Residence Hall Association
Minutes for Full Body Meeting
September 18, 2008
Meeting called to order at 8:04 PM
Susie Pope, president
minutes recorded by Kim Slattery, secretary
Members present: Amanda Kliethermes, Amanda Ciecior, Bradley Bartlett, Chelsea Billeck, Curtis Westbay, Danny Giddings, Phil Raine, Chris Walters, Kim Heitzman, Kim Slattery, Regina Rodgers,Susie Pope, Amanda Thomas, Deana Dighero, Jared Young, Kendall Smith II, Kyle Miller, Matthew Bernhardt, Andrew Kaizer, Craig Deken, Katherine Tynan, Sharon Scherffius, Brooke Voss, James Megahan, Kailey Tyler, Kristen Bieri, Sean Parks, Tiffany Mooney, Cody Sumter, Dave Carrell, James Sage, Julie Knoblauch, Ryan Brinkman, Stuart Murray, Chris Zempel, Tiffany Najbait
Members not present: Alexis Mathews, Bobby Ritchie, Danielle Sparks, Emily Noonan, JoEllen Flanagan, Kat Murphy, Sarah Folks, Talor Lutz, Vinciane Ngomsi, Katherine Hernandez, Caleb Forrest
Corrections to old minutes: Typo in previous minutes corrected; Minutes approved
External Business:
none
Officer Reports
Vice President (Regina Rodgers):finished Welcome Back Welcome Mats, really successful; some mats left over (for Jared and the Grimmies Kendall talked about)
Secretary (Kim Slattery):same ol' same ol' (meaning brag bag and mail)
Treasurer (Chris Walters): doesn't have checks yet, but can get checks to halls who really need them (like BNB) on Friday (note: this changed by the end of the meeting)
NCC (Kim Heitzman): MACURH applications due Sept. 25; MACURH is November 7-9th at MO S&T; still need help with bid writing anyone who is willing please come talk to me after the meeting; the bids that we will look into writing include first year experience award, programmer of the year, and maybe if we get enough help a Building RHA of the Year Award
Webmaster (Katherine Tynan): Nothing, nada, rien, absolutely positively nothing (Katherine's words, not Kim's)
Advisors (John Gardner and Emily Haupt): none
NRHH (Craig Deken): Ross Knight won regional first-year student of the month
Student Senate: (Kim Slattery) changes to constitution proposed, to be voted on; passed joint resolution for campus safety education committee; talked about possibly sponsoring the Hunger Banquet; campus health; President Dixon is coming to the meeting this Sunday (Cody: everyone is welcome to come join Senate in the gallery; 6PM, SUB third floor); talked about someone else talking about arranging an on-door designator for when Fix-It Line people are in room when no one is in
President: Exec Retreat will be Sunday, October 2 from noon to 6; exec board has office hours
Hall Reports
Blanton-Nason-Brewer Hall: working on Haunted House
Centennial Hall: Festival Centennial from 10AM-5PM; live music from 1-3 and 4-5, free cotton candy, inflatables, bake sale, all kinds of other awesome stuff
Grim Hall: elected exec board; hoping to start up assassins soon; they are awesome
Missouri Hall: working on ideas for semester; MO Hall umbrella racks; sponsoring someone to walk for Alzheimer’s; trying to get trayless cafeterias with ECO
Ryle Hall:holding a Ryle Cup Challenge throughout the semester; house skit night on September 27th at 7pm in the main lounge as Ryle Cup Challenge kick-off event!; volleyball tournament on September 28th at 2pm at the sand court; food drive: October 12th-19th
West Campus Suites: elected exec board Dave (who is present) is president
Old Business
- Reopened nominations for parliamentarian
Julie Knoblauch nominated James Mehagan
Kim Slattery seconded.
James accepted.
Nominations closed - Facilities Committee Representative meetings held second Wednesday of every month at 9AM in an as-of-yet unknown location. Kendall Smith II approved as representative.
New Business
- Constitutional revisions
Statement of Dissolutionment
Special Circumstance Amendments
Kim Slattery moved to table. Others seconded. - Move-In 2009-2010
First day of classes will be Thursday next year
Freshmen will move in on Saturday
Mid-week move-in : T/W, T, or W?
Kendall suggested 2-day move-in window.
Sharon: working parents? Also, weekend with freshman move-in, don't have upperclassmen move in same day to lessen confusion
Kendall: have people help everyone (freshman and upperclassmen) move in
Matt: price difference for weekend move-in?
Emily: possibly $200-$500, not yet sure
Jared suggested 2-day move-in window.
NOBODY WANTS ONE-DAY MOVE-IN. (The boldface is for Emily.)
Sharon: Sunday/Monday possible?
Question: why are classes starting this early?
Week-long Thanksgiving break, help get rid of lull in Truman Week Move-in has to be two consecutive days.
Chris: Truman Week will be ruined if freshman and upperclassmen move-in days are the same; it helps with community to give freshman time alone
Jared: Agrees with Chris, but suggests mid-Truman Week for upperclassmen move-in to integrate upperclassmen into so-far freshmen community
However, drinking will be a problem if upperclassmen move in too early.
How many people had parents help with move-in sophomore, junior, senior years?
About 13, or about 1/3.
Kendall: Parents plan ahead to help, ask off work.
Chris: Some parents can't do that.
Tiffany: For out-of-state students, move-in takes two days.
Move-In Day Preferences for Upperclassmen:- Sat/Sun: 2
- Sun/Mon: 14 or 15
- Tues/Wed: 13, 14, or 15
- Campus Safety Committee meetings are Tuesdays from 2-3PM, and next is Oct. 14; should have RHA representation; Phil will be leaving at semester; Chris is interested.
- Halloween on Friday? 6-8?
Jared: probably okay
Chris: if we don't do it on Friday, we'll probably get a good showing regardless
Phil: SHOULD BE on Halloween, we could shorten it
Kim S.: Knows from experience that having trick-or-treating on a day that is not Halloween is really weird and thinks it should be on Halloween.
Committee Reports
None
Announcements
- Hall senate stipend money checks will be done after meeting!
- Committee meetings!
Brag Bag KimSlat requests that you use discretion; she's not kidding about the censoring thing. She will not read things that discuss your sex drive. Seriously.
Adjourned at 9:05 PM