April 14th General Meeting Minutes

Minutes for Greek Council

I. Co-Chairs
- The budget for Greek Council is being voted on today
o It’s looking like Greek Council will be receiving about $14,500
o A few of our requested programs were declined but it looks like they will be made available through other Trinity organizations
- Start looking at your schedules and send either Spencer or Laura nights and times you are available to meet for next year

II. Dr. Moffett
- Congratulations to SPURS, Gammas, Sigmas, Alpha Chis, and PDKs who all achieved excellence on their standards
- I Chis received an honorable mention. The book was phenomenal and I plan to use it to show to the Trinity University Board what Greeks are achieving
- Greek Week is going great!
o Congrats to Pikes for winning the dodge-ball tournament
o Pike vs. Staff/Administration dodge ball game? Make it happen!!!
 Because WE ALL would love to see Dean Tuttle dodgin’
o We are going to table the conversation about grades
- Trinity University Conduct Board Decision
o Hazing is a violation of University Policy so it seems appropriate that hazing violations are handled by the Trinity University Conduct Board
 Ex- swimmers had to go to the Trinity University Conduct Board for their hazing violations so it’s logical that the Greeks should have to do the same
o Unfortunately, Greek Council Judicial has not proven to be effective and we do not want this to present a bigger problem down the road. The Greek Judicial Board is great in theory but not pragmatically.
o I am trying to make sure that
1. Men and Women are happy to join our clubs and they enjoy the experience
2. I don’t want you guys to have to deal with something ugly should something bad happen down the road. This is a protective measure.
o We want to see clubs thrive not just survive
o I am always open to communication and my door is always open to you guys.
o I want to continue to challenge you to be the type of members founders will be proud of and new members will want to emulate.
- I will be meeting with the Trinity University Board on May 14th
o I’m going to speak of all the phenomenal things going on in the Greek Community. - My door is always open and conversation is always welcome.

III. Josh
- Please send Josh and update about how much money your club has raised
- So far, we predict Greek have raised around $50,000!
- We will be training Judicial Chairs so that if member break rules, clubs can deal with it internally. Ultimately, this will lead to a bigger and stronger role for judicial chairs.
- Alumni
o At the moment we are working on creating a Greek Alumni Advisory Council
o The new council will be an avenue to send infor to alumni and also to be able to pull in resources from them (networking, funding, etc..)
o It will also provide an active way for Greeks to get to have closer relationships with their alumni

IV. Rush/ Orientation
- Mark your Calendars Rush Dates have been selected!!!
- Men's Rush Dates:
o Lancers- Oct. 8th, Jan. 27th
o Kappas- Oct. 5th, Jan. 26th
o Delts- Oct. 15th, Jan. 19th
o Phi Sigs- Nov. 14th, 25th
o Pikes- Oct. 29th, Jan. 18th
o IChi- Oct. 9th, Jan. 20th
o OPhi- Oct. 30th, Jan. 24th
- Women's Rush Dates:
o PDK- Oct. 29th, Nov. 20th, Jan. 26th
o Betas- Oct. 6th, Nov. 6th, Jan. 28th
o Alpha Chis- Oct. 28th, Nov. 13th, Jan. 25th
o Spurs- Sept. 7th, Nov. 19th, Jan. 27th
o ZX- Nov. 4th, Dec. 3rd, Jan. 24th
o Sigma- Sept. 27th, Nov. 12th, Jan. 21st
o Gammas- Oct. 5th, Dec. 4th, 22nd

V. Service
- Emily has started donations for Bri’s dad (as well as some of the other clubs) please donate if you can and keep Bri in your thoughts.
o This is a good opportunity for us to step up and support our Greek Family. So encourage club members and friends to do something special for Bri.
- Please e-mail Cody Brehm your photos for the scavenger hunt!

VI. Standards - Congrats to everyone who made “Excellence”!
o Gammas, Sigmas, PDKs, SPURs, and Alpha Chis
- We will be working closer with Greeks (more one-on-one time) to help even more clubs achieve excellence next year.

GREEK WEEK!!!

Greek Blog Calling all Greeks… This year we are changing things up a bit and expanding Greek Olympics so that it lasts for an entire week! Lots of planning has gone into this and it’s going to be a lot of fun. It will be a chance for each Greek organization to bond with other clubs while allowing competition to run rampant. Participation is a must! The weeks activities will include dodgeball, powderpuff football, tug-of-war, capture the flag, and water relay races. We will also have a kickoff rally, a sorority dessert party, and an All-Greek party at Flats. There will be prizes given to the all around fraternity and sorority winners as well as some other awesome awards given to individuals. Here are the activities for the week: • Sunday April 11th o Kick off “rally” at 6pm on Esplanade o Prizes, rules, games Monday April 12th o Last One Standing 9am o Photo Scavenger Hunt at 9am o Dodgeball Tournament at 7pm in Webster’s Gym • Tuesday April 13th o Powder Puff Football at 7pm on IM Field o Tug of War at 8pm on IM Field • Wednesday April 14th o Sorority Dessert Party at 5pm in the Fiesta Room o Capture the Flag on upper campus • Thursday April 15th o Water Relay games in the pool 8-930pm • Friday April 16th o Last One Standing ends at 5pm o Photo Scavenger Hunt ends at 5pm o All Greek Party at Flats at 8pm • Saturday April 17th o GIVE o Block Party award ceremony Last One Standing is a test of endurance. During this event, one member of each club will stand at the magic stones and see who can last the longest. Clubs are allowed to switch their members out while recording the switches. The event will last 24 hours a day starting on Monday and going until Friday afternoon. The team that lasts the longest or is the “Last One Standing” will win 50 points for their fraternity or sorority in the overall competition. The Photo Scavenger Hunt will consist of a list of 20 photo ideas that each club will have the ability to take and send to Greek Council. Each photo will win the team points in the overall score

Minutes March 24, 2010

Greek Council General
March 24, 2010

I. Co Chairs

a. Budget is due Monday, April 1st

II. Rush/ Orientation

III. Service
a. All service hours are due by April 1st
b. Anyone wanting to buy Greek week t-shirts please e-mail Emily Gray with
orders. i. $7 per shirt
c. Jackson Keller is on Monday at April 1st
i. Counts for service and standards
ii. Starts at 9:00 AM
iii. Contact Phi-Sig for more info
d. Service hours after April 1st count for next year
e. Sign up for Give ends Friday. E-mail Katherine Dickson if you want to still want to sign up!

IV. Standards
a. Standards due April 1st
b. Meeting on April 6th
i. All standard chairs need to attend the meeting
ii. Will start at 7:00 (?) and will probably last two hours
iii. Presidents (or another exec) need to go if the standards chair cannot attend
iv. Clubs may bring two representatives
v. Need 2 hard/ 1 electronic copy of information

V. Treasurer

VI. Secretary
a. Some clubs are still missing rosters! JaNae has sent out e-mails.

VII. Judicial

VIII. Josh

Elections Results 2010-2011!

February 24, 2010

Men’s Co-Chair:

Spencer Lane (Phi Sigma Chi)

Women’s Co-Chair:

Laura Barron (SPURS)

Men’s Rush/Orientation Chair:

Gareth Kolhausen (Bengal Lancer)

Women’s Rush/Orientation Chair:

Lauren Hickman (SPURS)

Judicial Chair:

Nicole Hall (Gamma Chi Delta)

Service Chair:

Emily Gray (Sigma Theta Tau)

Standards Chair:

Cody Brehm (PDK)

Treasurer:

Patrick Flanigan (Pi Kappa Alpha)

Secretary:

Alexandra Chambers (Alpha Chi Lambda)

Minutes February 17, 2010

Greek Council General

February 17, 2010

I. Josh Currie – Announcement – Greek party – invite independents. Raise money for charity. Tickets sold for $10 at the door. Get 90% all Greeks in attendance, and get 400-500 Independents to come. Costs: 4 busses divided by groups is $130/group. Venue could hold 2,000 students. Would be a private party, as long as we can provide a date soon, on a Friday. Minors accepted.

a. April 16^th party to kick off Greek Week? – make attention to Standards, mandatory for points for Greek Week?

b. Different day of the week? Thursday or Wednesday?

II. Co-Chairs

a. Elections February 24^th

b. Last Greek Coucil Exec Meeting is March 24^th

c. New Exec Leaders assume new roles after that.

d. Beach Training must take place with Josh minimum 10 days before the Friday you leave. Risk Management, specifically tailored for Beach.

e. Also, Presidents please send list of members in Greek Honors Society to Jessica Knight.

f. Applications due March 29^th.

III. Rush / Orientation

a. Bid Day pictures up on Charles Perish’s website, can be sent out and bought.

IV. Service

a. Kappas and Lancers have not submitted any service hours for all year – please do so SOON.

b. Meeting yesterday with the Serice chairs, talked about hours.

c. Greek Week planning is still going on

V. Standards

a. Meeting tomorrow! Please send Standards chair name to Evan Galt if the name has changed

b. 5pm, NH 314

VI. Judicial

a. Two pending investigations, more details soon.

b. Hold cases off for ano

VII. Treasurer

VIII. Secretary

a. Need Updated Rosters from all Clubs (Just One):

i. Name

ii. Exec Position?

iii. ID Number

iv. New Active?

IX. Josh

a. Presidents need to schedule meeting for February with Josh.

b. Please get rosters to JaNae and Josh

c. Bid Day was excellent

d. Please meet with Josh for Beach Weekend Risk Management.

X. Dr. Moffett

a. Awesome first Bid Day!

b. President Dennis Auhburg had a great time

c. Maybe a banner next time?

d. Greek GPA Requirement is a 2.0 right now, but is equivalent of C

i. Can we raise the minimum requirement?

ii. We want to be taking people that are serious about getting good grades and holding each other accountable.

XI. Nominations / Organization

a. Co-Chair

i. Laura Baron (SPUR)

ii. Spencer Lane (Phi-Sig)

iii. Andrew Robinson (PIKE)

b. Rush / Orientation

i. Lauren Hickman (SPUR)

ii. Carolyn Ehlinger (GAMMA)

iii. Jenna Cantwell (SPUR)

iv. Elliot Clerke (PIKE)

v. Chance Raymon (I-Chi)

vi. Gareth Kolhausen (LANCER)

c. Judicial

i. Ashley Conway (ALPHA CHI)

ii. Alexandra Chambers (ALPHA CHI)

d. Service

i. Emily Gray (SIGMAS)

ii. Patrick Dickinson (LANCER)

e. Standards

i. Marisa Cavin (ZETA CHI)

ii. Preston Nanney (PIKE)

f. Treasurer

i. Ulises Pastran (ICHI)

ii. Ashley Conway (AX)

iii. Patrick Flanigan (PIKE)

g. Secretary

i. Cody Brehm (PDK)

ii. Megan Breeland (SPUR)

iii. Robyn Slusky (ZETA CHI)

Greek Council General Minutes, February 3

General Greek Council Meeting

February 3, 2010

I. Co-Chairs

a. We have the BID MATCHES!

b. Final Orientation Calendar due tomorrow at 5pm, if not handed in, we will suspend your Orientation.

c. Voting on Elections for February 24^th – this will take some serious training, so we will spend several weeks to be training. One vote per club.

d. In addition to O-Calendars, we expect all new members of the Greek Community to be present for Standards Event, March 9^th.

II. Rush / Orientation

a. Calendars looked good, remind O-Chairs

b. Reminder emails about Greek 101 for Rushees

c. Be sober for Bid Day please

III. Standards

a. Meeting February 9^th

IV. Service

V. Judicial

VI. Treasurer

VII. Secretary

VIII. Josh

a. Orientation is around the corner…

b. All Orientation Events are DRY. At all events, you nor members are drinking, never show up intoxicated or drunk, they are not allowed to be a part of the event, no questions asked.

c. New members need to feel safe and welcomed in to the Greek Life on campus. Please remind members that if they need to go off by themselves during study hours, they can.

d. Any questions about Orientation? Please talk to Josh.

e. BID DAY – The President, his wife, and their 4-year-old son will be there! Unlike most Universities – a great tradition.

f. Chocolate Fest! Next Friday from 2pm-4pm, you should get involved if you can!! Standards Points!

g. Thank you to Teresa and Roberto, Leigh and Peter – Bids are matched! Recognize the work they have done!

Welcome Back!

Dear Greek Council Blog Followers, Welcome back! I hope your break went well and that the holidays treated you nicely. This is a very busy time for Greek Council as Rush winds down and as we prepare for Orientation. Just a quick reminder that Pref Day is Feb 3rd, Greek 101 Information Session will be on Feb 4th, and Bid Day is Feb 5th. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at psenior@trinity.edu Peter Senior Greek Council Co-Chair

Greek Council General Minutes, January 20

General Meeting

Greek Council

January 20, 2010

I. Co-Chairs

a. Elections for new Exec Members will be held February 24^th

b. We need all rushee’s ID numbers!!! If you are in contact, please ask for student ID number, even though Roberto will be emailing them a reminder.

II. Message from Josh

a. Welcome back!

b. Spring Semester starting off with a BANG! Thanks to the Presidents for all your amazing speeches, Pref Day, Bid Day, Greek 101 are coming up!

c. Make sure everyone knows times and dates of events coming up. Please check your emails! MUST make Pref Day by 5pm!

III. Dr. Moffett

a. Welcome back! CCI already has a lot going on!

b. Excited for Bid Day!!!

c. Please meet your deadlines, or they will not happen. Go Saints!

IV. RUSH / ORIENTATION MEETING

a. Sunday the 31^st at 4:00pm

b. If there are conflicts getting into PREF Day, MUST send Teresa an email.

c. Orientation Calendars back Friday, Men’s are Due Friday – electronic copy is necessary. Send to Roberto and Teresa.

V. Standards

a. If you have questions, Evan is meeting with Standards Chairs.. date to come.

VI. Service

a. April 12^th Monday STARTS, ends 18^th with SIGMA GIVE

b. Shirts!

c. Monday – Last One Standing, Photo Scavenger Hunt, Dodgeball Tournament

d. Tuesday – Powder Puff Football

e. Wednesday – All Greek Capture Flag

f. Thursday – Synchronized Swimming for FRATS

g. Friday – Party at Flats

h. Saturday – GIVE day

VII. Josh

a. Presidents Meeting needs to be scheduled with Josh ASAP

b. Beach Weekends:

i. Need all dates emailed to Josh and Teresa and Roberto

ii. Jamie Thompson – every Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm MILK and COOKIES!!! WOOHOO!

c. FYI: As of February 1^st, Dr. Lee is moving back to Cali and taking a position at U. California at Berkeley.