SUFAC
Meeting Minutes for 26 Feb. 2009
I.
Call to Order
SUFAC Chair Tania Galligan called the meeting to order at 5:17pm.
II.
Roll Call
a. Members Present: Lynsy Beckett, Andy Locke, Sheila Schroeder, Brianna
Markowski, Lindsay Acterberg, John Lee, Joe Tyrrell, Jessica Olive, Yue Yang, Ricky
Staley , OFO, Ron Ronnenberg, Tania Galligan, Matt Kehl, Tessa Pieper, Ellen Domine
III.
Recognition of Guests – Anna Woerpel- Guest; Claudia Ortega- OLA; Kortney JenksPHD Club, Tiffany Willhelm- PHD/ French; Dan Beckwith- SGA/ Phlash; Chong Kha- SASU;
Mai Chong Vang- SASU; Ong Yang- SASU; Lauren Lindloff- Habitat for Humanity; Jenni
Hebbe- Habitat; Cassie Johnson- Habitat; Molly Lollard- SGA; Saul Lemerond- Sheepshead;
Jennifer Stallsmith- Sheepshead; Christopher Delmont- Sheepshead; Alecia Warpoose- Intertribal;
Kim Eichart- ACDA; Rachel Trempe- ACDA
IV.
Approval of Agenda- Tania entertained the motion to approve the agenda. Matt
motioned to strike the minutes from the agenda. Andy motioned to move item h to item a. matt
motioned to move item j to item d. Lindsay seconded. Andy called the question. Lynsy
acclimated.
V.
Reports
a. OFO: Contingency is $21,361.05 and small org is $1200.00
b. Senate: no report
c. SGA Exec: Monday we will be meeting with the city clerk to discuss upcoming
d.
e.
f.
VI.
polling on campus for the spring. Ricky will have to leave early to prepare for the
upcoming Varney vs. Staley Court case.
Good Time Programming: Cook was a success and we have upcoming events; so
check your calendars!
Vice Secretary: In the mailboxes there is an updated Intertribal budget
Secretary: Matt and I approved the recycling of 9 computers at $879 each. It was
about $8,000. Every 3 years or so CIT does this and gives new computers to the orgs. We
didn’t bring this to the board because there is not really anything we can do with it.
Discussion Items
a. OLA Org Budget: S&E- $175 for duplicating and photocopying. There are decorations
listed under this, however, they should be listed under the contractual items. Heritage month
happens in the fall semester. There is a good turnout with this where the students can learn
about the Hispanic culture. Salsa making and a Latino movie accompanied with a speaker are
involved. Conference at UW- Stevens Point is requested, although the location may change. It
is an instate conference and we are planning for about 7 students to attend. The Fourth
program is a comedian. This would be free to all students and open to the public. The 5th
program is a salsa lesson with the teaching of how to make guacamole in the spring. There is
also a family potluck planned in the spring. This will raise money for a Mariachi band. Food
would include punch, salsa and chips, etc. for various activities such as the DJ. Travel - $195.
Out of state travel includes the National conference in Chicago. It is all about leadership and
Hispanic Heritage. The national women’s conference is held out of state, last year it was in
Boston. Ofo changes- Food- event 1- $121.50; event 2- $90; Event 5- $100. Travel in state is
$125 per person at $875 total. SUFAC total is $751. 57. Out of state the SUFAC amount is
$3345.49. Matt asked what the general supplies would be used for. We are thinking of
giveaways for orgsmorg. Jessica asked if they could rank their contractual items. 1- Hispanic
Heritage; like it is listed on the request. Brianna asked if the second trip was open to everyone
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or just the org. it is open to everyone. Our org is becoming much more multicultural. Lindsay
asked if the program 2 was also included in travel. It is travel. Matt asked if they could rank
their travel. Trip 1, trip 2, trip 3. Matt asked how many people have attended the events in the
past. It varies for each program. There was a program we did in the past where we had over
175 students show up to. We had about 40 people for the potluck with families from other
orgs in the AIC. Budget total is $21624.56. Lindsay asked what the $4000 was for the salsa
dance. That is the cost for the band. Matt asked how many people have attended the trips.
Maybe around 4 students per year.
b. Student Government Reallocation request: We have elected not to go on our out of state
trip. With the spring election coming up there was a new charge to get students voting in the
spring. We would like to get more advertisements and random supplies such as paper. Brianna
asked what kind of supplies they would be buying. Paper and some of it would be going for
the subscriptions to the New York Times. Matt asked if they could explain why they weren’t
going on the trip. WE talked with other from last year and they didn’t think it was necessary
or helpful. Also, with the hold on the out of state travel for faculty we thought it would be best
if we didn’t go either. Sheila asked if Ricky would remain neutral in the elections. Yes, we
just want people to get out and vote.
c. Phlash TV request- We were denied a hard drive because we didn’t research alternative
methods. If we were to store our files on the campus server, it is charged by kilobytes. We
have about 6 terabytes of memory so it would be around $50,000. 2 terabytes of memory is
about $700 annually and it is a 2 year contract. It came out to about $31,000. The hard drive is
only $131. Matt asked if they could explain why they are keeping 2 terabytes. We have that
much that we keep presently. The other 4 is like an archive. Matt asked how many bytes the
hard drive was. It is 750 gigabytes. Andy asked where they would be getting it from. The
company that is contracted through Ofo.
d. French Club contingency request- The total cost was from $1700 to $1400. WE are
requesting an additional $650 for our Victoria Fox concert. She filled the Meyer theater and
we are inviting the local schools and French classes. We hadn’t included the travel expense
and the additional Cellist with the package. Matt asked if they charge the community
members. Yes, it is $5. The performance is March 31. Sarah asked if they didn’t get funding
what would they do. We would either go back to the humanistic studies department or we
would cut out Melanie James. Ellen asked if they thought about going to GTP to help
cosponsor. No, we hadn’t looked into that.
e. Psych and Human Development Budget- S&E- $15 for miscellaneous odds and ends.
Photocopying and duplicating. Subscriptions included Psychology today annual subscriptions.
Capital items- include a digital camera. The price we found online was $200 for an expected
6 year lifespan. Contractual items include a speaker to hold an introduction for the psych
department and discuss different fields to get into. Another speaker will discuss
environmental issues related to Psychology. A clinical psychologist that charges $300 per
session; $100 for food and transportation. Gail from Green Bay. She is an area family
therapist; we would like to give her $125 for a thank you and travel. Food correction- no brats
and hot dogs for event 2. Event 1- meet the professor, usually 30 people attend. Event 2chips. Bowling- about 40 people with professors. Travel- APA conference in Boston.
Changes- $1200 for 6 people for registration. $390 for lodging. $2250 for airfare. Total $3840.00. The conference in Ontario is the biggest conference and we would choose to pick
that one over the Boston conference. Andy asked if anyone in the org had a camera they could
use. Yes, but we aren’t sure if anyone has one at all. Brianna asked what the club dues are for
and how many members there are. We have about 50-60 members and they pay $15. Matt
asked if they could rank their programs. Program 2 is number 1; program 1, program 4,
program 3. Matt asked how many people are expected to attend the end of the year cookout.
About 20 members from our club, and it is cosponsored by Psi Chi. The professors don’t pay
for the programs themselves. We haven’t had any of these specific speakers before , but we
had about 50 at the name earlier. WE have a small interview process for people to attend the
trips. If they want, it is open to everyone that wants to apply.
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VII. Action Items
a. SGA Max U Request- Matt entertained the motion to approve SGA $1000.00. Andy
motioned. Chris seconded. Cheng called the question. Lynsy objected. During the discussion,
it was brought up that this is a highly attended event and that we are paying for a quarter of it.
Suggested that it be included in the budget next year. Question called. Motion passed 5-0-4.
VIII. Announcements- We will have mailboxes completely set up next week.
IX.
Adjournment- Andy motioned. Cheng seconded. Chris called the question. Lynsy
acclaimed. Meeting adjourned at 6:39 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by,
Amanda Hart
SUFAC Administrative Assistant
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