Carol Bassuener Chapter of the
National Residence Hall Honorary
Chapter Meeting Minutes 4/8/15
Call to Order
 Gathering called at 9:01
 Activity - Cara Mackesey, Hannah Phillips, Austin Baar, Spenser Garcia
 Emily P. is absent
Guest Speakers/Fund Requests
 Hutch Hall: Hutchapalooza-ceiling of $80.00
o May 1st 8pm-11pm in Hutch/Angell Pit
o Bonfire with a free concert at 8:30pm.
o There will be smores, drinks and fun!
o The program will cost $365 with $80 coming from NRHH.
o Questions
 Would you deicate a song to NRHH?
 Sure
 What kind of music is it?
 90s, Maroon 5, Mumford and Sons, and Orginals.
 What will you being wearing that night and would you wear an
OTM shirt?
 Possibly!
 Would you at least write an OTM?
 Yes!
 Why does the sound system cost $210?
 It covers the cost of professional sound system people
and lights since it will be dark.
o Discussion
 I think it’s a cool idea.
o Fund request approved with 2 absentions noted
 Counseling and Testing: Spread the Love-ceiling of $125.00
o To raise awareness about mental health.
o With sit at the clock tower with food that you can spread things on
along with information from CTC about mental health.
o Friday April 24th from 7:30-Noon
 Hopefully with have a counsler from CTC to show how friendly
they are!
o Any extra food will go back to the food pantry.
o Program will cost a total of $350 with $125 from NRHH.
o Discussion
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A super awesome program!
I love that its a partnership with a campus office!
o Fund request approved with 0 absentions.
New Business
 Big Diamonds - Little Diamonds - Betsy Katschke, Jack Rettler, Ryan Hoye
o Everyone has littles. Woo!
 Election: President
o Presentation from Ryan Hoye
 Time commitments
 3-6 hours a week for RA in Hutch
 12-20 hours a week for schoolwork
 Grad school searches
 Goals for next year
 Develop fundraisers
 More OTM Submissions
 Bid Submissions at multiple levels
 Transition into Values
 RHAC Connection
 Bigs and Littles
 Questions
 If there was one goal that you could pick to definitley
accomplish, what would it be?
 Form connections within chapter to strengthen
the chapter
 How will you balance members and execs?
 I would base that on needs and see what is going
on at the time and adapt it as it goes
 How will you work with the new exec team?
 As it is a new year, it is a new team and I would
do my best not to compare teams.
 What is one strength of yours and how would you use
it?
 Developer. I enjoy developing relationships and
watching that grow into strong relationships.
 Would you use parliamentary procedure?
 I would pay attention to the needs of the member
and see how formal we want it to be.
 How would you avoid a disconnect between members
and execs?
 I would not let the execs make decisions without
the input of the members as our decisions affect
everyone.
 Can you describe your leadership style in an ice cream
flavor?
 Mint, because I’m fresh.
o Presentation from Alex Miller
 Vision for the chapter
 Make the organization inclusive to our campus and
invite halls to learn what we do
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Goals
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Be the foundation for the chapter and serve the chapter
how the members want me to serve.
Have the chapter be present statewide, regionally, and
nationally.
Continue NRHH Appreciation Week
Exec Team Bonding
Focus on the fundraising team
Push for a diverse chapter, reach out to more
organizations
 Establish a strong RHAC connection
 Time commitments
 Senior Staff in Laux Hall
 12 credits per semester
 Questions
 If you could pick one goal to accomplish, what would it
be?
 To make the chapter more open and get more
diversity in the chapter.
 How would you balance the execs, members, and you?
 I would listen to everyone and put the members
first.
 What is a strength of yours and how would you use it?
 Communication. I am good at talking with people
and listening to their opinions and acting on
them.
 Would you use parliamentary procedure?
 I would gauge the chapter and see how we want
to run our meetings.
 How would you compare your WURHA directorship with
an NRHH exec team?
 I would do my best not compare. I would like the
NRHH team a little more because I would be able
to see my team more frequently.
 How would you handle disconnect between execs and
members?
 I like that our execs currently integrate with the
chapter at meetings. I view the execs as
members with extra roles and that’s how I would
view my position.
 Can you describe your leadership style in one ice cream
flavor?
 Half-baked ice cream. With every bite, you get
something different.
o Alex Miller has been elected as our President for 2015-2016!
Election: Vice President
o Presentation
 It’s Not About Me
 Family
Continue the “dates”, making the pair come up with an
activity.
 Have Bigs and Littles give presentations about each
other to the Chapter.
 Next year
 RHAC and RHAC to become greatness.
 Ideas for Greatness
 Offer RHAC a presence at our gatherings.
 2 NRHH/RHAC socials per semester.
 Service and Recognition as the VP
 Work with the CC on a day of service with another
NRHH Chapter
 Continue Mission Recognition
 On the Horizon
 Assist in establishing a stable revenue-generating
fundraiser
 NRHH Perception/Applications
 Transistion to values
 Skills I will bring to the position
 Focus
 Honesty
 Genuine care for others
 Resourcefulness
 Organization
 Time management
 Questions
 One goal you can do, what would it be?
 The connection with RHAC
 What would you want the relationship be with the President?
 I think Alex and I good friends so I would love to have a
great relationship
 What makes you the best canadate for this posistion?
 My passion.
 Can your appeal standards be up to par from Andrew this
year?
 I can try!
Presentation from Betsy
 Background from Betsy
 Organization and Professional Comm
 Will be a senior next year
 Not graduating til Fall of 2016
 Lover of cats, dresses, and musical.
 Leadership Experiences
 Cheer Captain
 Eagle Guide
 Treasuer and Program Coordinator in Reuter
 Future Hutch DC
 Current NRHH Involvement
 Fall 2014 new inductee
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Cocal with opinions and ideas
Winning OTM
PEP Member
 Time managment
 No theatre conflicts next year
 Hutch DC
 Light credit loads planned
 Lifelong multi-tasker
 Chapter Growth
 More large all-campus programs
 Add variety of types or programs
 More mini programs
 Mission Recognition style
 Increase awareness of NRHH
 More outings/retreats/programs for just our chapter
 Stronger bond between members
 Chaoter Growth
 Increased focus on Big/Little relationships
 Overal Clarity of Our Chapter
 Make people know about Carol‼
 Questions
 What goal do you want to accomplish the most?
 Programming!
 What do your relationship with the President to be with
next year?
 Love a great relationship with Alex
 What makes you the best canadite for the posistion?
 Programming.
 Can your appeal standards be up to par from Andrew this
year?
 Yes, I love clothes and would enjoy keeing that tradition!
o Jack Rettler has been elected as our Vice-President for 2015-2016!
Election: Communications Coordinator
o Who am I
 RA in Reuter!
 I am a cat enthusiast!
 I am the pilar destroyer
o My ideas
 Reach out to residents who do not have formal residence
posistions
 Push for delegates to put on programs at conferences
 Continue the great work Emily has been doing as CC
 Involve the chapter in the bidding process
o Why vote for me?
 I have weekends free
 Work well with others and teams
 Creative, Artistic, and Energetic
 Excited about traveling and representing UWL
 Patience for long meetings!
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Questions
 Can we hear your best La Crosse cheer?
 YAYYYYYY‼!
 What is the one thing you want to do?
 Get those non-involved residents to conferences!
 Are you comfortable with parli pro?
 Are you worried at all being in FYE Hall that your residents
need you on weekends?
 Rest
 How do you feel about dog lovers in the room?
 What types of bids are you interested in writing?
 I want to leave it to the Chapter to decide on what bids
we think we deserve.
 How you handle conflict if there happened to be conflict
between you and the NCC of RHAC?
 Not very confrontational
Caitlynn has been elected as our Communications Coordinator for
2015-2016!
Old Business
 None
Executive Reports
 President - Alex Joers
o Next two gathering will be the final two and will be in the Eagle
Basement
 Vice President - Andrew Treu
o No report
 Communications Coordinator - Emily Hilby
o Caitlynn, meet with me soon!
 Secretary - Ryan Hoye
o Fill out the piece of paper with your favoriate memory or a quote about
NRHH with your name on it and send it to me!
 Finance and Fundraising Coordinator - Jason Chambers
o We can purchase over 38,500 aluminum cans!
 OTM Coordinator - Anna Nachreiner
o 14 OTMs for March
o Remember to fulfill your OTM requirement!
 Community Service Coordinator - Kacy Rozwadowski
o Reminder to attend your service event!
o Sent out a sheet with regards to who has and has not fulfilled their
service requirement!
Team Reports
 Recognition - Jacob Sparks
o Vote Out of the Blue Award
 Records and Registration
 Academic Advising
 Construction crew on campus
 Records and Registration won!
Reminder to do sumbit shout-outs at the UWL Shout out Page
Service - Jaron Frederick
o Shrine of Guadalupe, April 18th 10am-2pm
o Neighbor’s Day April 18th 8am-1pm or 3pm
o Real Hope for the Hungry April 18th 10am-2pm
o Spruce Up Winona April 18th 12pm-4pm
o Pre-Chicago Volunteer Event April 25th10am-12pm or 2pm
o Organic Farming April 26th 1-3pm
o Bethany on Cass Walk and Talk with the folks April 29th 3:30-4:30pm
Fundraising - Beau Sandleback
o Working the dat calendar!
Programming, Events, and Promotion (PEP) - Sarah Lang
o We need people to be the Snitch!
 Caitlynn
 Beau
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RHAC Report
 Hannah 3/26
o Troy and Dr. Nick talked about the budget cuts.
 Chatwells will be rolling in.
o Students get to decide the name of the new Student Union Center.
 Jack 4/2
o Talked about having a Greek Life liasion for next year.
o Talked about combining the two VPs.
Advisor Reports
 Nick
o The appilcations for the Carol Scholarship is due at Sunday at
Midnight.
o Also, I accpeted a Hall Director posistion at Iowa St.
 Kinda of big deal.
 Patrick
Deliver the Diamond
 Luke Hams
o It went to Jason!
Announcements
Shout Outs
Cara Mackesey
Hannah Philllips
Spenser Garcia
Austin Baar