SSS Advisory Board Minutes s5

SSS Advisory Board Minutes Thursday, November 5, 2015

Present: Nathan Altmann, Elizabeth Gruber, Casey Hoffman, Eyasu Ogbazghi, Amy Schick, Danielle Ferestad, Stephanie Cisewski, Andy Strowig, Bruce Ouderkirk,

Reports:

 Secretary’s Report: Casey read the minutes from the last meeting, and they were approved.  Treasurer’s Report: Current balance is $406.82.

Old Business:

 BluSync: Thanks to those who have started using this system. If you haven’t logged on yet, please do. Please RSVP to the meetings on BluSync.

 T- Shirt Update: 6 left: 1 small, 3 large, 1 XL and 1 XXL.

New Business:  Burrachos Fundraiser: It will be held on Thursday, November 12th, 5:00-9:00 pm, at the Water Street location. Eyasu brought a flier he prepared. Eyasu will also make a Facebook event to invite our friends. We will hand out fliers by the walking bridge on the day of the event. We will also reserve a table at Davies to hand out posters. Please write on all the white boards of your classes a couple days before. You can copy the poster if you are not sure what to write. Bruce and Andy will send out an email to all SSS and AIM students. We are also going to start a group on Facebook so we can all get together and go to there as a group

 Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner: November 19th from 7:00-9:00pm. We will hold our Advisory Board meeting before the event at 6:00pm. Liz and Steph are looking into Towers and Oak Ridge as possible locations. The Board will pay for the meat, and Liz will get the chickens. Nathan will bring mashed potatoes, Bruce will bring ham, Danielle will bring dinner rolls, Casey will bring cheesy potatoes, Eyasu will bring drinks, and Steph will bring a pumpkin pie. Please sign up for any food you are going to bring through Blusync.  Volunteer Opportunities: Liz said that Blugold Beginnings volunteer day will happen in April, so look for an email in spring. Eyasu said that The Community Table offers opportunities; we just have to set up a date. We are thinking of doing this in December or maybe the spring. Stephanie suggested participating in Helping Hands Across America, which is a food drive being held on campus through student organizations. Whichever group brings in the most cans will win a $150 catering card. We will be doing our own competition within SSS and AIM to collect more cans. Whoever brings in the most cans will win a t-shirt! There will be a box in the SSS office and possibly the AIM office soon, so bring in your cans!! You will have up until November 17th when we have to bring the cans to Davies as an organization. Eyasu volunteered to do this between 8am-4pm on the 17th.

 Student Organization Events: (1) Free Sundaes on Mondays! If you are part of an organization on campus, you can stop by Davies 220 from 11:30-1:00pm every Monday in November for a free sundae. (2) There is an alternative Spring Break opportunity. (3) The bookstore is having an ugly sweater contest. All we have to do is submit a photo of all our ugly sweaters and we have the chance to win a $50 gift certificate that will be used towards a pizza party for our organization. There will be two winners, one chosen by the bookstore and one through popularity on social media. BRING YOUR UGLY SWEATER TO THANKSGIVING POT LUCK so we can get a picture!

 Officer Elections for 2016: Nominations for spring semester need to be in by next meeting. Please send them to Bruce via email or bring them to the next meeting. We will be doing the voting online before our last meeting on December 3rd. Open Floor: Next meeting: Th, November 19th, 6:00pm at the location of the Thanksgiving Potluck (TBD) Upcoming SSS/AIM Events:

 Scholarship Workshops, W/Th, Nov 11/12, 1:00pm, Cent 1704/SSS 0210  Tickets to Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Th, Nov. 12, 7:30pm, Gantner Concert Hall  Tickets to Cullen Hoback Lecture, Tues, Nov 17, 7:30 pm, Schofield Aud