Minutes of Missouri State University Panhellenic
April 29, 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: )))
Grace Chang-Queen City Rock Camp. You can volunteer. First week of
August at Drury University.
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: Step Forward
b. Next week's meeting is Joint Council with IFC & NPHC! Same time, place Temple 001
II.
VP of Community Relations, Courtney Bollig (Bollig414@live.missouristate.edu)
a. May 1st 6:35pm Baseball vs. Wichita State
b. Girls on the Run—We are currently seeking volunteers for our spring program culminating
celebratory 5k fun run on May 9th. Location: Tefft Gymnasium at 1408 E Pythian St Contact:
Trish McAdams E-mail: trish@gotrswmo.org Phone: 417-763-3646
c. Calling all Bears: We want you to join Bear Crew! Help welcome new students and help them
move into their residence hall rooms this Fall. Move-In Days will be August 13-15, 2015. All
Bear Crew student volunteers will need to sign up for at least 2 shifts by June 9 and attend a
Bear Crew Orientation.
d. On May 16th, Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks and local law enforcement at the 9th
Annual Battle of the Badges presented by The Fraternal Order of the Eagles. View the
volunteer schedule and sign up at www.bigbro.com/battle15. Location: Glendale High School
Contact: Erin Murray Email: emurray@bigbro.com Phone: 417-889-9136
e. Thank you to all those who participated in Relay for Life!
III.
VP of Membership Development, Haley Clark (Clark303@live.missouristate.edu)
a. Leadership retreat will be October 25
b. Let me know if you have any alumna whom you feel would be a good fit for this day
IV.
VP of Recruitment, Ellie Edwards (Edwards711@live.missouristate.edu)
c. Voting on Recruitment Timing Schedule
d. Roundtable next Tuesday May 5th at 8:00 pm location TBA
V.
VP of Academics, Julie Daoust (Julie93@live.missouristate.edu)
a. Thank you to everyone who stopped by Donuts for Dean's List! Hope you enjoyed it!
b. Academic round table, next Wednesday May 6th at 6pm in PSU 308A.
VI.
VP of Administration, Bailey West (Bailey1129@live.missouristate.edu)
c. Roll Call.
d. Spring New Member Day payments will be due by May 11th, your presidents and VP Finance
should have received invoices via email this week.
VII.
Director of New Member Education, Megan Gaglio (Gaglio270@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Remind your New Member Educators to be sending me their Fall Bid Day plans and shirts!
VIII.
Director of Marketing and PR, Michelle Green (Green93@live.missouristate.edu )
b. Thanks for pics and info
c. Ordering FSL shirts soon, we will bill your chapters!
IX.
Director of Panhellenic Counselors, Meagan Tarrant (Tarrant129@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Pi Chis please send me your week at a glance schedules for the Fall
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XV.
Director of Social Awareness, Katie Christopher (Christopher51491@live.missouristate.edu)
a. Mental Health Event May 4th @7 in Temple 003
b. May is Better Sleep Month
c. Mother's Day is May 10!
Chief Justice, Kaylee Trost (Kaylee913@live.missouristate.edu )
e. Governance Statement Spotlight: 5.4 Failure to comply with directions of University officials or
law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties and/or failure to identify oneself
and\or chapter affiliation to these persons when requested to do so.
Associate Chief Justice, Lauren Vincent (Lauren26@live.missouristate.edu )
a. Ethics Policy Spotlight: Unity. We will actively promote a pro FSL attitude and work to diminish
all stereotypes.
b. Our Standards Star for the month of April is Joy Sharp! We will resume nominations for
Panhellenic Standards Star in the fall, so get excited!
Graduate Assistant, Katie Brady
d. Please be safe, there have been a lot of safety reports lately.
e. UIFI Scholarship Winners: Courtney Bollig and Libby Shannon.
f. Leadershape Scholarship Winners: Julie Daoust, Marli Coonrod, Emily Luecke, Bailey Malone
Assistant Director of Student Engagement, Tara Benson
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Assistant Director for Co-Cirricular Involvement, Kelli Farris
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
E. Edwards asks to entertain a motion to re-open discussion on the 2015 Recruitment Timing Schedule.
Alpha Chi Omega motions. Sigma Kappa seconds.
E. Edwards asks to entertain a motion to close discussion on the 2015 Recruitment Timing Schedule.
Sigma Kappa motions. Sigma Sigma Sigma seconds.
E. Edwards asks to entertain a motion to vote on the 2015 Recruitment Timing Schedule. Delta Zeta
motions. Gamma Phi Beta seconds. Passes by unanimous consent.
L. Shannon asks to entertain a motion to re-open discussion on the 2016 Greek Week Directors. Gamma
Phi Beta motions. Sigma Sigma Sigma seconds.
L. Shannon asks to entertain a motion to close discussion on the 2016 Greek Week Directors. Xi Omicron
Iota motions. Gamma Phi Beta seconds.
L. Shannon asks to entertain a motion to vote on the 2016 Greek Week Directors. Delta Zeta motions.
Alpha Sigma Alpha seconds. 7 yes 1 abstention. Motion passes.
NEW BUSINESS
L. Shannon asks to entertain a motion to discuss the Panhellenic Bylaws. Sigma Kappa motions. Alpha Chi
Omega seconds.
L. Shannon asks to entertain a motion to close discussion and vote on the Panhellenic Bylaws next week,
May 6th. Alpha Delta Pi motions. Alpha Chi Omega seconds.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
a.
AXΩ: We are excited to have initiated 7 more members into Alpha Chi this weekend as well as
spending time with our dads. This week we are celebrating our seniors as they get ready to
graduate!
b.
AΔΠ: Spring Retreat at Skateland went fantastic. This Friday and Saturday we are holding our
annual Philanthropy event Teeter Totter hosted with Theta Chi. Come see us at McDonalds on
National or Glenstone. We had an awesome time at our dance lessons with Theta Chi last night
(Tuesday), and we are looking forward to our Founder's Day coming up this Sunday.
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AΣA: This Friday Alpha Sigma Alpha has our Home Run Derby Event from 4-7. Each chapter has
a sign up sheet and can sign up as many people as they would like.
ΔZ: Thank you soooooo much to those who came and helped support our philanthropy last week.
You all helped us to raise over $7000 dollars! We had a fun alumni weekend this past weekend
and we are initiating our spring 15's tonight!
ΓΦB: This week is senior week and we are excited to go to the zoo with Sigma Chi on Friday.
ΣK: This week is our Senior week, and everyone keep recycling items and we will pick it all up at
the end of the week. The chapter that recycles the most will receive a $100 gift card to the
philanthropy of their choice.
ΣΣΣ: We are really excited for our tie-dying sisterhood this Saturday! We also have a recruitment
workshop on Sunday.
ΞOI: We initiated 8 girls into our chapter last Sunday and we have Mom's day this Saturday!
LIASON REPORTS
 FSLSA: Mental Health Panel May 4th at 7:30 pm in Temple 003. No Repeal Open Forum at 5:30 Friday May 1st
in Temple 001.
 IFC: Working on Delegate and Recruitment Bylaws.
 NPHC: Kappa Week! Sleeping outside to raise awareness for homelessness tonight. Thursday Basketball at the
Rec 7-10pm.
 SAC: Wednesday, April 29- 7 pm in PSU Theater—Horrible Bosses 2
-Thursday, April 30—9-12 in PSU Food Court—decorate cookies, cupcakes, and Hurts donuts while watching
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
-Sunday, May 3—7 pm in PSU Theater—Pitch Perfect
-Wednesday, May 6—MAYDAY 11-5
-inflatables (NEED WAIVER), cash cube, airbrush T-shirts, custom stamped rings, custom street signs, animals
(12:30-4:30)
-film festival 6-7?
-8—glow paint party (NEED WAIVER)
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Phi Sigma Upsilon: We are working on getting to know our 61 new members and are gearing up for hazing
prevention week.
 SGA: SGA had their last senate session of the semester and will be having the end of the year banquet next week
-The new degree audit system is set to go live October 2015
-I encourage anyone who is interested in SGA to apply in the fall to be a senator! It's a great way to get involved
and be informed about what is going on around campus!
ADJOURNMENT
Xi Omicron Iota motions to end meeting. Gamma Phi Beta seconds. Meeting adjourned by President Libby
Shannon at 4:26 p.m.