GSB Blog

Monthly Report: GSB Information Technology

Rideshare Website: I have been working to discuss the design and setup of the future version of GSB’s rideshare project with the web development group of Iowa State’s Information Technology department. Iowa State Chief Information Officer Jim Davis agrees that the use of WebDev is the best design decision for long-term sustainability within an ever-changing [...]

Executive Announcements (3-25)

Executive Announcements
March 25, 2009
State Revenues: Iowa’s Revenue Estimating Conference met March 20 to adjust the estimates of tax revenue for FY 2009 and 2010. Current year revenue estimates were adjusted down by 1.9 percent and FY 2010 revenue estimates were adjusted down by another 3.6 percent from December estimates. Previous budget estimates had cuts of [...]

City Council Liaison Update: March

End-of-Year Event: We are continuing to plan for the year-end event in Campustown. I plan on meeting with Assistant City Manager Sheila Lundt within the next few weeks to discuss and plan the event.
Student Affairs Commission: Due to a lack of attendance and new issues, the Student Affairs Commission will begin meeting solely on [...]

State of the Student Body

State of the Student Body (3-11)
Presented by Daniel Fischer, President to the Government of the Student Body Senate
As we wind down the last month of our current responsibilities serving on the Government of the Student Body, we have plenty of reasons to be proud, many people to thank, and large reasons to be hopeful for [...]

Executive Announcements (3-11)

Executive Announcements
March 11, 2009
Ride Share Recommendations: Thank you to the GSB Senate for the generous allocation of $6,000 for the rebuilding of RideShare. I will take account of all comments made at last week’s Senate meeting, and I plan to discuss the possible concerns of the system with Cabinet and the University Affairs Committee [...]

“The best things in life are free; But you can give them to the birds and bees; I want money!”

I wanted to throw a quick “THANK YOU” out to the Finance
Committee and all of the student groups that have been involved in the Regular Allocations Process this spring. It can definitely be a grueling process. However, the fact that our Government of the Student Body ultimately has a say in allocating 1.1 million dollars [...]