American University
Residence Hall Association
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
General Assembly Agenda
Reiter Boldt
President
(202) 885-1878
reiter@aurha.org
Devon Wallick
Vice President of
Administration and Finance
(202) 885-3606
devon@aurha.org
October 17, 2013
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Rajita Sanji
Vice President of Advocacy &
Community Coordination
(202) 885-1742
rajita@aurha.org
Hayat Abu-Ghazaleh
Vice President of
Programming
(202) 885-2772
hayat@aurha.org
Patricio Barnuevo
National Communications
Coordinator
(202) 885-3676
patricio@aurha.org
Marieka Cober
Chief of Staff
(202) 885-2179
marieka@aurha.org
Daniel DeHollander
Advisor
(202) 885-3138
deholla@american.edu
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Call to Order
o President Reiter Boldt called the 3rd meeting of the General Assembly to order
at 9:08 pm.
Attendance
o Anderson 6/6
o Cassell 5/6
o Centennial 6/6
o Hughes 6/6
o Leonard 6/6
o Letts Clark and Roper 6/6
o McDowell 5/5
o Nebraska 3/5
Minutes Approval
o Motion to add Blue Crew presentation to agenda, unanimous consent
 Seconded
o Motion to approve last week’s minutes, unanimous consent
 seconded
Agenda Approval
o Motion to approve agenda, unanimous consent
 seconded
Hall Reports
o Anderson
 Appointing floor reps next week
 Possible Chief of Staff position
o Cassell
 Study break last night, great turn out
 Making bulletin board next week
 Finding floor reps
o Centennial
 Fall Fest planning underway
 Drafted budget for semester
 Bulletin board done yesterday
o Hughes
 Figured out Halloween budget
 Trivia night planning
o Leonard
 Working on Halloween
 Recruiting floor reps
o Letts Clark and Roper
 Pumpkin event went well
 Working on Fall Fest
• Timeline and budget done
o McDowell
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 Meeting with North Campus last night
 Planning Haunted House tonight
 Door dec competition posters out now
o Nebraska
 All events scheduled for semester
 Budget done
 Fire extinguishers this week!
 Working on getting a printer
 Invites to Halloween party
Executive Board Reports
o President
 Approved first resolution
 Dining services committee next week
• Contact Rajita or Reiter with any concerns
o Vice President of Administration and Finance
 Roundtable about hall discretionary
 Holding one-on-ones about budgets
 Looked at every budget so far, looks good!
o Vice President of Advocacy and Community Coordination
 Working on multicultural night
 Serving on dining committee next Wednesday
 Working on HOTY
o Vice President of Programming
 Multicultural night
 American Indian Heritage month
 Tailgate event
 Collaborative events on both sides of campus
• Keep asking questions
• Think about communication
• Think about meeting and talking about event
• Delegate tasks
 Poll for programmers on Facebook group
 Not here this weekend, text or email Hayat
o National Communications Coordinator
 Bid deadline extended a week
 Ahead of schedule!
 Most letters of support are in
 CAACURH meeting went well
• Came up with ideas for roll call video, pins, banner, display
 Cava fundraiser
• October 30
• 6-10 pm
• Mention RHA and we get 10% of proceeds!
• Invite your friends!
o Chief of Staff
 Had a great roundtable before this meeting
• Planning bonding event soon!
 Met with Jamie about website and advertising this week
 Website should be updated soon
o Advisor
 Advisor Tip of the Week: Delegating Tasks and Assigning
Responsibilities
• Delegation and priorities
 Prizes for Events
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• $75 maximum for one individual
• No gift cards!
 Campus power outages rescheduled to October 20th and 27th:
• Sunday, October 20th from 10pm until Monday, October 21st
at about 2am
o Affected halls:
 Hughes
 Leonard
 McDowell
 Cassell
• Sunday, October 27th from 10pm until Monday, October 28th
at about 6am
o Affected halls:
 Anderson
 Centennial
 Clark
 Letts
 Roper
• http://www.american.edu/finance/facilities/serviceinterruption
s.cfm
• Question: will MGC be without power during TDR hours?
o Building closed during non-business hours
Administrative Board Reports
o Parliamentarian
 Met with Anderson about parli pro
 Meeting with all of the halls, Cassell this week
 Disciplinary committee
• Conducts hearings about violations of members
• Selecting 4 members
• Send a letter of intent if interested
o By next Thursday, October 24
o paul@aurha.org
o NCC-IT
 All good
o Deputy Programmers
 Working on multicultural night in November
 Working on Final Perk
 Government is open, so Founder’s Day can move!
o Social Media Deputy
 Working on website
 Drafted North Campus Halloween poster
 Update Jamie about events
New Business
o Resolution 13-14-001
 Presented by Megan of Cassell
 Changing “Residence Hall Association” to RHA in first two pages of
Constitution
• Except for mission statement
 Motion to approve by unanimous consent
• Seconded, passed
o Hall of the Year Update
 1. Lecloper in first place!
 2. McDowell
 3. Anderson
Updated last night around 9 pm
Question: how often is HOTY updated?
• General update once a month
• Updated every day for points
• Monthly awards given
• OTMs included
o Blue Crew Presentation
 Presented by Olivia from Blue Crew
 Partnership with RHA
 Hall liaisons
• Get residents to go to athletic events
• Contacting Olivia
 RHA tabling at games to face paint
 Promote attendance at games
 Field hockey game this Sunday
• Free pizza, drinks, and smoothies
• Handing out papers on the game
Open Forum
o Cassell for awesome hall council meetings and study break!
o Anisa for bringing Reiter dinner!
o Paul for winning Senate seat!
o Nicole for winning OTMs!
o Lecloper for being on their game!
o Alex for all floor reps and holding meetings!
o Hughes and Leonard for being awesome!
o Halloween event on North Campus!
o South Campus Fall Fest!
o Devon for being helpful and awesome hall buddy!
o Ericka and South Campus for planning!
o Hillary and Lindsey for advising Anderson!
o Jamie for awesome posters!
o Reiter for naming the mystery box!
o Rajita for not having to read the whole resolution at GA!
o Kyla for being a proxy!
o Zoe for chairing our CAACURH meeting!
o Keesha for the idea for CAACURH!
Adjournment
o Meeting was adjourned at 9:35 pm.
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