Cabinet - Math Graduate Students Association

Please see below for descriptions of each position.

All email addresses below are '@math.utoronto.ca'.

Position	Name(s)	Email(s)
President	Bradford Hovinen	hovinen
Vice President	Lucy Liuxuan Zhang	lzhang
Treasurer	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
Secretary	Lucy Liuxuan Zhang	lzhang
GSU representatives	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
GSU representatives	Mike Bailey	bailey
CUPE representatives	Tim Capes	tcapes
	Megan Snow	msnow
	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
Social/athletics committee	Bradford Hovinen	hovinen
	Mike Bailey	bailey
	Alex Bloemendal	alexb
Graduate student seminar	Jordan Bell	jordan.bell@utoronto
	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
	David Li-Bland	dbland
Departmental council representatives	Megan Snow	msnow
Departmental council representatives	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
Graduate planning committee representatives	Masrour Zoghi	mzoghi
	Alex Bloemendal	alexb
	Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	zak
	Lindsey Shorser	lshorser
	Paul Lee	plee
Academic appeals committee representative	James Uren	jjuren
Library committee representative	Louis Leung	leung
Computer committee representative	Mike Bailey	bailey

Officer descriptions

President: The President is responsible for managing the day to day affairs of the MGSA, and to act in accordance with any decision arrived at by a majority vote at a general meeting, or a meeting of the executive. The President also acts as chair at any general meeting of the MGSA, or meeting of the executive. Along with the Treasurer, the President is responsible for making financial decisions on behalf of the MGSA.
Vice president: The Vice-President is expected to fill in for the President whenever the latter is unavailable. In addition, the Vice-President acts as a sort of Executive-at-large, and is involved in the planning and implementation of various MGSA events over the course of the year.
Treasurer: The treasurer keeps track of the MGSA's finances, maintaining a record of all bank transactions. He or she is responsible for writing cheques to reimburse expenses incurred on behalf of the MGSA.
Secretary: The Secretary is responsible for taking the minutes at all meetings of the MGSA. Also, the Secretary is expected to maintain the MGSA's website.
Union steward (3 positions): Every teaching assistant in the department is a member of a union -- CUPE local 3902 -- and it is the stewards' responsibility to be our representatives at various union meetings and events. In addition, stewards are expected to report to the members of the MGSA any important union business, and to bring any concerns of the members to the attention of the union.
GSU representative (2 positions): Every graduate student in the department is also a member of the Graduate Students Union (GSU), and each representative acts as a liaison between the GSU and the MGSA. To this end, our GSU representatives are required to attend and participate, as members, in the monthly meetings of the General Council of the GSU. Representatives are also responsible for informing the members of the MGSA of the transactions of the GSU (usually in the form of a weekly email), and collecting the funds provided by the GSU for the MGSA.
Social committee (5 positions): The social committee meets to plan and organize various recreational (and perhaps educational) events througout the year. In the past these have included weekly pub nights, dinners, movie nights, ice skating, and summer softball.
Graduate seminar committee (3 positions): Members of this committee are responsible for organizing the weekly graduate student seminar. Committee members would therefore be expected to find speakers (faculty members or graduate students), and arrange for the provision (with finances provided by the MGSA) for refreshments at the weekly talks.

Departmental committee descriptions

Departmental Council (2 positions): The departmental council meets twice a year to discuss issues pertaining to the general management of the department and its various programs.
Graduate planning (5 positions): The graduate planning committee is responsible for deciding the course of the graduate program in the department. In particular, the committee meets to discuss course offerings for the coming year, and graduate students who are interested in having a say are encouraged to volunteer.
Academic appeals (1 position): The academic appeals committee handles official appeals of course or comprehensive exam marks by graduate students.
Computer committee (1 position): The computer committee decides on computer hardware and software purchases by the department and other administrative computer-related issues. The graduate student representative should act as a liason between the graduate students and the computer support staff, directing computer-related requests to the right people.
Library committee (1 position): The library committee decides on books to be purchased for the mathematics library collection.