EGSA Agenda Meeting #5 November 13, at 9:00am

AMS Dial-in: 771545

Events:

Recap: ESA went great, WSU was well represented in the awards ceremony.

How was the insect feed? good attendance; most came during morning session

How was creatures of the night? 900 attendees!

U of I entomology booth complemented ours thanks to the separate rooms

Honey bottling this week. Planning on Dec 1^st and Dec 8^th for selling dates. How much honey do we have? How much do we sell it for ($$/lb)?
May take 4-5hrs; 1:15-2:40pm Ben is in class; seem to have enough volunteers; need 4 total at a time; Last year we sold $8 per bottle or $15 for two; Need confirmation with environmental health and safety people; no idea about how much honey there will be; purchased glassware for 250 lbs
Need flyer (Megan and Rachel) and setup on Coug sync; we can accept cards; still waiting to decide on a date, preferably December 8^th
Solidified student choice speakers; two talks; Speaker in February or March to avoid overlap with Cinema Cult Classic
Alex Wild 1^st and….
Bill may be the contact for next year’s colloquium talks

President (Adrian): Club is doing great, thank you all for volunteering for so many events.

Vice President (Ben)

Treasurer (Joseph)

Need to talk to Adam for book funds
GPSA funding application in and awaiting response
Honey sales money will be directly available in a checking account; may have some restrictions for using it
Student grant or mini-grant system to fund anything related to research (travel, page charges, etc. w/ a student panel to read over and assess them); could give one out each semester; need to figure out more about how we pick the panel, how much we reward, etc.

Secretary (Alix): out of town

New tax waiver where we may have to pay tax on our tuition waiver. GPSA has phone lines for us to contact our local representatives

Advertising (Rachel: Megan): Going to work on Honey advertisement in next few days (December 1^st and 8^th, while supplies last)
Faculty Liason (Rachel): Tomorrow is fiscal year planning meeting
Merchandise (Abigail: Robert): Patches: need to decide how much to order (200 for $300, cost use $1.50 and will sell for $3.00); Calendars (insect mating theme): want to send out template and final photo selection by Thanksgiving, Robert knows a guy for sharing mating photos with Arizona; close orders after a week or two to have them sent out by finals week, sell for $10 each
Outreach (Abbey: Dane, Maggie): Creatures of the Night went well; no plans until Insect Fest in April; Ben with USB full of lessons to Coug Sync; Waiting for Live Insect Zoo
Social (Olivia, Leisl): Today was our coffee and doughnuts; Metanalysis group going well; friendsgiving on Thanksgiving at Abigails (email her to RSVP; there will be turkey and ox-tail stew)

Debates Team (Kunle): Need to finish revisions; great job for winning first!
Herma Memorial (Alix: Rachel, Jessa): Waiting on Adam
Library Team (Olivia: Ben): Have book list
Linnaean Games (Alix): Texas A&M undergrads blew us out of the water; undergrads have more time; we should incorporate some undergrads in our group to provide them with opportunities to attend conferences and prep for grad school; mentorship program, but not necessarily with the students who work for us
Meta-analysis (Olivia): Doing well, collaborating with Christina
Student Retreat (Maggie): Looking for hot springs; maybe going to be during the first two months of Spring semester
Writing Club (Alix): Email crilly@wsu.edu if you want links to manuscripts
Career Fair: contact Ben for the networking opportunity

Next meeting: Monday November 27^th at 9am