Humboldt State University Residence Hall Association

ROBOT MINUTES FOR 1/30/08
Mad River Room 8 PM

We started with a side poll! ROBOT’s namesake, the eponymous robot,
squares off against aliens, in a very generic sense. Robots score points
for being able to run on booze, and were championed by GIR. Aliens, on the
other hand, are very squishy (a pro!) and led by, for some reason, Zim.
Alien fans decried robots for their electro-VD, while aliens were bested
by germs or Tom Cruise (either way it’s not pretty.) In a heads up battle
Robots bested Aliens 23 to 12, though the real winner was the Wookiee,
with 33 votes, because Wookiees can rip the arms off of robots, and also,
are aliens.

At this point we called our meeting to order at 8:13 pm.

RObot ROLL Call: Some people were here, some were not. In later
installments I’ll keep track of who! Cassie also formally named the Mouse
of Sound.

And this point in the program we also selected, finally, an RHA
Representative! Like any legitimate political race there were two
contestants, Charles and Carol. Charles made the claim of being very
roboty (ROBOTy?) and carried with him enough computer memory to contain
our souls. Also Machiavellian. Carol established herself as egomaniacal,
and willing to conquer (in the name of?) ROBOT. In the end, it was decided
that Charles should be our RHA Rep.

Approval of Agenda: What are we, Associated Students?

Approval of minutes: Ha!

Sound System Requests: We had one! Canyon Council (or possibly Canyon
LGAs) sought the Sound System for events next Monday and Friday at 8:00
pm. Brit would work the system during these events. ROBOT unanimously
agrees to give the system.

BUSINESS:
1) Merger of Awe Meetings!
It was decided that the Merger of Awe will meet on Mondays at 7:00 PM in
the Sunset Classroom.
LIVE UPDATE, 1/5/2008, 12:09 am: The YES House has meetings in the Sunset
Classroom until 7:30, so Merger of Awe Meetings will either need to be
relocated or pushed back a half hour. More on this at the meeting,

2) T-Shirt Designs!
It was discovered that current, active members of ROBOT during either this
or last semester shall receive a free ROBOT T-Shirt. All others
(off-campus alum, friends of ROBOT, actual robots, etc.) and those wanting
extras shall pay an extra fee of $14 per shirts. Then it came time to vote
for the T-Shirt color scheme, in the T-Shirt Bonus Side Poll (Wookiee not
present.) The two color schemes, known as “Blue” and “Red” went to a
head-to-head vote. This first vote came:
Red 8, Blue 9
However, with concern over disinfranchised and uninformed ROBOT members,
as well as confusion over voter intent, a recount was called, resulting
in:
Red 11, Blue 8
Thus, our t-shirts shall use the “Red” color scheme.

3) BOTS
Our RHA Week event. People are excited. Things are happenings. BOTS-like
things.
Tell your councils if they want a BOT they need to ask us for it ASAP.
First, though, we need to BUY the BOTS. Hopefully with different
frequencies this time.
Please?

4) DDR League Feb. 14
Canyon LGAs (or Council?) want to have a Valentine’s Day dance at the
bottom floor of the J, meaning we have to give up DDR League that day.
Vote is met with overwhelming wave of ambivalence, but still passes.

5) March of the Machines
ROBOT’s most epic Month-long event. A few dates are set:
February 29th-March 2: FFVII Competition
March 29-30th: HumCon
Every Thursday in March: DDR Workout League
Beyond this, we mostly pitched ideas for other March of the Machines
events, with the following suggestions offered:
A LAN Party- WOW? Uh, whatever other online games people play? So… WOW?
Madden Video Game Tournament- Several LGAs would be interested in helping
HEMI Movie Show
Thermain- The only instrument you can play without touching it!
Red vs. Blue Marathon- Could we show all five seasons in one night?
Dr. David Kornreich- He’s presented at previous March of the Machines events
Other Professors- Most professors love giving presentations. Also, can be
bribed with free food.
HTML/Photoshop Workshops
DNA Day
CAPS- A presentation on internet addiction
March 31st- Cesar Chavez day. A time for ROBOT (and other council members)
to give back to our community and a great way to close out March of the
Machines.
Penny Wars- To donate to a worthy, technology based cause (such as Penny
Arcade’s Child’s Play: http://www.childsplaycharity.org/)
Other ideas to be presented at the next few ROBOT and Merger of Awe meetings.

REPORTS:

Grand Poobah: No report.

General Dogsbody: Wearing an epic jacket!

Scribe: I need to work on being succinct. Also, figure out the new
website/adding people to the listserv. Again!

Pimp O’ Cash: No report.

Royal Vizier: What? Oh! Nothing.

Merger of Awe: Come to our meetings!

Epic Alliance: Need cases for the X-Box 360 and Playstation 2. Generic
cases are located at Gamestop. Will look into these.

D2R2: No report.

Tee-Shirts: See above.

Web-Tech: Chose food over RHA.

Voyeurs: Excited for March!

RHA Rep: No report.

ROCC: They have broad plans for awesome Spring programming. Look forward
to these soon.

RPB: The Super Bowl Party will be (was?) Sunday, Feb 3rd. It was (will
be?) incredibly awesome and well attended.

Creekview: Ian is very lonely

Canyon: So many Canyon residents, yet none go to the council? In other
news, Canyon is visible.

Cypress: Cypress is unrepresented. Also, still standing.

Hill: They’re planning a dance.

Manor: Ryan is unsuccessful at arson? I dunno, that’s what it says in my
notes.

Off Campus: James lets us know that the Gamer’s Guild is interested in
presenting at HumCon, so long as it does not become another “Hentai Fest”
which confuses pretty much everyone. So, leave your tentacle porn at home,
kiddies.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vote!

Adjourned at some point.