General Meeting Minutes: November 23rd, 2007
November 26th 2007
- Time: 4:35 - 5:41 p.m.
- Location: Degree’s
- In attendance: Trevor Bekolay, David Wesst, Brian Latour, Katie Higham, Katie Hamilton, Jarrod Sumlak, Heather
1. Read minutes of last meeting.
2. Movie Night
- Went well!
- 17 people attended, most participated in discussion at the end.
- Dave collected receipts for applying for funding from UMSU.
- Venue and movie seletion was good.
- Things to improve on:
- Plan further in advance for people that need to book days off of work.
- Need to advertise better:
- Can we put our event on the main UManitoba events page?
- Some faculties/buildings were poorly flyer’d
- Possible solution: have members in that faculty put up flyers (know the buildings better)
- Another possible solution: have members gather together to split up into groups and flyer together (social event)
3. Bank account
- We can open up an account at a credit union like Cambrian without having to register as a non-profit organization
- Even with service fees, we’ll save more than the $85 it would take to register the organization.
- Dave will open the bank account soon.
4. January Recruitment Table
- “Business” side: What materials should we have available?
- Business Cards (not for the table, but in general)
- Pamphlets/Flyers
- Poster board: make connection between superstition and religion.
- Donation box
- Small trinkets: Buttons, candy, bookmarks, condoms
- “Fun” side: How can we attract people and get their interest?
- Superstition bash
- Get a mirror to write on and later break. Take donations for spaces to write on. Charge ‘penis tax’ for the more vulgar things people might be likely to write/draw.
- Possibly debunk some other stuff - magic tricks, things like that. Check Bullshit & Mythbusters for things that might be demonstratable.
- Have the small trinkets under a ladder so that people must go under the ladder to get free stuff.
- If we do multiple days, would be nice to have storage:
- Talk to UMSU about storage (pottery salespeople store their wares somewhere)
- Arthur Mauro has storage rooms
- 102N in University Centre is a possibility for small stuff
- Superstition bash
5. Meetings for next semester
- Frequency: go from biweekly to weekly? Reasoning: meetings are fun, we usually run a bit long, weekly means less pressure to come to every meeting
- Vote: All in favour
- Location:
- Possibilities: small room in Engineering, many rooms in UC (4th-5th floor), Helen Glass boardroom, etc
- Trevor will talk to UMSU about rooms available, compile a list, then decide on forums or early January
6. December break
- All correspondence will be done through email, the forums, phone, etc. No official meetings until January.
7. New Business
- When we have storage, create a donor wall. Donors get some space for a polaroid, small message, something like that. Possible link with donuts…?
- Fundraising
- Bake sales
- T-shirts - have a contest for witty slogans
