WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
12:00-12:10 Check-In
12:10
Begin official business
Present: All OTSC 2nd Year council
members, Dr. Rafeedie, Dr. Chu, Velia Lozick, Alexandra Aftalion, Carly Roberts
GENERAL UPDATES
Internal Business
1. Fall
2018 Meetings - Mondays from 12:00-12:55 pm. Attendance
is mandatory; email Co-Chairs (Rachel & TBD) if you have to miss. Spring
meetings - Tentative meeting dates are as follows:
○ OTSC
retreat
■ September
21st or 28th
○ October
29th
○ November
26th
2. Constitution
changes: Voting over email during summer
○ Regarding
selling shirts and merchandise
○ Will
address at OTSC retreat
3. Upcoming
events:
○ Football
event! - Joint social/philanthropy event
■ Oct
27th ASU game
■ Oct
12th deadline to purchase tickets
○ Which
game? Price of tickets?
■ Link
to purchase tickets will be sent out
■ Tickets
will be $45
■ Donation
of funds ($5 per ticket) to a charity to be voted on at OTSC retreat
4. Important
dates to keep in mind:
○ Monday,
September 3rd – Labor Day (no school)
○ Monday,
September 10th – 1st and 2nd Year OTSC Ice Cream Social
■ CHP
patio location but capstone leadership externship informational meeting during
that time
■ Also
RSO meeting at that time
■ Philanthropy
committee overview during social
■ Dr.
Rafeedie will confer with the capstone leadership organizers about changing
their externship informational meeting location and time to G37 at 5 pm
○ Monday,
September 17th – 1st Year Faculty Mentor Lunches
○ Monday,
September 24th – 2nd Year Faculty Mentor Lunches
○ Monday,
October 1st – Dr. Baranek’s scheduled meeting for 1st and 2nd year students
○ Week of October 8th
is the full-time fieldwork week for 2nd year students and week of October 15th
is the full-time fieldwork week for 1st year students
5. OTSC RETREAT!!! (ATTENDANCE IS
MANDATORY)
● September
21st or 28th (TBD) - Friday from 9 am to 12 pm
○ Friday,
September 28th from 1 pm to 4 pm (final date/time)
○ Possibility
of IT recording retreat so those who cannot attend can click on link to
recording
○ Themes
of transparency and cohesiveness between all positions
○ Possible
powerpoint presentation about OTSC could be helpful for 1st years
■ Powerpoint
could also be used in future informational OTSC sessions/events
○ Constitutional
changes and voting
● Lunch
will be provided
● Both
1st years and 2nd years
● 2nd
year responsibilities
● Dr.
Chu and/or Dr. Rafeedie will be moderators
Other Business
● Provide
instructions on how to access OTSC calendar
● Streamline
student body emails through OTSC gmail account by having Chair or Secretary
send out
Guest Speakers
● OT
SPEAKS - Velia Lozick and Alexandra Aftalion
○ Student
led advocacy committee
○ Collaborate
with OTSC for advocacy needs and help plan committees for events
○ Facebook
page - share with 1st years
COUNCIL ITEMS BY
POSITION
● Faculty
Liaison (Jesse)
○ First
meeting Friday, September 7th
■ Inform
Faculty Liaison of upcoming events to present to faculty
○ Increasing
faculty involvement (visuals/fliers for signup?)
■ In
conjunction with Philanthropy
■ Increase
faculty and student networking
○ Faculty
Brown Bag Lunches (Brainstorm themes? not necessarily by client
population/clinical specialty; what do students want to learn or need from the
faculty? Collaboration with professional development?)
■ Student
needs development and topics:
● Wellness
initiative with Philanthropy
● Explain
what is behind a Brown Bag Lunch to 1st years with prepared questions for
faculty
● Survey
to students about what they want to know
● Fundraising
(Melinda)
○ T-shirt
sales over summer of $1100+ (THANK YOU JAXSON!)
○ Forming
fundraising committee
■ Possibly
providing an incentive to join committee/helping with fundraising events
● Maybe
create a fundraising committee within OTSC
● Talk
more at OTSC retreat
■ OTSC
should help with fundraising events
■ Plan
dates in advance
● GSG
Senator (Sarina)
○ Meetings
will start within next 2 weeks
○ Will
check on straw initiative
■ Make
sure straws are accessible to those that need them
○ PTs
interested in doing an event
● Historian
(Julian)
○ Streamlining
all OTSC events through Facebook page
■ Fill
out Google form so event can be posted to Facebook page
■ Emails
to student body streamlined through OTSC gmail account through Co-Chair and
Secretary
■ Continue
OTSC newsletter to student body
● Goal
is to send out within one week after an OTSC meeting
○ Featuring
student profiles?
■ Through
Instagram and Facebook social media sites
■ Possible
use of an OTSC logo
■ Advertise
OTSC as a resource
● Info
session at Involvement Fair
● International
Relations (Carlos)
○ Additional/different
Fall Event?
■ More
events during Fall semester
○ Occupational
Justice
■ Explore
this theme more regarding inequality to access, immigration, etc.
■ More
brainstorming at OTSC retreat
● Undergraduate
Representatives (Angela)
○ Adding
new faces to Facebook group
○ Feel
free to post new Facebook events onto our page- please join the group! (USC
Chan Undergraduates)
● OTAC
Representative (Evan)
○ OTAC
Conference October 25th-28th in Pasadena, CA
■ Student
networking event with other schools (Friday night)
○ GO-TO-OT
initiative; OTAC AGAC Committee
■ See
OTAC Representative if interested
○ Legislative
updates
■ AB3110
Athletic Trainer Practice Act NOT moving forward this year
■ AB2386
OT/PT School Credential NOT moving forward this year
■ AB221
OT Practice Act Call to Action moving forward (on Senate floor)
● Another
letter writing workshop will be planned
● Possible
workshop on what to expect if going to a conference
● ASD
REP (Brittanie)
○ Hill
Day is October 1st, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
■ Interest
in hosting a Virtual Hill Day for those that cannot attend
○ Advocate
for AOTA and OTAC membership registration
■ Mandatory
requirement as a student
■ Important
to support governing organizations that advocate OT
○ AOTA
Legislative Action Center new website: www.AOTA.org/takeaction
● Social
Chair (Jackson)
○ Selling
gear from over summer
○ Recap
of last week’s happy hour
■ Successful
event!
○ ASU
football game October 27th and tailgates
■ Talking
with PT students for the tailgate
■ Photo
opportunity before the game
○ UNLV
football game tailgate with PT September 1st
■ Tickets
will be sold this week
○ Ice
Cream Social September 10th
■ Ice
cream bars and popsicles
● Philanthropy
(Elissa)
■ Wednesday,
August 29th - OTSC Kindness Brainstorm Event
● Brainstorming
session of events to help self and community
● Located
in CHP 111 from 12 pm to 1 pm
○ Integration
of committee within OTSC
■ For
more representation
○ Review
of OTSC objectives and goals
● Professional
Development (Catherine)
○ Student
Brown Bag Lunch
■ Speaker:
Rebecca Aiken
■ Topic:
Geriatric population, Graduation (what happens next?), NBCOT exam
■ Date
pending: we want to consolidate an open Monday
● November
5th or 12th
○ Collaboration with Philanthropy
■ Wellness
Initiative
● Talk
about more at OTSC retreat
● Addressing
burnout
■ More
information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15nEy3GAT80zMAGPSCaFQf24v1X9UGEpN8y7PfONbggo/edit?usp=sharing
● Treasurer
(Nicha)
○
Current Balance (tentative): $8,931.63
