SM and Ray will buy the ramen. It is a contested election in division II, uncontested in division I and III, and in division IV and V there are open seats but no one running. Still in process of finding out from the Dean about the response we have gotten from the departments. The gray area is GEO since so many graduate students are part of this group. If you are presenting the grant request you should NOT vote, but with GEO if everyone involved does not vote then there will not be quorum or enough people to vote.
General membership is too broad.
Anyone who belongs to a group must announce their affiliation to the group and if they are an active member then they must step down or abstain from voting. This should be in the by-laws. Discussion of whether this should be put on the upcoming ballot. The Deans expressed concern that they did not see the press release before it went public, as they want, ideally, a team of grads and undergrads working together on important issues that affect them both. A boiled down version of the new constitution for the umbrella group.