Minutes of Missouri State University Panhellenic
April 8, 2015
The General Council meeting was called to order by President Libby Shannon at 4:00 pm at the Union
Club. The roll was called by Vice President of Administration, Bailey West.
ROLL CALL: )))
SPEAKERS:
PREVIOUS MINUTES The previous minutes were read and approved by our delegate.
OFFICER REPORTS
I.
President, Libby Shannon (Elizabeth16@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Leadership Mini-Lesson: Dance it Out!
b. Go Vote!
c. Political Campaigns: Be Kind, Courteous and Necessary
d. Grand Street Underpass Painting: We need your help!
II.
VP of Community Relations, Courtney Bollig (Bollig414@live.missouristate.edu)
a. FSL Night at the Springfield Cardinals April 26th @ 2:00pm. Tickets are $5.
Presidents/Delegates will be emailed sign up sheets. Women may sign up for tickets through
their individual chapters.
b. Up Til Dawn Executive Board Applications are due April 13th. See me for details.
c. Volunteer during the Public Affairs Conference April 13-18th!
a. Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/iYwiMq
b. Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
c. Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on
VolunteerSpot
d. Community Partnership along with more than 30 community agencies host Community Wide
Play Day each April. Saturday, April 18: morning and afternoon shifts are available. This is a
great opportunity for groups! Erica Harris Location: Fassnight Park: South Campbell and
Meadowview next to Parkview High Registration:www.commpartnership.org/volunteer E-mail:
eharris@commpartnership.org
e. Ozarks Public Television Soring TeleAuction. Phone Bank Volunteers are needed to take bids
from callers and help raise funds for OPT! Dinner is provided at the event. Saturday, April
11th, 2015 6-10 p.m. Strong Hall Atrium
a. To sign up, see the information below: Contact: Hannah Wingo E-mail:
HannahWingo@missouristate.edu Phone: 417-836-8894
III.
VP of Membership Development, Haley Clark (Clark303@live.missouristate.edu)
a. I hope everyone had a great Greek Week, congrats to all the winners.
b. Greek Week Director Applications have been re-opened
IV.
VP of Recruitment, Ellie Edwards (Edwards711@live.missouristate.edu)
c. T-shirt sizes
d. Individual meetings
e. Proposing recruitment rules
V.
VP of Academics, Julie Daoust (Julie93@live.missouristate.edu)
a. Qdoba Coupons on hold, I apologize! Further details to come.
b. Donuts for Deans List will be Monday and Tuesday, April 27th and 28th from 9am-12pm. I will
have the confirmed locations by next week. This is for all students in the FSL community who
were on the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester. Tickets will be distributed in chapter
mailboxes for those students. That will be your ONLY way to get your donut.
c.
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XIV.
As a chapter, please take nominations from your members, highlighting faculty, staff,
professors or advisors on campus that they appreciate including their department, look up to or
enjoyed having a professor. I am asking for at least 15 nominations from each chapter. My
counterpart and I plan to write thank you notes to them from the FSL community and give them
a candy bar to thank them for all that they do. I need this nominations ASAP.
VP of Administration, Bailey West (Bailey1129@live.missouristate.edu)
d. Roll Call.
e. Look out for the updated budget link this weekend sometime.
f. I will be sending out Spring Dues Invoices next week, please make sure your VP Finances are
looking out for it.
Director of New Member Education, Megan Gaglio (Gaglio270@live.missouristate.edu )
a. SNMD Applications now due Monday 13th at 4pm in the OSE
b. Thanks to everyone who went to Bread Co yesterday for Phi Sig's philanthropy!
Director of Marketing and PR, Michelle Green (Green93@live.missouristate.edu )
c. Be looking out for the newsletter!
d. President and VP Finance meeting after General Council next week. Please have these
officers attend.
e. Please start sending booklet info
a. President and Treasurer name
b. Recruitment chair name and email
Director of Panhellenic Counselors, Meagan Tarrant (Tarrant129@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Pi Chis found out their buddies at our meeting last night!
b. The next Pi Chi meeting is Wednesday, April 22nd 6:00-8:00 PM in Union Club
Director of Social Awareness, Katie Christopher (Christopher51491@live.missouristate.edu)
a. April 15th Insomnia Cookies for FSLSA
b. April 22nd Denice Evans @7
c. April 28th FSLSA Diversity Event @7 Temple 001
d. May 4th FSLSA Student Panel on Mental Illness @7 Temple 003
e. April 12-18th National Volunteer Week: April 22nd Earth Day
f. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Chief Justice, Kaylee Trost (Kaylee913@live.missouristate.edu )
g. Governance Statement Spotlight- Section 5.8: Purchase and use of bulk quantities of alcohol
Associate Chief Justice, Lauren Vincent (Lauren26@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Ethics Policy Spotlight: The purpose of the Pan-Hellenic Ethics Policy is to support all rights and
individuals within Fraternity and Sorority life, and any other individuals who work with Fraternity and
Sorority life.
 Pillar 1: Scholarship: We strive to achieve high academic excellence and strive to
keep the all sorority GPA above all Campus GPA. We will also not partake in any
academic dishonesty.
c. Pan-Hellenic Standards Star! Know someone that represents the sorority community at MSU
really well? Nominate her to be Pan-Hellenic Standards Star! Complete a nomination form
(Available on the FSL Website) for a sister or a friend, and submit it to
lauren26@live.missouristate.edu by Wednesday, April 22nd at 11:59 PM for your nomination to
be put into the Pan-Hellenic Standards Star drawing for the month of April! The winner will
receive a $15.00 gift-card to Starbucks for being a STAR and an Instagram Spotlight at the end
of the month!
Graduate Assistant, Katie Brady
f. Fraternity & Sorority New Member Activities Survey
http://studentvoice.com/missouri/perceptionshazingfratsorolife2015
Assistant Director of Student Engagement, Tara Benson
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Assistant Director for Co-Cirricular Involvement, Kelli Farris
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
E Edwards asks to entertain a motion to propose the Recruitment Rules. Alpha Chi Omega motions.
Gamma Phi Beta seconds. Changes: formalized verbage, a PNM must register by Monday 8/17 at noon,
added video guidelines, house mothers may speak to PNMs, no banging on walls of chapter hourses.
E. Edwards asks to entertain a motion to close discussion on Recruitment ules
E. Edwards asks to entertain a motion to propose the Code of Ethics.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
a.
AXΩ: We welcomed 7 New Members into our chapter. Alumnae Weekend this weekend. Sorority
Field Day sign ups are out, check out the event on Facebook. April 19th 10 am- noon.
b.
AΔΠ: Great Easter Event last week. Black Diamond this weekend.
c.
AΣA: Initiation on Thursday. Dad Day this weekend.
d.
ΔZ: Greek Tug on April 24th. Pancake dinner April 20th. Fundraiser tonight at Pickleman’s for
Greek Tug.
e.
ΓΦB: Initiation Week. Initiation is Saturday.
f.
ΣK: Dad’s Day this weekend. Philanthropy Golf Tournament this weekend.
g.
ΣΣΣ: April 14th Taco night dinner 4-8 pm to support our Foundation $6.
h.
ΞOI: Formal Friday night. Big/Little reveal Sunday.
LIASON REPORTS
 FSLSA: No Report.
 IFC: No Report.
 NPHC: No Report.
 SAC: -Student Film Festival—shown at end of Mayday, winner get a gopro, ipads, bookstore giftcards, more
information can be found on: CampusLinkà Student Activities Councilà Documents
-Nelly concert is Thursday, April 23—tickets are $25 available in any box office, Nelly will be filming his TV
show, Nellyville!
-Free movies every Wednesday and Sunday at 9pm in PSU Theater—usually popcorn!—Mockingjay, Horrible
Bosses 2, and Pitch Perfect coming up in April!
-Free bowling and food every Friday night at 7:30pm in Level 1 Game Center
-Wednesday, April 8 & Sunday, April 12—Fury in PSU Theater at 9pm
-Thursday, April 9—I heart 2000’s trivia in PSU Food Court 9pm-midnight, teams of 6
-Monday, April 13—Open Mic Night at 7pm in Union Club—standup, slam poetry, anything
-Wednesday, April 22—It Happened Here- at 9pm in PSU Theater—film about sexual assault on college
campuses and how many schools cover it up—if 25% of chapter is there it counts as educational event
 Phi Sigma Upsilon: No Report.
 SGA: It is Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Check out the booth in the PSU to sign the banner and take the
online pledge.
-Instead of integrating your bearpass into the MSU Mobile App, they are working on a sticker that can go on the
back of your phone and can be swiped like your bearpass at the vendors in the PSU and in the dining halls.
-The polls are open! Now until Friday at 5 pm, vote online at elections.missouristate.edu for the new leaders of
SGA and other important issues here at Missouri State.
ADJOURNMENT
Alpha Chi Omega motions to end meeting. Xi Omicron Iota seconds. Meeting adjourned by President Libby
Shannon at 4:29 pm.