March 2023

June 20, 2023

SURPAS Council Meeting Agenda

Thursday March 30th , 2023 11:30am-1:00pm 

Location: Zoom

Password: 708142

Quorum:  14

• Welcome, Zoom etiquette (2’)  
• Acknowledgment statement, inc group norms/mutual respect (3’) 

Acknowledgment: Geetha

• Introductions and approval of minutes (5’) 

New postdoc: Ishita Jain

Approval: Julia, Vimala

• Updates/Reminders (10’) 

• COVID-19

• As of March 24th 2023, colour testing will no longer be available to faculty, staff or postdocs.
• https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/covid-19/2023/03/08/changes-to-covid-testing-program/
• Rapid antigen tests are still available to pick up for free

• Can pick up 4 kits at a time and up to 8/month
• https://ehs.stanford.edu/topic/covid-19/covid-19-testing

Tim: ​​https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboards

• Marguerite Shopping Express shuttle is back

• Fridays 3-9pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-6pm

• Final Schedule will be posted April 28th

• Service will begin Friday May 5th
• https://transportation.stanford.edu/marguerite/se?utm_source=Stanford+ALL&utm_campaign=194c5049c6-uggrad_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c042b4aad7-194c5049c6-55743444
• Postdoc Salary Annual Increase

• $71,650 as of 9/1/23

• 5% increase from FY23
• https://postdocs.stanford.edu/funding-rates-and-guidelines

Tim:  https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/consumerpriceindex_sanfrancisco.htm

• Council Membership re-elections (10’) 
  • Chinyere Iweka

Voted in: 15

• Jade He

Voted in: 16

• Vimala Bahradwaj

Voted in: 14

• Leadership position elections (10’) 
  • Samyuktha Suresh for co-chair

Worked for long range planning committee on the report, got a good understanding about postdoc community and issues

Vilama: do you think you can contribute enough time commitment as a new postdoc?

Sam: Yes, don’t have strict deadlines for other tasks at this moment, it’s a good time to serve SURPAS

Chinyere: One of the challenges is talking to the wall, how do you plan to do with this?

Sam: Continue advocating, and bring actual numbers

Voted in: 10 yes, 1 no, 5 abstain

• Long Range Planning Committee (30’)
  • Sharing LRP report & Seeking feedback

Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QjrRloymNOgnlB6cckH3F49HQx5r5elY/view

Resolution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y_XCJdzi9Ybo5y7OK5iVNyCTkVoRxxJmNZkG72mLMLQ/edit

Voted in: 14 yes, 1 abstain

• Stanford Research Database- Lucy Xie (10’)

Survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxlzsNgH-DcbNOuDAUMgPE0u6v15N51YX5GiBHmIgtE1WGeA/viewform

Results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MITEsBv5yQqc6apRfHwB-6J2dxUPBd7cOzEgdpH5t_c/edit#gid=836089140

• Social committee – Nate (5’)

Postdoc Palooza Mixer

• Waiting on approval for Tressider Oak Lounge
• IF we are approved soon – will advertise this weekend, go though with the event on April 14th
• IF we are NOT approved – we will postpone the date until April 22nd or 29th so that we can advertise ahead of time
• Stanford Afro Latin Jazz ensemble performing live jazz
• Twist of Lime providing bartending services
• Stanford Mixed Company tentatively booked for a 30-minute comedy set
• Also have games (cards, board games, mario kart) for later in the event
• Photobooth as well
• Volunteers needed:
• Work at the door and check tickets on entry
• Sober monitors
• Setup and Cleanup
• Constructing the photo booth

• Upcoming events
  • April 14th- Postdoc Pallooza Event- Details TBA
  • Diversity Prospective Seminar Series
    • Wednesday April 19th, 10am
  • Next council meeting: Thursday April 27th 11:30-1pm