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APO Minutes - 9/9/98
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Spitznagel)
Thu Sep 17 23:17:18 1998
From: Michael Spitznagel <aquinas@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-minutes@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 23:17:17 EDT
Minutes of Chapter Meeting, Sept. 9, 1998
Start: 7:56 pm; End: 9:57 pm Present: Ann-Marie, Katie, Grant, Jake, Laura,
Michael, Yale, Joe Kuchta, Ari, Ira, Emily, Cathy, Brian, Ellen
Preface:
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President (Ann-Marie): This term I want to focus on handling business matters
during Execcomm, and on the general status of the chapter during Chapter
meetings. To foster fellowship this term, we have various pictures for you
to color here, cookies, milk, and cute animal things.
Officers' reports:
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SVP (Cathy): The Boston Food Bank project is this Saturday, PC'd by Michael.
Sunday of the next weekend, we go to Waltham Community Farms, where you
pick the food, and they give it away. The PC is Emily. More projects
need PCs: walking the Freedom Trail for CCFA, and Chapter Weekend I
at Nobscott on Oct. 10. On October 3rd we'll do contruction in a
haunted house. I'd like to sample opinions on alternatives for the rest of
the month.
The general preference is to haunt in the house we work on (rather than
George's Island), but to not work there two weekends in a row. There is
no enthusiasm for the City Year program.
FC (Brad): I would like to decide on firm dates for the remainder of
the fellowship program.
APOcEd (Emily): The first issue is published. The second issue's deadline
is Wednesday, and publication is Friday. Write your articles.
PubDir (Emily): We have a drop poster and infinite corridor panel.
Thanks to those we helped to paint and put them up.
AVP (Michael): If your address has changed, let me know.
Treasurer (Oscar): not present
Historian (Ann-Marie): I'm working on "The Next Twelve Years" of the
AXcoAPO files. I need 4-10 more volunteers to help. We plan to finish
in mid-October. I would like office changing to happen on Sunday, 11 am
to 4 pm. The office needs to become a clean place, not a dumping zone.
President (Ann-Marie): If you want to go to Nationals, send me mail.
I need a Nat'ls Chair to help organize this.
MVP (Brian): We have lots of prospectives.
I've made the new membership policies.
ASC (Ari): The office is dirty. If the dirty stuff is yours, clean it up.
Committee Reports:
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Robert's Rules: (Ari) We have rules. You implicitly agreed to them.
They're in the office and online.
UMOC: (Ari) The UMOC Committee is formed. We're doing many things differently
this term. A description of changes will arrive at the next chapter meeting.
This week the Candidates Subcommittee meets. Next week the main UMOC
committee meets.
Chapter Book: (Cathy) The Chapter Book is a resource of everything.
I put it on the coffee table to be perused, and someone put it back
in the Chapter Book mailbox. Please don't do that.
Joecomm: (Cathy) Congratulations to our advisor Joseph Kuchta,
who is now the national pledge class namesake.
New Business:
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Membership Policies
MVP (Brian): The only change this term is to expect five projects from
a pledge instead of six, since the pledge term is two weeks shorter.
Policy friendly amended to include fees, and extenuating circumstances clause.
MSP (9-0-0) Approve pledge policy.
(text in /mit/apo/Officers/MVP/Policies/pledgeF98.tex)
MSP (9-0-0) Approve brotherhood expectations
(/mit/apo/Officers/MVP/Policies/expect.tex)
MSP (9-0-0) Approve voting policy
(/mit/apo/Officers/MVP/Policies/voting.tex)
Election Results
ASC: Ari
Pubdir: Katie
Historian: Sara
The ASC is installed.
Announcements:
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Ellen: Amendments to National bylaws or ritual are due in the National
office Sept. 28.
Brian: Pledge ceremonies begin this weekend.
Emily: There's a trip to the MTG show this weekend.
Points:
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Cathy: I killed the Dragon Lord, and might have a thesis now.
Brad: After seven years scouting and four years in a fraternity,
I'm ready for short meetings.
