Committee
Report
Committee:
University
Finance
Committee
Report
Number:
5
Date:
February
15,
2011
Chairs:
Rainer
Fiege-‐Köllmann
&
Adriana
Trutzenberg
Evaluation
of
aims
from
last
report
• The
holiday
break
lead
to
tasks
going
on
hold
but
much
work
was
accomplished
with
preparations
for
future
meetings
(Food
Committee,
Committee
of
Finance,
Committee
Meetings,
etc.)
• Successful
meetings
with
the
university
committees
improved
communication
and
structure
of
Food
Committee
and
Committee
of
Finance.
The
committees
have
gotten
established
guidelines
for
future
years
to
follow.
Account
of
work
and
progress
of
the
last
14
days
• No
meetings
have
been
held
since
December,
thus
all
work
has
been
compiled
for
the
new
semester
preparations.
• Semester
agenda
points
have
been
established.
• Guidelines/by-‐laws
for
the
UFC,
food
committee
and
committee
of
finance
have
been
established.
• Regular
meeting
times
have
been
set
up
for
regular
basis
with
food
committee
and
committee
of
finance.
Aims
for
the
upcoming
14
days
• Establishing
the
“financial
flow”
campaign
to
create
awareness
of
university
finances
to
the
student
body.
This
is
in
the
beginning
stages
and
will
be
a
main
focus
for
the
upcoming
semester.
• Following
up
on
last
semesters
work
at
the
upcoming
committee
of
finance
meeting
in
regards
to
partial
meal
plans,
handicap
accessibility
improvement
and
student
financial
awareness.
• Establish
other
goals
and
project
for
the
semester.
Secretariat
Report
5
Date:
February
15,
2011
Secretariat
Report
Number:
5
Position:
President
Name:
Johannes
Deselaers
Account
of
work
and
progress
since
the
last
report:
• Planned
and
chaired
all
meetings
• Held
reelections
in
Mercator
(end
of
last
semester)
• Obtained
and
updated
the
Awards
at
Jacobs
proposal
(no
final
version
yet)
• Took
part
in
an
Internal
Communication
Workshop
with
representatives
of
USG,
GSA,
Facutly,
Staff
and
Administration
• Submitted
the
drafted
Committee
By-‐laws
to
Student
Court
Aims
for
the
upcoming
14
days:
• Prepare
meetings
• Finalize
the
Awards
at
Jacobs
proposal
together
with
the
Office
for
Academic
Affairs,
CAIA
and
the
College
Masters
• Start
a
discussion
about
the
College
Student
Prizes
with
the
parties
involved,
in
the
intention
to
have
a
coherent,
to
all
students
transparent
procedure
for
all
four
awards
• Attend
the
ER
Committee
meeting
and
define
the
USG’s
stance
towards
the
“Wahlprüfsteine”
by
the
AStA
of
the
University
of
Bremen
and
towards
political
activity
in
general
• Gather
parliamentarian’s
and
other
student’s
opinions
concerning
Internal
Communication
and
present
them
to
COO
Dr.
Thiel
• Set
up
the
agenda
for
the
meeting
with
the
AC
on
March
8
Committee Report
Date: 15th February 2010
Committee Report Number: 5
Committee: Parliament Finance Committee
Chair(s): Lisa Begusch
Evaluation of Aims from Last Report
All aims from last report were picked up on, and completed successfully.
o Further Funding Applications were reviewed (Pulse of the World, Thermo
cups proposal of the Environmental Club, Southern German CID
application & Graduation Ball).
Account of Work and Progress of Last 14 Days
1. Funding Applications were reviewed:
a. Pulse of the World Funding (Full amount approved)
b. Thermo Cups application from the Environmental Club (Full amount
approved)
c. Southern German CID (Full amount approved)
d. Graduation Ball Committee Funding (Full amount approved)
2. A Budget Plan was devised and sent to Parliament, with a list of upcoming
events for the next semester.
Aims for the Upcoming 14 Days
1. Review of further Funding Applications
2. The Semester Fees for students should be transferred to the USG Budget
within the end of February hopefully
3. Meetings with the PFC members to discuss Funding Applications and
proceedings of the Committee
Committee Report
Committee: Ombudsperson
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: Feb. 15, 2010
Ombudsperson: Elisabeth Stevens
The office of the Ombudsperson is new to this year’s Undergraduate Student Government. The
Ombudsperson is responsible for complaints concerning university policies. She mediates
between undergraduate students and faculty/admin. All complaints made are held in the
strictest confidence. This month 6 reports have been taken up.
Committee Report
Committee: Campus Facilities & Housing Committee
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: 15.2.2011
Chair: George Bugan
Evaluation of aims from last report
Modifications of the booking procedure postponed indefinitely. Though the committee did think it
should be done, it would require a large amount of work, which we cannot tackle at the moment.
Meetings with stores in Bremen Nord so far unsuccessful, though a promising lead will be looked into
sometime by the end of February.
No headway regarding the elevator issue, though there are plans to follow up on it again.
Account of work and progress of the last 14 days
Standard booking procedure of the Blue Lounge and H3 – no major damage or anything out of the
ordinary to report.
Attempts to contact the IRC with regards to accessibility of the North exit as requested by students.
Collected data regarding the housing procedure in order to review previous policies – in case
modifications would be needed we would further discuss these.
Aims for the upcoming 14 days
Further attempts to organize a meeting with Andreas Pape to discuss the elevator accessibility idea.
Further looking into the bike stores within Bremen Nord that might provide assistance with regard to
the bike proposal.
Hold a committee meeting in order to explore the details of the Housing procedure, once all the
members have had a chance to take a look at them.
COMMITTEE REPORT
Committee: Sports Committee
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: 20.02.2011
Chair: Stephan Huerholz
Evaluation of aims from last report
The goals were met however the start was unsatisfyingly slow.
Account of work and progress of the last 14 days
The Olympix Guidelines have been approved. The by-laws have been submitted.
Unfortunately the start to the new semester has been very slow and not much progress has
been made.
Aims for the upcoming 14 days
The Olympix committee shall be established within the next 3 weeks as is requested by the
document and the first official committee meeting shall be held and a plan of action for the
semester shall be established.
COMMITTEE REPORT
Committee: External Relations Committee
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: 15.02.2011
Chair: Benedikt Blomeyer-Bartenstein
Evaluation of aims from last report Account of work and progress of the last 14
days
The aims from Committeee Report 4 were the following:
1) Meetings with the AStA
The External Relations Committee (ERC) has invited several member of the AStA of
the Uni Bremen to Campus to further talk about possible and more concrete
collaboration. Members of the GSA were also present. The ERC prepared the setting
and provided snacks and drinks funded by the USG. Topics discussed included but
were not limited to mutual sports events, German lessons in the Viertel and the
attendance of the lectures in the other university. A focus, however, was put on ways
of advertisement and future communication. The idea of including a section about
what is happening at other universities in Bremen in the respective newsletters, was
further elaborated on. The ERC had yet to come up with its first newsletter.
2) ERC-Newsletter I
The first newsletter agreed to be called “Dive-r-city”, to comprise the words “dive
[into]”, “diversity” and “[the] city,” was publish via the undergraduate Jacobs mailing
lists for the month of December. Several categories were covered, e.g.
Culture&Entertainment, Nightlife, Sports and Education. The section about other
universities in Bremen was not been realized due to lack of information and
communication with the correspondent at the Uni Bremen yet announced to be
coming soon. In turn our correspondent would compile a list of what is happening here
on campus for the Uni Bremen.
The initiative and the newsletter received very positive feedback from several
students.
3) ERC-Logo
Several designs have been suggested by the committee. After reviewing and refining
the criteria, the new logo was adopted and put in the newsletter, for example. It will
also be included in other informal advertisement by the ERC.
4) Landes-ASten-Konferenz at the Uni Bremen (02.12.10)
In the first meeting with the AstA of Uni Bremen in FS 2010, it was agreed to send
several USG delegates to the recently initiated Landes-ASten-Konferenz of the
universities in the state of Bremen. This kind of meeting was re-launched by the AStA
of the Uni Bremen in order to not only collaborate with Jacobs but to facilitate a better
communication and exchange of all student councils of the state of Bremen. Several
members of the ERC attended the meeting accompanying members of the EAC, AAC
as well as our student president. We could gain several insights into the fields of
common interest, e.g. the constant rise of prices for the semester ticket. However,
several of topics that the USG had not been involved in were discussed as well, e.g.
the upcoming elections in the state of Bremen in context of the potential decrease of
state government funding for education. Several task force, for which present USG
members have also signed up, were formed.
5) ERC-Newsletter II
The ERC has met to distribute tasks for the next issue of “DiverCity.” Our
correspondent at the Uni Bremen will be contacted again.
Aims for the upcoming 14 days
1. Publish the second issue of “DiverCity,” ideally including more information on
what is happening at the Uni Bremen.
2. Follow up on the discussions in the Landes-Asten-Konferenz and debate to
which extent the USG can become externally and politically more active.
Further stay in touch with the representatives of the Uni Bremen.
Committee Report
Committee: Events and Clubs
Number: 5
Chairmen: Ivo Kirov, Mihai Cîrlănaru
Evaluation of the aims from last report:
The organization of the Lafayette’s O-week was the only point on the committee’s agenda before
intersession. While cooperating with the administration, we managed to provide the exchange
students with an enjoyable and informative start in Jacobs University Bremen. They were
introduced to the campus and its surroundings by students, whereas the city of Bremen was
presented during a tour organized by the administration. The students also had the opportunity to
learn more about our community by attending an informal dinner with advisors and
representatives from the Events and Clubs Committee, and by listening to a presentation from
USG members. Last but not least, the students had the opportunity to attend a welcome party on
the 27th of January on which they could get to know fellow Jacobians.
Account of work and progress from report:
- Organization and facilitation of Lafayette’s O-week
- Preparation of Computer games’ competition
- Submission of Committee’s By-laws
Aims for upcoming period:
- Preparation of the Computer games’ competition
- Preparation of the End of Year Festival
Committee Report
Committee: Environmental Affairs Committee
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: 15.02.2011
Chair: Hannah Schwarz and Matthias Seel
Evaluation of aims from last report and account of work and progress of the last 14
days:
The Yellow Bins for Mercator were distributed and are now in the vestibules of every used
Mercator apartment. The waste company “Nielsen” has told us that the separation of trash for
the yellow bin works pretty well until now (above their expectations). We will monitor the
usage of the trash for the yellow bin for another month.
The first 50 thermo-cups were successfully sold in all four colleges. Since there is demand
from students for at least one more round of 50 thermo-cups, another selling-round will be
realized in the near future.
Aims for the upcoming 14 days:
We will conduct two short questions for Mercatorians to see if they are using the Yellow Bin
and if there are still any questions regarding the proper usage of them. After the monitoring
period of one month and if the good separating-results are still valid, we will expand the usage
of the Yellow Bin to the other three colleges. This has already been agreed upon with the
UEAC.
A new round of 50 thermo-cups will be ordered this week and sold in all four colleges in the
following week. If there is still demand after this round, we will keep on ordering more
thermo-cups for the students.
We are looking into cooperation with Pulse Express to improve and extend offers for “green”
consumer goods, e.g. recycled paper.
COMMITTEE REPORT
Committee: Academic Affairs Committee
Committee Report Number: 5
Date: 15.02.2011
Chair: Anna-Lena Schindl
Evaluation of aims from last report
BCE major evaluation:
The BCE major evaluation was set up in the end of last semester. A fruitful discussion
between professors and students took place, led by one of the AAC members.
Unfortunately, there was a low turnout of students, probably due to bad timing. However,
some results could be achieved like the founding of a BCE society which e.g. will provide
support for internships.
Teaching evaluation:
First proposal drafted, discussed within the AAC, now changes have to be made.
Additionally, still waiting for data from the Registrar’s to accompany proposal. The proposal
should be ready for the AC meeting on March 8th.
Account of work and progress of the last 14 days
Additional topics/ideas that were worked on/came up in the past 14 days:
- major evaluations: IRB, IPH to wait for professors feedback, Logistics as a possibility
- Scholarship information fair: Stefan in contact with OAA, fair will hopefully take place
beginning of March
Aims for the upcoming 14 days
- teaching evaluation: finish proposal for AC
- start organization of SES/SHSS discussions
- set agenda for the second semester
