Speakers Trust Meeting — Thursday, September 29, 2005

PRESENT: Josh Parsons, Charles Kane, Colleen Piker, Matthew Stabile, Michael Boland, Jessica Kusek, Emily Musser

ABSENT: Jason Reimer, Timothy Wachter, Shelly Ewalt

WELCOME
1. NEW 1 L TRUSTEE – EMILY MUSSER
  1. Graduated from IUP
  2. Worked for two years
  3. Excited about joining the Trust
OLD BUSINESS
1. JOHN PODESTA PLANNING
  1. DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED
    1. There is a conflict in his schedule
    2. Wants to come end of this semester and the beginning of this semester
    3. Need to pick a new date
      1. Tuesday is probably the best day
        
        November 8
        
        November 15
        
        Next semester
  2. FOOD
    1. Need to meet with Louis Klein and Kar to plan the reception menu
  3. ROOM
    1. Kar has everything set
  4. PRESS RELEASE
    1. Need to get the topic to Kelly
  5. POSTERS
    1. Dian Franco will handle
  6. DINNER
    1. Invite all members of the Trust (10)
    2. Rachel Goldfarb
    3. Dickinson Democrats
      1. Louis Klein
      2. Let them invite two others
    4. Faculty or administration
      1. Prof. Cole
      2. Dean
  7. MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS
  8. TOPIC IS PROBABLY GOING TO REVOLVE AROUND THE SITUATION IN DARFUR
2. IDEAS FROM EVERYONE
  1. John Edwards
    1. Jason is talking with Edwards’ people
    2. The event will be in the spring when Edwards is already in the area
  2. Hatch
  3. Sheeron Watkins
    1. Whistleblower for Enron
  4. Bill Scranton
    1. Candidate for Pennsylvania Governor
    2. Tim has been working with the campaign to lock in a date
  5. Judge John E. Jones III
    1. Hearing the Dover case
    2. Ask to speak in the spring
NEW BUSINESS
1. THE BUDGET
  1. In good position for this year
    1. Nearly $20,000
  2. No requests for funding from organizations yet
2. MATT FORMAN AND ADR
  1. Believed that we were funding their first speaker
  2. Asked Matt for a form for our records
  3. Asked Jo Lipson to not release the money for the speaker
  4. No request has been made for money and no form has been given to the Trust
  5. Matt needs to be reminded to hand in the form
OPEN FORUM
ADJOURNMENT