Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, 07 August 2014
Mandola's Deli
4105 Leland
Houston, Texas 77023
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The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by Jennifer Garrison. Taking minutes is Trish Mims.
Also in attendance were Board members: Rusty Hess, Lisa Cushing, Iris Story, Nancy Hess, Matthew Cushing,
Mike Story, Cathy Frank, Guinn Pitts, Rhonda Pitts, Arlene Valmores, and Chris Foster. Guests present: Vivian
Kirk (TBS), Danny Rojas (New Alumni), Monserrat Quinones Vargas (TBS), Jerome Muniz (Guest Alumni)
Rhonda Pitts moved to accept the minutes of the June 5th meeting as distributed. Rusty Hess seconded the
motion. Motion passed.
President Garrison called for officer reports. Mike Story reported that no new financial report from UHAA
has been received.
Chris Foster updated the Board on news from the campus.
a. Parking in the Fine Arts lot is being greatly altered to include more metered spots, which will become
home to Alley Theatre patrons in the evenings.
b. Cullen is being repaved.
c. Wendy’s has been remodeled and looks wonderful.
d. College of Engineering is building a new building.
e. New private housing – “The Vue”.
f. Work on the Basketball practice facility has begun.
g. Hilton School has a new PhD program.
Cathy Frank updated the Board on news from UHAA.
a. UHAA is sponsoring new freshman student receptions to help parents and students get connected with
all the various opportunities UH offers. Cathy Frank and Chris Mims attended to represent the SOHA
Alumni group.
b. Cathy Frank and Chris Foster are on the Homecoming Committee – this year’s theme is “Can’t be
Tamed”.
c. Cathy will be rotating off the UHAA Board at the end of her term this year.
President Garrison called for reports from standing committees.
a. Nancy Hess gave the Report of the Communications Committee. The next newsletter will go out in
August in advance of football season.
b. Jennifer Garrison gave the report of Tailgating Committee.
i. The UHAA tailgating village will be in front of the Athletics/Alumni Building.
ii. Menu is set for the home games.
iii. All help to set up and take down our tailgate is appreciated.
c. Trish Mims gave the report of the Special Projects Committee.
i. The silent auction is approaching and it’s time again to begin collecting items.
ii. Last year there were 25 senior garters left. We will determine how many we have to make for this
year as soon as we can determine the number of Seniors.
The meeting moved into consideration of previous business. Jennifer Garrison presented the Board with a
calendar of events for the remainder of 2014, as follows.
Date
07 August 2014
18-22 August 2014
22 August 2014
29 August 2014
04 September 2014
06 September 2014
20 September 2014
02 October 2014
09 October 2014
17 October 2014
01 November 2014
06 November 2014
08 November 2014
22 November 2014
04 December 2014
TBD
TBD
March 2015
April 2015
April 2015
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Day
Thursday
Mon-Fri
Friday
Friday
Thursday
Saturday
Saturday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Thursday
Saturday
Saturday
Thursday
Thursdays
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Event
SOHABOD August Meeting
Spirit of Houston Spirit Week
Feed the Spirit
UH vs. UTSA
SOHABOD September Meeting
UH vs. Grambling State
UH vs. UNLV
UH vs. UCF
SOHABOD October Meeting
UH vs. Temple
SOH Concert/SOHA Silent Auction
SOHABOD November Meeting
UH vs. Tulane (Homecoming)*
UH vs. Tulsa (Senior Day)*
SOHABOD December Meeting
SOHABOD 2015 Meetings
Basketball Day
Frontier Fiesta
Dinner with SOH Members
UHAA Gala
Time
7:00p
Daily
TBD
8:00p
7:00p
7:00p
TBA
6:00p
7:00p
8:00p
TBA
7:00p
TBA
TBA
7:00p
7:00
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Venue
Mandola’s Deli
UH
MSM/Grove
TDECU Stadium
TBD
TDECU Stadium
TDECU Stadium
TDECU Stadium
TBD
TDECU Stadium
MSM
TBD
TDECU Stadium
TDECU Stadium
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
The meeting moved into consideration of new business.
Discussion was held on the continuance of purchasing snacks for the band for the upcoming 2014 season.
Similar to last year we will provide Granola Bars and Apples. Cathy Frank made a motion to provide snacks
for the Band for the 2014 Football Season. Matthew Cushing Seconded. Motion passed.
10. Nancy Hess moved to adjourn the meeting. Matthew Cushing seconded. Motion passed.
11. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 pm .