Cultural Minutes 9-10-2014

MEETING START TIME: 3:30pm

ATTENDANCE: Montecalvo, Natowich, Pasquale, Patterson, Schaffert

Absences: Sarpong, Ogebemudia-Pratt

DISCUSSION:

  • Diversity Week

o   Friday October 3rd

o   The last time slot à 4-4:50 pm

o   For the past three years, we relate diversity to uri and how to encourage it for everyone

o   Overall introduction, standup sit down activity, video playing, sticky note value activity

  • Homecoming

o   Candy apples

o   Saturday October 25th

o   9am-2pm approx

o   Last year possibly 200 apples

o   Natowich- will get apples

o   Patterson will put in for money and then will go shopping

  • Spirit of Giving Holiday Drive

o   Go to presidents meeting to encourage all to participate

o   Meet with Sarah Martone to discuss

o   Montecalvo- Liaison

  • Rhody-Thon

o   Keaney better location + free for student use

o   No food allowed inside but food can be in the lobby right outside

o   Date: November 22nd

o   Time: 10 am- 10 pm

o   Possibly move to ace of cakes to beginning of second semester

o   All sponsorship money will be distributed

  • Basically have an account specifically for rhody-thon

o   Operating cost should be 10% of goal (Goal= 20,000)

o   SEC and SAA want to get involved

o   SEC- music + staging ?

o   Maybe have an SEC and SAA liaison to come to meetings

o   Most likely tree house for staging and lighting

o   RI Blood lady come to speak at event

o   Patterson called head of campus rec. Jodie Hawkins

  • Christine Diaz is our contact
  • Depending on attendance, within operating house/extra hours
  • Pay for law enforcement/security

o   Flyers around campus of the kids who are affected

  • Where is Jacob?
  • Something that catches people’s attention to get the name out

o   Have packet from Temple University

  • See in interest for sponsorships

o   Patterson- Send out packet for minutes

o   Got the OK from Brian to use money

o   Job descriptions-

  • Hospital relations chair- Schaffert
  • Event logistics- Pasquale
  • Sponsorship and Catering- Montecalvo
  • Finance- Patterson
  • Dance Relations- Natowich
    • Dancer fundraising

o   Will be in charge of donor drive

  • Morale- SAA
  • Social media- all

o   Schaffert- intial contact with families through Carly TBD

o   SAA programming throughout the event

o   Liaison for Keaney à Pasquale

  • Risk management
  • Head of programming in keaney
  • Law enforcement

o   Hosptial Liason à Schaffert

o   Dining Services Liaison à Montecalvo

  • Check to see if donation for Pinkberry is possible

o   Patterson talk to Yip to make free wix website

o   Also need site for donor drive website

o   By October 1st the goal is:

  • Have advertising online
  • Booking booths in union
  • Website up
  • Donor drive
  • Spam FTK online everywhere
  • LGBTQ

o   Pasquale still liaison

o   Meet with director

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:11pm