Monday, October 15, 2012

Minutes for October 14th



Sigma Alpha Iota
Agenda October 14th, 2012
“You are always wearing your letters”

Attendance: Sarh Johnson, Elliana Kirsh, Hannah Peterson, Alison Gilbert, Emma Siegel, Jen Slaght, Katie Rossiter, Abi Hoyt, Christine Justice, Jalen Lee, Elaine Ubando, Sue Conrad

Excused: Tara Morrow

I.               Call to order
a.     President Sarah Johnson calls the formal meeting to order at 7:10pm
II.             President’s Report
a.     Eta Psi (NKU) tea party: Details are forthcoming, but it will take place in November.
b.     Alum mailing list
                                               i.     Kelsey Snider, Elizabeth Hale, etc. – If you know someone who was an SAI in undergrad (our chapter or elsewhere) send her name/info to Sarah
c.     Social Media Guidelines
                                               i.     Sarah reads the Social Media Guidelines as distributed recently by our PO, Carrie O’Connor. Sarah will send this out by e-mail for further reference.
                                             ii.     Webmaster for Facebook: Jalen volunteers to take over SAI Eta-Iota public page in addition to our blog.
III.           Officer Reports
a.     VPM Report – Ellie
                                               i.     Shirts
1.     $10-15 within the month
2.     Actives must pay to receive a shirt; MITs are covered.
b.     VPR Report – Hannah
                                               i.     Elections for VPR, must have 2/3 vote of chapter (Slate: Katie Rossiter)
1.     Katie wins the election!
c.     Treasurer’s Report - Emma
                                               i.     Current balance: $1,964.59
                                             ii.     Emma in contact with Sue Conrad about double signatures
                                            iii.     Total spent on Recruitment: $322.88
1.     The remainder of the $400 budget will be put towards MIT’s T-shirts.
d.     Secretary’s Report - Jalen
                                               i.     Mail (none)
e.     Editor’s Report – Alison
                                               i.     Yearbook due Nov. 1st
                                             ii.     Pan Pipes publication
1.     Due Nov. 15th
f.      Sergeant-at-Arms’ Report – Katie
                                               i.     Nominations for Sgt at Arms
1.     Elections will be held October 21st, must have 2/3 vote from chapter
2.     Slate: Christine Justice, Abi Hoyt
                                             ii.     Katie reads the Basic Expectations for Members, which can be read on page 13 of the Manual for Members.
IV.           Committee Reports
a.     Fraternity Education Report – Katie
                                               i.     Today we will learn The Scale of SAI.
b.     Fundraising Report – Jen
                                               i.     MoMus recap
                                             ii.     Currito fundraiser: Jen will call/e-mail Currito in the future.
                                            iii.     Novemberfest cake raffle
1.     Nov. 30th 10-3pm
2.     Alison suggests that we hold a bake sale in the first week of November, which is almost a month before Novemberfest, and then skip the December bake sale. We discuss at length whether this is a good idea. Ellie points out that there is no reason to replace an event that we know will work (the December bake sale) with an event that may or may not be successful (cake raffle.) Logically we should do both, or just the bake sale.
3.     Sue suggests that in order to successfully host both events, we could enlist the help of alumni to bake for a December sale. Everyone agrees that this is a great compromise.
c.     Social Report – Tara
                                               i.     October 20th – Iron’s Fruit Farm in Lebanon
1.     Open until 6pm, Cincinnati Red’s Corn Maze - $7, U-Pick apples, pumpkins, and squash, Hayrides
2.     Time: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
                                             ii.     Tina Mary Kay
1.     Free facials on the 21st of October
2.     Time: 5:00 PM
                                            iii.     SAI Clothes Swap
1.     Alison’s on the 28th of October, 3:30pm; Adriatico’s at 5:30
                                            iv.     Katie’s Mother/Daughter weekend?
1.     Sometime in the spring; Brunch? (Pancakes?) Katie will look into brunch places and evaluate the possibility of our moms coming.
                                             v.     Holiday Party
1.     Location: Ellie’s on Dec. 7th at 5:30pm
2.     E-mail Ellie if you are interested in going early to help Ellie and her family cook dinner. (Emma and Hannah express interest.)
d.     Community Service Report – Abi
                                               i.     Ronald McDonald – dates
1.     Saturday March 9
                                             ii.     Little Sisters of the Poor – dates
1.     November 3, 12pm
a.     1:30-2:15 or 3:00
b.     We discuss general interest in performing and whether to hire a pianist.
                                            iii.     Symphony ushering
1.     Nov. 9; French evening; opening concert for CSO’s new conductor. Email Abi if you want to attend!
                                            iv.     Cincinnati Girl Scouts
1.     Sue has a friend who works at the Girl Scouts’ office in Cincinnati. Details forthcoming!
V.             Old Business        
VI.           New Business
a.     Composer Concert – Hannah and Elie, Oct 18th; 7:00 PM
                                              i.     Set-up: 6:00 PM
                                             ii.     Committee: Alison, Abi, Hannah, Emma, Jen, Ellie
                                            iii.     Food: We should all know what we’re making.
                                            iv.     Expecting 30-50 patrons
                                             v.     Decorations
1.     Ball jars
2.     Table cloths
                                            vi.     Longevity: Is this something we want to do on an annual basis? We decide to wait and see how it goes.
b.     Commission piece
                                               i.     Sarah in contact with Lindsey Jacob
                                             ii.     We budgeted $100; Lindsey Jacob thinks, and we all agree, that this fee is too low. Hannah suggests that we put all the proceeds of our next bake sale toward the commission.
c.     Formal Committee
                                               i.     Katie, Alison, Christine
VII.         Announcements
a.     Hannah’s recital is on Wednesday at 8:30 in Werner! All music by female composers! Be there!
VIII.       Meeting adjourned at 8:10
a.      Christine motions to adjourn the meeting
b.     Katie seconds the motion
c.     Motion passes unanimously

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