Minutes from September 19th Meeting

9/19/2011

Welcome back!

Club registration:

We’re still not officially registered as a club for the year. It’s been submitted, just haven’t heard anything yet. Inquiries have been made, and it doesn’t really affect anything in particular yet (apart from getting a mailbox, certain restrictions on room reservations, fundraisers, etc).

New website for registered clubs with new and exciting features.

– we’ll have access to different listservs (as well as the ability to create our own)

– can also use club website to create events that will be broadcast to campus

– host documents

Officers: Just who are they, anyway?

- President: Joe Quick

- Co-VPs: Ken Seligson and Christina Cappy

- Co-Treasurers: John Garrison and Lauren Glover

- Secretary: Heather O’Connor

Mentor Match:

Mentor Match is a program that matches undergrads with grad students in anthropology. Advice and help on their specific interests, applying to grad school, getting a job in athropology, just a freshman who’s curious about anthro, etc.

Last year began matching up senior anthropology majors with freshman. Works well to answer questions about taking certain undergraduate classes, etc.

Cappy is the point person for this program. Any specific questions or interest in helping out should be directed to her.

Tegan McGillvray volunteered to help Cappy continue this program

Any new ideas about getting the word out apart from emails to the anthro listserv, announcing it in sections, or putting up posters?

– Joe: new website features for registered clubs might be helpful

AnthroCircle Colloquium Series:

Mondays at noon in Social Science 5230. First one today was a success!

Ethnographic Film Series:

Contact Matthew Trew with any questions

Three in the fall, three in the spring.

– First one Monday, October 3rd at 4:30, in Social Science 5230.

– Request for club to reimburse Trew for promotional posters. Club voted to reimburse.

– Will also potentially have a screening of a students’ Masters film project

– One film in the spring will include a live skype session with the filmmaker.

– Will also be a guest speaker in the spring.

– Trew will potentially organize outings to see films in the area and discuss afterwards.

Trew has also discussed putting together a workshop for “How to Take Better Anthropology Pictures”

Flintknapping Circle:

Still meeting on Friday afternoons

Looking for people to start taking over this program, or at least get involved in the club!

Request from this program for money for new rocks

Neolithic Goat Roast + Anthro Art Show:

Will be discussed at a later meeting after more information from point person Ken Seligson

Fundraisers:

Will do typical bagel/coffee and pizza fundraiser this year. We are allowed three days over the course of the semester to sell food.

– Need a volunteer to take charge of this fundraiser, ideally someone who can commit to being there all day on whatever day. Contact any of the officers if that’s you!

– Joe recommends making the sell dates more regular (ex. three tuesdays in a row). Still unsure if fall or spring is best (snow and other terrible weather restrictions).

– We can’t reserve times until we are officially registered, but the assumption is that this will happen soon.

AnthroCircle T-Shirts and Mugs?

– Alison Carter (past coordinator of this): made over $1000 from these fundraisers! Also, these don’t expire in the way that calendars do…

– John Garrison has volunteered to take over this

Garage Sale?

– In the past did this by collecting old clothes and selling them at a central residence around the capitol. Made approx. $400 (and costs nothing upfront).

– A good fundraiser for the spring?

Anthropology Recipe Database:

Collection of recipes from student travels (or where ever!)

Heather Walder has volunteered to take over this project.

– Social event around the theme of food?

– Featured recipe on the blog as a way to get people involved in the database?

Diversity Letter?:

In light of recent events, AnthroCircle should decide if this club is an appropriate place to make statements on the state of diversity or questions of diversity on UW-Madison’s campus.

– If yes, do we make a statement?

– Quick: As representatives of the students in the department and liaisons to other groups and organizations on campus, this is an appropriate

– Carter: Our club represents the entire graduate commmunity in the department. It seems as though club members are already predisposed to be more involved. If picked up by a news sources, we should have the letter represent only the undersigned, not the club as a whole.

– Walder: Feels uncomfortable signing specific name to something like this. Thinks it’s ok to have the letter represent the entire club as a group separated from the Department as a whole.

– Potential plan: the organization can oversea the drafting of the letter and provide the opportunity for undergrads, grads, and faculty in the department to sign. Will have it signed y individuals, not by the club as a whole. Will draft the letter and pass it around for edits and thoughts.

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