Monday, June 1, 2009

ASP Meeting Minutes, May 26, 2009

Location: Planning Studio, 3:55 pm

Present: Melissa Owen, Kelly Keenan, Dinah Reed, Ben Serr, Lori Carbary

Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS

Treasurer -
Need clarification of ASP Chapter Advisor for fund transfers. Mentioned that our advisor needs to sign off on spending. ASP funds are being used by Brandon and Beth for the Priest Lake Conference.

Inland Empire Section Rep -
Ben reported on the meeting from April 23. A hike was offered, but there was no interest. A bowling party is scheduled. Ben told them we are interested in volunteer opportunities, so they asked us to let them know more specifically what kind of volunteer opportunities we are considering. Idea themes suggested: Community Development, Learning experiences, Skill building. Ben will report back to them that between all of us, we will donate some volunteer time. There was also a suggestion by Ben that some Brown Bags be held on Riverpoint campus. IES meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of the month at Zola’s at 5:30. All ASP members are welcome to attend.

Fundraising -
Tabled for this meeting.

Blog-Spot -
Many ideas offered:
Link it from the MURP website
Update officers list
Easy access to any kind of application form needed by planning students
Calendar of events – collaborative between undergrads and grads
Photos of merchandise being sold
Skill center:
Advice list for planners (books, authors to read)
Advice list for planners (software experience needed)

EWU ASE -
Melissa has message into Grace Callahan to talk more about this. ASP Bulletin Board – Melissa will find out more.

Brown Bag Lecture Series -
Dinah will email Jim Falk to get the County Brown Bag Lecture Series

Committees -
Fundraising
Riverpoint/Cheney Connection – Recruitment
Professional Skill Building
Social Activities/Networking

(please think about being on one of these committees – develop a mission for your committee and think of a plan to make it happen)

NEW BUSINESS
Tour of Saranac and end of quarter roof-top party
The date is set for June 11 ~ Tour at 4:00, party 5:00-8:30.
ASP will provide grilled food such as hamburgers, chicken patties, chips, condiments, etc.
Bring side dish to pass.
BYOB.

Grant Funding via/Dr. Winchell. Melissa will forward email regarding this. Contact Melissa if you are interested.

NEXT MEETING
June 25
4:00 pm
Zola’s on 1st Avenue


Meeting adjourned @ 5:24 pm.

Respectfully yours,
Dinah Reed, ASP Secretary

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

ASP Meeting Minutes - April 23, 2009

Location: Planning Studio

Present: Melissa Owen, Kelly Keenan, Kay Boger, Dinah Reed, Ben Serr, Stephanie Webb, Lori Carbary

Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS:
Treasurer

Kelly needs to go to the bank with Drew to sign over responsibility. He will report next meeting.

Fundraising

Kay reported that we have a book with things to order, such as hoodies and t-shirts. Question is, do we have to pay for things first and be reimbursed, or can we be invoiced so EWU ASP account pays for it? The idea is to have merchandise in the display case window to sell for revenue. Lori mentioned that we should have merchandise available before Fall Quarter.

Idea – look at our alumni that have businesses in town. Ask if we can use their property for an event where we can raise money. Example, car wash.

Browne’s Addition Art Fair – have table advertising ourselves. Dinah will look into this.

Blog-Spot

Melissa asks we all visit the Blog-Spot between now and next meeting and bring ideas.

EWU ASE

We missed the last ASE meeting because it was moved to the week earlier. But we are still in good standing. Next meeting is May 15th (Wednesday), last one for the year. Kay volunteered to go.

ASP Bulletin Board

Melissa talked to Fred who said she should talk to ASE.

Planning Field Trips

Kelly has talked to Habitat for Humanity in Seattle but nothing has been set up yet. For Spokane shifts, shifts are either morning or afternoon. At the beginning of June there is a 2 week event in Spokane called BLITZ BUILD. They build a whole house in 2 weeks. Kelly will contact the coordinator for possible ASP group volunteer opportunity.

Cheney/Riverpoint Student Connection

Everyone bring a person to the meeting next month.

Calendar of Events

Everyone bring ideas for next month. Stephanie suggested a camping trip.

Brown Bag Lecture Series

Melissa will research and report next month.

NEW BUSINESS:

Tour of Saranac and end of quarter roof-top party
Dinah has contacted Dave Sanders at the Saranac and is trying to establish a date for this.

APA Inland Chapter

Ben will inquire if students other than reps can go to these meetings, and if there are volunteer opportunities.

How to run our meetings

Do we want to run our meetings using Roberts Rules of Order? Do we want to form committees that meet separately and only the committee chair needs to attend the monthly ASP meeting for reporting?

We decided to run our general monthly meeting as close to Robert Rules of Orders as possible.

Our regular meeting will coincide with same night as the Inland Empire APA meeting which meets the 4th Thursday of the month @ Zola’s.

Committees

Fundraising
Recruitment
Activities: Lecture Series, Skill building
Calendar of Events / Promotions
Volunteer/Community Participation
Social Activities

Meeting Adjorned @ 5:45 pm.

Respectfully yours,
Dinah Reed, ASP Secretary

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

ASP Meeting Minutes - April 10, 2009

ASP Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2009 ~ Location: Melissa Owen’s home – 8:15 pm

Present: Melissa Owen, Kelly Keenan, Kay Boger, Dinah Reed, Shenelle Simonson, Ben Serr, Stephanie Webb, Lori Carbary

Establishing regular meeting schedule
Request was made that they are at Riverpoint Campus when undergrads are at Riverpoint for class. Preference is to have meetings after class. Time set for the rest of this quarter is the Last Thursday of the month @ 4:00 pm in the planning studio.

Fundraising
Shenelle suggested we could scoop ice cream at Chewelah Days on July 10-12, 2009. We could potentially raise $1,000. Kay also offered to volunteer for the fundraising committee.

T-Shirts
Kay has contacted Amy regarding ASP t-shirts. She presently has 30, via Action Sports. Price TBD.

Blog Spot
General consensus is to keep the blog spot so meeting minutes will be posted.
http://ewuplanners.blogspot.com

EWU ASE
Ben Serr volunteered to attend the April meeting.

Cheney/Riverpoint Student Connection
Establish bulletin boards on both campuses with upcoming conferences, events, etc.

Calendar of Events
Establish and put on blog spot and bulletin boards.

Planning Field Trips
George Dahl and Kelly Keenan will look into this and provide information/suggestions.

Brown Bag Lecture Series
Idea to do “open forum” format at someone’s home w/potluck. Also, look into the County/City agenda.

Volunteer Work as Group
East Central Community Garden – date/time TBD. Habitat for Humanity Day – Kelly will research.

Alternate Rep for Local ASP Rep for Spring quarter
Please let us know if you can be an alternate. Contact Ben Serr at
BenSerr1@hotmail.com

Announcement
Lori Carbary voted in as the new Cheney Rep for ASP.

Meeting Adjorned @ 8:50 pm.

Respectfully yours,
Dinah Reed, ASP Secretary

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

NEW ASP OFFICERS

Melissa Owen - President
Kay Boger - Vice President
Kelly Keenan - Treasurer
Dinah Reed - Secretary
Leon Letson - State Rep.
Ben Serr - Local Rep.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

ASP MEETING MINUTES - FEB. 3

Please send more nominations for ASP officers to dinahreed@msn.com by March 17th.
Elections for new officers will be held on March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day).
Nominations so far include:

President Melissa Owen
Vice President Kay Boger, Shenelle Simonson, Dinah Reed
Treasurer Kelly Keenan
Secretary Dinah Reed
State Rep Kay Boger, Dinah Reed
Local Rep Ben Serr, Kay Boger

Treasurer’s Report:
We have approximately $2,000 in our account.

If anyone plans to go to a conference this calendar school year (National Conference in Minnesota or Priest Lake Conference), please pay for it out of pocket, then submit your receipts to be reimbursed. The amount you will be reimbursed will be based on the total reimbursement requests at the end of the academic year, and your participation level for Mardi Gras and the Chili Cook-Off.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

ASP Meeting on Thursday this Week!!

The next ASP meeting will be held in the Studio at 3:30 on Dec. 4th (Thursday).We will also be holding a Studio Clean-up Party where we will finally take that Studio over and clean it up! I hoped that this could be kind of an end of quarter get together - i know not glamorous -and hopefully we can get some pizza (my vote is David's Pizza)! We also liked the idea of Hot chocolate too! I feel like it could be a "bring your family" event even though one experienced father said that trying to clean up with kids might not make sense :)

Bring hot cocoa in a thermos if you wish, otherwise soda pop might be provided...not absolutely sure about that though.

See you Thursday!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

ASP meeting minutes from Nov. 4, 2008

ASP Meeting Minutes
November 4, 2008
Location: O’Dougherty’s

The meeting began at 4:00 pm.

Reports of Officers:
Beth Mort, President, mentioned again for everyone to think about a movie series.

Zach Lunden, Inland APA Rep, reported that we can write a request for $400.00 to get a loan from the Inland Empire APA for the Mardi Gras.


November 12th, 2-3 pm, PUB Drew & Angie will attend.
January 14th, 2-3 pm, PUB Melissa & Beth will attend.
February 11th, 2-3 pm, PUB Kay Boger will attend
April 8th, 2-3 pm, PUB TBD
May 13th, 2-3 pm, PUB TBD

If you would like to represent ASP at any of these meetings, please let us know.

Chili Cook Off:
Student judge for Chili Cook off will be Drew Struttman
Melissa will provide a family member to be a judge

Fund Raising Committee:
Mardi Gras planning will commence in December.


Blog Spot:
Please view the EWU PLANNERS Blogspot for future meeting minutes and other important information!!
http://ewuplanners.blogspot.com

Next meeting:
To Be Announced


Meeting adjourned @ 5:00 pm.

Respectfully yours,

Dinah Reed, ASP Secretary

Friday, October 31, 2008

NEXT ASP MEETING

NEXT ASP MEETING:

Tuesday, Nov. 4th

4:00 pm

O'Dougherty's on Spokane Falls Blvd.

Friday, October 24, 2008

ASP MEETING MINUTES 10/23/08

ASP Meeting Minutes
October 23, 2008
Location: Planning Studio

Present at meeting:
Beth, Paul, Brandon, Melissa, Dinah, Jesse, Zach, Drew

The meeting began at 3:30 pm. Angie was not present but we have packets for her, which are located in the CEA office. We also need to get paperwork from Skylar regarding his Vice President position. Paul will handle getting these materials.

Reports of Officers:
Brandon Betty, WA APA Rep, reported that he went to the APA State Board Meeting. Next year the conference will be in Vancouver. The Vancouver Conference will be more expensive because of location and facility cost, however, they have agreed to put a cap on the fee for the conference so it will not exceed this years costs ($100 for students or $40 if you submit a poster). They have also decided to put together a structural sponsorship – to be implemented in 2010. They are creating a document called “Livable Washington” and have a committee statewide. If you’re interested in being a part of that committee, contact Jill Sterret at APA. Additionally, there is an online survey regarding topics given at next year’s conference that all APA members are encouraged to fill out.

Zach Lunden, Inland APA Rep, reported that he plans to attend the Inland Empire NW Chapter meeting on Oct. 23. He is on the agenda to discuss getting a gift basket from the Inland Empire NW Chapter for the chili cook off.

Drew Struttman, Treasurer, reported that our current balance is $781.45. We need to represent our club by attending the ASEWU meetings. By doing so, we will be included to receive automatic funding from ASEWU. The meeting schedule is below. Some of us have volunteered our time to attend the November and January meetings. The remaining meetings need volunteers.

November 12th, 2-3 pm, PUB Drew & Angie will attend.
January 14th, 2-3 pm, PUB Melissa & Beth will attend.
February 11th, 2-3 pm, PUB TBD
April 8th, 2-3 pm, PUB TBD
May 13th, 2-3 pm, PUB TBD

If you would like to represent ASP at any of these meetings, please let us know.

Dinah Reed, Secretary, thanked everyone for nominating and making her secretary of ASP.

Paul Knowles, Vice President, reported that he is in good health and is ready to take over as President if necessary.

Beth Mort, President, reported that in her position she has the authority to delegate committees but wants everyone to understand that if they cannot handle workloads, to simply let her know and she will try to handle it in another way.

Chili Cook Off:
Melissa volunteered to contact Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company regarding beer/kegs donations or discounts for the event.

Joe will be the point person w/Rose for the event.

A deadline of Monday, November 3rd has been established for bringing your donations to Rose for the raffle/auction. Once donations are collected, ASP will determine if we will have a raffle or an auction, or a combination of both.

The following establishments will be contacted by students in hopes of getting donations for the chili cook off:

Beth:
Baby Bar
Rocket Bakery
Mizuna
Davenport Hotel

Melissa:
Azteca
Brooklyn Deli
Catacombs
Montvale Hotel

Jesse:
Target

Fund Raising Committee:
Paul will be the ASP connection to the fund raising committee. The committee will set $$ goals, set deadlines for events, determine how they are going to ask for money, and determine whom they are going to ask.

Speaker Series:
The idea was raised that in addition to Brown Bag events, we could host a speaker at someone’s home, with potluck, to make a less formal event.

Movie Series:
We would like to implement this idea, movies to consider: The Corporation and The Power of Community. Movie ideas are welcome. Location and times need to be determined. Ideas and suggestions about that are also welcome.

Blog Spot:
Please view the EWU PLANNERS Blogspot for future meeting minutes and other important information!! Feel free to post a blog. Rather than a lot of emailing, we encourage ASP members to communicate through this blog spot.
http://ewuplanners.blogspot.com

Next meeting:
Election Party Celebration or Cryfest!
November 4th @ 5:30 pm
PLACE TO BE DETERMINED – SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN WITH TV’s

Meeting adjourned @ 4:35 pm.

Respectfully yours, Dinah Reed, ASP Secretary

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Fall 2008 Pub Crawl - This Friday!!!

Welcome back to school for those returning and welcome to the program for those who are just starting out! We have our infamous Pub Crawl - this Friday night 9/26/08 - I know we don't waste any time. The amazing and lovely Rose Morgan sent out the google map link with the itinerary and I am going to attempt to post it here: Pub Crawl Map, and hope that it works from here as well. This is a great way to meet all the budding planners in the program both undergrad and graduate students - even some alumni! See you Friday at the orientation too!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Monday, November 26, 2007

Planner Christmas Party!

Please join the Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Planning Association for a Holiday party at the home of Dr. Dick and Susan Winchell!

Where: 804 W 27th
When: Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:00 p.m.
What to Bring: Finger Food or Holiday Goodies
RSVP: Susan Winchell, swinchell@comcast.net or 477-4237

Hope you can join us!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Thursday, October 11, 2007

DON'T FORGET! Chili Cook-Off ... FRIDAY!


30th Annual Chili Cook-Off!

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, October 12, 2007
Where: Monroe Hall, Lounge Cheney Campus

Time: Judging begins promptly at 6:30 pm followed immediately by food & fun!

Bring:

1) An entry for the competition:

Real Chili (no beans)
Pseudo Chili
International Dish

OR

2) A potluck main dish, dessert or salad to feed 8-10 people

3) Your family! We will have special activities for the kids!

Please RSVP to Rose Morgan @ 358-2230 or rmorgan@ewu.edu

Hope to see you on October 12th!

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Important Announcement: PAC Meeting and Chili Cookoff

Just a reminder of the student meeting on Friday 10/12/07 with our Professional Advisory Committee. They will meet with the graduate students @ 1:00 pm and the undergrads @ 2:00 but many times they combine both groups so it might be wise to plan on attending the lunch at noon and be prepared to meet at 1:00 pm. Please rsvp if you'd like to attend the lunch in 228 with the PAC before the student meeting as I need a count for the caterer.

Also, hope to see you at the Chili Cook Off. Please rsvp to me if you will be there and the # of guests you will be bringing. If you intend to bring chili (no beans is categorized as "Real" chili and chili with beans is "Pseudo" Chili) please let me know! Also, remember this is a potluck so if don't bring chili, please bring a main dish or salad.

Last but not least, if you'd like to volunteer to help, please email Josh Hall, ASP President - joshuachall78@gmail.com - and he will put you on his list. We need set up volunteers and clean up volunteers.

Thanks and hope to see you at both events on Friday, Oct 12th.

Planning Essay Contest! $500 for Books!


Attention Planning Students!

The Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association
Announces Our 2007 Planning Essay Contest for Students

ENTER TO WIN $500 FOR BOOKS

Winner will be announced at the Annual Chili Cook-Off on October 12, 2007

Applications Available in the E.W.U. Planning Office

Deadline for Entries - October 10, 2007