Psi Chi- Allegheny Chapter

Psi Chi General Meeting- Minutes for 3/3/09

-Introduction of the Officers. Elections for next year's officers will be held on April 7th.
President Elect for next year is Katie Eriksen, open officer positions include VP events,
VP service, Secretary, and Treasurer
-Upcoming events
SAMS fundraising March 11th at 8pm (contact Molly McHolme at
mcholmm@allegheny.edu)

Secretary's Appreciation Day- April 22nd

Faculty Appreciation Day - Last day of Class

Comp Panel, TBA

Graduate School Speaker

Senior Dinner

Possibly a movie night with Psych Club, Late Night event with Neuro Club, Finals de-
stress event, newsletter, pizza party

-CHAPS service trip with Kappa Alpha Theta on March 7th at 9:30 am

-Chapter Bylaws- need to be updated and will be voted on during the next meeting

Issues to change in the bylaws- the way officers nominations takes place, graduate school
Section

Change to: 12 credit hours, must be present for voting unless excused, majority vote wins, no committee needed to nominate candidates

Congratulations to New Members

EPA conference attendees had a meeting at the conclusion of the general meeting

The next Psi Chi general meeting will take place on March 24th at 8pm

Psi Chi General Meeting -3/24/09

-Announcement: email any attendance updates to Amy at gardnea@allegheny.edu

-Bylaws update for election procedures:
Section 2. Voting Procedures.
At the meeting prior to voting, the Executive Committee will make an announcement saying that any member can nominate either him/herself or another member of the Chapter. A short paragraph will be written by all nominees to be sent out to the whole Chapter prior to elections. The new Executive Committee must be elected by a majority vote of the present members. Only members with extenuating circumstances approved by the Executive committee may vote before elections.

-Elections will take place at the next meeting. If interested, submit a short paragraph outlining the position of interest and your fit in that position. Paragraphs are due by Sunday April 5th at 12:00 noon.

-April Events:
Neuro Club is hosting a tour with Prof. Wiseman and Prof. Knupsky on Thursday March
26th at 4:30pm. Meet outside of room 212.

Autism Panel Discussion on Monday April 20th at 7pm

Comp Panel TBA

-The next meeting will take place on April 7th at 8pm

Psi Chi General Meeting

Members in attendance:
Amelia Conte, Katie Eriksen, Rebecca Lendyak, Pember Edwards, Heather Balas, Matt Choinski, Katy Orchowski, George Swinston, Sam Ford, Brittany Bell, Heidi Keppen, Lexie Kane, Megan Coffey, Abbe Machi, Sarah Raley, Barb McCarthy, Amanda Edwards, Deanna Leyh, Lisa Smith, Laura Bromley, Jessica DiPietro, Natasha Beatty, Kelsey Mitchell, Bethany Perkins, Kristen Cushman, Jenn Landolina, Chelsea Danley, Ryann Wahl, Melissa Bromley, Erin Smith, Luca Scalera

-Senior Comp Panel will be on April 14th in Carnegie 212 at 8pm with Pizza served

-Autism event will be on April 20th in Quigley 101 at 7pm -open to the whole campus

-members in attendance completed their ballots for next years officers

- As ballots were tallied, member split into groups to work on poster making, secretary's appreciation ideas, faculty appreciation ideas and de-stress event ideas.

The new officers elected for next year and the remainder of this year are:

President: Katie Eriksen
VP Service: George Swinston
VP Events: Deanna Leyh
Secretary: Barb McCarthy
Treasurer: Christina Zanic

The next meeting will be on April 20th at 8pm.

Those in attendance: Chelsea Danley, Sarah Raley, Lindsey McClement, Melissa Bromley, Laura Bromley, Heather Balas, Serenity McCarthy-Arnone, Bonnie Cross, Caitlin Irwin, Jessica Wilson, Heidi Keppen, Kristen Cushman, Amy Schrembs, Ali Perryman, Luca Scalera, Erin Smith, Megan Petroccia, Amelia Conte, Rebecca Lendyak, Lisa Smith, Lexie Kane, all board except treasurer

What did we do?:
1. We introduced the new exec board and thanked the old board.
2. We all signed cards to be sent to the professors for faculty appreciation day.
3. We filled out "RSE" forms to be sent to Cindy, our secretary, for secretary appreciation day.
4. We voted on changes in the bylaws: the requirements to get in were changed from needing 9 credits in psych to 12 credits, and the required GPA to get in was changed from 3.0 to 3.3.
5. We discussed upcoming events including the de-stress event for finals and decorating/distributing gifts for faculty appreciation day.

People who volunteered to table for the de-stress event on Wednesday, April 29th:
11 AM to 12 PM: Lindsey McClement, Melissa Bromley, Laura Bromley, Heather Balas
12 PM to 1 PM: Serenity McCarthy-Arnone, Bonnie Cross, Samantha Ford, Jessica Wilson, Lexie Kane

People who volunteered to make cookies for professors for faculty appreciation day:
Natasha Beatty, Heather Balas, Serenity McCarthy-Arnone, Amelia Conte