Board Minutes for March 26th, 2010

Senior Meal Exemption: We used the "pull from a hat" method for choosing the two CIF members for the senior exemption. When Linda, Dan, Isaac, and Sara were all put into the drawing, Dan and Sara were the people drawn! Congratulations! Pi++ Day: More planning here. We will be buying 12 pies and a case of whipped cream from the Corner Store with our communal declining that we usually use. We will be charging $2 per slice and $5 for three slices. In addition, we will be charging $4 to pie a professor and $5 to pie a professor + a slice of pie. (I had the idea to charge $3 to pie a Board member and $4 to pie a Board member + a slice of pie, but we'll talk about it!)  More than likely if people want whipped cream on their slice of pie, we'll charge an extra $.50. From an actual store rather than the Corner Store, we need to buy styrofoam plates and gloves for serving. Linda will be writing up a budget and Dan will be ordering the pies and whipped cream from the Corner Store. Game Night: This came up quick! Our Fancy Dress Up/Crazy Costume Game Night is next Saturday, April 3 at 8pm. Maybe we could do our April Birthdays this Game Night? Fliers need to be designed by Monday and put up Monday evening (maybe another round of fliers Wednesday night because some get taken down). We also need to put in an ad into the Weekend Highlights. We'll have 3 sheet pizzas with 1 pepperoni and 2 cheese, 4 cases of soda from the Corner Store, and some chips. Card Reader: Finally some good news! The card reader ordered seems to be working but we still need a back plate and it needs to be installed by Maintenance. Conservatively, the lab will be open by mid-April. Donations: John might be getting more computer donations!  Cool! Banking: Linda did some research for banking. Local banks — big plus is a location to go to but big negative is the ATM fees.  Online banks — big plus is essentially no ATM fees but big negative is no actual location (although they have online chat, email, snail mail, and calling contact options). Best local bank we've found with our needs is First Niagara Bank and best online bank we've found with our needs is Ally Bank. We'll talk more about this in the future.