12/8 Meeting Minutes

Swag Bag

• Goes to Mya Wells, thanks for being so awesome!

Next week:

• Slideshow and presentation of the senior gifts on Sunday at 7pm!
• All officers (this semester and for next semester) show up at 6pm for transitions!

Tuesday December 10th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-5pm
1. Need Volunteers

Wednesday December 11th

• Cafe Mexicali Regionals Fundraising Event 4:45 at Transit Center
• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30pm
1. Shelby Thomas, NEED 3 MORE VOLUNTEERS!

• Service committee 7pm
• Morgan’s grind study/candy canes break 6-8 pm

Thursday December 12th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-4pm
1. Need Volunteers
• Hand out candy canes on the plaza

Friday December 13th

• Hand out candy canes on the plaza

APO Shares- Campus Corps

• Campus Corps would like at least 2 APO members to come to each graduation night and present a “check” to the organization.

• Monday, December 9th- Thursday December 12th
• 5:30-8pm, dinner from 5:30-6:00pm

APO Shares- Amy’s House

Cookie Swap to benefit Amy’s House

• Entry- dozen cookies and a King Soopers Gift Card or Monetary donation
• Cookies, Hot Chocolate and learn about Amy’s House
• Tuesday, December 17th, 6:30pm
• Cornerstone Evangelical Free, 35 Carlson Blvd, Johnstown, CO

Regionals

• We have 12 brothers going, woo!

Bylaws

• Adopted leadership credit requirement and deleted committee requirement
• Service hour requirements will be increased to 25 hours with 5 allowed from outside the fraternity
• Pledge master position was added
• Open membership policy was added
• Fundraising requirement for pledges was added
• Defined associate by force and choice
• Tabled the co president discussion for next semester
• Pledgemaster will be a year long position starting Fall 2014
• Pledgemaster will have the option of being co
• Standing rules were adopted

Elections

Congratulations to all the new Spring 2014 semester officers!

Membership: Lauren Shall

Pledge master: Gaby Perez

Sergeant at arms: Mya Wells

Webmaster: John Morgan

Historian: Jessica Smolenske

Secretary: Hailee Horton

Corresponding sec: Mikala Daughenbaugh

Alumni corr sec: Saibra Rubadue, if an active, if not then Jenna Hamilton

Fellowship: Morgan Jones and Lindsey Turk

12/1 Meeting Minutes

Announcements:

• Next week’s meeting has been moved forward an hour to 6pm to do bylaws and elections!
• Since a lot of people were missing and didn’t have a chance to sign up for events, be sure to contact us if you want a spot!

Swag Bag:

• Goes to KJ Ocheltree, thanks for being so awesome!

Tuesday December 3rd

• Homeless gear sorting 1-5pm
• Need Volunteers
• Study in Library room 301 D 6-9pm

Wednesday December 4th

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30
• Kate Douglas, Shelby Thomas, Alyssa Rehder, Jessica Smolenske
• Fellowship Committee canceled

• Service committee 7pm

Thursday December 5th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-4pm
• Need Volunteers

Saturday December 7th

• Homeless gear SAMS club collection 10:30-11:30am
• Need Volunteers
• Retreat! Meet at the transit center at 11 am

Sunday December 8th

• ARO Broncos game party
• Kelly Logan

Tuesday December 10th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-5pm
• Need Volunteers

Wednesday December 11th

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30pm
• Jenna Hamilton NEED 3 MORE!

• Service committee 7pm
• Morgan’s grind study break 7 pm

Thursday December 12th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-4pm
• Need Volunteers

Nominations

Fellowship

• Morgan Jones
• KJ Ocheltree
• Mya Wells
• Lindsey Turk
• Kirby Mitchell

Alumni Corresponding Secretary

• Catie Perry
• Jenna Hamilton
• Saibra Rubadue

Corresponding Secretary

• Emily Lawless
• Mya Wells

Secretary

• Emily Lawless

Historian

• Saibra Rubadue
• Sydney Boyle
• Jessica Smolenske
• Jen McDermott

Webmaster

• John Morgan

Sergeant at Arms

• KJ Ocheltree
• Hailee Horton
• Gaby Perez

Pledge Master, pending

• Morgan Jones
• Kirby Mitchell
• Gaby Perez
• Jenna Hamilton
• Lauren Shall
• Lindsey Turk
• Hailee Horton

Membership

• Gaby Perez
• Lauren Shall

11/17 Meeting Minutes

Swag Bag:

Goes to Shelby Thomas, thanks for being so wonderful!

Announcements:

• Bigs and Littles, go get letters sometime this week! (Counts as one fellowship)
• Send your APO-related pictures to our historian at historian@apo-epsilonxi.org
• Meeting is cancelled Sunday, November 24th for Fall Break.
• Meeting will resume Sunday, December 1st for bylaw voting.

Monday November 18th

• Ethiopia Book Project meet at the transit center at 5:00. Dinner is provided!
1. Ashley T, Catie P, Lindsay E, KJ O, Lo L, Lauren S, Shelby T

Tuesday November 19th

• Homeless gear sorting 1-5

Wednesday November 20th

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30
1. Shelby T, Megan Q, Jenna H, Mikala D
• Fellowship Committee 7-8

Thursday November 21st

• Homeless Gear Distribution 10:30-11:30
• Homeless Gear Sorting 1-4
• Progressive Dinner 6-8:30 at The Grove apartment complex
• Hunger Games Premiere 10:00 meet at TC
• Fundraising Committee Meeting 5:30 PM in BSB Lobby

Friday November 22nd

• ARO Thanksgiving Dance 6-8pm
1. Ben Lee, Kelly Logan
• Turkey Dinner Elderhaus Shifts 9:00-1:30
•       NEED VOLUNTEERS

November 29th

• Football Concessions, come help if you can!

November 24th- December 1st

• Fall Break, have a fun and safe week! ☺

Retreat

• December 7th 11-7 (tentative)
• Denver Zoo and Casa Bonita!
• Get EXCITED

APO Shares

• We will donate $750 at the end of this semester to each organization below

• Campus Corps- Semester
• Kids @ Heart- Semester
• Philippines Relief- Yearly
• Amy’s House- Yearly

11/10 Meeting Minutes

Theme:

No theme next week because everyone will be looking spiffy in their business casual attire for initiation.

Swag Bag:

Goes to Saibra Rubadue for having a volunteer frenzy weekend!

Announcements:

• ALL bigs must pay $5.50 per little to Alyssa by Tuesday 11/12!
• Big/Little Letters, go get them sometime throughout the week!
• Please still sign up for events, just because requirements were due doesn’t mean you should stop participating in the fun!! Email service if you want to sign up :)

Tuesday November 12th

• Homeless Gear Sorting 1-5
• NEED VOLUNTEERS
• Pledge Study Session 8-9:00pm (meet at the Transit Center)
• Salsa Dancing at the Rio at 7

Wednesday November 13th

• Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30
• Jenna H, Shelby T, Saibra R, Catie P
• Pledge Study Session 6:30-7:30pm (LSC 227)
• Pledge Exam at 7:30pm (LSC 227)

Thursday November 14th

• Homeless Gear Sorting 1-4
• NEED VOLUNTEERS
• Secret Big Fellowship! At Ben Lee’s house (1637 Westbridge Dr. K3), drop in anytime from 8-10pm.
• Chippers Bowling Lanes
• Horsetooth and College
• Meet at the Transit Center at 6:45 pm

Saturday November 16th

• CSU Dance Marathon 2:30-10:00pm
• Ben K and 3 classmates
• Homeless Gear Sam’s Club Collection 10:30-4:30
• NEED VOLUNTEERS
• RamRide at 8pm

  Drivers	Navigators	Dispatch
  Maddie Clark	Hayley Budzinski	Ciera DiBello
  Frances Ritchie	Alex Collopy	Kirby Mitchell
  Lane Boutilier	Lauren Mann	Kristin Curtis
  Sarah Gardner	Kyla Ownbey	Shannon Gahring
  Ashley Todd	John Morgan
  Sar Heyn	Catie Perry
  Megan O'Brien	Gaby Perez
  Theresa Butterfield	Abby Colpitts
  Maggie Luehers	Megan Quinn
  Jacque Wilson	Stacy Winner
  Jenna Hamilton	Emily Le
  Emily Cosmas	Mikayla Daughenbaugh
  Alex Beckley	Emily Lawless

  • Challenge
  • 11am
  • Location TBA
  • Jean Themed!
  • Wear something you are comfortable in
  • Secret Big Fellowship! At Ben Lee’s house
  • Drop in anytime from 1-5pm
  • 1637 Westbridge Dr. K3
  
  
  Sunday November 17th
  • Initiation
  • Business Casual
  • All active brothers MUST to be in the normal meeting room at 5:15 pm!
  • There will be an attendance sheet that you will need to sign.
  • All soon-to-be active brothers please arrive at 6 pm
  • All soon-to-be active brother please bring your $35 active fee
  
  
  Monday November 18th
  • Ethiopia Book Project be at the transit 4:40pm Dinner is provided
  • Ashley T, Catie P, Lindsay E, Emily L, Zack S, KJ, Lo L, Alex B
  
  
  Tuesday November 19th
  • Homeless gear sorting 1-5
  • NEED VOLUNTEERS
  
  
  Wednesday November 20th
  • Rescue Mission 4:30-6:30
  • Shelby T, Megan Q
  • Fellowship Committee 7-8
  
  
  Thursday November 21st
  • Homeless Gear Distribution
  • NEED VOLUNTEERS
  • Homeless Gear Sorting 1-4
  • NEED VOLUNTEERS
  • Progressive Dinner 6-8:30
  • Hunger Games Premiere 10-11
  
  
  Friday November 22nd
  • ARO Thanksgiving Dance 6-8pm
  • NEED VOLUNTEERS
  • Turkey Dinner Mindset 11-1:30
  • NEED VOLUNTEERS
  
  
  Sergeant at Arms Announcements
  • Final committee meeting before Bylaw voting!
  • Thursday, Nov. 14th
  • 7:30pm
  • Morgan Library Rm: 201B
  
  
  Regionals
  • Applied for travel grant
  • Sign up if interested
  • Up to 12 people
  • Hotel and travel provided
  
  
  Apo shares
  • Typically do four (2 year long and 2 semester)
  • Think about our four categories of service: fraternity, campus, community, and nation
  Potential organizations
  • Campus corps
  • Prosocial youth program for at risk youth
  • Rescue mission
  • Help buy a composting bin for the organization, cost around 500 dollars
  • Wildlife 1
  • In thailand, a rehabilitation and sanctuary for wildlife . Money to help with building and supplying food for the animals
  • Orangutan Foundation International
  • Help rehabilitate orangutans to go back into the wild
  • Kids @ Heart
  • Program for adoptive and foster children here in Fort Collins and Loveland
  • Presidents fund
  • Money to help certain brothers pay dues
  • Red Cross Relief Fund
  • To help with those affected by the flood