Meeting Minutes – 10/30/12

Meeting Minutes – 10/30/12

• 8:04-8:11 Introductions
• 8:11-8:14 Discussion on unfilled positions: Section 3, 1 2L Rep, 1 3L Rep, SJD Rep.
• 8:14-8:22 Discussion of vision
• Recreating that this is a positive organization after last year’s election.
• The new constitution places us as advocates for the student body more than a governing institution.
• We are starting later in the year than Student Government has in the past. This presents challenges and opportunities.
• Past activities: Pub nights, Thanksgiving Dinner, Lunch with Professors, candy to 1Ls, and fliers on failure in law school.
• 8:22-8:40 Appointment of Officers
• Secretary: Tara Norris (Not opposed)
• Treasurer: Jen Chan (Not opposed)
• Academic Chair: Ben Apple (defeats Ray Palmer and SJD Rep. TBD 8-5-0)
• Director of Events: Amanda Mindlin (Not opposed)
• Director of Student Affairs: David Husband (defeats David Dorfman and Dahoud Askar unanimous)
• 8:40- 8:45 Lisa proposes a pub night to be a kickoff for SRB. Wants it on a Friday so that it won’t conflict with HLCentral.
• Jason and David H. propose the pub instead of Queenshead because in the past they’ve had a better attendance at Queenshead.
• Lisa asks Amanda to start planning a pub night at the pub. Possibly a social gathering in the lounge.
• Lisa proposes the 16th. The OPIA potluck is on the 9th. Harvard-Yale is the 17th. Proposing 5-7 or 6-8.
• The 16th from 5-7 or 6-8 (Passed Unanimously).
• 8:45-8:55 Thanksgiving Dinner
• Do we want to be involved?
• Amanda, Valerie, and Jason will work with Dean of Students to identify what still needs to be done.
• Discussion of whether we should do a survey or make a decision.
• Consensus on making a list of 3 to 5 charities to send to the student body. Send possible charities to Lisa by tomorrow.
• 8:56-9:02 Talking to Restaurant Associates
• They are willing to hear from us. Do we want to make this just about hours or do we want this to be about larger dining?
• Debate about whether to just talk about hours or to widen it.
• Would we gain credibility of getting one “win” on the one issue we focus on. Several members advocating for focusing on the Hark hours gap.
• Discussion about sending out a survey on the hours.
• Other complaints people have heard regarding RA: Price, the speed of getting through the line at lunch, drink selection.
• Lisa: Proposal Sending out a Survey on the Hours. Table the price and quality issue for now. Passed Unanimously.
• 9:02-9:05 Scheduling the next meeting.
• We must meet every three weeks minimum.
• November 13 at 8pm.
• 9:05 Meeting Adjourned.
• In attendance:
• Lisa Lana – President
• Andrew London – VP
• Valerie Duchesneau – Director of Student Organizations
• Emily Cusick – Section1
• Dina Guenther – Section2
• David Dorfman – Section 4
• Dahoud Askar – Section 5
• Paul Suitter – Section 6
• Tara Norris – Section 7
• Ray Palmer – 2L
• Ben Apple – 2L
• Amanda Mindlin – 2L
• David Husband – 3L
• Jason Sherman – 3L
• Jennifer Chan – LLM
• Charlotte Emin – LLM
• Erum Khalid Sattar – general body member (SJD)