Bucknell University
The Panhellenic Association

General Council Meeting Minutes
April 14 , 2008

• Meeting was called to order at 6:00

  • Roll Call
  • All present
  • President  Reports: Mary O’Sullivan
  • Vote on previous minutes
  • Unanimously passed
  • Homecoming
  • Tentative Sisterhood Bash event
  • Alumna invited by her sorority;
  • sorority representatives and their guests will gather Hunt formal after football game
  • Response from the floor: too many homecoming activities? Too similar to Sunday’s networking event? What students and alumna would attend?
  • Will continue to discuss at future meetings
  • Email Mary with suggestions and concerns
  • All Sorority Letter Day: Monday, April 21st
  • Next Panhellenic General Council Meeting: April 21 in Hunt Basement
  • Possibly change time of next semester’s Panhel meetings to 5:45pm
  • Panhel / IFC / Presidents Dinner: Sunday April 27th
  • Vote on Day of Silence Funding
  • Motion to fund Day of Silence pledge cards ($50)
  • Motion passed unanimously
  • Motion From floor
  • Motion to give an additional $50 to Day of Silence funds
  • Motion passes (yes: 4/6,   no: 0/6,   abstain: 2/6)
  • Officer Reports
  • Caludia Denson
  • Faculty Relations Event: Wednesday, April 23 from 11-1pm in Walls
  • Invite professors and find replacement if you cannot attend
  • Erin Wolfe: Recruitment
  • Last minute Open Suites Details
  • No paper/sheet covering the square window in the doors
  • Absolutely no stomping/ jumping! (will result in $100 fine)
  • Reminder: no watches
  • Contact Erin with questions/concerns
  • Erin Williams: Treasurer
  • Treasurer Records on previous Panhel donations
  • Typically donate $200 per year to non-Greek philanthropies
  • Lauren Fohl: Secretary
  • Admitted Students Day
  • Lots of questions and general interest from students and parents
  • Suggestion: next year have sorority table to field questions and talk to chapter alumni who were interested
  • Ashley Hamill: Community Service/ Philanthropy
  • Hand-Up Foundation
  • Collecting just about anything including clothes, shoes, magazines, pillows (any dorm item you no longer want)
  • Will take place the last week of classes through finals
  • Please announce to chapters so members save clothes when packing
  • Irene Tsao: GAME
  • Take note of upcoming diversity events (some count towards P4P)
  • Alesandra Agresti: GAMMA
  • Alcohol Screening Surveys
  • Have members fill-out at next chapter with box # on back
  • Completely anonymous (both for members and chapters)
  • Will be returned via campus mail after Bob Thompson reads through and adds comments
  • Main purpose is to compile some general data and see how Bucknell’s drinking habits compare with other schools around the country
  • Fill out Incident Report Forms
  • Participate in Kappa Classic and Pi Phi Picnic
  • Jennifer Allen: Alumni Relations
  • Representative from each chapter need to email her with alumni updates
  • Summer Contact
  • have members to fill-out spreadsheet with job/internship locations
  • give women a chance to see familiar faces in unfamiliar cities
  • eventually persuade CDC to include affiliations in database?
  • Chapter Weekly Updates/ Announcements
  • Alpha Chi Omega
  • Thanks for participation in the volleyball tournament
  • Chi Omega
  • National Consultant visited; learned a lot and had a good time
  • Busy preparing for open suites; can’t wait to meet PNM Wednesday
  • Delta Gamma
  • Thanks for participation in Anchor Splash
  • Kappa Alpha Theta
  • Battle of the Bands
  • Friday, 5:30-8pm in Smith Quad
  • Hosted by Delta Upsilon and Kappa Alpha Theta
  • Donations to benefit Bucknell Brigade
  • “Go Fly a Kite with Theta” Faculty event was a success
  • Planning coloring/marker drive so look for more info
  • Pi Beta Phi
  • Pi Phi Picnic
  • Friday, 4:30-6pm at the Mods;  $5/person or $120/chapter
  • come play four square, red rover, kickball, and relax!
  •  IFC Update: Joe Valickus, IFC President
  • Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 16th @ Sigma Phi Epsilon
  • Return completed event evaluation forms so we can make future improvements
  • Pick up House Party money from the Greek Office in the ELC
  • Important Dates
  • April 16: Open Suites in Hunt Hall
  • April 16: Day of Silence
  • April 17: BU-Burma: Dynamic Relations over 50 years @ 7pm in LC forum
  • April 17: Hip Hop Culture, James Peterson in Trout Auditorium @ 7pm
  • April 18: Community Thaw-Out, 3-5pm
  • April 21: All Sorority Letter Shirt Day
  • April 23: Kite Runner showing in LC forum @ 10pm
  • April 25: Chrysalis Ball, 9pm-1am in Gerhard Field house
  • April 27: Kappa Classic Soccer Tournament
  • May 5: All Plan for Prominence Materials due