Minutes for Latin Club Board Meeting 12-12

Meeting called to order 3:29 P.M. by Aisha

Seconded by Alexandra

Members present: Aisha Ahmad, Heta Panchal, Mary Mussman, Alexandra Rojek, Claire Kilpatrick, David Jaffe, Jacob Gruber, Jennifer Friedmann, Anna Parks, Elizabeth Jay

I.        Proposition of Quaestor Certaminum

A.     Quaestor of contests

1.      This year and in the future it will be harder to maintain standing

2.      Organization of preparation for IJCL (nationals in the future)

3.      Video to explain Certamen

4.      Getting people to do things before the bus

B.     Organization of practices for oratories, art

1.      Preparation day over break

2.      Main purpose is to organize

3.      Certain days for topics (e.g.: Argo)

C.     Getting resources for outside reading

3:39 Matt leaves

Jennifer motions to open the floor

Seconded by Heta

3:43 Jacob motions to close the floor

Mary seconds

Vote occurs

D.     Matt appointed Quaester Certaminum

II.     Fundraising Results

A.     Alexandra and Elizabeth will go to Ms. Espinoza for exact numbers

B.     About $500 in profit, Mr. Tylinski will get reimbursed

III.   Service

A.     Cancelled with 7 people

B.     All Shore booked

1.      Swedish or the home on California

2.      Reschedule for Thursday or Friday

C.     Service Hours

IV.  IJCL Service Award

A.     NCP never submitted

B.     Look up criteria

C.     February 4th deadline

D.     Two more service activities

E.      Service Ideas

1.      Individual students help stack books at Budlong

2.      Storytelling in togas, myths for children

V.     Latin Club email about IJCL position for Matt

VI.  IJCL Spirit

A.     Dress Like Your Teacher

1.      big black belt-vinyl and aluminum foil

2.      full water bottles (or empty)

3.      Button-up shirts, hair

B.     Circus Maximus

1.      Mimes-unconventional worked at Nationals

2.      Black pants

3.      White shirt with colored faction stripes

4.      Berets

5.      Silent cheers

C.     Model

1.      high heels?

2.      Visual makers as photographers

3.      Flash cameras before they are banned

VII.            Bucephalus

A.     Mary to re-email a deadline (first week of break)

B.     8 people other than Mary have volunteered to write articles

C.     Compilation over break

VIII.         Matt running for IJCL board

A.     Either president or secretary

B.     Jennifer will send out an email to Latin club

IX.  Tutoring

A.     We need more tutors

B.     People need to sign up for tutoring (both tutors and tutor-ees)

1.      Tutors must go at least once a month

2.      Volunteered day

3.      Big calendar, everyone can see

X.     New amendements

A.     Neither passed

B.     Need to be rewritten

XI.  Scheduled oratory day—when?

Aisha motions to end the meeting

Seconded by Heta

Meeting adjourned at 4:14

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