Board Minutes for January 30th, 2008

T: We are still working with facilities about getting the card reader working. Ch: Ian has not gotten back to us yet. We will give him more time, since it is possible he is putting together his proposal. G: We cannot reserve Gleason for movie night due to the restriction that educational programs can only reserve the space. Though we can use it if no one is there. We could possibly get a a projector through class tech and run it in the lab. G: We might want to get a fan/ionic breeze for the lab to help deal with the dust and general air quality of the lab.  This will be looked into for cost and benefit. Ch: We should look to revise the membership application, membership director will report back on that. G: Votes on prospective members Frank Yeung : Accepted Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 John Brimlow : Accepted Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 Ashley Orillion: Accepted (on 2/1/2008 - due to scheduling conflict) Aye 4 Nay 0 Abstain 1 G: Votes on committees *zombie defense force : passed Aye 3 Nay 0 Abstain 2 *toilet paper rolling : not passed Aye 0 Nay 5 Abstain 0 *CIF beautification : passed Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 *event planning : passed Aye 3 Nay 0 Abstain 2 *movie night : not passed (to be combined under event planning) Aye 0 Nay 4 Abstain 1 *labstaff : passed Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 *help@cif : passed Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 *advertising : passed Aye 5 Nay 0 Abstain 0 *fundraising : passed Aye 3 Nay 0 Abstain 2 G: For those committees that have been passed if you would like to be on them, at the next floor meeting you will be able to sign up. G: With regards to the proposed housing points system it will be re-proposed at the next floor meeting with revisions to deal with criticisms raised at the floor meeting.  At this time the discretionary points section might be replaced with points for specific actions such as: referal of a person who becomes a member, creation of/running of a succesful event.  Some problems with this possibility are the criteria for a successful event and what if multiple people create/run the event. -Respectfully Submitted Gabe Schwartz