Board Notes
9/18/12
Updates:
-First order of business: Adrien has an attraction to bananas and wants to know what people were doing with his thing.
-SBC budget request: Avery and Mary are going to the SBC on Monday
-Awesome work on the Anthony Fantano lecture!!!!!!!! 84 people in attendance.
-Great work on remaining lectures (as well). Are there any remaining details to work out?
-Mickey is on top of booking CFA Hall
-Avery needs to contact Virgil so he will make a poster for the series
-Homelessness marathon
-should we do it? Should we pitch it to people and encourage them to do it; need someone in the studio just in case (so DJs still show up for their show but just monitor the stream)
-could count it as service hours?
-Adrien will contact DJs during the time slot and see what they say
-The event is: Sunday October 21st from 10am-6pm EST.
-Pledge dates? If we kept with the scheme from last year, this year’s winter drive would take place Mon Dec, 3 – Mon, Dec, 10. (A week to get ready after Thanksgiving Break + staff meeting to kick it off)
-tote bags? Virgil is definitely pro-tote bag.
-Printed guide should go to printer by end of week!!!!! Thanks Dave Bauer and Adrien!
-Keys? Mickey should email Ben for a new key. Send name and ID# to Ben M
-Give Isabel jive blogger password
New Business:
-Need to get a rec fair promo in the works (PR / Prod Directors) The Record Fair is October 28th.
-Mickey is going to design a flyer
-Adam organize a Record Fair post on Wesleying about students hosting tables/selling stuff
-Movie night
-Avery met these people who made a film that takes place in Argentina
-Event? Show it in the CFA Hall in one evening
-WESU board email usage. Every board position has one and is responsible for checking them. They can be set up to forward (or not). Let Ben M know if help is needed.
-Michael Massone – completed all training but practical test. Can we permit him to take practical…?
-first we need to find his documentation and make sure he’s eligible
-Adam W. is going to contact him
-Get fall program announcement on web n elsewhere…
-Avery will email Virgil to make this happen
-DO IT VIRGIL!!!!!!
-Isabelle will make a promo for the new fall season
-CMJ badge - Who get’s it?
-Adam vs. Avery
-Discipline?
-Monday night no-show?
-Clarify that it was indeed a no-show (Adam will send an email)
-By laws committee
-Avery, Bryan, and Rick are meeting tonight and making recommendations and then revisit it at the end of the year (either winter or end of academic year).
Ask artsy friends for logos!
-Online archiving- Ben M has not heard back from provider with proposal
-Ustream?
-Dan look into it ustream.com (?)
-Middletown remix
-Demo Wednesday at 6:30 pm and Thursday at noon at GSAC (all are welcome)
-Ben has made a WESU account if folks are interested
BYE BEN!
-MTV
-writing a dry script so it will be approved by MTV
-5 (?) people walking at the same time, speaking at the same time and pointing at the camera
-30 seconds to a minute long
-email Avery if you’re interested
-Will will come in to talk in the near future
-Script has to be sent by October 20th
-Once have the shooting schedule, reach out to the staff for participation
-Giving money to Need Blind
-are they reaching out to alumni?
-the radio budget doesn’t really have any wiggle room (it’s only stuff that we need); would we be able to find the funds elsewhere?
-Mary will talk with Ben
-We can make a PSA to help need blind (but that’s very Wesleyan-specific)
-try to figure out how much they’re actually asking for (see if there’s solidarity; see what other big groups they’re asking; reach out to these groups)
-bucket at Doug Berman lecture or something
-seeing what the rest of the staff thinks