Humboldt State University Residence Hall Association

Residence Hall Association, Humboldt State University

Meeting # 6
6:00pm, 10-15-07
Klamath River Room

I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m.
II. Roll Call
James, Janine, Jannah, Porchee, Josephine, Calvin, Lynn, Francisco, Leticia, Ian(Crkvw), Nancy, Nick, Emily, Micaela, Ryan, Mary, Tiffanie
III. Approval of Agenda
Ryan moved to approve the agenda, Lynn seconded. All voted in favor of approval.
IV. Approval of Minutes
Janine adds that there were two publicists hired last week, not one. (Lynn was the only one mentioned, as she had been present while Micaela was not there to report). Ryan moved to approve the amended minutes, Francisco seconded the motion. 11 voted in favor, 3 abstentions. Minutes approved.
V. General Forum
Nothin’.
VI. Executive Board Reports
A. President – Good…tired…
B. Vice President – Sick and tired. Drafting ideas(presentations, etc) for executive workshop. It will be for the exec board and councils.
C. Secretary – Dining committee this Thursday 11-noon at Ron’s office. Come of you have dining opinions. Secretaries, please email me at rha@humboldt.edu; only Cypress has done so thus far. I also found chips and requested the Ballad of Serenity on the radio last night while hanging out in the Depot.
D. Treasurer – Treasurers please email me your schedules to set up BoF, rha@humboldt.edu. Sent out an email, but don’t have addresses for Creekview or NAKED treasurers. As soon as those two groups get treasurers, please send me their names, email addresses, and available times.
E. NCC – We had a meeting for PACURH, but can’t really discuss it. Other than that, no report.
VII. Representatives and Committee Reports
A. RPB – Janine proxies. We had the “Score Some S’mores” program on Saturday. There were some issues going on with getting food from the J. Went pretty well, and there were some people who asked to do it again. We also approved giving $1000 to ROBOT.
B. ROBOT Ryan proxies. Talked about the money that we got from RPB and are planning on getting some new and refurbished consoles, listed the games people are interested on getting. Talked about the Haunted JGC program-we’re getting the Info Desk area. Also discussed the Video Game Competition(October 27th, 6:30 p.m., bottom of the J) in regards to prizes and talking to Rendezvous to use the free air hockey/pool/video game day that we are given once a semester. Vampires were against zombies in the side poll, and the vampires won until the Poobah added a ton of points to the zombie side.
C. ROCC/Diversity Advocate – Expressions of Oppression is happening November 7th. We’re building a wall, possibly having a speaker named Mana. There will be an art gallery and open mic time with food(fruit, veggies, cheese, crackers, juice). Discussed other new programs to possibly do-ROCC Lock? ROCC Walk(during black liberation month ending at the keynote speaker)? Also conversed about Randy Haverson’s comments on women.
D. NAKED – Planning some kind of future events, and are trying to get a listserv going. Looking for someone who can help put that together.
E. ResLife – Porchee proxies. Presenting the masturbation program at the NRAP conference. Planning some kind of reslife bonding event for the 21st of October in the bottom of the J-possibly a movie night?
F. NRHH – Didn’t meet last week because dentists cause pain. Academic marathon scheduled for October 20th from 1-4pm in the JGC(POST-NOTE: has been postponed for a week…so will be on the 27th instead.) Go look at our pretty NRHH poster and the board on the third floor of the J. We now have open meetings so come on over and scope us out Monday nights at 8p.m. Also, if any councils are doing events for Dialogue on Race, please send your event information to nrhh@humboldt.edu so we can put it in a PACURH bid.
G. Creekview – Ian’s here! Hi, Ian. Interested on making a room into a lounge-area thing for Haunted JGC. Looking into getting a book/magazine rack for the Creekside Lounge so people can donate books they don’t want and possibly find good ones others have left.
H. Canyon – Didn’t meet, went to Randy Haveson’s presentation.
I. Hill – Went to see Randy Haveson instead of meeting last week. The constitution still needs to be ratified. A social for the Hill is coming up on the 19th, and no emergency meetings were called.
J. Cypress – discussed Haunted JGC, sent Jordan(LGA) to RPB for $25 for a bonfire for his floor.
K. Manor – The bbq went great(and to my knowledge, the leftovers are still in the bottom of the J, hiding. Eeewwww….). the manor apparently is in dire need of a third washing machine, as there are currently only two that are supposed to take care of all 50 residents, and at least one is frequently broken. There’s an ant problem going on over there, too. Yes, maintenance reports have been put in, no they’re not gone yet.
L. AS – nothing.
M. (2) UC Board of Directors (n/v) – met on Thursday. It was only 45 minutes long, yay! We have an orientation with Burt Nordstrom on the 21st.
N. Alcohol and other Drug(n/v) – hasn’t met yet.
O. SHAC (n/v) – hasn’t met yet.
P. Rec Center(n/v) – hasn’t met.
Q. Dining Committee(n/v) – meeting this Thursday, 11-noon in Ron’s office! Come say hi, we’re not stiff and awkward…in fact, we’re quite amusing.
R. Publicist (n/v) – Lynn is making flyers for the VGC and working on publicity for “Sleeping with the Family”. One poster for that is already up in the bottom of the J. Micaela: I don’t have anything to do yet…Ravin got me a wordpress account. Janine will give her stuff to do.
S. Advisor – Nick is part of a group that is looking into new special living areas. Jannah moved to put this into discussion, Nancy seconds(necessary?) Jannah says that a performing arts building/area would be AWESOME. MILC is apparently trying to be organized by Roxane, meeting on Tuesdays at 8pm(might be helpful with that?) Nancy suggests that a 21 and up area be moved to the Manor(Ryan: along with Native American Living, which is already there). Also, trying to dye hair black. Anyone have extra dye?(lol Nick, LOL.) Leticia: Hi…
VIII. Old Business
A. Campaign to End Sexualized Violence-Funding Request
$700 is being requested for t-shirts, which would be distributed as needed. Janine moves to put into discussion, Jannah seconds.
Janine: that’s a huge chunk of the budget, and Cypress is already coming to us, which means RPB is going to end up coming to RHA soon. Where are the shirts coming from-sweatshop, sweatshop-free, somewhere in town? Nick: I think somewhere in town. Janine: How many shirts would we be getting? 100 The number of shirts that we get would really change the price, if we adjusted it. Nancy: Is it more than just a shirt thing, is there an actual program/movement behind it? Nick: It’s more than just shirts.
Francisco: how much is left unallocated in our budget right now? Porchee: $4500. Nick: The group doing this is trying to raise $1400 total, and is approaching more than just us as a source. It wouldn’t decrease the number of shirts they are planning on getting, even if we decrease the amount that we give them. Nancy: Is that part of on-campus funds? Isn’t there a line item that goes to on-campus stuff, like “Cooperative Programming”? Porchee: Yes, but that’s usually used for things like Alternative Spring Break. That has $500 in it. Janine: How would we give the shirts away? Would they just sit in the RHA office and slowly disappear from Ryan taking them all, as he did with the pens? Lynn: brought up how last week there had been mention of associating it with Take Back the Night. Jannah: explained that I had mentioned that, possibly trying to push the shirt thing back until April for the TBTN thing. Janine: I wouldn’t feel opposed to decreasing the amount. Jannah suggests cutting the $700 in half($350). Nancy suggests $500, which Janine agrees to. Lynn moved to approve the adjusted amount, Francisco seconded. 12 in favor, three abstentions. $500 will be sent to the Campaign to End Sexualized Violence, which Nick will work with Porchee on carrying out.
B. Homecoming Tabling
Went alright. Small children are scary. We now have an empty box of stuff that used to be toys in the RHA office. Gave out a lot of pens, didn’t sell any Invisible Children dvds.
IX. New Business
Nothing.
X. Announcements
Nancy: take the satisfaction survey online. You can be put into a drawing for various cool things, like iPods or palm pilots or cameras or housing credit. The living area with the highest return rate will get an ice cream social.
Janine: if you want a room for the Haunted JGC, email rpb@humboldt.edu with your top 3 preferences. Klamath, Agate Beach, and the Desk are taken thus far. Satellite councils can do rooms too, but area councils will be given preference. Francisco asks if they can do bathrooms. No definite answer was given. This is a competition of who has the best room, by the way.
Nancy asked what was wrong with s’more stuff. Janine: the date was wrong somehow, either on our end or the J’s. ROCC, the Manor, RPB, and RHA have all had issues with getting their orders…can that be mentioned at dining committee? Which leads into Jannah saying “Come to Dining Committee!”
Ian: “Sleeping With the Family” is coming up October 19th at 8pm. Free food and dancing. Bring your food and movies, come in your jammies, etc.
XI. Adjournment
Nancy moved to adjourn, Calvin seconded. The only one unwilling to adjourn was Porchee. The margin by which she was outnumbered was great. Meeting adjourned at 6:46pm.