Meeting Notes 01/13

Minutes from the January 13 Meeting
1. Call to order
2. Roll call of Members Present
3. New Business

What is the point of the Political Science Club?

The objectives of this organization are to help members acquire broader knowledge of politics, stimulate participation in the political process, and help students become productive, contributing members of their community.

What type of activities does the Political Science Club offer?

Last semester we hosted a lot of great activities including Brown Bag discussions (on illegal immigration, the midterm elections, and the use of torture). We also had several social events including our Halloween get-together, Basketball Game and Mellow Mushroom outing, and our faculty and student social. We hope that this semester brings even more fun and lively discussion. In addition to the events above, we also did several community events such as volunteering at the Boy’s and Girl’s Club Fun Run, and administered a Practice LSAT for those students preparing for law school.

DUES: $25year/ $15 Semester (DUE JANUARY 27, 2011)

WASHINGTON DC TRIP:
DC DEPOSIT DUE JANUARY 27, 2011 ($50) (NON-REFUNDABLE)

This is an expensive trip, and in order to keep it affordable we need to be sure to fund-raise. We will be staying in a hostel this year and riding Amtrak.

SPONSORSHIPS

3 levels Gold, Silver, Bronze—we ask a local company to sponsor us and we provide them with publicity using our blog, website, banner, and t-shirts. We will be having a contest this semester: If the club makes at least $1500 in sponsorships, the member who brings in the most sponsorship money will win a prize (TBD)

FUNDRAISING

We are planning on doing a raffle, practice LSAT, and several Bake sales, and a Dunk Tank in March (we're using a different company this time)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meetings

This semester our meeting room has changed. Our meetings will be held every other Thursday, at 2:30 in AH E150. If you forget, you can check our website under the "calendar" section for the dates of the meetings http://asupolsclub.blogspot.com/

Important Upcoming Meetings
Our elections will be held at the beginning of this semester, it is important you attend the meetings so we can vote in new officers.
Jan 13 - First meeting
Jan 27 - Nominations
Feb 10 - Elections

Upcoming Events
January 20 - Brown Bag - the topic will be the TSA and Airport Security Procedures AH E150 from 2:30-3:45pm
January 27 - An officer from the Navy will be speaking about potential careers as an officer in military intelligence. He will be bringing Pizza!

Social Event - Jan 21st at Wild Wing Cafe – 8pm bring your friends/significant other

Washington DC
If you have not already, please contact us to let us know if you are interested in going to DC this summer. The dates again are May 11-15, 2011. The deposit $50 and is non-refundable and due January 27, 2011. 

Orgsync
If you have not already, please set up your orgsync account at www.orgsync.org after you've made your profile, add the Political Science club to your groups - https://orgsync.com/join/21465/political-science-club

American Political Science Association (APSA)

We have a student discount available for our members to join the APSA. The cost would be $21.50 for a 1 year membership. If you are interested in joining the APSA please contact Carrie Shoultz at cshoultz@aug.edu

Welcome Back!

If you are not on the email list any more because of ASU's switch over please contact us! polsciclub@aug.edu

Welcome back everyone! Hope you had a great winter break and great holiday season! Some housekeeping before our first meeting.

Meetings

This semester our meeting room has changed. Our meetings will be held every other Thursday, at 2:45 in AH E151. If you forget, you can check our website under the "calendar" section for the dates of the meetings http://asupolsclub.blogspot.com/

Our first meeting will be this Thursday Jan 13 @ 2:45 in AH E151 - feel free to bring a friend! 

Important Upcoming Meetings

Our elections will be held at the beginning of this semester, it is important you attend the meetings so we can vote in new officers.

Jan 13 - First meeting

Jan 27 - Nominations

Feb 10 - Elections

Upcoming Events

January 20 - Brown Bag - the topic will be the TSA and Airport Security Procedures

January 27 - An officer from the Navy will be speaking about potential careers in military intelligence. He will be bringing Pizza!

Social Event - Jan 21st at Wild Wing Cafe - Time to be determined at first meeting

We have some fundraising ideas we are going to want to get started on early this semester - including a contest for our members (who can bring in the most sponsorship money!) - we'll discuss this at the meeting. 

Washington DC

If you have not already, please contact us to let us know if you are interested in going to DC this summer. The dates again are May 11-15. 

Orgsync

If you have not already, please set up your orgsync account at www.orgsync.org after you've made your profile, add the Political Science club to your groups - https://orgsync.com/join/21465/political-science-club

See you Thursday!

Meet the Majors! Political Science Drop In

Today the Political Science Club hosted a "Meet the Majors" drop in, with support of the Political Science Department. For about 2 hours we had the conference room open and filled with food. Political Science majors, or people who are considering a major in Political Science were free to come and meet with department professors. Most of the professors made an appearance for sometime and students took the opportunity to discuss upcoming classes, or even current classes. Later, everyone ended up pulling up chairs and discussing current issues and then eventually discussed Tocqueville (with Dr. Albert taking the reins on that discussion!) It was a great opportunity for students to get to know their professors and each other outside of a classroom setting. Everyone had a good time and we had a good showing!

Photos under the cut!

Meeting 10/21/10

First off I want to say thank you for those that attended the fun run for the boys and girls club of Augusta. There are more volunteer opportunities with this company, if you or anyone you know is interested in this contact Amanda Jones (president). The only requirement is that the applicant must be 18 years old.

*Coming Up Events*

Brown Bag Discussion: Midterm Elections

We had our second Brown Bag Discussion. 


This time the topic was on Midterm elections.

Some things that came up