Regionals - Yay Kelly and everyone who helped out! It was an amazing experience for everyone involved :)
(Katie)
- if you're looking into opening a bank account, wells fargo is offering it for free to us since APO banks with them
Positions we need people for this semester
- APO shares liaison - to communicate with our APO shares, animal house and Poudre Valley School District, and work with service and fundraising and correlate events with our shares
- Captain Xtreme - fun and crazy position to make meetings fun, fellowship will make appoint soon
- Formal chair - appointed by fellowship to plan our formal this spring
- Awards chair - appointed by membership, this person is in charge of applying for awards through nationals
MBU chairs from Boulder
- MBU (Merit Badge University) is where APO members teach boy scouts and assist them in getting 3 merit badges in one day
- March 3rd, register with Nick K by Feb 11th with your tshirt size, food preference, and top 4 class preferences, there will be a sign up sheet next week at meeting
- no more American Heritage or American Labor classees this year, and added Fire safety, safety, genealogy and veterinary medicine
Service
- Big Events this semester
CSUnity
Relay for Life
Little Shop of Physics
The Pulsera Project
- please let Kaitlyn or Rachel know if you have any ideas!!!
- committee meetings with be the 1st and 3rd Sunday every month following meeting
*please join if you have good ideas for service!
- clothing drive for homeless gear - Monday Jan 23rd through Feb 4th bring any of your unwanted clothes to meeting!
- Kids at Heart - Saturday Jan 28th from 3:30 - 8:30pm meet at the transit center at 3pm to go baby sit foster kids while their parents have a date night!
- Larimer Humane Society Tuesday through Saturday every week - 10am to 5 pm to help clean and do general chores. You can go for as long as you want during those hours!
Retreat
- Friday Feb 3rd, meet at the transit center at 4pm
- retreat will be in Estes Park
- need 7 to 8 drivers, if you're willing to drive let Jackie or Kate know
- bring a couple bucks for gas!
Fundraising
- Movie night at AV Tuesday the 24th at 7pm...BABY MAMA...I'd rather be at APO right now cuz theres better food and cooler people...if you don't know that quote you better come on Tuesday
- IM sports - Water polo - men and women's, let Maryanne or Christian know if you wanna play!
Membership
- Involvement Fair - 9am set up - till 3pm in the ballroom, make sure to sign up so we don't overwhelm people
- Info meetings are the 27th, 30th, and 31st
- Initiation is Feb 12th
- Big Little is Feb 19th
Fundraising
- At Budweiser this semester only requires 6 people, the first one is February 10th. Remember that one fundraiser is required per semester
(Brian)
- Section Banquet/Business Meeting - A Saturday in April (TBA), if you want to help organize or have ideas let Brian know
- Mines is hosting absolutely incredible kids day carnival again, a day designed to make kids have a blast and do activities and crafts! Dates TBA so Epsilon Xi can maybe have a booth again
- Section Leadership day - dates TBA
- DU has 4 to 7 members currently, and are continuing to grow!
- Klondike - Feb 3rd and 4th, which is the winter boy scout event out in the wilderness. The boys have different stations that we assist with. This is during retreat though, but let Brian know if you want to be involved!
All new actives should be on the list serve, so hopefully you're all getting this email!
Group expectations for the semester
- pajama party
- high attendance
- come to rituals! (initiation and activation) which, ya know, is required :)
- no sitting next to the same person at meeting! go meet your brothers, cuz they're awesome
- prompt due payment!! pay Katie B - $50
- prepared officers at meetings
- team building activities
- less side conversations during meeting
- more happy quarters stuff!
Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
