Meeting Notes 9/22/08

Old Business:

• Since the scholarship report is not being submitted, we will just pay the fine.
• Due to a mix-up, we will unfortunately have to pay dues for some deactivated members
• Sara, Amanda and Margaret are going to National Convention, and one of our rush shirts is being included in the quilt J

Don’t Forget:

• Interviews are next Monday. They are MANDATORY for all actives. Professional dress.
• Cookoff in the ANSC courtyard this Weds.
• The All Nighter is at Stamp this Friday

Reports By Officers:

• 1^st Vice (Professional):
• Planning an etiquette dinner, and possibly a presentation on professional speaking skills.
• Rush:
• Remember you must attend 3 rush events or be fined.
• The Thursday (formerly TBA) rush event will be a cookout w/ AGR at their house at 5:30 (Don’t forget if you signed up to bring something!)
• Saturday the 27^th is camping.
• Please reply to Kim ASAP if you want to come so that she can plan.
• If it rains, an email will be sent out the day of w/ new plans.
• Please bring $5 to camping.

Fundraising:

• Molly will be overseeing the cookbook project. Please come to the cookoff, taste food, and ask the teachers about contributing!
• Looking into citrus and nut sales for the holiday season.
• “Masquerade for Hunger Aid”
• Starts at 7:30, dinner at 8, on November 1^st.
• $33.50 per Sigma Alpha active (price per plate), $40 for students, $50 for non-students.
• Think of (and email to Kim!) ideas for baskets. We need to get businesses to donate.
• We will distribute letters about donating to heifer to other colleges in the university besides AGNR. Lara is working on this.

Chapter Visit:

· Mandatory for all actives. If you do not attend, you will be fined $25.

· October 3^rd in the evening is an officers meeting. Exec board only: Sara, Amanda, Cindie, Rachael, Jennie

· October 4^th from 8am to 5pm. Amanda will reserve room.

· Sisterhood event afterwards.

· Sara will organize the dinner for Friday, Joann will organize lunch on Saturday, Margaret will organize dinner and the subsequent sisterhood event.

· Dress comfortably. A list of things to bring will be emailed out.

Discussed things we like and dislike, in order to address changing the bylaws:

• Likes:
• Sisterhood of the sorority.
• How everyone is helpful and friendly
• The organization, efficiency
• Dislikes/ Ideas for Change:
• Idea that if you don’t attend a certain number of rush events, you can’t vote in interviews.
• Execute more fundraising
• Question whether, even if the absence is excused, you can be absent from all of the meetings of a semester and still be active.
• Create some system for regulating how many people come to each rush event (looks bad if there aren’t many of us there!)
• Want to make sure Bigs really get to know their Littles.
• Bring balloons etc to littles when they are accepted after interviews
• Can you have 2 littles?
• Institute a policy where you would have to be in the sorority for a certain amount of time before running for an office.