HPO Minutes from 9/28/2005

Honors Program Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Hilltop Lounge
9:00pm

Introductions

Mail Call

Michael Noll Memorial Fun Run/Walk: Saturday, October 8 - Registration begins at 9am at the Haas Fine Arts Parking Lot. Race starts at 10am. There is a $15 per person registration fee. All proceeds will go to the Center for Alcohol Studies and Education.
The Sandwich Series: The first sandwich series boxed-lunch discussion of the year is on Thursday, September 29 from noon - 1pm in the Potawatomi Room of the Davies Center.
Fire Truck Pull: Saturday, October 15 - A fire truck pull benefiting Indianhead Special Olympics will be held at the SAM'S CLUB parking lot. Registration is at 9am with the event starting at 10am. There are two divisions: 10 person competitive teams with a registration fee of $20 per person and unlimited team size non-competitive teams with a registration fee of $10 per person.

Special Olympics Bowling

As a reminder to those who signed up, Special Olympics Bowling is Saturday, October 8.

Crop Walk

The annual Eau Claire Crop Walk will be held in Carson Park on Sunday, October 9. The event is sponsored by Church World Service, and the proceeds help provide hunger relief and development assistance in more than 80 countries including the United States, with 25% of the proceeds going to Feed My People food bank in Eau Claire. To make this event a success, volunteers are needed. If you are able to volunteer, please email me (my username is precherd). Volunteers are needed for the following tasks:

Task	Approximate Time Frame
Help with Registration set-up and hanging signage.	12:15 – 1:15
Direct walkers to Registration lines.	1:15 – 2:00
Carry CROP sign behind the bagpipers to lead the walkers on the one-mile route.	1:45 – 3:00
Direct traffic in park half-way through 1 mile walk.	1:45 – 2:30
Count walkers/runners as they finish 1 mile route.	2:00 – 3:00
Direct walkers at end of 1 mile route (some will finish; 3 and 5 milers will continue up the stadium hill by the parking lot).	2:00 – 3:00
Distribute water at Grand and First Avenues (two people could do this together if they want).	2:00 – 3:00
Distribute water & apples at 9th and Niagara Streets (two people could do this together if they want).	2:00 – 3:00
Help with tear down.	3:30 – 4:00

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be BBC night. Since the bowling league uses all of the lanes on Wednesday night, we have to pick a different night to meet. Therefore, the next meeting is Tuesday, October 11 at 8:30pm in the Bowling and Billiards Center. HPO will cover the cost of bowling, pool, foosball, and air hockey for all members who have paid their dues. (If you have not paid dues yet, they are $5 a semester and you can pay at the meeting.) Please email me (precherd) if you plan on coming so I know the approximate number of people to expect.

Fun Suggestions

Halloween at Acoustic
Movie at the Budget

If you have any other suggestions for activities, please bring them to our next meeting.

T-Shirts

HPO is considering making T-Shirts this year. If you have a design in mind, please bring it to the next meeting. We commonly refer to ourselves as the Hippopotamus Protection Organization, so you might want to include a Hippo in your design (but you don't have to).

Take care,
Ryan Prechel
President