Minutes for 11-30-2010

Members present: Joseph Gerlick (President), Roberto Martinez (Vice President), Chris Dunkin (Secretary), Sadie Ben-Ari (Treasurer), Michael Prince

1. General update led by Jo.

2. Moot:

A. Conference and Student Travel

i. Submitting:

Whitney Dean

Chris Dunkin

Roberto Martinez

Sadie Ben-Ari

Joseph Gerlick

Michael Prince

Mark Regan

Elise Andrews

ii. Jo has the info for student travel and is prepping what needs to be done.

iii. There will be two panels being submitted for our chapter, both focusing on Graphic Novels as the “Beyond Words” concept.

B. Spring 2011

i. Chris will be reserving the room with AHEC (Edit: Room reserved for Feb. 1^st from 4:30-9:30. Burghardt which is 6^th floor of Tivoli)

ii. Current date set is Feb. 1^st at 4:00-8:00 and we need as many members present as possible.

iii. Will be outlining the kick-off meeting with Sadie during break.

C. Voting

i. Vote taken (by present members and officers) for the creation of a point system. Vote passed.

D. Closing

i. Next meeting to be held at Metropolis at 2:00PM on Tuesday December 21st. This will be a “working” where we will create the point system, outline the kick-off meeting, and anything else that needs to be done.

Minutes for 11-09-2010

Members present: Joseph Gerlick (President), Roberto Martinez (Vice President), Chris Dunkin (Secretary), Sadie Ben-Ari (Treasurer)

1. General update led by Jo.

2. Moot:

A. Conference

i. Submitting:

Whitney Dean

Chris Dunkin

Roberto Martinez

Sadie Ben-Ari

Joseph Gerlick

Michael Prince

Mark Regan

Elise Andrews

ii. Prepare student travel information and funds. Jo will be going in to talk with them.

iii. A few people have asked for feedback for submissions. Chris will be helping Jo.

iv. Roberto, Andrew Moser, Sadie Ben-Ari, and Chris will be joining together for a panel for the conference. “Visual Literacy.”

v. General questions in regard to conference.

B. May 5^th convocation

i. Meet with S.O. rep by March 31^st.

ii. Proposal due April 7^th

iii. Finalization April 15^th

iv. Jo will work on that next semester.

C. New members

i. Checks due the 15^th

ii. Jo has compiled a list and ordered a check. Awaiting the “cut” for the large check.

iii. Sadie says that there people still interested.

iv. Roberto says there was a problem last semester with the check and a few applicants are still listed as “pending.”

a. List of those in question:

Marty Goodwin

Whitney Dean

Sadie Ben-Ari

Michelle Anderson-Heroux

Stephanie Andres

Suriah Eahr

v. Jo and Sadie will be trying to remedy this.

vi. Also concerned with current applicants.

D. “Status” of Sigma Tau Delta and participation

i. Having Sigma Tau on your resume is good but no longer of as much note. There is a new focus for participation among the organization

ii. Roberto proposes a points system to perhaps be adopted next semester.

iii. There is a need to drive for member participation; all present are in agreement that a way to measure.

iv. We will be planning events and meetings for next semester.

a. Ideas:

Meetings

Social gatherings

Bake sale

Workshops

Salons

St. Patty’s day

Spring Fling

April National Poetry Month

Guest authors

v. Meetings:

a. More consistent meetings.

b. Tentatively on 4 on Thursdays

c. Planning a Kick-off Meeting for next semester. Chris will be planning this.

E. Current Semester Issues

i. Orgsync

a. Require that members sign up for orgsync

b. Confirm all members are up to date and registered

ii. Fundraising

a. Paper work shopping

b. Bake sale

c. Better world books

d. Off campus readings

F. Closing

a. Tuesday Nov. 30^th next meeting.

November 4, 2009

November 4, 2009 

3pm, tivoli 440 

planning meeting agenda 

- November convention meeting for potential convention attendees. need to hold prior to the 20th!

    - meet on the 11th 3pm -- room tba 

    - chris questions - jo questions 

    - adam, roberto, nessa to work on -- website info, travel info, travel suggestions

    - monday at 2:30 -- pizza place - convention meeting planning/CFC Proposal/Travel Funding Proposal 

- CFC Proposal for Writes of Spring 

    - see monday meeting 

- fundraising ideas 

    - volunteering at bookstore; flyers are around (elyssa) bring info to the convention meeting. 

    - chapbooks - email to members, sigma tau delta only student written poems > info gathering (nessa). 

    - bakesale - bake sale in two weeks. wed november 18 and wed december 2. 7am to 1pm. 

- M.O.R.E. funding? 

    - for this semester... look at next semester later. 

- Travel funding? 

    - see monday meeting 

- Salon - Dr. Kuhn

     - (elyssa) fight club salon next semester. sweet. 

- Membership processing progress?

    - discussed process of accomplishing goals. 

    - everything done and finished for semester regarding on friday the 20th. 

- Halloween expenditures

    - added a punch bowl. 

09-21 Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes
Date: September 21, 2009 5:26 PM
Title of Meeting: Sigma Tau Delta
Location: tivoli 317
Attendees: Joseph Gerlick, Elyssa Lewis, Roberto Martinez, Adam Speirs, Mark Reagan

M.O.R.E. funding
- roberto says brochure a really good idea. lists reasons which include informational, convention, recruitment...
- jo takes the reigns. all in favor 5/0 vote.

Salons
- presentation ideas: troyer - manuscripts; academia and motherhood - kuhn; ruderman - sabbatical trip for spring? jan scott frasier - art and creativity. gorman and popular culture.
- approach dr kuhn on department meeting bulletin and individual.
- poetry salon by adam.
- elyssa takes reigns.
- next agenda.

Halloween
- literary zombies - blackforeststudios. oct 24th.
- get member involvement through email.
- phi sigma sigma -- oct 30th - huge social event. bad gothic poetry contest. flash competition?
- $100 to rent cajetan’s -- double check into whatever liability we have doing that. voted in favor 5/0 pending liability issues.

fundraising
- setting up purchase orders for king soopers and office depot?

in class presentations
- roberto did 2: basic guidelines informational sheet to be posted online soon.
- in personal classes, but beyond?

membership applications
- figure out who these things go to.
- "contact advisors during office hours or our treasurer jo gerlick at: XXXXXXXX"
- pdf of application sent to everyone via email.

convention
- email to be sent.
- student services can fund!? elyssa will investigate.
- more about looking for attending advisor.

Banned books week
- cases to be reserved in multi-cultural lounge for first two days. monday and tuesday.

CFC funding
- paperwork finished and presentation put together by october 30? jo and roberto to do paperwork.

linguistics club
- reciprocity in emails et cetera.

next meeting?
- wednesday the 7th at 5:30pm. location to be determined.

September 14 Open Meeting

Meeting Minutes

Date: September 14, 2009 5:30 PM

Title of Meeting: Sigma Tau Delta -- Open Meeting

Location: Tivoli 317

Attendees: Adam Speirs, Chris Dunkin, Roberto Martinez, Mark Reagan

MORE funding

Use for things to hand out at spring fling. Book marks, flyers, highlighter, pens. That kind of stuff. Everyday use is best. Put on agenda for next time. Brochures!

Salons

One or two per semester, round table discussions, salons, basically the salon idea. Ideas? Profs? Next agenda.

Halloween

Party with phi sigma sigma, phi alpha theta? Social event primarily. Good idea to be pursued. Next agenda.

Blackforeststudios Halloween thing -- Oct 23 and 24th. Ideas? Dead poets. Bad poetry. Next agenda. Are we supposed to write something?

CFC

Adam will work on with Roberto. Tutorial made in process.

Fundraising

Bake sale. Fall -- once per month? Set up “tab” with King Soopers, and another with Office Depot on 16th. Get it set up prior to drop date?

What activities can we get involved in that already are occurring on campus?

Get brainstorm on mailing list.

Convention

Talk to student travel. Make sure that members are aware of deadline etc. Mention in newsletter. Advisor that attends?

Class Presentations

Talking to students in classrooms. We need a brochure! Roberto is designing a schpiel. New membership form online? Agenda for next week

Penny Drive

Not really interested, but interested in fundraising for charities.

Better world books. Find spearhead. Next agenda.

Banned Books Week

No longer through Auraria Library. Multicultural Lounge? Keep it simple! Art gallery style display? Nessa Conley spearheading.

Social Stuff

Salons. Board game night. Flash fiction contests. Book presentations?

New Officers!

Here's the breakdown of the new officers for the 2009-2010 academic year:

President - Roberto Martinez

Vice President - Elyssa Lewis

Secretary - Adam Speirs

Treasurer - Joseph Gerlick

They can all be contacted through our chapter email -- metrostatesigmataudelta(AT)gmail.com