Massachusetts
Junior Classical League Executive Board Meeting
Held on June
13th, 2009 at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School
Minutes taken
by Casandra Kelleher (Mass JCL Secretary 09-10)
In Attendance:
Executive Board Members:
-Zachary Hall
(Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School) Mass JCL President 09-10, 2nd Vice President 08-09
-Grace Thomas
(Lunenburg High School) Mass JCL 1st Vice President,
Treasurer 09-10
-Lucy Sinacola
(Notre Dame Academy/Massachusetts Academy/Advanced Math and Science Academy) 2nd Vice President 09-10, Historian 08-09
-Casandra
Kelleher (Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School) Mass JCL Secretary 09-10
-Alyssa
Tomkowicz (Mt. Greylocke Regional High School) Mass JCL Treasurer 09-10
-Emily
Gallagher (Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School) Mass JCL Publications
Editor 09-10
-Eda Kaceli
(Boston Latin Academy) Mass JCL Technical Coordinator 09-10
-Tien Le
(Boston Latin Academy) Mass JCL Historian 09-10
-Janet Fillion
(Boston Latin Academy) State Chair
Guests:
-Paula Luong
(U-Mass Boston) NJCL Technical Coordinator 08-09, Mass SCL Webmaster 09-10
-Danthuy Chu
(BLA) SCL Historian/Secretary
-Keavy
Nagle-Murphy (Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School)
-Denzel Amador
(Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School)
-Daina Estime
(Boston Latin Academy) Mass JCL 1st Vice President 08-09
-Patrick Burke
(Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School) Mass JCL Parliamentarian 08-09
-Matthew Chan
(Boston University Alumni) Mass JCL Secretary 03-04
-Jacob Meister
(Princeton University/Boston Latin School) Mass JCL President 08-09
-Isaac Meister
(Harvard College)
-Viet Luong (Needham
High School)
Sponsors:
-Anne Nelson
(Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School)
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Minutes:
10:32 Zachary
Hall president calls the meeting to order and welcomes everyone to food and the
school.
10:32 Officers
reports
-Lucy says
Scrapbook budget is $150. The theme is people of power in the ancient world. It
is going well.
-Grace
classics day letters are drafted and needs to send them out. The theme heroes
and villains in the ancient. It is going well. Jen Benson is going to help get
proclamation from the governor. Also Lunenburg certamen money is going to start
a scholarship to go for national. Candidates have to attend the tournament.
-Lucy 2nd Vice President reports that the spirit party is smaller than last year
and in the afternoon. It will not a entire meal. Possible venues Howten pond in
Milton or purgatory chasm. Both have picnic tables and sitting area. She will
call to reserve a place. Themes for Spirit days at nationals Tuesday ÒAesopÕs
FablesÓ Wednesday is about ÒArchimedes' Bath Time musingsÒ. Thursday ÒPurple
and Gold RushÓ. Friday ÒThrough the Clouds to CaliforniaÓ
Lucy signs
with letters need to be more durable canvas boards with oil or acrylic paint
used to do the letters paint wouldnÕt run
-Eda
s(Technical Coordinator) She got the programs she needs for it. New additions
photo gallery for all events. Keeping updates on the website letting people
know what is going on. Colors gold-is or earth tone colors for website.
10:55 Zach
Hall talks about the contacts list missing state chairs and sponsors info.
Janet Fillion
21 Beach Glen
Street Roxbury MA 02119
Home: 617 445
9241
Cell:
617-835-1464
Ma Keeley
Home 413 655
8940
Cell 413 441 4127
Miklosky
Home
:5084191083
11:01 Zach
Hall leads into scholarships
11:02 Grace
talks about Lunenburg Scholarship. Lunenburg will pick their winner first, then
the state will choose so there will not be the same winner for both.
11:03 Zach
makes a motion to pay for the packet fee for convention to Mr. Cox
Grace seconds
it. No dissenting opinions
In favor: 10
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0
11:04: motions
passes and we will send a check with a letter to Mr. Cox.
11:05 Zach
leads into executive board members reimbursement for nationals
For adults
teachers and new board subsidies $100
11:06 Patrick
speaks about parliamentarian. Elections went well. Constitution all done and he
is sending it out this afternoon. He will send it to board members if they want
it. All the amendments passed
11:09 State
Convention Review
Friday:
-arrival and registration. Comments no goodie bags
-Smooth
registration not problem
-Contest
registration good
Isaac Miester-
if we make sure we have a roster for contests it helps decide judges. If
registration goes really well then better number to give at judges meeting.
11:19 -make
a sign that says no sign up for ludi
- sign up for certamen.
11:19- sign up
for certamen to make things run smoother. Bumps with teams not showing up and
random team signing up
-should be a certamen
orientation. Certamen meeting essentially.
11:24 -
dinner- issues with the amount of food
-need to
inform people that seconds of food are not available
11:28-
academic tests- typos. ran out of test. poor organization
-need to make
extras
-name tags
with numbers of test so to stop confusion
-registration
is a list of names of people rooming and money contest and test registration
will be due a month later.
11:37: arts
judging and scrap book didnÕt have enough time
-Saturday
might be a good day to get in judging
-some sponsors
to judge during other events? 1st general assembly. SCLerÕs
and sponsor split up the categories to judge.
-2 shifts for
judging
-PTO from
Barnstable to help judging? Or for something
Latin
nonspecific
11:42 General
Assembly missing creed and song. Organization there and agenda but people did
there own thing so time got messed up. Lets do it ourselves.. Do it after
pledge of allegiance
11:44: skit
was inappropriate needs to be screened before by board or state chairs.
Possibly cut out to make time for speeches. Video needs to show the school.
Normal questions. Tour of the building with people acting it out.
11:47: signs
to tell where things are.
11:48: have
SCL officers introduced to keep new people to keep it fresh and interesting.
Need to know what you are going to talk about in general assemblies. Binder
with what you are going to say before hand. In previous years there has been a
binder but people do not respect it. Each have our copy of the binder.
11:51: Graces
suggests speeches for offices should be sent to the parliamentarian before hand
and make rules about slander.
11:53: cookies
and game
-not enough
chairs, cookies, game, and broken games.
-lot of people
there not enough game to people ratio and it was in the lobby which was not a
good space. Replace this with the pool party.
-need other
stuff to do at that time so one place isnÕt congested.
11:57: English
oratory was run well but not a lot of people were there. Hard to find the room
11:58 sitcom
night needs to have actual sitcoms
-poll of the
website for sitcom night.
12:02 Zach
makes a motion to break for lunch
Grace seconds
All agree no
one abstains or object in the opinion of the board the motion passes.
12:35:
Saturday breakfast. Food was a little strange.
12:36: certamen
prelims. Lack of teachers and schools didnÕt show up after rounds because they
lost. Solutions have certamen orientations, Isaac volunteers
12:40:
Dramatic interpretation work on judging and organization
12:40: track
and field- next year every one is going to run once and then people will run after
certamen. Race against the clocks rather than have heats.
12:42: ludi
and spirit games need more organizations. Unofficial SCLers need to not assume
power that they do not have. Alyssa volunteers her schools dodge ball rules.
12:45 General
Assembly 2 -went well, no comments.
12:45:
constitutional amendment meeting ran smoothly
12:46: Open
Forum needs to have more specific dress code. Patrick says he got comments that
it was very long and suggests that there only be one question per officer from
each officer.
12:49- voting
fellowships no comments
12:51- Dinner
was better than the other meals
12:51- make
your own Sunday Zach says that there needs to be more toppings and Alyssa says
that we should be more generous with the portion of the ice cream.
12:52- ThatÕs
Entertainments needs better jokes and better stage placement. Some skits made
people uncomfortable.
12:55- Dance
needs more security and name tag enforcement. Isaac Meister suggests that the
name tags color so they cannot be copied and people can sneak in. Emphasize
name tags in the packets Ms. Fillion would like to get a breathalyzer to
bring to the dance. Note from sponsor in order to leave campus. SCLers cannot
authorize people leaving campus. Police officer on campus at the dance to
discouraged to drink. No name tag you get sent to contest office. Photo id if
no name tag or get confirmed by sponsor. Use PA system to call sponsors. Have
the cops take care of the drinking issue when it arises.
-Zach still
believes that there should be no exception for everyone and that everyone needs
to stay on campus.
1:10- karaoke good
1:10-
Classical Arts Contest worked very well.
1:10-Sunday-
Breakfast and Awards Assembly better breakfast
1:12- Art
Viewing needs to have more sponsor/adults there to make sure there is no
vandalism.
1:13- Worm
race - problem with a dirty track
1:15 - chariot
contest went well. Jacob believes that Chariots should be held in a certain
space and let everyone know where they are located.
1:17- Toga
parade went well but needs to have better organization
-need to have
pre-arranged order of schools in the parade.
-spacing
between each school maintained
1:18- lunch
was wonderful
1:18- need
bigger room for SCL meeting.
1:25 - 3rd General Assembly
-people need
to be respectful during the assemblies. Jacob stands by his call for decorum
and was reiterating Ma Keeley and he was being diplomatic.
1:39 -
advisors need to be backed up at convention when dealing with unruly kids
1:44- IsaacÕs
Comments
-biggest
problems was mapping the things that need to be done for contest for
participants and judges it was tricky. He will write up a registration system
that takes responsibility and stress Fillion. Database that is easy to use and
says who does what. Prints out judges sheets. The computer determines the
winners by the scores entered in. Basically a database of delegates and keeps
track of their scores and ranks.
1:50 - GraceÕs
Report
$4650.35
account
-Trophies fell
apart
Revise the way
scores are settle
Spirit Fee $25
if you already bought your t-shirt spirit fee $13. Need this to be paid in the
next 3 weeks. The sooner the better.
1:54 - Next
meeting dates.
-July 2nd AKF 10-12 lunch then leave.
2:07 - Meeting is
adjourned