I. Code of Conduct

Board members discussed and ratified the proposed Code of Conduct. This document was prepared based on discussions at the July 27, 2002 meeting. It outlines the responsibilities a Bonfire Coalition board member has to him/herself and to the entire Board of Directors.


II. Board Elections:

The board selected new members to the Board of Directors as well as elected new executive board
positions. They are as follows:

Charles Teel '04: Co-chair
Ian MacDairmid '04: Treasurer
Kristin West '04: Secretary

It was also decided to give an invitation to John Cox '95 to join the Coalition Board as Publicity Chair

IV. Recognition of Student Organization

Scott and Brad will be attending pre-recognition training soon.
Name of Student Organization must be distinctly different from the Bonfire Coalition.

V. T-shirts

Dave Nelson offered to loan the cost of the first 100 shirts.
Shirts will be given free to anyone making a minimum $10 donation, or minimum $15 donation for out of town donors.

VI. Trademark

We are looking into copyrighting or trade marking the words 'Bonfire Coalition' and our logo.
It was discussed that at the meeting with Dr. Gates, it needs to be asked why no videos of past Bonfires are available to the public.

VII. Essay Contest

The essay contest will be postponed until we obtain recognition.
Brad will contact Alycia who came up with the idea and ask her if she Would like to run the essay
contest.

VIII. Other business

Fall meetings will take place biweekly.
Location is temporarily in the library annex study rooms on campus.
Each committee is to come up with a committee mission statement.
The idea was brought forward to ask Frank Cox if he would be willing to do a book signing where we
have Bonfire Coalition bookmarks prepared to distribute with all the books.
Marc and Dave met Dave South for lunch to explain the mission and purpose of the Bonfire Coalition.
Meeting with President Gates is tentative at this point. Time is to be determined.
Car bash fundraiser--we need to find a way to get Charles' car transported to College Station.