Megan O’Toole
President
202-885-3606 megan@aurha.org
Joanne Frangias
Vice President of
Administration & Finance
202-885-3676 joanne@aurha.org
Nate Warszawski
Vice President of
Advocacy &
Community Coordination
202-885-1878 nate@aurha.org
Sarah Nylen
Vice President of
Programming
202-885-2774 sarah@aurha.org
Jody Gregory
National Communications
Coordinator
202-885-2179 jody@aurha.org
Devin Moore
Chief of Staff
202-885-1742 devin@aurha.org
Daniel DeHollander
Advisor
202-885-3138 deholla@american.edu
c/o Housing & Dining Programs | 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20016-8142
Phone: (202) 885-1878 | FAX: (202) 885-1154 | E-mail: info@aurha.org | www.aurha.org
October 30, 2014
 Call to Order o Called to order at 9:03pm
 Attendance o Anderson
 6/6
 Proxies: 0 o Cassell
 6/6 o Centennial
 Proxies: 2
 6/6
 Proxies: 0 o Hughes
 6/6
 Proxies: 0 o Leonard
 4/6
 Proxies: 0 o Letts Clark and Roper
 5/6
 Proxies: 0 o McDowell
 5/6
 Proxies: 0 o Nebraska
 1/6
 Proxies: 0
 Minutes Approval o Motion- made by Matt B- to approve last GA’s minutes by unanimous consent
 Seconded
 Agenda Approval o Motion- made by Joe A- to approve last GA’s agenda by unanimous consent
 Seconded
 Hall Reports o Anderson
 Fall Fest successful
 Looking forward to future events o Cassell
 Halloween party went well
 Planning something soon o Centennial
 Fall Fest successful
 Advocacy

 Pests
 Patio furniture
 “Don’t be a dum-dum” candy-gram
 Toilet paper hand outs o Hughes
 Haunted House
 Breast Cancer awareness day o Leonard
 Awesome wings night
 working on tailgate table o Letts Clark and Roper
 Successful Fall Fest
 Wing Night
 Yoga o McDowell
 North campus Halloween
 Looking forward to Wing night
 Tailgate with Leonard hall
 Midnight pancake o Nebraska
 Career event successful
 Executive Board Reports o President
 Eagle Roundtable
 Went to SAWG
 Prepared to CAACURH
 Bylaw Review Task Force o Vice President of Administration and Finance
 Redistributed the budget
 Emailed My Favorite Student o Vice President of Advocacy and Community Coordination
 Meeting with CDI about Dialogue
 Updating HOTY
 Looking over Bylaws o Vice President of Programming
 Finalized everything for Diversival
 Finalized who is participating in Tailgate
 Finalized catering contracts o National Communications Coordinator
 What I did:
 Finalized affiliation
 Finalized CAACURH Car Rentals
 Attended Eagle Roundtable Dinner
 Held CAACURH Delegation Meeting
 Planned and started the Roll Call Video
 What I didn't do:
 Meet with the VPs of Recognition
 Get Banner supplies for CAACURH
 What I'm going to do:
 Finish Roll Call Video
 Get banner supplies
 Meet with the VPs of Recognition o Chief of Staff
 What I did:

 Reviewed bylaws
 Updated website
 Posted two resolutions on facebook
 What I am going to do:
 Meet with the delegates tomorrow at 6pm in Anderson 3K o Advisor
 What did Daniel Do?
 Met with Megan, Jody, Joanne, Sarah, Nate, Max,
 Reviewed Joanne’s RHA Rental Agreement Form and
Sponsorship Agreement with Tim
 CAACURH Delegation Meetings (10/20 and 10/27)
 Attended Fall Fest (10/24)
 Met with AD Facilities to discuss pests in residence halls
 Met with HDP Financial Administrators to clarify budget lines
(waiting on clarification)
 Attended dinner with student leaders, President Kerwin, and cabinet members (10/28)
 What did Daniel Not Do?
 schedule 1:1 Meeting Times with Monique and Natalie
 What does Daniel Plan to Do?
 Attend By-Law Review Meeting (11/2)
 Attend CAACURH Delegation Meeting (11/2)
 Attend CAACURH Conference (11/7-11/9)
 HDP and Other Updates
 Fall to Spring Room Change Process and other important
H&DP Updates o http://www.american.edu/ocl/housing/index.cfm
 Administrative Board Reports o Parliamentarian
 Met with Daniel and Megan about Bylaws o Deputy Programmers
 Meg
 Helped out with Haunted House
 Final Perk preparations
 Send Programming ideas
 Landria
 Helped out with Haunted House
 Football night o Deputies of Advocacy & Community Coordination
 Monique
 Working on iterative
 Audrey
 Working on new programming o Deputy of Marketing and Design
 Creating posters
 Doing Social Media
 NRHH Update o Want to apply? Contact Markie o Submit OTMs
 Old Business o None
 New Business o All American Weekend Presentation
 Presented by Joanne Frangias

 Raised $131.93
 Really successful
 Thank you to all who participated
 Anderson contributed the most amount of time o Budget Presentation
 Presented by Joanne Frangias
 Revised budget
 Not buying hall t-shirts this semester, but we will buy Hall
Wars T-Shirts next semester (and $300 off) o Relocating $5,545.80
 Grant Fund Request: + $500
 Hall Discretionary Fund Request: + $500
 HDP Staff Fund Request: + $1,000
 Office Supplies: + $750
 SALTO Lock on the door: - $400
 Shelves in RHA Office: -$250
 Programming: + $2,500
 Questions?-
 Therry- can any RHA Member go into the office o You’ll have to sign out the key to the office
 Voting on budget revision
 Motion- Arthur- to vote by unanimous consent o Seconded o Passed o CAACURH Presentation
 Presented by Arthur Ramsay and Saagar Gupta
 “Diversity of Values”
 Part-one: What do you value?
 Part-two: Comparisons of values?
 Part-three: Pipe Cleaners (Shaping pipe cleaners into the values)
 Part-four: Categorization o Changes in Amendment Process
 Presented by Max Glas
 Write on a sheet of paper your amendments
 Write entire sentence
 Sponsors/Sponsor will stay for discussion and debate, but leave for voting o Co-Active RHA/SG Resolution 14-15-001
 Presented by Martin Slezak and all Hall Council presidents
 RHA/SG support of new pest contractor
 Sponsor’s Opening Remarks
 Martin o Lisa, VP of Advocacy from Centennial Hall o No funds are coming from RHA or SG o This resolution shows the Board of Trustees that the residents and students want change in pest removal process o Sophia B., from Housing and Dinning, supports this resolution o Not supposed to be controversial
 Justin R- took two days for rats to be removed from the room. o This resolution is to show the Administration that this is important

 Speaker’s List
 Michaela L. o good idea o rats get big o 2Fix says pests aren’t an emergency
 Joe A. o Is this a petition?
 Recommendation
 Sarah M. o Is this a petition?
 Recommendation
 Drew o What is humane trapping?
 Bait in the cage, traps the mice and rats
 Release animal in national habitat
 Terry o Is this giving the Board of Trustee (BOT) a recommendation
 Telling BOT that pests are a problem
 Amendments
 Second Speaker’s List
 Nolan o Pests on campus live in wildlife habitat
 Michaela o At what point do you keep letting pests live?
 Facilities Management will make those decisions, not SG/RHA
 Saagar o Pest control unit is only on campus twice a day and is unacceptable o Yes we are a wildlife, but pests can harm campus facilities and sustainability
 Martin o Standing committee will be gain information on pests to learn how to prevent future outbreaks o Facilities Management is welcome to this change o Big Resolution
 Ron o How will you educate residents and students?
 Creating posters to educate residents on what not to do and what to do
 Drew o Have you talked about the humane traps and their effectiveness?
 No detail, this is a call to action
 Amendments
 Debate over an amendment o 0/30/2—amendment fails
 New amendment approved
 Final speaker’s list
 Martin o Do not object to a motion of unanimous consent
 Arthur- Motion to vote on CR 14-15-001 by unamious consent
 Seconded

 CR Resolution 14-15 Passes o Social Media Break o CAACURH Video
 Presented by Jody Gregory
 Open Forum o Late-night dining options on campus
 Jamie- You don’t want subway all the time
 Martin- Set up a standing committee
 Joe A.- writing a resolution
 Adrienne- how we can extend the meal swipe plan
 Josh L- advocate for late night dining
 Saagar- late night dining
 Matt B- Tavern shouldn’t be closed on Saturdays
 Justin R- concern for under-staffed Subway workers at night
 Joe A.- Wants to form a committee, resolution will be formed next GA
 Jaime- better communication
 Tariq- tavern closes over weekend is not ideal
 Josh- service is not ideal, takes a long time, advocate for a sense of quality and time
 Adrienne- not a lot of good communication
 Michaela- look into shipment orders, maybe add mid-week shipments
 Joe A.- meet with Joe, Ed, and Martin afterwards
 Motion to end open forum topic- Josh
 Seconded
 Passes o Geena Davis
 Susanna- a lot of the halls did not understand the way the halls
 Devin- KPU emailed presidents what to do
 Megan- RHA recognizes aa short time frame
 Martin- agrees with Devin and Megan
 Ron- when the event is going on, have KPU tell residents
 Saagar- presidents met with KPU a couple times, KPU emailed presidents, but there is still a lack of communication
 Michaela- a very short timeline, needs more communication
 Sarah- Hall councils not told information
 Devin- KPU sent presidents the information for hall councils
 Josh- RDs sending emails
 Megan- RHA tries to limit RDs sending out information so no one is overwhelmed
 Nate- Thank you for the feedback, we are trying to inform all of what went on
 Motion to move to next open forum issue o Bathroom trashcans
 Susanna- what is the policy about bathroom trashcans
 Markie- HDP does not want to clutter the bathroom with trashcans
 Saagar- working on getting Facilities Management to talk to Hughes
Hall Council
 Also working on getting new covers for the bathroom trashcans
 Nate- use the advocates to streamline the discussion between the halls
 Josh- not a valid argument for HDP to tell residents to carry used products out of the bathroom to throw away

 Alex- HDP advocates for inconvenience, so residents can make a smarter decision to throw away trash
 Jaime- residents are going to throw stuff away in the bathroom trashcan
 Meaghan- have a small trashcan
 Nate- if we add more trashcans to bathrooms, we might consider educating sustainability
 Michaela moves to end open forum,
 seconded o Open Forum
 General Announcements o Happy birthday Terry o Sarah M- Come to dating safe event o Martin- Shout-out for passing a CA Resolution
 Make sure you do STEP Up o Ron- Shout out to Joanne o Jaime- rugby game o Sarah- Shout out o Daniel- make sure you look out to one another o Joanne- Happy Halloween, be safe
 Recognition
 Adjournment o Motion- made by Jaime - to adjourn by unanimous consent
 Seconded o Adjourned at 11:22pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Devin Moore
RHA Chief of Staff
These minutes were approved by unanimous consent by the 11/13/14 General Assembly