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Camp Wildcat Board Meeting Minutes: 8/27/2006

 
 previous week
Laura Ory - Chair
What I did this week:
Recruitment at the club fair
Met w/ Garrett about board retreat
Spent some time in the "office"
Emailed Dan
Applied for Fall CTC

My plans for the future:
Club recognition fair (Aug. 31)
ASUA funding- club advocate
Board retreat (Sept. 8-9)

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
General meeting plan
board retreat
Friends of Camp Wildcat update

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Welcome message (will send to Grace tonight)

Ideas for who should get Charlie:
Derrick (helped at club fair- I think)

Hi's:
The new CW board!
The lovely Tucson summer
My new roomies

Low's:
No lows tonight!

-Laura would like someone to go with her to the Club Recognition Fair, Aug 31 6PM
-plan for the meeting: intro the board, then general announcements

Garrett Hoxie - Vice Chair
What I did this week:
-Helped at club fair
-Updated Aquathlon website per Grace's requests (was this this week?)
-Began planning for CPR/FA instructor to come in
-Reported to Kathleen, Allie and Katie about a few observations I made after visiting Rose Canyon last weekend
-Participated in FoCW conference call
-Met with Laura about Board Retreat

My plans for the future:
-Apply to CTC
-Finalize Board Retreat plans
-Fingerprinting field trips
-Finalize CPR/FA plans

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
-Importance of website use for coordination, especially by board members (can I do a demo sometime?)
-Procedure for reserving room in Union
-Board Retreat!

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Please check our website (www.uofacampwildcat.org) often for upcoming news and events! If you get fingerprinted please bring the card back to Garrett.

Hi's:
Volleyball

Low's:
PA496B

-need miniumum 5 people, max 15 for CPR training, $25 a person

Katie Paulson - Camps Coordinator
What I did this week:
cleaned storage; club fair; reserved buses for CTC; worked out CTC menu, schedule, etc; applied to CTC; relabeled mail expando in office; sent menu to Missy; football managerial training; survived the first week back

My plans for the future:
book sites for BC I and II; continue working with CTC directors; food bank; work with Missy on donations; figure out logistics on backpacking camp

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
Bill for Joe from AC II due August 31st?
Fliers for CTC? (need active recruitment!)
Leaving for ftball game at CTC/Aquathalon

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Apply to CTC! Pay $15.

Ideas for who should get Charlie:
Tina

Hi's:
Hooray for another year of Camp Wildcat-- Laura, Garrett, Matt, Casey, Grace, Tina, Ashlee, Andrew, Quin, Missy and Joey-- my roommates, feminist literature, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, new deodorant, and all those who worked hard over the summer...

Low's:
barking dogs, animal control, sore muscles, exhaustation and uninvited guests drinking everything

-Laura and/or Katie? will talk to Joe about the charge for time and supplies for AC II

Ashlee Jones and Andrew Leonard - Fundraising
What I did this week:
~ Organized the concessions manager training! Yea for a perfect Nacho Bowl and the 10 wonderful C-Dubbers who came!
~ Found 57 more business to mail sponsorship letters for the Aquathon. Grace helped us stuff them and mail them too!
~ Had a meeting with TriCats to discuss our progress and expectations for the Aquathon
~Called Russ from the Hillenbrand pool to get an invoice to pay for the pool
~and we also made happy concession sign up sheets for the football games!

My plans for the future:
~ get more sponsorships for the Aquathlon
~follow up on letters we have already sent out
~get lots of fun people for concessions this week
~plan other major events for the semester

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:

~TriCats would likt to team up with us to do a camp..what do ya'all think?
~Do we need permission to sell drinks at intramurals?

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Andrew finished his first week as a RA!!! And his residents like him a lot, a whole lot!
Ashlee-getting so many people to come to the manager training session! Sending out more letters for the Aquathon, and taking a portuguese class with Andrew.

Hi's:


Andrew finished his first week as a RA!!! And his residents like him a lot, a whole lot!
Ashlee-getting so many people to come to the manager training session! Sending out more letters for the Aquathon, and taking a portuguese class with Andrew.

Low's:

Spending 40 minutes trying to park in a Zone 1 lot during the middle of the day! Argh!!!!!!!

-received 2 $25 certificates for shoes, can possibly use them for the auction but not really for the Aquathalon
-going to talk to Campus Rec about selling drinks at intramurals

Missy Nagin - Donations
What I did this week:
Club fair, concession training, made a list of places to call for CTC, this summer I have been working on a letter to send out for donations

My plans for the future:
Check stoarge for what we have, and start calling for donations

Hi's:
being back at school with everyone

Low's:
to much work already, psio lab practical on tuesday :-(


Grace Clark - Campus Relations
What I did this week:
Went to the Club Fair; went to Concessions training; called businesses for the aquathlon; met with TriCats and Ashlee to discuss Aquathlon; mailed more sponsorship letters for Aquathlon; applied to CTC; made sign-up sheets for two social in September;

My plans for the future:
Make dinner social for this week; call more businesses for Aquathlon; help at concessions; solicit t-shirt designs from members and look for company to make shirts; schedule recruiting days; set offic hours; add remaining new emails to LISTSERV; look into other campus clubs to recruit at.

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
Benefit Concert, again? Could we switch off days/times for recruiting on the mall, so as to diversify time slots; maybe have one e-board person recruit at least every other month for 1 hour?(with a gen. member or e.b. member so you don't get lonely)?
GOLAB: TriCats wants to do a day activity with kids, OR lead a rotation at camp.
Green t-shirts?

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Social at____________. Moonlight hike social. designs for t-shirts

Hi's:
YEEAAAHHH!!!! New year at CW! I love our board! Hooray!

My classes rock! Booyah! And, though I generally suck at cooking, it turns out I CAN make potato salad. :-(

Low's:
My new dance major neighbors are sick of dancing all day so there's very little dancing at their parties. Sad, disappointing. :-(

-only 10 people are registered for the Aquathalon but we are also struggling to get sponsors
-need CW volunteers for Aquathalon although it is a camp weekend
-tricats wants to co-recruit with us to bring females into tricats and males into CW
-try different days/times for recruting this year instead of same time/day, looking for a hour committment from each board member this semester
-benefit concert might be easier to put on in the spring?
-yes to the green shirts :)

Quin Hoxie - Community Relations
What I did this week:
Made calls for the Aquathlon. Emailed a few companies. Responded to inquiries from participants in the Aquathlon.

My plans for the future:
Look in to online registration for the Aquathlon. Send out more letters. Make more calls.

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
Few responses from sponsors. What if too many respond...

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Get the word out about the aquathlon to potential participants and sponsors.

Hi's:
Late night beach volleyball. Dinner with Casey.

Low's:
Madness at work. Obtuse professors.


Casey Edwards - Alumni Relations
What I did this week:
Reserved a room for homecoming FCW meeting, began planning homecoming events, prepared for conference call, edited constitution, created mission statement for FCW, changed my status to board member, recrutied on the mall until my nose was sunburned and I had a bad sunglasses tan

My plans for the future:
Finalize homecoming activties, send out invitation to alumni for FCW meeting, preparing for FCW presentation to the CW board, meet with Jim and Gaye in person, take lots of pictures!

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
Possibility of music before meetings

Ideas for who should get Charlie:
Quin and Ashlee for all their work on the Aquathlon

Hi's:
gourmet dinner with shamoo and getting a job

Low's:
stress about school, surviving the first week, moving in, feeling broke, missing my mom's cooking and missing home friends

-plans to really get tons of Alumni support and presence this year at CW events, especially Homecoming and the Auction

Joelle de la Vara - Secretary
What I did this week:
office organization

My plans for the future:
office organization

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
thanks
mailboxes
cash box
office hours

Hi's:
a brand new year of CW!!!! :)

Low's:
allergies and school has begun :(

-making spreadsheet of office hours this week and getting cat card access to everyone

Christina Ceccato - Treasurer
What I did this week:
Cleared up the confusion with the credit card machine.

My plans for the future:
Whatever comes up

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
how's life

Ideas for who should get Charlie:
someone's getting Charlie?

Hi's:
Limited amount of homework, friends coming back

Low's:
Sunburns

-we will not be charged for the months since the Credit Card machine was mailed off and we can be refunded all our extra charges if/when they do receive it

Allie Buchweitz/Kathleen Applegate - Other (CTC directors)
What I did this week:
-worked on schedule
-started working on the budget
-discussed strategies for paying and leaving early
-started filing applications

My plans for the future:
-finalize budget
-work with Missy on donations
-promote CTC
-begin creating groups and assigning olympic sports

Things I need to discuss or share with the board:
-budget?
-donations
-items in storage

Items you would like on the weekly email:
Hey Camp Wildcat!! It's that time of year again for CTC. What is CTC you ask? It has replaced CCI and is now called Counselor Training Camp! CTC this year will take place September 15-17 at the beautiful Rose Canyon Lake. What better way to spend a weekend then camping in the mountains, learning all about Camp Wildcat?! You get to be the kids/campers for a weekend full of Olympic Fun!! To apply, go visit www.uofacampwildcat.org/members and click "apply now" on the calender and fill out our ridiculously fun application!! If you have any questions/concerns/comments feel free to talk to either Kathleen (kma84@email.arizona.edu) or Allie (allidanz@email.arizona.edu). This camp is the only one of the semster that costs money to go on, and it's only $15 (includes lodging in a 5 star olympic tent, gourmet camp meals, and transporation in your very own yellow limo). Checks can be made payable to Camp Wildcat and the $15 must be paid prior to September 13.

Hi's:
Seeing everybody again, planning for CCI, being able to buy food w/ meal plan money, and being able to charge everything to Bursars

Low's:
Allie had to go without internet and tv all week long and one of her classes she was really excited for and was a requirement to graduate got cancelled :(
Kathleen has to miss the first Camp Wildcat meeting of the semester and was forced to drop a class because too many people signed up for it and is now stuck with really long Tuesdays/Thursdays and SCHOOL...no more summer.

-Make sure that EVERYONE pays for CTC BEFORE camp!
-people who have to leave early need to notify directors at least 3 days BEFORE camp!
-want to promote CTC through flyers, emailing listservs, tabling on mall
-will bring budget to approve next week

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