FMO General Meeting Minutes:

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Start: 5:15 PM

1. Nissi
1. Welcome
2. Expectations
2. Executive Board Introductions
1. Dallas
1. Historian
2. Created Black Student Handbook and Satellite and Affiliates Look book
3. Documents the history of FMO
2. La Donna
1. Secretary
2. Take and distribute minutes at FMO Executive Board and General Meeting Meetings
3. Revise Constitution
3. Amin
1. Fundraising Chair
2. Financial Freedom Campaign
3. Ideas on how to raise money?
4. Francesca
1. Publicity Chair
2. Make flyers for all events
3. Committee
1. Anyone interested?
2. Need people who are good with Photo Shop
4. State of the Black Union
1. Already made a few flyers
2. To make more
5. Kellyn
1. Graduate and Alumni Liaison
2. NUBAA Tailgate
1. Food
3. PAC
1. Act as political voice for the Black community
2. Questions, comments, suggestions?
6. Adam
1. Treasurer
2. Manage funds for FMO

3. Upkeep FMO’s financial tab
3. Tyris
1. ASG Senator
2. Come out and get involved; meetings Wednesdays 7 PM
3. Interested in serving as alternates?
4. Goal to pass more legislation
5. Binder of Senate Agendas
6. GPS System about shuttles
7. Cheryle Jackson
1. Meeting Tuesday
2. Internship
8. Sunday listserv
1. In the Know
9. Senate
1. Definition: NU Student Government; Representation of constituents
4. Kristin
1. Tech Director
2. Updates and maintains listserv and website
3. Opportunity to sign up for website
1. Interactive
4. Listserv goes out every Sunday and Wednesday
5. Send anything for listserv to formembersonly@gmail.com
5. Beth
1. Vice Coordinator of External Relations
2. Connect Black community with communities and departments
3. Black Church and Business Fair
1. Connected with churches
4. Reps to recruit 2010 grads
1. VISA
5. Safe space training in January for Black gay community
6. Picnic event
7. Committee
1. Meet Wednesdays
8. Fireside program
1. Satellites and Affiliates to help with
6. Camille
1. Vice Coordinator of Satellites and Affiliates
2. Maintain all of satellites and affiliates
3. BSAC meetings bimonthly
1. Mention any upcoming events at BSAC meeting
2. Goal not over-programming

3. Email: vc.camilleedwards@gmail.com
3. Nissi
1. Vice Coordinator of Programming
2. State of the Black Union
1. November 23
2. Cahn Auditorium
3. Pre-event reception
3. General meetings monthly
1. Each to have a theme
2. Sunday dinners
4. Committee
4. Marrion
1. Coordinator
2. Oversee actions of satellites and affiliates, Executive Board
3. Concerns?
4. Membership forms
1. Add listserv and website at the top
5. Scholarship application
1. Apply!
6. Johnathan Bragg: Where did the name FMO come from?
1. Black students highly disenfranchised in the 1960s, so they decided to create an organization for themselves. There was a sign at a local country club that read “For Members Only” and Black students took it and put it atop Black House.
7. Mentorship Program
8. Kenwood Academy – boys discussing real issues
1. Fridays
2. 3 PM – 5 PM, leave NU at 2 PM
3. Nissi
1. FMO Executive Board Meetings
1. 7 PM
2. Good of the Order
1. Tyris
1. 30^th Annual Homecoming Scholarship Ball
1. Saturday, October 24, 2009
2. Buses leave Plex at 6 PM
2. Kaasha
1. Treasurer – PURSUIT
1. Law School Visit
1. November 6 and 13
2. Speaker and Dialogue
1. October 28

3. Beth
1. Omega Psi Phi Informational
1. Norris
2. Friday, October 23, 2009
3. 6 PM
4. Camille
1. BSAC Calendar viewable at nuformembersonly.ning.com
5. Morgan
1. Spiritual Writing Workshop
1. October 27
2. Career Services
1. Sunday, November 22, 2009              
6. Miles Drummond
1. Student group committee
1. Directly work with B- and T-status groups
2. Need people of color
3. Funding reform
4. Started as non-senator and now student group vice president
7. Beth
1. OSB
1. Meet and Greet with Science professors
1. Annenberg
2. Monday, October 19, 2009             
3. 5 PM
8. Makda
1. Afropollo
1. Tech
2. Friday, November 6, 2009
3. 7 PM
4. Need performers
5. Grand prize: $200
2. Event with Rainbow Alliance
3. Film and Lecture Series
4. Become a general member of ASA
5. Thanks for coming to Africafe/Café Noir
9. Bradley
1. Congrats to freshman class on quantity
10. Aryelle Berry
1. President – NCE
2. Fall Concert
1. Sunday, November 15, 2009
2. 7 PM

11. Brittainy Brown
1. Co-President – PAC
2. Focus on racial profiling
1. Setting up board with Chief Lewis
3. Looking for new members
12. Camille
1. Executive Producer – AATE
1. Actors Workshop
2. Harlem Duet
13. Nissi
1. Any other info? Put on listserv
11. Nissi
1. Feedback
1. Beth
1. Would like to see more social events
2. Zoe
1. People warned her to be careful of FMO
1. General appearance of FMO to people
2. Name is cool, but people don’t know history of it
3. Work on making history known to campus
1. Nissi: Name has historical significance
1. First obligation to Black students
1. Camille: We are very diverse
1. Pass message along
3. Miles Drummond
1. Increase co-sponsorships
4. Beth
1. Fireside program to reach out to communities that don’t necessarily reach out or work on public image of FMO
5. Tyris
1. New methods of getting people in the Black House
1. Marrion: This year it’s been decreasing
2. Nissi: Spring cleaning last year; new furniture
6. Ryan Lindsay
1. Thanks to upperclassmen for welcoming freshmen; helped transition and feel sense of community
7. Dana
1. Debate about FMO getting back to political and intellectual roots
12. Nissi
1. Concludes our meeting
2. Pick up papers outside

3. Use this opportunity to mingle with Board Members
4. Continue to participate
5. Write suggestions on paper
6. Thank you  again for coming out

End: 6:00 PM

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