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Meeting Minutes 07/18/22

  1. Call to Order   

 

  1. Roll Call

Present: August, Taylor, Teagan, Apoorva, Allie, Sydney, Cole, Aneesh, Alexis  

Absent: Ornella 

 

  1. Open Hearing 

 

  1. Approval of the Minutes

 

  1. Approval of the Agenda

 

  1. New Business

    1. First Funding Cycle

      1. Reminder of our Mission Statement:

        1. The Cultural Events Board aims to broaden cultural knowledge by supporting the voices of underrepresented and misrepresented groups on campus, thereby promoting student engagement with their platforms. The Cultural Events Board encourages opportunities for interaction among students resulting in respect, appreciation, and understanding for cultural differences.

  1. 7:20 PM - Multicultural Greek Council “MGC Yardshow 2022”, October 25th 5:00-10:00 p.m.

    1. Taylor & Apoorva

    2. Notes

      1. Yardshow is meant to highlight the cultural diversity and histories of the Greek chapters on campus at CU

      2. Also meant to commemorate and honor the Divine Nine through strolling and stepping

      3. What they hope to accomplish:

        1. Giving students a home away from home experience at CU

          1. Especially for students of color

        2. Will be a platform to educate people on the history of the Divine Nine

        3. Help the process of bringing the Divine Nine back to CU

        4. Helping students of color be themselves while also encouraging creativity of performances

        5. Work to expand MGC

      4. Improvement from last yardshow:

        1. Improving advertisement by using posters

        2. Having more stage presence 

          1. Use better utilities

        3. Get a better DJ/sound equipment

        4. Decorate better this year

        5. Have items that attract an audience

          1. Photo booth

          2. Drink station

        6. Get a professional videographer

          1. Use it for promotion

        7. Participation awards

        8. costumes 

        9.  
    3. Questions

      1. Do you plan to incorporate the history of the Divine Nine into your yardshow event?

        1. yes.

      2. The MGC yardshow will be open to all students. How will you market or promote your event so that not only MGC or Greek Affiliated students are encouraged or inclined to attend? 

        1. Each individual org will also do their own promoting

          1. Not only in Boulder but also across other cities in Colorado

        2. Also capitalizing on the fact they are now a part of Homecoming week

        3. Tabling during Fall Welcome and at the UMC

        4. Update the website with up-to-date information

        5. Using the digital screens across campus

        6. Also working with ResLife to promote to freshmen

      3. How exactly will you be educating the attendees about the historical significance of what they are partaking in?

        1. Have a presentation before the opening of the event that is focused on the Divine Nine and the emergence of the Stepping and Strolling

          1. Can also share presentation with CEB

          2. Could also involve Divine Nine members who now work at CU.

    4. Discussion

      1. They seem to have a good level of in-depth knowledge regarding the historical and cultural significance of their event.

    5. Motion to approve Mission Statement Alignment for MGC’s “MGC Yardshow 2022”

      1. For - Against- Abstain

      2. 7 - 0 - 1

    6. Post-Presentation Notes

  2. CU Gaming “Press Start 2022,” September 9th

  1. Sydney & Allie

  2. Notes

    1. Speakers - $17,600.00 - $17,600.00

      1. Chris Lessard (Casting) - $1,000.00  

      2. Olivee May - $12,000.00 

      3. Pira - $1,000.00 

      4. Travel, Lodging, Food - $4,600.000 

    2. Venue - $1,170.02 - $1,170.02

    3. Supplies - $500.00 - $500.00

      1. Electrical tape, sharpies, etc. 

    4. Production- $2,230.28 - $2,230.28

    5. Marketing - $500.00 - $500.00

  3. Total - $22,000.30 - $22,000.30

  4. Discussion

    1. The totals in the spreadsheet did not take the quantity of items into account.

      1. Amazon prices have also changed

    2. Travel budget may change inn the future

  5. Budgetary Questions/Comments

    1. We don’t fund prizes.

  6. Motion to approve CU Gaming’s event “Press Start 2022” for $22,000.30

    1. For - Against - Abstain

    2. 6 - 0 - 0

  7. Post-Discussion Notes

    1.  


 

  1. Old Business

    1. N/A

  2. Officer Reports

    1. Advisor(s)

      1. Hourly positions

        1. Have you gotten paid? - Either hourly or stipend positions

          1. Let Alexis know

    2. Leg Council

      1. TBD

    3. CUSG Liaison 

      1. TBD

    4. GPSG Liaison

      1. TBD

    5. Marketing Coordinator

      1. Working on recruitment timeline and for recruitment

        1. Hoping to target some first-year students, meaning lots o’ recruitment during move-in 

        2. Also, working to expand the other orgs we reach out to to try and diversify our group even more!

        3. More details to come!

      2. Finalizing some details on retreat venue 

      3. Finalizing some other details on cute CEB totes!

      4. Marketing for funding checklist is all done, as you all know

        1. So, for if you are liaisoning and want to double check that your org has everything they need, or want to refer them to anything, it’s a good resource and is under the “funding cycles” folder under the ceb folder

    6. Speakers Coordinator

      1. We have decided on sending a request form for RM for our first fall speaker 

        1. According to Rich she should be ok with doing events like this one 

        2. If RM falls through our second choice would be TF from queer eye

      2. Ornella and Allie- start thinking about advertising for our first fall event, we NEED to have good attendance if an icon like RM comes

        1. I would suggest reaching out to the theater department and ask if they want to get involved with writing questions or anything else. 

      3. August - start making the ROD of our first  fall event. This should be pretty similar to Angelica’s so look at that ROD’s for inspiration

        1. No rush at this stage but the sooner we get that the sooner we all know what it will look like on the day of.

      4. There has been a lot of talk about different style events for this next year and I want to consolidate all of our ideas and give us a chance to share some of our ideas for that. 

        1. I want to do this now to see what sort of speakers or people we need and start thinking about bringing them now

          1. We already have a beautiful proposal by August for his Inclusivity in the Outdoors event. I also know that we are interested in doing a cooking event. 

          2.  

    7. Student Outreach Coordinator

      1. Be Involved Fair is on Farrand this semester, not Norlin 

      2. Meeting with Allie and Ornella tomorrow for marketing for recruitment, huzzah! 

    8. Assistant Speakers Coordinator

      1. I have completed a small proposal for my “inclusivity in the outdoors” event vision. Feel free to look over it and comment/suggest!

        1. Link:

    9. Webmaster

      1. Still need bios from Cole, Taylor, and Aneesh

        1. “I’ll get this to you by eod on Tuesday” - Aneesh.

    10. Social Media Coordinator 

      1. Absent

    11. Secretary/Historian

      1. Finalizing a few documents for the start of the year

        1. Rubric/Objective “grading” system for post-event stuff

        2. Summary of budget for org events

        3. Org Profiles

          1. Looking through minutes to get caught up

      2. I was reading through our bylaws and the CUSG Constitution… two things i noticed:

        1. “These liaisons shall abide by all stated responsibilities of Board associates.” - CEB Bylaws

        2. “The Representative-At-Large will be designated as a budgetary member, per the CU Student Government Constitution.”

          1. The constitution actually doesn’t say this anymore…

      3. Still can’t add my hours

    12. Chair

      1. Still trying to ratify the bylaws…

      2. Working on getting furniture for the office. 

  3. Adjourn

    1. 20:21