Oregonians
for Nebraska Board Meeting
Saturday,
September 6th at The Refectory
Call to
Order:
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Meeting
started after San Jose State game.
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Those present: Roger & Angel
Parmeter, Chuck & Sandy Mussman, Beal Essink, Leigh Kluthe &
John Schulling.
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Watch
party service noted as being slower at today's game due to
physical set-up of watch party area and it being extremely
crowded. Was hard for wait staff to cover the large crowds
in certain sections.
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Food
quality at The Refectory has been excellent thus far. They
have been using 3 cooks to help keep up with the crowds.
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Ed
stated that the wait staff coverage/service will be better
for the next game.
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Ed
stated that when the banquet room is being used, they'll be
putting up a large drape behind the large screen to help
block out light.
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Suggested that at halftime, we make an announcement to see
if everyone has paid they're cover charge.
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Need
to do sound checks prior to the start of each game to make
sure the coverage is adequate in all areas.
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Motion carried to invite K-State or Iowa State Alumni
chapters to join us for this year's watch party (good for
Red letter points) John will investigate.
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T-shirts, Roger looking into prices for getting new shirts
made, gave possible pricing.
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Need
to work on better displaying our merchandise that is for
sell during watch parties. Roger suggested displaying
t-shirts for sale on wall area behind merchandise table.
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Angel
reported that the picnic had a large number of hits on the
website.
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Kudos
to Steve for doing such a great job at sending out e-mail
blasts to chapter members.
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KateLynn reported on her efforts to create a "Myspace" page
for the OR4NE chapter. Stated that it will mirror our
website and enable us to get the word out to many more
people.
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Sandy
mentioned the great turnout at the annual picnic this year.
A record at around 45 participants.
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Discussion at where to hold this year's Christmas party.
Sandy will be investigating the possible use of Almafi's
banquet room as well as date to hold event.
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Roger
stated that he can get Nebraska vs. Oregon State basketball
tickets for the chapter through the OSU Alumni. Tickets are
$xx.00 for seats with back rests and $xx.00 for bleachers.
Tickets to go on sale October 1st.
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Chapter voted on going with the higher priced tickets which
are $xx.00 each. Combined with the $xx.00 for
transportation the event will cost $xx.00 per person. Angel
will be getting ticket lanyards for all those attending.
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Angel
reported that Nebraska vs. Washington migration trip will
cost around $xxx-xxx.00 per person. This includes the
$xx.00 transportation fee which will include drinks and
$xx.00 for the ticket.
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Date
for this year's Toy Drive is November 28th during Colorado
game.
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Date
for Food drive is November 15th during K-State game.
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Need
to send Husker Dan a check for $75.00 which was approved by
board today.
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With
the great attendance at the pay per views this year, the
chapter has successfully reached the goal of raising $10,000
for the scholarship endowment.
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Suggested that we have an "Endowment Party" at one of the
watch parties this year which would include celebrating
attaining our goal by serving cake to all those present for
a future watch party to be determined.
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Need
to ask Ed to make sure it will be okay to bring cake from
the outside in to serve.
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Need
to review and change chapter bylaws at next board meeting.
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Idea
suggested to review Red letter status report during the each
board meeting to keep our report up to date and accurate.
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John
has much to share with the board from attending this year's
NAA Leadership conference.
Next Meeting and Adjournment:
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