Minutes December 1, 2009

Greek Council General

December 1, 2009

TABC:

Offering services to you, and letting you know about the effects of underage drinking, signs of alcohol poisoning. Effective today, if you are having a party and you feel someone has alcohol poisoning, you will not get in trouble for calling. Feel free to call, email, or make appointment to talk to TABS, free of charge.

I. Co-Chairs

a. Comedy Troupe coming to Trinity again this Spring, we would be putting it on with Tiger and TABC and Res Life. Greek Council funds would go towards this event. We fund an educational speaker every year, and this would be in the last part of January. Approved!

b. Greek Week

i. Right now we have training for April 24^th, so Greek would go Monday April 19^th-Sunday April 25^th. Capture the flag, synchronized diving, all week photo scavenger hunt, flag football, hand on the Magic Stones every night of the week, all-Greek party at flats, bays one night during week, a senior activity, but WE NEED COMMITMENT! YES!

II. Rush / Orientation

a. Please tell your orientation chairs about date, time, description of event, word formatted, forms may be turned in now.

III. Treasurer

a. No Report

IV. Service

a. Adding summer hours cannot be accepted since they were not submitted by the deadline.

V. Judicial

a. No Report

VI. Standards

a. No Report

VII. Secretary

a. No Report

VIII. Josh

a. A great fall semester! Every President made their monthly meetings, very thankful for all your hard work!

b. For December, if we need a meeting before Spring Semester, please schedule, but otherwise take the month off!

c. January we will have a monthly meeting again.

d. Good luck with finals and have a great winter vacation!

General Minutes November 17

General Greek Council

November 17, 2009

I. Co-Chairs

a. We were contacted by TABC, this year there has been an escalated number of cases of Alcohol Poisoning, but would like to speak to Greek Community about drinking on a club by club basis. Would come in, talk to club during meeting. Have asked to come to next general meeting to talk about services. This event would count as Standards. Free and voluntary. Could also use event to reach out to others on campus.

b. Orientation Calendars need to be completed. Recommend that a draft comes in before Winter Break! Teresa and Roberto will be emailing you to let you know what date we need them by. Final draft due a week before Bid Day.

c. If you are having changes in your Executive changes in Exec, you should email Leigh, Peter, JaNae, and Josh

d. Zeta Chi: Knock-Out Pneumonia Dodge Ball Tournament.

i. Co-Sponsoring with NSCS Honors Society

ii. $15 entry, team of 5

iii. Organization provides immunizations to third world countries.

iv. Talk to Anna Morgan after meeting

v. Sign Up in Coates with Registration

e. I-Chi and AX Casino Royale on Esplanade Friday 2-5pm!

II. Rush / Orientation

a. Roberto will email the Orientation Chairs this week

III. Treasurer

IV. Service

a. Make Up meeting will be scheduled for Service Chairs ho could not make meeting, and please updates hours in a timely fashion.

V. Standards

a. Presidents: please meet with your standards chairs soon to do a check-up and make sure they are on track with Standards.

VI. Judicial

VII. Secretary

VIII. Josh

a. Student Leader Training on April 24^th, MANDATORY. Please mark calendars now!

i. Jamie Thompson will be hosting

b. Meeting Times for Next Semester:

i. Probably the same time on a different day.

ii. Please email us if you have a time preferred

General Greek Council Meeting

General Greek Council

October 27, 2009

 

I.               Co-Chairs

a.     Tailgate Party Saturday! 11:30am on the Prassel Lawn

                                               i.     Show up in Jerseys!

                                              ii.     Free food, raising money for Breast Cancer Research

                                            iii.     Forward fliers to members please

 

II.             Rush / Orientation

a.     O-Phi’s: RAC contract turned in?

b.     Teresa will send out an email to the Rush Chairs – about time to meet for Rush 101.

c.      If anyone has questions, send Teresa an email

 

III.           Treasurer

a.     No report

 

IV.            Standards

a.     No report

 

V.              Service

a.     No report

 

VI.            Judicial

a.     No report

 

VII.          Secretary

a.     No report

 

VIII.        Josh

a.     Encourage everyone to come out for the tailgate this weekend

b.     Please have a great time on Halloween, but also be safe!

c.      Doing well on monthly meetings, some have not been scheduled, so if not, please meet with Josh.

Women's Rush

Posted on behalf of Teresa Bowyer and Roberto Restrepo, the rush/orientation co-chairs:
Being a part of Greek Life at Trinity is one of the best decisions we've made in college. Even if you end up not joining a sorority or a fraternity, it's a great way to meet friends in your own class year, too. What does it mean to be Greek at Trinity though? To start off, there are no national (Panhellenic) sororities at Trinity, although there is one national (IFC) fraternity. We also have a longer rush process than most other schools do - rush officially starts October 9th and lasts through Bid Day in February. Greek Council had a rush kick-off pizza party on the day rush started, but it’s not too late to put your name on the master rush list! Just email Teresa Bowyer (tbowyer@trinity.edu) or Roberto Restrepo (rrestrep@trinity.edu). If your name is on the list, the sororities and fraternities will all get a master copy and will be able to contact you throughout rush. Then they will probably be contacting you to go to informal events, which are a great way to get to know members one-on-one, as well as their formal parties. Each sorority hosts two formal parties in the fall, a first round and a date party. Each fraternity has one formal rush event in the fall. Look at the calendar on the Greek Council webpage to see these dates! All of these events (formal and informal) are totally optional, so you can go to whatever fits into your schedule and you are most interested in. Don't stress about making it to everything because we've all been in your position before and understand that you have homework and other things to take care of, too. Next semester there will be an all-sorority dessert party when school starts and it will explain the remainder of the women’s process like RSVP and Pref. The men will each have one additional formal rush event in the spring. To take a bid in the spring there is a minimum GPA (2.0, 2.5 for athletes), so be sure to keep your grades up this semester so you can join a sorority or fraternity if you decide you want to. If this doesn’t answer all of your questions, feel free to email us about anything else now or in the future. We hope to meet you soon!

October 14th

Dear Greek Council Blog Followers, Greetings from the Co-Chairs! Thank you to all that came out to the Rush Kick Off Party last Friday. We had over 300 Rushees come to the event and had an awesome turnout from the actives. For those of you you may have questions about how rush works here at Trinity, stay tuned over the next few days for a post from our Rush Chairs Teresa Bowyer and Roberto Restrepo who will give a detailed post about the ins and out of rush at Trinity. Feel free to direct any questions you may have to them! If you aren't on the master rush list and would like to be, please email Teresa or Roberto. Yours, Peter Senior and Leigh Carver Co-Chairs

Greek Council General Minutes, October 13

General Greek Council Meeting

October 13, 2009

 

First and foremost, 

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING THE 2009-2010 GREEK RUSH KICK-OFF A GREAT SUCCESS!

-- Greek Council

I.               Co-Chairs

a.     Next Week is TIGERFEST! Please buy your tickets to go to the dance, as well as participate in Golf Cart parade

b.     Fat Talk Free Week

                                               i.     Please attend Pilates in the Quarry in Jerseys!

1.     Wednesday 6pm, look for an email from Leigh

c.      Tailgating event coming up, bring members and friends!

d.     Date Auction, November 12^th! SPURS opening up event to all Greeks, all clubs!

e.     November 12^th 6:30pm Chili cook-off on Esplanade! Check inboxes!

f.      Concert for the Cure hosted by Gammas November 12^th at 9:30pm!

g.     November 10^th Drag Show hosted by Zeta Chis!

 

II.             Rush / Orientation Chairs

a.     Conflict on 3 dates, Women’s on weekends, some events conflict (PIKE/AX, Phi Sig/SPUR, PDK/Kappa conflict)

                                               i.     Options:

1.     Multiple frats can volunteer to move theirs, or we all go to Tuesday / Thursday dates

2.     Talk to Teresa and Roberto about it

3.     Many fraternities have events, but some do not

4.     Talk to Rush chairs, send out an email

 

III.           Service

a.     Bri has sent out an email to all service chairs for getting in hours for service. 7 clubs have still not entered hours: AX, Betas, Sigmas, Detl, Lancers, Kappas, O-Phi, Pikes

 

IV.            Standards

 

a.     Please participate in events from other clubs!

b.     October 24^th 1-4pm, IM Fields Gaelic Cultural Society, encourage members to make teams of four members

c.      Service events: GIVE participants get Standards points from last year.

 

V.              Judicial

a.     No Report

 

VI.            Secretary

a.     No Report

 

VII.          Josh

a.     Thanks for coming to the Rush Kick-Off on Friday! Had 400 first year / sophomores turning out!

Greek Council General Minutes, September 29

Greek Council General Minutes

September 29, 2009

 

Allison – Get Pumped for Tigerfest!

            We have some exciting events during Spirit Week! You can actually sign up to be most spirited organization in the event! Plus there are opportunities to win sweet prizes… which could be a co-sponsored event! We are having the Golf Cart Parade and festival as part of competition; and decorate a Cult Movie-Themed golf cart for your organization for $10! “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” is the GALA theme. Nominate a male / female from your organization, or from a brother / sister group to be a campus favorite. Tickets, then announced at the Gala. Forms due Wednesday, October 7.

 

JoAnna – Research Assistant in Dr. Becker’s lab

            We took a vote to run body image program for this year! Awesome intervention program to reduce negative internalization among sorority sisters. AWESOME! It passes!

 

I.               Co-Chairs

a.     Reinstatement of Greek Week potentially, to promote Greek and campus unity. Prizes! Would be post-orientation, culmination of Greek Olympics – talent show, week-long photo scavenger hunts, etc, slip ‘n’ slides?  Must put into budget by Monday. YES!

II.             Rush

a.     RAC Contracts must be turned into Teresa at CCI cubicle, must be a senior representative! Must be signed by Friday.

b.     Rush STARTS on October 9, Esplanade 5pm-6:30pm, everyone will have a table, bring out scrapbooks, flyers, handouts, pizza, snacks and lemonade provided!

                                               i.     Ads in newspaper and signs in Coates and Mabee

                                              ii.     Let First Years know!

 

III.           Treasurer

a.     Budget will be same as last year, unless you are planning new service events you need funding for

b.     Will still get rush funds, but must apply for anything extra. Tell Dani.

 

IV.            Standards

a.     Standards meeting went very well, please talk to Evan or Josh if you have questions

b.     Talk to your officers, be sure to have paperwork in place to start!

 

V.              Service

a.     Be sure you are putting in hours, Service chairs to come to Bri with any questions.

 

VI.            Josh

a.     Start collecting Rushee’s student ID numbers if they want to be on rush list so Josh doesn’t have to look them up!

 

VII.           Secretary

a.     Remember to visit the blog (here!) for minutes, updates from your Exec Members, and a sweet calendar. Thanks!

Welcome back!!

As the first month of classes draws to a close, we would like to take a moment to welcome everyone back to Trinity. There is a great year ahead for Greek life, and we are so excited to be here and be a part of it all.



The first major service event of the year, the Polycistic Kidney Disease walk, was a fabulous success! Team Emma beat their goal of $2,500, thanks to generous donations of time and money from the Trinity community. Team Emma was formed by the Phi Delta Kappa sorority in memory of one member, Emma Hutchinson, who died of PKD in late summer 2008. There was a fabulous turnout at the walk: representatives from every sorority, two fraternities, and many independents turned out to Breckenridge park on Saturday morning. Thank you to everyone who came and helped commemorate Emma!!



-Leigh and Peter

GC Minutes September 15

Greek Council General Meeting

September 15, 2009

 

I.               Co-Chairs

a.     Presidents 7:45-8:45pm Wednesday night Heidi Lounge

b.     Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (in high heels!) Thoughts?

 

II.             Rush / Orientation Chairs

a.     Meeting for all Rush chairs, Monday Sept. 21 at 7:00pm… Fiesta Room, mandatory

b.     Send pics for Greek Rush pamphlet, Thursday

 

III.           Judicial

a.     Training on Sunday for our awesome new board

 

IV.            Standards

a.     Meeting week from Thursday… MANDATORY attendance!

b.     Less than an hour in duration… time and room to come, Evan will keep you posted.

 

V.              Treasurer

a.     We currently have no money

b.     We are still finding out details on budget allocation

 

VI.            Service

a.     PKD Walk this Saturday

b.     Pkdcure.org, register for Team Emma, meet 9am, please do not drive, either 1K or 5K, will get hours for how much you walk

c.      Still taking donations

d.     PLEASE WEAR JERSEYS, or a Trinity T-Shirt

e.     Meeting Monday Sept. 21 9pm in Storch 110

 

VII.          Secretary

a. Continue to check out the blog. Right here!

 

VIII.        Josh

a.     Conference Crashers: Great success! Comments, feedback welcome

b.     Make-up meeting for Risk Management yet to come, some CDs are available to check out.

c.      Hazing forms were wrongly taken, come in see Josh, get a new form, and get it resigned… you will definitely have more time to complete it.

d.     We are not off to a great start in terms of representation on campus, some complaints have been received

e.     Let’s be a great face for GREEK LIFE at Trinity, watch out for yourselves and for others!

Greek Council Meeting September 1, 2009

Greek Council General Meeting September 1, 2009 Introductions: Dr. Rafael X. Moffett! Excited to be here, and passionate about Greek Life! Our system will be 2nd to NONE! Meeting with every organization Co-Chairs

• October 31st 1:30pm Football Game Tailgating on Halloween!
• Addressing the Trinitonian article about Greeks: Peter and Leigh sent in a letter to the editor expressing concerns, highlighting all the great things we do!
• Training for YOU! Coming soon, emails sent to you soon, we want to know when works for you, show up, very important session to attend to learn about Rush, Standards, etc.
• October 19th-23rd Fat Talk Free Week! Body Image continuation, free pilates at the Quarry on Wednesday night.
• September 19th pilates lesson at 1:00pm at Spectrum, fundraiser, one of our first Body Image supporters

Rush / Orientation

• Meeting early next week, be sure all members are aware of rules
• Silence was never meant to mean you cannot speak with Rushees, it means you are silent about talking about your fraternity or sorority that doesn’t mean you cannot wave to say hi! Be personal, approachable, instead of making them scared of Greeks!

Judicial

• Will be sending out judicial board applications, forward to members so we have a board
• Qualifications: GREEK.

Standards

• Josh: This year, we should expect nothing else than 100% of organizations to meet the standards of excellence!
• Keep records starting NOW.
• Be in contact service and standards chairs

Service

• PKD Walk September 19th 7:30 registration, 1-3 hours for the amount of time you are walking
• Team Emma is currently ranked 5th in the city!
• “United Trinity Team!”
• No more service hours for parties at Flats
• GIVE is April 17th. No beach on this date. Boom done.
• Send summer service hours via email to Brianna Glamory

Secretary

• Greek Council Blog
• Please send me all updated officer lists
• Excel spreadsheet:
• First Name, Last Name, Year, Position, if already sent, resend

Josh

• Training Session September 12-13th it’s gonna be ballin’.
• Conference Crashers
• A few changes to CCI…
• Goodbye to Margaret Farris
• Jamie Thompson will be taking on Margaret’s role
• Sweet new digs at CCI
• Sign in sheet, please let us know you are here! Plus, candy. Yes.
• Take care of yourself, take care of others, take care of this place
• All different organizations, reach out to fraternity and sorority brothers and sisters
• As Greek Life at a small university, we are unique because our organizations are watching out for everyone in the Greek community!
• OPEN DOOR POLICY – come in if Josh is there, definitely ready to talk about any Greek or university issues.

Alcohol use policy originally came from Becky’s office, so for first few weeks Josh is taking over. Cannot use someone from your own organization as the bartender, too much liability. Someone TABC certified outside organization to bartend, as advice and recommendation as opposed to policy. High Expectations for Greek Life! Set a new bar! Higher GPA, more service hours, and the face at all university events! Presidents step up! Greeks at Trinity = 27% of student population

Greek Council Meeting April 28th

I. Co-Chairs

• Must get in registration to CCI
• Must get in officer/roster lists in correct excel format
• Roster Format: First column last name, second column first name, third column year
• Officer Format: First column last name, second column first name, third column officer
• Two separate excel documents: one for officers, one for roster
• Greek awards – Sunday after Trinity Olympics at 4pm

II. Welcome Week Concert

• PIKEs and Sigmas
• Encourage Greek participation in the Concert, currently trying to get a band that is popular and will attract a large group of students
• Promotion of Concert through T-Shirts and cups out of our budget, and we are accepting bids for sponsorship – Greeks have opportunity to sponsor, but would be about $50 at minimum. Higher bids from a smaller group, any one or two organizations would get more representation at the concert.
• Get your name out there! On fliers, shirts, cups, etc.
• Send Ashley Mayle or Debbie email if interested, or Josh
• Deadline: end of school! (technically May 15th)

III. Rush/Orientation

• Tomorrow: selecting candidate, sending emails to rush chairs, otherwise you have the last pick for your calendar date!

IV. Judicial V. Standards

• Let's face it: Standards are annoying, but we still love Evan.
• Start having meetings NOW to meet with Standards chairs, then plan on meeting once or twice a month next year in order to reach EXCELLENCE.
• Need to start keeping track of everything NOW.
• Any hours clubs have collected for next year need to give them to Bri. (she will send out an email to presidents with her contact info).

VI. Treasurer

• Keep sending in Standards receipts to Jeremy Sherby get reimbursed

VII. Service

• Olympics Sunday 12-4pm
• If you haven’t sent a team roster, please do so! Not just from your club, you can add others.
• Afterward is Greek Awards Ceremony!
• Money for participation to be brought with you!

VIII. Secretary

• Remember to send Officers and Rosters lists to BOTH Josh and JaNae (jcontag@trinity.edu)

IX. Josh

• Search committee has been formed to review applications for a new director of CCI
• Dr. Lee is in charge, we would like to have an offer out by June

Greek Council Meeting April 14th (formatted)

I. Women’s/Men’s Co-Chairs

• Greek Awards
• Extending deadline on nominations until 12 Noon tomorrow!!! Nominate your sisters and brothers!
• There has only been one person nominated in each category so far…. So good chances of winning!
• Awards given May 3rd after Greek Olympics
• SIGN UP for GREEK OLYMPICS!!! May 3rd
• PDKs made Standards Excellence – will get plaque in upstairs Coates!! YAY!
• We want A LOT of clubs to make excellence next year
• Encourage standards chairs to make excellence please!
• Turn in receipts for packets/reports from Greek Council CCI cubicle – should be in this Friday or next Friday
• Please indicate who you want the check to be made out to, and need student ID number
• Leadership training April 26th 12-5pm Sunday
• RSVP to Ben Newhouse
• Usually we bring someone in from outside to conduct training

II. Rush/Orientation

• Everyone should have gotten an email from Jade – Meeting for rush chairs – Storch tomorrow
• Need dates for events – by drawing
• Old presidents should email Roberto with date for rush event, otherwise will have last pick

III. Service

• G.I.V.E. April 25th, contact Lauren Medici
• Trinity Olympics 12-4pm Sunday May 3rd
• Writing letters to prospective students through the admissions office is NOT to be counted as service hours

IV. Standards

• TRY TO GET EXCELLENCE!!!

V. Josh

• Needs rosters from all clubs by Friday
• Rosters only from Spurs, Sigmas and Gammas, need in correct format
• Last name, first name, year, excel format, all in different cells
• SEND TO JOSH AND JANAE!!!
• Elections=NEED LIST of next year’s officers to be sent to Josh and JaNae
• Change in CCI next year
• Becky Spurlock going to Belmont University in Nashville, TN
• We will have someone to fill position sometime between now… and later! We are searching for someone with a Master’s degree in Student Affairs, so Cesar unfortunately cannot submit his resume.
• We will hire in May or June.

Greek Council Meeting April 14th

I. Women’s/Men’s Co-Chairs a. Greek Awards i. Extending deadline on nominations until 12 Noon tomorrow!!! Nominate your sisters and brothers! ii. There has only been one person nominated in each category so far…. So good chances of winning! iii. Awards given May 3rd after Greek Olympics b. SIGN UP for GREEK OLYMPICS!!! May 3rd c. PDKs made Standards Excellence – will get plaque in upstairs Coates!! YAY! i. We want A LOT of clubs to make excellence next year ii. Encourage standards chairs to make excellence please! d. Turn in receipts for packets/reports from Greek Council CCI cubicle – should be in this Friday or next Friday i. Please indicate who you want the check to be made out to, and need student ID number e. Leadership training April 26th 12-5 Sunday i. RSVP to Ben Newhouse ii. Usually bring someone in from outside to conduct training II. Rush/Orientation a. Everyone should have gotten an email from Jade – Meeting for rush chairs – Storch tomorrow b. Need dates for events – by drawing c. Old fraternity presidents should email Roberto with date for rush event, otherwise will have last pick for rush event date. III. Service a. G.I.V.E. April 25th, contact Lauren Medici b. Trinity Olympics 12-4pm Sunday May 3rd c. Writing letters to prospective students through the admissions office is NOT to be counted as service hours IV. Standards a. TRY TO GET EXCELLENCE!!! V. Josh a. Needs rosters from all clubs by Friday b. Rosters only from Spurs, Sigmas and Gammas, need in correct format i. Last name, first name, year, excel format, all in different cells ii. SEND TO JOSH AND JANAE!!! : iii. Elections=NEED LIST of next year’s officers to be sent to Josh and JaNae iv. Change in CCI next year: 1. Becky Spurlock going to Belmont University in Nashville, TN 2. We will have someone to fill position sometime between now… and later! We are searching for someone with a Master’s degree in Student Affairs, so Cesar unfortunately cannot submit his resume. 3. We will hire in May or June.

Greek Council Exec, 2009-2010

Congratulations to our newly elected Exec officers for 2009-2010! Thank you to all of our outgoing officers for a very successful year.

Mens' Co-Chair: Peter Senior (ΧΔΤ)
Womens' Co-Chair: Leigh Carver (ΖΧ)
Mens' Rush and Orientation Chair: Roberto Restrepo (ΚΚΔ)
Womens' Rush and Orientation Chair: Teresa Bowyer (SPURS)
Service Chair: Bri McGlamory (ΡΔΚ)
Standards Chair: Evan Galt (ΠΚΑ)
Judicial Chair: Chris Walker (ΧΔΤ)
Treasurer: Danielle Cobb (SPURS)
Secretary: JaNae Contag (ΑΧΛ)

Minutes, General Meeting: March 17th

Greek Council General Meeting Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:15 p.m.

I. Nominations

• Process

1. Current exec members can be speakers.
2. Nominations:
3. Men’s Co-Chair: Peter Senior
4. Women’s Co-Chair: Leigh Carver, Dani Cobb
5. Men’s Rush/Orientation Co-Chair: Roberto
6. Women’s Rush/Orientation Co-Chair: Teresa Boyer, Tess Serdar, Holly Hadey
7. Service Chair: Evan Galt, Bri McGlamory
8. Standards Chair: Josh Smith
9. Judicial Chair: Matt Pierce, Drew Johnson, Stu Manduson
10. Treasurer Chair: Lisa Zanpello, Eric Koplin
11. Secreatary: Alex Jones, Beth Tweedy, JaNae Contag
12. If a candidate isn’t elected to a position, they are nominated for the next position down and allowed to accept or reject.
13. Candidates must be present on the 31st to present their speech.

• Elections

1. Tuesday, March 31st
2. 2 minute speech prepared by the candidate
3. 2 minute speech on their behalf. Any Greek member can speak on behalf of the nominee.
4. Each club gets 2 votes- President and Rep. You only get as many votes as members who show up.
5. Nominees are encouraged to talk with the person who currently holds the position they are running for.

II. Rush/Orientation

• Womens’ Rush Chair Meeting

1. Wednesday, March 18th
2. 5 p.m.
3. Storch Lobby
4. Open to anyone who might be rush chair
5. Changes to rush for next year- implementing deferred rush.

• Men’s Rush Chairs will be meeting later in the semester.

III. Trinity Olympics

• Sunday, May 3rd

1. 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2. Gazebo, IM fields, Raquetball Courts, Webster Gym
3. Single sex teams of 10
4. $50 team donation
5. Food provided
6. Sign-ups allowed until the day of the event
7. All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity
8. Sand Volleyball, Tug of War, Flag Football, Dodgeball, Water Balloon Toss, Kickball, Tricycle race?

IV. Standards

• Standards Reports Due

1. Wednesday, April 1st
2. CCI

• Standards Reports Scoring

1. Thursday, April 2nd
2. Location TBD (probably Upstairs Coates)
3. Laura’s discretion for reimbursement
4. Make it look pretty
5. Save your receipts

• Committee Meeting

1. Thursday, March 19th @ 7:30 p.m. (Storch)
2. Proposals for counting something more than once

V. Judicial

• Nothing!

VI. Treasurer

• We’re getting a computer eventually
• Patrick is “working” on the situation

VII. Josh

• Co-Chairs + Josh will be discussing Greek Awards this upcoming week.
• Make sure to get your Standards reports in!
• Thank you for all your hard work this year in easing the transition.
• Be sure to get your March meetings done.

VIII. Announcements

• 34th Annual National Trial Competition

1. Texas Young Lawyers Association
2. March 26-28, 2009
3. Erin O'Driscoll (SPURS NAC ‘95, Trinity Class of ‘97)

• Sploor “Genderpalooza Day”*

1. Wednesday, March 25th
2. 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
3. Esplanade

• Phi Sig “Jackson Keller Field Day”

1. Wednesday, April 1st

• Sigma G.I.V.E. Day

1. Saturday, April 25th
2. 8:30 a.m.

• Greek Honor Society

1. Gamma Sigma Alpha
2. GPA of 3.5 by start of Junior year or any semester during your Junior/Senior year
3. Applications due March 27th
4. Email Lindsay Bartels for more information

Greek Council Elections Reminder

I hope that you have all been having a relaxing Spring Break and that you are starting to get ready to come back to school! This is just a quick reminder that Greek Council exec nominations are going to be this upcoming Tuesday, March 17th (what a great way to spend the tail end of your St. Patrick's Day). Contact your organization president if you would like to run and please try to come to the nomination meeting at 9:15 p.m. in RCC 320 (it is a classroom in the COMM area of Laurie). If you have any questions, feel free to email me and have a good rest of your break.

Minutes, General Meeting: March 3rd

Greek Council General Meeting Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:15 p.m.

I. Greek Council Elections

• Nominations

1. Tuesday, March 17th
2. Someone needs to be present at General to nominate them
3. Preferably have the nominee present

• Elections

1. Tuesday, March 31st
2. 2 minute speech prepared by the candidate
3. 2 minute speech on their behalf

II. Rush/Orientation

• Womens’ Rush Chair Meeting

1. Wednesday, March 18th
2. 5 p.m.
3. Storch Lobby
4. Open to anyone who might be rush chair

III. Trinity Olympics

• Sunday, May 3rd
• 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Single sex teams of 10
• $50 team donation
• Food provided
• Sign-ups allowed until the day of the event
• All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity
• Dani will give out more details as we get closer

IV. Standards

• Standards Reports Due

1. Wednesday, April 1st
2. CCI

• Standards Reports Scoring

1. Saturday, April 4th
2. Location TBD (probably Upstairs Coates)

V. Judicial

• No updates!

VI. Treasurer

• New Active Fees are supposed to be due tonight… Get them in!

VII. Josh

• Every active sorority in fall ’08, 6 of 8 frats improved grades.
• Especially congrats to the IX’s who made the leap from #6 on the men’s list to #1 on the men’s list.
• For the first time in Josh’s memory, Greek students GPA is above all students GPA. Go us!

VIII. Creating a Roster: Excel 101 Last Name | First Name | Year | Status Beebe | Joshua | SO | Abroad Hugman | Rachel | SR | Active Nuttall | Patrick | JR | Inactive

• Last Name, First Name, Year, Status, etc. in separate columns
• Including inactive members on your roster is up to your discretion

IX. Announcements

• 34th Annual National Trial Competition

1. Texas Young Lawyers Association
2. March 26-28, 2009
3. Erin O'Driscoll (SPUR NAC ‘95, Trinity Class of ‘97)

• Sophomore College Carnival

1. Tuesday, March 17th
2. 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
3. Prassel Lawn

• Phi Sig “Jackson Keller Field Day”

1. Wednesday, April 1st or Friday, April 3rd

• Sigma G.I.V.E. Day

1. Saturday, April 25th
2. 8:30 a.m.

Spring Break and Elections

I hope that orientation is going well for all of you. Just a reminder that if you have any questions or concerns about orientation procedures or rules, please contact Jade Martinez (women) or Peter Senior (men). Of course, you are always free to contact Rachel Hugman, Joshua Beebe (advisor), or me. New Actives: please remember to focus on your studies throughout orientation. This is a very busy time filled with fun activities, but it is critical that you stay focused on your responsibilities as a student. If you are having trouble managing your time, remember to talk to your orientation chair about rearranging your schedule so that you have more time for school work. Also remember that your new fraternity or sorority can provide an excellent network for tutors. I remember last year having one of my fraternity brothers who is a Geoscience major tutor me in Volcanology. It helped me immensely, and all that I can say is that the man had the patience of a saint.

Greek Council elections will be occuring after Spring Break. Nominations will be held at the Greek Council meeting on Tuesday, March 17th and elections will be held on Tuesday, March 31st. If you would like to be nominated, please contact your organization president so that they can nominate you at the meeting. If you have any questions about the responsibilities of a particular position or want to know about what it is like to be on Greek Council, please send me (Patrick Nuttall) an email and I will get it directed to the right place. The positions on Greek Council Exec are: Mens' Co-Chair, Womens' Co-Chair, Mens' Rush and Orientation Chair, Womens' Rush and Orientation Chair, Secretary, Standards Chair, Philanthropy (Service) Chair, Treasurer, and Judicial Chair. You will need to attend the Greek Council meeting on March 31st to give a speech or if you cannot attend, you must submit a prepared statement to be read on your behalf. You cannot serve on Greek Council Exec and as the President, Vice President, or Orientation chair of your organization, so start thinking about what kind of position you would like to be running for now.

I wish you all the best of luck for your Spring Break. I know that we've all earned this opportunity for some rest and relaxation, and personally I look forward to staying at home and doing absolutely nothing for a week. Please have a safe trip and good luck on midterms this week!

Minutes, Feb. 17th

Greek Council General Minutes Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I. Co-Chairs

• Bid Day- good work everybody!
• Rumors about other organization’s orientation programs- if there’s a problem, contact Josh or the Co-Chairs
• Meeting with Dr. Lee:

1. Thursday, Feb 19th 4:00 PM,
2. Woodlawn Room

• Mabee Gras

1. Friday, Feb 20th, 8:00 PM-midnight

• Standards of excellence points!
• Greek Council Elections
• Nominations- March 17th
• Voting- March 31st

II. Orientation

• Everything is going great! Keep sending changes to Jade/Peter at least 48 hours prior.
• Rush reflection tomorrow-
• Meeting for Women’s Rush Chairs

1. Wednesday, Feb 18th, 6:30 PM,
2. Storch Lobby
3. Planning for next year’s rush

• Men’s rush meeting next week to improve rush.

III. Service

• Trinity Olympics (benefitting Habitat for Humanity)
• Date TBA
• T-shirts
• Please email Dani with the date of your beach weekend so that we can avoid as many conflicts as possible.

V. Standards

• Standards Committee Meeting

1. Thursday, Feb. 19th at 6:30
2. Storch Lobby
3. We’ll be talking about how to make the reports.

• Standards Reports Due Weds, April 1st in CCI
• Standards Reports Scoring will be on April 4th in CCI

VI. Judicial

• Nothing. Excellent news!

VII. Treasurer

• New member fees!

VIII. Josh

• Greeks now make up 27% of Trinity.
• Don’t forget your Beach Weekend training. Meet with Josh!
• Don’t forget your monthly meetings.
• Mardi Gras- be safe!

Office Hours, Spring Semester

Jade (Women's Rush/Orientation Co-Chair): Tuesday 10-11
Danielle (Standards): Wednesday 12:00-1:00
Leigh (Secretary): Wednesday 11:30-12:30
Jeremy (Treasurer): Wednesday 3:30-4:30
Rachel (Women's Co-Chair): Tuesday/Thursday 3:30-4:30
Patrick (Men's Co-Chair): Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Wednesday 1:30-2:30
Peter (Men's Rush/Orientation Co-Chair): Thursday 3:30-4:30
J.T. (Judicial): Wednesday sometime.

Welcome New Active Classes of 2009!

First of all, thank you to everyone for following Bid Day rules of appropriate behavior. Cooperation with these rules helps protect the health and safety of all members of the Greek and campus community, as well as protecting facilities on our campus. Professional photographs from Bid Day festivities taken by Charles Parish are available for viewing and purchase on his website, Parishphoto.com. There are some great photos of individuals, groups, and entire organizations so I recommend that you take a look at them. Here are a few Bid Day photos of my own!

As a reminder to all New Actives, the resources which we shared with you at Greek 101 are all available through the links in the blog posting below this. If you have concerns about your orientation program, please contact Peter Senior (Mens' Rush/Orientation Chair) or Jade Martinez (Womens' Rush/Orientation Chair) so that we can get these issues resolved. Also remember to keep up with your class work. Greek life here at Trinity is an amazing experience, but remember that your top priority should be to fulfill your commitments as a student! Orientation is a busy time filled with a lot of fun activities, but if you have concerns that you will not have enough time to get your class work completed then please remember to talk to your orientation chair.

Also remember that as exciting as joining a new Greek organization is that you need to maintain your relationships with people outside of those organizations. Stay in touch with your friends who are independent or who joined other organizations, and most importantly remember to call your parents! They most likely always worry about you but a lack of communication at a busy time like this will make them even more concerned. Remember these tips and good luck with the rest of orientation!

Greek 101 Information and Resources

Thank you to everyone who attended Greek 101 tonight! The presentation is available here. If you have any questions, please email Jade Martinez or Peter Senior. Good luck and we hope to see you tomorrow at the fountain!

Additional Information:

Daily Scheduling Tips
Top Ten Tips for Time & Task Management
Hazing Information and Resources

Pref Day, Bid Day and beyond

Thank you to all of the rushees who came out today to submit a pref card! Please remember to attend Greek 101 on Thursday @ 7 p.m. in the Chapman Auditorium. This meeting is mandatory in order to accept a bid. If have a conflict, then please contact Jade Martinez, Peter Senior, or Joshua Bebee immediately! There will be important information about Bid Day and orientation. Materials from Greek 101 will also be posted on this blog so that you can consult them in the event that you have lost them or were unable to attend. If you will not be available between 2:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Bid Day, then please contact Jade, Peter, or Josh immediately!

Jade Martinez, the Womens' Rush and Orientation Chair, has compiled pictures submitted by different sororities from rush and posted them into the Greek Council Picases Web Album. You can view them at: http://picasaweb.google.com/trinitygreekcouncil/SororityRush#

Remember that if you have any questions or concerns during orientation that you can contact Jade, Peter, or Josh at any time. We want to make sure that orientation is a fun and safe experience for everyone! Good luck to all of the rushees who submitted pref cards today. I will see you tomorrow night at Greek 101 and if you receive a bid, then I will see you at the fountain on Bid Day!

Minutes, week of Feb. 2nd

Greek Council General Minutes Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I. Petition

• Eric Koplain petitioned to be allowed onto the rush list. He was a de-pledge from the Kappa Kappa Delta fraternity in Spring of 2008.
• The Kappas granted him permission to rush.
• Final vote: 9 for, zero against, 4 neutral. Eric will be allowed to rush.

II. Bid Day

• New Actives will arrive at the fountain starting at 3:30 PM
• Please do not show up intoxicated
• You can be in the fountain but DO NOT climb on it.
• Spirited dress is encouraged, but please keep it appropriate.
• DCS will be present to help handle problematic individuals.
• If you need help with one of your members, please ask for help from DCS or the administration and it will not reflect on your club.
• Photographer will be present, pictures will be available for purchase
• TigerSound will be there and Jade is making a CD

III. Rush/Orientation

• Silence began last night and ends on Friday at 3:30PM
• Men:

1. Bids due tonight at midnight
2. Please revise your calenders as asked by Peter and OAC.

• Women:

1. First round bids due tonight at midnight
2. Second round list will be sent to sororities on Wednesday on 7PM
3. Second round bids due Wednesday at midnight.

• Presidents: you can begin setting up in Murch at 2:30 if you want.
• All presidents will receive the lists of bid matches on Thursday at midnight.
• Pref Day: Wednesday, February 4th, 10AM-2PM, CCI
• Greek 101: Thursday, Feb. 5th, 7PM at Chapman- You don’t have to be there!
• Bid Day: Friday, Feb. 6th, 3:30 PM at the fountain!!
• Members who can’t come to the Witt Center to accept a bid will notify Greek Council and the council will then in turn contact the president of the club after the bid has been accepted (or not).

IV. Service

• Sorority body image volunteers get 13 hours.
• Weds/Thurs/Fri next week, 11am-2pm, letter writing campaing in Coates to support new actives going through the BIS.
• Volunteers can be from sororities or fraternities and will receive service hours for their work.
• Everyone is encouraged to write letters.
• NEW ACTIVES DO NOT GET HOURS FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
• Trinity Olympics will tentatively be on Mar. 22 at noon right after Orientation ends.
• Teams of 10 people, $5 per person
• Not mandatory, but excellence points will be rewarded.
• Service chairs, work with Dani.

V. Standards

• Standards Committee Meeting
• Thursday, Feb. 19th at 6:30
• Storch Lobby
• We’ll be talking abotu how to make the reports.
• Standards Reports Due Weds, April 1st in CCI
• Standards Reports Scoring will be on April 4th in CCI

VI. Judicial

• Nothing. Yay!

VII. Treasurer

• All good!

VIII. Josh

• This has been a great year. Last semester was the first one in five semester without any Judicial.
• Presidents, don’t forget about your meetings.

Minutes, week of Jan. 19th

Sorry they're late, guys!

Greek Council General Meeting Tuesday, January 20, 2008 9:15 p.m.

I. Bid Day Clause

• “Upon accepting a bid from one social Greek organization, an individual may not accept a bid from another social Greek organization. Appeals may be presented to Greek Council, and exceptions may be made with a majority vote and the consent of the original club.” Motion passed.
• Former ADE Robby Glass voted allowed to rush- vote results: 9 for, 4 against.

II. Trinitonian Blurb

• Section discussing major decisions made by Big 6 organizations on campus
• Agree to submit summary of important decisions (not minutes) to the Trinitonian
• Movement passed unanimously.

III. Rush

• RSVP:

1. RSVP’s turned into Jade by midnight (jade11943@gmail.com)
2. RSVP’s available for pickup @ 9 a.m. Thursday (CCI)
3. Men must be on the rush list by Monday, February 2nd @ 11:59 p.m.
4. 211+ women RSVPed, up from 149 last year
5. 130 men on the rush list, up from last year (by a lot)

• Pref Day: Wednesday, February 4th, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Greek 101: Thursday, February 5th @ 7 p.m., Chapman Auditorium
• Bid Day :Friday, February 6th, 3:30 p.m.

IV. Service

• Do service hours!
• Email your hours to Dani

V. Standards

• Maintain your records, keep recording things

VI. Judicial

• No updates (that’s good news)

VII. Treasurer

• Cesar, turn in the Aramark receipt (not catering contract) to Jeremy for reimbursement for the Skyline dinner

Final Days of Rush

As we enter the final days of rush, remember the important dates which are coming up. Pref Day, Greek 101, and Bid Day. For more information, read the post below this one for complete details. Both mens' and womens' rush numbers are up from last year and we'd like this success to translate all the way through Bid Day, so make sure that you make it to all required events! If for some reason you have an unavoidable conflict, please contact Jade Martinez (women) or Peter Senior (men) as soon as possible. Please also CC Josh Beebe, the Coordinator for Greek Life and Student Programs.

Greek Presidents and Representatives, remember that the next Greek Council General Meeting is Tuesday, February 3rd at 9:15 p.m. in RCC 320. If you have any items which need to be added to the agenda, contact Rachel, Patrick, and Josh ASAP.

Sorority RSVP and Rush Updates

Thank you to all of the women who came in today to submit RSVP cards. We had excellent turnout and we are very excited about the strong showing. Remember to pick up your RSVP cards from the Campus and Community Involvement office on Thursday, January 22nd. The deadline for the womens' rush list and RSVP has passed, so unfortunately if you are not on the list then you will not be able to pref and receive a bid this year.

All men must be on the rush list by 11:59pm on Monday, February 2nd in order to pref and receive a bid. If you are not on the list then please email the Mens' Rush and Orientation chair, Peter Senior, as soon as possible. Please provide your name, class year, dorm name and room number, cell phone number, box number, and major. If you do not get on the rush list by this deadline, then you will not be able to pref and accept a bid this year.

Pref Day will be Wednesday, February 4th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come to the Campus and Community Involvement office in order to submit a pref card. You must submit a pref card in order to get a bid and it will be that day only! Greek 101 is a mandatory information session which is required for everyone who has submitted a pref card and wants to accept a bid. The session will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 5th in the Chapman Auditorium. If you have a conflict with this session then you need to email Peter Senior or Jade Martinez, as soon as possible.

Bid Day will be Friday, February 6th. Please make sure that you provide the most convenient phone number on your pref card and be by your phone between 2:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., as we will be contacting you at this number in the event that you do not receive a bid. These phone calls will come from either Joshua Beebe or Becky Spurlock and the caller ID will show up as 210-999-7011. If you do not receive a phone call by 3:30 p.m. then please go to the Witt Center, where you will pick up your bid. Men should proceed to the fountain while women will need to stop by the Murchison lounge where they will sign their bids and then go to the fountain. All of this information will be explained and distributed at Greek 101, so if you have questions or concerns then we can address them then. Good luck to all rushees and we look forward to the last few days of rush and bid day!