Minutes of the Meeting: February 2, 2004

Officers Present: Wahiba Chair, Jorge Vilchez, Gabrielle Gomez, Rea Laccay, Christine Lipps, Bethany Bond, and Martha Jimenez

Officer Absent: Samantha Tytell and Priscillia Octarina

Date: February 2, 2004

Time: 1:20-2:10PM and 4:00-5:00PM (2 separate meetings)

Location: Library

Recorded by: Rea Laccay and Wahiba Chair

• FIRST SOCIAL EVENT-ICE SKATING
• Will be held at Yerba Buena in San Francisco from 7:00PM-9:15PM (officers be there by 6:45)
• $4 for members and $5 for guests
• Christine will bring in camera for the yearbook. She will also be making a big poster and some flyers to advertise the event
• Officers should pick up flyers in the OSPLD mailbox and help place them on bulletin boards all over campus


• NEWSLETTER
• Gabrielle will check into funding from Kinkos, Office Depot, OfficeMax, etc.
• She will also try to get newsletter done by February 11 to distribute at the ice skating social
• Look into a way to distribute to members through OSPLD
• Gabrielle will also write the induction article
• Newsletter will have:
• Officers welcome (all)
• Honorary member interview (Wahiba)
• Upcoming events section (being finalized)
• Induction article (Gabrielle)
• Encourage note to all members to write articles
• Start working on newsletter award due June 1st
• Have a newsletter per month, so 4 more for the semester


• YEARBOOK
• Martha will meet with Wahiba half hour every week to put together the yearbook
• A bi-weekly yearbook party will be planned to have officers help put it together


• REGIONAL CONFERENCE
• Although Reno Conference is during Spring Break, officers have decided that Northridge will be the best choice for the regional conference
• Conference will be from March 12-14
• Wahiba will start signing up for the conference
• Jorge will do more research on the best transportation for us to take


• WEBSITE
• Individual pictures of officers need to be taken and submitted to Ivan to put on the website


• FUNDRAISERS
• Officers have decided not to have a Valentine’s Day fundraiser because there’s not enough time to prepare
• Rea called local florists and candy shops for donations, but was unsuccessful since Valentine’s Day is one of their biggest holidays and could not afford to donate at this time
• Possible fundraisers for this semester
• See’s Candy sale (get 50% of profits)
• Restaurant Fundraiser (get a percentage of restaurant profit from people brought in by our organization)
• Golden State Warriors/Sharks snack bar (work their snack bar and get % of sale)
• Work with dorms for fundraiser (chance to promote and encourage students as well)
• Any ideas, email Rea @ rlaccay@sfsu.edu


• CALENDAR OF EVENTS
• A calendar of events is in the making
• Will possibly be included in next Newsletter
• Some events to look forward to:
• ice skating
• All members meeting
• Sophomore Recognition
• Regional Conference
• Beach Clean-up and picnic
• movie night
• fundraiser events

Next Meeting: To be determined...