RHA Meeting

February 29, 2012

Assembly Attendance

Arey	Kat Meier	Derric Francis
Benson	Kelli Sobczak	Megan Senner
Clem	Megan Reddin	Renee Binder
Bigelow	Nicole Holder	Shawn Deisinger
Lee	VACANT	Jordan Toburen
Fricker	Sam Pick	Jenny Restock
Starin	VACANT	Gina Rudella
Starin Con’t	Chris Kautza
Goodhue	VACANT
Fox Meadows	VACANT	Greg Loreti
Cambridge	Michael Gartman	Amanda Schmitt
Tutt	Danielle Johnson	Becky Wintringer
Wellers	Devon Winfrey	Tara Husemann
Knilans	Kyle Knopes	Peter Hernandez
Wells East	Erin Sutter	Chelsey Gabrhel
Wells East	Cole Wohler	Jacob Tripp
Wells West	Gary Chaffee	David Hawkenson
Wells West	VACANT	VACANT
NRHH	Cody Schmittinger	Kayla McIntosh

Gallery Attendance

Maria Glorioso

1. Call to order: meeting was called to order at 7:10
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Minutes: Kelli Sobczak moved to approve the minutes, seconded by David Kirst. Minutes were approved.
4. Executive Reports
   1. President Dan-

-          Worked on retreat things

-          Contacted speakers for the year

-          Worked on a new project for spring

1. Vice President Vicki-

-          requested money to reimburse Terry Tumbarello for the RHA retreat dinner. Greg Loreti moved to approve $48.66, seconded by Peter Hernandez. With a vote of   30- 0-5, motion passed.

-          Rearranged budget

-          Paid for plaques

-          Deposited delegate fees

1. Executive Assistant Bekah-

-          Made a request for $530 for Relay for Life philanthropy.  Megan Reddin moved to approve the $530.00 funds request. Seconded by Becky Wintringer. With a vote of 30-0-5 the motion passed.

1. NCC/WCC Emily-

-          Finished transition binder

-          Looking forward to working with the new NCC elect

-          Finished NACURH applications, they are now available, due March 21^st.

1. Co Programmer Lauren-

-          Hopwe everyone enjoyed Operation Beautiful, I was sick and missed it

-          Worked with Rachel on Lil Sibs

-          Thanks to everyone who has stepped up to help out with stef gone

-          Super excited to get a new Co!

1. PRD Rachel-

-          March calendars went out Tuesday

-          Working with Rajen with the Lil sibs letters

-          Sat at table for Operations Beautiful

-          Working on transition binder

1. Advisor Reports
   1. Luis- Honorariums will be going out Wednesday or Thursday, so please reply to the survey. They will close Monday at noon.
2. NRHH Reports
   1. Recognition week was last week, thank you to everyone who has helped out!
   2. Applications are available, so please apply if interested
3. ARA report
   1. Pie your Big Wig April 25
   2. Reception of Excellence is April 24^th.
4. Committee Reports
   1. General Committee Appointments
5. Approval of the Budget: Kelli Sobczak moved to approve the budget, seconded by Peter Hernandez. With a vote of 30-0-4, the budget passed.
6. Guest Speakers
   1. Maria Glorioso- Hate speech campaign- Maria would like to start an anti-hate speech campaign. She is looking for 8-10 students who would like to be a part of this. The students will help with different posters that will go up throughout the residence halls. The posters will have a picture of a person with one side a negative word and on the other side a positive word. After the campaign she will be doing a workshop helping students with their identity. Please bring this back to LITs to get volunteers for the posters.

-           Her email address is gloriosomf19@uww.edu. Please email if you are interested.

1. John Jensen and Danielle Jordan- WSG Vice President of WSG

-          Student government is mandated by Wisconsin law

-          Handles issues much in the same way RHA does, but they handle all of the students.

-          Meetings are at 7pm Monday in UC 259.

1. Chris Kautza- UWW Coalition for a Tobacco Free Campus

-          This committee is led by students dedicated to a tobacco free campus.

-          There was a survey that went out asking for student opinion about this issue. There were 1496 students who responded to this survey, and 65% of the students are in support of a smoke free campus, with 56% in support of a tobacco free campus

-          Please bring this back to your LITs and ask them for support. The point is to be able to present this to WSG as well as higher ups with the support of RHA.

1. Old Business
   1. HOPE Funds request

-          Helping others through peer education. This group was here last week requesting monetary support for their current and future events.

-          Tara Husemann moved to approve $1000.00 for Hope funds request and to come back if additional funds are needed. Seconded by David Hawkenson.  Chris kautza called to question. With a vote of 28-5-2, $1000.00 was approved.

1. NCC/WCC nominations/ elections

-          Kayla McIntosh moved nominations from the table onto the floor. Seconded by Megan Reddin.

-          Kayla McIntosh moved to close nominations, seconded by Cody Schmittinger, nominations are closed.

-          Cody Schmittinger moved for a five minute recess, seconded by Kayla McIntosh, five minute recess granted.

-          Meeting called back to order at 8:29pm.

-          Both presentations were given.

-          After discussion, Gary Chaffee moved to end discussion, seconded by Kayla McIntosh.

-         The new NCC elect is Becky Wintringer!!!!!

1. New Business
   1. Co Programmers Nominations

-          Peter Hernandez moved to nominate Kyle Knopes , seconded by Tara Husemann. He accepted

-          Kayla McIntosh moved to nominate Cole Wohler, seconded by Cody Schmittinger, He accepted

-          Gina Rudella moved to nominate Megan Reddin, seconded by Chris Katuza. She accepted.

-          Sam Pick moved to nominate Jordan Toburen, seconded by Jenny Restock. She accepted

-          Kayla McIntosh moved to nominate Chelsey Gabrhel, seconded by Cole Wohler. She accepted.

-          Bekah Geffert moved to nominate Sam Pick, seconded by Emily Lorenz. She respectfully declined.

-          Lauren Bergholz moved to nominate Jenny Gruber, seconded by Becky Wintringer. She will be emailed to see if she accepts.

-          Chris Kautza moved to nominate Erin Sutter, seconded by Chelsey Gabrhel. She accepted.

-          Cole Wohler moved to nominate Jake Tripp, seconded by Erin Sutter. He respectfully declined.

-          Kayla McIntosh moved to table nominations, seconded by Greg Loreti.

1. Issues/ Food Comments: Tara Husemann motioned to move these to the minutes, seconded by David Hawkenson.
2. Final Thoughts:
3. Adjournment: Peter Hernandez moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Shawn Desinger, meeting adjourned at 9:22pm

 

 

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