COCA October 7th, 2010 Minutes

In attendance: Emily, Eliana, Sarah, Jermy, Sam, Kristina, Martin, Brittany, Nina, Josh

Dre Woodberry adw07

1. Josh motion to approve the minutes a. Eliana seconds b. Martin blocks- wants to make sure the Circus Folk unite is on it i. Emily: they are ii. Martin recends his block c. motion passes

2. Michael Pisaro lecture and performance a. pended it for the second time because we had not gotten an answer b. Brittany: we should deny it, we need a budget c: Sam: blocks d. Josh: they still have time to resubmit e. Sam recends his block f. motion passes

Dre Woodberry adw07 comes in representin hip hop collective both groups lowered their prices significantly hip hop collective is doing their own fundraising in addition Sarah: you are missing security and advertising Dre: it is coming from other fundraising

3. Outdoor Acoustic showcase- kristina: money is for security and advertising nina and josh: seems bizarre for them to need money for an outdoor showcase josh: they are advertising for it emily: i feel uncomfortable denying them security because they put on so many shows and really have it down to a science sarah: all of their other shows we approved the security cost eliana: but those were all indoors jeremy: they spoke with pub safety and got specific approval to put on a show in the merrill dakin quad nina: which means that they probably have arranged payment motion to approve: nina eliana seconds no blocks motion passes

4. vibe showcase #5- November 19th josh: motions do deny on the grounds that the zoho doesnt work that you budget a date and then fill in the details. that isn’t what it is for. brittany seconds no blocks motion passes

5. vibe showcase #4- November 11th had pended because we are over t nina: they would need to resubmit anyway brittany: we need to expect them to keep up with the zoho protocols, even though they put on lots of events emily: i think we should keep it in pending because we can, and the situation hasn’t changed josh: motions to deny the event, explain that they should resubmit on a different day approvejosh, eliana, jessica, brittany, martin deny: nina, emily, sam kristina abstensions: jeremy, sarah does not pass nina: motions to pend, suggest them to move it to the 19th sam seconds martin blocks in favor: sarah, kristina, sam, josh, nina, eliana, emily opposed, martin, brittany, jessica abstain: jeremy

erin jackson slam collective event we pended it because they left out advertising from their budget and asked them to josh motions to leave it in pending sam seconds brittany blocks, we should approve it in favor: josh, nina, jeremy, sam, kristina, sarah, martin, eliana, emily opposed: brittany abstensions: jessice motion passes

hip hop collective jeremy motiions to approve. looks like a great event nina: seconds emily blocks nina: we are under budget that week, dre has been busting his block josh: there is another request for eliana: we will actually be 200 over budget emily: i think we just need to be consistent nina: it is the big event for the week in favor: unanimous

umoja collaboration with hip hop collective request sarah motions to approve brittany: second no blocks motion passes

natural disaster club reenactment of oregon trail nina: we are over budget eliana: we need to ask them to change it nina: this event isnt time sensitive nina motions to pend and ask them to change the date eliana seconds no blocks motion passes

In solidarity with immigrants- alliance to develop power: training for trainers- know your rights training only asking for food sarah: we should approve for 45 because that is 3 dollars a head eliana: we are over budget that week brittany: is this meeting food? i think the event is closed for just their event jeremy: motions to deny and ask them to go to ficom for meeting food sam seconds no blocks motion passes

SJP- Palestine 101 Eliana: that is the same week that we are over josh wants to make an action item to encourage signers to do a better job, and also make the facebook advertising before the event gets approved brittany: we should make a rule that signers have to get back to us within 48 hours jeremy: we can’t be over budget every week emily: we should get jorge to figure out how much we have been under budget in previous weeks, because that money should roll over nina: this event can totally happen without food josh: i agree, events that are based around food are bad events jeremy: motions to pend to see how the budget turns out nina seconds no blocks motion passes

Hampshire halloween

update on Afrika Bambaataa $5500 plus roundtrip train ticket $80 train tickets, three tickets need hotel too sam: I motion to approve africa bambaataa for $6500, gives us wiggle room jeremy seconds/ everyone seconds no blocks MOTION PASSES

Kourtnie Aileru kfa09 enters. hoping to become a member

Haunted house nina: seems like it wont happen

martin: Circus Folk Unite put in a finalized budget, can we get a dj? we want the event to be musical jeremy: have you figured out what songs picked out, or do you want a dj doing his own thing martin: we will do either nina: we still dont have a lineup jeremy: we have djs that we didnt choose that you could talk to emily: i think we need to figure this out after we have a lineup josh: this will be on the agenda for next weekend