Agenda 9.16.15; Minutes 9.9.15

Post date: Sep 30, 2015 12:31:46 AM

Agenda 9.16.15

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. Reports

  3. Money Allocation

  4. J Comm Motion

  5. Late Start Motion

  6. Notes and New Business

Council Minutes 9.9.15

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” ~Ken Blanchard

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. Reports

     • Moderator: Community representatives are with us today

     • Treasurer: Money is not yet in the Council account, but we have it.

     • Secretary: Freshman alternate can vote

     • PR: All members with a Schoology account need to join the Schoology group

     • Student Life: Discussing Athletics over Break Motion; Will attend captain’s meeting

     • Student Activities: Goal is to help clubs learn how to fundraise for themselves

     • OEC: New Student Elections, Sophomore Elections, J Comm Elections

     • RJ: Goal is to communicate to school how RJ works

  3. Approval of Community Representatives

     • “I move to approve Linda Addante, Mark Chaimberg, and Jeremy Coylewright as our 2015-2016 community representatives.”

       • “I move to amend the motion to read: ‘I move to approve Linda Addante, Mark Chaimberg, Jeremy Coylewright, and Kathy Marshall as our 2015-2016 community representatives.’

       • Debate Closes

       • Amendment Passes

     • Linda Addante: Had 6 children at HHS; 16th year on Council

     • Kathy Marshall: Son in 9th grade; enjoys participating in governing of school; served 3 years on the board of the Upper Valley Waldorf School (as secretary for part of that time)

     • Debate Closes

     • Motion Passes

  4. Council Buddies

• 1. J Comm Motion

     • Motion to: amend Article VII, Letter F, Number 3, Point ii to read ‘elections will take place in the fall and be organized by the Organizational Engineering Committee’ and to strike Article VII, Letter F, Number 3, Point iii.

     • What would happen if something came to J Comm and there was no J Comm because the elections hadn’t yet happened?

       • J Comm has an interim chair (Marco van Gemeren) and is still able to form a quorum, as only two members would be missing.

  2. Meeting Adjourns