Hoofer Council Meeting

Time & Date: 9-7-09, 8:15

Location: Hoofers Lounge

Attendance:

Matt Hartig (SnS President/Acting Rep)

Brad Strock (Sailing Commodore/Rep)

Courtney Kruger (Development Chair)

Paul Davidsaver (President)

Jen Limbach (VP-Finance)

Mary Collins (Outing President)

Sarah Springborn (Riding Rep)

Drew Kozlak (Marketing Chair)

Billy Burrough (Events Chair)

Erin McLaugin (Hoofer Intern)

Andrew Lee (Education Chair)

Mindy Cummings (VP-Programs)

Caroline Rose (Outing Rep)

Nick Clarens (Secretary)

Minutes

• Minutes from (DECOY) meeting approved
  

Agenda

• Agenda approved
  

CLUB REPORTS



OUTING:

• Door county trip, it was sweet.
• Exec meeting tomorrow.
• Website still down. Is down because hosting service has been hacked. Starting outing blog
  
  

RIDING:

• Team started riding. Tryouts.
•  Lessons start next week
  
  

SCUBA:

• Filled OW class for fall.
  
  

SNS:

• SnS got a new website!
• Preliminary planning for homecoming
  
  

SAILING:

• Boat parade. Commended for presence.
• Boat parade was a huge success

MOUNTAINEERING:

• Climbing!!!!
• Starting Clinique is on Thursday
• Trying to throw a film festival

President’s Report:

• Please start thinking about what to do if the Union Closes for H1N1 (real possibility)
• No one with flu like symptoms should be coming into Hoofers, especially the office

All Hoofer Kick Off:

• All Hoofer Kickoff in on Thursday at 7:00 PM in the Great Hall
• Possibly pizza for volunteers
• Volunteers should get there at 6 – mandatory that all of Council shows up

Marketing Update:

• Drew showed the progress on the Official Hoofer Facebook and Twitter pages
• Sought input on from Council on what should be conveyed on them
• Student Org Fair is on Wednesday at the Kohl Center
• Check in starts at 4:00, officially open from 4:45-8:00
• Volunteers Needed!

Group Pricing:

• Presented some ideas for group pricing, including:
• Try to group together memberships or fees:
• Group rates – If you bring in yourself and five other people then you get a special rate
• Multiple club rate – If you want to join 5 of the 6 clubs then you get special rate
• But individual club heads and their respective executive committees have to decide what discounts (if any) could be allotted to individuals that join said multiple clubs 
• Erin’s Email (Intern@Hoofers.org)

Outing Club Spotlight:

• Outing Club Has a large membership and thus does the most outdoor activities including: telemark skiing, sea kayaking, white water kayaking, biking, cross-country skiing and other social activities that are not exclusively outdoor. A couple of big annual trips along with dozens of local trips.
• $22 per semester $35 for an academic year and $55 for 12 months.

To Do’s:

Mindy:

• Haunted Halloween is the next large even and emails about it will start going out next week

Andrew:

• Start Educational Committee and All hoofer Kick Off

Erin:

• Find out about new group membership opportunities

Billy:

• Finish planning All Hoofer Kickoff

Drew:

• Prep for Student Org Fair and All Hoofer Kickoff and hold a meeting with other marketing chairs and do some chalking for the All Hoofer Kickoff

Sarah:

• Go to All Hoofer Kickoff and find someone for the Student Org Fair

Nick:

• Go to All Hoofer Kickoff an attend the Student Org Fair

Caroline:

• Outing Club Kickoff on Wednesday and All Hoofer Kickoff

Mary:

• Shower and send something to Kickoff and clean gear cage and lead some Outing 101 info sessions and some bike trips and replace a bike tire and come up with new pricing strategies

Jen:

• Respond to Brad’s email about a new treasurer talk to Jeff about setting up different account lines for the Trial Memberships and talk to Erin about stuff about pricing

Paul:

• Go to All Hoofer Kickoff and attend the Student Org Fair and check on the General Activity fee and follow up with UW legal about the Suspension/Expulsion Policy

 

Courtney:

• Work with Jim about fundraising stuff and what to do for this year

Brad:

• Make sure Sailing Club is present at events and finish creating Board of Captains

Matt:

• Go to All Hoofer Kickoff and attend the Student Org Fair, more rail jam stuff, and marketing and sponsorships…fun stuff like that.