Interfraternity Council
Bucknell University
November 11th, 2008
Arches Lounge, Elaine Langone Center

• Call to order- 6:06pm by IFC President Joe Valickus
• Roll

CF TKE SFE	X	SAE KAY LCA	X	SC QC FKY	X	KS KDR DU	X
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• Last week’s minutes

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

• Special Guests
• Krishna Kathiresan from DU – Email kk034@
• Working with Public Safety to help facilitate individual chapters fulfilling their P4P requirements for this year.
• Officer Ulmer and Officer Snyder will be giving the presentations
• Poppy Goforth – MLK Week
• “Day of Service” instead of a “Day Off”
• Faculty Students, Staff all doing service together throughout the week
• Kickoff Rally -  Sunday November 18th
• Groups given their projects to complete over the course of the week
• 110 Organizations in the community are involved, partnered with the United Way
• Wrap-Up rally the following Saturday, other events occurring during the week
• Want a pledge from chapters to participate in a project now
• Will tailor to the involvement your chapter is willing to offer
• Reports
• Alumni Liaison- Greg Wagner
• Faculty Relations Luncheon - Cancelled
• GAMMA- Penton Mott
• No report
• GAME- Chen Mao
• Dr. Randall Pinkett
• Planned for next semester – Date TBD
• Domestic and Global Healthcare Panel
• Dr. Stechschulte
• Community Service/Philanthropy- Scott Shapiro
• Greek Iron Chef – This Thursday!
• Eating Schedules were sent out, contact Scott if you didn’t get yours
• Drop off food @ 4:30pm - 250 full portions
• Host houses can play music, etc.
• Finances
• Raised over $5,000 so far for MPP
• AGC will make $1,000 matching donation
• Panhellenic will be buying the paper products so that money will be taken care of
• Special Events- Jack Swain
• House Party Committee Update
• (see below in Dean Marrara’s report)
• Secretary- Rob Shanahan
• Meeting with Roberta Sims, Bucknell Web Development
• Friday Nov 14 @ 3:00pm
• Recruitment- Karan Shah
• Meet the Greeks 2009
• Tentative Date is being worked out
• Dr. Randall Pinkett
• Treasurer- Jeff Pike
• Outstanding Fines
• VP-External – Jay Sliger
• Canning for MPP – Sign-up today
• Saturday, November 15th from 12:00- 4:00pm
• Will get 1 hour added on for the actual process
• VP-Internal- Tom Leaman
• Election Information
• 7 men running for the top 5 positions in IFC
• Deadlines will be strictly adhered to
• Meet with Joe, DM, and current position holder
• BSG-RAC
• Residential Affairs Committee
• Trying to get representation for Greek Houses on the committee
• GMT
• President- Joe Valickus
• President’s Dinner
• 12/2 6pm before the IFC Meeting
• Public Safety Feedback / Concerns
• Overview of remainder of semester
• Next week’s meeting – IFC Elections
• Arches Lounge, ELC, Tues Nov 18, 8:00pm
• No meeting on 11/25
• Last meeting of the semester will be on 12/2
• Panhellenic Report- Mary O’Sullivan
• Next Panhellenic meeting: Monday, Nov 17, Hunt Formal, 5:45 pm    
• Advisor Report- Dean Marrara
• Jack Swain’s Report
• More Proactive with the House Party Situation – getting on it ahead of time
• Setting up meetings – Facilities, RICS, Dining Services
• Officer Transition Workshop
• Tom needs input from the Chapter officers
• Plan for Prominence
• Handing in paperwork does not = approval
• Need a follow-up meeting
• Public Safety- Officer Snyder
• Absent
• Old Business
• 89th Demie Play – details below
• Can pay with your BUID
• Website Presentation – Rob Shanahan, IFC
• PowerPoint on Chapter Communications
• Email Rob for the presentation if you would like to look it over again
• New Business
• Microfinance Initiative at Bucknell – Joe Valickus
• Kiva
• Welcome new presidents!
• Chi Phi, Phi Psi, KDR, DU, Kappa Sig
• Upcoming Events / Important Dates
• Thurs, Nov 13 – Greek Iron Chef – LCA, SFE, KDR, 5:00-7:00 pm
• Fri, Nov 14 – 89th Annual Demie Play, Trout Auditorium, 8:00pm
• Sat, Nov 15 – IFC/Panhellenic Canning Drive, 12:00-4:00pm
• Mon, Nov 17 – IFC Applications due for Secretary, Special Events, Community Service, GAMMA, GAME, and Alumni Liaison – email applications to Tom Leaman
• Tues, Nov 18 – IFC General Meeting, Arches Lounge, ELC, 8:00 pm
• Tues, Nov 18 – IFC Officer Elections – following General IFC Meeting
• Tues, Nov 25-30 – Thanksgiving Break – No IFC Meeting
• Tues, Dec 2 – End of Year President’s Dinner, Lewisburg Hotel, 6:00pm
• Tues, Dec 2 – Final IFC Meeting, Sigma Chi, 8:00pm
• Sat, Dec 6 – IFC Officer Transition Workshop, 2:00-6:00  pm
• Sat, Dec 6 – Multicultural Gala, TBD
• Fri, Dec 12 – All Fall 2008 Plan for Prominence Materials Due, LC 218, 12:00 pm
• Mon, Jan 12 – Chapter Officer Transition Workshop, 10:00am
• Adjourn

Meeting Adjourned 6:39pm

Rob Shanahan
rob.shanahan@bucknell.edu
IFC Secretary

 

 

DU, TKE, CF, SFE, QC, SC, KDR, LCA, FKY, KS, SAE, KAY
ACW, CW, DG, PBF, KAQ, KKG, ZFB