Minnesota State University, Mankato IFC Agenda
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Call to Order: 6:33pm
I.
Roll Call:
Sigma Chi
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Delta Chi
x Phi Delta Theta
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Lambda Chi Alpha
x
Sigma Nu
Phi Kappa Psi
x Phi Kappa Theta
x
Tau Kappa Epsilon
x
VP of
Recruitment
VP of Conduct
Review
VP of Marketing
and PR
VP of Risk
Management
x VP of New member
education development
x VP of Council
Management
x
VP of community service x
and philanthropy
IFC President
x
x
i. Approval of Minutes: Approved
ii. Approval of Agenda: Approved
Presentation by Na
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Lessons of an Outgoing Fraternity President
o What are Fraternities made out of?
 Made out of people - individual members are so important
 Humanize your chapter - be civil but stern (can bend not break)
 What members do we have the most problems with and how do we deal with them?
 Senior members and New members
o Incentives, appeal to them and what they like/want
"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it"
o Tie your members into the messages of your Fraternities "whys"
 Why do we Recruit, Study, or even Community service
 If you don't have a reason why then many objects you want to reach will be
meaningless
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Make it clear that each member took an oath to your Fraternity and it is for
their own benefit
Get your priorities straight, help other brothers, and appreciate your members.
Make sure you don't Burn yourself out.
"You don't always have to be Superman" Theme of the week, before dance marathon -everybody
Have Support systems (Chapter advisor, Greek advisor, Girlfriend, brothers or other Greek friends
Know your weaknesses and make sure your chapter members don't take anything on that exploits those
weaknesses
Failure Vs. negligence - If you are motivated and are willing to put in the work then Failure isn't a bad
then but if failure comes from negligence it is unacceptable
Utilize any failures to weight what needs to be changed and improved.
Officer Reports
Vice President of Community Service & Philanthropy, Mr. Zach Gunby; Zach.Gunby@mnsu.edu (952) 393
2969
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Dance Marathon
o Continue fundraising, it’s Saturday 4:30-11pm.
We will need setting up Dance Marathon up as a whole, please contact myself or Alex Simonieg if your
chapters are willing to help.
Here are the time slots that are still open and in need of volunteers
o 10:00am -3:00pm, up to five people per chapter for set up.
o 4:45pm- 6:45pm, volunteers for food
o 5:00pm- 7:00pm, volunteers for prizes, games, etc.
Community Service Opportunity that is coming up12 hour Candle Light Vigil- February 27th, 555 Stoltzman road, Rasmussen Trail
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Talk or email Karen Anderson who’s the Director of the Community Engagement Office.
Vice President of Risk Management, Mr. Connor Donohue; Connor.Donohue@mnsu.edu (651) 214 9697
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Risk Management Round Table: February 26th 9 PM CSU 238
Working on a separate event for Sexually assault awareness week April
o Bystandered intervention seminar (Role Play)
Trying to get MAVs (Men against violence)
It's On Us Campaign (ROTC and Women's center are involved) Going in next week to book the video
production
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Shooting the video March 27th In Greek Office (Sent to Kare 11 and KEYC)
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Setting up Bystander Intervention (Role Play)
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Posters
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Working on getting information out to the chapters for this
Comment (John) - Please do not pregame for Dance Marathon
Vice President of Conduct Review, Mr. Walker Johnson; Walker.Johnson@mnsu.edu (651)303 7029
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Only had three Fraternities represented at CR Roundtable today
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Phi Psi, Lambda Chi, Sigma Nu
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Might have another one just for the Fraternity
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Update Chapter standing to the Maverick Greeks webpage
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Working on a by-law revision
Vice President of Member Education & Development, Mr. Akorede Teriba; Akorede.teriba@mnsu.edu
(612) 607 9871
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Greek Life Graduation
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need names of graduates from chapters for cap and gown ASAP
There will also be an Ad in the Reporter
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graduates should be able to pick up caps and gowns April 20th and April 21st if presidents report
correctly
Proposition of Etiquette dinner
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Either IFC/PHC run or by a specific chapter or chapters collaborating
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They want to move forward with this by next week
Emerging leaders only has one member and is starting tomorrow
o Send guys although it may be too late already
Vice President of Recruitment, Mr. Chris Rife; Christopher.Rife@mnsu.edu (507) 317 6946
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A big thank you to all presidents for making the recruitment roundtable so successful
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I will be taking all feedback into consideration in the coming weeks to improve Formal
recruitment.
Please double check with your bro chi's to make sure they are committed after March 18 there will be no
more changes to the roster.
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, Mr. Steven Clark; Steven.clark@mnsu.edu (612) 845 4248
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Make sure all Social Media is censored, appropriate and correct
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If you see your members posting filth tell them to clean up their act
Still working on Marketing theme for the Fall
Questions: (Gunby) - Can I get an Example?
Don't post pictures of members with Alcohol, you look trashed in the photos or they are doing some
questionable things while wearing letters
(John) Do we want to pitch potential ideas on Fall event?
Thinking of doing an All Greek Tailgating grill out. Getting a section of the Parking lot for that first football
game.
(Lambda Chi) - Work with the Herd...
(Sigma Chi) - Can we get a good location. really close (not lot 7) Lot 20 maybe
Vice President of Council Management, Mr. Colby Ackerman; Colby.ackerman@mnsu.edu (651) 352 7183
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All IFC dues have been paid, Great job
April 1st - will be the last date to update your new member Roster.
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What’s at least 6 inches long, goes in your mouth, and is more fun if it vibrates? (Email me the answer)
President, Mr. Na Chum: Nawchum@gmail.com (507) 995 7098
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Na's Psychology term of the week; Social Contract theory
o Everyone doing their part to survive as a whole
o Haven't quite achieved this as a Greek community
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All-Greek in March is in Ostrander Auditorium
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We are about to hit some critical timestamps in IFC in terms of deadlines, so hopefully expect a lot of
business before Spring Break
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Dance Marathon Conduct, No Pregaming
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IFC Exec, we should talk about composite pictures coming up in terms of attire
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Presentation this meeting
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Next week's meeting is the first of the month which means, Suit up boys!
Greek Advisor, Mr. John Bulcock; John.bulcock@mnsu.edu (507) 389 6076
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Greek Housing Conversation coming along.
o Each chapter is due to have a chapter representative and alumni representative. Due by this
Monday!
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) is getting colonized this weekend.
o Know as the new group comes on that they need to learn how our campus operates.
o Timeline:
 Colonize: this weekend
 Initial officer training right after spring break.
 Mid to late April expansion guy will be here to do more expansion discussion.
 17 members so far
 16/17 are freshman
 Don’t pay dues, cannot vote, must follow IFC rules/standards, can participate in Greek events.
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Room reservation for Fall will start being entertained by March 16th
Composites week after Spring break
Going with Second option of Greek Banquet
(Sigma Chi) Sent the email to Marla
(Lambda Chi) Time and Dates. Answer; Once a month
Greek Graduate Intern, Ms. Sarah Schliesmann; sarah.schliesmann@mnsu.edu
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Old Business:
III.
New Business:
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(Walker) All Greek Awards for the IFC. Let Walker Johnson know if your Chapter has done anything
Noteworthy during that month
o (Gunby) I'm on board for this award
o (Na) Do you have money in the budget for this?
 Yeah there should be enough to do this
Announcements:
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(TKE) Social aspects of InterFraternity life seems disconnected, we would like to have more events to
connect.
o (Gunby) Trying to start a Greek flag football but there is more that your social chairs can do
themselves
IV.
(Sigma Chi) - FlapJack Feast
(Lambda Chi) 1960 pounds of food donated to Echo food shelf
Meeting adjourned at: 7:31pm