The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m.
The following items were discussed:
I.
T-shirts
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T-shirts should be delivered on Tuesday. Every member is to
promote donations at their committee meetings. Shirts will be
awarded to those who donate $10 or more.
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Each board member is allowed to purchase two t-shirts at
cost for promotional use.
II.
November 18, 2002
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We are seeking input from the families of the victims of
the Bonfire collapse toward putting together a memorial on
November 18th.
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The September 9, 2002 issue of The Battalion exposed that
the FAC was including a Bonfire Remembrance on November 18th
as part of their fall activities.
III.
E-mail
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The Coalition Board list serve is getting too much
non-Coalition traffic! Please use discretion and only send out
information in which concerns majority of the board.
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Replies should be sent to the person that asked the
question unless the reply effects the majority of the Board. Be
sure to change how your reply is directed.
IV.
Committee Reports
- Chair:
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It was decided that no new members will be added to the
board at this time.
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Unity Project meeting – 4 members of the Coalition
Board met with 3 representatives of the Unity Project (UP).
They asked for us to support them before the media. The
Coalition representatives declined because an off-campus bonfire
is not in the interest of our mission and objectives. The
Coalition has decided to maintain no position regarding
off-campus bonfires. The UP plans to publicly support the
missions and objectives of the Bonfire Coalition.
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Vice Chair:
- No new recognition update. Brad plans
on contacting Kevin after weeks of no response from Sharra.
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Treasurer:
- After paying off Becca the $50.00 we
owe her we will have $160.17 in our account. Our first objective
when donations come in is to pay back Dave for his generous
donation for the t-shirts.
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Plasma drive – we need 6 board members to donate twice a
week for 4 weeks (till the Tech game) to pay for the banner and
towing fees. We will have the money if we get enough members. A
sign up sheet was passed around at the board meeting.
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Secretary:
- Obtained a copy of Word to permit
keeping minutes and providing them to the webmaster in a
suitable format for posting to the web site.
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Sgt at Arms:
- (Dave was held up in the airport on
the way back from Pitt and unable to make it to the meeting.)
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Historian:
- Austin will be participating in a
Mustang car show around Rudder Fountain on Tuesday September 10th.
He will be promoting the Coalition by placing pro bonfire and
our web address in the window of his car. Austin is also
beginning a project to document the chronology of Bonfire. To
determine the student population vs. student participation over
the years. He hopes to include a picture of every Bonfire.
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Former Student Outreach:
- Danyelle submitted verbally her
resignation from the Board sighting continuing health problems.
She hopes to remain active by assisting Austin in his chronology
research on campus.
- Ryan has set up a Meeting with Mr.
Wylie, the president of the Brazos County A&M club. The meeting
is at 6pm at Golden Corral.
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Current Student Outreach:
- Committee meeting is to be decided
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Planning:
- Alyssa was ill and unable to attend
the board meeting
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Publicity:
- John Cox is still learning the ropes
and Marc plans on helping him at his first upcoming committee
meeting.
Other
Business
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A sign up sheet was passed around for Board members to sign
up to contact different A&M faculty and student organizations.
Marc and Charles are going to come up with a form which each
member will use to present the information.
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We took a group picture for Marc’s son CJ for his birthday
September 11, 2002.
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If the board will donate the money Charles can print up
business cards and the bookmarks for Frank Cox’s signing sessions.
The meeting was adjourned.
September
8, 2002 Board Meeting Minutes 
