Asian-American Student Union
Board and GA Meeting
2007-09-11
ASU General Meeting: September 11, 2007
I. Welcome from Nehal
II. IceBreaker: Draw something that represents you. Put all papers in the middle of table. Try to guess who it is.
III. Affiliate Updates
a. EPI C: None
b. CASA: Kick-Off on Sept 28th, Friday, 5pm-7pm, The Whole
c. PSA: Kick-Off on Oct. 5th, Friday, 6pm-9pm, Yudof Hall
d. KSA: Kick-Off on Sept 14th, Yudof Hall, 6pm-9pm (After Party Karma)
e. VSAM: Tuesday 18th, Coffman 303, Kickoff and Lantern Night from 12-4pm at Fountain by Coffman on Sept. 21st
f. ISA: Friday, Sept 14th, ISA Picnic, 6pm-8pm
g. TSA: Welcome Party, Sept 15th, BBQ, McDonalds meet at 11am and Sat. Night at Student Center 6pm will be a Mid-Autumn Festival
h. CSAM: None
IV. Fees Process Discussion – See Andy Nguyen for details
V. General Requirements
a. GA Membership form
b. Office Hours: 1 hour mandatory from President or Vice-President
c. Presence at biweekly GA meetings
VI. APAHC: Needs secretary and 2 General officers
VII. VSAM: Needs an assistant activities chair position to be filled
VIII. CASA: Needs volunteers for the Kick-Off; serve food and decorations; please e-mail casa@umn.edu
IX. ASU-Affiliate Relationship Discussion: Florence and Chris Em (ASU Outreach Chairs) tran0424@umn.edu and emxx0002@umn.edu
ASU Board Meeting
I. Ice Cream Social Reflections
a. Good PR
b. Better sign ups next time
II. Campus Special
a. Two more boxes and two more days
b. Continue doing it and lets get rid of them
III. Chalking/Flyering
a. Lulu’s e-mail with sign ups
b. Anisha will put flyers in Sanford
c. Flyers and chalk in the ASU Room
IV. Paint The Bridge
a. Meng will send an e-mail about the design
b. Look for sign-ups for painting
V. Open House
a. Food ordered: Florence
b. Friday, 10:30: Pick Up Food on Friday (Nehal)
c. Deposit (Nehal)
d. American Drinks
e. Sign up for timings
f. 5 Affiliates: CASA, VSAM, CSAM, EPIC, APAHC, KSA
VI. Game Night
a. Everyone will be there
b. Food from Holy Land
c. Pick up at 5:30: Lulu and David
d. Drinks: Sam’s Club (Keta and her mom)
e. Florence will set-up
f. Need silverware and plates
VII. Karaoke Night
a. Downloaded program
b. Projector?
c. Tech Team: Jennifer, Chris Em, and Joe
d. Drinks (Sam’s: Keta)
VIII. Activities Fair
a. September 19th: 10:00-2:00PM at Coffman
b. Check-In: Meng and Ashley
IX. Lantern Night: Need volunteers, sign up with Florence
X. Theme Ideas
a. Architectural landmarks
b. Food staples
c. Olympics in Beijing
d. Famous figures
e. Inventions back-in-time from Asia
XI. Budget: Andy
XII. Kaplan: Nay
XIII. Halloween Social
a. October 26th
b. TCAR: Knows other professors in Asian Language and Literature, can announce and tell us to come to our Halloween Social
XIV. First MSA Meeting on the Sept. 18th
XV. Winter Gala
a. Book venue sooner
b. Probably early Spring semester
XVI. Spring Conference
a. Ideas for Key-Note speakers and Entertainers
b. March 31st – April 5th
c. If you have anyone in mind, e-mail them, find availability and fees and bring it to the table.
XVII. Outreach Chair
a. Volunteering ideas for after-school
XVIII. Tell people to clean ASU, “kindly ask”
XIX. Homecoming
a. Nov 3rd, Parade at 2pm
XX. Representative from MSA came
a. Participate with their culture
b. Sign up for a date with them (Florence)
c. After the kick-off month