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Rieber Hall Residents’ Association Meeting

Winter 2012 Week 5

January 28th, 2013

I. Call to Order: 9:05 p.m

II. Attendance:1 Absent-3S

III. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

A. Called by:Denis 2N

1. Seconded by:Jessica 6S

B. Vote: Pass (9y, 0n, 1a)

IV. Proposals

  1. Black by Popular Demand
  2. African Student Union
  3. Get African students to stay at UCLA
  4. Requesting $286.75 for transportation and food
  5. Denis 2N moves to give $20.00 from external funding

(1)Andrew 4S friendly amends amount to $40.00-accepted

  1. Seconded by: John 3N
  2. Vote: 7y, 1n, 2a-approved
  1. SWC Happy Hearts
  2. Raising awareness of emotional independence and abuse
  3. February 13th on the Hill
  4. Requesting $15.00
  5. Sam 2S moves togive $15.00 from external funding
  6. Seconded by: Jessica 6S
  7. Vote: 10y, 0n, 0a-approved
  8. USAC CAC Bruin in the Kitchen
  9. Cooking food every month from different cultures
  10. Inviting professional cook to teach basic cuisine
  11. Domestic and international students
  12. This month is Arabic food
  13. February 14th, 5-7pm, pick up tickets from DASHEW center (Sunset Mesa Room A)
  14. Requesting $18.02
  15. Andrew 4S moves to give $18.02 from external funding
  16. Seconded by: Erin 5N
  17. Vote: 8y, 0n, 2a
  18. Lunar New Year’s Celebration
  19. Information, food, and activities about Lunar New Year’s
  20. Money to buy honoraria for performers
  21. De Neve Plaza Room and Quad
  22. Requesting $26.58
  23. Denis 2N moves to give $15.00 from external funding

(1)Sam 2S friendly amends amount to $26.58-accepted

  1. Seconded by: Jessica 6S
  2. Vote: 7y, 2n, 1a-approved

V. Announcements(Not including Proposals and Staff Announcements)

  1. None

VI. Staff Announcements

  1. FIR (Jane):
  2. None
  3. President (Kristen):
  4. Rieber Court’s Got Talent
  5. All residents can attend
  6. Precursor to Hill’s Got Talent
  7. Presentations within 5 minutes
  8. Tuesday February 26th, 7-9pm, FSL
  9. Monetary Concerns
  10. Please feel free to ask about funds are going or its situation
  11. We want transparency
  12. Internal Vice President (Andy):
  1. It would take 1,000 years to watch all the videos currently on Youtube
  1. External Vice President (Stefanie):
  2. Feast of the Southern Wild
  3. Movie
  4. Relay for Life
  5. Cancer awareness and fundraising
  6. May 4th-5th
  7. 24 hours in Drake
  8. Student Lobby Conferences
  9. March 1st-4th
  10. In Sacramento-apply!
  11. Networking Night
  12. February 12th, 7:30-9:30pm
  13. Covel Grand Horizon
  14. OCHC Casino Night
  15. Roaring 20’s and All that Jazz
  16. February 23rd 8pm-12am
  17. Covel Grand Horizon
  18. Volunteers sign up at
  19. Social Chair (Kelly):
  20. R-Love
  21. Thursday February 7th
  22. 7-9 pm, on all North side lounges
  23. Different activity and food on each floor
  24. Controller (Izzie):
  25. None
  26. Facilities (Christine and Alex):
  27. SWC Student Art Display
  28. True Beauty by True Bruins
  29. Submissions emailed to or send to Kerkoff 308 by Friday February 15th 5pm
  30. Publicity (Randy):
  31. T-shirt Competition
  32. Shirts will be free
  33. Every floor will submit a design and works will be exhibited and voted on
  34. Secretary (Vivian):
  35. DNE Townhall meeting Wednesday6th, 7pm in Vista Multipurpose Room
  36. Multicultural Awareness Chair (Ammar):
  37. None
  38. Team Green (Shayna):
  39. Do it in the Dark
  40. Pledge online!
  41. 5N got the most pledges this week
  42. Rieber Hall 2nd overall
  43. Resident Director (Zan)
  44. Hello!
  45. ARD (Melody):
  46. College Bowl
  47. Signups live-deadline February 12th
  48. 4 people/team, 2 alternates
  49. Winning team goes to Hill wide competion
  50. Tuesday February 19th
  51. Jeopardy-esque
  52. Prizes: Kaplan test prep courses, cash on Bruincard, scholarships, advancement to College Jeopardy, trophy

VIII. Additional Announcements

  1. Money reallocation
  2. Budget update from past couple years
  3. Move funds from internal to external
  4. Vote on in next Association
  5. Postpone to when truly necessary

IX. Adjournment

A. Called by:Denis 2N

1. Seconded by:Andrew 4S

2. Vote: Pass/No Pass (10y, 0n, 0a)

B. Time adjourned:9:58pm

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