of the 50/50 draw was ticket number 940491, with a total prize win of $237. Bitters held a drinks special of domestic bottled beer for $3.50.

EVENT	Food Bank Fundraiser
When	January 8th through January 22nd
Where	Bitters
Number of Attendees	Total number of attendee ~600
Description	Food Bank Fridays Fundraiser.
Details	$587.15 was raised for the food bank during the Food Bank Fridays fundraising event.

EVENT	Kat and Nate’s Trivia
When	January 21st 8pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Curling Tournament
When	January 23rd
Where	Remax Centre
Number of Attendees	40
Description	10 teams of 4 competed in a round-robin curling tournament. Get Your Rocks off won Best Dressed and Hoosers won the Curling comp.

EVENT	Trivia with Liam and James - The Anglo-Irish Agreement
When	January 28th 8pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Ice Skating
When	2:30 – 4:30pm Friday 29th of January
Where	Brother O’Hehir Ice Rink, 45 Bonaventure Ave
Number of Attendees	15
Cost	$300 including tax
Description	Ice skating and Ice-Hockey

EVENT	Get Ready to Rock – Trivia Style. Hosted by Adam and Ellen
When	February 4th 8pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	GSU Matched Giving Support of the CCS Relay for Life
When	February 6th
Where	MUN Gym
Number of Attendees	25
Description	The GSU are proud to announce their support of the 2010 Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life. For every graduate student participating in the Relay for Life the GSU will match the $10 registration fee. 25 graduate students participated, such that $250 was donated to the Relay for Life. The Relay for Life is more than just a fundraiser. It is an opportunity to get together with family and friends and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back in the hope of finding a cure for this terrible disease. Relay for Life is fun, fulfilling and your participation gives strength to the Canadian Cancer Society’s mission to eradicate cancer. For more information visit www.cancer.ca.

EVENT	Calling All Random Knowledge Seekers – Trivia with Kyle and Ashley
When	February 11th 8pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Kat and Nate’s Trivia
When	February 18th 8pm
Where	Bitter's Pub
Number of Attendees	50

EVENT	Winter Olympics
When	13th to 28th of February
Where	Bitters Pub
Number of Attendees	700
Description	Bitters was the go-to location to watch all the Winter Olympics action for 2010. Daily updates of the events and schedule were sent out over the list-serve and for the first time ever Bitters opened to the public on a Sunday to host the gold medal match between Canada and the United States.

EVENT	March Mania Trivia League
When	March 4 to 25
Where	Bitters Pub
Expected Number of Attendees	100-300
Description	8 Teams of 5 people have entered a 4 week Trivia League held at Bitters. Round 1 was hosted by Kat and Nate and aside from the 40 March Mania participants 25 other people participated in the trivia.

Meetings Attended

OCTOBER

Internal Meetings

October 20^th 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

October 13^th 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

External Meetings

October 21^st 11am – 12 noon I Love MUNdays Committee Meeting

Meeting with members of the Memorial Community that are involved in the organization of I love MUNdays.

NOVEMBER

Internal Meetings

November 3^rd 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

November 10^th 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

November 17^th 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

External Meetings

November 6^th through 8^th CFS Skills Conference

The CFS Skills Conference was an opportunity for members of CFS-member Newfoundland and Labrador post-Secondary education institutions (such as MUN, Grenfell Collage, CNA, the Marine Institute etc.) to come together in St John’s for a weekend of workshops related to lobbying, effective communication, and campaign building. It was an excellent opportunity to meet other students across the province and develop skills necessary for student leadership.

November 30^th 12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Meeting with SGS

Met with Fay Murin and Noreen Golfman at Bitters for an informal lunch to help build better relationships between the GSU and the SGS.

DECEMBER

Internal Meetings

December 1^st 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

December 5^th 9:30am – 11:00am Meeting with Ryan Stanley – GradSwep

I met with Ryan Stanley the new GradSwep student to discuss the events to be held at the start of 2010. We also discussed how to better strengthen the relationship between the VP Internal and Bitters pub.

December 9^th 5:00pm – 6:00pm Social Events Committee Meeting

Refer to Social Events Committee Meeting Minutes.

January

Internal Meetings

January 5^th 8:30am – 10:00am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

January 12^th 8:30am – 10:00am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

January 13^th 4:00pm – 5:00pm Meeting with Ryan Stanley – GradSwep

Ryan and I discussed the ongoing Food Bank Friday events and the upcoming events to be held for WinterFest.

January 13^th 5:00pm – 6:00pm Social Events Committee Meeting

Refer to Social Events Committee Meeting Minutes.

January 19^th 8:30am – 9:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

January 26^th 8:30am – 11:30am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

External Meetings

January 6^th 10:00am – 11:00am SGS Winter Semester Orientation

Attended the SGS Winter Semester Orientation and spoke to incoming graduate students about the events being held by the GSU for WinterFest.

February

Internal Meetings

February 2^nd 8:30am – 10:00am GSU Weekly Executive Meeting

February 3^rd 5:00pm – 5:30pm GSU Awards Committee Meeting

Refer to GSU Awards Committee Meeting Minutes.

February 9^th GSU Social Events Committee Meeting via Email

I emailed the GSU Social Events committee members to update them on the current status of events and solicited some volunteers to help decorate Bitters for the Olympics.

External Meetings

February 2^nd 11:00am – 11:30am Capital Campaign Meeting re: GSU Scholarships

The GSU Executive met with Tara Peirce from Capital Campaign to discuss the possibility of the GSU creating two bursaries for Graduate students.

February 6^th-8^th CFS Provincial AGM

The CFS Provincial AGM was held over three days in St John’s. The purpose of the meeting was to re-cap the achievements of the previous 12 months and to determine the CFS strategic focus for the next 12 months.

Committee Reports

 

Social Events Committee

The Social Events Committee met three times, on December 9, January 13 and February 9. These meetings discussed past events, current events and upcoming events. The work the Social Events Committee members undertake has been instrumental to the success of the GSU events held this year. The minutes of these meetings can be found in the monthly VP Internal reports.

GSU Awards Committee

The Awards Committee met once, on February 3. The Awards Committee is charged with announcing and awarding the GSU Awards for Teaching, Community Service and Research. The Awards Committee meets in camera so no minutes are recorded.

Hours

Total hours from October 22^nd 2009 until March 9^th 2010 is 144.0. For a complete breakdown of the hours please referred to the separate VP Internal Hours excel spreadsheet.