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Minutes for Full Body Meeting

November 6, 2008
Meeting called to order at 8:04 PM
Susie Pope, president
minutes recorded by Kim Slattery, secretary

Members present: John Gardener, Chris Zempel, Amanda Ciecior, Bobby Ritchie, Bradley Bartlett, Curtis Westbay, Kim Heitzman, Kim Slattery, Regina Rodgers, Susie Pope, Deana Dighero, Jared Young, Kendall Smith II, Kyle Miller, Matthew Bernhardt, Sudeep Ghimie, Katherine Tynan, Brooke Voss, Kailey Tyler, Kristen Bieri, Tiffany Mooney, James Megahan, Ryan Brinkman

Members not present: Emily Haupt, Chelsea Billeck, Emily Noonan, Kat Murphy, Stacy Rademacher, Teresa Bradley, Victoria Bradley, Chris Walters, Andrew Kaizer, Craig Deken, Faith Martin, Natalie Fama, Peter Park, Sharon Robbins, Rikki Sitzes, Cody Sumter, Stuart Murray

Corrections to old minutes:
Previous minutes approved

External Business:
None

Officer Reports
President(Susie Pope):waiting to hear from FAC about funding; haven’t officially submitted blender resolution because there is a question about it, will be in old business; constitution was rejected because we don’t have a “finances” section and because “Truman State University” can’t be in the title; we’ll need to make more amendments; standing rules in the folders now; BNB Senate is leader(s)/”liter(s)” of the week
Vice President (Regina Rodgers): write caption for the picture in the notebook—new meeting activity; thanks to everyone who helped with trick-or-treating in the halls, it was awesome; the activities were good too
Secretary (Kim Slattery):reports discussion—decided that everyone will write down report and give it to her at meetings; mail, brag bag, attendance; submitted letter of resignation to Susie; gave Susie the room lottery form for next semester, will be on Tuesday
Treasurer (Chris Walters):finals care package orders coming in; Halloween packages done; if you haven’t paid for MACURH, give it to Kim Heitzman or Susie
NCC (Kim Heitzman):MACURH is tomorrow; most things are done; clothespins are done; Rufus is here, had him since pre-retreat, goes back tomorrow
Webmaster (Katherine Tynan): Halloween winners on website and pictures from Halloween (except for winners); if anyone has a picture of the winners or any others, feel free to e-mail them
Advisors (John Gardner and Emily Haupt): mid-year SA applications due Monday; intention forms due next Friday; working with Dean of Student Affairs on questionnaire for Ryle Hall Cafeteria, going out soon
NRHH (Craig Deken):had meeting on Sunday; had tacos; OTMs due last night; should hear about them soon; cookie sale on November 21 and 22; people should go see Jared in Ryle that Saturday from midnight to 1
Student Senate: (Kim Slattery)technology committee looking for members; travel to other universities to figure out what advances they have; try to implement changes by fall; Dr. Krueger will try not to shoot anything down that students want

Hall Reports
Blanton-Nason-Brewer Hall:made profit of about $150 on Haunted House; got some money; talked about making t-shirts; delivered recycling bins
Centennial Hall:just got done with Halloween; had haunted house; Bobbie got mauled by some kids; no meeting on Tuesday because of elections; looking for a couple activities before end of semester (something volunteer-y)
Grim Hall and the Apartments: talked about t-shirts; had an election party; penny wars got started and go through 14th; assassins still going, has been for a month; at the end of next week, if it’s not over, there will be a three-person shoe-down
Missouri Hall:election wrapped up on Tuesday; waiting to see what will happen with blender resolution
Ryle Hall:not doing Mr. and Mrs. Ryle because nobody came to dress rehearsal, will have open mic/open stage thing on Saturday at 3; will do letters to soldiers as service on 15th; presenting winner of Ryle Cup Challenge with trophy on reading day
West Campus Suites: having scavenger hunt on 15th; will have SA making balloon animals for visit day on Saturday; flu shots at West Campus

Old Business

• Blender Resolution: haven’t officially submitted because smoothie makers are said to be permissible, but they aren’t;
  Kim Slattery moved to remove third whereas clause, about smoothie makers, from resolution, Katherine Tynan seconded; Kim Slattery called to question.
  Motion passes.

New Business
None

Committee Reports

• Programming:will have turkey in the SUB on Monday and Tuesday before thanksgiving from 11AM to 2PM; Reading Day; more programs from MACURH
• Internal Affairs:egg drop contest; care packages
• Residential Affairs:questions for survey sent to Ryle so they could see

Announcements

• Notebook captions read

Brag Bag

Adjourned at 8:40 PM