CULTURAL COMMITTEE MINUTES                                                                     1, 29, 2013


MEETING START TIME: 1:00 PM
ATTENDANCE:
Committee: Cicero, Sim, Patterson, Conboy, Soloman, Plante, Uy, St. Pierre
Non-Committee:
Absent:
Can’t Make It:
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

  • Update
    • Welcome back!
  • Ellery Water fire
    • Who: Multicultural organizations, MCC, SEA, SAA, etc.?
    • What: We should have tiki torches and have organizations perform.
    • When: Early to mid-April
    • Heather:
      • Talk to officer Mark, talk to Joe Ryan for SAA and their homecoming plan, talk to the Union Board about block party, police and fire department, sticker party/ musician guild, lighting and speakers, mini stage so dance groups can perform, we need vendors and student organizations, photo booths and seating, Ellery pond restorations project group, etc.
  • Rammies + Compensation for it
    • What event should we do to compensate for the Rammies, an award show that would celebrate organizations accomplishments.
      • Dinner for the group.
      • Collaboration with union board about block party and Ellery waterfire.
  • HRL/ Bathroom policy
    • HRL wants to create a LGBTQ living learning community in a resident hall so that the residents can use the bathroom that coordinates with one’s gender
    • Dr. Plouffe wants to know what the students think about it. Student Senate will create a survey.
    • – Should have a survey that asks people
      • who is filling this out (LGBTQ, etc.)
      • what their opinion is and what they want
  • Assignment
    • Risk Management – Conboy
    • Officer Mark – St Pierre
    • Talk to campus affairs to see what they’re doing with Campus Affairs –
    • Patterson
    • Write a little memo so we can write to our dancing groups – Cicero
    • Talk to the MCC, LGBT Center, etc. – Cicero
    • LGBTQ Survey set-up – Sim

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 01:45 PM