Minutes

November 27, 2007

  1. Prayer

  2. Opening Remarks

  3. Pro-Life in the News

    1. Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson, endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee, said that reversing Roe V. Wade would allow states to restrict abortion.

    2. Donna Joy Vance celebrated her “sweet 16” party despite her mother being urged to have an abortion.

    3. Is “Choice on Earth” “Abortion on Earth”?

  4. Old Business

    1. T-shirts

      1. If you ordered a shirt, please pick it up or cancel your order.

      2. Not sure if you ordered? Contact Emily at daltoner@slu.edu.

  5. New Business

    1. Members of the Week

      1. Greg and Matt

      2. They have been doing lots of work for the March. Great job guys!

    2. March for Life Update

      1. Have you registered yet?

        1. Register today! http://pages.slu.edu/org/sfl/

        2. Tell your friends! Tell your floor! Talk to your friends at other schools! Tell everyone you know!

        3. We need to get the numbers up in order to request a second bus!

        4. If you know you are going, please do not procrastinate!

      2. Tables in the BSC on Thursday 11/29 and Monday 12/3, 11am-3:00pm both days

      3. Handbills on Wednesday 11/28 from 12pm-3pm, Friday 11/30 from 11am-3pm, and maybe Tuesday 12/4

      4. Chalk on Sunday, 12/2, evening

      5. Contact Kathleen at neunerk@slu.edu to sign-up for any of these advertising efforts. Any amount of time you can give would be appreciated!

    3. Relay for Life

      1. Captain: Mary Cooper

      2. Register online at slurelay.org.

      3. December 10th: VIP Registration Deadline

        1. Need 10 members, First to get pizza, Good Location

      4. Raise Money- $100 per person

        1. Pre-made letters, Free Mailing, Email

      5. Relay date is April 19-20th, 6pm-6am.

      6. Contact Mary at mcoope21@slu.edu for more information.

    4. Service Day

      1. Saturday, December 1st at Our Lady’s Inn from 10am-12pm, meet at 9:30 behind Gries.

      2. We will need drivers.

      3. We will be playing with the kids, so it will be lots of fun!

      4. Contact Kathleen at neunerk@slu.edu to sign-up, and include whether or not you have a vehicle.

    5. Meeting time next semester

      1. Would it be all right with everyone if we moved the time to 8pm next semester?

    6. Scholarship Committee

      1. ½ will be chosen by members and ½ will be chosen by the e-board.

      2. The committee will be responsible for formation, fundraising, publicity, and achieving the endowment of the scholarship.

      3. Mary Cooper, Caitlin Boyce, and Amy Winkler were the only members who showed interest at the meeting, so congratulations to these three!

      4. The full committee will be announced soon.

  6. Opportunities

    1. Want to save babies while searching the Internet?

      1. http://www.prolifeinternet.com/ is owned and run by a non-profit pro-life group, and 100% of the proceeds benefit groups across the country like Crossroads and SFLA. It's simple - all you do is use it to search like you would use Google! And it works just the same!

      2. Set this as your home page and use it to search the Internet. It has the full searching power of Google and will help raise money for pro-life efforts each time you search.

    2. Plug from the Great Issues Committee

      1. The Great Issues Committee of Saint Louis University would like to extend an invitation to our upcoming event featuring John Bul Dau on Thursday, December 6th at 7:00 in the BSC Ballrooms.  Dau will be giving a speech entitled "Crisis in Sudan."  Everyone is welcome to attend a reception following the speech.  

      2. Dau, one of the men featured in the documentary God Grew Tired of Us, was born in the Sudan and was forced to leave his village when the northern government began attacking the south.

      3. In 2001, he was one of the Lost Boys sponsored to live in the United States, and he has since helped raise over $150,000 to support the Lost Boys as well as build a clinic in southern Sudan.

      4. He has firsthand experience and will be explaining the crises from the 1987 troubles that created the Lost Boys generation to the current genocide in Darfur.

    3. Send “Member of the Week” nominations to sfl@slu.edu.

    4. Next week’s meeting will include a presentation by Tim, as well as Christmas fun!

      1. It will be the last meeting of the semester, and we will decide on a time for meetings next year, so please come!

  7. Adjournment





















"We deserve, demand, have a right to--can create--something better than the abortion industry's 'cure' for our unique condition of impregnability, whether that abortionist be in the back alley or the plush front office."

~Juli Loesch