RHA General Meeting
November 16th, 2012
MINUTES
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Roll Call
a. Present – Eboard, Karen, Andrew, Jocelyn
b. Late c. Absent Call to Order
a. Time: 11:45am
b. Date: 11/16/2012
c. Location: CC 235
Approval of Agenda
Executive Officers’ Reports
a. Chang Yaramothu, President
i. VP of Academic & Student Affairs about Hurricane
Sandy feedback
ii. RHA introduction to many new members
b. Gabriel Conover, Vice President
i. DJ Competition with HERO campaign; real DJ to judge
the competition
c. Nicole Federico, NCC
i. CAACURH
1. Letters of Concern by Nicole & Chang that our
roll call video was not shown
2. Received pins
3. Delegation and programs
a. Preethi & Kim- craft workshop
b. Gabe- retention of members
c. Chang- Twitter & FB & other social
media outreach; meetings with hall
council presidents
d. Victor- passive social media events; FB
mafia & bingo
e. Monica- FB account for Redwood, bingo
through FB (more programs)
f. Ivan- official floor reps for Cypress,
amending constitution to improve
involvement
d. Victor Paulose, Treasurer
e. Kimberly Lam, Secretary
i. Notification of new meeting time for next week
f. Martin Flores, PRO
i. Working on flyers
Outside Representatives
a. Joseph Lally, GDS
i. Monica- coffee machine suggestion (espresso) from
Rutgers New Brunswick
ii. Panini press machines
iii. Fries are good where they are
iv. Fresh (hand) fruit other than apples
1. Strawberries, berries… [only local produce is
served]
v. Nutella returning to GDS?
vi. Floors have improved but not maintaining
vii. The Grill: strange experience where nothing went as
planned and constantly had to be reminded to get the
rest of her order [April]
b. Darrien will be able to follow up with GDS & our liaison for
concerns
c. Senate
i. Victor- Pillow fight
ii. Raj- meeting with assistant Provost “Degree Work” for
fall 2013 registration
VI. Chairpersons’ Reports
a. Michelle (Oak)
i. Oak
1. Free food turn out is good
2. Matt Fontana wins blackboard paint
ii. UC
1. Halo 4 winner: Mike Lipinski
iii. Can reserve lounges for study jams
iv. Suggestions for stress relief!
b. Andrew (Laurel)
i. John Villarraga, Savannah Lischick, Umang Shah for
blackboard paint
ii. Raffle: Martina Tripcovici, Leo Caminiti, Ryan Metcalfe,
Emmanuel Tselentakis, Rachel Mann, Stephania Ortiz,
Shivank Mishra
c. Jocelyn (Cypress)
i. Brian Perdomo, Raj Das, Nicole Federico, RA Sarah, RA
Bernard,
d. Redwood
i. Ryan Kattine, Tiffany Pierce, Robert Blosco, Donnie,
VII. Resident Assistants’ and Community Assistants’ Reports
a. April, Redwood
i. Tomorrow, 11/17; Pierre  Ironbound
ii. April will have a registration program for freshman
tonight
b. Jocelyn, Cypress (RC)
c. Andrew, Laurel (RC)
i. Alcohol awareness program after Thanksgiving, yet to
be confirmed
d. Matt Fontana, Oak
i. Apples to Apples event [Hung up apples on strings and
participants had to eat off string]
ii. Halo 4 tournament, good turn out
e. Mike Loeffler, UC (CA)
i. Make your own Sushi at Monday
ii. Game night after thanksgiving break
iii. Stress balls program
iv. Getting Officer involved for public safety program
VIII. Hall Councils’ Reports
a. Monica, Redwood
i. Hand turkey program 11/15; prizes for winners
ii. FB & gmail account to communicate with residents
iii. T-shirt tie die on 11/26
iv. Redwood cooking channel; how to make meals in
dorms [scrambled eggs in microwave]
v. December: 12 days of Christmas
b. Ivan, Cypress
i. Introduce an amendment about floor reps at meeting
ii. PJ event after Thanksgiving [games, prizes]
c. Andrew, Laurel (RC)
i. Platters tbd
ii. Large scale chess game tbd
d. Darrien, Oak
e. , UC
i. Game Night planned
ii. Cards for soldiers
IX. Advisors’ Comments
a. Karen Quackenbush, Advisor
i. Intro of professional staff
ii. Referral, $200 per referral
iii. Stress Relief
1. Petting zoo
iv. Work on elevators in Cypress & Laurel that are
currently inoperational
v. Cable upgrade for TV
vi. Mock Room Furniture
vii. Raffle: Miad & Darrien winners
X.
Old Business (updates/postponements/tables)
XI. New Business (General Body Motions)
a. Tiffany Pierce, Redwood RA
i. Pie for Sandy, Wednesday, 12/5 at 2:30pm
location is TBD, attempting to be in Continuous Dining
Getting whole campus involved vs. individual halls
ii. Unanimous vote to approve budget
XII. Announcements (personal)
a. Suggestion to have flex points for bookstore, nearby
restaurants, vending machines
b. DJ Competition sign-ups now
XIII. Kudos/shout outs
a. ResLife staff for coming
b. Karen for being Karen
XIV. Adjournment
a. Time: 12:32pm