3/19/17: General B3/19/17: General Body Minutes
A. Attendance
1. Mitch Wellman (Chair) - ​Present
2. Jacqueline Kouri (Vice Chair for First Years) - ​Present
3. Peter Bautz (Vice Chair for Trials) - ​Present
4. Amy Ackerman (Vice Chair for Sanctions) - ​Present
5. Alex Haden (Senior Counselor) -​ Present
6. Emily Woznak (Senior Counselor) - ​Present
7. Jenny Brzezynski (Senior Investigator) - ​Present
8. Kim Medina (Senior Educator) - ​Present
9. Kevin Warshaw (Senior Data Manager) - ​Present
10. Sam Powers (FY Chair) - ​Present
11. Emma Westerhof (FY Vice Chair) - ​Present
12. Rebecca Sciarrino (Graduate Student Subcommittee Chair) - ​Present
13. Jack Brake (Vice Chair for Trials) - ​Present
14. Jordan Arnold (Vice Chair for Sanctions) - ​Present
15. Maddie Holler (Senior Counselor) - ​Present
16. Casey Schmidt (Senior Counselor) - ​Present
17. Annabel Hungate (Senior Investigator) - ​Present
18. Uma Mengale - (Senior Educator) - ​Present
B. New business/community input
1. Jordan Arnold: Dialogue on Wednesday rescheduled to next week, talking about
the changes made to the Educator Pool. An email will be made
2. Parker: Spectrum Theater Pride And Prejudice in Garden 8 over the next 2
weekends
3. Jacqueline - University Dance Club Sat April 8 Paramount 1 pm
C. Graduate Subcommittee update (​Chair Rebecca Sciarrino​)
1. Meeting today for Transition
D. Executive Committee updates:
1. Emma
a) 17-04: Nathan Tyer + Isabelle Latake
b) Sam Mc Fy- S17-02
c) FY Sign up for FY-S17-02. Still need 2 people
2. Sam
a) No Updates
3. Kevin
a) U- S17-06
4. Kim
a) Sit Mock Trial April 13, Reach out to Kim
b) Thanks for Everything!!!!!
5. Jacqueline
a) None
6. Mitch
a) None
7. Peter
a) Thursday case on 17-10: Deal, Holler, Woznak
8. Amy
a) Dont forget to email Sanctions Research People
b) 100% Completion Rate
9. Jenny
a) IV: if you have updates, see Jenny afterwards
10. Alex
a) None
11. Emily
a) None
E. Year in Review Presentation
(​https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SWWu15MOujsGYh83Fh4k0PKl8xEq1-nAJs9
gBm8m9NI/edit?usp=sharing​)
1. Feedback Results: 46 ppl responded
a) See Feedback Presentation for specific numbers:
b) The “Conducts Fair and Efficient Trials” is the best score
c) Improvement in a number of areas.
d) Gen Bod efficiency score needs improvement
e) “Communicating our Mission” score still needs some improvement
f) Mitch: While there was a bit of a peak in the middle, this does not mean
that we did not have improvement
g) We will continue to talk about what it means to have recharacterized the
Educator Role: This will mainly come from the dialogues
h) Improvement:
(1) Training and Outreach Activities
(2) Discussion about somewhat immediate changes
2. What we have accomplished
a) Tabling at the Activities Fairs
b) Reviewed over 120 Applications for only 42 spots
c) 4 General Class sessions for training the New Members
(1) General Info (Confidentiality, etc…)
(2) Generally good feedback
d) Instagram and Twitter Account (Shoutout to Kevin)
e) Updated and Printed the Handbooks
f) Dorm Talks
g) UJC Awareness Week (Partnerships)
h) Lighting of the Lawn (Viewing Party)
i) Outreach
(1) Brunch on the Lawn
(2) Pancakes for Parkinsons
(3) ADAPT Prevention Week
(4) LGBTQ on the Lawn
j) Media drive for Spring Elections (1) We only have 2 vacancies for reps (This is really good)
(2) 4 Referenda proposals all passed
(a) Sanction enhancement clause
k) Second Year SWAG fest
l) Spring Fling Event
m) Dialogue series + Mock Trial + Office Hours initiatives have started
3. Adjudicated 75 cases over the term
a) Once per week, Mon- Friday
4. Round of applause
F. Support Officers of the Year
1. Alex and Emily (Conselour ) Presentation
a) Great Reviews from Judges,
b) Always prompt with emails
c) Madison McWithey
2. Jenny (Investigator Pool)
a) Wide variety of cases and some really difficult ones
b) On top of case load
c) Writes unbiased IR’s
d) Jake Mihalkanin
3. Kim (Educator)
a) Extremely dedicated
b) Lots of tabling and spearheaded office hours initiative
c) Greer Goss
G. Presentation of Honor Cords to the Graduation Members
1. Alex and Emily (Counselor ) Presentation
a) Madison McWithey
b) Harrison Kilgore
2. Jenny (Investigator Pool)
a) Veronica Mercado
b) Corinne Odom
c) Katie Aichholz
d) Jenny Brzezynski
3. Kim (Educator)
a) Greer Goss
4. Reps (Peter)
a) Alex Williams
b) Nicole Karikari
c) Katherine Hitchcock
d) Clara Smith
5. Exec (Peter)
a) Jenny Brzezynski
b) Emily Woznak
c) Alex Haden
d) Jacqueline Kouri
e) Amy Ackerman
f) Mitch Wellman
H. Farewells down the Line
1. Emma: Pleasure to work with each and every one of
2. Sam: Thank you and you will be stuck with me for next year
3. Kevin: Thanks, I dont sit cases, but I still see all the hard work you put in
4. Kim: Coming back as rep, but thank you
5. Jacqueline: 4 years will be over in the blink of an eye. What you are doing
with UJC is so important. Work hard, but also enjoy yourself. It will be
integral to forming your character. Thank you for your dedication to this
agency organization.
6. Peter: Im not leaving, but I am really looking forward to next year.
7. Amy: I didnt know what I was running when I ran, but I hope you always
have an very informed person within this position. However, I was able to
enter the community and adjust because of how trained you all are. UJC
has been so much more than just a position for me. I do not want to leave
UVA, because I love you all so much and believe in your system. It has
been such a pleasure and I have truly found a community here. It has
truly been an honor
8. Jenny B.: Thanks for letting me serve this year. I have learned so much
from the investigators and now appreciate all of the nuances in the role. It
is something that I love to do and think about. I am so excited to leave this
in the hands of Annabel because I know she and the rest of you will do so
well.
9. Alex: Emily said she would pay me 5 dollars if I made myself cry. “Thank
you to the counselor pool for your amazing work and to Emily for being
the most capable and wonderful partner”
10. Emily: Thank you for the counselors who we got to train and see grow
and thank you to the other counselors who we got to learn with and from.
It has been a great experience learning on Exec and about what the heart
of UJC actually means. I’ve learned alot from Alex and it has been so fun
to have my “lawyer spark” rejuvenated by him.
11. Mitch: Echo what everyone said. THis organization is unique because of
the people who make it up. Yes also bc we are an agency organization
and have space up on the fourth floor, but mainly because of the group of
responsible, professional group of friends that carries out the mission of
UJC. You do all this while being full time students, which is not an easy
feat. We are all volunteers, which makes it so meaning to us. Our system
is beautiful with student self gov and spectrum sanctioning that other
schools do not have. This means we can evaluate each student as an
agent of themselves and can craft a sanction to bring people back into the
community. We are about second chances and recognize that everyone
makes mistakes. This organization is a home to me, and I know that Peter
and the new exec team will make it a home for many others. We will
continue to invite students into this organization to make it a home for
students from all corners of the university. I’m not going anywhere for a
couple of months, so please, if you need a friend, come talk to me.
I. Changing of the chairs
J. Down the line intro of who they are,
1. Peter Batuz: Chair. Second year in Law School
a) Short remarks: This is a time of looking both forward and
backward. I am losing alot of friends, but thank you for all of the
time you have put in. We look forward to working with those who
will be here next year. The shoes I have to fill are large, but I know
that as a team, we can do it. Thank you
b) U-S17-10
2. Jack Brake:
a) U-S17-05; support officers come see me
b) U-S17-08
3. Jordan Arnold
a) U-S17-09: support officers come see me
4. Kevin Warshaw
5. Casey Schmidt
6. Maddie Holler
7. Annabel Hungate
8. Uma Mengale
9. Sam Powers
10. Emma Westerhof