MUNSS Meeting Minutes 7-9 pm, October 8, 2013

McMaster University

Call of the Role

PresentYuna Jang (President), Ayaan Mohamed (McMaster Vice President), Grant Macneil (Mohawk Vice President), Taissa Pavliuc (Secretary), Chris Wituik (Mohawk Education Chairperson), Chantel Barry (Social Chairperson), Erin Nieweglowski (Social Chairperson), Taylar Divenanzo (Communications Chairperson), Joshua Carvalho (CNSA OD), Alexandra Morra (CNSA McMaster AD), Michell Cook (CNSA Conestoga AD), Marika Watson (McMaster Level II Representative), Sara Rico (McMaster Level III Representative), Jessica Voortman (McMaster Level III Representative, Chris Kilbourne (Level II Conestoga Representative), Tharshika Sugumaran (Accelerated Stream Representative), Kornelia Palczewski (SRA Representative), Boey Chak (McMaster Level 1 Representative), Raymond Baglole (Mohawk Level 1 Representative), Justine Brown (Mohawk Level 1 Representative), Lori Lopez (Conestoga Level I Representative), Tyler Schlosser (Conestoga Level 1 Representative), Leighanne Swance (RNAO Representative)

FacultyCynthia Hammond

Excused AbsentKevin Kim (McMaster Education Chairperson), Victoria Dejong (Conestoga Education Chairperson), Jessica Gauthier (Conestoga Level IV Representative), Emma Kruis (Conestoga Level III Representative), Marisa Kucha (Level 4 Representative), Carleen Shipley (RPN-BScN Representative)

AbsentHolly Fisher (McMaster Level II Representative)

Start of the Meeting

Motion / To start the meeting 7:20 pm
Motioned By / Grant Macneil (Mohawk Vice President
Seconded By / Marika Watson (McMaster Level II Representative)
Motion Conclusion / Passed by General Consensus

Announcements

Housekeeping and Updates and Clarification from last meeting

Round the Table Update

Kornelia- MSU evaluation, releasing newsletter

Boey – Midterm review, Mohawk students had clinical at the same time next time Boey will be in communication with Ray

Alyssa – grad sweater ideas ready for polling, grad photo people in contact

Josh – Dr. Katherine Tomkins will be in contact for funding, first fundraising meeting

Tharshika – asking first year students for filling positions, exam de-stressor program will be planned in future

Sara Rico – jerseys for Nursing Games

Erin – Event on Saturday, November 2 hosted at BP for free, will be advertised on MUNSS website and Facebook groups, 168 McMaster stream, 140 Mohawk Stream, 140 Conestoga Stream students

Chris – CNRE prep course on November 29

Sadia – proposals and budgets to be sent to her for some members or else we will not get funding

CNSA – first fundraising meeting only 3 people showed up, will be more meetings. If you do not participate in meetings, you will not get any funding.
MTV reality TV show “Scrubbing In” issue: CNSA sent a letter from nursing students to have the show cancelled. Also RNAO and ONA involved. 10,000 signatures on the change from the ONA at change.org, but go through ONA

Yuna – has only received social and education committee descriptions, good job! Budget is due to Sadia ASAP. Budgets due.

Student Success Centre: Welcome Week Discussion – Jacob Brodka

  • Word cloud impressions before, on Welcome day, and during Welcome Week. Passed around these word clouds.
  • Information from surveys is available, 25% of first year students filled out the survey.
  • Mohawk and Conestoga students should have programming through MSU.
  • Wants to start a focus group about Welcome Week.
  • Welcome week training ideas in a conference style, optional sessions and mandatory sessions, for reps that would possibly consider a planning role

Position Filled + Vote of Confidence Update – Education

  • Capstone conference for PBL poster or oral presentation
  • Education committee is running it
  • Expensive symposium
  • $500 from MUNSS
  • Food from paradise catering
  • 500+ students, Chris wants MUNSS to sponsor coffee, $600 for coffee this year
  • Proposes $600 for coffee donation – Passed

Motion / Donating $600 for coffee for Capstone conference
Motioned By / Josh
Seconded By / Marika Watson (McMaster Level II Representative)
Motion Conclusion / 12 For
1 Abstaining
Passed by General Consensus
  • Experience of a nursing student, issues within the nursing program
  • Lori: Electives – not much choice for Conestoga, conflicts
  • Boey:
  • Ayaan: Subjective marking
  • Josh: Limited placements limit learning
  • Marika: Inconsistencies with learning styles
  • Grant: Had a sexist tutor last year
  • Taylar: Workload and inconsistencies for Accelerated students
  • Erin: Rubrics confusing for this year’s fourth year paper
  • Yuna: Need guidance for self-directed learning
  • Jess: Afternoon second year placement is not that good for learning
  • Ayaan: Page limit for papers to small for everything to fit in

Research Proposal #1 – Maurine Parzan

  • Dual identity project for students in a collaborative McMaster-Mohawk or McMaster-Conestoga
  • Share your ideas and issues in an anonymous student-led 1 hour research focus groupeamil , can win an iPad

Motion / To post the Dual Identity Poster at McMaster
Motioned By / Marika Watson (McMaster Level II Representative)
Seconded By / Chris Wituik (Mohawk Education Chairperson)
Motion Conclusion / Passed by General Consensus

Research Proposal #2 - Noeman Mirza's

  • Passed by 100% consensus

Movember – Yuna

  • Men grow a mustache and women support them and promote the cause
  • Females will donate, wear a fake mustache in public
  • Tyler, Ray, Josh, Chris and Grant will grow mustaches
  • Sara and Chantal will be in charge of registration

Motion / Motion to end the meeting
Motioned By / Leighanne Swance (RNAO Representative)
Seconded By / Tharshika Sugumaran (Accelerated Stream Representative)
Motion Conclusion / Passed by General Consensus

Meeting Adjourned