Northeastern University International Relations Council
Summer Executive Board Meeting #2
Date: August 11, 2014 6:32 PM
Location: PoliSci Conference Room
Present: Cam, Sarah, Phil (phone), Rawan, Elise
Absent: Evan
Try-Out Paradigm and Selection Process
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Phil: Selection Room with 9 people won’t work
o Possible scenario: one rep from each conference with e-board rep and
faculty member OR selection done in 2 waves…Wave one: dividing up
resources. Wave 2: e-board, conference rep, and faculty member meet up
to decide who goes where
Elise: We need a compromise where at a stage both HDs are involved in a
meaningful way
Phil: only concern with non-rigidness is that while we’re working on the
partnering and the committee assignments within a team, all the HDs would have
to be hanging out until each team is finished designing and that’ll make it fluid
OR process could be dragged out because nobody can meet up
Elise: Create an Appeals Committee comprised of Phil and e-board rep; review
formal request changes by HDs; finalize.
Phil: Elise should submit written proposal, circulate, get more input from rest of
e-board, and make a final decision in our next meeting
Budget
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Draft is done, Elise needs to meet with Phil and Cam to go over it
2k in cash—1.3k (placards, etc)
o Pay off SERMAL debt
Bigger changes: McMun and CARMAL
o McMun: 3-4k, bus transportation
o CARMAL: 5 or so experienced veterans will only pay $50 travel fees
NERMAL budget roughly the same
o Phil: we’re expecting 19-24 delegations for NERMAL, including NEU’s 2
delegations so 16-21 fee-paying delegations
NATO and Nationals: explore other transportation options as we are no longer
limited to previous budget restrictions
o Phil: check into secretariat reimbursement for NATO
BMAL: not much revenue, maybe 2-3 schools
Department Funding
o 13k PoliSci Department Funding, considering going to IAF because we
attract a lot of their students
 Include in Google form question about major so we can have stats
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o Money for CARMAL can be earmarked to use for programming, still
tentative
Lab Fees: $50, travel fees are the same as last year
Will approve Budget with BoD
Try-Out and JCC Dates
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Center for Student Involvement want all the room requests at the same time, can
be a complication with UNAGB; booking more rooms than needed is better
JCC: December 6-7
o Evan to book rooms
Try-Out:
o Phil: it must be generic
 Security Council is generic enough to be inclusive
o Two Saturdays: 18th and 25th, Evan to book two rooms
Miscellaneous
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Organizational Stewardship
o Cam: Leave the organization better than we found it; lasting structures
BoD Meetings
o Phil is free every other Tuesday
o September 16, first BoD meeting: tentative. 23rd if anything. There is time
to set up agenda.
What needs to be done before first meeting?
o NERMAL—Steph is making good progress, Cam will check in, Elise is
checking money stuff with her
o Finalize the syllabus—Sarah and Phil must pick a date to meet
o Elise will set up PowerPoints which can be found in the Google Drive
o Rawan will create Google Form for Attendance/E-mails
o Cam will send HD/NATO Chair e-mail
 2-3 week timeline
 Done by first class meeting
 Promote on social media, send out mass e-mail
o Rawan: Materials we want to pass out such as placards; check inventory.
Speaker Events—Sarah will consult with Evan
E-board Meetings: Monday or Friday nights? E-mail Cam your availabilities for a
typical week
Agenda for Next Meeting
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Next meeting: Monday, August 19th, 7:30 PM (tentative)
Speaker Updates
Last Minute Tasks
Finish up Selection Paradigm
Announce when e-board meetings will be regularly held