Executive Board Minutes 1-12-99
Meeting opened by Katie at 5:03 PM
Jay Little, Service Vice President
* Project at Ark of Dallas
+ Read description of place
+ We will help them bowl
+ Meet at 9:00 at H-T
+ Will be at Don Carter on Skillman
+ Jay is the project chair
* UTD chapter
+ Ronald McDonald House
+ Jan 23
* Theme week project: January 30
Sam Megally, Party Boy
* Language of the week: French
+ Read some French stuff
+ Swahili is next week's language
* Active retreat
+ Friday, Jan 16
+ Play games
+ Meet at H-T steps at 7:30
+ Ends at 1:00 AM
+ Katie really wants us to be there
* Membership committee
+ 3 open positions
Rachel Cabrera, Pledgemaster
* Pledge Retreat, January 29
+ Overnight
+ Will be back in time for Saturday project
+ meet at 6:00 PM at H-T steps
+ Need drivers; SMU vans already booked up
* Pledge class namesake
+ Nominations made by written ballot
Jennifer Nash, PR/Rush
* Newspaper ad next Tuesday
* Tables outside H-T
+ For us to promote rush
+ 10 AM - 3 PM, Wed., Thurs.
* Info session
+ Bring pledge boards
* Buttons
+ 1st is free, remainder are $0.10 apiece.
* New t-shirts are in
Ford Boy, Treasurer and Chief Embezzler
* Pay your dues
* Sign up for budget committee
+ Good for people interested in being treasurer in the future
+ Help AO craft a new budget for next semester
* Pay for your t-shirts
Chevy Man, Note Taker
* Will be requesting your personal information for the roster this
week
Katie Knox, Past Emperor
* Wants to talk to all appointed positions this week
* Whoever stole the gavel is "a real jerk."
* APO desk
+ In volunteer office
+ Go look at it
* Exec. office hours
+ Jennifer Nash: Thursday @ 10 AM
+ Katie Knox: Thursday @ 12:30 PM
+ Jay Little: Thursday @ 3:00 PM
+ Freddie Ortiz: Friday @ 11:00 AM
+ Aren Cambre: Thursday @ 2:00 PM
+ Rachel Cabrera: Thursday @ 11:00 AM
+ Sam Megally: Monday @ 11:00 AM and Wednesday @ 11:00 AM
* Announced appointed positions
Rachel Cabrera, Pledge Trainer
* New pledge program presented as series of amendments to new program.
* All amendments passed:
+ Requires 20 hours of community service, 5 hours of chapter
service, and 5 hours to go to any type of service.
+ Pledges must attend 4 fellowship events.
+ Pledges must chair one project.
+ Pledges must serve on one committee.
+ Pledges must do 4 interviews, 1 of which must be an executive
board member and 1 of which must be an appointed position.
+ Pledges must do 1 advisor interview.
+ Pledges must get 15 signatures in their pledge manuals (with
certain requirements as to who they must come from).
+ Pledges must get 20 cardinal principle points.
+ Bigs must meet with the pledge trainer or attend a pledge
committee meeting
+ Pledges will have two evaluations, one at the middle and one at
the end of the pledging program.
+ Pledge officers are the committee chairs for pledge leadership,
friendship, and service committees.
Rebecca Bergstresser, Director of Office of Community Involvement
* Mentioned a reading program service project. Contact Jay Little
(jlittle@mail.smu.edu) for more information.
Other Business
* Voted on new meeting time of 6:30 PM on Tuesdays.
Bill Kufal, Head Advisor
* Congratulations on winning regionals bid
* Submitted a note of appreciation to the chapter
* Says that voting delegates did well
Heather Swift, Past Secretary
* Jerseys are in, but they are all long sleeved. This is incorrect and
she will get it fixed.
Wendy Jeffus, Fellowship Committee Chairman
* This week's fellowship event
+ Ice skating at Galleria (not at the Houston one)
+ Meet at 7:30 on Thursday at the steps of H-T
+ $8 per person
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