Minnesota State University, Mankato IFC Agenda
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Call to Order: 6:30pm
I.
Roll Call:
Sigma Chi
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Delta Chi
x Phi Delta Theta
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Lambda Chi Alpha
x
Sigma Nu
x
Phi Kappa Psi
x Phi Kappa Theta
x
Tau Kappa Epsilon
x
VP of Marketing
and PR
VP of Risk
Management
x VP of New member
education development
x VP of Council
Management
x
VP of community service x
and philanthropy
IFC President
x
VP of
Recruitment
VP of Conduct
Review
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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Hours received from February
o Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha
This weekend Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa Psi are hosting philanthropy events, lets support
o Phi Kappa Psi- Great Gatsby Philanthropy Party, Saturday 9pm-1am
 Proceeds go to the big brother big sister program
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Sigma Chi- Flapjack Feast, Sunday 10am-2pm
Alex and I are going to start putting a committee together for the next Dance Marathon, please contact
myself or Alex if you’re interested in joining the committee
Vice President of Risk Management, Mr. Connor Donohue; Connor.Donohue@mnsu.edu (651) 214 9697
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Sexual Assault Awareness Week next month
It's On Us
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Met with Maverick Video and Production and decided we only needed one representative from each
chapter.
Shooting the video on March 27th starting at 9 AM and ending at 1 PM in ML 94a
Sent out email to everyone with all the information needed. (Wear letters)
Spring Fever
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Formals
o Make sure you fill out the social planning form
o Liquor License, make sure these are turned in 2 weeks before your Formal
Initiation weeks
o Hazing
o If caught for hazing serious consequences will follow.
Parties
o When the weather gets warmer the parties tend to increase.
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Be smart and fill out a social planning form
Vice President of Conduct Review, Mr. Walker Johnson; Walker.Johnson@mnsu.edu (651)303 7029
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Keep doing what you're doing!
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Advice for the rest of the semester.
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Don’t be stupid, keep it clean.
Vice President of Member Education & Development, Mr. Akorede Teriba; Akorede.teriba@mnsu.edu
(612) 607 9871
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Graduating members need to order their caps and gowns by this Sunday, Through Barnes and Noble
o All presidents are expected to email me their number of graduates or that they don’t want to
participate
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FVS this Friday the 20th
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Emerging leaders next Friday 27th
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There will be another new membership workshop before All Greek next Tuesday the 24th @ 8pm in
Armstrong Hall 209
Vice President of Recruitment, Mr. Chris Rife; Christopher.Rife@mnsu.edu (507) 317 6946
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Presidents- you have until Friday at 9pm to change any Beta Ro Chi’s otherwise if they drop out or try to
switch there will be a $200 fine. This fine is so high because I don’t have the time to train in late Beta Ro
Chi’s so I would have to lose a team member. (This also puts an extra burden on the other Beta Ro Chi’s
which is not fair)
I will release all formal recruitment information and schedules on Monday the 23rd.
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Also please be working on an individual chapter recruitment video. (Lip Syncs, Greek Week,
Philanthropy events, brotherhoods… etc..)
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Questions/comments
(Delta Chi) – The fine is not fair. Answer: Not correct with Recruitment rules.
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, Mr. Steven Clark; Steven.clark@mnsu.edu (612) 845 4248
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Need people to send me stuff for the Greek News Letter.
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If you send stuff they will be put into our newsletters and promoted through IFC
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No dumb people on Social media – Doing good so far.
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Greek Week Committee
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Deciding what to do with Shirts and Bandanas.
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Turn in the number of members with their T-shirt size that want their Greek Week shirt
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Tuesday 24th will be the deadline for these. Hard deadline
Monday – Greek Cookout\ Tuesday – Lipsync\ Wednesday – Clothing drive\ Thursday Boat
Race regatta. Friday\ Eating Competition, Something fun. Olympics
Vice President of Council Management, Mr. Colby Ackerman; Colby.ackerman@mnsu.edu (651) 352 7183
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Working on Fiscal Year '16 budget
o If your chapters have anything that they think should be or shouldn't be in the budget please let
me know.
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I will be proposing the new budget on March 26th - Needs to be passed before May.
Chapter Attendance
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Section 6- Attendance If a second meeting is missed, the chapter shall lose all voting privileges
for the remainder of the semester. If a third meeting is missed in a semester, then that chapter
will be put on social probation for the remainder of the semester.
President, Mr. Na Chum: Nawchum@gmail.com (507) 995 7098
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Welcome back
All-Greek is in Ostrander 9:30pm on March 31st
April is coming!
Finish semester strong!
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Membership: Spring time, nice weather, housing situations, summer jobs/internships,
graduation, finals, studying, formals, etc
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Start thinking about Chapter Retreats! Talk to me if you want ideas on how to address chapter
issues at retreat
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Summer Recruitment Planning
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Start thinking about this before the summer. It will go fast
Greek Advisor, Mr. John Bulcock; John.bulcock@mnsu.edu (507) 389 6076
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Summer Recruitment – Bring in your Recruitment chair to start talking about this if you haven’t
Next two Wednesdays @ 3pm SA table. we will be having meetings about the Composite contracts
There is a process if you want to have a grill out (Two week notice and needs to be supervised)
Be your brother’s keeper in these last weeks before Finals
Start thinking about next fall. Summer Retreat will be that week before school starts
April 1st – Due dates for new members in Orgsync. Make sure you have these updated
UIFI scholarship applications due on March 31st
Questions: (Na) Are there any chapters that will not be on the composite contract.
Greek Graduate Intern, Ms. Sarah Schliesmann; sarah.schliesmann@mnsu.edu
III.
Old Business:
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Social media position statement
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Tabled til next week
New Business:
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Motion to open the floor on discussion on a Recruitment Carnival instead of an All Greek Cookout
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(TKE) In our experience the Greek Cookout hasn’t given the best results
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(Lambda Chi) I like change but a Carnival doesn’t seem very fitting for college students
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(Sigma Chi) I don’t like the idea of doing a RSO combined event
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(Brie) PHC is still planning on doing the cookout and this would mess up the budget
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(John) Counterpart is resilient about changing to a Carnival. There needs to be more of a plan
set in place to change anything. Cannot recruit with the ladies in an event. Intent of this event
is for Chapters to get people out and easy to do to get the word out.
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(Sigma Chi) - Flyers to hand out would be a way to get more people there.
Announcements:
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(Brie) I believe that we should be proactive about the happening that have occurred over the past
month that have made National news. Be ready to prove that we are not Racist, not Sexual abusers, and
not people that don’t care. Let us join together and make us true outstanding organizations that cannot
be shammed by our letter but rather to be looked highly upon.
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(Johnson) Jessica Heroin- new activities chair for Gamma Phi. Please contact her with any opportunities
you would like to set up Jessica.Heroin@mnsu.edu 614-323-8573
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(Brian) April 28th or 29th Petting zoo on campus
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(John) Check your National Websites for scholarships and deadlines.
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(SAE) – Richard Cochran, Presidential introduction. Richard.Cochran@mnsu.edu 630-335-7716
Meeting adjourned at: 7:14pm