Minutes 1/23/12
Co-Sponsorships
Black Solidarity Conference – Transportation
lthomas14@amherst.edu
BSU
Requesting: $1700 (tentatively)
Given:
We have to get back to you because there might be an issue with us funding transportation
Spring Concert
Survey – let’s see what the student body wants
Can we move the Concert for more artist availability?
Groove Boston again – thinking Spring Weekend
Alternatives:
Wipeout
Casino Night
Speakeasy/1920s theme party
Great Gatsby Party
Paintballing
Minutes 11/28
CoSponsorships
GlobeMed
Kamissahaidoo13@amherst.edu
Battle of the Bands Benefit
Requesting: $300
Given: $300
Worlds AIDs Day dinner
requesting: $75
Given: last time $50, this time $25
knpatel13@amherst.edu
SASA
Requesting: $375 for food
Given: last time $150, this time $225
Salam14@amherst.edu
Updates
GrooveBoston will be here at 4PM
Minutes 11/14
Worlds AIDs Day dinner
700-750 for food
asking $300
may change date for 8th for location purposes
knpatel13@amherst.edu
50 – come back if necessary
SASA
375 for food
150
Salam14@amherst.edu
Voices
publicity & dinner
Publicity money needed by this week
1000 for the 2
funded 300
tabling at night in Keefe and val
Tues Keefe
danica before 1
Allyson night
Wed Keefe
Danica weds after 10
Thursday val
Allyson
Nov 28th week
Monday Val
Allyson
Samantha (reminder)
Tues (same)
Study Break Dec13 in Keefe
Giant Food and Games
SoCo wants to put their funding ($2500) on massages
are we okay with that or do we have other suggestions? Food? Other body part massages- hand/head)?
Recruiting
Think about ideas to get our numbers up.
PB dinner/lunch 28-1 OR Dec 5-9 possible dates
Minutes 11/7
Co-Sponsorships
ResLife (tzerihun14@amherst.edu)
Freshman Showcase
November 11th
Requesting: $100
Given: $50
Drew House (lthomas14@amherst.edu)
Busboys & Poets
Novemeber 12th
Requesting: $800 ($200)
Given $150
ISA (msridhar14@amherst.edu)
Multicultural Dinner
November 12th
Requesting: $200
Given: $100
Amherst Political Union (gtepe14@amherst.edu)
November 30th
Occupy Wall Street Discussion with Joan Nocera
Requesting: $500
Given: $125
La Causa (msisneros13@amherst.edu)
Voices for the Voiceless
December 3rd
Requesting: $750
Given: We had to prioritize events with earlier dates but please come back to us next week for funding.
Updates
Groove Boston
- Get the word out, we need more publicity
Tabling: Keefe Campus Center
Thursday –
Danica can table after 10AM
Melissa can table between 11AM and 1PM and after 3
Allyson can table between 10AM and 1PM
Peter can table between 10 and 11AM
Friday –
Ally can table whenever
Cathleen can table between 10 to 11 and after 12
Odd future?
E-board: E-mail Crista your options of artists for the price ranges in the last email so we can narrow some down by end of the week
Minutes 10/3/11
Co-Sponsorships
Tango Club (Cteng13@amherst.edu)
The Amherst Milonga – Nov. 4th – Nov. 6th
Requesting: $ 1818
Given: $140
(If need more money, come back)
Social Life Task Force (Rborsellino12@amherst.edu)
90’s Party
Requesting: $950
Given: $150
(If need more money, come back)
Updates
- Homecoming
- Face painting
- Purple cotton candy
- Purple Sugar Cookies
- Giveaway?
i. Mini footballs
ii. Ping-Pong Balls
- Drink
i. Hot chocolate? - SoCo
ii. Cider? – SoCo
iii. Purple Fanta
- Halloween
- Movie-thon (27th)
i. Scream 1
ii. Let the right one in
iii. Drag me to hell
iv. 28 days later
v. 30 days of night
vi. Insidious – no
vii. Gremlin
viii. Texas Chainsaw Massacre Original
- Pre-Homecoming School Spirit Event
- T-shirt making/school gear decorating
- Sign-making
- Publicity – rootbeer kegs, ice cream
- Fall Concert
- Groove Boston
- Alumni Gym – Dec. 2nd
- Fall festival
- Potato sack race
- Apples things
i. Apple cider
ii. Apple jacks
iii. Apple pie
- Apple tasting
- Pumpkin earrings
- Other Time-Consuming Ideas for meeting
- Silent Rave
- Actual Lock-In – not do-able , must sleep in own dorm room. Womp womp. Future abstinence campaign.
- Spring-Time Pep Rally: B-Ball
i. Frisbees
Minutes 9/27
Co-Sponsorship
Josh Levitt (jlevitt13@amherst.edu)
AC Jew Crew
Friedman Room: Schmooze and Schmear with Robinowitz
Requesting: $225
Given: $225
La Causa
Maya Sisneros (msisneros 13@amherst.edu)
Latino Poets Café: Open Mic
Requesting: appetizers and coffee $75
Given: $75
- Email Crista Reed for an appointment tomorrow
Updates
Homecoming
Fall Festival
Things
Thing 1: AC After Dark
- Japanese Moon Festival – moon cakes, movie, karate, etc. ----- already happened kinda
- Dominos and Paella w. Latin Music ---- ditto
- Much Ado about Knitting – open mic craft night ---- craft night absorption
- Arts & Crafts made out of outdoor items ---- craft night absorption
- International Trivia ---- ehhh
Thing 2: Fall Concert
- narrow down list
- $15,000
Minutes 9/20/11
Co-Sponsorship
Mr. Gad’s: UCB
Improv Group from NY in October
Requesting: $500 to $1000
Given: $300 (& come back)
Updates
1. Budgetary Committee – Danica R.
2. Fall Concert: Big Sean
Cathleen will email Howie
Contact Five-College PB
3. Campus Center Night
8:30 – 11:30
BINGO! = PB
4. Fall Apple (?) Festival
- apple tasting
- cider doughnuts & apple cider
- apple games
- apple bobbing/string
- caramel apples/candy apples
- apple pie
- apple jacks
- apple movies?
- big apple circus?
- apple product?
5. Homecoming
- Lets get a tent
- Purple Foods:
- purple cotton candy !!
- purple and white m&ms
- purple kool-aid, grape fanta, hibiscus tea?, peppermint hot chocolate
- Giveaway:
- THINK !
Minutes 4/25
Co-Sponsorship
Life Week Lunch Lecture (awise11@amherst.edu)
Requesting: $142
Given: $142
International Student Association (salam14@amherst.edu)
From Africa to America
Requesting: $ 500
Given: $ 0
Newman Catholic Association (mkirigin14@amherst.edu)
(Post) Easter Egg Hunt on the Quad
Requesting: $70
Given: $20
Globe Med (Keemi Ereme)
Date Auction
Requesting: $600
Given: $ 175
Upcoming Events
How to Get Fired: 8PM tomorrow
Everyone be there at 7:15PM in Friedmann
Ally: point person
Six Flags
Saturday, April 30th
Sign up sheet goes up tomorrow morning
We depart at noon; everyone should arrive at 11:30am or slightly earlier. We depart from Converse front steps.
We leave to return at 7pm; everyone should amass at the bus by no later than 6:30pm.
Minutes 4/18
Co-Sponsorship
-China Awareness Organization for CAO Spring Concert
Contact: Cynthia Chio
Requested $300; received $93
-Ventilation (?-poor handwriting) for Artist Spotlight
Contact: Landrus Lewis (?)
Requested: $575; received $93
-ACF for Block Party
Contact: Ysabel Woody
Requested $400; received $93
Due to budgetary constraints this is all we could fund. Next year come earlier in the semester!
Upcoming Events
How to Get Fired: April 26th
Point Person: Allyson Leach
Six Flags: April 30th
Danica & Melissa make poster
(Email Heather P. for poster space)
Minutes 4/11/11
Co-Sponsorship
Senior Ball (csaggese11@gmail.com)
Requesting: $400 (DJ and Band)
Given: $275
BSU (amccall13@amherst.edu)
CaribFest
Requesting: $750
Given: $150
Pride Alliance (ngayer14@amherst.edu)
Hudson Taylor Speech – allies in athletics
Requesting: $1250
Given: $250
Suggestion: Go to AAS and they will pick up the slack
Friends of Jaclyn – 5K Race Fundraiser (jserpone@amherst.edu) (lcerf13@amherst.edu)
Requesting: $150
Given: $150
Spring Concert
FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY J
7AM Start!!!
Doors open at 6:30 so be there by 5:30PM please – all hand on deck at this time
Show up to Coolidge Cage
Tabling for Shirts/Tickets:
Tuesday:
11:30
12:30
1:30 -- Sadie
2:00 – Sadie
Wednesday:
11:30
12:30
1:30 -- Allyson
2:00 – Allyson
Thursday:
11:30 – Romen
12:30 – Romen
1:30 – Melissa
2:00 – Melissa
Concert Shifts UNavailability
Romen:
7AM to 11AM
7PM to 1AM
Melissa:
10 to 11AM
Danielle:
10 AM to 12PM
1PM to 3PM
5PM to 12AM (Security)
David:
10AM to 12PM
6PM to 1AM
Brin:
1130 AM to 2PM
Allyson:
12PM to 130PM
1030PM to 1130PM
Danica:
12PM to 4PM
Ian:
9AM to 11AM
Michelle:
12PM to 4PM
5PM to 12AM (Security)
Ismael:
1PM to 3PM
5PM to 12AM (Security)
Minutes 4/4
Co-Sponsorships
The Veritas Forum at Amherst College (akaake14@amherst.edu)
Justice and Morality (Prof. Barbezat & Skeel from UPENN)
Requesting: $200
Given: $150
Footnote - $200 worth of posters is a lot. Next time, see if you can get a lower amount worth of posters
Results (aeladle13@amherst.edu)
Global Poverty Presentation
Requesting: $100 (Food and Honorarium)
Given: $100
Amherst educates (dalter12@amherst.edu)
Info Session (Spoken Word Artist and Food – three events this semester)
Requesting: $300
Given: Due to budgetary constraints, go to AAS for this honorarium funding.
Pride Alliance (ngayer14@amherst.edu)
T-Shirts (Goal: April 18th to 22nd)
Requesting: As much as possible
Given: $300
Suggestion: CCE – SCEF
Senior Ball (molly.jessup@gmail.com)
Senior Ball (refreshments, utensils and decorations)
Requesting: $400
Given: $0 – Due to budgetary constraints, come back in upcoming weeks if you need more funding.
CaribFest (amccall12@amherst.edu)
Event to recognize and celebrate Caribbean culture
Requesting: $750
Given: Go to AAS, see what they will fund you for and then come back to us next week
ResLife (msprungkeyser13@amherst.edu)
Spring BBQ/Dorm Wars
Requesting: $845
Given: $100
Green Amherst Project (apropp13@amherst.edu)
Earth Day: Soccer Tournament and Concert
Requesting: $300 for production
Given: $150
China Awareness Organization
Spring Concert
Requesting: $300
Given: Come back next week and print your form with a budget attached please
Hudson Taylor Speech
Come in if you want funding for this!
Friends of Jaclyn 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser
Spring Concert
Coming Soon
Concert workers
Minutes 3/28/11
Co-Sponsorships
Amherst Christian Fellowship (Andrew Kaake ’14)
Two Speakers: Discourse on Justice and Morality
Requesting: $700
Given: $ Due to budget constraints please come back next week!!
Suggestion: Ask Academic Departments
Amherst College Jew Crew (Nomi Conway ’13)
Schmooze and Shmear with Professors Sarat and Stavans
Requesting: $250
Given: $ 220
Results (Amro El-Adle ‘13)
A Global Poverty Presentation
Requesting: $921
Given: Due to budget constraints please come back next week!!
La Causa (Marlene Cedeno ’13)
Afro-Latinos: The Untaught Story
Requesting: $100
Given: $100
BSU (Marlene Cedeno ’13)
Black Alumni Weekend
Requesting: $200
Given: $100
Amherst Political Union (Khan Shoieh – Amherst.political.union@gmail.com)
Is Health Care Reform Constitutional? Debate
Requesting: $300
Given: $150
Spring Concert
Tuesday:
- 1130 to 1230:
- 1230 to 130:
- 130 to 230: Ismael (or 1 to 2 – up to you)
- 430 to 530: Ian
- 530 to 630: Ian
- 630 to 730: Allyson (has to leave at 7)
Wednesday:
- 1130 to 1230: Brin
- 1230 to 130:
- 130 to 230: Allyson
- 430 to 530: Brin, Ismael
- 530 to 630: Allyson
- 630 to 730: Danielle
Thursday:
- 1130 to 1230: Melissa
- 1230 to 130: Melissa
- 130 to 230:
- 430 to 530: Cathleen
- 530 to 630: Danielle
- 630 to 730: Brin
Email to AAS:
FREE Spring Concert tickets are guaranteed for Amherst students for an additional four days (until Friday April 1st). Come pick up your FREE ticket in Keefe Campus Center 114 anytime during the week or stop by an ACPB table during lunchtime in Keefe or dinnertime in Val.
Minutes 3/21/11
Co-Sponsorship
La Causa (msisneros13@amherst.edu)
Fundraiser Dinner
Requesting: $40 for Drinks
Given: $40
THiNK (mroh14@amherst.edu)
Hunger Banquet
Requesting: $100
Given: $100
Updates
Indoor Picnic!! – Friedmann Room from 7 to 10
New E-Board!! – YEY
Interested? Ready. Set. Apply. – And recruit some friendsssss
Spring Concert
3 weeks!
Tabling for Concert Tickets: (Google Spread Sheet)
Two people per shift
-Thursday
-Friday
-Saturday
& Fill in your T-Shirt Size
Put up some posters
Minutes 3/7/11
Co-Sponsorship
Friends of Jaclyn – Come Back J
(jserpone@amherst.edu and jhedglin13@amherst.edu)
Night Market (asa@amherst.edu)
Annual Dinner/Performance to celebrate Asian culture: April 16th
Requesting: As much as we can give
Given: $300 for food and unless AAS fully funds your decorations budget, resubmit.
(Also, you cannot tape things to the walls in Keefe so take note of that)
La Perfecta Salsa Band (Ashley Soto ‘11)
Salsa Dance/Salsa Night: April 27th
Requesting: As much as possible
Given: $150
Amnesty International (Alexa Russo ’12)
El grito de poeta: Slam Poetry & Open Mic – March 24th
Requesting: $350
Given: $175
Amherst Political Union (Josh Mayer ‘13)
Debate in Health Care Reform – April 12th
Requesting: $500
Given: $100
Reminder: You are welcome to resubmit if you need more money.
Spring Concert
Publicity is approved & we need to figure out if we can announce it before the newspaper comes out on Wednesday.
Updates
Meet & Greet?
Spring Concert T-shirts?
“Guy in athletics” – Don Faulstick
Karaoke Night – 8:00 pm to 11 pm
Look out for the facebook event
Point Person: Allyson Leach
Pamela Stawaz: would you like to be a judge?
Minutes 2/28
Co-Sponsorships
GlobeMed (Adriana Meza ‘12)
Jungle 2 Jungle, Health Equity Rumble: Fundraiser for Salvadorian clinic
Requesting: $500
Given: $250 if the date is moved. (There is a BSU/Causa party on that day, suggestion: moving it to the Friday before – March 25th)
WAHM (Leah Fine 12)
Jock Jams: Concert with E-603 of Hampshire College
Requesting: “As much as you can give”
Given: $ 250 – this money can be spent on security but you must get security
Friends of Jaclyn 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser (Justin Serpone 13)
Requesting: $500
Given: Meet With Dean Fatemi and return with a more concrete plan
Spring Concert:
- Posters! Any suggestions?
- Shirts: Black & Blue & switched colors for us
- DRESSING ROOM GUY – APPEAR.
Upcoming Events:
- Karaoke
- Judges?
- Facebook Event: Mel
- Posters: Brin
Minutes 2/21/11
Co-Sponsorship
Medlife – Nina Yoo ‘12
Medlife Benefit Dinner – awareness
Requested: $800
Given: $300
Updates
- In the future stick to dates decided or schedule something else
- Someone needs to contact the athletics director about the locker room as a dressing room
- March 22nd: Embrace your inner child Indoor Spring Picnic!!!! Help Crista J email her
Spring Concert
Backstage Pass Prize? (Meet & Greet)
- Karaoke night competition – Friedmann room
- March 10th
Six Flags?
- April 30th
- YEY!
The Student: When we have clearance to go public with the information someone has to do the piece
Minutes 2/14
Oh, Happy Valentine’s Day BTW.
Co Sponsorships
Black Students Union – Larissa Davis
April 1 to April 3 – Black Alumni Weekend
Requested: $750
Funded: $350
ASA & KSA – Daniel Hsu
Comedy Show and Q&A on Asian American in the media business with Eliot Chang
Requested: $1,300
Funded: $200
Upcoming Events
Blizzard of Bucks – Thursday February 17th, 2011 at 8 PM
Be here at 7:30
Spring Concert
Stop talking to people about the concert – whoever you are …
P.S: Holla at Cathleen about getting involved with Spring Formal Yo.
Oh, and FRIEND ME on facebook for publicity purposes