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Jesse Hollander, Kirsten Williams, Jason Deignan, Rachel

Seltzer, Ben Kong, Jason Tee, Michael Sparrow, Vijay Patel, Katie
Yates, Joan Feraco, Charlie Muraki

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a.Y Student Newsletter Committee (Vijay Patel): Student
newsletter will be published in fall. Contributions for
articles will be solicited beginning in the September.
b.Y Student Health Advisory Group (Derek Musashe): During
last month¶s meetings, it was brought up that there is
student loans cover the health care insurance premiums
over the summer. The timing of end of the summer term
and the beginning of the fall term for almost all schools
allows students to have coverage even though there may
be a summer break. On a related issue, this may not
cover costs of summer break housing and non-tuition
related expenses for some schools.
c.Y Student Center Planning Committee (Jesse Hollander &
Charlie Muraki):
i.Y The Student Center is now open on Saturdays from
9am-5pm. We should all try and get more people
here during these hours to continue support to keep
it open on the weekend. Food service on Saturdays
will open on 9/25/10. Hours to be announced.
ii.Y Jesse and Charlie met with Steve, head of Nutrition
Services, regarding serving alcohol at the Student
Center, with a permit to serve all the time. This
seems less likely for two reasons. 1) OHSU is
hesitant with health services and health providers on
the same campus and providing the mission of
healthcare in a safe and legal setting. 2) It is
expensive to have an OLCC permit for a member¶s
only venue for just a monthly permit. Another
option is a monthly event and/or contract with
catering company to have a liquor license at certain
 times. Having a public bar versus a members only
venue was discussed. Revenue generation is a
potential benefit to serving alcohol at the student
center in any capacity. Ideas proposed were kegs,
wine tastings, and having it open to families.
iii.Y One consideration mentioned is to be sure we are
using incidental fees for the benefit of a significant
portion of the student body. If this only appeals to a
small subset of students, it becomes more difficult to
justify requiring every student to pay these dollars in
required incidental fees.
iv.Y One concern re: the serving of alcohol is a potential
safety issue with the swimming pool. The pool may
be closed or a security watch may be placed on it
during the hours that alcohol is served.
d.Y March Wellness (Joan Feraco):
i.Y To ensure students are aware of March Wellness and
the services offered, they¶ve prepared some paper
stuffs for school orientations. Most schools have
responded, except the SOM.
ii.Y Nursing students have been asked to pay community
prices over the summer. SOP (pharmacy) still
without access during fourth year, although there is
talk of allowing them to pay for the months they
rotate here. It is unclear if medical students have
access through incidental fees during the summer
between 1st and 2nd year.
iii.Y March will now offer residents¶ a reduced-fee
membership.
iv.Y Obviously March membership fees are not
competitive with community gym membership fees.
There is a question of what students¶ and/or
residents¶ needs are in a fitness center. (Not brought
up at the meeting: is it possible to offer students,
and/or residents, and/or the public at-large the
option of paying the price for full-membership versus
an alternative lower fee for a limited membership,
either just access to gym facilities, vs. facilities +
classes, vs. facilities + classes + spa services, etc.?)
e.Y Library (Laura Zeigan):
i.Y Not present
f.Y Community Service Fair Discussion (Katie Yates):
i.Y This will be the 5th Annual Community Service Fair
ii.Y Thursday, October 7th, at the Student Center
 iii.Y She has lots of organizations lined up to invite, and
welcomes suggestions for any we left out.
g.Y School representative reports (skipped in the interest of
time)
i.Y Medical:
ii.Y Dental:
iii.Y Pharmacy:
iv.Y GSO:
v.Y Nursing:
vi.Y PA:
vii.Y Allied Health:
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i.Y Budget review (Charlie Muraki):
1.Y Our student council budget comes from
incidental fees (IF¶s), and we currently don¶t
spend all the IF¶s each year. Charlie met with
Dr. Robert Vieira, Interim Provost, to discuss
where the rest of this money goes, and if it is
still accessible. Evidently, any left-over fees go
into a µreserve¶ fund.
2.Y It is still unclear if these funds sit in an
account, or if they are spent, and then credited
to the Student Council budget. (The implication
is: if we choose to spend it all right now, are
those funds immediately available?)
3.Y The response from Dr. Vieira is they can be
used for special expenditures, e.g. funding
projects at the Student Center. It does not,
however, just roll over to the following year¶s
student council budget. Dr. Vieira will report
back on the status of these funds.
4.Y The next issue raised is if there are always
leftover funds, how much of them do we want
in the reserve fund, and do we want/can we
cut IFs for students?
5.Y We have already requested and been granted a
regular budget report. However, they have
recently hired a new person whose job
description is appropriate for this, so once
he/she gets acclimated to the job, we can
expect a regular budget report within the next
couple months.
6.Y There is also discussion about and preference
for the ability to manage an annual budget, as
 opposed to being given a partial budget per
term. This is especially pertinent in light of the
prevalence of student body events in the latter
half of the academic year. (E.g. Cover The
Uninsured Week, Student Policy Workshop,
and Volunteer Banquet.)
ii.Y Voter Registration (not addressed)
iii.Y Suzy & Sarah (Legislature & OHSU Business & Ops)
1.Y Rae is meeting with Sarah on Tuesday, 8/17,
to discuss student preferences and priorities
for the short-term future of OHSU and
business and operations strategies. Please ask
your fellow students to share their ideas so she
can represent them at this meeting.
2.Y Rae is also meeting with Suzy Funkhouser,
OHSU¶s lobbyist to the State Legislature, on
Wednesday, 9/8. If you have issues you would
like her to represent at that meeting, please let
her know. The purpose of this meeting is
three-fold: to form a working relationship with
the Student Council, to do the same for the
Health Policy Interest Group, and to ask about
personal interests about public health. The goal
for discussing Student Council with her is to
set up what our relationship can be and what
resources we can access; essentially, how to
bring students and student interests closer to
Salem and effecting state policy.

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