[873] in APO News
Minutes of Initiation Banquet (May 6, 1994)
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Wed May 18 08:37:22 1994
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From: gleung@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 08:36:54 -0400
Administrative notes:
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Start: 9:30 pm; End: 11pm. Present: Cathy, Emily, Junko, Greg,
Brad, Glenn, Dima, Gilbert, Christine, Jeff Keller, Alan, Cris, Amy,
Bridget, Henning, Juliana, Harry, Richard, John Hollywood, Gauss,
Ping, Jeffrey, Ezra, Rachel, Jen Shih, LeaAnn, Bert, Dave, Kate, Ann,
Heather, Barbara, Kevin, Steve McDonald, Mary-Anne McDonald, Joe
Kuchta, Ellen, John Kohl, Yale, Larry, Mike, Jen'n, Matt, Barbara
Alfies (Henning):
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o Birthday candle to Ellen.
o Troll for LeaAnn (UMOC)
o Mr. Spring Weekend reversible banner for Dave and stereo head-
phones
o Nomination for sainthood for Ann
o Railrood sign for Kevin
o Model ride board for Gilbert
o Axe handle for Glenn (chapter skills lectures)
o Fridge cleaning stuff for Dima and Rachel
o Beware photographer Frisbee for Dima (historian)
o 60-minute timer for Dave (chapter meetings)
o Wrestling figures for Junko and Cris (Steer Roast)
Old Officers' reports:
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SVP (Bridget): Thanks to all PC's. Pledges were not just sub-PC's.
There is one more project to go for this term.
MVP (Barbara): There are 12 new brothers. Thanks to big brothers.
AVP (Kate): Pen to Bridget and pencil to Kevin for writing the most
and second most number of reports.
Treasurer (Kevin): Thanks to Kate for doing a good job as Pressshop
Manager. Gives "PAY YOUR DEBTS" T-shirt to Henning.
FC (Ann): Is everybody having fun? Thanks to PC's of fellowship
events. Gives fellowship stuff (candle holders, etc.) to Rachel.
APOcEd (Amy): Report is in the Apoc.
ASC (Traci): [written report] Have a good time at I-banquet!
PubDir (LeaAnn): nothing to report
Historian (Dima): nothing to report
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): Congrats to spring term officers.
President (Dave): We aimed high for the number of pledges this
term and we got somewhere. Thanks to my ExecComm and the
previous ExecComm, Crystal, and Jen'n. Hands cool plaque
things to officers. Good Luck to Incoming ExecComm.
Committee reports:
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Christine: Ritual stuff was used tonight but there is still more work
to be done.
Kate: Harry is the new Pressshop Manager.
Installation of Oficers by Larry
New Officers' reports:
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SVP (Barbara): I'm looking forward to a good service program. I'd
like to hear about what you want to or not to do for service. I'll
send out surveys by (e)mail.
MVP (Dave): My report is in the Apoc. I'm burned out but will be
back by June. Feel free to contact me about the membership
program.
AVP (Gilbert): I did a couple of things as the new AVP and they
are in the Apoc. Thanks Kate for writing a wonderful outgoing
AVP report - the list of things she doesn't have to do anymore
is the checklist of all the things I have to do.
Treasurer (Henning): The new budget is in the Apoc. Pay your
debts and I'll be grateful.
FC (Rachel): I've found PC's for Steak Fry and Semi-formal Formal
already but I still need a PC for I-Banquet and study breaks. If
you have any good ideas for fellowship events, talk to me.
APOcEd (Bert): Both my and my evil twin's reports are in the Apoc.
I'll be done with Junior Lab. Thanks Amy for doing most of
the current issue of the Apoc. I'll go home (Europe) for the
summer but I'll have water, food, Internet access, and shelter
(which comes after Internet). I won't brainwash people reading
Apoc.
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): Welcome the incoming officers.
Ping: I speak for a self-appointed committee and give Barbara $65
(donated by various brothers) for rescheduling the EMT exam
she missed [due to conflict with initiation].
Barbara: Thanks. I'll save all your lives.
President (Kate): We will have Judy as our additional advisor.
Please give me ideas [about any APO related stuff]. Tell me
if I'm doing anything wrong.
Section 96 Chair (Larry): There is a 10-student interest group in
Wellesley that wants to set up a new chapter. Does AX want to
be the big-brother chapter of Wellesley? This is a commitment
that involves checking how they are doing on a monthly basis,
etc., let them come to AX to see what it's like. AX is a strong
chapter now and Wellesley can use any assistance you can give
them.
Dave: What do they feel about us?
Larry: They are new and don't have many ideas. "Sure. Cool. Fine."
is probably their reaction. They are quiet maybe because AX is
still strangers to them.
Does AX want to be the big-brother chapter of Wellesley? Voice vote: many-0-2
Larry: It's important not only to them, you will get something out of
this.
Larry: There will be Chapter Presidential Workshop (CPW) from
August 19 Friday to around noon August 21 Sunday at UMass.
Amherst (< 2 hrs away from here), Pittsburgh, Chicago, Wash-
ington DC, Atlanta, and Houston. There will be no cost for the
classes but $40 for room and board. Staff experienced in chapter
offices coming from all over the country will be teaching.
Dave: Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) is for general broth-
erhood. CPW is similar and you don't need to want to be pres-
ident to be in it. You make personal contacts with all the other
participants and talk for hours at CPW.
Kate: Come talk to me about CPW.
Larry: The National office needs to know how many people register
to plan for it.
New Business:
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Chapter Meeting Time
Barbara: Move to have chapter meetings on Tuesdays.
Kate: Chapter meetings don't conflict with long weekends. A couple
of ExecComm meetings do but those can be rescheduled. Let's
concentrate on Chapter meetings now.
Glenn: It matters a lot that the officers can make meetings.
Rachel: New brothers can vote now.
Motion to have chapter meetings on Tuesdays. 7-0-9 passed.
Dave: Reason to hold meetings at 7pm: we don't lose the entire night.
Reason to hold meetings at 7:30pm: language house residents
can go to meetings after house dinners
Barbara: Russian house starts dinner at 6pm. 6-7pm should be enough
time to eat.
Amy: French house dinners officially start at 6:15pm but don't usually
start until 6:30pm.
Ping: Go for 7:30pm just because of inertia.
Dave: People had trouble showing up at 7pm during Kevin's term.
Vote to have meetings at 7:30pm: 12-3-2 passed
Kate: First Chapter meeting on Wed. September 7. We will blast you
with enough email so that you will remember.
Pledge Requirements and Voting Policy
Dave: Pledge Requirements and Voting Policy are virtually identical
to last term's. Voting period is changed from 7 days to 3 days
and we have Pledge Term Review Meeting postponed by 2 weeks
to provide more time to pledges to familiarize with the chapter
and fulfil requirements.
Glenn: Move to strike the sentence about having the voting policy
stay in effect until overturned which contradicts with the "Fall
1994 Voting Policy" heading. [White ballot - passed]
Pledge Policy passed many-0-1. Brotherhood Expectations passed many-
0-0. Voting Policy passed many-0-0.
Budget
Glenn: $300 is moved from the Service Fund to the National Layaway
Fund each term for 4 terms, why are we not spending $1,200 in
Layaway but $1,000 instead?
Henning: In some terms, we moved only $50 to balance the budget better.
Kevin: Move to cancel all unexpended portions of the budget from
Spring term 1994 as of June 1 1994 - white ballot - passed
Henning: Move to pass the budget - white ballot - passed
Kevin: Move to appropriate funds authorized by the budget of Fall
term 1994 - white ballot - passed
Other
John Kohl: I represent the AX Alumni Association (AXAA) to invite
you to the annual meeting in Techonology Week. There is also
a reception on June 4 for graduating seniors. Hope that you can
join AXAA and help arrange service projects. AXAA currently
has a newsletter and a 72-page directory of AX alumni.
Ping: Move to form a committee of the whole minus one for selecting
POO name for Dave - white ballot - passed
Kate: I appoint Charlie to be the Sergeant of Arm to take control of
Dave. [Dave obediently left the room with Charlie.]
John Kohl: POO stands for President Out of Office. You can comment
on their term or their features.
The top 3 suggestions were Pitch Pipe POO, Region Zero POO, and
Mr. Spring Weekend POO. The last one won by vote.
[Ping extended his hand to pet/scratch Kate's head and suavely tricked
Kate into letting him steal the gavel on the table. Graceful this might
seem, useless as it is. Kate had brought a dozen more gavels with her.]
Dave: Move that Henning [Colsman-Freyberger] be renamed Henning
Smmmmqith. [Dave turned down several friendly amendments.]
Motivation is to avoid crashing Dave's Postscript programs.
Bert supports the idea since the list of ExecComm members on the last
page of Apoc won't run out of space anymore.
Motion passed many-0-2 [Henning was one of the "2"]
Richard: Move to hold a hunt for Mr. Spring Weekend in Bahama.
[after all sorts of amendments]
Move to hold an Ugliest Manifestation On Campus fund raiser in the
week of October 24-28, Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm at Lobby
10, where dexion, brothers, and small change will be found in plenty -
passed many-0-0.
Announcements:
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Brad: Beaver Day is on Sunday May 14. I'll have more info by Monday
afternoon.
Gilbert: Tell me if you will be here for the summer. There is an athena
mailing list "apo-summer" set up.
Cathy: Talk to me if you want a turkey.
Kevin: Another organization invites us to a project but it conflicts
with Beaver Day.
Jen'n: [written report] CPR Instructor Training - Thurs May 19th.
Contact Jen'n for more details
Larry: I'm moving on Monday. If you want to call me, use the new
number.
Dave: Nancy Clark and John Gross are getting married. I hope to
get a sectional service project (SSP) over the summer. We are
doing a fall SSP.
PFTGOTO:
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Rachel: Lab, 6.003, and PCLU all suck.
Henning: Good luck with your finals.
Kevin: Way to go, Joe, Christine, and Emily for the ritual stuff.
Charlie: I can sleep now after all the work for my paper.
Ezra: Congratulations to new brothers. Make the most out of it.
Ping: Congratulations to new officers. Thanks to those who helped
cooking for I-banquet.
Barbara: Thanks to Kevin for volunteering to PC Book Exchange. I
also have a potential Reg Day PC.
Rachel: Sleep is good.
Bridget: Cooking food for I-banquet as a chapter skill is an idea.
Larry: AX is one of the 9 best chapters in the country.
Bert: It is possible to survive Junior Lab.
Barbara: It is possible to survive 6.111, Junior Lab, Unified. .T.hanks
a lot to those who contributed to the mystery EMT fund.
Kate: I-banquet was not as hellish as it could be.
Dave: I want to rent Stand and Deliver and Strictly Ballroom after
finals. If you are interested, let me know.
