CPC Minutes (March 24, 2016) 900 Oakwood Street 342U EMU Student Center Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Meeting Opened: 7:01 pm Officers Present: All Present Delegates Present: ΑΓΔ ΑΣΤ ΑΞΔ ΔΖ ΣΔΤ ΣΚ ΣΝΦ ΣΣΣ Senior X X X X X X X X Junior X X X X X X X X Special Guests: CAPS ­ QPR ­ Suicide Prevention Training Officer Reports: President: ● We are in the process of selecting Leadershape Scholarship recipients. ● Don’t forget that incoming officer workshop is on April 9th and Officer Transition Retreat is on April 16th. ○ Both are MANDATORY for all incoming officers ● There is a presidents’ meeting on Monday, March 28th at 7pm in room Student Center room 104 ● We are welcoming two new Greek organizations to EMU! I’m sure you all know that Theta Chi is colonizing and will continue to do so! But in addition we are welcoming a new sorority, Distinctive Ladies! Distinctive Ladies is a latina sorority and they were given permission to colonize within the last couple weeks. Their president’s name is Yaretzi Delgado (​
ydelgado@emich.edu​
). Be sure to reach out and say hello! ● We are in the process of creating a Multicultural Greek Council (MGC). That will be happening over the summer, and Sigma Lambda Gamma will be associated with that council. We have also been reaching out to a couple other multicultural organizations on campus to affiliate with this council. ● There will be a welcome event on Wednesday, March 30th from 2pm­4pm. We will be welcoming both Distinctive Ladies and Theta Chi officially to our campus! Stop by room 330 at that time to meet our new community members, and pick up some refreshments! ● The Women’s Resource Center is holding an event called Stand in Solidarity with Survivors of Sexual Assault. They have called out Greek Life specifically to join them in promoting and attending this event. Because the fraternal community is considered a high risk population for sexual assault we should be doing all that we can in order to put an end to this violence and support survivors. Please register for this event using the following link: ○ https://docs.google.com/a/emich.edu/forms/d/1PYnlY23LirMFNGbX268rCZfrIj1
foa4JyBp_96U3IRI/viewform?c=0&w=1 Executive Vice President: Hi friends! ● For those of you who have attended a GLASS III session please take this short survey. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET GLASS III CERTIFICATION IF YOU DO NOT FILL OUT THE SURVEY. It is very important that everyone who attended fills out this survey because this is a new program, and in order to evaluate it, your opinion matters. The survey shouldn't take more than three minutes, and as soon as you fill out the survey I will edit the rosters to reflect your certification. If you have any questions or have any problems with the form, please let me know. My email is ​
Braber@emich.edu ○ https://docs.google.com/a/emich.edu/forms/d/1qGovdH8Il2KtCrvFKLEedyWxcB
teOrwoHnPvRXXlhsk/viewform ● Next GLASS dates are: ○ GLASS I­ 4/8 ­ 4­6pm, Kiva Room ­​
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Registration now open. ○ GLASS II­ 4/15 ­3­5pm, 320 Student Center ­​
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Registration is now open. ○ GLASS III­ 4/9 ­4­6pm ­ Big Bob's Lakehouse ­​
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Registration is now open. ● Check out all the FASTFORWARD programs! ○ Personal Safety ­ Officer Candace Dorsey ○ How to Help a Friend­ Melissa Rosenblum ● IF YOU WANT MY POSITION PLEASE CONTACT ME. SERIOUSLY, DO IT. ○ braber@emich.edu Vice President of Membership: ● Fast Track tables ○ If your chapter misses your assigned Fast Track date you will receive a panhellenic absence. ○ When attending Fast Track one should be wearing all greek apparel, have a fully charged laptop with them, and be ready to talk about the benefits of greek life. ● Greek Life Pamphlet ○ Send pictures to ​
hsargent@emich.edu ● Recruitment Expectations for Fall 2016 ○ All chapter presidents have received an email from me in regards to coming to a meeting or discussing with chapters recruitment questions, and concerns. ● Social Media Campaign ○ In order for a campaign to be effective it must have participants. Be sure to use our hashtag every thursday on your social media accounts. #HowIMetMySisters and #FindYourYellowUmbrella. Vice President of Education: ● Thank you to everyone who participated and supported PhotoVoice! ● Scholar of the Month ○ March Winner ○ April Submission due ■ April 4th ■ Announced April 7th Vice President of External Affairs: ● No Report Vice President of Internal Affairs: ● winter dues are due today by the end of this meeting or a 10 percent late fee will be tacked onto your already existing bill ● Chapter of the month ○ March 24th= Alpha Sigma Tau April 14th= Alpha Gamma Delta ● Keep nominating for greek awards, the more nominations the better: ○ https://www.emich.edu/campuslife/greek­life/current­members.php ● Seniors: don't forget to be on the lookout for 6 word sentences on your Greek life experience (aka chapter presidents need to be emailing josh or I the list of graduating/people going alumn) ● Fun Fact: ​
85% of the executives of Fortune 500 companies were greek; All but 2 of our presidents since 1825 have been Greek; The overall Greek GPA is higher than the overall collegiate GPA; 20% more Greeks graduate from college than do non­Greek students Member at Large: ● Nate Pyle is running for student government vice­president with Kiera Fegan. Kiera is a 3x student senator and for the past 2 years senate speaker and member of honors college. ● Sigma Nu changed their Date for their annual cleaning up Ypsi Unfinished Business: None New Business: Proposed amendments to the CPC Constitution and Bylaws: Article X, Section 2, Subsection O: O. In case of a campus emergency the president will be the only one speaking on behalf of the College Panhellenic Council with the approval of the advisor. If the president if not available it will follow in the order of: 1. Executive Vice President 2. Vice President of Membership 3. Vice President of Education 4. Vice President of External Affairs 5. Vice President of Internal Affairs 6. Member at Large Motion to table until next meeting Second. Article X, Section 8 Section 8: Member at Large A. Be the College Panhellenic Council Voice at the​
InterFraternity​
Council body meetings B. Help coordinate special events for CPC C. Communicate with the ​
Interfraternity​
Council outside of the general body meetings D. Communicate with the National Pan­Hellenic Council outside of general body meetings E. Act as a liaison between the campus community and the ​
College Panhellenic Council F. Facilitate the completion ​
of the annual AFLV application Motion to table until next meeting Second. Article VII, Section 1 Section 1: The executive board shall consist of ​
seven​
executive board officers and the Panhellenic Advisor. The officers are as follows: A. President B. Executive Vice President C. Vice President of Membership D. Vice President of Education E. Vice President of External Affairs F. Vice President of Internal Affairs G. Member at Large H. Advisor (non voting) Proposed friendly amendment: Section 1: The executive board shall consist of ​
seven​
executive board officers​
and the Panhellenic Advisor.​
The officers are as follows: I. President J. Executive Vice President K. Vice President of Membership L. Vice President of Education M. Vice President of External Affairs N. Vice President of Internal Affairs O. Member at Large P. Advisor (non voting) MOTION CARRIES Motion to table until next meeting Second. Article X, Section 3 Section 3: The Executive Vice President shall: A. Inform the council about changed in the Manual of Information, Judicial policies and other policies sent down by the highest governing body B. Select members of the Greek Judicial Board with the help of the Panhellenic Advisor(s), IFC Executive Vice President and Director of Student Code of Conduct and Community Standards. C. Serve as Greek Judicial Board Chief Justice and preside over all judicial board meetings with a voice but no vote. D. Maintain safe social environments and address health and wellness issues through enforcement of the Greek Social Policy, FIPG Risk Management Policies and GLASS Programming. E. Assume the Duties of CPC President should she unable to fulfill her duties F. Hold regular meetings with designated risk management chairs G. Schedule, reserve rooms for, set the the agenda for, and run monthly Judicial Board meetings if no hearing takes place that month H. Host GLASS events and maintain records of GLASS Certification I. Coordinate the annual Anti­Hazing Week programming Motion to table until next meeting Second. Announcements: ● Alpha Xi Delta is holding a voluntary Scavenger Hunt on March 9th (saturday) from 9­12pm ○ ● Alpha Gamma Delta April 15th, Greek Sale in the Student Center ● Alpha Sigma Tau; March 30th, Pastries with AST Meeting Closed: 8:49pm