Meeting 2

Meeting 2

Meeting information

Date: 2024-09-11
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Treehouse Lounge (Bartlett House)

Attendance

People
  • Callum
  • Seth
  • Jing
  • Pranav
  • Kushi
  • Sumeet
Motions

Motion to Start: Seth

Second Motion to Start: Khushi

Topics

Health and wellness/Sustainability votes (3 mins)
  • Combine Health wellness and sustainability roles
    • Either we have 2 with both roles one just one role
    • Two people for one roles could be redundant
    • However combining roles allows for two people to collaborate
  • Vote to have 1 first year on council pending on Callum
Inventory Digitization and Item sharing (5 mins)
  • All items in OCRA inventory have been put on a google doc available at link
  • Items from different residences could be shared
    • Discussed at RHA training
    • Use the digitized system to allow for tracking
    • Include an item condition column/before to track item damage
  • Vote for equipment sharing passed unanimously
Cotton Candy Machine (5 mins)
  • Return from Exchange council
  • If it cannot be repaired replacement (new) should be found
    • New Nostalgia brand cotton candy machines available between $50-70
Floor Rep Posters (10 mins)
  • House presidents prepare posters and Qualtrics forms for floor rep signups
  • Use First + Last names room number and student number to verify
  • Include cutoff date at September 30
  • Potential draft submission date: September 13 for approval and Monday printing
  • Delete all student numbers
  • Posters should be up by September 16
  • Posters should be 1 per floor including commons block (2 per ritz floor)
  • Signatures for floor rep applications
    • Could provide proof of engagement
    • However could alienate others
    • Alternative could be for application questions to determine interest
RA Pitches (7 mins)
  • Either hold RA pitches in OCRA meetings or delegate to house councils
    • OCRA would be more centralized and easy to track
    • Will be potentially easier to reject/request reworks for pitches
    • However, will take up 15/20 mins of each meeting and may not be possible with many RA pitches
  • Note that 40 RAs must have 4 events per year along with small group events
  • Earliest RA pitch date on September 26
  • Add tax adjustment for RA budgets
Kickoff Event (20 mins)
  • OCRA Kickoff event
    • Proposed collaboration with TPRA and PVRA
    • If collaboration goes through, it might shift the focus of the event
    • Council decided to keep event in OCRA
  • Planned date on September 27 starting ~5:00pm for at most 2 hours (4:00 pm setup time)
  • Planned:
    • Outdoor games (Soccer, Frisbee, Spike ball, Cornhole, Tug of war, Badminton)
    • Henna done by (Sumeet, Khushi)
    • Cotton candy
    • Interpersonal Games (Human knot) (requires program runner)
    • OCRA hoodie worn and free members make conversation and talk about OCRA

Conclusions

To do list
  1. Jing to work on checks and balances on Thursday @ 8pm
  2. Pranav to look for cotton floss
  3. House presidents look for used cotton candy machines
  4. House presidents prepare posters and forms
  5. Perform further preparation (logistics, henna, candy floss) for kickoff event
  6. Callum to make posters (with OCRA Instagram included) for kickoff
  7. If first year roles are changed the constitution to be changed
Motions

Motion to Adjourn: Pranav

Second to Adjourn: Sumeet