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Residence Hall Association
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General Assembly Minutes
February 12, 2015
Megan O’Toole
President
202-885-3606
megan@aurha.org
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Joanne Frangias
Vice President of
Administration & Finance
202-885-3676
joanne@aurha.org
Nate Warszawski
Vice President of
Advocacy &
Community Coordination
202-885-1878
nate@aurha.org
Sarah Nylen
Vice President of
Programming
202-885-2774
sarah@aurha.org
Jody Gregory
National Communications
Coordinator
202-885-2179
jody@aurha.org
Devin Moore
Chief of Staff
202-885-1742
devin@aurha.org
Daniel DeHollander
Advisor
202-885-3138
deholla@american.edu
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Call to Order
o Meeting called to order at 9:03 pm
Attendance
o Anderson
 5/7, 1 late
 Proxies: 1
o Cassell
 3/7, 3 late
 Proxies: 0
o Centennial
 5/7, 1 late
 Proxies: 0
o Hughes
 6/7, 1 late
 Proxies: 1
o Leonard
 6/7
 Proxies: 1
o Letts Clark and Roper
 4/7, 2 late
 Proxies:
o McDowell
 5/7
 Proxies: 0
o Nebraska
 1/7
 Proxies: 0
Minutes Approval
o Motion- made Matt- to approve last GA’s minutes by unanimous consent
 Seconded by Joe
Agenda Approval
o Motion- made by Matt- to approve last GA’s agenda by unanimous consent
 Seconded by Saagar
Hall Reports
o Anderson
 Great Advocacy event
 Programing great events
o Cassell
 Selling candy gram
 Relay for life
 March Madness event
o Centennial
 Sex politics and pizza event- 27th at 6pm
o Hughes
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 Candy grams finished
 Groundwork for advocacy
o Leonard
 Massage/yoga night
 Condom bingo coming up
 Cookie Gram tabling
o Letts Clark and Roper
 Tabling for chocolate roses coming to an end
 Finished cookie decorating
o McDowell
 Preparing for Stress “Let It Go”
 Donated to Centennial Hall’s Event
o Nebraska
 Tabling tomorrow
 Filling open positions
Executive Board Reports
o President
 What I did:
 Met with Chris Moody
 Met with Daniel
 No Frills
 What I'm going to do:
 Preliminary election tasks
 Tuition/Budget Forum
o Vice President of Administration and Finance
 Care package company contracting
 Which one is best
 OCM is coming into the office
o Vice President of Advocacy and Community Coordination
 What I did:
 Hall Wars planning with Sarah and Daniel
 Met with Ken Chadwick
 Working on Sayings and Sigils preparations
 What I didn't do:
 Nothing
 What I will do:
 Hall Wars
 Sayings and Sigils
 Eco-Olympics
o Vice President of Programming
 Absent
o National Communications Coordinator
 What I did:
 Attended No Frills
 Passed legislation and elected a new RBD
 Met with Arthur
 Started revisit the Advisor manual
 What I didn't do:
 Meet with Daniel
 What I'm going to do:
 meet with Daniel
 meet with VPs of Rec
o Chief of Staff
 What I did:
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NRHH
 Snacks for RA interviewers
 NRHH speakers at meetings
o Advisor
 Advisor No-Frills Recap
 A.R.T. Sessions and Advisor Training Development Plan
 True Colors Session (The Box of Crayons that Talked)
 OCM Presentation
 NACURH 2015 Session (North Dakota, Soda Pop Tabs)
 CAACURH 2015 Session (George Washington University, Adopt
a Family)
 What Daniel Did:
 Attended CAACURH No-Frills
 Met with Megan, Sarah, Nate, Joanne
 Helped to submit paperwork for S’Mores Event
 Reviewed RHA Executive Board Election materials
 What Daniel Plans To Do:
 Schedule regular 1:1 with Max and Nate
 Process all CAACURH No-Frills payments and refund check
 Finalize Advisor Training Development Plan
 Support Updates of Bylaws, Financial Policies, Advisor Manual
 Upcoming H&DP Events:
 Good luck to everyone participating in RA/PA interview
weekend this weekend!
 Have fun at Founders Day!
 2015-2016 Housing Selection Process
 http://www.american.edu/ocl/housing/roomselection/?utm_so
urce=web&utm_medium=CMS&utm_campaign=OCL%20HDPr
oomselect
 STEP 2: Group Declaration, due February 20th at 5:00pm (ET)
 STEP 3: Room Selection, February 25th – March 5th
o Information Sessions
 Tuesday, January 20th at 6:30pm in Nebraska
Hall Lounge
 Thursday, January 22nd at 6:30pm in The
Hatch (Transfer Students only)
 Wednesday, January 28th at 6:30pm in Letts
Hall Formal Lounge
Old Business
o None
New Business
o No Frills Recap – Jody
 Business meetings
 Kind of like GA
 Schools across the region attend
 Who is part of the Board of Directors for CAACURH
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Aboard Meeting
o No pressing matters
o Hall Wars being planned
Delegate roundtable
I Didn’t do:
Basically everything
I am going to do
Catch up on work
Passing legislation
NRHH
 2 pieces of legislation passed, Sam Smithson
o You could be a member of NRHH even if you do not
live on campus
o Addressed major concerns about NRHH and RHA
 Affects these organizations as a whole
 VP of recognitions will receive more information about No Frills
 Presidents’ Board Room
 Voted on New Member of the Year, and President of the Year
 Advisors’ Board Room
 Advisors Resource Training
o With this training, Daniel can present to RHA advisors
 Daniel’s poem
 Attended a session about NACURH 2015
o Start collecting the Soda Can tabs
 Submit to Jody
 CAACURH 2015 Philanthropy: Adopt a Family
o Policy Discussion Topic – Megan
 Alcohol Policy discussion for next GA
 Anonymous questionnaire, please fill it out
 Question: open to the public
 As long as they are residents, they can be a part of GA
o Surprise – Joanne
 Care Packages!
Open Forum
o Open for topics
General Announcements
o Christina- Trying to get a panel for Sexual Assault Awareness month
 Have advocates contact Christina about interest
Recognition
o Daniel for driving
o Jody for being awesome
o Sam Smithson for legislation
o Advocates for being awesome
Adjournment
o Adjourned at 9:54pm
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Respectfully Submitted,
Devin Moore
RHA Chief of Staff
These minutes were approved by unanimous consent by the 2/26/15 General Assembly