Meeting Minutes 01/13/12

Rotaract Cabin Retreat

Meeting Minutes 01/13/12

Attendance:

Meagan Gallagher

Brooke Bellows

Chris Couillard

David Mays

Courtney Baxter

John Castro

Katie Hathaway

Jeff Bennett

Jerika Michel

Whitney Warnick

Scott Ho

Dayna Kirkpatrick

Election - Results

President: Jerika

President Elect: Whitney

Vice-President: Dave

Treasurer: Oscar

Secretary: Katie

Photographer: Jeff

Social Media Chair: Courtney

Event Directors: Courtney & Dayna

Sugarhouse Rotary Representative: Whitney

Millcreek Rotary Representative: Jerika

Hispano-Latino Rotary Representative: Oscar

Professional Development Chair: Kayla

Advertisement Chair: Bron's friend

Interact Chairs: Katie, Scott, Chris, Megan, Brooke

Presidency will be considered a board of directors. Those in the board are President, Ex-President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Directors (Local Service, International Service, Advertisement)

How do you know if you're a member?

-$25 fee

-Hold a leadership position

Review of the Constitution

Attach constitution

-Conglomerate of Westminster and Rotary Constitution

-18-30 years old (Member until June 30th of year you turn 30)

-Must be a student at a higher education institution

-60% attendance to meetings and events

Chartered at Westminster

-Access to facilities, printing, etc.

-Promotion at Westminster, but no other colleges

-Other university students are welcome

Events & Assignments:

Attach Upcoming Events Form

Speed Dating - Friday, February 24th 6:00

-Changed from Saturday, March 17th to Friday, February 24th - 6:00

-25-30 Rotarians

-List of questions

-Columbus Center - Jerika

Committee: Jerika, Dave, Scott

New Roots Garden

-Make contact with Sonya Woodberry with City Academy

-Wednesdays at 11:00

Committee: Meagan & Brooke

Mentoring Program

-Rotarians will type up bios for the mentoring program

-Forms for the Rotaractors to fill out

Committee: Katie (type up Rotaractor forms), Kayla

Chili Open - Saturday, January 28th

-Wheeler Farm (6351 South 900 East)

-Sugarhouse Rotary Club Fundraiser

-100% of proceeds go to charities

-Need 3 volunteers from 8-12:30 for food line

-Volunteers for Rotaract booth

-no accepting donations

-orange fundraiser sign-up sheet

-advertising for fundraiser

-photo booth - Jeff, Dave

-Everyone bring costumes for the photo booth

Clothes for Refugees - Date TBA

-Organizing and distributing clothing

Mexico - June 9th-16th

-$800-$850

-Rotaract and Interact

-Puerto Penasco

-Staying at a resort

-Need passport

-Fundraiser

-Applications due by February 1st

Fundraiser Dinner - March 23rd/24th

-Possibly changing date with the Fundraising dinner - March 23rd/24th

-Auctioning skills e.g. piano lessons, fixing bikes

-Central South American themed dinner

-Pay per plate

-With Sugarhouse, Millcreek, and Hispano-Latino Rotaries (Murray?)

-Open invitations

-Scott - Checking on the Stadium

-Chris - Asking mom about Peruvian food

-Brooke - Asking about Peruvian food

-Katie - Checking on Union Ballroom

Tentative Animal Service Project in May - Dayna

-5K walk with dogs

Future Meetings

Thursdays at 7:15 at Westminster Building Walker One (?)

January 26th - Meeting Agenda

-Following up on Chili Open

-Finalizing February Fundraiser

-Further Planning

-Follow-up on City Academy, mentoring program, etc.

-Possible program about orange fundraiser and Mexico trip by Mike Wells

-Katie Hathaway

Rotaract Secretary

Mission Statement

The Westminster Rotaract Club is an association of ambitious college students. We are actively engaged in service, desire to mentor Interactors and be mentored by Rotarians, and seek opportunities for personal development to improve ourselves and humanity.

Service

One club service project per semester

Help with existing Rotary projects and fundraisers

Require consistent service through the members' school or organization of choice

Reflection event highlighting personal service initiatives by members

Career Mentorship

Rotarians mentor Rotaractors in their prospective career field

Rotaractors mentor Interactors on college, service, and life choices

Biannual networking event with all levels of Rotary

Personal Development

Workshops

Discussions

Socials

-Katie Hathaway

Rotaract Secretary

Welcome to Westminster Rotaract!

The Westminster Rotaract Club was officially established on January 5th of this year and we are excited to be up and running! We have been working on our own, as well as in conjunction with the Sugarhouse, Salt Lake, and Hispano-Latino Rotary Clubs and so far we've already had a lot of great experiences!

For those of you who don't know what Rotaract is and would like to learn more, please visit the official Rotaract site. For those of you who are less adventurous on the internet and don't want to click on the link, here is an excerpt from the site anyway.

Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs are either community or university based, and they’re sponsored by a local Rotary club. This makes them true "partners in service" and key members of the family of Rotary.

How does it work?

All Rotaract efforts begin at the local, grassroots level, with members addressing their communities’ physical and social needs while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service.

While our Rotaract Club is technically the Westminster Rotaract Club, students from any university are welcome! We have students from ITT Tech, U of U, SLCC, and more! We want to be able to create a club for everyone and get people involved and participating before we branch off to individual university clubs.

So far we've had great success! We will keep you all updated about any upcoming events, as well as let you know post-event information. We'll even post our meeting minutes and other important information for anyone who would like to learn more about our club.

Please visit our Facebook page and keep up with all the activities and opportunities we have!

-Katie Hathaway

Rotaract Secretary