Cup O' Joe Meeting Minutes (9/19/04 to 12/05/04)

**19 Sept 2004**

8:15pm Call to Order

1) Semester Budgeting.

$400 will be set aside for the Starbucks coffee purchase.

From the $400 for the coffee purchase, bulk quantities of SB House Blend, French Roast, and Caffe Verona will be purchased. The President will make these purchases.

$1000 will be set aside for furniture/appliances.

From the $1000 for furniture/appliances, ideas were thrown out for aquiring: beanbag chairs, new couches, a CD player, a TV, a Nintendo Entertainment System w/ games, magazine subscriptions, and a DVD player. Rob, Amie, Holly, and FD were appointed to a "Furniture Committee" to see to the aquisition of these things. The suggestion was made for a wireless Linux computer to be donated and installed.

$50 will be set aside for Petty Cash.

$200 will be set aside for General Inventory & Supplies.

From the $200 for General Inventory & Supplies, purchases will be made as needed. It was decided that incense should be purchased.

$600 will be frozen.

2) Definition of a Member.

The definition of a member was rearticulated as being someone who is a "regular" and contributes in some way to the growth of COJ. This is consistent with the Constitution.

3) Wall painting.

A general agreement and discussion affirmed the piece-by-piece wall-art philosophy of COJ. There are to be no themes. There is to be no painting over of existing artwork without general approval from an official meeting. Painters are to limit themselves on their contributions. Any non-regular is forbidden painting on the walls unless given approval from an official meeting.

The President re-affirmed the importance of workers monitoring the actions of anyone who comes down to COJ by laying down the law and enforcing the rules. Any trouble-maker should be kicked out of the coffee house. Security is our back-up should the individual choose to not cooperate. A comparison was made with the computer labs and labmons.

4) E-Mail list update.

It was noted that Amie and Rob were not on the list and should be added. It was agreed upon that Natalie and Jean should be added.

8:55pm Call to Adjourn.

**7 Nov 2004**

Call to Order 10:23pm

1) Spending... look for new stuff! 6-CD changer, phone... the blue towels are meant for dishes, and the old yellow are for cleaning purposes.

2) Computer Update... Prof Capouch has given us his old wireless computer, and it now needs a new hard drive and Linux installed on it. Hopefully it will be in place before Thanksgiving. The earliest will be the end of the week.

3) Furniture Committee... waiting for transportation and then we will begin purchasing newish couches.

4) CD Player/CD Library... please take care of the new CD player. We have 3 CDs thus far... Halloween tunes, Big Band songs, and Frank Sinatra. Feel free to donate to the COJ CD library!

5) New Member Induction... it was agreed upon that Mike Buno should be added as a new member of COJ for his hosting of NAPS every Thursday night and for bringing down a new crowd.

6) Times/Worker Changes... Rob now works the opening shift Mondays, Andrew the opening shift Wednesdays, Liz the closing shift Wednesdays, and Chris the opening shift Thursdays. All other shifts are the same.

7) Open Mic Night... will be December 1, from 8-10pm. It will be a

8) Card for Caleb... was signed, delivered, and appreciated!

9) Cafe Resume... will be this Thursday at 8pm. Please bring your resume! You will get free pizza.

10) Faith Group... has officially disbanded. They will no longer be using the coffee house on Tuesdays.

11) New carpeting... the President will compile information on $$$ and how to go about getting carpeting installed in the coffee house. However, we do not have the budget this semester for it, so it will be an option for the next administration.

12) Drawer Part... the front part of one of the cabinet drawers fell out and is missing. If you know where it is, please tell the President so he can put in a work order and have it fixed!

13) Whacker Coffee Table... Alumni Uncle Whacker has gratiously offered to construct a custom coffee table for COJ. We have accepted.

14) Keys... Liz will look into our key situation.

15) Elections... The President called for suggestions on the election process. He will devise a system for running/voting/etc. Look for a future e-mail about this.

Call to Close 10:45pm.

**5 Dec 2004**

The meeting was called to order at 10:00pm.

Nathan Graves was unanimously inducted as a new member.

Joseph Tally was inducted as a new member.

Britney Wickerak was inducted as a new member.

Suggestions were read. All involved purchasing food items and seemed feasible.

The President discussed the results of his meeting with Dean Keller-- that new carpeting does not seem feasible at this time because the administration is unsure of the future location of Cup O' Joe. Dean Keller made it clear that this is a matter that is out of student hands, however, whatever may happen is still up in the air and may continue to be for quite some time yet.

Elections were held: President-Elect = Holly Herber (unanimous) Vice-President-Elect = Kevin Falk Secretary-Elect = Mike Buno (unanimous) Treasurer-Elect = Andrew Jendraszak