The following are meeting minutes from the House of Organizations meeting. The House meets every Tuesday at 5:30 PM in Room 318 on the third floor of The Commons. These meetings are open to all students to listen to discussion. If you would like to present an issue, please contact the Speaker of the House, Nayana Davis, in advance so you can be added to the agenda.
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Call to Order
5:38
Roll Call
Absent: Ozell
Approval of Minutes
Approved
First Year Ambassador
New Business
A. HL47-0607- Additional Allocation for Filipino American Student Association for District VI Semiformal
Joy- FASA asked for $1000, most of the money is coming from Ticket revenue, it is being held at the Hilton.
VOTE For 5 Opposed 0 Abstaining 1
B. HL48-0607- Additional Allocation for Social Work Student Association for Substance Abuse Panel
Joy- Want to put up substance abuse panel in possibly the public policy builiding- food, appreciation gift
VOTE For 5 Opposed 0 Abstaining 1
C. HL49-0607- Recognition of Archana Murali as the House of Organization First Year Ambassador
- I heard about it through the Involvement Center.
-I have time to come to the meetings.
- I will try to get more FY to get involved in Organizations and make them feel they are part of UMBC
- I was a secretary of my High school, I held a lot of leadership positions
- I am in SEB, BioCOM, RSA, pre-med society, SASA, S of Physics students, and others
VOTE For 5 Opposed 0 Abstaining 1
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
D. HL50-0607- Acceptance of Push America
Danielle- Focus on Philanthropy, it helps people with disabilities
Ross- it needs to be placed in a category, it needs to be friendly amendment
Danielle- Funded, service category to help raise money
Alex- how many people are involved?
Danielle- At least 5 members, it started originally from frat but it is now open to the whole campu
Joy- What do they do?
Danielle- They hold events to raise money for people with disabilities. But we have to think if we are going to recognize them because it was a philanthropy started by Pi Kappa’s. They want to get funding for events that will be held for the whole campus.
Ross- can anyone ride their bikes across America?
Danielle- Yes but that isn’t their purpose.
David- What if the people on campus in the org do something that Pi Kapp disagrees with?
Danielle- Yes, but I don’t think that there should be organization formed for this, we should be able to give them money.
Ross- I don’t want them to come to us in the future and ask us for thousands of dollars for one of their members to ride their bike across the nation.
Danielle- there are also other philanthropy groups in greek orgs, and if we pass this there will be many more requests
Joy- are there any interested non Pi Kapp members?
Danielle- yes
Nayana- Are the recruiting other people?
Danielle- Yes.
David- If the head of Push and Pi Kapp disagree over the way to handle the money, I think the leaders of this organization should separate all ties with the frat.
Danielle- I move to table it.
Phil- It does need a statement in its consititution to separate the organizations.
Joy- I second the motion to table. Are the any other organizations like this?
Phil- we would have to see if they are tied to any other charity or for any one purpose.
Nayana- So Danielle, will you get in contact them?
Committee Reports
A. Student Life-
-Danielle- there is an open meeting at 5 pm concerning the 5 groups that we have concerns with. On Thursday we will be discussing our concerns with Push America. We will deal with the two “sororities” and they have to present their side of the case before any action can be taken.
B. Finance-
-Joy- meeting Thursday, with 3 pieces. We will start budget hearings tonight. And we will try to do some over the weekend, Sunday at 2.
Nayana- let’s try and get it over during the weekend.
-Joy- Should we do some Thursday?
-Phil- You should see if you can get them pretty quickly.
C. O.S-
Ozell- I’m working on SGA project with the dance committee. SEB will help out with advertising.
Nayana- The role of this is recognizing organizations. We haven’t really been helping out orgs, so we decided to form the O.S committee to be an organization to assist organizations.
Danielle- and the publicity of the house and its missions.
Nayana- We don’t know if organizations will participate in the spotlight weeks, we decided to help organizations instead.
Announcements
Apply for Leadershape.
Carrie- Readership program- no one ever came to the house. Those who are interested are going to want general ledger money, will have to come to the house meetings to ask for money. We don’t know if we will have it next semester. There is a group of senators are working on it, it is Danielle Lipinski so contact her if you have questions.
Roll Call
Absent: No one
Adjournment
6:10
Pass the Gavel
Budget Deliberations