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Minutes for Full Body Meeting

December 4, 2008
Meeting called to order at 8:04 PM
Susie Pope, president
minutes recorded by Kim Slattery, secretary

Members present: Bradley Bartlett, Brooke Voss, Chris Walters, Chris Zempel, Cody Sumter, Craig Deken, Deana Dighero, Emily Haupt, James Megahan, Jared Young, Katherine Tynan, Kendall Smith II, Kim Heitzman, Kim Slattery, Kristen Bieri, Kyle Schemmer, Matthew Bernhardt, Regina Rodgers, Ryan Brinkman, Sean Serrogue, Sharon Robbins, Susie Pope, Tiffany Mooney

Members not present: Amanda Ciecior, Andrew Kaizer, Bobby Ritchie, Chelsea Billeck, Curtis Westbay, Emily Noonan, Faith Martin, John Gardener, Kailey Tyler, Kat Murphy, Kyle Miller, Natalie Fama, Peter Park, Rikki Sitzes, Stacy Rademacher, Stuart Murray, Sudeep Ghimie, Teresa Bradley, Victoria Bradley

Corrections to old minutes: missing members present and not present
Previous minutes approved

External Business:
Cody Sumter, Board of Governors – next meeting is on Saturday, December 6 at 8:30AM in SUB Conference Room; housing rate increase will be about 4.8% except for in Ryle; spending $95,000 to update Banner hardware (server); Truman received Show Me Report card and we failed, but analysis method was apparently faulty (allowance to not take 1 LSP was penalized as though no LSPs were required); turf is not done, things have to be redone (it’s uneven); reached halfway point in capital campaign ($15,000 of $30,000)

Officer Reports
President(Susie Pope): tried to air out folders over Thanksgiving break (general consensus is that it worked pretty well, contrary to Susie’s statement that it didn’t that well)
Vice President (Regina Rodgers):programming had a meeting
Secretary(Kim Slattery):, brag bag, and attendance going around; thanks and see y’all; elect Tiffany!
Treasurer (Chris Walters):care packages arrived today; sign-ups will be going around for care package delivery, Sat. and Sun. at 2PM; checkbook is balanced; will soon be audited
NCC (Kim Heitzman): No Frills registration due by 19th of December
Webmaster (Katherine Tynan): letters of intent are up on website; has a list of upgrades that will happen over break, including new calendar and forum
Advisors (John Gardner and Emily Haupt): architectural plans for Ryle have changed and Ryle will remain a cafeteria; blenders resolution still being reviewed
NRHH (Craig Deken): had mid-year selection and inductions coming up – 5 new members; OTMs due tomorrow (Friday, the 5th)
Student Senate: (Kim Slattery) student conduct code will come up in April Board of Governors meeting; resolution will be passed on Sunday about recommendations, which will go to Dean Gilcrest; recycling bins coming to the Quad, all money donated by other organizations; Technology Committee formed at request of President Krueger (Winona State had laptop program from such a committee), classroom in Violette being converted to demo Smart Room; passed a resolution in support of Ryle Cafeteria resolutions
Liter of the Week is Kyle Miller.

Hall Reports
Blanton-Nason-Brewer Hall:talked about fast food runs on Sunday and made cards for seniors
Centennial Hall:passed out candy canes to residents and decorated the lounge
Grim Hall and the Apartments: ratified RHA Constitutional amendments; having finals melt-down, Sunday 6-8PM; extremely cold yesterday; decorated main lounge for holidays; ordered t-shirts and working on quilt
Missouri Hall: passing out candy canes to residents; hosting a social event in January (hot chocolate social) and a leadership lock-in
Ryle Hall:: Grable House won Ryle Cup Challenge; ceremony on Reading Day at 4PM in the main lounge Ryle Hall Main Lounge; award ceremony for Ryle Cup Challenge
West Campus Suites: talked about events for next semester; working on a fundraiser; just got done with Polar Express (everyone got a Christmas tree through care packages or in other ways

Old Business

  • MACURH Regional Board Endorsements for Regina Rodgers, Kim Heitzman, and Sharon Robbins:
    • asking for support in bidding for respective positions; would like list of expectations for them if RHA chooses to endorse (like coming to meetings, sitting on exec board) for them to put on bids; if they do not fulfill RHA’s expectations, they probably would not get support for another position if they chose to bid again; if RHA chooses to remove support mid-term, not sure what the ramifications would be; terms from swearing in at NACURH and lasts for a year; expectations: increasing communication between PCCs (for Sharon), growth in region, increase involvement (chats and pre-retreats) (for Regina), get information out faster and more communication about affiliation (for Kim); copy of bids requested to be brought to RHA by Jimmy French; official recommendation would be preferred before No Frills registration; need letter of support; anyone can write letter of support (from exec board, from president, from whole body)
    • Ryan Brinkman moves for individual endorsements to be passed by 2/3 vote by secret ballot. Seconded. Motion passes.
    • Kim Slattery moved to endorse Kim Heitzman for Associate Director of Finances and Records. on MACURH RBD, seconded by Ryan Brinkman. Motion passes.
    • Kim Slattery moved to endorse Regina Rodgers for RCC-South on MACURH RBD, seconded by Ryan Brinkman. Motion fails.
    • Kim Slattery moved to endorse Sharon Robbins for Associate Director of Programming on MACURH RBD, seconded by Ryan Brinkman. Motion fails.
  • Sharon Robbins as Member-at-Large
    Kim Slattery called to question.
    Motion passes.

New Business

  • Elections
    • Tiffany Mooney running for secretary.
      Kim Slattery moves to elect by acclamation. Bradley Bartlett seconded. No dissent. Motion passes.
    • Ryan Brinkman and Chris Zempel running for treasurer elect. Chris Zempel elected as treasurer by majority vote.
    • Brad Bartlett running for national communications coordinator-in-training.
      Kim Slattery moves to elect by acclamation. Ryan Brinkman seconded. No dissent. Motion passes.

    • Committee Meetings

    Committee Reports

    • Programming:MDT next Wednesday in VH 1320 at 2:00PM – great desserts and an exciting play; Thanksgiving Turkey went well in SUB last week, thanks for those who came; NRHH and Fun and Spirit Committee will be helping out with ResLife week next semester; if you want to make desserts for MDT, THEY ARE VERY WELCOME.
    • Internal Affairs:no report
    • Residential Affairs:no report

    Announcements

    • See Chris about care packages and please help.
    • 57th Annual Truman Scream, Sunday night at 10PM outside your residence hall, pancakes in SUB afterward, Rec open until 12

    Brag Bag

    Adjourned at 9:35 PM until January 15, 2009