UNOGS Officers’ Meeting Notes              THU 20 AUG 09, 11:30

The Spot Café, Gentilly

In attendance:             

Brian Epstein, UNOGS President
              Juana Ibáñez, Faculty Sponsor
              Steve Stevens, UNOGS Treasurer

Scheduled Events:

• Fresh Fest
  WED 27 AUG 09, 11:00-14:00
  Library Quad
• Possible table sharing with Pi Gamma Mu and coordination with Abe Santa Cruz for placement of the Anthro club table next to ours
• Need to update display board with pictures and an events planned for the semester list (Steve)

• SUPRS student beginning of semester pot luck
  FRI 04 SEP 09 – 11:30-13:30 (?)
  Milneburg Hall faculty lounge
• reserve room
• send out invitation
• establish sign up list
• check soda supply in geog supply room
• Crescent City BBQ and Blues Fest
  SAT 17 or SUN 18 OCT 09, 10:30 – 19:00
  Lafayette Square Park

Proposed Events:

• First formal meeting of semester

Date TBD – third week of September? Monday? Friday?

• Geography of Beer events
  Thursday evenings, ~18:30 – 20:30

Locations TBD

• Club President’s Cookout (Brian)
  Date TBD – Friday of mid-terms?
• Moonlight canoe trip
  Date TBD – Brian to coordinate, possible option would be NPS tour ( http://www.nps.gov/jela/barataria-preserve.htm)
• Old River Control Complex tour
  Date TBD
  Brian to contact Mr. Marchand to see if he can take us
• UNO Geographers supporting UNO club football
  One or more home games (at Tad Gormley) per the following schedule:
• SAT 19 SEP, 14:30, Texas-Arlington
• SUN 27 SEP, 18:00, South Alabama
• SAT 17 OCT, 19:00, U Miami (Ohio)
• SAT 07 NOV, 19:00, Xavier (Ohio) – Homecoming
• Camping/Cabin retreat at Fontainebleau State Park and/or Lake Fausse
  Date TBD – possibly one in fall and one in spring
  Park information at:
  http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ifontaine.aspx (Fontainebleau)
  http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ilakefaus.aspx (Fausse)
• Earth Day/week geography participation
  to be coordinated by Marie (?)

Possible Speakers:

• Christine Arato, currently with NPS historic surplus property program, US Southeast and USVI region

FRI 06 NOV 09 or MON 02 NOV 09

Steve to coordinate

• William Doolittle, PhD
  week of MON 16 NOV 09
  Link up with GTU ZL for special speaker (utilizing VGSP) during geography awareness week. Steve to work with Juana on coordination and request.
• Brian Epstein, adventures in the American West
  SEP date TBD
• Brandie Mitchell, UNO alumna and current director of NASA DEVELOP program at Stennis
  Date TBD – being coordinated by Brian
• Steve Stevens, challenges facing wildlife rescue in Ecuador
  OCT date TBD

Steve needs to discuss this idea with Dr. Striffler as his funding was provided by UNO LAS rather than geog