February 2006

Wednesday the 1st 

• News: Adam Steps down as president, Bobby, Lucy and Rhea nominated for position. Elections are going to be held next week for president and vice president.

• Field Trips: A trip to The hills to is tentatively planed for February 17th-19th (Presidents day weekend) Kay informed us that GeoClub funds will cover some of the expenses. Adam has also secured a connection with the dinosaur guy at the Museum of natural science in Hills SD, Who would give us a behind the scenes tour of the museum, which will be awesome. More on this next week.

• Fundraising: Adam has proposed using a list of possible geode locations that we would scour on the field trip to the hills.

• Recycling: Jake is going to contact the Pepsi Co. in Sioux City to secure some recycling containers. They will be placed at strategic locations around the Earth-Science/Physics building, and will be for Plastic and Aluminum.

• T-Shirts: Getting designs from artists. More on this later.

Thursday the 9th(Pizza Meeting)

•  News: Elections held, Lucy Blocker was elected President, Bobby Johnson-Vice President, Jake Tielke-Secretary and Wendy Stiernagle-Treasurer.

• Those Who attended: Jake Tielke, Jason Emme, Katherine Bennett, Sharla Hanzlik, Lucy Blocker, Wendy Stiernagle, Dmitri Melius, Adam Schimelfening, Bobby Johnson, Louis Rezac and Rhea Ehresmann.

• We discussed some possible fundraising ideas including a disc golf tournament, a raffle, and a "rock jock ball" which would be a fundraising dance that would possibly have a band and take place at the eagles club.

• Recycling receptacles for Akley are on their way thanks to donations from Pepsi Co. of Sioux City.

• Shirts are getting closer, and there will be a final vote soon on either the "told you so" or "watch for falling rocks" designs.   

• A trip to the hills any time soon has been delayed due to schedule conflicts.

• Planning has begun for a having a BBQ outside Akley to raise awareness about Geology club and recruit some new members. Also a possibility of having a Geology Club Scholarship open to members of all majors.

• The next meeting will be in two weeks.

 

Friday the 24th

• Those who attended: Bobby Johnson, Lucy Blocker, Wendy Stiernagle, Dmitri Melius, Diana, Kate Thomas, and Jake Tielke.

• We discussed several topics including SAC mailboxes, T-shirts (we are getting closer, but waiting for one more design from one of our artists), and are coming up with some good ideas for fundraisers including a disc golf tournament and a concert in the rock amphitheater in Prentis Park. The tournament may involve a raffle and possibly some concessions.

• Wendy is now officially in charge of the geology funds, so Jake no longer has to order pizza =)

• We are still waiting on the recycling bins from Pepsi of Sioux City...

• After the meeting, we enjoyed pizza and some of Jan's goodies, while meeting Mark Sweeney one of the "soft rock" candidates for next year.

• next meeting will be after spring break.