American University
Residence Hall Association
c/o Housing & Dining Programs | 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20016-8142
Phone: (202) 885-1878 | FAX: (202) 885-1154 | E-mail: info@aurha.org | www.aurha.org
Reiter Boldt
President
(202) 885-1878
reiter@aurha.org
Devon Wallick
Vice President of
Administration and Finance
(202) 885-3606
devon@aurha.org
General Assembly Agenda
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Rajita Sanji
Vice President of Advocacy &
Community Coordination
(202) 885-1742
rajita@aurha.org
Hayat Abu-Ghazaleh
Vice President of
Programming
(202) 885-2772
hayat@aurha.org
Patricio Barnuevo
National Communications
Coordinator
(202) 885-3676
patricio@aurha.org
Marieka Cober
Chief of Staff
(202) 885-2179
marieka@aurha.org
Daniel DeHollander
Advisor
(202) 885-3138
deholla@american.edu
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March 27, 2014
Call to Order
o Meeting called to order at 9:45 pm.
Attendance
o Anderson 1/6
o Cassell 4/5
o Centennial 4/5
o Hughes 6/6
o Leonard 3/6
o Letts Clark and Roper 2/6
o McDowell 4/4
o Nebraska 0
Minutes Approval
o Motion to approve last week’s minutes, unanimous consent
 seconded
Agenda Approval
o Motion to approve this week’s agenda, unanimous consent
 seconded
Hall Reports
o Anderson
 Hall Wars going well
o Cassell
 Planned EBI event
• Residents coming out to get donuts
 Door decorating competition
 Excited for Hall Wars and block party
o Centennial
 Floor Wars with events to get people excited
 Chopped and EBI survey event
 Bucket List for the rest of the semester
 Planning the last active program of the semester
 Working with RAs on study abroad event
 Encourage residents to work on Do it in the Dark
 Excited for Hall Wars
o Hughes
 Trivia night, Saturday at 7
• Everyone is invited
 Encouraging residents to work on Do it in the Dark
o Leonard
 Dodgeball tournament on Saturday
 Meeting about Taste of Leonard with RAs
 Working with Green Eagles to recycle and reduce energy
o Letts Clark and Roper
 Letts fitness week
• Granola bar hand off
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• Free Zumba class
 Few more events coming up
 Decorating the lobby
o McDowell
 Excited for Hall Wars
 Working on Relay for Life fundraiser with Dunkin Donuts
 McFormal
o Nebraska
 None present
Executive Board Reports
o President
 What I did
• Printed passed resolutions (signing after GA)
• Constitutional Review Committee meeting
• Wrote draft of transition speech
• Attended Conduct Advisory Council meeting
• Worked on transition documents
• Worked on old advocacy initiative (refusing entry)
 What I didn’t do
• Sleep…
 What I am going to do
• Finalize Anderson printer process
• Finish paperwork and rain locale for next year’s poster sale
• Work with Sam on Bronze/Leadership pins
• Work with Paul to finish elections
• Continue Constitution work
o Vice President of Administration and Finance
 What I did
• Input all of receipts into the budget
o Updated until this afternoon
• Shirts are here!
• Contacted MFS about picking up ornaments
• Wrote draft of transition speech
 What I am going to do
• Add a fund request to the financial policies (intramurals)
• Revise formulas in Excel documents
• Continue working/editing transition document
• Work on financial policies
o Vice President of Advocacy and Community Coordination
 What I did
• Finished advertisement stuff
• Ordered candy with Hayat for kick-off
• Made Hall Wars presentation for kick-off
• Started transition document
• Work on transition speech
 What I plan to do
• Hall Wars kick-off!
• Get ready for Record Setters next week
o Vice President of Programming
 What I did
• Finalized Hall Wars details
• Worked on transition
• Finally had Do it in the Dark kick-off!
 What I didn’t do
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• Work on my transition document
 What I plan to do
• Finalize transitions details
• Finish working on my transition document
• Kick-off Hall Wars event!
National Communications Coordinator
 What I did
• NACURH delegation selected
o Limited to selecting 3 people, total delegation is 5
o Reiter participated to ensure fairness
o Meeting with delegation on Sunday
o Considering applying for scholarships, regionally and
nationally
• Finished NCC Amendment
• Created Hall Wars poster
• CAACURH RBD elections
o Currently having special elections for Regional Director,
RCC for Bidding, and Associate Director for NRHH
o Every position has candidates
 What I plan to do
• Meet with Reiter on Sunday to discuss amendment
• Preparing School of the Year bid to send to Daniel
o He will review and send to Chris Moody
• Nominate people for awards
o Email will go out with explanation of the awards
o Awards given in the form of pins
o Deadline will be in email
Chief of Staff
 What I did
• Updated GA Master List and event calendar
• Started organizing Hall Wars t-shirts in the office
• Talked to 2fix about hanging awards
• Worked on transition documents
• Collected speeches from e-board and wrote my own
• Worked on transition
 What I plan to do
• Develop another plan for hanging awards
• Contact 2fix again to get another estimate
• Finish transition document
• Help with social media advertising and Hall Wars as needed
• OTMs!
• Read all of your fabulous NRHH applications…
Advisor
 What I did
• Met with Reiter, Devon, Tim, and Sam
• Wrote draft speech for transition
• Attended Athletic Engagement Committee Meeting (3/26)
• Attended Do it in the Dark kick-off (3/26)
• Attended Constitutional Review Committee (3/27)
 What I didn’t do
• Schedule meetings with Meg and Zoe
 What do I plan to do
• Finalize all contracts by April 4!
• Meet with Jamie, Sarah, and Patricio on Friday
Meet with Aron from MFS at ACPA Conference
Schedule meetings with Meg and Zoe
Reschedule meeting with Marieka and Reiter because of
conference
 HDP and other updates
• Make sure the complete the EBI and work with RAs to plan
events before 4/9
• Opportunities for Campus Collaboration
o Poker Run 5k (Rec Sports and Fitness)
 Sunday, April 13, 9:15 am
 Daniel will be running/walking/skipping
• As the fiscal year comes to an end, please work closely with
your hall council advisor to ensure that all contracts/PO
requests are submitted by 4/4 and received by 4/25
• Daniel will be out of the office at the ACPA conference from
3/30-4/2 (Sunday to Wednesday)
• Monday, need people to sign up to lead tours in South
Campus buildings
o Sign up if you can
o Residents can sign up, encourage them!
Administrative Board Reports
o Parliamentarian
 Cell phones/laptops away
 What I did
• Set up forum with SG/RHA
• Got ballot ready
• Meeting about Constitutional Review Committee
o Deputy Programmers
 Prepping for Hall Wars kick-off on Saturday
 Record Setters is coming up!
• Preview of all the fun next week
• Pick a representative in your hall council to get in contact
with/be the point person
• Meg will give them all of the information
 Multicultural night not going to happen
• Haven’t heard back from other organizations
 Share video competition!
• Can only use American email to vote
o Social Media Deputy
 What I did
• Drafted ideas for Hall Wars, need to change some things
 What I didn’t do
• Poster for Hughes Trivia Night because they made it
• Last 5 posters in digitizing
 What I plan to do
• Last 5 posters
• Media posts for Hall Wars and Trivia Night
• Anderson ice cream social poster
NRHH Report
o Coming later
New Business
o School of the Year Graphic Color
 Presented by Patricio
 Thank you for submitting edits
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Shoutout to Anisa for being amazing
Suggestions
• Dark blue line on the bottom
• Boxes are better, cleaner
• Grey silhouette, neutral colors
• Neutral colors, distracting
• Print darker, easier to read
 Will send bid to Daniel tomorrow night
• Going to Chris Moody by April 1
• Will decide if he writes a letter of support
• Submit to NACURH by April 26
 If you want to help, contact Patricio
• Help with delegation if you would like
o Hall Wars Kickoff Prep
 Presented by Rajita
 POSTPONED
 Hall Wars is an annual competition between the halls
 Kick-off is 12-2 this Saturday on the Quad
 Do not give shirts to staff members, shirts go to residents
Student Government Candidate Forum
o NO LAPTOPS
o Phones only for texting questions to Reiter
 Otherwise, silent and away
o Taped
o Live tweets by Marieka
Residence Hall Association Candidate Forum
o Taped and live-tweeted by Marieka!
Open Forum
o Shoutouts
 On text
Adjournment
o Meeting adjourned at 12:12 am.
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