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10/4/2009

Council Meeting 10/4/09
  • Lecture Series
    • Nov. 11, Wed, 7:00PM
    • Dr. Michael L. Schwalbe- sociology and anthropology professor
  • Advising
    • STS302, next Monday (1:30-3:45)
      • Ross is in India
      • Get signed up on website, how to use
      • Wish list, Trackster, MyPack (Degree Audit)
      • Everyone bring laptop to class
      • Draft people: Rachel, Kelly (design your own major), Dan, Callie, Carl
      • Meagan: send email out for volunteers
      • Focus on humanities as well
    • Use website: post roster with emails, and a forum-type deal, Dan send roster
    • October 14th, Wed class advising (7PM)
      • Food: Meagan, waffles
      • Dan won’t be there
  • Service
    • Shack-a-thon: totals not in yet, supposed to get email
    • PKD walk fell through
    • Open House volunteering substituting in as service
    • November service for next meeting
    • Could volunteer at the fair
  • Social
    • Oct. 17th: contradancing
    • Oct. 31st: fall retreat at Umstead: pumpkin carving, games
    • Oct. 23rd: game night and food run: to the fair!
    • Nov 13th-food run
    • Nov 2nd- ice skating
  • 20th Anniversary
    • fall-get list of alumni (Rachel-send email)
      • Ben Hughs doing a search
    • Spring- elaborate Spring Feast and Banter
      • Luncheon for donators
      • Breakfast for alumni
      • April 30th
  • Website
    • Tracking BFS discussion listserv
    • How many users: 13
    • Put up a list of professors preferred
    • Moving event communications to website
    • An RSVP utility for listserve or website
  • T-shirts
    • Need new plan for t-shirt
    • Post ideas on website
    • Custom-ink?
    • Instead on white shirt?
  • Meetings
    • Logistics- council meeting
    • Ideas/brainstorming- general meeting
    • Invite people to council meetings

 

9/7/09

 

  • Budget
    • Engineering Foundation is watching our spending
    • Dual Degree Banquet-prob not our budget
    • Spring Feast and Banter
    • Work on it during week
    • Finances Worksheets:
      • Make categories
      • Details!
  • Student Government Appropriations
    • For fall “Spring Feast and Bater”-ish event
    • Know anyone on the student senate?
    • Need to figure out by Sept. 15
 
  • T-shirt
    • $300 for 50 (2-colors) from Coll. Of Textiles (AATCC), goes up from there
    • design on back, choose front design by Wed (Carl)
    • sublimation printing
    • final by 9/11
  • Lecture Series
    • Dr. Juliana-English professor who was in Africa
    • Fall: humanities, spring: more engineering
    • Nobel laureate on campus
    • Brainstorm! Ideas go to Carl
    • Kelly’s contacts
      • Research atheist/Wicchen parents
  • Shack-a-thon
    • Need meeting w/ Parks
    • Where are Hamiltons?
    • Jeffersons a yes
    • Bid-day in a week
    • Build day two weeks from yesterday
    • Finalize theme by Thurs.
    • Wood: dump, Craig’s List, Lowe’s (Chris?), Home Depot
    • Draft a donation letter for friends/family
      • PayPal system
      • A letter in the service notebook
    • Build and money
    • Thankyou cards after
  • October Service
    • Oct. 6 walk out in Apex for PKD instead of Oct. 17
    • Red cross help
    • Habitat Destruction
  • Alumni update
    • Meeting on Thursday
    • James needs alumni list
    • Send out info, ask questions
  • Website
    • Make account username-council members
    • Drupal
    • Easy to block access, pages, minutes
    • PayPal link on website
  • Social
    • Friday-movie night Up
    • Saturday- contradancing
    • Getting Cohort 20 involved
  • Academic
    • Oct. 6th Career Fair
    • Resume Workshop Oct. 30th, 7PM
    • Food-look at list soon, direct billing