{"id":2322,"date":"2014-04-21T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2014-04-21T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T19:43:10","slug":"cultural-minutes-1-29-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/cultural-minutes-1-29-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Minutes 1-29-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>MEETING START TIME: <\/b>04:58 PM<\/p>\n<p><b>ATTENDANCE:\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Committee:<\/b> Solomon, Patterson, Natowich, Lee, Montecalvo, Pasquale, Uy, Goldstein, Maynard, McQuade<\/p>\n<p><b>Absent:<\/b> Schaffert, Consuegra<\/p>\n<p><b>COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Student Affairs Diversity Committee <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Meets first Wednesday of every month<b> <\/b>at 1 pm<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Trying to get more student representation<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>McQuade<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Solomon: Meeting with Melvin <\/b><\/li>\n<li>MCC: Working with a group, MUSIC<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Multicultural Unity and Student Involvement Council<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>They want to request money to give to cultural groups<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Basically a sub- senate for the MCC<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Bruce believes MUSIC should exist, but with limited powers<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Use MUSIC to help us with the end of semester event<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>End of Semester Event<\/b>:<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Work with MCC and MUSIC <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li>To get cultural food:<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact Dining Services to have them fill out a form saying that the multicultural foods we\u2019re interested in are not possible for them to make (forcing us to get the food from other vendors)<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Bonfire<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Alternative to this: smaller events weekly\/ monthly<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Rhody Paws <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Start contacting ASAP<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Concept:<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Dog goes through training with it\u2019s owner<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Receives certification to be a service dog<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Go to hospitals, schools, help wounded soldiers, etc.<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Very well trained, friendly<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Way for a people to feel better<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Brings people together, love of dogs<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Out on the quad, let dogs roam<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Free<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Counseling services is present<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tentative Date: Monday April 28, second to last day of classes<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Rain Date: Tuesday April 29, last day of classes<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional Ideas:<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>If you give a donation, you can get a picture with a dog and Rhody with a fancy camera<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Rubber bands for cash box<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Safety and Risk Management:<b> <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Cynthia Stanton: Patterson<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Assignments: <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Keep thinking of ideas y\u2019all<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Patterson: Contact Cynthia Stanton: Safety and Risk Management<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Solomon: Talk to SAA for Rhody at Rhody Paws, talk to Cheryl<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Maynard: Talk to Rhody Paws before end of February<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Uy: Facebook Page<b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: <\/b>05:26 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEETING START TIME: 04:58 PM ATTENDANCE:\u00a0 Committee: Solomon, Patterson, Natowich, Lee, Montecalvo, Pasquale, Uy, Goldstein, Maynard, McQuade Absent: Schaffert, Consuegra COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: \u00a0 Student Affairs Diversity Committee Meets first Wednesday of every month at 1 pm Trying to get more student representation McQuade Solomon: Meeting with Melvin MCC: Working with a group, MUSIC Multicultural Unity 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