Purpose
The Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association
(CSE-GSA) is a group of graduate students whose purpose is to make the
department a great place to work and conduct research. The CSE-GSA
serves as a unifying influence among Computer Science and Engineering
(CSE) graduate students by:
- Organizing graduate student participation in department related matters
- Promoting social activities among students, faculty, and staff
- Providing a mechanism for documenting the history of departmental events.
CSE-GSA accomplishes these objectives by maintaining friendly
relations with the faculty, staff, and other graduate students.Any
graduate student within CSE can become a member of CSE-GSA, including
those that are on temporary leave. CSE-GSA members communicate with each
other by using an email list. All CSE-GSA members are on this email
list, which is csegsa at cs dot ucsd dot edu. Graduate students in CSE
are added to the list if they ask to be added, and are deleted from the
list if they ask to be deleted or if they permanently leave the
department.
Meetings
CSE-GSA meets once per quarter at a time that is mutually agreeable
for all CSE-GSA members. The purpose of these meetings is to reflect
upon recent departmental activities, prepare for upcoming departmental
activities, and to discuss any other issues related to the needs of CSE
graduate students. Everyone within the department is welcome to attend
these meetings, and they will be notified by email shortly before they
occur. However, anyone within the CSE-GSA or CSE can request a special
meeting to discuss any topic of current interest. To do this, all one
needs to do is email csegsa at cs dot ucsd dot edu, and ask that a
meeting be held. CSE-GSA will attempt to resolve the topic of concern
without conducting a meeting, but a meeting will be held if the members
of CSE-GSA decide that it is needed. All of the decisions regarding
departmental topics will be made in consultation with the appropriate
faculty and staff.
Positions
In the spring quarter, CSE-GSA holds an additional meeting to
describe the jobs that are needed for the following academic year. This
meeting is also open to everyone within the department, and an email
will be sent prior to the meeting to encourage everyone to attend. Food
is provided in order to boost attendance. Prior to the meeting a list is
generated containing of all the positions that require student
participation, which should be decided in the CSE-GSA winter quarterly
meeting. During the meeting the responsibilities of each position are
explained, and afterwards department members can volunteer for any
position they think they would like to do and have time for. There are
no formal elections to decide which positions are filled. Instead, both
the people who volunteered for the positions and the current CSE-GSA
members together decide who will get the positions, based on a
consensus. A description of all the current positions and who is
responsible for carrying out their duties can be found here: CSE-GSA
jobs.
Updating this Charter
Each year CSE-GSA should collectively designate a person to revise
this charter to reflect the purpose and procedures of CSE-GSA. After
doing this, the designated person should ask the other CSE-GSA members
to review it and provide comments and suggestions. The designated person
will then modify the charter to reflect these comments and suggestions,
and then publish the final version on the CSE-GSA website. | 