IHC Minutes: March 2, 2006

meeting called to order in Chandler

absent: Jacob Burnim

  1. UCC and Health Ad training
    • Dr. Helena Kopecky discusses UCC training along side the already established Health Ad training.
    • Thursday March 9, 1-2:30pm training in the West Wing of the Y (free food).
    • Topics will involve how to deal with and identify stress issues in students.
    • Everyone seems in favor and agree that president encouragement will help with the turn out.
    • Dr. Helena Kopecky would like feed back next time we meet about the training and increased UCC involvement.
  2. Issac Garcia-Munoz is introduced as the new Ricketts president.
  3. NCAA Tech article
    • E-mails have been sent to Margo Marshak, Sharon Borbon, and Tom Mannion apologizing for the original article.
    • Some members of the IHC will speak with Sharon Borbon in person.
    • In the future, similar articles should be run by the whole IHC before being submitted.
    • Such articles should also undergo better fact checking and be written in a more dispassionate style.
    • A correction article will be written for next week's Tech.
    • Maintaining good relations with the Provost's Office is obviously very important for the IHC to remain effective.
  4. Stewardship Chair Eddie Truong-Cao was not able to make it to today's meeting. The IHC will speak with him at a later date.
  5. Alumni Board meeting next week
    • Thoughts/suggestions for this meeting should be brought up with Todd by next week.
    • The damage fund is a touchy subject, but should be brought up -- it is looked at by many alums as money for responsibilities, but the effect is that House budgets are reduced.
  6. Apache
    • The IHC is still waiting to hear about an automatic fine, but perhaps this should be a CRC matter?
    • For other interhouse parties, it is important to continue to take all precautions when planning the parties and run the building plans across the appropriate people, including Tom Mannion.
    • Presidents should send emails to their houses reminding people to look out for one another and keep over-drinking under control.
  7. Craig Montuori has sent emails to the appropriate committees to check up on their issues/meetings, or lack there of, and is still waiting for responses.
  8. Communication between Houses and Admissions office
    • Houses should consider inviting Admissions staff to sit in on house dinners (and dress dinners).
    • When talking to admissions for advertisement of the houses, we should stick to general house qualities, rather than specific house traditions.
  9. Sign ups for IHC Secretary, Ath Man, and Food Chair are going up soon, appointments will be made in near future
  10. It is rumored that a committee to look into alternative money making methods in Auxiliaries is being blocked. However, this may simply mean that some other means will be used to look into such alternatives, rather than a committee like a the Seven-Day Board Task Force.