Latin Club Senate Meeting Minutes
September 05, 2008
Meeting Called to Order by Aisha (Praetor) at 3:30 pm.
Attending the meeting are Aisha Ahmad (Praetor), Jacob Gruber (Quaestor Pecuniarum), Jennifer Friedmann (Aedile), Matt Brennan (Censor, acting secretary), and Alexandra Rojek (Tribune).
First order of business: Freshmen and Freshman Retention
- For the freshman party on next Wednesday (9/10/08) it was decided that the pizza will be paid for by board members, and that reimbursement will be sought in the future by Alexandra during her 6A lunch period. The pizza will be purchased from Little Caesars for budget and thematic reasons.
- Jennifer will put together simple certamen questions (15-20) for the freshmen to try at the party. Other games that feature large groups will be played; Jacob mentioned he could bring some cards.
- Matt remembered the packets of general certamen information that are usually given to the freshman every year at an event like this, and it was decided that Matt would talk to Mr. Tylinski about getting copies made of these for distribution.
Elections
- The board decided that, because of the small number of board members still at Northside or active in the Latin program, elections will be held earlier than usual this year. At the end of next week (9/12/08) an email will be sent to the entire Latin Club inviting people to submit their names to the board to be considered for the election. The email will state a 1-week allowance for name submissions, keeping in mind that this will probably be extended. The board aims to hold elections 3 weeks from the time of the first email concerning them (10/3/08).
- To facilitate the sending of this email Mr. Tylinski will ask all Latin students during class this coming Monday and Tuesday (9/8/08, 9/9/08) to enter their preferred email address into an Excel document on his computer. Jacob and Alexandra will then add these addresses to the Latin Club Mailing List googlegroup before next Friday.
Classroom Tutoring
- Aisha brought up her idea for a different style for tutoring this year. She plans to start holding class-style tutoring next Thursday (9/11/08) in the library (?).
- The board decided that tutors should alternate sessions, and that someone should get a list of tutors and their availability.
Aisha leaves, 3:38 pm
Events this year
- IJCL info day (Wednesday)
- IJCL prep days for creative and visual arts to get people started and give them ideas
- Competition at Northside/ tryouts for IJCL for creative arts slots
- T-Shirt contest
- Hoodies
- Jacob will talk to Dr. Murphy about a fundraising day during his lunch period
- Alex to talk to business manager
- Matt to email John Mussman about possible dance he scheduled
- Possible freshman/ Latin 1 NJCL scholarship (partial)
Board Meetings
- It is decided that they will happen this year…
- Jacob proposes a change to the bylaws regarding mandatory monthly meetings. This should probably happen once a new board is elected.
Website
- New typeface?
- New photo gallery program, possibly link to flickr/ photobucket.
- Online schedule for certamen
- Need to find someone to pass on the web torch after Jacob leaves. Who to train (the new Wewegama?).
Matt Brennan moves to appoint Alexandra Rojek as co-webmaster for the school year until a new board is elected. Jacob Gruber seconds Matt’s motion. The board passes the motion unanimously.
Jacob Gruber moves to adjourn the meeting. Jennifer Friedmann seconds the motion. The motion passes unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 3:55 pm (we work fast don’t we?).