EGSO GENERAL

MEETING

Friday, March 23, 2018

12:30 PM, Heep 413
President - Phillip Shults

● Departmental Updates
● Officer Elections
○ Nominations are now closed!
○ Voting at the end of the meeting
 Vice President External Affairs - Tyler Raszick
● GPSC Updates
○ Transportation Updates
■ Old Main bus stops
■ Route 12/25 changes
○ Visa Reform
■ H1B/EB visa resolutions
○ Student Health Services
■ Fee cap resolution
■ Space expansion resolution
○ Handicap placard enforcement
○ Thursday football game accomodations
 Vice President External Affairs - Tyler Raszick
● Upcoming Events
○ Vet School Open House - March 24
○ Neuroscience Symposium - April 6, 10 am
■ Abstracts due March 24
○ Physics and Engineering Festival - April 7
○ Community of Scholars - April 10-12
■ tx.ag/COS2018
○ HSC GSO Research Symposium - April 20
■ Abstracts due March 30
 Vice President Internal Affairs - Karen Poh
● February Student Spotlight: Mackenzie Tietjen from
Dr. Medina’s lab
○ Nominate our next student spotlight! Email Karen Poh
(karenpoh@tamu.edu) and tell us who and why this
person
should be our next student spotlight!

● Stay up-to-date by joining our FB group

(facebook.com/groups/tamuegso) and visit our
website (tamuegso.weebly.com)!
Treasurer - Kurt Nguyen

● Congrats to Crys Wright and Bert Foquet on

their travel awards!

● Merchandise Sales
 Events Coordinator - Chloe Hawkings

● Thanks for coming out to the banquet!

● Chili Cook-off
○ Friday, April 27, 12:30-2:30
○ $5 to enter a chili and eat chili
○ $5 to enter the event
○ Registration ends Friday, April 20

● Student Paper Plate Awards

○ Submit titles for paper plate awards!
 Community Outreach Chair - Ryan Selking

● 4H Judging Clinic and Competition

○ Clinic: Saturday, March 24, 2018, 9 AM-12 PM (TOMORROW)
○ Competition: Saturday, April 7, 2018

● ENTO Blitz
○ April 13-15, 2018 in Edwards County
(~5 hour drive)

● BIO Blitz
○ April 28, 2018
Seminar Coordinator - Zach Popkin-Hall
● Acarology candidate lunches and seminars:
○ April 2-3: Adela Oliva-Chávez (University of Maryland)
○ April 5-6: Andrea Swei (San Francisco State University)
○ April 9-10: Joshua Benoit (University of Cincinnati)
○ April 11-12: Job Lopez (Baylor College of Medicine)
● Regular pizza lunches on April 19th and 26th
 OFFICER ELECTIONS
● President ● Seminar Coordinator
○ Zach Popkin-Hall ○ Bert Foquet
● Vice President - External Affairs ○ Kyle Gilder
○ Phillip Shults
● Vice President - Internal Affairs
○ Constance Lin
● Treasurer ● Timeline
○ Fabian List ○ March: Speech day + online voting
○ Crys Wright starts
● Events Coordinator
○ Lauren Beebe ○ April: Announce new officers +
○ Kyle Gilder transition period
● Community Outreach Chair
○ Joanie King ○ May: New officers officially take over
VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
● Officer nominee platforms can be found on our website!

● Vote via the link from the email that will be sent later today OR go to
our website to vote
○ tamuegso.weebly.com/elections.html
○ “Elections” → Scroll down to find the link to vote

● Voting will close on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM.

● New officers will be announced at our next EGSO meeting (April 20,
2018 at 12:30 PM, Heep 413)
THANKS FOR
COMING!

Next EGSO Meeting:

Friday, April 20, 2018
12:30 PM Heep 413