Franklin’s Tower Begins playing at 5:50PM
Called to order at 5:54PM
General Welcome and Introduction to the Towne Meeting and overview
by Paolo
• There is food at the end.
• Highest form of government at new college.
• You can make your own announcements.
Introduce NCSA – Wendy – Donita – Rds (Robin, Thaddeus, and Lacy)
• All executive officers are introduced.
Calder to go over Robert’s Rules of Order.
• Motion made by Matt Felsen to put on the ballot: change The Greatful Dead’s Franklin Tower to “Ride and Dirty” in the NCSA constitution. Seconded. Discussion: just remove Franklin’s Tower. Amendment accepted. New motion: Remove Franklin’s Tower from the NCSA Constitution.
• Paolo sets discussion time to 30 seconds.
• Amendment to mash the two songs together.
• New motion: Ballot item- replace Franklin’s tower with a mashup of Franklin’s Tower and Ride and Dirty.
Gwen!
• Why did you choose to come to New College?
• The 4 founding principles really caught Gwen.
• Reads 4 founding principles of New College.
• Comportment: How you carry yourself. This is very important at New College. Speak up and keep a dialog with everyone.
• The physical construction around campus should also reflect the transformation within you.
Karlye Dilts — SAC: marathon
• Committee of 8 students that fund all non-academic student-led activities on campus.
• Marathon is coming up. Come with large requests.
Andre – Elections
• Petitioning week
• Lives in Pei 116 and box 500
• Explains petition process and how to get on the ballot.
• Court justice, legislator and the two first-year SAC positions.
Max — New College’s Mascot (or lack of one).
• The [] is not an empy set (mathematically).
• Max describes how to make an ad hoc student appeals committee.
• A majority shows that the towne meeting wants an appeals committee
• Max is appointed as head of the committee. Max selects five people.
Student Court.
• Max F. explains the court justice position
• Max wants to dress up in a gown and wig.
• Other justices are introduced.
Tim—Manager of the Four Winds
• Four Winds opens on Sept. 11.
• Job applications are still being accepted.
• Give applications to Annie Roberts or put them in Tim’s box.
Konnie – Amy Goodman.
• Plantetarium is under renovation,
• Amy Goodman is coming to town! Sept. 18 at 1:00. Free tickets available in student affairs. Her new book “Static” is now available.
Meghan R – community service
• Working in the student affairs office.
• She can help you fund volunteer activities and organize car pools.
• She can also help you get fingerprinted for certain projects.
• Boys and girls club, habitat for humanity, and several others are
JR – Elections outside NCF.
• As a registered voter the entire campus would be able to sway elections.
• Fitzgerald campaign still needs volunteers.
David Banks – Star Trek marathon
• This weekend. All four series.
Sarah – Cheap bikes.
• New College alum has started ART (Alliance for Reliable Transportation). You can get a bike for free/cheap if you volunteer. Or you can donate the money.
• There is also the bike shop on campus.
Donita – housing and construction. Parking.
• Change in food service is being accepted until Sept. 8
• RDs deal with room changes now.
• Parking passes are needed by Tuesday Sept. 5
• Respect the 15 minutes drop zones.
• Don’t park your bikes on ramps and stairs.
• RAs remind you to use your own RA first if you get locked out, then try the RA cell phone.
• Construction update.
o Donita meets with them weekly, and she is the person to go to if you have any questions.
o The overpass ramp now has a clear cut to ham centre now.
Karlye- Dance Tutorial
• Dance tutorial is coming up.
Gwen- glass in palm court
• Glass in palm court is not cool. It gets in people feet. Second round of “official wall cups.”
Amber-New College music performance sept. 9 in sainer. At 8:00PM.
Kerem- Band room
• Band room forms are in Paolo’s box.
Dan—Recycling
• Sodexho uses foam plates and plastic silver ware.
• Sodexho has its own reusable wares that you can request.
Dan—Radio
• New College Radio
• Wslr.org
Paolo-
• Makes a motion to keep pizza at the towne meetings
• Commotion insues. Both pizza and babaganoush are good.
Collin
• Noise complaints. Be nice about it.
• Goes over formal noise complaint process with the cops.
• Come to an RA first.
• Music can be turned down by the TAs or the wall sponsor.
Elizabeth
• 3:00 pm communal cooking circle in second court lounge
Calder makes a motion for Paolo take off his shirt.
Food not bombs meetings at Big E’s Friday at 7:30PM
Motion to adjourn the meeting seconded by Calder at 7:03PM
