February 2023
March 29, 2023
Thursday February 23rd, 2023 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Password: 708142
Quorum: 14
- Welcome, Zoom etiquette (2’)
- Acknowledgment statement, inc group norms/mutual respect (3’)
Acknowledgment: Dingying
- Introductions and approval of minutes (9’)
1 new postdoc: Pragya
Approval of minutes: Antara, Tim
- Updates/Reminders (22’)
- SURPAS priorities
- Cost of living
- Increase salary to $75,000
- Cost of living
- Housing
- Oak Creek Apartments
- Postdocs get 1st priority
- 25% discounted
- Oak Creek Apartments
https://oakcreek.stanford.edu/
- Transportation
- Ride-share program
- VTA passes
- Buddy system – information coming
Questions
- Monetary reward? No
- Coffee/lunch chat with reimbursement? OPA may do coffee cards
- Department based or country based? Conversation for postdocs – where is the need? Field, background, country – have new postdocs state a preference
Interested in becoming a buddy? Please contact us at surpasleadership@stanford.edu
- Lawyers for consultation
Chuchu, Tim: The Graduate Student Council’s vote of no confidence in Stanford’s leadership
Aravind: the pricing on Oak Creek’s website is not accurate, need to pay more than the price listed on the website; and Oak Creek asks for a minimum of $78,000 income for postdocs to be eligible for renting the apartment (but postdoc salary is lower than $78,000); graduate students pay lower than postdocs for renting the same apartment at Oak Creek
Sam: recently received an offer for a 1b apartment for ~$3,100 which is more expensive than the price (~$2,600) for a 1b apartment that someone else received.
Julia: they have different types of apartments, the refurbished ones are more expensive
Julia: please reach out to SURPAS if you have more information, and we can communicate with OPA
- Long Range Planning Committee (36’)
- Sharing LRP report – Tim, Eamon, Usman, Samyuktha, Aranyak
The report has been shared with council members for feedback and will be shared with all postdocs through SURPAS announcements later.
Lucy: Any recommendations for what postdocs can do among themselves to help each other?
Eamon: some suggestions are in the “recommendations” section
Lucy: it would be great to prepare an onboarding guide for postdocs, this is a good starting point
- Social Committee Meeting Update- Nate (12’)
Postdoc Mixer
Date: TBD
Location: Black community center
Appetizers & small plates, self-served
Bartenders required to serve alcohol
Dance floor, photo booth
DJ or band
Nate: (natej@stanford.edu)
- Upcoming events
- March Council Meeting
Thursday, March 30th 2023
11:30 am – 1 pm
Location: Zoom
- DYP Happy Hour
- Thursday March 23rd 5-7pm
- Allway Courtyard