JHU Student Government
Senior Class Council Meeting #1
01 SEPTEMBER 2023 / Minutes By: Mufasa Cruz Moreno / Location: Zoom
ATTENDANCE Rachel, Kiana, Bobby, Mufasa, Sam, Christian, Kelley
ABSENT Excused: Unexcused:
AGENDA Last Meeting Follow-up New Business
- SIF Recap
- Programming Council Vacancy
- Meeting with Sophie
- Alumni Association
- Student Philanthropy
- Traditions
NOTES Last Meeting Follow-up New Business
- SIF Recap
- Not many seniors present in SIF
- Programming Council Vacancy
- Application due next Friday
- Not many responses from Seniors about filling the vacancy
- Will ask Milton to post about Vacancy on Insta
- Meeting with Sophie
- Events
- Fundraising
- Restaurants (KFT 10%, Chipotle 30%)
- Casino night with mocktails or cocktails
- Alcohol
- Security
- Trivia
- Haunted house - FSL
- SGA
- Spring Fair
- Charlie Brown-style advice booth
- Draw portraits of ppl for $3
- Pie the SGA Prez/ Professor
- Graduation photos fundraiser
- Assassin
- Commencement Team
- Bounce house
- Slide
- Drink in Brody: B and A level; DJ (Senior Week)
- Alumni Association
- Young Alumni Weekend
- Student Philanthropy
- Senior Class Giving Event
- Senior Class Gift Kickoff
- Meeting with Craig
- Traditions
- Ask Charles and Calvin
ACTION ITEMS
- Kiana and Kelley: Reach out to frats
- Rachel: Reach out to Charles and Calvin and Alumni Association
- All: Brainstorm ideas and questions for Student Philantropy
JHU Student Government
Senior Class Council Meeting #2
08 SEPTEMBER 2023 / Minutes By: Rachel Huang / Location: Zoom
ATTENDANCE Rachel, Bobby, Sam, Christian, Kelley, Kiana
ABSENT Excused: Unexcused: Mufasa
AGENDA Last Meeting Follow-up
- Outreach to frats
- Meeting with Charles and Calvin
New Business
- Student Philanthropy
NOTES Last Meeting Follow-up
- Outreach to frats
- Aepi: can do again 2-3 days -> help out by other frats
- Ask if they still have decorations
- Aepi: can do again 2-3 days -> help out by other frats
- Programming Council
- Milton hasn’t started on graphics
- Still promoting - ask your friends!
- Meeting with Charles and Calvin
- Tuesday, 9/12, 3:30 - 4 pm at the LaB
- Event ideas
- Logistics
- Alcohol at events?
- Gambling - poker/blackjack
- Fundraising
- Senior Traditions - Blue Jay outside FFC
- Brody party?
- Specific timeline for senior week
- Commencement
- Caps and gowns? - LaB rentals
New Business
- Student Philanthropy
- Started in 2016
- Introduction to Philanthropy
- For students (can give for finaid, experience aka club, area of greatest need, faculty support)
- 2022-23: ended with 550 donors (35% of student body)
- 2023-24: 57 donors (7% of 719)
- Senior Heart Philanthropy events: free stuff (pizza and drinks) that week
- Earlier you give, more gifts
- Goal: more donors in fall
- Giving Tuesday: hot cocoa
- Craig
- Staff Liaison
- Senior Class Giving Event
- Young Alumni giving (0-3 years out)
- Senior Class Gift Kickoff
- Thursday 1-3 pm
- Rachel and Kiana: 1-1:30 pm
- Koozie and free stuff (beach balls, sunglasses, ice cream)
- Alumni Association - updated contact information
- YAW signups
- Thursday 1-3 pm
- Things we would like in spring
- Last year: beanies, color-changing tumblers, Chipotle 100% - if all your seniors give, your whole team gets Chipotle
- Chargers, pop sockets, 2024 bottle opener, Anki remotes, t-shirts, squishmallow, food at levering (raffle; chance to win), express lane if you made gift already
- Started in 2016
ACTION ITEMS
- All: Brainstorm more event ideas
JHU Student Government
Senior Class Council Meeting #3
15 SEPTEMBER 2023 / Minutes By: Rachel Huang / Location: Zoom
ATTENDANCE Rachel, Bobby, Sam, Christian, Kelley, Kiana, Mufasa
ABSENT Excused: Unexcused:
AGENDA Last Meeting Follow-up
- Meeting with Charles and Calvin
New Business
NOTES Last Meeting Follow-up
- Meeting with Charles and Calvin
- $42,000 for the programming council
- $26,000 senior week
- Can decide to charge people to make up the cost
- $16,000 MSEe you later - make it a party (M level and all of Brody)
- Sterling brunch $20/person $5000-7000
- Trip charge money
- Fundraising or SGA budget or Departments
- Fundraising for other stuff (traditions, programming)
- Money should come out SGA (giveaways, tabling)
- Senior Week: SGA (last day of final-graduation)
- Formal on campus (commons?)
- Brunch on the beach
- Senior toast
- MSE vendors stay the same - separate
- Powerplant
- R House
- Six Flags, Ocean City, Great Wolf Lodge
- Event ideas
- All okay; pay for FIJI Islander or Beer Garden during Spring Fair (recommended) - buy their own ticket; first drink is free
- Alcohol at events?
- Yes
- Gambling - poker/blackjack
- Gaming license from the city - class council
- Fundraising
- Senior Traditions - Blue Jay outside FFC
- Plaques donating money - student philanthropy (separate fund)
- Commencement
- Not until February
- Will reach out to us with logistics
- School will ask people for speaker suggestions
- Graduation photos fundraiser
- Will Kirk or get a photographer (see if SGA can underwrite them)
- Assassin should be okay
- $42,000 for the programming council
New Business
- Getting money
- Reached out to Rebecca to talk about what previous years have done
- Alumni Relations coming to next week’s meeting (camera ON)
ACTION ITEMS
- Kiana and Sam: Reach out to Rebecca
- Bobby: Reach out to LDL
JHU Student Government
Senior Class Council Meeting #4
22 SEPTEMBER 2023 / Minutes By: Rachel Huang / Location: Zoom
ATTENDANCE Rachel, Bobby, Annie, Kelley
ABSENT Excused: Christian Unexcused: Sam, Kiana, Mufasa
AGENDA Last Meeting Follow-up New Business
- Alumni Relations
NOTES Last Meeting Follow-up
New Business
- Alumni Relations
- Amusement Park trip
- Time capsule
- Where to put it?
- Embedded in student center wall?
- YAW
- Bird in Hand Friday HH during YAW (free food and drinks, raffle)
- Film camera during events
ACTION ITEMS