Howell House Minutes,
Eleventh House Meeting 11/12/00

I. In the Beginning
A. Owen's Welcome
B. Midweek Recap and future Midweeks: Jen did rootbeer floats last Wednesday. Not that many people showed up since it was a busy week, but it was a job well done. ^_^ Emily will be doing this weeks...more details on that to come!
C. Animal Shelter Recap, Stacey: Currently looking into a change of times that will work for more people.
D. IM Games: Quinn said that Hockey lost their first game, but it was still awesome because about 25 people showed up. Howell basketball is fighting it out tonight, and results will come on that later. Talk to Owen for details.
E. Justin's Recap of Howell House's first Affiliate Dinner: It was WONDERFUL!! We're looking at bringing faculty in for our dinners in the coming weeks. The first house dinner was fabulous, so consider coming and joining our new weekly tradition by signing up for the next one by e-mailing Justin: jwatras. Board is transferred; our next one will be Wednesday evening this week as opposed to Thursday.

2. Pressing Issues
A. Treasurer's Report, Liz:
Minus the Sodas we bought for Boody's Holloween Party, and not including the most recent midweek receipts, our current total still hovers at $1,980.51.
B. Programming:
Quinn has made out calendars of the plethora of house events coming up, many of which should get you tingling for the holidays. Included in the list are Brendan and Justin's Football movie blitz, Affiliate Movie Night, and Holiday crafts classes. Nada cocktails is approaching and is scheduled for 12/1. The Friday after that is open, so if you have any suggestions e-mail Quinn. 12/10 will be the date of the exciting Holiday Soiree we're all hyped about, so mark your calendars. Quinn received an overwhelming response for the Adopt-A-Family program, so we are looking into working with 2 families!! Thanks to everyone who responded.
C. Mellon Grant: New Ideas included bringing in Frank Oz (who did the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda), the first President Bush who is only a ways away in Kennebunkport, and Governor Angus King.
D. Howell T-Shirts, Liz: After a small debate on what where we should set T-shirt prices/how much we should subsidize, we decided on $8 as the price with Howell footing $2.
E. Ping-Pong Table: Brendan says the issue is coming along...no worries
F. Composite: Phil said there is nothing new on that yet, and the major question that's been lingering for the past few meetings has been regarding who will do the printing. We decided that we desire photographs in matte frames for our end product, and the "shoots" will be happening this Saturday at 2 pm. Note: The Composite will consist of photos of house residents only.
G. Spring Programming Plans: A committee was formed at the previous house meeting, and after meeting up they decided that we should opt for a version of "The Dating Game," set it around Valentine's Day, and seek support from the other houses in planning it. We plan on utilizing approx. $200 or more depending on how much backing we get. The move to go for it passed with a majority of 19 votes and 3 abstensions.
H. House Community Service and Academic Programming: Owen threw out the idea of bringing in talented solo student musicians from the community to play at the house, and the general consensus seemed to be in favor of throwing these events on a regular basis. As for community service, the animal shelter seems to be our focus, and though we are proud of it let's start raking in more committed people ^_^

Other Issues Not on the Agenda:
-Nada Cocktails: Hesper proposed that we devote $250 to the annual Nada Cocktail party, and all of this will go to decorations, lights, food and drinks, and supporting BOCA to come perform for us. The motion passed with a majority vote of 18 votes and 4 abstensions.
-House meeting attendance, sadly, has dwindled down in the past couple weeks. (We're even missing house leaders). WHAZZAH with DAT??? As we understand that these weeks are busy, we would like to invite everyone to continue coming and keep the house spirit alive as the winter gets drearier by the second. Thanx!!