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Minutes for Full Body Meeting

September 11, 2008
Meeting called to order at 8:04 PM
Susie Pope, president
minutes recorded by Kim Slattery, secretary

Members present: Chris Zempel, Bobby Ritchie, Bradley Bartlett, Chelsea Billeck, Emily Noonan, Kat Murphy, Vinciane Ngomsi, Chris Walters, Katherine Hernandez, Katherine Tynan, Kim Heitzman, Regina Rodgers, Susie Pope, Deana Dighero, Jared Young, Kendall Smith II, Kyle Miller, Matthew Bernhardt, Craig Deken, Sharon Scherffius, Brooke Voss, James Megahan, Kristen Bieri, Tiffany Mooney, Cody Sumter, Julie Knoblauch, Kim Slattery, Sarah Folks, Alexis Mathews, Phil Raine, Kailey Tyler, Caleb Forrest, Andrew Kaizer, John Gardner

Members not present: Amanda Kliethermes, Amanda Ciecior, Curtis Westbay, Danielle Sparks, Danny Giddings, JoEllen Flanagan, Talor Lutz, James Sage, Emily Haupt, Jimmy French

Corrections to old minutes – No corrections to previous minutes; Minutes approved

External Business:
Dobson finishes – Mark Schultz, Steve Emory, and Marilee Heartline presented carpet and floor colors. Carpeting is environmentally-friendly. Considering red on first floor. Floor colors in lounges, by elevator, perhaps on stairwell doors and doorframes. Carpeting by Interface.

Officer Reports
Vice President (Regina Rodgers): Welcome Back Welcome Mats went well. No advertisements, so programming committee is planning to try in bigger halls with more traffic. 20-25 people came. Need a few more bottles of paint. Next program is Trick-or-Treating in halls
Bobby: Will you have outside organizations hosting events in the main lounges or rely on hall senates?
Susie suggests using outside organizations.
Chris: But there may be space needed for hall senates.
Regina will get back to us.
Secretary (Kim Slattery):Brag Bag, mail, attendance, Train Bridge interest, committee sign-ups
Treasurer (Chris Walters): Internal affairs does not have to meet; will be getting Halloween care package stuff on October 15th; hall stipend checks coming
NCC (Kim Heitzman): MACURH applications up on website and due September 25th; total registration is $109.35 per delegate, not including what RHA pays; did MACURH presentation in halls except Grim and West Campus; needs to talk to someone from West Campus to set up time; needs/wants help writing bids
Webmaster (Katherine Tynan): minutes/agendas are up on the website if you want to view them not in a word processor
Advisors (John Gardner and Emily Haupt): glad to see so many people at the meeting
NRHH (Craig Deken): none
Student Senate: (Kim Slattery) they have a budget; working on Arete; roundtable on Monday went well; Bike Co-Op open from 10:30AM-4:30PM; they have a historian
President: none

Hall Reports
Blanton-Nason-Brewer Hall: elected an exec board, talked about ideas for the year, including getting a ping-pong table
Centennial Hall: working on Festival Centennial, formed three committees to work on it
Grim Hall: elections in progress, going smoothly; has spent much of the week discovering just how close the really are (the web); shout-outs to football, the train bridge, RHA, sleep, blood donors/donations, and most importantly to the awesome people in GRAP
Missouri Hall: none
Ryle Hall:We elected the remainder of our executive officers this week. We also chose committee chairs and RHA representatives. Kim H. came and did her NACURH presentation.
West Campus Suites: elections this Tuesday, plans to do a lot of programs this year

Old Business

  • Budget – Jared Young motioned to limit discussion to 10 minutes; Kim S. seconded.
    Phil: shouldn’t limit;
    Chris: too much to talk about, we shouldn’t.
    Called to question by Phil Raine; division called by Phil and Bobby;
    8 voted in favor, 10 voted not in favor.
    Chris: Only change since last week was t-shirts for MACURH dropped. Fundraising only includes OCM right now. Programming may apply for grants, etc.
    Bobby: we’ll need to try not to waste money, try to raise money
    Chris: FAC funding
    Cody: FAC funding? Not for this semester.
    Chris: No, for All Hall Ball next semester. Mystery Dessert Theatre and All Hall Ball cost most last year, ResLife week in third but only cost 400 dollars.
    Chris suggested programming cut by $250 to $1250.
    Bradley: Will money request of RHA still come from programming budget?
    Chris: Yes.
    Alexis: What if we don’t get FAC funding?
    Chris: We can be more careful with spending, not make outrageous purchases.
    Alexis: Do we know what programs we want to do?
    Kim H.: (note: this is an incomplete list) Dance Marathon, All Hall Ball, ResLife Week, Flag Project, Chillaxin’, Welcome Back Welcome Mats, Mystery Dessert Theatre, a few more
    Bobby: Can they request more later and cut it now? (Originally “yes.”)
    Bradley: Where would the $250 go?
    Chris: It would decrease our loss at the end of the year.
    Cody: We should cut it. Programming will hurt, but we should cut it.
    Point of clarification by Susie: We can only revisit the budget once, in the spring.
    Bradley Bartlett: $1,250 should be sufficient.
    Motion to approve by Cody Sumter.
    Seconded by Bobby Ritchie.
    Phil Raine called to question.
    Budget approved.
  • Parliamentarian nominations: Opened.
    Brad Bartlett nominated Phil Raine. Seconded by Bobby Ritchie. Phil accepted.
    Chris Walters nominated Kat Murphy. Seconded by Cody Sumter. Kat accepted.
    Nominations closed.
    Parliamentarian is not an executive board member.

New Business

  • Campus Safety Committee moved to be reintroduced by Phil Raine.
    Bobby Ritchie seconded.
    Tabled.

Committee Reports

None

Announcements

  • Train Bridge trip cancelled.
  • Festival Centennial!!!
  • Homecoming sign-ups with SAs.
  • Club Ryle @ 8PM on Friday in Ryle.

Brag Bag

Adjourned at 9:18 PM