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NSSLHA Board Meeting ~ 5/28/04

Welcome!

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• REMEMBER TO TURN IN YOUR BIO TO Jon Douglas ( jondouglas@wisc.edu) if you have not already!

Elizabeth Eskridge
Kanika So
Ana Reiter
Kim Kiss
Karen Musiak  

Orientation Week:

• Sheri, Elizabeth, Karen, Kanika, Megan, and Courtney will be there

• Anyone who can, should plan on being there if possible
• A specific date and time will soon be assigned for our presentation.
• The staff may be planning to do orientation in 3 days, but this is not yet definite
• T-shirts
• We want exact same ones, both women’s and standard Tees
• May look for competitive prices, but we will keep the tees sweatshop-free
• Order more sizes (more M and L)
• We will sell them at orientation
• At all orientation activities they should be available
• Check and see if Sherie can sell them at the front desk
• Big-Buddies
• Joni is aware we need the roster
• NSSLHA News—havean ‘edition’ available at orientation
• Pamphlet draft—Courtney and Megan developed a prototype
• Meeting attendees offered suggestions, which will be considered in revision
• Suggestions included: smaller pictures, include Dr. Chial’s photo on the back, and add names of all board members on the back
• OTHER
• Ice breakers:
• Ana will put together a game
• Stress relief presentation
• Contact Kim Kiss for information and planning
• When?
• Can Rob Sepich come and talk?
• Ana will contact Rob as soon as we get the dates for orientation
• “Candid” time:
• break into small groups for 2 nd years to answer questions for incoming students
• Informal terrace meeting during the week sometime
• Other possible social events
• Bowling
• Movies at University Square
• Scavenger hunt around our facilities
• FUNDS
• Can we pay for beer at the Terrace?
• We have $367 total at this time
• NSSLHA Rummage Sale
• Get the word out so we can collect items!
• First federal: encourage incoming students to open an account there, and say that NSSHLA referred them (so that we can get $10 into our account)
• Megan will send a thank you note to the people who gave us $500 for toys
• Include brochure, list of toys (Courney will send to Megan)
• Michelle will send contact information to Megan

NSSLHA Loves:

• The organization sent us a thank you (e-mail) with thanks and congratulations for our time and money
• The money we raised was matched, so we provided $228.00, or 91 books, for low-income children.
• Congratulations!!

Pot-luck/Picnic: Suggestions sheet was passed out

• Committee: Megan Snow, Katie Hustad and Ruth Litovsky
• We might ask the department to “splurge” for the picnic/ ferry or whatever we decide upon
• We may do a potluck during football season, and a ferry during orientation week
• Location
• Park with a shelter/ other place away from GNH
• Lakeview Park in Middleton
• MMSD ferry
• Megan will contact Ruth and Katie for collaboration
• Unanimous: off-campus, with beer

Com Disco:

• Committee: Sheri Tracy, Kanika So, Holly Rusch, Maia Braden and Megan Snow
• Student survey response was distributed
• A committee meeting will occur soon
• Set a date (2 weeks after spring break seems best at this time)
• Location: Memorial Union if possible
• DJ: we must weigh +/- of Joni doing this
• Incentive plan
• Possiblity: if you come to 5 meetings you will get a discount

Toy Room:

• Committee: Jessamyn, Kanika, Marie and Courtney
• To do:
• Deliver toys to Judith and Joan,
• Purchase final supplies (storage boxes, cleaning supplies, etc.)
• Courtney needs specific details prior to purchases for credit card use
• Write e-mail template
• Establish ‘tracking system’ for toys
• Students need to be informed that new materials will be available. Jon Douglas has been contacted, to see if for now he will post photos of toys on the website. The committee formed can decide how they want to do this in the future.

NSSLHA Office:

• Ana and Courtney met with John Westbury the last week of classes.
• Dr. Westbury’s reply to the request for space:

• “My door is open”
• wants to establish rapport with NSSHLA
• Knows we want a presence in the building
• We are not fiscally enriching for the department
• He is looking at options for space on the 3 rd or 4 th floor
• In the past, there has been a variable presence in the building
• Response to suggestion of more keys was that it didn’t seem to be the only reason we weren’t using the room, but that it was a possibility; suggestion of a lock box was made
• Courtney needs help writing a proposal for John Westbury, it’s already started—Megan and Holly will help write proposal
• We will write a primary proposal for keeping the space, and a secondary proposal in case the first one gets denied
• 2ndary proposal possibilities:
• cabinet
• block off space in the lounge
• other
• Our space through ASM is still on hold