Minutes for March 13, 2007:
Attendence: 5 of 12

2:34pm: Meeting convened. Agenda distributed and promptly abandoned to discuss budget issues and SCAMS Bowling. The SLC currently has around $400 remaining for SLC and outreach activities for the remainder of this year. SCAMS Bowling is held on various (seemingly random) Tuesday nights throught the semester -- Nate has agreed to forward any e-mails about SCAMS bowling that he recieves.

2:37pm: Returned to the agenda. Corey gave a report on the movie night -- it was scheduled for Sat. Mar. 3, but very few people showed up so it was rescheduled for an undetermined day, possibly during the week of Spring Break. Movie suggestions included Night of the Twisters, Spaceballs, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, though other suggestions are welcome.

2:50pm: Discussion of social activities. Elaine suggested a possible game night, the consensus was that it would be best to hold this event after spring break, but before everyone becomes bogged down studying for finals and rushing to complete semester projects. No date was set. Suggestions for possible social activities over the summer included volleyball, bowling, and a semi-regular (i.e. perhaps every other week) games and/or movie night to help keep people connected during the break.

3:00pm: Discussion of outreach activities. Nobody attended the science fair outreach opportunity, but several (at least three) people from CASA attended the Invention Fair judging outreach activity. Apparently there are no photos, but it was suggested that we write up a summary and put it on the website anyway.

Ashton was not present, so we did not have any updates on the status of the News 9 visit or 5th/6th grade CASA-sponsored NWC visit outreach activities.

3:05pm: Discussion of progress on the infamous tornado machine. Laura reported that it would be difficult to find a time that worked for everyone involved, between thesis work, projects, and final exams, until around mid-May. She did have some nice looking blueprints, though, and will check with Kenny to try and nail down some dates for construction.

3:11pm: Discussion of the CASA Journal. Corey requested that everyone send him a breif bio (nothing too long or personal) for inclusion in the first issue. Also, if anyone wants to submit an abstract or extended abstract for inclusion, see Corey.

3:16pm: Voted to appropriate up to an additional $75 to the Tornado Machine fund in case additional and/or stronger fans are needed to ensure sufficient air flow to make the design work. Additional ideas for funding uses included pencils and/or other small handouts with the CASA logo to take to outreach events. A quorum was not present, but it was our opinion that the SLC bylaws did not require an official vote if the majority of the officers agreed to the appropriation.

3:25pm: Meeting adjourned.