GTU/ Geography Club Meeting Minutes  9-18-2006

 

 

                                    Date: Monday, September 18, 2006

                                    Time: 1:00pm

                                    Officers Present: Brook Bonack (President), Nick Musson (Vice President), Alex Lawton (Treasurer), Corinna Neeb (Secretary),

                                                    and Dr. Eric Larsen (Advisor)

 

 

 

Events of the Semester:

 

Kickapoo River Canoe Trip:

  • Date: Saturday, September 23rd 

  • Depart 8:30am from the Science building parking lot

  • Sign up on Dr. Larsen’s door B331

  • Dr. Larsen can provide canoes/gear for the first 6 people who sign up

  • Canoes can be rented from Outdoor EdVentures

  • Cost: bring own food (lunch will be eaten on the river) and money to help pay for gas (if carpooling)

 

Fall Hike:

  • Date: Saturday, October 14th

  • Location: Devil’s Lake

  • Departure time has not been determined as yet

 

Bonfire at Dr. Lemke’s:

  • Date to be announced

 

National Geography Week/GIS day:

  • When: November 12-18, 2006, GIS day is November 15th

  • We are looking for ideas of ways to promote geography/GIS that week

  • A couple ideas mentioned were: put up posters around the department, have the professors decorate the outside of their offices, host a showing of a film or have a guest speaker

 

Bowling Night:

  • Date has not been determined but will be sometime early to mid-November

 

Halloween Candy Sale:

  • Volunteers will be needed to help in the filling the bags with candy and in delivery of the bags to the dorms

 

Meetings:

  • Meetings will be held every other Monday at 1pm in room B347

  • Next meeting will be on Monday, October 2nd

 

Meeting adjourned: 1:42pm