American University
Residence Hall Association
c/o Housing & Dining Programs | 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20016-8142
Phone: 202-885-1RHA | FAX: 202-885-1154 | E-mail: info@aurha.org | www.aurha.org
General Assembly Agenda 22 September 2011
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Call to Order
o At 10:34 pm President Peter Wynn-Reifsnyder called the 2nd General
Assembly meeting of 2011-2012 to order
Attendance
o Quorum is established
Agenda Approval
o Motion to approve the agenda
 Seconded, passed
Hall Reports
o Anderson
 Meeting times established
 10pm in Anderson 6J
 Will be hiring a chief of staff
 Discussed Title IX
o Centennial
 Looking forward to their first meeting
 Can’t wait for Diversival
o Hughes
 Will rename the Leonard Lounge with Leonard and McDowell
 Planning a party
o Leonard
 Meetings Tuesdays at 10pm in the Formal Lounge
o Letts, Clark, and Roper
 Has handed out applications for new positions
 Over 20 residents attended their hall meeting
 First event is planned for Sunday
o McDowell
 Working with Hughes and Leonard on the Halloween Party
 Planning on making a feedback board for residents to give
feedback on
 Planning on making a community calendar
o Nebraska
 Meetings are Tuesdays at 10:30pm
o Tenley Campus
 Meetings are Tuesdays at 7:30pm
 Looking into doing a Halloween party
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 Planning on doing a Tenley-centric event
Executive Board Reports
o President
 Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
 What is it?
o A set of rules for conduct at meetings that allows
everyone to be heard and to make decisions without
confusion.
 Examples
o Point of Personal Privilege
 Pertains to personal comfort
o Point of Parliamentary Inquiry
 Asking the chair the best way of going about
an action
o Point of Information
 Generally applies to information desired from
the speaker
 Ex. “What are we currently voting on?”
o Point of Order
 Infraction of the rules, or improper decorum in
speaking
 Making a Motion
o One motion must be concluded before creating
another
o How do we use motions?
 Agenda approval
 Call for a vote
 Go into debate
 Limit debate/speaking time
 Divide a motion
 Adjournment
 Etc.
 General Rules
o Wait for the speaker to finish speaking before making
a motion or asking a question
o Be respectful
o Speak loudly and clearly
o Don’t call out individuals
o Be mindful of what you say
 Dining Services Project Team
 McDonalds will be replaced
 Had two bids for the space
 Only one met all of the requirements
 Currently in the process of approving the new vendor
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o Vice President of Advocacy and Community Coordination
 Working on the Dining Forums
 Will come to GA to get feedback once the bid goes through
 Will send out a deputy application soon
 Deputy will help with many resolution issues
 Email kate@aurha.org with any questions
 Hall of the Year (HOTY) Points
 Point structure will change
 Send Kate your meting agendas, minutes, etc. to get points
 Housing Task Force
 Will discuss interesting options in on-campus housing
 One seat on the committee is reserved for a GA member
 Filling your Hall Council
 Read the Constitution
o Your Hall President can appoint any vacant positions
o Vice President of Finance and Administration
 Has been working on the RHA Budget for presentation to GA
o Vice President of Programming
 Meetings are Wednesdays at 7pm in the RHA office
 Had first Roundtable meeting last night
 Campus-wide Manhunt game, co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures
 Winners will receive tickets to Paranormal Activity 3
 Look for posters and look online for more information
 Diversival is October 12th
 Make sure you like us on Facebook!
 facebook.com/americanRHA
o Chief of Staff
 Bringing Food to GA
 10/6
o McDowell
 10/20
o Centennial
 10/27
o Leonard
 11/3
o Anderson
 11/10
o Hughes
 11/17
o Tenley
 12/1
o LeCloper
 12/8
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o Nebraska and RHA
Presentations
o Presentation by NRHH
 Tonei Glavanic and Kathleen Kimball present
 What is NRHH?
 National Residence Hall Honorary
 Recognizes the top 1% of residence hall leaders on campus
 OTMs (Of the Months)
 Why is recognition important?
o A lot of hard work is overlooked. Recognition helps
motivate.
 What are OTMs?
o Online formal recognition by NRHH of the person,
organization, event, or group
o Nominate a student, event, organization, spotlight,
community, RA, DR, RD, DC, and much more!
o DUE ON THE 5TH OF EACH MONTH
 How to nominate:
o aurha.org > Recognition > OTMs
 What happens next?
o OTM Council reads the OTMs and judges which are
the best in each category
o Winning OTMs are sent to the regional competition
 For help, email
o kkimball502@hotmail.com
o CAACURH 2011 Applications (11:00pm)
 What is CAACURH?
 Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence
Halls
o A subset of NACURH (National Association of College
and University Residence Halls)
 What do we do at CAACURH?
 Attend programs
 Meet people from all around the region
 Lear what other schools do
 Cheer
 Show school spirit
 Have fun!
 Marie does the CAACURH COUGAR cheer and looks silly 
 Applications are due tomorrow, Friday, October 3rd at 11:59pm
 Will be in Towson, MD, November 11-13
 Hotel and transportation are provided
New Business
o Budget Approval
Cindy Zhang presents
 We have two rollover accounts and an account with the Fall
Residence Hall Fee
 Line Items
o Stipends
o Hall Allocations
o Grants
o Hall Discretionary
o Committee Funds
o RA Fund
o Office Supplies
o Technology
o Advocacy
o REAL Training
o Conferences
o Programming
o General Expenses
o Advisor Discretionary
o E-Board Discretionary
o Revenue (NRHH)
 Cindy will email out the Budget Breakdown to the General
Assembly
 Question: Are these values fixed, or can we re-allocate
throughout the semester?
o We can reallocate throughout the semester.
 Question: When will the Hall Councils know their budget?
o Within the next two weeks, once HDP receives our
approved budget.
 Motion to approve the budget
 Objection
o Motion to amend the line item “REAL Training” to be
called “Leadership Training”
 Seconded, passed
 Seconded, passed
o Parliamentarian Application
 Primary roles:
 Robert’s Rules confirmation at GA meetings
 Overseeing RHA Elections and RHA Election Regulations
o Deputy of Community Coordination
 Primary roles
 Oversees the coordination of the Hall Councils
 Assist any residents in the writing of resolutions
Adjournment
o At 11:45pm the 2nd General Assembly meeting of 2011-2012 is adjourned
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