Minutes: 12/12/07

Meeting Start: 12:30

8th Grade:

A. Ballard

L. Priolou

U. Veerappan

M. Augustine

7th Grade:

S. Beuteau

B. Kajimura

J. Morales

M. Sclaroff

6th Grade:

J. Friduss

J. You

V. Lawrence

J. Filseth

1. ODFL TIME FRAME:

A. A. Ballard raises question to all asking if we want to do ODFL at the same time as we were going to do pennies for patients.

B. Mrs. Smith was thinking of March or April (We need to take into account that 3 weeks to a month is not enough time for this planning this project since the peer helpers are new to fundraisers and we are working with them)

C. We have to present it to the staff meeting. We also have to plan with the ODFL organization.

D. After a vote in which all agreed, we are going to do ODFL in the same timeframe as Pennies for patients.

2. ODFL Director and other committees

E. M. Augustine is the director of ODFL for student council. He will run the project, contact ODFL.

F. We are going to have different committees for this project:

1. JTV committee

2. Staff awareness committee

3. Student activity/involvement committee- activities during lunch which will have to do with the organization or advisory games

4. Advertising committee

5. Money committee- M. Sclaroff brings up that the money committee will not be involved throughout the process, but only at the end

6. Mrs. Sano brings up that we should try to do something earth related

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3.Advisory and Environmental Team Representatives

A. Amanda explained to the sixth graders that advisory reps come to a meeting about every month. There is one for each advisory.

B. Jonathan brings up that if we choose to do the environmental representative, we should do that before the advisory representatives.

C. Environmental representatives go to a meeting once a month. They wanted to elect one student from each grade. This is what the environmental representative’s organizers proposed.

D. S. Buteau is going to be charge of the election for environmental representatives.

E. We took a vote for people who agree to do the environmental team representative election before advisory representative. Everyone agreed.

F. We need to decide when we should to the environmental team elections. We are going to give an informational meeting. We are going to give a packet. The representative will be able to post up posters.

G. Dates:

1. Informational Meeting- January 10

2. Forms due- January 14

3. Posters up - January 16

4. January 23- Uma brings up that we could pre-tape the elections.

3.Trash:

A. We need to stop littering. Near Mr. Roach’s classroom, there are lunch tables with holes in the center. People are putting their trash through that hole.

B. A. Ballard suggests putting a garbage can under the hole.

Meeting End: 1:19