General Business Minutes Fall 2008
August 28, 2008
President - Adam Pfendt
- All SSSC meetings of the semester to be held in Vogt 311
- Freshman Council sign-up sheet being circulated
- Accepting nominations for Director of Administration until Monday at 6pm
- Nominate your parent for the UofL Parent of the Year Award by 3pm Mon. Sept 8 http://louisville.edu/stu-aff/family/parentofyear.htm
- New Speed School of Engineering Web Developer, Kelly Fleenor -kdflee01@louisville.edu. New website to be launched in very near future
- Chartwell's contract was not renewed as food service provider
- Sodexo is the new company for food services
- $100 increase in meal plans next year $999-$1099
- Extended hours, extensive renovations and new facilities from Fall 2009-2011
- Office cleanup Monday
Vice President - Jordan Malof
- Setting E-Expo date by next meeting
Director of Administration - Travis Cook
- New members should register on the SSSC website and update their contact information. www.speedcouncil.org
Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations - Robert Caprara proxy: Coty Young
- Looking into Engineering company tours
Director of Finance - Kent Matsuzaki
- Pizza and drinks at next SSSC meeting
- Restocking snacks and drinks in SSSC office today
- Re-Ordering "Louisville Engineering" shirts this week, initial order of short sleeves, long-sleeve and hoodies on next order
Director of Public Relations - Alex Halbleib proxy: Steven Ryan
- No report
Director of Society Relations - Mary Soltys proxy: Brittany Raines
- CPC applications due by Sept 5, 3pmhttp://louisville.edu/student/forms/cpcform.htm
- Society Picnic Tues Sept 16th
Director of Student Activities - Shannon George
- Society Picnic Tues Sept 16
- Cheap lunch schedule Sept 23 or 30, Oct 21, Nov 11
- Council retreat date Sept 27-28 subject to approval by SSSC
Director of Student Affairs - Ryan Leonard proxy: Hannah Downs
- Block Party/RSO info fair went well
- Working on Freshman handbooks
- Study Jams coming up on Monday nights, jointly with Triangle Fraternity
Speed News - Brian Goessling
- Email him if you want to help or have content ideas,speednews@speedcouncil.org
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Willing
- Discussions moving on how to oversee graduate degree programs within Speed School.
New Business
- Motion to approve Council Retreat date of Sept 27-28 by Shelly Willingham. 2nd Dustin Cummins. Motion passes.
Old Business
- Jared Hatfield Sworn in as 3rd year representative
Announcements
- Pizza and drinks at SSSC meeting next week
- Cardinal Pep Rally Friday 12-1pm SAC West Lawn
- Triangle Fraternity holding first Study Jam Monday Sept. 1st at 7pm at the Triangle house. All future Study Jams will be in Vogt 311
- Visit the SSSC website at www.speedcouncil.org
- Happy birthday to Hannah Downs!
- NAESC Regional Conference to be held at University of Florida Oct 16-19 in Gainesville. NAESC National Conference held in California April 3-5
- Visit the SAB & RSO Event Calendarhttp://louisville.edu/studentnews/calendar
- Rush Week Sept. 8th-11th
September 4, 2008
ABS President Demetrius Gray
• Email if you have questions or would like to RSVP for a meeting ABS@louisville.edu
DOSAF – Ryan: proxy Hannah Downs
• Frosh handbook
• Study Jams
• STUG forum on tablets
• Has Speed ambassador forms
DOSAC – Shannon
• Society picnic Tues Sept 16th
• Cheap lunch schedule Sept 23 or 30, Oct 21, Nov 11
• Council retreat Sept 27-28
DOSR – Mary: proxy Brittany Raines
• Society picnic - Tues Sept 16th
• Societies have been notified
DOPR – Alex: proxy Steven Ryan
• DOPR committee meeting Wed 6pm in SSSC office
DOF – Kent
• Office snacks and drinks restocked
• T-shirts ordered Tues
DOCAR – Robert
• No report
DOA – Travis
• Adding people to the listservs
VP – Jordan
• Met with Mark Schreck to discuss E-Expo facilities and dates
President
• Attended SGA Senate and Appropriations meetings on Tuesday
o SGA minutes online at http://louisville.edu/sga
o Meetings recorded on video and will be posted online
• Courier Journal raised the price of their newspapers from $.10 to $.25 each. SGA currently buys 750 newspapers to distribute around campus each week. Was able to talk them into keeping their old price for this semester. Looking into NY Times and USA Today. What do students want?
• Fall 2009 meal plan requires all students to buy meal plan
o On campus w/o kitchens $1,095
o On campus w/ kitchens $675
o All other students $250 (<$18 per week)
• Task Force Freshmen Applications
• Teach America
• Sept 9th State of the University Address 3:30pm in Comstock Hall
o No classes meeting from 3pm to 4:30pm on Tuesday the 9th
• Last Frosh Council Interest meeting Sunday 5:30 pm in Vogt 311. Study Jam at 6
Dr. Willing
• MEng has been moved to the graduate program
New Business:
• Motion to approve directors’ nomination of Jared Hatfield as Director of Administraion by Travis, 2nd by Kate
• Motion to acclimate Race Nichols to 2nd year rep by Brittany, 2nd Alina
Old Business:
• Swear in Ahmed Awadallah to 3rd year rep
• Swear in Michelle Harpring to 3rd year rep (on co-op)
Announcements
• Rush Week Sept 8th-11th M-Th 6-9pm on Greek Row
• Monday Sept 8th 11:30-1:30pm Office of Undergraduate Advising holding Advising Fair in the Red Barn. Free food, raffles, games: water ballons, tug-o-war, corn hole, potato sack racing.
• Last FSC interest meeting Sunday 5:30pm Vogt 311 (free pizza)
• Calculus Study Jam Sunday 6:00pm Vogt 311
• Tuesday SWE meeting in Vogt 314 at 12:30, pizza, RSVP via Facebook event
• SSSC class representative elections soon, watch your email
• Speed workshops and Job search programs going on, check with career development
• AICHE meeting Tuesday at 12:30 in Ernst 215
• Email Jared if you are interested in being on the DoA committee
September 11, 2008
President: Adam Pfendt
• Anyone wanting to be nominated for homecoming representing council, the applications are due 9/12 at 2PM.
• SGA has some extra money that can be requested:
• Council will submit a request for new council office chairs.
• Council will submit a request for additional money for more people to go to NAESC
• Dean Day asked for student opinions on the technology fee.
• Also, opinions are still wanted on student discount cards.
Vice President: Jordan Malof
• Attended meeting about the graduate program on Tuesday.
• Minimum 2.75 GPA required to be a good standing graduate student.
• Still 2.5 required to be accepted into the master of engineering program.
DOA: Jared Hatfield
• The printer in the council office should be fixed.
• Changes to improve the reliability of the council computers will be made shortly.
DOCAR: Robert Caprara
• Robert is in need of a proxy. Contact Adam if you are interested in the position.
DOF: Kent Matsuzaki
• Snacks and shirts are in. Everyone should be happy now.
• T-shirts are now on sale for $10.
DOPR: Alex Halbleib (Proxy: Steven Ryan)
• There is a meeting Tuesday the 16th at 6PM in the council office.
• The admissions office is looking for students to host shadow students.
DOSR: Mary Soltys (Proxy: Brittany Raines)
• Another email will be sent out to societies regarding society picnic.
DOSAC: Shannon George
• Society Picnic was originally schedule to be held on on the September 16th has now been moved to the September 23rd to allow more time for organization
• Societies will have an incentive to be involved. A student ballot will determine which society gets an extra $100 for a society hosted activity
DOSAF: Ryan Leonard (Proxy: Hanna Downs)
• 36 freshman came out to the first study jam!
• There will be another study jam this Sunday at 6PM in Vogt 311. Upperclassmen are encouraged to come out and help the freshman.
Speed News: Brian Goessling
• A new issue was released this week.
• Speed News will remain bi-weekly for the time being.
New Business:
• Motion to open floor for nominations for homecoming committee (Shelly Willingham )
• 2nd (Shawn Maurer )
• No nominations…
• Floor is closed.
Old business:
• None
Announcements:
• Shelly: regional's for NAESC is now January 23-25. Nationals will be in California in the first weekend in April
• Hanna: Freshman Council meeting on Sunday followed by study jam
• Jody: The café cab is interested to know where and when it should be located .
September 18, 2008
President: Adam Pfendt
• Fall career fair is over capacity. The most recent edition is Microsoft.
• Alumni council meeting last Tuesday. There is an alumni tailgating event during games
• They are starting a mentoring program for students at speed. Targeting Junior/Senior students who are looking for jobs. Would consist of a dinner type meeting, possibly monthly.
• The new Speed website should go live next week.
• SGA meeting was resheculed for September 30.
• AP&P meeting Tuesday. They will officially be perusing accreditation for graduates as of 2010, but graduates of 2009 would be grandfathered in if accepted. They will also peruse an appeal for students graduating in 2008. Other business included, for next fall, 2009, they will be perusing a single vendor for selling Tablet PCs.
Vice President: Jordan Malof
• Tentative date for E-Expo is March 7th.
• Working on securing buildings on that day.
• Kersey will be under construction that day, so it will be unavailable.
DOA: Jared Hatfield
• SSSC Elections will be held next Thursday during Society Picnic.
• Also, the problem with the printer in the council office has been identified and will be fixed soon.
DOCAR: Robert Caprara
• Still looking for the proxy.
• Attended alumni council meeting with Adam.
DOF: Kent Matsuzaki
• No report.
DOPR: Alex Halbleib (Proxy: Steven Ryan)
• Fliers for society picnic will be ready for posting tonight at 7PM.
DOSR: Mary Soltys (Proxy: Brittany Raines)
• Societies should disregard the email with the incorrect date for society picnic. Society Picnic will be next Thursday, not next Tuesday.
DOSAC: Shannon George
• Society Picnic Thursday the 25th!
• There will be no council meeting.
• Council retreat is the 27th - 28th. Food will be provided.
DOSAF: Ryan Leonard (Proxy: Hanna Downs)
• The Freshman Council meeting was canceled last Sunday.
• Freshman Council and Study Jams will continue as normally schedule starting Sunday.
Speed News: Brian Goessling
• New issue of Speed news will be published on Monday...
New Business:
• None
Old Business:
• None
Announcements:
• Adam Hacker: Business for Leadership Advantage will be brought up in upcoming council meetings.
October 2, 2008
President: Adam Pfendt
• Thanks to everyone who helped at the Society Picnic!
• Summary of survey results: food is too expensive, I <3 ponies
• UofL Baja Invitational Sat Nov. 8, 8pm to midnight
• Charlestown, IN ~30 min away via Google maps
• Race night, 1st race hosted by UofL
• Need $$$, manpower, or just advertisement and support
• 4 hour endurance race, anticipating 30 other universities
• New Speed School Website is up: http://louisville.edu/speed/
• Fall Engineering Career Fair Friday Oct 10th from 11am-3pm
• Writing a letter to the companies, students, etc.
• Need 2 students to sign up for each block of 2 hours to work the registration table
• We will be responsible for shuttling companies to and from the Graphics parking lot (similar to last year) via golf carts and maybe a few volunteer cars/SUVs
• currently 55 companies
• Alumni Homecoming Bash Friday Oct 17 Dinner at 7:30 Reception at 6pm.
• Students are invited to attend!
• Plated dinner, formal attire, alumni awards, comedian, jazz quartet
• Setting up an event in conjunction with Cummins Engineering via Andrew Dickinson
• SGA update: DPS buying new bike racks for 140 bikes on campus, not sure about locations yet
Vice President: Jordan Malof
• E-Expo is march 7th
DOA: Jared Hatfield
• Elections were held last Thursday. There was a great turnout. As a result of the high interest in SSSC from the freshman class, the number of first year representatives was raised from 9 to 15 at the last directors meeting.
DOCAR: Robert Caprara
• No report
DOF: Kent Matsuzaki
• No report
DOPR: Alex Halbleib (Proxy: Steven Ryan)
• Advertising for the career fair next Friday
DOSR: Mary Soltys (Proxy: Brittany Raines)
• No report
DOSAC: Shannon George
• Fall festival is coming up soon. Everyone needs to help out
• Thanks to everyone who helped out with society picnic
DOSAF: Ryan Leonard (Proxy: Hanna Downs)
• There is another Study-Jam this Sunday. Afterwards we will be evaluating the future of Study-Jams this semester based on turnout. There will be free food.
Freshman Council: Belinda Casanova
• Freshman Council meeting this Sunday at 5:30 in Vogt.
Speed News: Brian Goessling
• New issue of Speed news will go out next week
New Business:
• Motion to swear in representatives for 1st 4th and 5th year members (Shelly)
• Second ()
• First Year Representatives sworn in:
• Cory Revert
• Zachary Russo
• Cristina Heisler
• Nicholas Greco
• Lindsay Ferguson
• Martin Kiefer
• Matthew Dutcher
• Christopher Garr
• Belinda Casanova
• Hannah Baughman
• Alex Meredith
• Alexandria (Allie) Bube
• Matthew Howard
• 4th Year representatives Sworn in:
• Adam Hacker
• Sarah Greenwell
• Katherine Brandner
• Brian Goessling
• 5th Year representatives Sworn in:
• Andrea Costanzo
• Bill Norton Jr
• Kara Zoeller
• Shelly Willingham
• Pearce Stokes
Announcements:
• Shelly, NASEC regional's in in January, not in a couple of weeks.
• Next SWE meeting is in Vogt on Wednesday at 12:15 where subway type food will be sold.
• Jared: All of the new freshman representatives need to register on SpeedCouncil.org
• Adam: Next Tuesday is wear red to be fed at the Red Barn. Wear red, and you get food.
October 9, 2008
President: Adam Pfendt
• UofL Baja Invitational Sat Nov. 8, 8pm to midnight Charlestown, IN
• Advertising
• Coordinate society presence, contact department heads (DOSR)
• Coordinate volunteers, advertise for volunteers
• Fall Engineering Career Fair Friday Oct 10th from 11am-3pm
• Need more volunteers
• Alumni Homecoming Bash Friday Oct 17 Dinner at 7:30 Reception at 6pm.
• Cummins Engineering co-sponsoring Fall Festival
• Will be talking to students and are interested in hiring
• Present at career fair
• Possibly bringing some of their large equipment to display in the loop
• Reynold's Lofts Speed Mixer Thurs 10-23 5-7pm at the Lofts
• Advertise to general student body and target graduate students
• Free flu shots on campus, see email for information
• Council retreat dates and opinions?
• 1 evening and part of the next morning in a cabin, most likely at Otter Creek camp grounds
• structured activities centered on improving the activities held by SSSC as well as the atmosphere of the council
• goal setting, program re-evaluation, brain storming, etc.
• some casual fun geared toward getting people to meet and interact with members they do not know
• industrial amounts of pancakes, grilling, etc. for food
• a few hours of free time for hiking, sports/games, or possibly canoeing (if there is interest)
Vice President: Jordan Malof
• No Report
DOA: Jared Hatfield
• Every council representative is required to serve on a director's committee. There will be emails sent out to the representatives to insure everyone is on a comittee. This is especially important for the first year representatives.
DOCAR: Robert Caprara
•
DOF: Kent Matsuzaki
• There is food in the council office!
• Currently finishing up the budget for the next fiscal year. It is due to SGA by next Wednesday.
DOPR: Alex Halbleib (Proxy: Steven Ryan)
• No Report
DOSR: Mary Soltys (Proxy: Brittany Raines)
• No Report
DOSAC: Shannon George
• Fall festival is October 30th. There will be jousting and the bungie run. There will be a corn hole tournament and free food. Volunteers are needed to pick up food the day before and help set up the day of. Contact Shannon if you are interested in helping out.
• There will be a cheap lunch next Wednesday from 11AM - 1PM.
DOSAF: Ryan Leonard (Written Report)
• No study jam because of fall break.
Freshman Council: Belinda Casanova
• Game night on November 3rd (the day before the election), but is still in the planning phases
• No freshman council meeting this Sunday due to fall break
Speed News: Brian Goessling
• A new edition of Speed News was published this past Monday.
• Anyone with productive criticism on the publication should email speednews@speedcouncil.org
New Business:
• (SWE) Motion allocate maximum $100 to SWE for their trip to the national SWE conference.
• Second
• Motion Carries
• (Brian )Motion to allocated the maximum $100 for BMES conference.
• (Shelly) Second
• Motion Carries
• (Jared) Motion to acclimate Shawn (Goose) Moore as a 4th year representative and Stephen LeGere as a first year representative.
Old Business:
• None
Announcements:
• Shannon - If you have any fall games you want to play at Fall Festival send them to Shannon.
• Brian - If you haven't voted for homecoming king and queen you can vote under Ulink web ballots.
• Adam - Meeting next week will be held in JS 100.
• Future free practice tests that Kaplan will be offering on campus:
• MCAT, PCAT and DAT are Sunday, Oct 26th - afternoon 1-5
• LSAT, GRE and GMAT are Saturday November 1st - morning 10-1
October 16, 2008
President: Adam Pfendt
• 60 companies and over 350 students attended the career fair. Thanks to everyone who helped out. Any feedback should be sent to the career center.
• Cummins Engineering co-sponsoring Fall Festival. Will be talking to students and are interested in hiring. Possibly bringing some of their large equipment to display in the loop
• Reynold's Lofts Speed Mixer Thurs 10-23 5-7pm at the Lofts, Advertise to general student body and target graduate students
Vice President: Jordan Malof
• No report.
DOA: Jared Hatfield
• No Report.
DOCAR: Robert Caprara
• No report.
DOF: Kent Matsuzaki
• Submitted the budget to SGA.
DOPR: Alex Halbleib (Proxy: Steven Ryan)
• No report.
DOSR: Mary Soltys (Proxy: Brittany Raines)
• No Report
DOSAC: Shannon George
• Cheap lunch is Tuesday October 21st from 11 to 1. Help will be needed to move tables.
• Fall festival is October 30th. More help is still needed. Also any game ideas send to
DOSAF: Ryan Leonard (Written Report)
• No report
Freshman Council: Belinda Casanova
• Game night will be November 3.
• Regular Meeting this weekend
Speed News: Brian Goessling
• A new issue will be coming out on Monday. Any news needs to be submitted by this Saturday at the latest.
New Business:
• Motion to select the representative for Leadership Advantage Coordinator for Speed School Student Council. (Hacker)
• Second
• Nominations: Alina Carillo (Accepts)
• Motion to table discussion. (Shellly)
• Second (Goose)
Old Business:
• None
Announcements:
• Meal plan discussion forum will be held from 11 to 1 at the SAC next Monday. Discuss the mandatory $250 meal plan for all students including commuters.
• Anyone interested in being LA coordinator should contact Adam Hacker
• CPC deadline for Spring Funding due Nov. 12th, fall 2009 events due April 17
Meeting Dismissed
