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MEETING MINUTES







OCTOBER 2004 MINUTES

Minutes from 10/27/04

1. Brief follow-up of debate

a. Featured in Carolinian and possibly on CNN.com

2. Fundraising updates

a. The raffle letters have been distributed today
b. As of right now: $20 gift card to Friendly Center, $5 gift card to Panera Bread
c. Request for faculty donations; Dr. Kroll-Smith is donating a 25” TV and that will probably be the grand prize
d. No date has been set for the raffle because we are going to wait and get all the donations, and then set the date.

3. Movie Nights

a. Tomorrow night we are showing Fahrenheit 9/11 in Graham 308 at 7pm
b. We invited PAC (Political Awareness Committee) to co-host the event with us, but they declined because of the left-wing dominated views
of the movie.

i. They said if we were also showing a movie called FarenHYPE 9/11, they would’ve hosted the event with us.
ii. We are going to check on availability and possibly get that movie and show it on Monday, Nov. 1.

c. Next movie night: November 11 at 6:00pm, Graham 308

i. Movie suggestions: Welcome to Durham
ii. Kristel Rogers is now in charge of coordinating movie nights.

4. SGA news

a. Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project
b. Legislative Committee Business

i. Constitution review and changing

c. PAC is hosting an election watch in the State Room of the atrium from 8-11 pm with refreshments and open mic.

5. Community Service Projects

a. Trick or Treating for UNICEF

i. Sunday, October 31st: MEET AT FOUNTAIN AT 5:00pm
ii. Attire: was not decided upon

b. Empty Bowl Project

i. Organized mainly by Spartan STARS
ii. Website for more info: www.emptybowls.net/

c. Winter Walk for AIDS

i. Website: http://www.triadhealthproject.com/WWalkInfo.html
ii. Tiffany is going to register the club to walk (20 people)
iii. Request donations from friends and family; the club will also go out as a whole and request donations
iv. Tax Identification Number? (Crista)

6. Other Business (Other questions/comments/delegations)

a. T-shirts: the club was denied funding by SGA for our t-shirts, but the general consensus seems that we still want them. We will assess
funds after the raffle to see if t-shirts are a possibility.
b. Find out if UNICEF has a TIN (Crista)
c. Email to alumni to donate money to club (Stephanie)
d. The club would like to host an outside speaker this semester if time and money permit. Email faculty for suggestions on speaker. (Stephanie)

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Minutes from 10/20/04 (ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 10/13/04)

1. Anti-Hazing and Grade Release forms

2. The Debate

a. Thursday, Oct. 21st at 7pm in the Holly/Chestnut room of the atrium
b. ISO, CoPS, Libertarians, Students for Nader, & Republicans
c. Free food & drinks
d. We would like to present the representatives’ organizations with a small gift or token of our appreciation: certificate

3. SGA funding

a. We received $148.09 of the $736.36 we requested. For itemized breakdown, please email Crista at cmcuccar@uncg.edu

4. Fundraising

a. Due to the insufficient funding by SGA, fundraising is going to be essential to any events we wish to have.
b. Raffle
c. Krispy Kreme
d. Pie In Face contest

5. Trick or Treating for UNCIEF

a. October 31st at 5pm, meeting place is TBA

6. SALAD (Seeking Alliances Through Diversity And Leadership) Conference

a. Stephanie, Tiffany, and Crista attended
b. Focus on intercommunication of organizations

7. Movie Nights

a. Email PAC
b. Where? Jarrell Lecture Hall, if available
c. Pizza, popcorn, cookies?

8. Community Service Projects

a. Empty Bowl
b. Winter Walk for AIDS

i. Alex volunteered to help

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SEPTEMBER 2004 MINUTES

Minutes from 9/29/04

1. Hurricane Relief Drive

· Collaboration with MADhouse ( Make A Difference House in Moore-Strong)
· Boxes in dorms and Graham
· Last Day: October 7th

2. Allocations

· Review of Ideas to fund
· Period: October 25th through Feb. 14th

3. Fundraisers

· Pie In the Face--need to email professors
· Krispy Kreme--We have decided to do, but first we need to raise funds to purchase the doughnuts with

· $2.50 per box with 50 box minimum

· Raffle

· Half of the proceeds will got to Pangaea, an AIDS foundation--for more info., go to http://www.pgaf.org/
· There is no date set for the raffle as of yet because we are still trying to solicit donations
· So far we have:

$25 gift card to Wal-Mart
$50 gift card to Circuit City
$5 gift card to Panera Bread
Gift basket to Tranquilities

· Suggestions: gas stations, Barnes and Noble, UNCG bookstore

4. Trick or Treating for UNICEF

· October 31st at 5pm--meeting place TBA
· We will let the communities know about this beforehand
· T-shirts must be worn

5. Table in the EUC on October 7th from 12:30pm to 6:30pm

· Donation jar? Hurricane relief box?

6. Debate--our BIG event this semester

· October 21st at 7pm in the Holly/Chestnut room in the atrium (past the ATMs)
· We will be advertising (among many places) in a bulletin board in the atrium tunnel--DECORATING DAY: October 17th at 4:00

7. SGA news

· Viewing of the elections with PAC
· SALAD on October 16 from 10am to 4pm

8. Future meetings

· Dates set until next allocation period: (all meetings are Wednesdays at 3:30)

October 13--Dr. Markham may speak
October 27
November 10--nominations
December 1--last meeting of the semester--elections
January 19--first meeting of the Spring semester
February 2
February 9

9. Check out the new Sociology Club website at http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/sociologyclub -- Thanks to Gene Huller!

10. Other Important Dates:

November 18: Bowling Night
January 27: Meet the Faculty night

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Minutes from 9/15/04

1. Call to order

2. Elections

* Nathan Caputo was dismissed from the ballot as treasurer because he did not attend this or any of the other meetings
* Officers:

Vice president: Crista Cuccaro
Secretary: Alex Calder
Treasurer: Tiffany Hutchins

3. Review of minutes

4. Money

* Budget from SGA was approved: $99.51
* Fundraising

- Unanimous decision not to have a bake sale because if complications with Aramark
- Krispy Kreme sale
- Raffle: 50 cent/ticket, Wal-Mart gift card

5. New Debate Time

* Same time, different place: Jarrett Lecture Hall, other rooms--Bryan, Curry

6. Make A Difference Day

* Good Will Clothing Drive
* Canned food drive (1 or 2 weeks)

7. Triad Leadership Consortium Conference

* NO ONE CAN ATTEND!! WE NEED TO FIND SOMEONE!
* September 18th, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at NC A&T

8. Issues to bring to SGA

* Lighting on campus
* Food options staying open late/bringing Pizza Hut down to the atrium

9. Discussion about getting our name out on campus

* Is Graham Bldg too far? Meetings will remain in Graham for now
* Advertise/speak to 100 level classes
* Use bulletin board in the atrium to advertise in October
* Big posters at the entrances to Graham

Other Ideas/ Topics:

* Study groups through the club
* Movie Night will be postponed until October
* Paint the rock for Debate and fundraisers
* American Democracy Project--viewing of elections
* Email majors about debate

To-Do List:

* Contact political groups on campus about debate--Rep., Dem., Lib., Socialists (Crista)
* Talk to Guy Sanders about phone messages and clothing drive (Tiffany)
* Talk to Goodwill about clothing drive (Alex)
* Find someone for the Triad Leadership Conference
* Begin Advertising for debate

NEXT MEETING: SEPT. 29 @ 3:30, Graham 308

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Minutes from 9/3/04

1. Intro
2. Membership roster
3. Elections
4. Upcoming events
5. Goals
6. Closing * Due to low attendance, we will move elections to the next meeting.

* Anti-Hazing, Review of Constitution and Bylaws
* Date for Debate: October 21, 7pm
* Office request, Sparty Spartan, Make a Difference Day
* Movie Night: Weather Underground?
* Find out about movie in the quad
* Post Volunteer Info for Make a Difference Day on the bulletin board
* Email faculty about extra credit for attending interest meeting
* Go into classes and introduce the club
* Mass email--Julie Capone?
* Dr. Markham attend a meeting to talk about teaching in Germany
* Meetings will be Friday at 2:00 pm

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday at 3:30

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