Friday, October 23, 2009
I. INTRODUCTIONS
– Call to order at 12:39 p.m.
1.1 – Loretta Berry from the ACN Telecommunications Business Opportunity. Introduced by ICC Representative Diana Mercado. Showed a 7 minute video showcasing the employment opportunities with the company. Loretta Berry then spoke for 10 minutes regarding her own personal history with the company, and encouraged Alpha Iota’s members to look into joining the ACN company. If anyone is interested, she encouraged them to contact Diana Mercado for more information.
II. ADVISORS’ REPORTS
2.1 – Mary Margaret McGuire confirmed who would still be going to the AGS Fall Conference. Announced that attendees must pay their $30 to her by the Nov. 6 regular meeting. Confirmed four drivers for the conference: Advisor Matthew Jaffe, Advisor Mary Margaret McGuire, Tara Tomlinson, and Jun Ueno. Attendees will be leaving AVC at 6:30 a.m., and the trip to Pasadena City College takes about an hour. Ben Morales volunteered to take care of the memorabilia that will be sold for the conference with the help of other volunteers.
2.2 – Tom Graves discussed the Car Wash of Oct. 17. Discussed how several volunteers left in the afternoon, thus leaving only 6-9 people to work the afternoon shift. Volunteers that would normally have held signs were forced to wash cars, along with Tom Graves. Advised the club to better organize events to achieve a better balance of volunteers for each shift.
Discussed the El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration that he is helping to organize at AVC across from the Marauder Bookstore. Explained how many cultures celebrate similar holidays, and encouraged members to place pictures of past loved ones and beloved pets on the table.
2.3 – Matthew Jaffe discussed the Car Wash. Suggested that future car washes have a scale of prices for cars of different sizes, such as higher prices for large vehicles. Expressed his feelings that it was a good event.
2.4 – Karen Lubick – Not Present.
2.5 Harish Rao – Not Present.
III. OFFICERS’ REPORTS
3.1 – President’s Report – Katryana Zide encouraged members to come volunteer at her house for her family’s Haunted House the weekend of Oct. 24-25 as well as on Halloween night.
3.2 – Vice President’s Report – Rima Abukazam thanked everyone who came to the Car Wash, and thanked Charlene Suwarharat for having organized the car wash as Committee Chairperson.
Discussed her visit to the AVC’s Multicultural Club meeting, and the campus’s perception of Alpha Iota as a “snobby” club for people only with a 4.0 GPA. Conferred with the club on how we can improve our reputation on campus by becoming more involved with the other AVC clubs. Suggested that Alpha Iota should do an event with all of the clubs on campus and donate the proceeds to a joint charity fund or to several charities. Suggested that Alpha Iota help the Mutlicultural Club sponsor a child through UNICEF and the Multicultural Club could in turn sell tickets to our Halloween Dance. Encouraged members to attend the Multicultural Club meetings which are held every other Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge.
Also discussed the Freaky Friday Halloween Dance. The club needs a lot of people to volunteer for the event. It would cost the club $20/hour for each security guard that the club would hire; it was generally decided that the club would not hire security guards. Rima announced that Red Lobster agreed to donate 100 biscuits for the dance.
3.3 – Treasurer’s Report – Mina Lim announced that the club’s current balance is $4,555 and that the Car Wash brought in a total of $473.95.
3.4 – Secretary’s Report – Lindsey Justice – No Report.
3.5 – ICC Representative – Diana Mercado thanked the club for having allowed Loretta Berry to come and give her presentation.
Announced that AVC has approximately 19 clubs on campus. Announced she had gone to ASO and asked for a list of AVC’s clubs, but was unable to receive one. The only list available of the campus’s clubs is listed on MyAVC under the Student Services tab, but this list was only last updated in June 2009. Announced that she would personally compile a comprehensive list of the clubs along with their respective requirements, meeting dates, times, and locations.
3.6 – PR Officer – Jun Ueno announced the top three sellers of the Halloween Dance tickets: 3.) Jamie Holzer, 2,) Tara Tomlinson, and 1.) Mina Lim. Mina Lim thus received a $30 gift certificate to the Coffee Bean for her efforts.
Explained that the dance tickets that are sold will be turned in at the next meeting; envelopes holding the tickets should say the individual’s name and how many tickets were sold. If individuals are unable to attend the next meeting, they should contact Jun at his cell phone: (717) 406 – 6666.
3.7 – Historians – Lisa Allen and Tara Tomlinson – Lisa Allen encouraged members to attend the production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, which will be showing at AVC from Nov. 13 – Dec. 6, and will cost $10 for students, and $2 off with the presentation of a canned good. Lisa also encouraged members to join AVC’s new club, Frank-o-phone, which will be showing the film Anilee. Members discussed how Frank-o-phone needs another $100 to show the movie. Frank-o-phone meets every Monday in the cafeteria from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Tara Tomlinson announced that she has uploaded pictures of the Car Wash on her Facebook page and will upload pictures of the Huntington Beach Clean-up that were taken by Lisa as well. Encouraged members to be more involved in events held by Alpha Iota.
3.8 – Webmaster – Stephanie Conley – No Report.
IV. DISCUSSION OF EVENTS
4.1 – Candy Sale – Karla Preciado passed out a sign-in sheet for the volunteer shifts of the Candy Sale as well as e-mailed a sign-in sheet. Candy bagging would be held at Elaine’s house at 2:30 p.m. after the meeting, Oct. 23.
4.2 – Haunted House – Katryana Zide asked how many volunteers would come to her house to help set up the Haunted House. The club discussed possible volunteers.
4.3 – Freaky Friday Halloween Dance – Diana Mercado motioned to approve $150 to pay the DJ in advance. Rima Abukazam seconded. Motion unanimously passed.
4.4 – Safari Tours in Acton – Ben Morales announced that the Shambalah reserve in Acton needs volunteers, but volunteers must have reservations a month in advance. Volunteers would not work with animals and must be 18 or older. At the next regular meeting, Oct. 30, Ben will have a sign-in sheet for volunteers.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mina Lim motioned to approve the minutes for 10/9/09 and 10/16/09 with corrections. Rima Abukazam seconded. Motion unanimously passed.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Theresa Soos motioned to adjourn. Jun Ueno seconded the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
Meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m. Next meeting is October 30, 2009.
