September Board Meeting

Hey Friends!!  

Tuesday September 2nd we had our September Board Meeting. Just a Reminder - Board Meeting are open to all members if anyone has a desire to attend.

There were many issues discussed including events for the month of September, White Coat BBQ details, Fall Festival Planning, new opportunities for SAA to help our students this semester, and new Ornaments for the 2014-2015 school year. 

• The September General Meeting has been moved back to 7pm - starting immediately after Osteoblast. This meeting will be very short to be respectful of everyone's time with Osteoblast and a meeting taking place in the same evening. Please don't worry about bringing any food for this meeting.

• The Whitecoat BBQ will be held at 5:30pm at the Harrogate City Park Friday September 26th. Two Docs BBQ and the BBQ team will be fixing the food for the event and SAA will be providing dessert. Details about the dessert are to be anounced. This BBQ is open to all family and friends of the first years receiving their coats so please come out and participate. The actual Whitecoat Ceremony will be the next morning in Turner Arena at 10am. SAA will have a table set up at the BBQ to sell merchandise and sign up new members. Shelley, Genell, and Markell will be the Board Members at the table for the BBQ. We would LOVE to have some volunteers to sit at the table if anyone else is interested!
  
• At the Whitecoat BBQ and the Whitecoat Ceremony the SAA will be offering a Membership Package for $40. This will include: 1 tshirt, 1 blue ornament, and a 1-year membership.

• It was discussed that the new ornaments will be sold for a little more this year since they are costing the club more to order because of the quality of the ornament. They will be sold $8 for 1 or 2 for $15. The blue ornaments from last year can be purchased $5 for 1 or 2 for $10. One of this years ornaments and one of last years ornaments can be purchased together for $12.
  
• During the General Meeting on 9/9 we will start discussing the Fall Festival. If you are interested in helping plan or run Fall Festival this year there will be a Planning meeting September 18th @ 6:30pm.
  
• We have been asked by the Intercollegiate Council to make grab-n-go baked goods for the Intercollegiate Olympics on Friday October 3rd being held from 7-9pm. Please drop these goods off at the DCOM Patio by 6:30pm.

• We will be having an event the evening of Tuesday September 16th.  Dr. Wieting and his wife Shelley Wieting will be hosting a Couples Workshop at DCOM 6PM. This is a GREAT opportunity to learn from those who have "been there, done that" on how to survive medical school still married! They have great inside advice, tips for getting your spouse happy during stressful times, etc. This is not something you're going to want to miss.

•  Crockpot Day will be taking place on September 18th. Make one of your best crockpot dishes and drop it off (at MANS if you're a first year spouse and DCOM if you're a second year spouse) by 11:30am. SAA will provide bowls and plasticware for your dish. Tell your student to tell their friends! Free lunch from the SAA Sept 18th.
  
  
• SAA will be hosting a Family Hiking Day on Sunday September 21st at 3pm. This is during test weekend for Second Years and the weekend after a test for First Years. This will be a great time to come meet new friends, enjoy a relaxing outdoor adventure with family, and a chance for our four-legged children to hang out with all the two-legged children :) We will be hiking the Iron Furnace. If everyone interested in hiking can meet in front of the Gap Tap down in the Cumberland Gap around 2:50pm, we will be starting the hike at 3pm.
  
• SAA will be providing cookies for the students at 11:30am on October 8th. This is one of the things we do throughout the semester just to say "Hey We're Here to Support You" to the students. Second years will be leaving DCOM to go home at lunch time and First years will be coming during lunch time for their OPP Lab at 1. We should be able to serve both groups of students all from the 2nd Floor DCOM Lounge. More details about this in our meeting on 9/9.
  
  
  If there are any questions about any of these events please don't hesitate to contact your SAA Board. Can't wait to see you all at Osteoblast!