College of St. Artemas
College Meeting
April 6 2009
Our first meeting of Spring Quarter and we discussed some plans for Spring Quarter and set some dates for events.
We first discussed some workshops for the coming quarter.
Workshops:
- Sword Making soon, date to be announced based on the availability of the Unarmored community. Dates discussed will be within the next 3 weeks. We will be making swords to accommodate the growing numbers at practice. For those who wish to make their own personal sword, a $15 materials fee will cover its construction.
- Calligraphy: We will be having a second Calligraphy workshop next Thursday, April 16th. 7-9PM In the Revelle College room of Price Center. Supplies will be provided!
- Silk Banner Workshop: By popular request, we are planning a Silk Banner workshop for May 17th, weather permitting. Since this takes a while, and must be done outside, the workshop is planned for a Sunday.
- The fourth and fifth workshops discussed were Heraldry and Dancing, perhaps for weeks 6-9. Both would need to coincide with enhanced recruitment, and activities which bolster our on-campus presence. Inquiries will be made as to the availability of instructors for these, and for Ballroom space for the dancing.
Che Cafe storeroom Clean-out and Garb Sale:
The evening of Wednesday, May 5th we'll be holding our oft-delayed clean-out of our storage area. We have hundreds of gallons of loaner garb which needs to be gone through, as well. The following evening, Thursday, May 6th we will be holding a rummage sale for our loaner garb. Also discussed was holding a second rummage sale at Potrero War.
Recruitment/Retention:
- Unfortunately, due to University Events planning, our Library Walk booth planned for Wednesday, April 15th can't happen. I'm currently looking at the six colleges for comparable space for the same time slot.
- Other avenues for publicity were discussed, such as getting our information on the Bus or Price Center Marquees. Also, frequent Library Walk booths seem to be a popular idea, and pursuing ads in the literature sent out to incoming freshmen and transfers.
- Having and hosting more social activities for College members and other friendly student organizations were also discussed. This is a great and fun way to meet and keep interested members, and I can say that from my own experience!
Upcoming Events:
4/16: On-Campus Calligraphy Workshop
4/25-26: Caid Arts and Sciences Fair and Pentathalon
5/2: Summergate Anniversary
5/9: Altavia Anniversary
5/21-25 Potrero War: Land Allocation and Preregistration is open! Please visit www.protrerowar.org for additional information.