AmesMUG Officers: Future of the group

[Brandon Newendorp]

I'm not available tomorrow evening at 7PM.  Maybe Wednesday evening.   
Otherwise, I can attend one of the GSB meetings next week if we just  
want to go over this at our regularly scheduled meeting this Thursday.

Also, there's one more position that needs to be filled; every student  
org needs 4 filled positions: President, Treasurer, Advisor and  
"other" (such as VP).
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Brandon Newendorp


On Jan 28, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:

> I think it would be worthwhile to have a meeting tomorrow, if people  
> are available.
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> Jonathan Salvador
> jonny at iastate.edu
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Chris Hoff wrote:
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>> Hey all.
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>> We have some important decisions we need to make.  GSB funding  
>> meetings are coming up.  The schedule is below.
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>> Organizations that wish to apply for Regular Allocations MUST  
>> attend one of the four informational sessions:
>> Tuesday, January 29 at 11am in Room 3512 - Memorial Union
>> Thursday, January 31 at 4pm in Room 3512 - Memorial Union
>> Monday, February 4 at 6pm in Room 3512 - Memorial Union
>> Wednesday, February 6 at 6pm in the Oak Room - Memorial Union
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>> The question is, should we apply for funding?  As I think most of  
>> you are aware, Jordan and I will be leaving Ames and ISU in May.   
>> Currently, Jordan is the group secretary and I am the group  
>> treasurer.  All organizations are required to have a president,  
>> treasurer, and faculty/staff adviser.  However, the president and  
>> treasurer can be the same person.  Our current officer lineup looks  
>> like this:
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>> President		Brandon J Newendorp
>> Adviser			Thomas Hillson
>> Treasurer		Christopher D Hoff
>> Vice President	Jonathan T Salvador
>> Secretary		Jordan M Hoff
>>
>> So the obvious void to fill for the upcoming year is treasurer.  As  
>> a student organization, our officers must be students.  So, if the  
>> one or two students we'll have left in the group next year aren't  
>> willing to step up and learn how to be treasurer, the group can't  
>> continue.  I can train anyone on the treasurer duties.  It isn't  
>> all that difficult since I've kept everything - so examples on  
>> anything you'd need to do are available.  Another option would be  
>> to convert the group to a campus organization.  This would mean no  
>> more GSB funding, but filling officer positions would be easier  
>> because they can be anyone from the university community.  And  
>> without GSB to worry about, the treasurer position would be easy.   
>> And I suppose the final possibility is to dissolve the group  
>> entirely.  If we go that route, we'll have to deal with our  
>> assets.  (Assets may even be an issue if we go to campus org status  
>> - not sure how GSB purchased items would be handled in that case).
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>> At the GSB funding meeting, they will request information about our  
>> org, such as who the officers are.  I can only make the first two  
>> GSB funding meetings.  The later two I have class.  Unfortunately,  
>> the two meeting options are both before our next officer's meeting  
>> (this Thursday).  So we can try and figure this all out over email,  
>> or maybe hold an "emergency" officer's meeting on Tuesday night (at  
>> 7?).
>>
>> To add another complication, our organization will expire in a few  
>> weeks.  This happens every year.  To renew we have to collect  
>> signatures of all officers and our adviser on a Compliance  
>> Agreement Form.  I don't think this should be done until we know  
>> our plans for next year.
>>
>> All recipients - please respond to this email.  Everyone's input is  
>> needed!
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> Chris Hoff
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