2005-04-05

Minutes
Attendance: David German '08, Anthony Manfredi '08, Andrew Lacey '05, David Benitez '06, Alex Benn '08, Nelson Pavlosky '06, Lisa Benson '08, Ben Blonder '08

Cooper Grant


 * Luke, who has most of the information, isn't here
 * apparently we've secured some sort of grant, on the condition we get more of a performance

Swarthmore Fun Fair


 * we still don't know why anyone participates

Open Access


 * Lisa is still trying to arrange a meeting with Peggy Seiden

Long Term Plan


 * Alex will turn our bullet-point list into a document

LAN Party


 * Prop
 * Ben and Andrew have designed a cryptic website, and signs for the first round of prop
 * http://scdc.sccs.swarthmore.edu/oneyear/


 * SAC
 * SAC wants a line-item list of proposed expenditures
 * there may not even be SAC money left at all, because they're funding lots of big end-of-year events
 * Emily Nolte will check to see whether we're conflicting with other events


 * Tech
 * Andrew will ferry people's desktops, we'll have a web form or publish his cell # for scheduling pickups
 * TVs will be borrowed from some part of the college
 * David B. will ask engineering department
 * Anthony M. will ask Media Services


 * Fun
 * you-be-the-DJ, as at Free Culture Fest party
 * DDR (borrow from Blake)
 * multicolored lights
 * Halo tournament with 4-man teams, prize: pizza + creative commons shirt


 * Lisa will arrange a cake from sharples

Ride the Tide


 * Schedule of events is not yet online
 * of course, we'll be tabling at the activities fair
 * is there any other sort of event we could do?
 * have a discussion-oriented meeting with food on Thursday night
 * show http://lessig.org/freeculture, http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/ flash videos
 * get it on the schedule Admissions publishes

Budget


 * Photocopying: asked for $42, got $25
 * Food: asked for $100, $40
 * Group-owned supplies: asked for $110, got $70 for blank CDs
 * the other $40 for chalk and bulletin-board decorations was denied
 * we can get that stuff from Wharton Group Space, supposedly
 * Anthony says that space is a mess, smells bad, full of other groups' stuff, difficult to find anything useful
 * Speakers and movies: asked for $600, got $10 (SBC doesn't actually fund speakers)
 * Grand total: $145

National Conference Call


 * Alex recommends that anyone interested in the national organization attend at least one
 * The next is Sunday at 3 pm, David B. will attend
 * The national IRC channel is #freeculture on freenode