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News: governmental meeting

New Governmental Advisor Announced

Sunday, August 3 2008 - Steele Lindbloom - Tags: governmental meeting

Due to a promotion within the department of housing and residential life, governmental advisor Travis Pierce, had to step down from his position. Likewise, a position within housing needed to be filled, and Heather Simpson, Coordinator of K-12 Outreach at Michigan Tech was chosen to fill it. Heather is excited to start her new role, and to work with IRHC as the governmental advisor.

We are excited to be working with Heather for the 2008-2009 academic year!

Live Broadcast Today

Monday, April 21 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, live broadcast

In an effort to better display what IRHC does to the general residential body, we have decided to start live broadcasting our governmental meetings. The first broadcast was held on 4/14 and featured the turnover of the e-board. This meeting, 4/21, will have several important policy discussions including a five-year plan, posting policy creation, and a calendar of events for fall 2008. The broadcast occurs on Channel 14 as well as online via VLC player (under MTU Live), and we will record it as well in hopes of creating a video podcast on our site for future downloads.

Transition Meeting

Monday, April 14 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: viva jake, governmental meeting

This meeting started out in a rather normal fashion, though the attendance was in the dozens of residents. It was the last IRHC meeting with Jacob Emerick, Dan Madrid, and Amy Coffell, all experienced IRHC members, as e-board. After approving the new broomball committee for 2008-09 and hearing numerous reports, the transition began with a thank-you speech from Jacob. Directly after this and a moving speech from Steven O'Dacre, the full room took off their outer shirts to show what they were wearing underneath: red t-shirts with 'Viva Jake'. Overwhelmed by this measure of thoughtfulness and a honorary gavel, Jacob was stricken speechless. Several smaller speeches were given afterwards and Faith Lambert, the new president, adjourned the meeting and welcomed the room to a feast of Little Caesars, ice cream, and cake. Overall, it was a great final meeting for several dedicated members, and we hope to have pictures and the video online soon.

E-Board for 2008-2009 Elected

Tuesday, April 1 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, elections

With a strong turnover occurring at the end of this year, IRHC elections saw an unprecedented amount of discussion and debate at the last governmental meeting. However, even though it took over 2 hours to decide, the next year's e-board has been elected and will be transitioned in over the next few weeks.

President - Faith Lambert
Vice President - Angie Curtis
Secretary - Steven O'Dacre
Treasurer - Steele Lindbloom

Major Broomball Commitee Restructure Approved

Wednesday, March 26 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: broomball, governmental meeting

After a professional presentation from Dustin Sommer, the Broomball Chair for 2008-09, and a heated debate by the council, IRHC approved several large changes to the Broomball committee for the upcoming year.

Based on the increase in size and responsibilities of the Broomball traditions, IRHC raised the payment of each committee position. However, since the committee is actually shrinking in size, the overall increase in committee payment is relatively small. With the restructure of the committee, this payment increase is directly in line with the amount of responsibility each member has in their contract.

The restructure of the committee means that Broomball will now be hiring positions based primarily on skill. In the past, IRHC made it a point to get residential representation on the committee through league heads. After reviewing the pros and cons of this setup, and upon recommendation of the Broomball Chair, the committee will now be focused on their duties first. IRHC will still approve each position and may put stipulation on the residency of the different positions, but the contracts and positions will only be focused on their duties.

These changes are merely reflections on the future direction of the Broomball tradition. IRHC Broomball has grown a lot over the last ten years from it's humble beginnings, and we hope that the committee will be able to continue its great traditions for generations of Tech students for years to come.

E-Board Nominations Open

Monday, March 17 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, elections

A four-week process all together, IRHC e-board elections involve information sessions, a two-week nomination period, and then two weeks of transition before the new leaders take charge and the old ones step down. There are already five students nominated for positions...

President nominees - Jacob Emerick, Kyle Done
Vice President nominee - Zack Wheeler
Secretary nominee - Steven O'Dacre
Treasurer nominee - Steele Lindbloom

Nominations will remain open until elections occur on March 31. You can nominate individuals by sending an email to irhc@mtu.edu.

Broomball Chair for 2008-09 Approved

Tuesday, March 4 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: broomball, governmental meeting

The process to pick a Broomball Chair and Vice Chair for IRHC is a careful one. First, applications go out via email and online sites for interested individuals. This year the applications were available for three weeks to allow ample time for quality applications and applicants. Then, each candidate is interviewed by a selection panel that includes the IRHC President, Vice President, advisor, as well as the Broomball advisor. This process usually takes over a half hour per candidate, as they are asked a variety of questions regarding their plans and visions of Broomball as well as any personal information regarding their abilities for the position. After this process, the IRHC governmental body votes on the recommendation put forth by the selection panel.

This year there was only one pair of applications, which happened to be the current Broomball Chair and Vice Chair already (Dustin Sommer and Nick Deming). However, the selection committee and IRHC governmental body still went through the process and seriously contemplated reopening applications to allow others to aim at this position. With the selection committee and the approval vote unanimous (not counting abstains) for the pair, IRHC has few doubts of the capabilities of their selection. We all look forward to a new year of IRHC Broomball!

IRHC Donates $1,600 for Three Groups

Tuesday, February 19 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: governmental meeting, budget

After three separate presentations, the Inter-Residence Hall Council approved a total of $1,600 to three different groups at the February 18 governmental meeting.

The first donation was to the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in support of their Broken Bread program, which will be held in the DHH Dining Hall on February 28. More information about Michigan Tech's IVCF can be found at ivcf.students.mtu.edu.

The second donation was to the Residence Hall Association of Northern Illinois University as a show of support in the face of their recent tragedy. Information about the happenings at NIU can be found niu.edu.

Finally, after a professional presentation from Dustin Sommer about his Prince's Point Project, IRHC approved $1,000 to be spent on needed equipment for the development of this area and voiced a lot of support for the residential interest in his work. Some information about his project can be found on the USG website.

For more detailed information about the IRHC donation process, funding requests, or these presentations, feel free to email us at irhc@mtu.edu.

IRHC Programming Meeting Time Clarification

Thursday, September 13 2007 - Steven O'Dacre - Tags: governmental meeting

We apologize for any confusion there may have been about the time of the upcoming IRHC Programming Meeting. It's at 7pm, in G17/19 W Wads! We hope to see you there.