California State University, San Bernardino

University Diversity Committee

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Present: Baeza, Carthen, Clark, Daniels, Gil-Gomez, McDonald, Murillo-Moyeda, Ramirez, Texeira, Torrez

Absent: Agars, Brotherton, Carswell, Constant, Futch, Kakihara, Zhang

1. Approval of Minutes

McDonald moved to approve the minutes. Carthen seconded the motion. Texeira noted new members joined the Conversations on Diversity subcommittee. Torrez. Clark noted that bell hooks should be spelled with lower case letters and Torrez noted her name was spelled incorrectly. Minutes approved with noted corrections.

2. Budget Report

Valencia provided an update on the budget and said she encumbered the funds approved at the last meeting.

3. Subcommittee Reports

1. Funding Requests

1. Communication Studies

Murillo-Moyeda presented the request for $1,000 for Mark Gonzales’ honorarium. The subcommittee recommended approval. Torrez moved to approve. Texeira seconded. Motion approved.

2. Yoga Club

Murillo-Moyeda presented the request for $1,000 for Mr. Todd Stellfox’ honorarium. The committee requested an itinerary with clarification of the budget, time table, and the structure of the lecture. Texeira requested the advertisement be more than just the flyers, i.e. Coyote radio, student list serve, event scheduling, etc. Ramirez suggested finding out if the club is a chartered club. Torrez moved to fund the request for $1,000 with the stipulation that the Yoga Club provide a detailed itinerary for the day. Murillo-Moyeda amended the motion for funding contingent upon the questions being answered. Carthen seconded. Motion approved.

Clark announced that Mr. Al-Mirzai had to postpone his speaking engagement. The funds will be encumbered for the spring quarter.

3. Filipino Club

Murillo-Moyeda presented a request from Kathy Nadeau for $1,000 for the Filipino Culture event to be held on Saturday, April 30. Torrez moved to approve. Carthen seconded. Motion approved with one abstention.

2. Diversity Initiative Grant

Torrez announced Andrade has resigned from the committee. Torrez requested the forms from Andrade but as of today, she had not received any information. Torrez asked Valencia and Gil-Gomez to send any information they may have.

3. Conversations on Diversity

Carthen distributed copies of the flyer. Carthen requested assistance from UDC members due to the loss of a subcommittee member. Carthen noted the capacity of the Performing Arts room is 175. Carthen stated the subcommittee is working on the agenda. Carthen stated the President is committed to attend, Clark will publicize UDC and explain UDC’s mission and K. Ervin will introduce the performers. Clark would like to schedule a date for the next “Conversations on Diversity.” The subcommittee will work on scheduling a date for the Fall event. Texeira requested a dollar amount for the fall quarter. Clark stated Freshman Advising Day is May 21^st and he could announce the date to the students. Clark moved to encumber $5000 for the fall quarter. Carthen seconded. Motion approved.

4. Web Page

Gil-Gomez read an email from Zhang to note changes made to the web page.

4. Diversity Training

Clark requested an update on the diversity trainers attending the conference. Murillo-Moyeda will attend in May and Torrez and Baeza may attend in the fall depending on their department’s support.

5. New Business

Clark brought up the New Republicans flyers posted around campus which targets certain professors and places them on a so-called “Watch list.” Clark asked the committee to draft a response to the flyers that will be posted on the campus bulletin board. Gil-Gomez was nominated to draft the note. Carthen suggested the President also send out a response. Torrez suggested posting both flyers (Women’s Studies and UDC) next to the New Republican’s flyer. Texeria asked if the advisor could meet with the UDC and provide information on the student group.

Meeting adjourned at 3:35 pm