[Bgsa] Are you willing to pay higher fees for an expanded rec center?

[Carla Essenberg]

Dear Fellow Graduate Students,

You should have received an email sometime back (forwarded below) asking you
to fill out a survey about the proposed recreation center expansion.  This
expansion would be accompanied by a substantial increase in the fees that we
owe each quarter (although this increase would not occur until the expansion
was completed, so many of us might never have to pay it).  If you have any
opinions about this, please go ahead and fill out the survey (see the link
in the forwarded message) - it doesn't take long, and the graduate student
representative on the Recreation Center Governing Board (Mike Bell from
Botany), assures me that they really do want to hear what students think
about this proposed expansion before they decide whether to go through with
it; also, our perspective is probably pretty different from that of the
undergraduates, so it would be good if lots of graduate students
participated.

Cheers,

Carla

-- 
Carla Essenberg
PhD Candidate and EEOBGSA President
Department of Biology
University of California, Riverside

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Dear UCR Graduate Student:

We need you to tell us what you think.

Last year, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) evaluated the
status of its recreation facilities to determine the need for improvements.
During the review process UCR students clearly voiced their opinion that the
current facilities do not adequately meet their needs. Further, the majority
of students indicated that they would vote for a referendum to expand the
existing facilities,

We are surveying UCR students over the course of the next several days to
verify what they told us last year and confirm their interest in moving
forward with a Student Recreation Center Expansion Project.  Your
participation in this survey is vital to the success of our efforts.

We would appreciate it if you would take approximately 5-7 minutes to
complete the web-based survey. As a token of our appreciation for your time,
you will be entered into a drawing to win one of five $75 gift certificates
to the Campus Store. Once you have completed the survey, you will be
prompted to enter your email address, which will make you eligible for the
prizes. Winners will be notified by the Recreation Department once the
survey period is closed and entries are processed.

UCR and the Student Recreation Center Governing Board have retained the
services of a nationally recognized independent consulting firm, Brailsford
& Dunlavey, to administer the survey. Should you have any questions about
this process, please contact survey at facilityplanners.com.

The survey will close on Friday, November 13th. For your convenience, the
survey instrument is provided in web-based format. To access the survey
please click here<http://studentvoice.com/p/?uuid=53da5605db7046c8b1201f104c4377c5>.
If the survey does not open automatically, please copy and paste the
following link to your internet browser's address bar:

http://studentvoice.com/p/?uuid=53da5605db7046c8b1201f104c4377c5



All information that you provide is strictly confidential. No individual
responses will be identified.

We greatly appreciate your taking the time to participate in this important
project as we seek to enhance your UCR student experience.

Respectfully,



Gary Coyne
President
UCR Graduate Student Association (GSA)


James Sandoval
Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
University of California, Riverside
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