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