Minutes from December 2 Members Meeting

Attendance: Sally Forsythe, Andrew Jones, Brianne McClelland, Jordan Even, Steve Lehmann, Ashley Schedin, Jacob Neumann, Matt Staneck, John Dimmick

  1. LUNCH!
  2. Recap of November 16 Members Meeting (Brianne)
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Jordan)
  4. $710 in the treasury after reimbursement for Paige
  5. Looking into an advance of funds for our DC trip in order to secure hotel rooms and plane tickets
  6. NEED TO ATTEND SENATE MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 @9—THEY WILL BE VOTING ON THE FUNDING FOR OUR LUNCH.
  7. Old Business:
  8. SFLA Conference Update (Andrew)
  9. 8 person limit- alternate funding or 2 people drop
  10. Jacob and John volunteered to drop out of the trip if Alternate Funding is not available
  11. Alternate Funding ($250 per person) - Sally and Brad are looking into possible sources
  12. Lutherans for Life
  13. Intercollegiate Studies Institute
  14. Individual sponsorships
  15. Stay through Monday?—NO
  16. Funding not approved through Student Senate
  17. Majority voted not to pay $30 out of pocket for the additional night
  18. Hopefully we can attend the March for Life another year when we have more funds at our disposal.
  19. Time for flight back to campus
  20. Andrew will research Sunday afternoon flight times that will correlate with the train schedules and put us back on campus around 10:30 pm.
  21. Additional Fees
  22. Hotel- $5 per person
  23. Meals- Friday dinner, Sunday lunch and dinner
  24. SALT Adopt-A- Family
  25. We have not yet received the information about our family
  26. Turn in donations (STILL NEED $10 DONATION FROM JORDAN, JEN, AND JACOB)
  27. Brianne will email everyone when the shopping time/date has been determined
  28. Meeting time and dates for next semester
  29. We will keep our current meeting time: Thursday night @ 9 pm.
  30. Our first meeting will be held on January 18.
  31. Brianne will contact Maria Watson to arrange room reservations
  32. Committee Chair for January Speaker
  33. OOPS WE FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS! If you want to chair this committee email Brianne
  34. January Fundraiser – Bake Sale
  35. Chair: Matt Staneck
  36. Committee: Ashley, Sally, Brianne, Steve
  37. Donations from Lutherans for Life and St. T’s
  38. Table in Main Union Area
  39. Announcements for next semester:
  40. Bake Sale meeting- Tuesday, January 9, time TBA
  41. Bake Sale- Monday, January 15, time TBA
  42. Advertising- Torch, monthly calendars
  43. CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR TIME/LOCATION UPDATES!7
  44. Next Meeting: Thursday, January 18 @9