Asian-American Student Union
GA & Board Meeting
2008-09-26
Asian-American Student Union
GA & Board Meeting Agenda
Friday, September 26, 2008
ASU Room – CMU
• ASU / Affiliate Updates
o Reminder, we have Karaoke night in Mississippi room tonight! Next month we will be having our Halloween Social talk to any board member if you have any ideas, suggestions, or want to help with the social
o Amy and Tom will get on getting pictures up to our website
o CASA: Ultimate fun-ricebee bowl. Sign up online or on Facebook. 5 people per team, need at least 1 girl, $20/team. Tournament is Oct 11. Social event: Oct 17; dumpling night is Nov 7. CASA pageant on Nov 27.
o CSAM: collaboration w/VSAM on a movie (Holly), but no date yet on when it will be showed. Check back for updates. CSAM new-year: April 11th planning in process.
o PSA: Last Friday had Halo-Halo night. Meetings every Monday from 5-6 PM, room 323. Feed My Starving Children, in collaboration w/CSAM, VSAM. In Brooklyn Park. Website is updated, board bios are updated. Check out the picture gallery
o HMSA: (Tony) currently have a battle of the sexes workshop. Heritage Day Hmong new year in the metrodomeNov 22nd . If you’re interested in participating, example fashion show, contact HMSA. General meeting next week at 4:30 Armory building. Workshops every other week, when there is no meeting.
o EPIC no updates
o VSAM: Next Friday Clubbing night at Karma. 10 PM ladies free before 11, $10 after and for guys. Feed My starving Children, still open space. VSAM going to Madison, buses, $25 one way. VSA there is hosting our VSA, and there will be volunteering on Saturday. Oct 31-2. There are about 10 tickets left for the bus, contact immediately if you want to get on the carpool list. Funding from Karma will be used for future VSAM events, part of the funds will go to a charity. ViaHope Charity
o JSA: Nolte Lounge pizza event RIGHT NOW.
o Priam: Campaign for Obama volunteer. Working on getting out the vote in MN.
• ASU / Affiliate Event Co-hosting
o Contact ASU treasurer – Paul Tran, tranx178@umn.edu
Please have your treasurer get in contact with Paul about the planned event!
• Reminders (due ASAP)
o Sign up for office hours if you haven’t already done so
o Turn in your Affiliate form to Nehal (preferable), or Andy/Irene
• Possible event – Taiko drumming (Kevin Ma)
o Two options: 1)go see Taiko show or 2) bring them here. If they come here, there would be other Japanese instruments. Show here would be on November 7th. Conclusion: more people would like to see the show come here, and there seems to be an interest to do so.
• AnySoldier (Irene Tran / Florence Tran)
o Project that started in 2003, sending care packages to those in harms way. www.anysoldier.com
o You go to the website, and find a soldier that you would like to support. Goal is to see the GA and affiliates to work together to collect items to send. Example: DVDs, books, shampoos, etc.
o Month long project proposal, mid-October to mid-November to collect the items. At the end, have a packaging day. They usually send/receive things once a month
o Vanessa’s idea: similar to Halloween, go to affluent neighborhoods to collect items. Not on Halloween.
• Quiet Hours
o Meky: has done surveys to see what people think about this…
o Suggestion: better idea to just have courtesy hours
o Two sides: ASU can either cater to the majority or minority
o Proposed: move quiet hours to 10-12, to satisfy those who want quiet hours, and it satisfies those who don’t want it at all, or not at 2-4.
o Moved to 10-12 after vote.
• Questions, comments, additions
o Feedback on how we moved our meeting to ASU room: much more accessible. Layout is weird, but the room is good. Feel free to give more feedback throughout the week to board members
o Printing policy: 8 pages per person. Ask a board member when you need the paper, and sign the sheet.
o Go to the JSA event after the meeting!
Bethany Gildner: Teach For America. Full salaried, teach for America takes care of all training. 2 year commitment. Website: www.teachforamerica.org gild0023@umn.edu email Bethany if you have more questions.