Meeting Notes 11/3/08

Minutes from Business Meeting, November 3^rd, 2008

Meeting called to order at 6:41 by Sara Meagher

Old Business:

• Deactivations are being processed. They should be done by the end of the semester.

President’s Report:

• Franklin’s restaurant fundraiser for the MCs is tomorrow night, November 4^th. Be sure to tell the cashier that you are with Sigma Alpha.
• Other Chapters are selling:
• “We wear the boots on campus” t-shirts
• $15, not including shipping
• Payment due by November 17^th.
• Green and yellow Longerberger-type baskets
• $34
• Payment due by November 26^th
• There is a meeting Thursday, November 13^th at 6pm to work on the Policies and Procedures document. Please be there. Normal meeting room.
• We are leaving for our retreat with the MC’s on the 14^th
• Today is the last day to let Rachael know if you cannot come to the retreat (rkriege1@umd.edu)

Professional:

• Next week is a professional meeting. We are doing a resume workshop. Please bring a resume if you have one.

Fundraising:

• Rush bracelets to sell to other chapters and to distribute during our rush are being ordered.
• We are switching to another cookbook-making company. Please give any recipes that you would like to be included to Molly by the end of the week.

Social:

• Spaghetti dinner at AGR is at 6:30 this Thursday (the 6^th).
• We need to send ‘thank yous’ to masquerade donors.

Ag Council:

• We need to come up with an idea for our table at Ag soon. Brainstorm!

We voted on whether or not to accept proposed changes to our bylaws. The results were as follows:

Amendment number:	Motion made by:	Seconded by:	Motion passed? (y/n)
1	Jennie	Lara	Y
2	Jennie	Margaret	Y
3	Margaret	Joann	Y
4	Maire	Vikki	Y
5	Kim	Julia	Y
6	Amanda	Joann	Y
7	Molly	Jennie	Y
8*	Kim	Amy	Y
9	Vikki	Margaret	Y
10	Amy	Kim	Y
11	Kim	Jennie	Y
12	Margaret	Vikki	Y
13	Julia	Amy	Y
14	Molly	Jennie	Y
15	Kim	Julia	Y

(* denotes if a discussion about the amendment occurred.)

*There was a discussion about Amendment 8. It was clarified that the changes made to the bylaws are not in effect until next semester.

In Summary:

• Meeting on Thursday November 13^th to work on Policies and Procedures document in the normal room.
• We are leaving for our retreat on November 14^th.
• Next week is a professional meeting. We will be working on resumes.
• Spaghetti dinner this Thursday at 6:30.
• Think about ideas for our table at AG day.
• We are sending in our revised bylaws.