LAS Student Council Meeting Minutes

January 23, 2008
Members present:

• Biology
• Physics
• World Languages and Cultures
• GSB - Reineke
• Economics
• Chemistry
• Pre-Professional Health Professions
• Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
• Psychology
• GSB - Turk
• GSB - Engelstad
• Mathematics
• Criminal Justice
• Biochemistry & Biophysics
• Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
• Philosophy
• Anthropology
• Music
• Sociology
• Biological and Premedical Illustration
• English
• Advisor

Excused: GSB - Brady

Call to Order

Approval of Minutes from November 28, 2007
Approved

Election of new Vice-President

• Previous Vice-President resigned.  Treasurer has to skip class to attend meeting.
• Nominations for Vice-President
• Turk nominates Chemistry - declines
• [Chem] Is this a good meeting time?  Conflict for officers, apparently.
• [Pres] Better time suggestions?
• Turk nominates Anthropology - Accepts (Ian Riggenburg)
• Floor closed.
• Riggenburg approved as Vice-President - without objection.
• Speech: [VP] First meeting, from Anthropology club; Director of Student Affairs with GSB, a Senior.
• Nominations for Treasurer
• [Treasurer] Treasurer signs vouchers, goes to accounting office once a month to check account; draw up budget that is approved for distribution of money to clubs from money allocated to us.  Get a wonderful according folder put together by me.  That's it.
• [Chem] Has anyone been treasurer before?
• Secretary nominates Engelstad - declines
• Turk nominates Philosophy - declines
• Turk nominates Music - declines
• [Music] asks for volunteers
• Secretary nominates WLC - accepts (Patrick Teply)
• Floor closed.
• [WLC] I'm Patrick, from World Languages and Cultures, third year - wanted to do treasurer last semester but was too busy, would like to give it another shot.
• Teply approved as Treasurer - without objection.

{{Secretary's note - To avoid confusion, I will refer to the old and new treasurers by their clubs for the remainder of the minutes.}}

• Come up and take your seets officers. 

Reports
A. President

•    Next meeting - Feb. 6, and so on as in the e-mail. (fill in from e-mail)

B. Treasurer

• We have $6384.03 in our account after allocations
• [Pres] Several organizations say they don't have funds; accounting office says they should be distributed, double-check with treasurer, have them go to accounting office to find out about that.
• [Turk] Conference travel?  [Pres] just give us a receipt, and we can reimburse you.

C. GSB

• Reineke
• Congratulations to Senator Turk who is now Vice-Speaker of the Senate! 
• President Geoffroy will be speaking at GSB tonight around 7:15 in the Campanile Room, followed by a presentation about the MU Sign that GSB and the Memorial Union have been working on - the purpose is to get a digital sign that can display information about student organizations erected outside of the Memorial Union. 
• We will also be seating an Election Commission, seating new members of the Finance Committee, and looking at a lot of bills, including a resolution supporting Keep Iowa Beautiful and a bill selling the GSB vehicle fleet.
• Turk - info about regular allocations:
• individual clubs as part of LAS Council do not qualify for Regular allocations, but other clubs like the model rocket club which may have interaction with you would be eligible
• info sessions are on
•  Tues. Jan. 29 at 11:00
•  Thurs. Jan. 31 at 4:00
•  Mon. Feb. 4 at 6:00
•  Wed. Feb. 6 at 6:00. 
• Contact Taleen Brady @ Bradyt26@iastate.edu for more information, she is has recently been promoted on the Finance Committee and is a good contact there.

D. Advisor

Old Business
A. VEISHEA - meeting with Dave, College will have one large tent south of Catt Hall like last year.  What involvement for the council this year?  Last year we were involved in parade; dean came with us.  Was fun.  What involvement do you want?  Parade?  LAS Tent?  Etc.?

• [Chem] Parade's good - high visibility thing.
• [Pres] Dean rode in convertible with us, we walked with placards representing all the majors/dept's in the LAS College, got shirts (paid for by the council).  Know other councils will do impressive things.  Dave talked about possibly having a big balloon - don't know price yet, sure the college would help cover cost of it. 
• [Physics] Volunteers needed
• [Pres] Other ideas?  Parade entries due Feb. 15th or so.  
• [Pres] Tent wouldn't do anything necessarily, could have table, though.  Dave wants band to swing by or something; otherwise will be LAS Dept's there. Other ideas?
• [Music] Like idea of walking along w/ Dean.
• [Pres] threw out candy last year, was fun.  Will talk more at the meeting on the 6th.  Will talk to Dean about interest in doing it again.

New Business
A. Laura Vernon Scholarship

• Scholarship specifically for representatives on the LAS Council.  Last year had 2 scholarships - $1000 each.  Application to fill out, will be due end of March, beginning of April - will get it to you in the next week or so.

B. Special Conference Funding Applications

• Can be turned in at any time - for sure must be in by Mar. 26th, but if know will go to conference before then, come to us and let us know and can get money earlier than that.  Club allocation forms will be due at that same time.
• [Geo] Applications - individual or club?
• [Pres] one club, one event.   Just list who will be going to the conference on the application.

C. Departmental Reports
D. Open Forum

Adjourn @ 5:34
Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 6 5:10pm Bessey 205