SGA Meeting 9/4
Absent: Isidora Armentrout, Nkiruka Anizoba, Maame Buckman, Deborah Centeio, Raella Rothman, Danyelle Phillips, Emma Geering.
Spirit Animals:
Some of the spirit animals of those who attended the first meeting were:
Lion, Meercat, Chipmunk, Pitbull, Bunny (ferocious), Panda, Seal, Cat, Horse, Sea otter, Two-toed sloth, Butterfly, Wallabee, Swan, Koala (definitely the most popular in SGA), Lion (but also likes whales), Hummingbird, Beagle, Otter, I heard “bear-cat” (this could be wrong), Dog that looks like a hot dog and doesn’t have a tail, Dolphin, Cocker Spaniel Puppy, Owl, Lemur, Chipmunk, Linx, Snake, Hippo, Teacup pig, Panda/great dane, Wolf cub, Kevin from Up, Antelope, Doesn’t believe in spirit animals, Flying squirrel, Hedgehog, Penguin, Clown fish, Human, Baby hedgehog, Kangaroo, Panther, Giraffe, Hyena, Platypus, Pug, Wombat, Kitty, Camel, Sea turtle, Border collie, Buffalo, Beluga whale, Llama, Sea lion, Golden Retriever, Osprey.
Announcements:
Blair Smith ’12 and Lee McClenon ‘14: Move your stuff out of the hallway. New Gulph road is clear. There will be construction on roof of Rock for the next few weeks. Call facilities if you have a leak problem. They’re trying to get them fixed by the 16th
Sarah Moser ‘12: Customs dance is rescheduled for September 10th from 10pm-1am. Thanks to everyone who participated in customs.
Elizabeth Held ‘12: Elections begin a week from tomorrow: Fac rep, OIA rep, BOT, M@L, frosh class pres, 2013 honor board through april, 2012. Open 12th through 19th. Accept by 20th. I will send out a copy of the revised elections bylaws.
Nora Chong ‘12: The first senior cocktails will be September 23rd on Rhoads Terrace. Suggested dues are $20. Give as much as your comfortable with.
Irene: PLENARY IS THE 25TH. Resolution writing workshops are 9/7 at 7pm, 9/10 at 1pm, 9/12 and 9/13 at 9pm.
Julia Stuart ‘13: If you lost a red lantern, we have it.
Tina Hu ‘12: Please turn in budgets by Friday at 5pm on blackboard and at SGA house. And sign up for interviews.
YJ ‘12: We had two leadership workshops this weekend. Over 200 people came. Merion basement is new student hangout space. You cannot reserve this space. Please keep it clean. There are now free septa tickets available online. There is a September 11th memorial service next week. We have an SGA youtube channel (new video is posted) twitter, facebook. Like us and follow us! Elizabeth and I have been working to update the positions descriptions. Please say name and class year when you speak at metings.
Your Two Cents:
Sarah Moser: In light of recent traditions, I wanted to start a conversation about alcohol use on campus. If you’re interested contact me at smoser@brynmawr.edu.
Introduction of the SGA Exec Board:
Priya Saxena ‘12: My spirit animal is Beyonce. My goals for this semester are to continue the open community meetings, to include more community members like postbacs and McBrides, pass a plenary resolution to have a McBride rep on the Honor Board, host two successful Honor Code appreciation events, and to create a conflict mediation service on campus.
Rebecca: My spirit animal is a marmoset, but really small. My goals are to host an interview workshop, make people not afraid of appointments process, and to have an information workshop about how appointments work.
YJ ‘12: My spirit animal is Lisa Zernicke. My goals last year were to have a weekly address and to posting videos online, to increase presence of SGA on campus, to make the Assembly more accountable by uploading monthly reports. I want to continue doing these things and allow students to feel more connected to the administration.
Tina Hu ‘12: My spirit animal alternates between a Pomeranian and a cardinal. My goals are to make the budgeting process more friendly, to get everyone’s reimbursement done on time, and to increase the connection between SFC and the community.
Mae Carlson ’12: My spirit animal is a golden retriever. (But I’ve thought about this more since the meeting and I think I would be a golden retriever who’s kind of old and weird.) My goal for the year is to get out information about SGA in as effective a way as possible.
Welcome to SGA:
Please see PDF of PowerPoint on the SGA blog (http://sga.blogs.brynmawr.edu/category/announcements/)
for information about the organization of SGA, what happens at SGA meetings, explanations of SGA slang.
YJ’12: Natalie Kato put together a new version of the SGA blog over the summer. Announcements are on the front page, youtube videos and links to our twitter and facebook pages are on the side. We will also have a person of the month where we highlight exceptional assembly members. We have a minutes tab and a comments tab. The comments tab is where anyone can write an anonymous post. There is a who’s who page. Can assembly members please send a bio and photo of yourself so that we can upload it to the website? The URL is http://sga.blogs.brynmawr.edu/category/announcements/.
GoBoards:
YJ ’12: We have GoBoards now. Students can use them as another resource.
Courtney Pinkerton ’12: Will GoBoards replace Bryn Mawr Chatter for Lost and Found.
YJ ’12: No.
September 11th meeting:
2pm: Debbie Deegan, Sharan Mehta, Sarah Jordan, Amanda Beardall, Irene Shin, Gabby Marangell, Lynne Amar, Daniele Arad-Neeman, Sara Jane Rogers, Jessie Abreu, Kyle Aquilar, purple shirt.
3:30pm: Elizabeth Olecki, Lili Elsesser.
4pm: Elizabeth Held, Nora Chong, Courtney Pinkerton, Sophie Balis-Harris, Julia Fahl, Julia, Krista, Lindsey Crowe, Lee McClenon.
Meeting is moved to 2pm.
Old Business:
Blair Smith 2012: Did you talk to dining services about hot food at Plenary?
Irene Shin: I will ask them. Contact me at ishin@brynmawr.edu with any questions about Plenary.
Tina Hu ’12: Look out for an email about Special Events. Any group can ask for a larger amount of money than they would get through club funding. Must be for an event for the whole campus.
YJ ’12: This year is the 120th anniversary of SGA. We should be proud. We got a cake!
YJ ’12: Dorm presidents will put leadership workshop quotes up around the dorm.
New Business:
Mae Carlson ’12: I compiled a list of club leaders who attended the Leadership workshop this past weekend. It’s on the SGA website. Please use it for networking purposes only. If you use this list to advertise for your club, you will be contacted by the Head of the Honor Board.