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.