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IFC Minutes - 10/21/08

Interfraternity Council
Bucknell University
Tuesday October 21st , 2008
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House

  1. Call to order- 8:18 pm by IFC President Joe Valickus
  2. Roll

XP
TKE
SPE

X

SAE
KDR
LCA

X

EX
TX
PKP

X

KE
KAP
DU

Late

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. Last week’s minutes

Motion to Approve:  [ X ]                   Second: [ X ]               [Passed]

  1. Special Guests
    1. Molly Burke - Child Soul
      1. GULU Walk – October 21st
      2. Counts for P4P - (1) hour of community service for philanthropy
      3. To benefit child soldiers in Uganda
      4. No entry fee – Suggested donation of $10
  2. Reports
    1. Alumni Liaison- Greg Wagner
      1. Homecoming Alumni Brunch Cancelled
    2. GAMMA- Penton Mott
      1. Alcohol Awareness Week
        1. P4P Events this week
          1. Mocktails 5:30pm $2 tickets
          2. DD Simulation 4-6 pm
      2. TIPS training
        1. Email Penton or Bob Thomas – 2 ½ hour session for 35 people
          1. bob.thomas@bucknell.edu
    3. GAME- Chen Mao
      1. Abesent - No report
    4. Community Service/Philanthropy- Scott Shapiro
      1. Iron Chef
        1. Need to know what meals each chapter is making
        2. 1 Dessert, 2 Main Courses Left to pick from
    5. Special Events- Jack Swain
      1. No report
    6. Secretary- Rob Shanahan
      1. No report
    7. Recruitment- Karan Shah
      1. Please turn in your sophomore recruitment surveys
      2. Next IFC meeting prepare to stay for 10 to 15 mins to go over Recruitment Policies
      3. Please remember to collect a Recruitment manual so you can look over the policies for next week's meeting – Page 8 has the policies for review
    8. Treasurer- Jeff Pike
      1. Outstanding Fees from Judicial Hearings
    9. VP-External – Jay Sliger
      1. Card Access Issues
        1. Thanks for the Feedback
        2. Most Issues were related with policies, not the hardware itself
      2. P4P Dance-Off Event -- Cancelled
    10. VP-Internal- Tom Leaman
      1. IFC Elections – November 18th, following the IFC General Meeting
        1. Applications are being revised, please take a look at those as soon as they are sent out
      2. Officer Transition
        1. Mixed reviews from this past years workshop
        2. Committee will be formed next meeting to formulate, please join if you have strong input
      3. Homecoming GMT
    11. President- Joe Valickus
      1. Homecoming Weekend
      2. Juicy Campus
        1. Concerns and Questions
      3. President’s Dinner
        1. In the planning stages for the end of the semester
        2. Preliminary Location: Lewisburg Hotel
      4. Preparation for next year
        1. IFC Mission Statement and Goals
          1. Will be created for next year / election period
          2. Purpose is to create farther reaching ideas and goals for IFC and the Greek System as a whole
      5. Next week’s host – Tuesday at 8:00 pm
        1. Phi Kappa Psi – Thanks to Phi Psi.
  3. Panhellenic Report- Mary O’Sullivan
    1. Mocktails Tomorrow Night – Please come out and support!
    2. Juicy Campus
      1. Some sororities are feeling targeted negatively
      2. Please encourage your members not to login and post
    3. Next Panhellenic meeting: Monday, Oct. 27th, Hunt Formal, 5:45 pm  
  4. Advisor Report- Dean Marrara
    1. Juicy Campus
      1. Please hold your members accountable for their actions
    2. Chapter Roster
      1. Add your new members
      2. Make it clear if members have disaffiliated, which means from nationals and from your chapter
      3. Abroad members must remain on the list
    3. Life & Safety Report
      1. Inspections were a month ago
      2. Please go through and make corrections that you can make, Facilities will take care of the others
    4. Dining Services Problems
      1. Resolutions are being worked on
    5. Homecoming
      1. Bottom Line -- It’s your house – don’t let your alumni ruin it
    6. Congrats to Penton and Alessandria for their Alcohol Awareness Week Events!
    7. Congrats to Men’s Water Polo
      1. Support Bison Sports this Weekend!
  5. Public Safety- Officer Snyder
    1. Let Public Safety know if you’re having problems that are getting out of hand, before they actually do get out of hand, so the Officers can assist in resolving them
  6. Old Business
  7. New Business
    1. Tom Leaman – P4P Committee – Chapter checks on P4P progress
    2. Announcement -- National Panhellenic is coming to Bucknell
      1. Going to be deciding which sorority to invite to campus
      2. There are three presently petitioning
        1. Kappa Delta, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Delta Pi
  8. Upcoming Events / Important Dates
    1. Tues, Oct 20-24 – Alcohol Awareness Week
    2. Wed, Oct 22 – Panhellenic Mocktails Event, Larison Dining Hall, 5:30pm
    3. Thurs. Oct 23 – Drunk Driving Simulation, Lambda Parking Lot 4:00pm
    4. Fri-Sun, Oct 24-26 – Homecoming 2008
    5. Sun, Oct 26 – Greek Alumni Brunch, Larison Dining Hall, 10:30 am
    6. Fri, Oct 31 – Fall Roster Updates Due, 4 pm
    7. Wed, Nov 5 – Central Billing Cards Due for Spring 2009, 4 pm
    8. Tues, Nov 25-30 – Thanksgiving Break
    9. Fri, Dec 12 – All Fall 2008 Plan for Prominence Materials Due, LC 218, 12 pm
  9. Adjourn

Meeting Adjourned 8:44 pm

Rob Shanahan
rob.shanahan@bucknell.edu
IFC Secretary

   
 
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