Mexican American Student Association

General Meeting Minutes

February 27, 2003

Attendance: Endy M., Yesenia C., Gabriel M., Gian V., Natalia D., Equiano H., Jorge P., Fernando S., Judith V.(9)

I. Meeting to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. President’s Report

a. Permanent meeting time for Spring: A set time for meetings for the remainder of the semester is needed. It was decided that Yesenia will try to reserve rooms at 1:30pm for the remaining 3 meetings. If not available, we will stick to 1:00pm. We will decide on Fall times once we get our schedules set.

b. Historian position open: Open and one person was interested, new member Judy Vera, she was appointed by President.

IV. Vice-president’s Report

a. RCMA Community Service: RCMA in Melbourne has invited MASA to participate in Dr. Seuss Read Across the Nation. Gabriel is going and looking for members to attend. Under this report, we talked about the importance of linking up with Orlando area RCMAs.

V. Treasurer’s Report

a. Fundraising Ideas: We discussed the importance of $$$. Fundraising ideas discussed included carwashes, bake sales, sponsorships, and SGA funding.

b. Community Sponsorships: Yesenia, Gabriel, & Fernando will be working on the sponsorship letters in the upcoming weeks. They will be targeted at Mexican-owned businesses first. The President of Darden is Mexican and could have hook ups at events. Yesenia will type one in English and will get it translated by Gabriel & Fernando.

VI. Secretary’s Report

a. Membership application: There are applications available to get more information from members. They were passed out at meetings and absent people can send it through e-mail.

VII. Historian’s Report-No report

VIII. Old Business

a. Website: This week Yesenia will contact Computer Accounts to set up an account for e-mail and web space.

IX. New Business-no report

X. Announcements-no announcements