10 September 2001

Attendance: S. Acuff (Chancellor), I. Lajoie, T. Harrell, L. Csoboth, L. Casillas, J. Wagner, B. Decker, T. Reid, A. Howey, Z. Acuff, S. Kwan, S. Eggleston, A. Holland, C. Keil (Chapter Advisor)

Meeting called to order by Chancellor Sarah Acuff at 7:12 p.m.

Icebreaker: Two Truths and a Lie

FARM TOURS are coming up in October. A schedule of feedings/cleanings and tours will be coming soon from Joanna Wagner - watch your email and come to the meetings!

AG CARNIVAL is on 20 October. AZ needs to come up with an event to sponsor. Bring your great ideas to the next meeting or email sracuff@udel.edu

PLEDGING lasts for six weeks and should be done by Thanksgiving. Big brothers/sisters will be decided after we get a list of interested pledges. We want to get some publicity aimed towards freshmen - they can't pledge yet, but we want them to know that AZ is here and what we're about. Bring ideas to the next general meeting and we'll work on getting our name out there.

SOCIAL EVENTS are high on everyone's priority list this semester. Some ideas that were suggested at the last meeting: semiformal dinner and/or dance, bowling, football tailgate, hayride, camping. If you have ideas on what we should do as a group, email treid@udel.edu

FACULTY ADVISOR - Dr. Keil suggested that we find a second chapter advisor (we're supposed to have two). If you know of a faculty member who would be great for the job, email sracuff@udel.edu

DUES are $10/semester and payable ASAP to Bill Decker.

AZ WEBPAGE - If you're interested in helping with the webpage, contact Laura Casillas (ivelisse@udel.edu) or Sarah Acuff (sracuff@udel.edu).

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Next Meeting - Monday 24 September, 7:00 p.m., Perkins Student Center

Respectfully submitted, Peter Z. Acuff, Scribe
 
 

 
 

September 24, 2001

Officers Meeting:

• We discussed the purposes of the attendance policies. They are not meant to be intimidating but rather to make our organization function to its full potential.
• We need an up-to-date Student Member Report--(National's List)
• The AGCC club report. They need our information. Joanna will take care of that. Some issues regarding funding were discussed.
• UD will not fund food for any open meetings that isn't cattered. However we may have closed meetings were we provide our own food as long as it is not delivered to us. Alchohol, stationery, safety equipment and worship services among others, will not be funded by the University.
• Possible costs comming up:
  • A food heating device for our pig roast
  • A new cabinet for our storage (would need to talk to administration about location, etc.)

General Meeting: (Commenced 7:03pm)

• The AZ Annual Leadership Conference next Spring will be held in Pheoniz Arizona.(a.k.a. the AZ National Convention)
• Suggestions for two more advisors (officially need 3)
• Laura Csoboth is taking care of Freshman outreach throughout the College's Departments via orientation classes, seminars and information panels.
• Ideas for the Ag Carnival (October 20th 12:00-4:00pm) were taken and discussed. Among the egg toss, pie toss, item list relay and chicken catching, yes chicken catching, we decided to do the item list relay. Teams need to come up with items from the list that they may or may not have on them collectively.
• Web Page is up and running. Check the latest minutes or other events. It is still under construction. We hope to have Farm Tour, Pledging and other information available on it as soon as we can.
• Farm tours: Still need help. Keep up with Joanna's emails and let her know if you can help. She still needs to hear from Scott regarding particular tour times and schools. If anyone you know is interested in bringing a group inf or a tour have them contact Nancy Lynam or Scott Hopkins.
• Our next meeting: We will be meeting in the parking lot behim Townsend Hall and making corn shocks. These will help decorate the farm for the hay rides in october.
• Socials Events:
  • We'll be planning for two separate events of a dinner and another of a dance or dancing
  • Farm Hay Rides: Are being offered the 18th, 19th and 20th. We decided on perhaps reserving a wagon that saturday. It would be a "Fall Ag day" of a sort.
  • Holiday Fun: . Isabel offerered her house up for a dinner get together on December 1st.
  • Bowling: Our Nov 5th meeting will be at the Pike Creek Bowling Alley (There's a Charcoal pit right next door... yummm).
  • We will be looking into a paintball activity. It will possibly be for next semester.

Cordially Submited by your substitue scribe,

Laura Casillas
 
 

8th of October 2001
Attendance: Zeb Acuff, Sarah Acuff, Laura Casillas, Laura Csoboth, Tara Harrell. Jen Sapp, Amanda Holland,
Tiffany Anderson, Bill Decker, Travis Reid, Isabelle Lajoie, Joanna Wagner, Andrea Howey, Pam Reiver, Sam
Kwan, Danielle Vater, Dr. Cliff Keil,

We had a great meeting at the farm. The first hour was spent behind the poultry houses cutting and bundling
corn stalks for the Animal Science Club hayride (more on that later). We then retired to Townsend Hall to
partake of Pat's pizza and engage in fraternal conversation and bonding.

Upcoming Events of Note:
Farm Tour Training is scheduled for next Monday, 15 October 2001. Unless it gets put off again, in which
case we'll let you know.
Watch your e-mail! Ag Carnival is Saturday, 20 October from 12-6 at Webb Farm. The annual Male
Auction starts at 4 PM - come and bid on our own Travis Reid!

Pledging has begun! If you'd like to come to a pledge meeting and meet our (potential) new AZers, meetings
are Sundays at 8:30 in Perkins beginning October 14.
That's all for now!

Next general meeting: 22 October in Perkins, 7 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Peter Z. Acuff Scribe

 
 
 
 
 

 

22 October 2001
Minutes of Officers' Meeting -

Attendance: S. Acuff, Z. Acuff, J. Wagner, I. LaJoie, B. Decker, C. Keil, A. Howey, J. Bowman, L. Csoboth, T. Harrell

Dues are due! Get your $10 to Bill Decker ASAP.

We still need to get checks to Animal Science Club for the hayride ($100) and to Sarah Acuff for Ag Carnival registration ($5)

Dr. Jake Bowman, Entomology and Applied Ecology, is our new advisor.

Anyone doing publicity - remember not to tape anything to the doors (painted area or glass) in Townsend Hall.

Isabelle pointed out at the Ag Carnival that one of our reasons for being is to provide service to agriculture and the College. Some ideas that have been proposed: +Cleaning up an area of Webb Farm Woods that is (mis)used for paintballing +Tree Planting on the farm with Wildlife Conservation Club - Saturday 27 October 2001 - 9am-12noon - see Andrea Howey for more info +Next fall, we have an opportunity to help in researching an endangered moth species in Hickory Run State Park in Pennsylvania. We'd camp over weekend and have a big ol' time! Let Dr. Keil know if you're interested.

AgCC wants the Ag Clubs to organize Ag Day this year. There was some heated discussion at the AgCC meeting regarding club size vs. responsibilties. As it stands now, details will continue to be ironed out...

AgCC is promoting college-wide social events this year.

First up is a cookout hosted by AGR - 4 November 2001 at 4pm on the farm.

Ag Carnival was great! AZ took fourth place, helped along greatly by Dr Keil's excellent showing in the pie-eating contest!

Denise Brijbasi will be joining this semester's pledge class - total number of pledges is now 12.

We assigned bigs/littles at the general meeting - contact the pledgemasters (Laura Csoboth, Tara Harrell, Andrea Howey) for more information.

Dr. Keil has a source for _big_ coloring books featuring Ag E. Bear - this might be a potential fundraiser for Ag Day.

 

Minutes of General Meeting -

Attendance: S. Acuff, Z. Acuff, J. Wagner, I. LaJoie, B. Decker, C. Keil,
A. Howey, J. Bowman, L. Csoboth, T. Harrell, T. Anderson, S. Eggleston, J.
Sapp, P. Reiver, A. Holland, S. Kwan, D. Vater

Dr. Jake Bowman, Entomology and Applied Ecology, is our new second faculty advisor. Welcome!

Ag Carnival was great, and even though we had the smallest team, we took
fourth place! Big thanks to Dr. Keil for being such a good sport!

Farm Tour Cleanings are going well - keep an eye out for an email
regarding the end of the cleaning schedule.

Farm Tours are also going well. We've had two so far - our next one is
Wednesday 24 October at 9:30. Sam Kwan is leading the tour - if you can
help out, please do! It's not hard at all to do and more hands make light
work!

Pledging Update:
We have 12 pledges this semester. At the meeting, we volunteered/assigned
bigs and littles - contact the pledgemasters (Laura Cs., Tara, Andrea) for
more info. Bigs/Littles starts now and runs until initiation (19 November)
and involves sending your Little notes, cards, _small_ gifts, etc. in
order to welcome the pledges and to get to know them better. Items can be
sent through the pledgemasters to retain anonimity. If you volunteered to
be a Big, please carry through with it!
 

Initiation this semester will be at 8pm 19 November in the Fishbowl (223
TNS). Current members please report at 7pm, officers at 6:30pm.
******this may change due to the fact that not all members can be there on
monday nights.  it may be  moved to sunday the 17th.  watch emails for
updates!*********

We will get t-shirts again this semester and will give the pledges free
shirts as their gift from AZ. Andrea Howey is handling the ordering of the
shirts - right now, they'll be dark blue with yellow print, your choice of
short or long sleeves. On the front will be the AZ crest and the words
'Alpha Zeta'. On the back, we'll have "Co-ed Naked Farming: We do it in
the soil" over a backgrounded AZ. Perfect as Christmas gifts - buy some
for your whole family! :-)

 
Pledge meetings are Sunday nights at 8:30pm in Perkins.
Make sure to come out to the meeting on 4 November to sign pledge paddles!

Respectfully submitted,

Peter Z Acuff

 

 

 

 

Minutes for 2/11

Meeting 6:00pm-6:40pm

Old Business

1) Sarah expressed concerns for the last meeting of last semester on behalf of AZ members. Please be respectful of others when they are talking. Any issues you would like to discuss at the meeting should be told to Sarah beforehand so she can appropriately adjust her agenda for the meeting. A reminder that meetings at 5:30pm are for officers, pledgemasters, and advisors and meetings at 6:00 is for general members.

2) Anyone who ordered a shirt last semester needs to pick it up at Bill's (204 Harter) or since he's a little scary, you can just email him and have him bring it to the next meeting. Money should also be given to him. All checks made payable to Alpha Zeta.

3) If you never received a initiation certificate, pin, or member ID card, please email sracuff@udel so Sarah can get it for you.

New Business

1) Dues for the spring are $10. Please give this to Bill ASAP.

2) Semi-formal on 2/23 from 7pm-11pm. There will be carpooling. There will be soda, sandwiches, and fruit platters. There will be no alcohol served since most people will be driving. There will be a DJ and a list of songs were collected at the meeting for the DJ. Officers will stay afterwards to clean up but anyone else who is kind enough to help is welcomed! Gentlemen should wear a jacket, dress shirt, and a tie. Ladies should were something "semi-formal" although so are choosing to wear formal wear. Tickets are now available for $20 each. Dr. Keil will be getting them soon so you may go to his lab in 219/220 TNS to buy them. If you are paying by check, please keep dance, dues, and shirt money separate. We encourage you to come and bring a friend!

3) Meetings for the semester will be 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29. Meetings are every Monday in the month of April (except for spring break) due to Ag Day preparations.

Ag Day will be held on 4/22. All AZ members are required to attend a shift. Also, there will be a pig roast the night before in the TNS lot. On 4/22, we will finalize all details.

4) Laura Casillas and Adam Corbett are updating our webpage. If you would like to help, email ivelisse@udel.edu. Also, if you have any pictures or anything for the scrapbook, bring them to the next meeting.

5) AZ Nationals will be held in Phoenix, AZ from 3/14-3/16. If you are interested, email me at skwan@udel.edu. We may be able to get funding from RSO and the national chapter.

6) This year's elections for officers will be held early so leaving officers can be "shadowed" by incoming officers. Date of election pending. Isabelle also suggested have an officer initiation banquet.

7) Isabelle is working very hard to find out more about scholarships available to us from the national chapter.

8) There is an interest in getting letter shirts. If you have an idea for a design, let us know!

9) Since AZ is bigger than ever, we will be starting four committees: Alumni, Service, Social/Entertainment, and Fundraising. There are already a few ideas for each committee. A few are: sponsoring a blood drive, alumni BBQ, trip to the zoo, cleaning up Webb Farm, car wash, Easter Egg Hunt, collaborationg with Wildlife Conservation Club to hold a "Arts for Acres" concert, and having a food drive with Alpha Lambda Delta. Next meeting is on 2/25!

Scribe,

Samantha K. Kwan

 

 

In attendance: Pam, Sarah E, Vince, Jen L, Louise, Katie, Meg, Amanda, Tara, Jordona, Maryann, Denise, Laura C, Kristin, Sarah A, Bill, Joanna, Travis, Isabelle, Samantha, Danielle, Dr Keil, Laura Csoboth

Old Business

Went through list of people who hadn't picked up/paid for t-shirts yet there are still extras if people did not order them but would like to purchase one Deadlines for dues is the 3/25 meeting a)cash or check (made payable to Alpha Zeta) to Bill AZ Nationals - contact skwan@udel.edu if you are interested New Business 1)Semi-formal on 2/23 a)only 18 people attended but everyone had a super time!! b)Sarah emphasized importance of attending more extensively planned and special events c)many people had expressed interest initially but interest waned thus leading to poor attendance d)please respond to Sarah's emails so she is informed about your absence or presence at future events 2)Ag Day 4/27 a)attendance is mandatory, please contact Sarah if you are unable to attend b)Travis proposed purchasing food warmers for our piggy - he will research prices c)new service sub-committee formed for an education booth d)we will be having a sleepover in TNS the night of the pig-roasting - it is not mandatory, just a fun thing to do! 3)Honor Cords are available for those graduating in May a) contact Bill after Ag Day b) cords are $10 4)AgCC a)AZ needs a representative for Ag CC meetings (held every other Sunday at 6pm in 233 TNS; next one is 3/10) b)AgCC is looking for sponsor for March event c)AZ would like to sponsor an event - some ideas are: -bowling -fondu and movie -sushi night -midnight breakfast d)previous events include SA movie night, AGR barbeque, and Animal Science Club ice skating e)if event is held on a Friday or Saturday night, funding from Robert Wood Johnson, RSA, etc are available to defray our costs 5)Ag Day Shirt or Letter Shirt a)via secret voting, it was decided that Isabelle will get us Ag Day shirts Have a good week!

 

 

 

 

 

General Meeting 6:00pm-6:45pm In attendance: Sarah, Isabelle, Samantha, Bill, Joanna, Dr. Keil, Meg, Sarah E, Katie, Ray, Tara, Laura Csoboth, Jordona, Amanda, Lauren, Denise, Louise

I. AgCC Event

1) 4/13 Volleyball Tournament for Ag College

2) have to let AgCC know that it will be in April instead of March

3) AZ will supply soda 4) Signs will be posted and Nancy Lynam will send out mass email

II. AgCC Report

1) Amanda went on 3/10

2) AgCC encourages strengthening bonds with alumni, alumni would like to speak in classes and for organizations

3) Picnic tables will be put outside of Townsend

4) AZ cash for can - anyone know anything about them??

III. Fundraiser

1) when the weather gets warmer, we would like to have a car wash at Townsend

IV. New pledge class

1) Meetings every Sunday 8:30 in Perkins Lounge on 3/17, 3/24, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21

2) Please come to meet our new soon-to-be members!

3) Possible new pledging event - bring them to farm at night trying to scare them and surprise them by having a paddle signing -sshhhh! It's a secret!

4) Think about being a big, it will be a surprise again and you can send them things via mail, delivery, or email V.

New Officers for next year

1) we will be voting early so new officers can have this semester to be trained 2) email jowagner@udel.edu if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else

3) nominations must be in by 3/18, this Monday

4) voting will be for the next meeting on 3/25

5) there will be an absentee ballot via email to Joanna

6) new members may run for a position too

VI. Positions available

1) Chancellor - currently, Sarah, communicates with National Fraternity, runs meetings, delegates responsibilities, arranges Honors Day awards, policy enforcement

2) Censor - currently Isabelle, organizes Ag Day, committee organization, supports chancellor

3) Scribe - currently Samantha, takes minutes at officer and general meetings and send them out via email, takes attendance

4) Treasurer - currently Bill, collects dues, reimbursements, makes deposits, keeps records for audits

5) Sergeant of Arms - currently Joanna, organizes farm tours in fall, counts votes

6) Chronicler - currently Laura Casillas, in charge of scrapbook, AZ webpage, and is the alumni contact

7) Pledgemasters - currently Andrea, Danielle, and Samantha, sets up interest meetings, pledge meetings, meets once a week with pledges for 5 weeks at about an hour a week, help pledges with paddles and service project

 

 

 

 

 

 

AZ General Meeting 4/8/02 6:05pm-6:45pm

In attendance: Sarah E, Vince, Ashley, Kendall, Amanda, Tara, Maryann, Jordona, Ray, Dr Bowman, Danielle, Dr Keil, Samantha, Bill, Sarah A, Laura Casillas

Upcoming events AgCC Volleyball - no one made signs for event - decided we will still have the volleyball game - an email will be sent out to the ag college - Dr Keil has offered to bring a big cooler of water - it will be this Saturday, 4/13, 2pm on Harrington Beach

New Pledges - this Sunday, 4/14, 8:45pm we will have paddle signing in the Townsend commons - there will tables with several members and one pledge -- this allows for informal "interviews" - there will be refreshments - please come and meet the new pledges!!!!!!! - initiation will be held on 4/23, Tuesday, in Room 223 (fishbowl) Townsend at 8:00pm - there will be cake and drinks

Dr Keil's Bonfire/BBQ - will be held on 5/11 at 5pm - he will send directions via email

Orioles Game - for $20, you can go see an Orioles game and have a free lunch - we need 15 people to be able to go for this price - date pending - contact deckman@udel.edu if you are interested

New Business

Newark High School's FFA - they need help planning an Ag Day type event (but smaller) for the beginning of June - email sracuff@udel.edu if you are interested ~There will be meetings every Monday (same time) in the month of April

Honor Cords - Andrea suggested the fraternity should give honor cords to graduating seniors as a thank you gift - seniors were previously charged $10 for them - Nationals sells them for $7.50 - after discovering that we have approximately $2300 in the account, the fraternity decided they will be free for seniors

Old Business

Ag Day - there is a sleepover the night before - we will have a sign up sheet for 2.5 hour intervals from 7am to 6pm at the next meeting - email sracuff@udel.edu if you cannot attend - we will order hats for those handling food or you can wear your own hat, bandana, or hair net - the weekend before, we will need someone to get supplies - pigwiches cost $4, meal is $5, soda is $1, and chips are $0.50 - we need someone to make a price list

Pig Roast Shirts - the front will have an AZ brand on the pocket - the back will have a pig's head with an apple in it's mouth - the back will say Ag Day 2002, Here Piggy Piggy - they will be grey with blue writing - they will cost $10-12 - email ahowey@udel.edu ASAP if you would like one

Coloring books as a Fundraiser - sell giant coloring books - the fraternity has graciously declined this fundraiser

Pledges - IF YOU ARE A BIG, DON'T FORGET TO GET SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR LIL - Many have said they have not heard a thing from their bigs! - If you are a big, please email skwan@udel.edu to confirm who your lil is

 

 

 

 

AZ General Meeting 4/15/02 6:05pm-6:40pm

In attendance: Sarah A, Isabelle, Bill, Joanna, Samantha, Dr Keil, Danielle, Travis, Ray, Katie, Lauren, Maryann, Jordona, Sarah E, Jenn L, Amanda, Vince

Ag Day

1)Travis got his church to donate roasters ~we will donate money to the church ~roasters need electricity, we will check to see if we can run an extension cord 2)Jenn L will do education booth, please contact her if you have any ideas 3)Roasting will begin at 6pm 4)Sign up for times: 7am-10am, 9:30am-12:30pm, 12:00pm-3:00pm, 2:30pm-5:30pm, or all day, email sracuff@udel.edu to sign up for a time 5)Also was a sign up for shopping the Thursday before Ag Day, email cimmera1@aol.com if interested 6)Sleepover ~you may bring guests ~email skwan@udel.edu if you would like to come and indicate if you have a guest coming ~will be held in Room 233 (Fishbowl) in Townsend 7)

On Ag Day, you may wear shorts, but wear sneakers ~bring a hat or bandana or hairnet Other business 1)Joanna offered to clean out AZ stock closet 2)Initiation is April 23 in Fishbowl, please come at 8pm to set up

 

 

 

 

 

General Meeting 4/22/02 6:00pm-6:40pm In attendance: Katie, Jordona, Tara, Laura Csoboth, Sarah E, Vince, Kristin, Lauren, Amanda, Maryann, Louise, Samantha, Isabelle, Danielle, Dr Bowman, Travis, Dr Keil, Joanna, Sarah A

Ag Day

1)Education Booth ~Jenn L will be in the Scrounge on Wed at 9pm ~Please go if you are not doing anything to help her

2)Posters ~Sam is making them and laminating them at Copy Maven ~Others can make signs too (saying AZ, etc)

3)Hats, shirts ~Shirts may be ready tomorrow ~The logo is all ready but colors haven't been finalized ~Costs will be slightly higher than $10 ~Were unable to get AZ hats made in time for Ag Day ~Wear sneakers to Ag Day ~Don't wear nice clothes (shorts are ok)

4)Pig Roast and Sleepover ~Travis will be setting up at 9pm ~Come out and visit! ~Sleepover will be in Townsend 322 (Fishbowl) ~Will have the room from 4:30pm to the next day ~No drugs, smoking, or alcohol in the building -- Public Safety will come by and check ~Can bring a sleeping bag or blanket ~There should only be AZ people sleeping -- Don't just let any stranger in to sleep with us

5)Tub for drinks ~Needs to be painted ~Service committee looking into painting it during pig roast

6)Food ~Coca cola won't return our phone calls -- may go to another company to purchase drinks ~Delcampo is out of business -- suggestd calling Amoroso's for rolls -- won't return out calls

7)Hand washing station ~Will use teat washer for hand washing station Initiation ~Wednesday, April 23, Fishbowl 8:00pm set up ~Wear your pin since they will be getting there's ~If you're a Big, you may bring something nice for your lil

Dr Keil's Bonfire ~email Isabelle for superlatives and awards ~think of icebreaker and community/team builders ~Vince is getting the marshmallows and graham crackers for Smores (Isabelle has chocolate)

Other upcoming events

Preakness ~On 5/18, all day long ~$50-85 plus gambling money ~Email deckman@udel.edu, if interested

AZ National Scholarship ~see Sarah's email

Committees 1)Service - Webb Farm clean up 2) Fundraiser ~Instead of car wash, have Mother's Day corsages ~Will look into price and procedure