Pharmacy Council Meeting - April 17, 2007

PHR 3.106 12:30 p.m.

AGENDA

I. Roll Call

II. Guests

1. Stephen Myers                                                                stevemyers@mail.utexas.edu
1. Chairman, Senate of Student Councils with 2 others (Reed and Russell)
   1. Senate is home base for all 19 college councils and provide funding.
   2. +/- grading open public forums Thursday, April 26th
      o 12:30 to 1:30PM UTC 3.122
      o 5 to 6 PM UTC 4.122
2. Cactus Yearbook- Andy Gaye
   1. Can add it to tuition billing during registration
   2. Pharmacy has 12 pages in there!
   3. DVD supplement will be provided
   4. “Coffee-table” style
   5. Pre-view on April 26th 8 to 11 PM Union Showroom (Next to Wendy’s)
2. Jamie Ecklund                                                                    jamieecklund@mail.utexas.edu
   1. On behalf of PLS (Pharmacy Leadership Society) president, Brandon
      1. Announcement of new members (22 people!)

III. President's Report                      MEENA RAMANATHAN                           rrmeena@mail.utexas.edu

1. Capital Campaign- Starting up soon, Meena will talk about what students need on campus,
   please let her know what we need
2. Top 10 percent- trying to cap it at 50%
3. LRC Noise levels- please keep it down
4. DSAC- First meeting held at Dean Crismon’s house April 4th
   1. Printing, references, and increasing study spaces
   2. Please look for the email coming from your rep (K. Garza, M. Dempsey, B. Makos, l.
      West, F. Le, R. Covey)
5. Funding from the University Coop- May 15th deadline- go to the website for more detail
   http://www.universitycoop.com/ePOS/form=shared3/gm/browse.html&store=108&design=coop3&t his_category=259

IV. Vice President's Report                 SAPANA DESAI             spd55@mail.utexas.edu  

1. Pharmacy Council Potluck, Friday, April 27, 2007, 6:30 PM at Dean Ginsburg’s House
   Please RSVP ASAP! The assignment of dishes are: P1- Appetizer, P2 Main course, P3- Dessert
2. Congratulations to the New Committee Chairs! Deadline for fundraising and Explore UT cochair
   is Sunday at 5 PM to Sapana (spd55@mail.utexas.edu)

V. Financial Director's Report                 KUNAL PATEL                                                 kunalpatel@mail.utexas.edu         

1. Please turn in receipts to him ASAP for this semester

VI. Secretary's Report            JIMMY HE                                 jimmyxhe@mail.utexas.edu

1. End of the School Year Fundraising Date, Thursday, 5/3 from 12:30 – 2 in PHR 3.110
2. Attendance for Summer & Fall Pharmacy Council
3. Summer Pharmacy Council Dates
   Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 11 AM
   Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 11 AM
   Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 11 AM

VII. Senate Report                         MEGAN SHEARRER                  mshearrer@mail.utexas.edu

1. Library Announcements- student library committee
2. S.R. 312 Opposing Undergraduate Plus/Minus Grading System - Passed
3. S.R. 305 Additional Art Curriculum for Non-art Majors – Passed

VIII. Student Government Report                             ERIKA KNUDSON                          ejknuds@mail.utexas.edu

1. Brand new year, brand new faces! Come on out to a meeting
   Glenn Maloney Room 7pm Tuesday night
2. Inauguration last Sunday with New President/VP installed
3. Tragedy at Virginia Tech
4. Watch out for disaster drill- go to the nearest building and stay there until further notice

IX. Representatives' Reports          

1. Lexi-Comp discount until end of May on top of student discount, please see the magazine rack
   for discount, please see Rudy Martinez for password
2. SNPhA donations drive until the end of the week
3. P4 rep selection at their regional meeting

X. Committee Reports

               Explore UT                                           Disease Awareness*

               Fundraising*                                            Faculty Relations*

               Social*                                                     Student Issues

               Student Interviews*                                   IM Coordinator*

               LPPA Liaison                                          Pharmacy Month

               Welcome                                                 NSO

               Parents' Day                                            Planner Chair*

Disease Awareness: Wednesday, April 25 th, 12pm in PHR 2.108 -- Dermatologist speaker

Fundraising: Fundraising Date, April 19 th (Come pick up your Business Cards for TSHP!)

Student Interviews: Aprl 20 th and 21 st (from 12-5pm and 9am-5pm, respectively) Still need people on Friday 3-5pm, video/tour guides needed...let Meena or Christine know

Social: Grand Success! Thank you for coming out on Sunday!

Faculty Relations: Thank you for helping celebrate Faculty Appreciation Week!

Planner Chair: Presidents, Please email Jimmy on any changes to your Planner Pages

XI. Old Business

XII. New Business

XIII. Announcements

1. Next meeting --> Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 11am
2. Congratulations to new committee chairs: