ASB Meeting 3/20/08 – Minutes
· Meeting was called to order by Rebecca Fortelka.
o 16 students and 5 faculty/staff were in attendance
· Rob provided an update from Barb regarding student storage on campus
o The Space Planning Committee met on 3/11 to discuss the proposal to create storage space for sculptures and portfolios on campus in response to Stefan’s request. Since we do not know how many students would use this space yet, we will meet again once Stefan’s petition is complete. But we did come up with 5 viable options that should meet students’ needs.
· Rob provided an update on the ASB budget
· Reid discussed the upcoming WASC visit next week
o WASC is evaluating how we know how our students are doing
o There will be a meeting for students to give feedback directly to the WASC committee next Thursday, 3/27/08 from 3:45-4:30 – location is still TBA
o Reid also stated that his official title is “Buntron”
· Rachael announced several upcoming events
o Friday Night Live – Hip Hop Night will be next Friday 3/28/08 in the Dragon’s Den starting at 8:00 – it will feature over 20 separate hip hop artists
o Pancake Party will be next Saturday 3/29/08 in the Student Lounge and ASB Office from 7:00-1:00 – it will feature Barb making pancakes and a raffle
o Console Game Night will be on Saturday 4/5/08 in the Dragon’s Den – it will feature Rock Band and Smash Bros. tournaments
o The first meeting of the Cogswell chapter of the Entertainment Consumer’s Association will be next Wednesday 3/26/08 at lunchtime in Room 193 – the ECA exists to fight censorship of video games and to improve the image of video games in mainstream culture.
· Rob reminded students of the upcoming AICCU art show
o The show is an annual event at the state capitol
o Cogswell will be sending 2-3 student works to represent us at the show
o Students interested in having their work in the show should submit it to Lucy this week
· Fusion Awards submission forms are available on the ASB website as well as from Andrew in the ASB Office or Rob in the Student Life Office
o Submissions are due by 3/31
· The ASB Presidential debate was held between Andrew Jennings and Rebecca Fortelka – Rob Chaitin moderated
o Rachael asked what the candidates had planned for summer
§ Rebecca wanted to inspire greater student involvement, hold a few awesome activities and talk to students about improving the ASB
§ Andrew wanted to go see Ironman, to work with GDC on some of their facilities requests, to convert the TV lounge into a high quality movie screening room and to work with Evan on repainting some of the audio room.
o Tobias asked if the candidates would prefer the ASB budget be spent on a large number of small scale events or a small number of large scale events
§ Rebecca felt that a smaller number of large events was better but added that she would like to see some afternoon events as well as the usual evening ones
§ Andrew agreed that larger events were better and added that he wanted to see more opportunities for clubs to fundraise. He also said that he is in the process of planning a very large event for next year and that, in general, he’d rather see some of the event budget cut back in favor of school improvements
o Rachael asked if either candidate planned to paint over the wall outside room 197
§ Andrew said no
§ Rebecca said no, that painting murals on white walls were the priority
o Tyler asked if the candidates had any plans to replace the job wall
§ Andrew felt this was more of an issue for the Career Office
§ Rebecca had no opinion
o Steve asked how the candidates planned to raise public awareness of Cogswell
§ Rebecca said she would work with the recruitment staff and try to reach out to prospective students. She added that she recently had the opportunity to return to her High School with Barb and participate in recruiting efforts there.
§ Andrew said that it was all students’ responsibility to raise Cogswell’s profile. He went on to say that he currently worked as an ambassador. He said that students should take it upon themselves to talk to people from outside of the Cogswell community about our school and that they should also talk to Barb about websites they frequent or publications they read so that advertising can be better targeted.
o Tobias asked what would each candidate do different than their opponent
§ Rebecca said that this was a very difficult question but that she felt she would be able to expose students to different parts of campus life than they were used to or than were specific to their majors, and that she would promote activities and events.
§ Andrew felt that the biggest campus issue is student involvement and that he would improve this by getting students involved in school improvements. He cited his work on the ASB Office as a successful example of this.
o Steve asked the candidates opinion of Cogswell’s “adult themed” logo, and if they planned to do anything about it
§ Andrew said that while he doesn’t like the logo, it cannot be changed and that he would rather be proactive in designing an ASB logo that could be used for ASB clothing, etc, than to complain about the school logo over which he has no control.
§ Rebecca said she would change the logo if she could.
o Rob asked what the candidates favorite and least favorite aspects of ASB were
§ Andrew said his favorite thing about ASB was the potential it has to get students who don’t do a lot of stuff to become more involved. His least favorite aspect was not enough student involvement.
§ Rebecca said her favorite aspect of ASB was that it gave her a chance to effect positive changes on campus and the interaction between ASB and the faculty. Her least favorite aspect was lack of involvement and students complaining about problems at the school rather than being proactive and finding solutions.
o This concluded the debate.
o All students will have the opportunity to cast their vote for ASB President next week – details on how to vote will be announced tomorrow or Monday
· The meeting was adjourned
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