Attendance: Dave Bedard, Vidhi Shah, Joelle Harrington, Allen Petit, Katherine Holland, Dave Coates

Call to Order: 5:05 p.m.

I. President

a. looked over bill welcoming Dr. Dooley and his wife

b. ProJo offered us 1 cent per paper- hard offer to refuse

1. maybe we could get the New York Times as well

c. They were supposed to replace all the newspaper machines over the summer; not sure

if they did or not.

d. Dr. Dooley coming to public forum on 9/23

e. Dr. Dooley is doing a meet and greet with different organizations at his house soon.

f. Dave met with athletics; we are going to do a lot to support them and advertise,

especially around basketball season.

1. brought back tailgating

g. homecoming is 10/13-10/17

1. Lowell booked concert the same night as the Rhody Rally and bonfire, so we

need to figure out how we are going to handle it.

II. Finance

a. There is a Finance 101 meeting on 9/21 t 8:00 p.m. in atrium 2 for all groups who want

to attend.

b. Allen needs a few more weeks with the inventory program.

III. SOARC

a. we have to look over Student Organization Handbook

b. new “levels” for groups: RAMS (reworded so there is no hierarchy, trying to remove

loopholes)

1. R- recreation

2. A- academic

3. M- mass media and government

4. S- possibly skills

c. A couple of groups may not get a budget though they have before.