{"id":452,"date":"2011-02-06T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/macaulayscholarscouncil\/?p=452"},"modified":"2011-02-06T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T12:38:00","slug":"2611-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/2011\/02\/06\/2611-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2011 Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth meeting of the 2010-2011 Council.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Amrita Narine<\/p>\n<p>Minutes: Megan Derbyshire<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Introductions:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Brianne Palmieri, Macaulay Alumni Relations<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Member of the alumni committee (plans alumni events, offers professional development to alumni)<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Working with Amal on the Senior Gift<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Brianne.palmieri@mhc.cuny.edu\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brianne.palmieri@mhc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kunchok Dolma (Macaulay\/Lehman, 2009), Asst. Director, We Are NY (Mayor\u2019s Office\/English tutoring): &lt;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/LearnEnglish\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/LearnEnglish<\/a><\/span>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We Are NY helps immigrants learn English and learn about city services. They are in need of volunteers to teach their classes. Classes are a 2hour a week commitment for ten weeks, after you have completed training with the Mayor\u2019s office. Macaulay has been a big supporter and classes have been held at the Macaulay building<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ambassador Internship through the Mayor\u2019s office offers opportunities to work on \u201cgrassroot\u201d organizing<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kdolma@cityhall.nyc.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">kdolma@cityhall.nyc.gov<\/a>, (212) 676-0352<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Olga Barskaya, Coordinator of Special Events (&amp; Baruch\/Macaulay Class of 2010!)<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Member of the 10 Year Committee, celebrating the\u00a010<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary\u00a0of Macaulay<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Working on the 10 Year Celebration\/Alumni Picnic\u00a0on June 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at Prospect Park, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Updates:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Arts Night (4\/29) \u2013 Katie Alacon showed off a Knit Macaulay Septopus Hat and Scarf Hat. Progress is being made on the planning on the Arts Night event. Volunteers and curators will be needed to set up for the event and show guests around during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cultural Passport\u00a0Scavenger Hunt\u00a0(2\/28 \u2013 3\/30). &#8211; Moving forward as planned. Clues will be posted on the MHC eportfolio, MSC representatives obviously can\u2019t participate and prizes will be awarded at Common Ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Common Ground\u00a0Cultural Festival (3\/30) \u2013 This event is in great need of participants and performances. They will need approximately $700 for food.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Olympics\/Spring Picnic \u2013 as part of Alumni Reunion Week<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0First choice is\u00a0Friday, June 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at Prospect Park, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Second choice is\u00a0Sunday, June 5<sup>th<\/sup> at the Great Hill in\u00a0Central Park\u00a0(103-107<sup>th<\/sup>Streets)<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The decision was made because of the distance of the Central Park location fromHunter College\u00a0and the difficulty in transporting between the two locations using public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The event will be contingent on the weather<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Masquerade Ball\/Spring Formal &#8211; the only available dates seem to be\u00a0May 5th, 6th, or 13th (the 12th is a BIG question mark) \u2013 Details need to be worked out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Service Project Updates \u2013 there have been several successful events and the committee is moving toward more long-term projects with NGOs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CUFF at Macaulay: The\u00a0Annual City University\u00a0Film Festival (3\/26 &amp; 3\/27)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Additional Committee Reports<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Academic Affairs \u2013 the survey of the seminars is being put on hold. The committee has been speaking with new Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Tim, about his plans to completely review the seminars and MHC curriculum. Dr. Tim plans to visit all 7 campuses, speak with students and observe the seminars.<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Communications \u2013 working on an MHC eportfolio, which includes biographies, pictures and contact info of all MSC representatives. The committees and clubs will also be listed on this page, with up to date information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Macaulay Student Organization &amp; Program Updates:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Messenger (newest) \u2013 needs submissions and writers, please let Kanika know if anyone is interested<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pursuit of Happiness (newest) \u2013 a group of Baruch students with a community service connection to homeless shelters. This group aims to help one family at a time to move out of shelters and into homes of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TheMacaulayVlog (new) \u2013 the vloggers are willing to promote any and all MSC projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Chamber Players (new) \u2013 had a very successful concert\u00a0on December 4<sup>th<\/sup>, and hopes to hold one concert a semester. The Chamber Players are looking for more musicians and aim to hold a concert on Friday, April 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Pre-Law Club (returning)<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alumni Panel on February 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 6:30-8:00<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Duane Morris Law Firm\u00a0Luncheon on April 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Looking to reschedule the Test Masters free LSAT practice exam and review<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeff Bonaventura \u2013 offers free LSAT practice exams at various NYC locations<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Pre-Med Club (returning)<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Weill Cornell Medical\u00a0School Visit TBA<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Business Club (returning) \u2013 no news<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay Theater Group (returning) \u2013 no news<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Literary Magazine \u2013 advertised in Macaulay Monday. Contact Autumn Payne for more information<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0More effective communication among and between Council and Committee members is needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was officially decided and should be added to our bylaws that in the event that someone resigns from their seat as an MSC representative, the runner-up in the original election will be allowed to take his or her seat. If no runner-up was named in the election of that seat, then runner-ups of the other MSC seats of that campus may take the place of the resigned representative. And if there is no runner-up available to take the seat, a volunteer may take the place of the resigned representative.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Aparna replaced Jake as the 2013 Queens MSC Representative<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Use of the Macaulay Septopus can be requested by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:macaulayartsnight@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">macaulayartsnight@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Macaulay gear &amp; new designs\/new supplier update \u2013 problem with finding a cost-effective company with good quality<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Planning to do a product comparison between Project 571, Zazzle and Caf\u00e9 Express products<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, March 6<sup>th<\/sup> at 1pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth meeting of the 2010-2011 Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}