FMO Executive Board Minutes:

Thursday, April 16, 2009


Unofficial Start: 7:03 pm


  1. Zack

    1. Angela – Appreciation Dinner

      1. 12, 13 faculty to be invited

      2. Nominations close Friday

        1. Hesse

        2. Watkins-Hayes

        3. Jose

        4. EJ

        5. Charles Whitaker

        6. Vaughn

        7. Zach nominates people

          1. Biyondi? (Sp?)

          2. Reuel Rogers

          3. Ms. Bridges

          4. Shawna Cooper-Gibson

      3. Invitations to go out when nominations close

        1. Beth to work on that

      4. Food

        1. Will be about 50 people so as to provide a good meal

      5. Budget

        1. $200 or less

      6. Award

        1. Certificates and frames

      7. Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009

    2. Spring Event

      1. Nissi/Jesse

        1. James

          1. No set payment

        2. Money in surplus - $500 - $1000 after moving things around

    3. Scrapbook

      1. To be finished May 15th

      2. Prototype done by beginning of May

    4. Endorsing ASA forum

      1. April 27, 2009

      2. Volunteers

        1. Nissi

        2. Kristin






      1. Questions, etc.

      2. Professor Patillo

      3. When we co-endorse an event , attendance mandatory 7 pm

      4. Meeting beforehand

    1. Blackboard - Candace

      1. Call today from account executive to verify amount

      2. Allotment for year, $2200, money mismanaged, now only $800 left for spring quarter

      3. Can’t pay money until account exec signs check

      4. The account can be paid

      5. Implications of money mismanagement? Unsure

      6. Marrion and Adam meeting with account exec tomorrow

      7. Marrion – EJ says she can call SOFO to officially make him president

        1. To turn in vouchers tomorrow, so Zach will sign that

      8. Candace – Be prepared for some penalty just in case

      9. Zach – possibly deactivating Blackboard as a satellite because serves as more of a problem, something to think about, possibly letting them go with funding

    2. MLK III to come


Official Start: 7:25 pm


  1. Minutes read

  2. Minutes passed

  3. Zach – Wildcat Days

    1. Over 85 hosts signed up, 60 prospies to attend

    2. Stretched out invitation to Chicagoland students

    3. Send email across listserv again, final push to get hosts

  4. Jesse/Nissi – Spring Event

    1. Don’t have to pick up Solange because she is driving

    2. No hotel payment

    3. Securing barricades

      1. May have to rent them

    4. James secure to perform

    5. Big Sean getting paid $1000 as well as travel expenses ($600 tops)

    6. Volunteers to arrive at 10 am on Sunday

    7. Preproduction meeting at 4 pm

    8. Marrion – All FMO events mandatory unless prior commitment; come at least 30 min early and business casual – for general meetings and events

    9. 6 pm set-up, 10 pm takedown, everyone on FMO exec will help

    10. Pass off prospies






    1. Todd/Camille to host

    2. Wear black or FMO shirt

  1. Marrion

    1. ASG Candidate forum was successful

    2. Vote for run-off

    3. Wildcat Days Activities Fair

      1. 3 or 4 black people were there

      2. Next activities fair on Monday (For April 27th, La Donna and Amin)

      3. Black Jewish Freedom Seder

        1. Can we co-sponsor? Check bank account

      4. Co-sponsorship with ASA?

        1. Different panels with black professors to engage black students

        2. Co-panel about AAS and AS depts.. May 12th (Tuesday)

        3. Informal

        4. Passed

  2. Camille

    1. Black Student Leadership Conference

      1. May 23rd, 10 am – 2 pm, start at 9:30

      2. 4 workshops

        1. Black Power

        2. Team vision and Organization

        3. Collaboration and Programming

        4. Team building and Resolution

      3. Workshop Leaders

        1. Mark Crain, Zachary Parker; Camille Edwards, Nissi Orgill, Beth, PAC, Ayanna

      4. MSA Dinner

        1. Ayanna cannot attend

  3. Beth

    1. Appreciation Dinner

      1. May 29, 2009

      2. Send in nominations

    2. Outreach into residential halls, fireside program

      1. Topic talking about black issues

    3. Inspire Films contacted her about a symposium on social issue media

      1. May 13-16

      2. Films on Katrina, Little Rock 9, Drug Issues

      3. Don’t want us to co-sponsor, but be apart of it

      4. Host Ask Big Questions session

      5. Mid-May

      6. Marrion – Write up something about it for next week





  1. Nissi

    1. Fall Speaker

      1. Al Sharpton or MLK III

      2. Last speaker did nto speak to the black student experience, and it seems like Al Sharpton will do the same; MLK more qualitative

        1. Numbers do matter for funding, maybe we could have it somewhere other than Cahn

      3. Marrion – send Nissi ideas about who will be best

      4. Candace – provide basis for claim in email and look at mission statement and constitution of FMO to see if they will further FMO’s aim

    2. Spring cleaning

      1. Marrion – He and EJ thought it would be good to do it on the same day as the Leadership Retreat, May 9, 2009 or May 17, 2009

    3. General meeting every third Sunday of every month

    4. If anyone wants to run again for ASG, there are non-senator seats and committees

    5. Did not contact about getting binders

  2. Adam

    1. Gave EJ’s reimbursement but he has receipts

  3. Amin

    1. Check back on places for raffle but can still use for 5k run

    2. Beck’s has not gotten back yet

    3. Contact EJ about FMO award to see if last award was distributed to Candace Nalls

  4. Francesca

    1. Made 2nd flier for Solange/Big Sean concert

    2. Did banner

    3. Emailed frats/sororities

    4. Emailed listservs

    5. Emailed biggest dorms to subsidize Solange

      1. Allison to subsidize

    6. Marrion picked up fliers for 5k run

      1. Tell people to come

      2. Invite people on Facebook

  5. Candace

    1. Money is a problem

    2. Originally going to go with scrapbook company, possibly Quartet Copies

    3. 150-200 copies – cost?

      1. No more than a couple hundred dollars

    4. Will need to be in color





    1. $200 itself is pushing – Marrion

      1. Will talk to Brandon

    2. Dallas will help

      1. Update Facebook group with pictures

  1. Kristin

    1. Update FMO website

    2. Mark encouraging NING (ex. Gogo365)

      1. Social Network

      2. Exec members could have privileges

      3. Change calendars

      4. Marrion

        1. Would that include a different setup of website?

          1. Kristin would do manipulation

          2. FREE

          3. Friendlier than other website

        2. Revamp summer website

        3. Still need pictures to update website

  2. Kellyn

    1. Newsletter – possibly to mix last month’s and this month’s

    2. Alumni Association

      1. Keri Gray

        1. NUBAA’s new president

        2. Access to alumni

  3. Marrion Recap

    1. Send out info about prospies

    2. FAB at Norris at 10 am Sunday

    3. PUBLICIZE

  4. Extras

    1. Tyris – too many events?

      1. Nissi – feels like it’s a lot now but only because of transition, just communicate and be open

      2. Camille – BSAT calendar, will filter events, stay professional, take care of business, all in this together, stay respectful of each other and each other’s time


End: 8:43 pm



Non-Attendance:


Ayanna

Mike

Nicole






Alexis

Danielle

Zuri