Minnesota State University, Mankato IFC Agenda
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
Call to Order: 6:30pm
I.
Roll Call:
Sigma Chi
X Delta Chi
Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Nu
X Phi Kappa Psi
X Phi Kappa Theta
VP of
Recruitment
X VP of Marketing
and PR
X VP of New member
education development
VP of Conduct
Review
X VP of Risk
Management
X VP of Council
Management
Lambda Chi Alpha
X
X
Tau Kappa Epsilon
X
X
X
VP of community
service and
philanthropy
IFC President
X
i. Approval of Minutes: Approved
ii. Approval of Agenda: Approved
II.
Officer Reports
Vice President of Community Service & Philanthropy, Mr. Zach Gunby; Zach.Gunby@mnsu.edu (952) 393
2969
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Community service and Philanthropy letter to send out to get chapters hours.
o Chapter Monthly Report includes this as well
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Community Service and Philanthropy round table February 10, 2015 at 9pm in Morris Hall 213
o I would like your community service and philanthropy chairs present at this roundtable. If they
are not able to make it please send a representative from your chapter.
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Dance Marathon
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February 28 from 5-11 pm
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Get chapters registered
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Doing a Bake Sale (February 16th in the GO)
Community Service Opportunity for the week
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E.C.H.O Food Shelf
 Friday- Receive, sort and stock food 9am-Noon
 Reoccurring every Friday
Vice President of Risk Management, Mr. Connor Donohue; Connor.Donohue@mnsu.edu (651) 214 9697
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It's On Us Campaign- ROTC, Nathan Christenson (Athletics)
o Tabling for the next couple of weeks
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All Greek video and presentation
Current events- Suicide Awareness bit
Vice President of Conduct Review, Mr. Walker Johnson; Walker.Johnson@mnsu.edu (651)303 7029
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CHAPTER PRESIDENTS GET ME THE JUDICIAL BOARD MEMBERS. Thank you :)
Judicial Board Training/ Roundtable 2/26/15 at 2:30 in CSU 238
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By-law revision/ Chapter standings on website
Vice President of Member Education & Development, Mr. Akorede Teriba; Akorede.teriba@mnsu.edu
(612) 607 9871
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FVS February 13th 1-3 pm - applications due Sunday Feb. 8th 11:59pm
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Etiquette dinner to come need to get some general feedback (possibly have it be all Greek inclusive)
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Speakers for Greek banquet
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Working on getting speakers for U-lead
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Questions:
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(John) Chapters should partner on this or have this be a membership and development
role
Vice President of Recruitment, Mr. Chris Rife; Christopher.Rife@mnsu.edu (507) 317 6946
1. All Fraternity Social
a. Monday 2/23
i. 8-10pm. Setup starts at 7:30pm
1. PNM’s will be entered into a drawing for gift cards worth $25.
a. Please invite people you know.
2. You may have a recruitment event after the social if you want to.
3. Recruitment Roundtable
a. 2/16 Monday
i. 7pm-9pm. Tenative. Hopefully it won’t take that long.
1. Presidents are encouraged to come if they are available.
4. If you have questions are concerns my office hours are set in stone.
a. Wednesdays in the GO
i. 11:30am-1pm
ii. 2pm-3pm
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, Mr. Steven Clark; Steven.clark@mnsu.edu (612) 845 4248
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Annual Reports sheet and compilation of monthly reports
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Presidential scholar letter to send out
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Working on newsletters - contacting for some spotlight articles
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Looking to get banners for basketball Greek Night
o Feb 10th (Zach Ritter & Hailey Sieben)
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Roundtable is this Thursday 5th 8:00pm CSU 204
Vice President of Council Management, Mr. Colby Ackerman; Colby.ackerman@mnsu.edu (651) 352 7183
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Parliamentary Procedure (Secretary) Roundtable Tuesday 10th at 9pm
Monthly Chapter Reports – Orgsync – IFC Portal – Files/Forms
President, Mr. Na Chum: Nawchum@gmail.com (507) 995 7098
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AFLV was a blast, winter storm Linus was a pain
Chapter of the Year Packet! Awards proposal in New Business
o “IF your officers do not document well this will leave you nothing for the future” - Na
Just got the information from last Fall's Survey's
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All-Greek CSU Ballroom February 24th 9:30pm Show up at nine to socialize
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Next All-Greek will be on March 31st*
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Make sure to let us know what the chapters are doing!
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Possible presentation?
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Lessons of an outgoing president presentations – let me know if you are interested in this presentation
Greek Advisor, Mr. John Bulcock; John.bulcock@mnsu.edu (507) 389 6076
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Composite information being sent to vendors this week. Still need info/response from Delta Chi and
Sigma Nu.
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Thanks to team that worked on Greek Awards Proposal. Hopefully, approval process goes smoothly.
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Chapter of the Year, Most Improved, and All Individual Award Nominations/Applications, including
letters of recommendation are due by 4 p.m. next Friday. CoTY and Most Improved instructions are on
the Current Member Resources section of www.maverickgreeks.com. All others are in the “Forms”
Section of Maverick Greeks OrgSync Portal.
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Four awards carry scholarships this year: Buck Award for Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Chi Omega, Marie
Bruce Outstanding Greek Man and Woman ($250), Outstanding New Members ($250), and Rissa Amen
Reif Awards ($250).
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Sign-Up sheet for awards presentation time will be available outside my door by Monday. “Presentation
Question” will be available on Monday. Note that, if there is a big gap in presentation times, we will
have to move chapters. To avoid having me move you, please sign up in clusters or right next to a time
that another group is presenting. We cannot have our judges sitting around with breaks in the schedule.
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Greek Housing Meeting on Friday, February 13, 10 a.m., CSU 238.
Greek Graduate Intern, Ms. Sarah Schliesmann; sarah.schliesmann@mnsu.edu
III.
Old Business:
IV.
New Business:
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2015 Greek Awards Criteria
Order of Omega Day of Service Event in April
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(DJ) When well the last day for this to be determined?
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(Jesse) Is there an actual date or is this just a discussion?
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Tabled until next week
(Chris)Motion to discuss an extension for Phi Kappa Theta
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(Brian)Need the extension to get the charter from their National Headquarters
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(David) Seems like the right thing to do since they need the time to charter
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(Brian) Recruitment is going well, Cold calling and bidding new members
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(DJ) Motion to vote on ballot
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Chapter needs 20 members total to charter
Motion of extension to September 4th, 2015: Passed
(Chris) Motion to discuss Beta Rho Chi.
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Chapters think that their required IFC member Beta Rho Chi should count toward their Bro chi
count
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(Walker) Our Chapter is over 20 members and the required IFC members would help
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(DJ) In by-laws that this is how things should be
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(Colby) I believe that having that required IFC member a Bro Chi would help a chapter out
enormously and fines
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(Gunby) Agree with Colby, IFC members are some of the more motivated members
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(DJ) Having more Beta Rho Chis would help with cold calling
(Walker) Motion to discuss chapter standings on the public website
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(DJ) This shouldn’t be shown publically
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(Walker) should be thought out more and get the whole council involved
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V.
Full transparency/ Full disclosure
(John) The details will be spared in part but give a general overview of the incident
Announcements:
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College of Allied Health and Nursing Seat open on MSSA
Keep in mind that there is an outdoor concert April 22nd
(Steven) Need Greek week delegates – would like to have committee compiled by Sunday
(DJ) Look out for our first annual Flapjack Feast
(Zach) Greek Night for Basketball games Tuesday night for the guys
o Wear letters, pizza parties for the best attendance and other categories
(Sigma Nu delegate) bridge the gap, very excited about this. Get chapters to come.
Meeting adjourned at: 7:19pm