Hill-Kitt Hall Council

Minutes 1-20-2008!

2008-01-25T17:55:00.000-08:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

01-20-2008

Ø Attending:

Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Jeska Fields (Residential Life Staff Liaison to the Hall Council and Interim Advisor), and Corridor/Floor Representatives: Andrew Watt, Martin Shedd, Aaron Oseland

Ø Latefaces:

Hannah Adamson, Lisa York (Treasurer)

Ø Abroad Heads

Mike Potter (Advisor), Erin Armstrong

Ø Absent:

Alan Richardson Hohn, Bryan Haimes (Former Treasurer)

Ø Pre-Convene

Anna and Erin Storytime

■ Doesn't happen during interim

Mike Potter is haunting this meeting

Adrian and Andrew had a quarrel

Ø Call to Order at 10:09

Anna made good minutes, yay!

Vent Fest

■ Tyler cant come to every meeting

■ Moment of Silence for Tyler and Bryan

■ Tyler hasn't emailed Kim and Lisa back about a lunch date

■ Marin is mad because he gets LARPing problems thrown at him because people are afraid of No-Shoes Nate

l Martin is terriies of No-Shoes Nate

Ø Old Business

Hallwear

■ We don't know, Bryan's at work

Birthday Party

■ Mike Potter is frowning on the agenda because we can't throw him a birthday party

■ We need new Party ideas

l Superhero(s)

Spider-Man

Silver Surfer

Batman

Superman

l Dora the Explorer

l Bar Bar

l Charlie the Unicorn

The whole meeting halts so we can watch the video

l Gertrude Hilleboe and Agnes Kittlesby

“Gertrude and Agnes sounds like a rockin time

l I have a huge list, the only really good one was

World Leprosy Day

l Chuck Norris

l Disney Princess

Erin has not one, but two Belle costumes for this one

■ Theme Discussion

l Charlie the Unicorn is Viable Option

We already have a unicorn pinata

Adrian thinks the video is nasty

■ Someone else thinks Adrian is nasty

Would boys and girls both come?

l Chuck Norris

The “facts” are funny

Boys would come, but would girls?

l Chuck/Charlie party?

l Superhero/Princess party?

Batman/Jasmine?

l Vote between Chuck/Charlie and Superhero/Princess

Chuck/Charlie won by a vote of 5-3

■ Party Planning

l Publicity

Anna and Jeska to make Flyers

Andrew to make Chuck Norris fact flyers

Aaron and Anna to make a very large poster for the front lobby

l Party Stuff

The Jazz combo wants to play

■ Hopefully they won't be too loud, but they'll do really short sets

Pinata

■ We have a unicorn Pinata we can beat

■ We may put guts in the pinata instead of candy, which we'll have sitting out in case people miss the pinata

■ How/where do we do the pinata

l We need a ladder and a broom, the ladder goes in the middle of the room and we tie the Pinata to the broom handle and then someone holds the other end

l Martin will see if he can get the storage ladder

The Party will go from 7:30 – 9 pm\

■ We expect it will fizzle out before then and so only put the starting time on the posters

Pin the Horn on the Unicorn

■ Erin will make it

Cake

■ half white half chocolate, split down the middle

Ø New Business

Adrian made the Roster for next Semester

■ Martin is more than welcome to stay, he and Alan can share a vote when Alan comes back

Ø Executive Reports:

Senate Report:

■ No Senate this week

Ø Recap

Anna and Jeska—flyers

Anna and Aaron—Big Poster

Andrew—Chuck Norris facts

Erin—Pin the horn on the unicorn

Martin—Ladder

Bryan and Adrian—cake

Ø Adjourn 10:53

Anna's Birthday was on Friday! Adrian made her a cake!!! It was yummy, though also messy!!!

We may do hall council baking sometime

Chuck and Charlie's Birthday Party! :)

2008-01-16T12:42:00.000-08:00

Hey Hill-Kitt!
Did you know that January 24th has been named the saddest day of the year?? Rid that sadness and fill it with joy! Make sure you come to our birthday party for Chuck Norris and Charlie the Unicorn on January 24th in the blue lounge at 7:30. We'll have music, games, food, cake, and everything you could want at a birthday party. Also, come prepared for some great prizes! Come and celebrate!

-your lovely hall council :)

Minutes 1-13

2008-01-15T12:04:00.000-08:00

Minutes
January 13, 2008
Hill-Kitt Hall Council

Present: Tyler Ochsner (Area Coordinator), Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Aaron Oseland (floor rep), Martin Shedd (corridor rep), Andrew Watt (corridor rep)
Latefaces: Bryan Haimes (the great), Jeska Fields (Staff Liason, Interim SHC), Lisa York (Treasurer)
Absent: Erin Kelly (recorder), Hannah Adamson (corridor rep), Alan Richardson Hohn (corridor rep)
Present in our hearts: Mike Potter and Erin Armstrong

I. Erin/ Anna Story Time
Erin/Anna Story Time will return in full swing after Interim
II. Call to Order
III. Roll Call
IV. Minutes
approved
V. Old Business
a. Shirts, tabling, ordering
Tabling seemed to go well. We have sold 23 shirts, and once Tyler and Kim buy theirs, we’ll have the 25 we need to keep our price the same. We will table again this week but at a later time, 7-9. Look out for an e-mail to sign up for times.
b. January event final details
i. Charlie Potts okayed a Mike Potter theme birthday party; we don’t really need to ask Mike. To quote Mr. Potts, “If he doesn’t like it, he can suck it up.” He seemed to think it was a very good idea.
ii. Andrew pointed out that a lot of people in Kitt don’t know Mike Potter. Is there a way we can combine this with other people or some other event? Kim and Bryan remind us that January 24th is also the saddest day of the year, so we could do something with that.
iii. Bryan has sent a message to Mike Potter, but has not received a response yet. We’re not sure if he has access to e-mail, but we’re doing what we can.
iv. We’re going to do a different version of pin the tail on the donkey. Adrian and Bryan are going to go to Cub to look for a piñata, which Tyler said we are allowed to do as long as we keep it away from the windows and those that aren't participating stay away from it.
v. Music- After thinking about a Mariachi band, we decide to ask the first-year jazz combo if they’ll play. Andrew will ask them if they’ll do it for free. The only issue is if they can be quiet enough that we can still have conversations and games in the lounge. In exchange for their playing, we might give them some pizzas. We will definitely do lots of advertising for them.
vi. We will bring out all of the games from behind the front desk.
vii. Mike Potter fun fact of the day- Everyone is going to create a Mike Potter fun face to send to Adrian. We will post one Mike Potter fact each day leading up to the party, starting on Sunday.
viii. We determine that the birthday party is for Mike Potter, but the whole week is Mike Potter Appreciation Week. We will have a big card sitting at the front desk all week and at the party for people to sign. Also, we will have supplies to make little cards at the party. We can use markers from the front desk and paper from the Ytterboe supply room. All of this will be presented to Mike on his first meeting back. If he is still unhappy, Adrian will play his cello and make everything better.
ix. Food and drinks- We will get a sheet cake and a bunch of pop from Cub. Pop is on sale…Yay!!
x. Bryan, Kim, and Anna will make banners and posters…really big ones.

VI. New Business
a. Talk about Shoot ‘Em Up
VII. Officers’ Reports
Senator
The senate took a tour of the new science center, which was really cool. The offices in there will be arranged in cloves of four, intermixing the different departments (ie biology with physics with chemistry with math all in one area). There are lots of windows, in both the classrooms and the labs, with great views of the campus. Hopefully this sunlight will cut down on energy used for other lights. There is a neat configuration to the labs, where they each have three walls and there is an open connection between them where people can congregate at a computer or a desk and work together.
SAC has tickets for G. Love and Special Sauce for just $10. The concert is Wednesday the 16th at First Ave. Find your own transportation. They are also selling tickets to go ice skating at the depot for Wednesday the 17th. Tickets are $10 and skating will be from 7-9. SAC is hosting a lip synching contest on the 23rd in the Pause. Come!
The PAC coordinator has resigned, so SGA taking applications from people currently on PAC.
MLK Jr. weekend is this one. DCC is hosting a bunch of events correlating with that.
Kim got two hole-in-one’s at mini golf! Bryan got a hole-in-one on one of the really tricky ones that went down the stairs. Congrats y’all!
VIII. Adjournment
IX. Andrew and Adrian Song Funness

Awesomely Alliterative Mega Minutes for 11-11

2007-11-15T20:26:00.001-08:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

11-11-2007

Attending:
- Anna Sannes (Vice President), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Mike Potter (Advisor), Jeska Fields (Residential Life Staff Liaison to the Hall Council), and Corridor/Floor Representatives: Suzi Johnson, Erin Armstrong, Andrew Watt
Latefaces:
- Lisa York, Bryan Haimes (Treasurer), Adrian Swanson (President), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator)
Absentheads:
- Hannah Adamson, Alan Richardson Hohn

Call to Order at 10:02 (By Anna Because Adrian had not arrived yet)

Old Business

Pie Eating Contest/Fellowship
- All Entries for Pie Eating Contest due by Tuesday at Noon
  - Anna to write all hall email to let people know this
- Rules for pie eating contest

No Hands
Judges/Referees to walk around and enforce rules

We consider allowing an assistant to help the contestant keep their pie in place, but decide against it.

No Time Limit, but the contest will be timed for bragging rights
JC's and Residents will eat in rounds

residents first, staff second

Pies are messy and we don't want to be cleaning up all night. We need Mess Protectors!
- Garbage Bag Dressing Gowns (ok, Erin K. has been reading too much Victorian Literature). Basically we are going to force our contestant's heads through garbage bags.
  - Anna claims that this forcing their heads through makes a more protective covering
  - Anna is the Pie Eating Contest Guru
- Floor Protectors of some kind.
- We will requisition some garbage bags
- We will once again make use of the long folding tables in the Blue Lounge
Adrian will MC
Andrew, Lisa, Hannah, and the Erins (Erin K. and Erin A.) will be the Referees
- Referees are supposed to dress up in a silly fashion
- Adrian want the referees to speak in British Accents
Adrian and Bryan to buy stuff
- Bryan is working during the contest. Uh oh! He was going to compete
Some of us will meet at 7 pm on Wednesday to make Pies
Everyone will be in the Blue Lounge as close to 9:40 pm on Wednesday to help set up
We vote to approve $50-60 to buy a Plaque to put the Contest Winner's name on

Appreciation Days Wrap Up
- Cards went under the door the previous night
- There were really cool signs made by Anna and Erin A.

Hallwear
- We look at a total of 10 designs
  - We vote not to burn Anna and Erin's design
  - Through a process of elimination too complicated to follow we look at all the designs and reject the following:

Stitsworth is my homeboy—not enough respect for the VP pf the college
Hill-Kitt in a box—not an ok reference
Better than a White T-Shirt—it's been done
Hill and a Kitten—it's probably not going to sell to guys
Hill-Kitt/Cool S***—no expletives allowed
Intervisitation Encouraged—Apparently Res. Life does not take Intervisitation jokes well.
What the Hill.../Kitt—The joke's not appropriate...again

The following designs make it through to the preliminary voting round

Front: Beverly Hill-Kitt Back:That's Where I Want to Be

We like the song
it's a good solid choice

Front: Hill-Kitt 07-08 Back Silhouette of Hill-Kitt with “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Hill-Kitt is not technically the westernmost dorm (Ytterboe is)
If it's executed well this design could be very, very cool

Front: Picture of a Car driving away from the Hill-Kitt Sign “Don't need to walk/Got a Pimped Out Ride” above and below it Back: Hill-Kitt 07-08

Upperclassmen “What the he**?!?” Apparently it's a part of the cheer that upperclassmen don't learn
that would alienate half the dorm

Voting
- Preliminaries are canceled because one of the finalist designs ( Beverly Hill-Kitt) gets no votes. We move directly to the final voting round.
- Final Votes:

All Quiet—5
Car--4

Our Hall Wear design is as follows:
- Front: Hill-Kitt 07-08 Back Silhouette of Hill-Kitt with “All Quiet on the Western Front”
- Adrian asks me to note for our letter to next year's hall council that we advise them not to hold a design contest, but to instead design the shirts themselves.
Discussion of semantics begins
- Adrian wants Roman Numerals instead of Arabic ones
  - For clarity that would be MMVII—MMVIII instead of 07-08 or 2007—2008
  - I think that roman numerals might be too different. Even though I do like them
  - We are willing to do anything as long as it's classy
    - 07-08 is not classy
- We begin to discuss how we want the Hall name displayed Hill-Kitt or Hilleboe-Kittlesby
At this point Potter intervenes and suggests that a few of us sketch various interpretations of the design and bring them to next week's meeting.
- Suzi, Bryan, and the Erins (that would be Erin K .and Erin A.) volunteer to sketch
Adrian will email the design scans to be for the records (note: he has not as of this writing so there are no pictures in the minutes)
Bryan will be emailing people, getting a quote, and placing orders

Food for Finals
- Committee plans to meet Monday at 4:30 pm. They will report next weel

New Business
- HKHC Dinner
  - Since Adrian can barely remember our names (and I'll admit I sometimes forget who people are too) Potter want us to have dinner in a Buntrock Meeting room sometime
  - Potter will take care of the details and inform us about them at a later date. Hopefully he gives us some notice.
- Parliamentary Procedure
  - Some of us like it, other people roll their eyes
  - Regardless of our decision on Parliamentary Procedure we will still vote on resolutions
  - Erin A. just wants things to move in a linear fashion, and if we can do that without Parliamentary Procedure great, but if not that is what it is for.
    - Erin K heartily agrees, it is hard enough to take notes as it is
  - Do we need to approve minutes?
  - We need to clearly state what we are voting on and discussing and wander less
Executive Reports:
- Senate Report:
  - Fall Concert
    - Right now almost half of the Pause budget goes to fall concert with the rest of the budget covering everything else, including Lutefest they want to fix that
    - On top of that only 1/3 of the student body attended fall concert this year
    - Possible solutions include moving the concert to the Pause, canceling it altogether
  - Elections
    - Suggested course for the 2008 elections
    - Students will be able to get a sign for their door that tells Campaigns to leave them alone
    - Campaigns will also be limited to certain hours for doorknocking (9:30 am—10:00pm)
- Presidential Report:
  - The Packers beat the Vikings, which Arian says proves that Wisconsin is better than Minnesota
    - Erin K says in response is The Milwaukee Brewers
      - Go Twins!
Adjourn 10:52

Minutes 11-4

2007-11-07T12:40:00.001-08:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

11-4-2007

Here:
- Anna Sannes (Vice President), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), , Jeska Fields (Residential Life Staff Liaison to the Hall Council), and Corridor/Floor Representatives: Suzi Johnson, Erin Armstrong, Lisa York
Lateface:
- Bryan Haimes (Treasurer), Adrian Swanson (President), Andrew Watt
Absentfaces (though excused because of Band):
- Mara Fink, Mike Potter (Advisor), Hannah Adamson, Alan Richardson Hohn
Pre-Meeting
- It is freezing in th lounge, all latecomers are cold and sad as on time people went to get blankets
- Due to the coldness this meeting was conducted at rapid speed
Call to Order at 10:03 (By Anna Because Adrian had not arrived yet)
Old Business
- Hall Council Bulletin Board (etc)
  - Jeska scolds is for not sending her pictures for the board, then leaves to find Andrew and Alan
  - Potter is Sick Apparently
  - First Years had SARN people in their corridor meetings this week. The Erins are glad they are upperclassmen
- Pie Eating Contest/Fellowship
  - Adrian and Bryan show up
  - Pies
    - They are not $3-4 at Cub as they were last year for Larson's similar event,
      - Perkins may be willing to donate pies, Adrian will find this out on Monday and tell us then
        
        ETA Perkins in Faribault will donate 6 pies and we will buy 6
  - Publicity
    - Andrew and Alan to make sign by Monday afternoon
    - JC's will be informed at their Staff Meeting and they can spread the word
  - Contest
    - One Person per Floor/Corridor
    - Sign Up sheet @ Front Desk
    - Kim to make sign by Monday Afternoon
    - Adrian and Bryan will get Pudding, Whipped Cream, and Pie Shells for the contest and we'll mass produce them closer to the event
    - Adrian will get organized
- Hallwear
  - We will deal with it next week when submissions are in
  - There are a few entries for the hallwear contest
    - people in HKHC need to make better ones
- Appreciation Day
  - Anna to put out card for residents to sign Monday at Dinnertime
    - She'll get the gift cards on Wednesday and not before for risk of losing them
  - Anna and Erin A to make poster
New Business
- ...
- Food for Finals
  - Form a committee
    - Erin K, Bryan, Anna, Suzi, Kim
- Erin K to find out if Malt-O-Meal will donate cereal for Monday night
  - potts@stolaf.edu
Executive Reports:
- Senate Report:
  - Kim was not at the meeting
  - But Erin A was (rock!)
    - Memorial for Katherine Olsen (the Ole who was Murdered last week) to be determined, probably in the form of a scholarship for Latino students. This is being set up in conjunction with her parents
    - Election Campaign Rules (political elections, not St. Olaf ones)
      - Candidates confined to lounges
      - No door-to-door campaigning
      - The Parties contest that this will limit their voter registration abilities
    - The Senate signed a Resolution in support of Democracy and an end to violence in Burma
      - Very similar to a resolution passed by Carleton a while ago
    - The Mario Brothers Costume won the Senate Costume contest
- Council Recorder's Report
  - Erin added a contact link list to the blog, is there anything else she should add?
    - Yes, write out the email address
  - Check in with the Blog/Email
    - Kim wonders if we can make the entries for the minutes less prominent than the entries about events.
      - Erin Suggests making the events entries have larger/colorful fonts to distinguish them
      - Possibly summarize events, add a cut, attach a word document, etc. to make minutes shorter
    - Is anyone actually checking the email account?
      - Anna is! We've had like 1 email
- Treasurer's Report
  - Haunted trail only cost $100 out of the $200 we were going to spend on it
  - However the Staff used $50 for their event
    - we still add $50 to our Money pillow! Yay!
Adjourn 10:31 (b/c we were freezing! The lounge is cold!)

PIE!!

2007-11-06T17:53:00.001-08:00

On November 14th at 10 p.m. in the Blue Lounge, Hill-Kitt will be hosting its first annual pie-eating contest and pie fellowship. One representative from each hall/corridor will compete for the pie championship, and everybody from Hill-Kitt is invited to enjoy some delicious pies and watch the competition. JOIN US!!

Not hours, not seconds, but MINUTES from 10-28-2007

2007-10-31T17:39:00.000-07:00

MINUTES- October 28, 2007

Hill-Kitt Hall Council

Present: Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Jessica Fields (Staff Liaison), Mike Potter (Advisor), Erin Armstrong (Hall Rep), Suzie Johnson (Corridor Rep), Andrew Watt (Corridor Rep), Mara Fink (Corridor Rep), Alan Richardson Hohn (Corridor Rep), Lisa York (Corridor Rep)

Absent: Erin Kelly (Recorder), Bryan Haimes (Treasurer), Hannah Adamson (Corridor Rep)

Chaos at the beginning (You may chose to ignore): Erin Armstrong went to go fetch our advisor because he’s kinda supposed to be there. Andrew called Alan, and then he magically showed up at the door. Cool. Jessica and Mike walked in late while Erin was still looking for Mike. Then she came back and all was well again.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

I. Constitution

a. Adrian briefly recapped the changes we made last time (see previous minutes for details).

b. It was approved unanimously. Swell.

II. Haunted Trail

a. Overall, it was a great success. Congrats to Lisa and the whole committee for putting on a spectacular event. Your hard work was much appreciated.

b. We decided that it would be a good idea to write a letter to next year’s council about how it went and give them ideas about what they could do to make it better.

i. Smaller groups would have made the scare more effective. Trail workers mentioned that they could only scare a few people out of the larger groups, and then the large group would laugh it off. Perhaps limit groups to three or four people.

ii. Lighting- Andrew pointed out that the committee set up some awesome scenes, but it was difficult to see some of it in the woods.

iii. Uh…don’t let workers get beat up. We like Andrew and Alan alive. Thanks.

iv. Maybe a little too much dead space- try to fill it in with a few more scares

v. Planted people (not in the ground- decoys) were effective. Just make sure they are on the same page as the scarers. Some decoys just went to the ground and waited to be killed…which is probably more weird than scary.

vi. Get people COMMITTED!!! “Maybes” make it difficult to plan. Our idea was to have a specific date that people have to sign up by. Possibly have a sheet they must turn in with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on it. Then, if we don’t have enough people we can branch out to other dorms.

III. For all events/activities/committees/whatnot: As advisor, Mike needs to be kept up to speed on what’s going on. Everything should be forwarded to him from committee meetings and all other relevant activities. Don’t forget about Adrian either. He’s our pres, a.k.a. “fearless leader,” and should be informed about what’s happenin’ yo.

IV. Hall Wear

a. As of two days ago, we didn’t have any submissions.

b. Jeska made awesome flyers, but the one she put on the door was taken down. L Mike will talk to custodians about that, and Jeska will print off more copies for around the dorm.

c. Another all-hall e-mail will be sent out to remind people of the deadline.

d. Anna and Erin A will make the most beautiful sign ever to hand on the board.

e. For actual production, we decided to go with Larson’s. Not only are they Ole-affiliated, but they will also match any price. Handy-dandy. Adrian will talk to Bryan about that.

V. For all posters etc.: There is a room in Ytterboe with all kinds of cool Hall Council supplies for that kind of thing. If the desk worker doesn’t have a key, just call an RA to unlock it.

VI. November Event – the 14^th at 10:00- Blue Lounge

a. Erin, Anna, and Jeska led the room in sporadic cheers for the November event. YAY!

b. At the beginning of the year, we had mentioned doing something like a Thanksgiving dinner, a pie-eating contest, or a dance. Pie fellowship with a pie-eating contest was declared “pretty much the coolest idea” by Mike. A unanimous vote confirmed it as the November event. Mike and Adrian both cheated and voted too. Way to go, guys.

c. It will be co-ed. Duh, Adrian.

d. We had a conversation about cider…don’t ask.

e. Will there be a prize for the winner? Perhaps an engraved pie tin where we supply the 3M strips to hang it on the wall. We also considered making the contest an annual tradition. We could purchase a plaque and put the winner from each year on the plaque. Cool.

f. We can get the pies from Cub for a good price and decent size. Adrian will call them to check on the prices.

g. Staff will have one contest and residents (one from each hall/corridor) will have another. Then they can have a showdown. Mike will talk to the JC’s to explain how it’ll work.

h. We will use pudding pies with whipped cream for the contest but quality, yummy pies for the fellowship.

i. Andrew and Allen will get signs for pies on every floor, like one in each bathroom. They will also make a big sign at Ytterboe.

VII. Costume Contest- The staff would like Hall Council to give them $50 to help with prizes, food, and decoration for the costume contest on the 30^th. Passed unanimously.

VIII. Adrian is going to change the format of the agenda, so if you have anything you would like discussed at next week’s meeting, just let him know ahead of time. Kim will be permanently on the schedule, but all other officer reports are unnecessary.

IX. Speaking of which…Kim’s report from the Senate

a. General Saba will be here on Tuesday at 7:00 in Boe Chapel. It’s bound to be interesting, so you should go.

b. The November 3^rd football game (also Adrian’s birthday, by the way) is Carleton vs. St. Olaf, so there will be a bunch of interesting events set up for that. Be on the lookout.

c. Diwali is on November 10^th, and it should also be really neat. Tickets go on sale November 1^st.

d. SGA budget took a $17,000 cut this year because of the decline in enrollment. In the big picture, this really isn’t a big deal because the budget is still bigger than last year.

X. Larson took our ping-pong table. Mike will take care of it by the end of the week.

XI. Mike mentioned we should make the bulletin board a little more interesting. Jeska and Erin are going to set up a “Meet your Hall Council” section, and Mike will help. Jeska will contact Erin K to get a list (which she will forward to Mike and Adrian) of Hall Council members.

XII. Just a reminder: Got to blogspot.com to edit the blog. Name and password was given out.

…and then, we all headed on our separate paths, leading lives of joy and happiness because Hall Council keeps us relatively sane. ..and Alan took forever to move his chair back to the original position. The end.

Haunted Trail

2007-10-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Hill-Kitt Haunted trail is going on tonight from 8pm-10pm

come join the fun, frights, and food at the trail entrance by Hill-Kitt!

10-21 Minutes

2007-10-25T00:28:00.000-07:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

10-21-2007

Here:
- Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Mike Potter (Advisor), Jeska Fields (Residential Life Staff Liaison to the Hall Council), and Corridor/Floor Representatives: Suzi Johnson, Erin Armstrong, Hannah Adamson, Alan Richardson Hohn, Lisa York
Lateface:
- Bryan Haimes (Treasurer)
Absentfaces (though excused because of Band):
- , Mara Fink, Andrew Watt
Call to Order at 10:02
Old Business
- Haunted Trail
  - The committee has met (for 2 hours!!!!) and they have planned the event.
    - They need approximately 15 people to be scary on the trail
      - possibly more if they add tour guides
      - We consider putting “Scarer Wanted” signs all over campus
      - The trail goes through the woods and ends by the Science Center
      - The committee members withhold details about the trail because they are scary/surprizing
      - 5 HKHC members will scare people
      - Trip to Ragstock on Monday, possibly also to cub for refreshments
    - Does the trail need a waiver? How much grabbing (of ankles and the like I assume) is ok?
      - Note that signing the waiver makes the trail much scarier
    - Refreshments
      - Where should the refreshments be?
        
        In the lounge before people go on the trail
        
        At the end of the trail in the Science center parking lot
      - Jeska, Kim, and Erin A are the refreshments subcommittee
      - The refreshments will be
        
        Cider
        
        Chips Ahoy Cookies
        
        Oreo Cookies
      - We have tables to bring to the SC for refreshments
      - We forgot to ask this, but Potter? Can the Haunted Trail committee borrow your corpses?
  - In Conclusion Potter declares that the Haunted Trail Committee Rocks!
- Appreciation Days
  - We don't know when it is
    - November 7
  - Bryan is working on cards
  - Anna will make a big card for the hall to sign, she will put it out for signing the Monday afternoon before the event (That would be November 5)
- Budget
  - $ 600 for 2 sets of food for finals events, $ 200 for the Haunted Trail, $ 100 per month for activities, $ 120 for 2 appreciation days, and a $ 450 money pillow for the unexpected expenses
    - We pass this Budget Unanimously
New Business
- Constitution
  - Amendments (consider approved unless otherwise noted)
    - Jeska asks that her position (Residential Life Staff Liaison to the Hall Council) be added to the members
      - we approve and even giver her a vote
    - # of Corridor reps
      - the language is vague; it says “a designated number of floor/corridor representatives” Should it be 1 or 2? more? Less? how many votes do they get?
        
        Each floor/corridor may have as few or as many representatives as they wish, but each floor/corridor has only one vote
    - The President breaks a tie
    - Erin Rocks, editing the Constitution as we make changes
    - We quibble over language, typos
      - Potter thinks that the people who spot these things are rockstars
        
        I think they are copyeditors
    - Council Recorder to publish minutes by 48 hours from the meeting
      - Sucks to be me
        
        also... yeah that failed this week, but as we cannot technically ratify these changes until Sunday, I'm in the clear
    - The Council Recorder does not have to make Agendas, Adrian (El Presidente) does
      - note, in the old constitution, the council recorder distributed the agendas, she didn't make them, but anyways
    - Erin A will not let us ignore Roberts Rules of Order and we therefore cannot ratify our changes to the constitution until the next meeting
- Hallwear
  - Anna and Erin want a cat sitting on a hill
  - Bryan will let the extras live in his room
  - What kind of hallwear should we have?
    - Argyle socks with a crest
    - Hats
    - T shirts
    - Sweatshirts
    - Sweatpants
    - Long Sleeve T shirts
    - Mittens
    - Belts/Belt Buckles
    - Bling Chains
  - We decide on both long and short sleeve t shirts because it still requires only one design, but we can have some options
  - An Email will be sent out to the dorm and signs put up
    - they should specify sinple, 2 color designs
Executive Reports:
- President's Report
  - Nothing, except
  - Adrian and Bryan bought “The Crushinator”
    - Seriously, that's the name of our blender, it's a Black and Decker Crushinator
  - Adrian and Bryan also bought candy for the front desk during the Children's Trick-or-Treat event on Halloween
- Vice President's Report
  - Trick-or-Treat event signage will go up on Tuesday
- Council Recorder's Report
  - I have gotten the username and password for the blog
    - I will put up each week's minutes
    - Anna will update the blog with hall events
    - Kim to put up senate updates
    - We get a gmail account with the blog, which we could use as central for all HKHC business
      - Note, actually this was not the case, but I made a gmail account for us anyway
      - Anna will be in charge of the email account
      - The Address is Hillkitthall@gmail.com
    - I have pretty significant experience with this blogging application, so should anyone need help getting a blog entry posted I can give you a quick tutorial.
      - Seriously, email me about any problems you have concerning the blog
- Senate Report:
  - No meeting this last week due to Fall break, but the previous week they did meet
  - Changes to off campus housing
    - Northfield is passing a law wherein only 3 unrelated people can cohabitate (live in one residence)
      - This law does not affect current Honor houses, but would effect future ones
      - This law does affect off campus livers, of whom there are a lot
        
        St. Olaf wants to limit the number of off campus livers down to 180
        
        in 10 years they would like another dorm
  - The Senate is urging people to attend Ole Night out
    - Ole Night out is where students go and have dinner with an Alum out in the world. You have to provide your own transportation
- Treasurer's Report
  - Same as El Presidente's
Adjourn 10:50
- In Sports, Boston beat Cleveland 11 to 2, wins the ALCS series 4-3, and moves on to the World Series against the Colorado Rockies
- I could care less about Football

10-07 Minutes

2007-10-24T23:18:00.001-07:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

10-07-2007

Attending:
- Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Mike Potter (Advisor), Jeska Fields (Staff Advisor), Bryan Haimes (Treasurer), and Corridor/Floor Representatives: Suzi Johnson, Erin Armstrong, Hannah Adamson, Alan Richardson Hohn (He's new yay!), and a prosbie named Ethan
Lateface:
- Andrew Watt
Absent:
- Lisa York, Mara Fink
Call to Order at 10:03
- We introduce ourselves to Ethan (and each other because we don't remember each other's names anymore)
- Hannah's Birthday was yesterday, Potter's PO boxmate's is today, his cake had lots of frosting
- Fancy Paper is Awesome
Executive Reports:
- Secretary's Report
  - We can't get into the blog yet, I'm working on it.
- Senate Report:
  - This is coming out week, there are lots of Diversity events
  - The Senate wants non senators to come to senate meetings, Tuesdays at 6:30
- Treasurer's Report
  - Budget forthcoming
  - We approve 25-50 for the capture the flag event in September
New Business
- Haunted Trail
  - Adrian didn't put up posters because his word free trial expired.
  - Anna talked to Ellingson and their Haunted house is the 26^th
  - We vote to to have the Haunted Trail on the 27^thfrom 8-10 (so as not to conflict with Rocky Horror)
    - Erin (me, I think) and Bryan may not be able to come
  - The Comittee Sign Up sheet is up
    - Lisa is not here, so no report from the Haunted trail committee
      - Jeska goes to kind Lisa
    - Potter to email dorm about committee sign ups
  - JC's having a costume contest instead of hosting cookies
    - We can still do cookies on our own
    - We decide to host cookies
    - Bryan is in charge of refreshment
      - Erin (no clue which one) and Bryan to look into Bon Appetit
- Constitution
  - Not everyone made it on the alias in time and we will discuss it on October 21
- Halloween Trick-or-Treat Promotion
  - local kids come to Trick-or-Treat at dorm rooms. Sheets and signups will be at the front desk later.
  - Trick-or-Treat happens from 4:30-6pm on Halloween
  - Kids still Trick-or-Treat on Halloween
  - Anna to make a sign
  - Potter will email the dorm
- Hallwear
  - Next meeting
  - Think of Ideas
  - Idea contest for free hallwear
- Appreciation Days
  - 1 or 3 per year, the next is November 7, we thank the Custodians. $25+ per person, usually to a nice restaurant.
    - We discuss getting one of the custodians an iTunes gift card, since she likes music, but decide not to on account of her perhaps not having an iPod
    - Restaurant ideas
      - Tavern (we picked this one)
      - Hogan Brothers
      - Applebees
  - Bryan will pick up GC when he goes to work, $20 per custodians
  - Anna will make a Thank You sign, Erin A and Bryan to help
    - Adrian explains that he or Bryan can get the Hall credit card, which gives a tax break, and comes directly from our budget
    - We can buy things ourselves and be reimbursed, but we have to pay the tax ourselves, or else fill out complicated forms to avoid it
Adjourn 10:30
- The Bears are driving, but the Packers are leading (Bears eventually win, 20-20)
- What about the Yankees??? They win (boo) over the Clevland Indians 8-4, but are knocked out of the series the next day.

Minutes 9-30

2007-10-08T06:23:00.000-07:00

Hill-Kitt Hall Council Minutes

09-30-2007

Attending:
- Adrian Swanson (President), Anna Sannes (Vice President), Erin Kelly (Council Recorder), Kim Spitzfaden (Senator), Mike Potter (Advisor), Jeska Fields (Staff Advisor) and Corridor/Floor Representatives Andrew Watt, Lisa York, Mara Fink, Suzi Johnson, Erin Armstrong,
Absent:
- Bryan Haimes (Treasurer)
  - Many members of the council were present at 10, but as I arrived at about 10:09 I'll pick up from there.
Pre-Convene
- The council had never met as a whole body before and in order to get to know each other better we played an ice breaker game. Potter printed out several very strange pictures and then cut them in half. I wasn't there but I assume they got handed out and then the people who had matching halves of the pictures had a conversation in which they got to know one another by asking questions such as “Who is your favorite Disney Princess?” and “What do you lie to do on a Friday night?” I arrived late in time for everyone to introduce their new friends to the council, I introduced Potter because I had no new friends (sadface).

Jeska is our staff advisor

Call to Order at 10:27

Executive Reports:
- We Miss Bryan (He was at work so no Treasurer report)
- Senate Report:
  - BORSC reported about land use, the Board of Regents will probably sell some of the more far off land parcels in order to increase the endowment
  - Focus on changing options for students who live off campus (especially meal plans)
    - We state that more meal plans for on campus students would be welcome
October Event
- Hill-Kitt traditionally does a haunted trail
  - I suggest forming a committee
- We vote to have a haunted trail be out October event
- Suzie volunteers to make a sign up sheet for the committee to put at the front desk/lobby
  - A big sign on our board for sign ups
- Flyers-Adrian to make flyers
- Lisa to head up the Haunted Trail Committee (yay for having experience)
- We wonder how intense to make the trail?
  - The general feeling is that we should make it pretty intense
- The Trail should be the weekend before Halloween, i.e. October 26-28
  - We should try to coordinate with the Ellingson Haunted house, so people (us included) can go to both
  - One Night Only
- Should we ally with the staff for hot chocolate, apple cider, candy corn, etc. after the trail?
- Ideas for the Trail:
  - Zombies, generally
  - Tour Guides
    - Zombie Tour guides?
  - Chainsaws in trees
  - People laying on the ground who you can walk over and then pop up and scare you
  - People hiding in leaves
    - Adrian volunteers to do this
  - Stretchy fabric with people behind it and sticking their faces and hands in it
  - A box they have to crawl through with noodles in the bottom
Future Events
- Generally only for the Hall, but we can open them up to the whole campus if we want (for dances and the like)
- Ideas:
  - Thanksgiving Dinner
    - Adrian really likes to cook, as does Erin (Me)
  - Dance
    - Themes:
      - highlighter
      - 80's
      - costume
      - luau
      - and more!
  - Pie Eating contest
  - Grilled Cheese Night
  - Mr. Hill Kitt!!!<3!!!
  - Slip n' Slide with pudding (probably not allowed)
  - Cake Walk
- Kim wants a Hill Kitt blender
- I will send out minutes (eventually) and post them on the Hill Kitt Blog (after I get the password)
- Adjourn at 10:55