Minutes, Howell House Meeting
Sunday October 1, 2000
 

THE NITTY GRITTY

A. Owen's Welcome
B. Apple Picking, led by Justin W. had a great turnout despite the late notice. Yeay!!!!!!!
C. The last Midweek, Tenley. Nice turnout, though she made the food but couldn't be there!!  Cheers for Tenley!
D. Animal Shelter, Stacey and Emily. Tasks will extend beyond working with the critters to non-animal related things, so you can still help out. Contact either of them for more information.
E. Intramural Soccer Games. Hyde lost the last game, but no one is about to give up yet...the more out there, the better--the same for Howell too :)
F. Anthropology Project, Amanda Boer. Amanda is doing a comparative study of the social houses, and with our permission will be sitting in and observing our house meetings for an extended period. In addition she will be interviewing several people involved with the house. She happily stayed for this one as her first.

PRESENT AND FUTURE

A. Treasurer's Report: We suffered no major losses this week. (Phew).
B. Constitutional Amendments, Brian: forwarded the amendment proposal to the IHC regarding the issue of a name change for our house (Howard-->Howell). We voted and it passed with a majority of 20.
C. Midweek Volunteers for 10/4?  Jill Simonetti has volunteered to do Caramel Apples for tomorrow...come!
D. Midweek Volunteers for 10/11? Quinn and Katie
E. The Basketball Hoop, Justin: What kind of hoop to get, and how/when?
F. Howell Initiation, Brian: the Howell Initiation, which was previously cancelled, has been rescheduled for the 21rst AFTER the Howell House Dedication. Everyone come please...we recommend semiformal wear for this occasion.
G. The Mellon Grant, Owen: We have received a chunk of money to encourage academic pursuits through by inviting various speakers to come to campus. A grant committee has been formed, consisting of first-year reps Ali and Colin. The meeting for the Mellon Grant program was held Mon 10/4, and we will be hearing more soon
H. Programming.
    a. Shenique, the upcoming Talent Show: Shenique reported that the SAFC has agreed to provide for this event in the way of staging, food, and setup/cleanup, while the A-Board is willing to provide for the lights and other equipment. A contribution of $300 is pending, but on top of this support from the houses is also needed. Howell voted to contribute $50 to the event, which will give people from the house a spot on the judge's panel. The event will be held Saturdaym November 11 at 7 pm in the Smith Union.
    b. Programming Chairs' Report: Michael Kelsey is being put on hold till December, but in the meanwhile Stacey, Katie, and Quinn have been cooking up a hodgepodge of stuff:
-Parent's Weekend: Friday Night Bonfire
-Kid's Fair on Sat 10/21, every house will have a booth and we're thinking about doing face painting :)
-Burnett Haunted House
-Oksoberfest
-Toons and Treats will happening on Friday!
-Hyde Calendars for Howell Events will be up soon. ^_^
-Pizza for Proctor groups, here in Howell
I. The Howell Composite: at the time of the meeting, the issue was still pending, but presently we have the info we need. Talk to Brian if there are any questions
J. Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Justin M. : It has been decided that involvement of some kind in this community service program will be our collective "Howell House project," or a cause that's entirely ours as a house. The plan is for volunteers to go and work with students as mentors at the Hawthorne and Longfellow schools...poss. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Big brothers are in high demand so volunteer if esp. if  you're a guy!