FMO Executive Board Minutes:

Thursday, April 30, 2009



Start: 6:18 pm


  1. Minutes read

  2. Minutes passed

  3. Marrion

    1. 5k run/walk with NUBAA this Saturday

      1. FMO board arrive at 7:30 am

  4. Zach

    1. State of AASA

      1. Dismissive attitude on behalf of Ms. Cooke

      2. Petitions

    2. Discussing relationship between African American Studies and African Studies

      1. May 13th, 6:00 pm

  5. Marrion/Candace

    1. Blackboard

      1. No money to fund Blackboard because spring funding not there, sub-funding?

      2. Speak to Mike Hsu

      3. Blackboard could be penalized?

      4. Vote to not spend any money out of FMO’s account for spring quarter

        1. Passed

  6. Camille

    1. Black Student Leadership Conference

      1. May 23rd, 10 am – 2 pm

      2. Two people from each satellite and affiliate should come

    2. No list of all satellites and affiliates, contacts; in process of creating one

  7. Nissi

    1. Transition dinner

      1. May 3rd

      2. Mandatory; business casual

    2. Fall speaker

      1. Michael Eric Dyson

      2. $17,000

    3. Black Family Reunion

      1. September 26th

    4. Meetings in MCC to make more visible?






    1. Black Student Handbook

      1. Historian/Secretary

  1. Beth

    1. Appreciation dinner

      1. May 11

      2. 18 people nominated

    2. Inspire films

      1. May 16th

      2. Panels about race relations

    3. Spring Cleaning

      1. May 9th

    4. Firesides training

  2. Candace

    1. Black student yearbook

      1. Need a couple hundred dollars

      2. Possibly do online

  3. Adam

    1. Checks to be walked to Hotel Orrington and Quartet Copies

    2. Ayanna to get rest of money for reimbursement

    3. Memo to be written

    4. To be SOFO trained

    5. Reimbursements – Quentin and Danielle

  4. Amin

    1. Financial Freedom Campaign

      1. FMO’s attempt to gain freedom from ASG funds to fund our organization better and give awards to students

  5. La Donna

    1. Constitution

      1. Add Beth and Kellyn’s positions

  6. Tyris

    1. Elected to rules committee

    2. Safdari not impeached

    3. ASG binder will be in Black House and put on website

    4. To pass a resolution making ASG aware that the Black House needs to be worked on

  7. Francesca

    1. Publicizing for 5k run/walk

      1. Facebook, listservs,

      2. Sent to Coalition of Colors

      3. Plugging for this Sunday’s general meeting

      4. Flyer for Black Student Leadership Retreat

      5. Everyone needs to publicize

  8. Kristin






    1. Working on NING

    2. Need more history about FMO

      1. Origin of name, pictures, logos, old pictures?

        1. Talk to Biondi

        2. 1977-1993 coordinators in library archives

  1. Mike

    1. Newsletter

      1. To add spring event, but mostly done

  2. Extras


End 7:43 pm




Non-Attendance:


Jesse

Nicole

Danielle

Zuri