Minutes for April 20, 2008

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SAAC Meeting Minutes – Final SAAC Meeting of the semester: April 20, 2008

SAAC End of the Year Evaluations

- Each representative received an evaluation to comment on the activities SAAC sponsored or participated in this past semester

- Formed small groups and discussed each activity within their groups; large group discussion, went around to each group and heard comments/suggestions/opinions on various activities

General Comments and Suggestions:

Star Search

- Better planning, more emails, more advertising, getting old, having it before spring break or in the fall

- Austin mentioned how difficult it was to advertise the event because teams were not responsive about their participation

- Discussed whether deadlines were helpful or not; general consensus was no because teams will usually wait until the last minute

-Other suggestions included having the coaches make it mandatory to participate, or opening it to the entire campus

National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Church & Community, SLU Clean Up Day, Etiquette Dinner

- Events went very well, well-organized, simple, fun, successful

Hockey Concession Fundraiser

- Very successful; someone suggested doing the same thing at football games

Dodgeball

- Advantage: Gets more of the campus involved (non-athletes)

- Suggestion for having dodgeball or other activities on the quad; “Spring Fling” event

Baby Drive

- Collected various baby supplies, diapers, formula, etc…

- Went well this semester!

- Suggestions for:

- More advertising; not having it at the same time as National Girls and Women in Sports Day

- Having a staffed booth in the Student Center to collect items; placing boxes near entrance of Stafford Fitness Center

Student-Athlete Luncheon

- One athlete from each team selected by coaches to attend the luncheon; the event went really well!

- Great way to connect professors to athletics

** Very important that next year if you are selected to attend the luncheon, you must select a faculty member to attend with you and inform Meg or Austin who you invited; we had issues this year with faculty members not having name tags!

- Suggestion: more publicity for Student-Athlete Day around campus

Read Across America

- SLU athletes went and read Dr. Seuss books in local classrooms

- Suggestions: make more times available, publicize more

OTHER IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR:

- Salvation Army Bell Ringing

- Having a “Sports Fun Day” where all teams participate and each team has their own station/booth with their team schedules, information, etc…; gets the community involved, and children can learn more about various sports (similar to something like “Skating with the Saints”)

-Spare change drive

-Sports Theme Dinner at Dana

-Having another barbeque (like the one held last year for the NCAA Choices Event)

In attendance:

Johannah Ludington

Issac Noyes

Ben von Reyn

Doug Brown

Jen Stetson

Mark Burnham

Alyssa Pirinelli

Nick Perzanoski

Brittany Parham

Katie Palmer

Brittan White

Natalie Kurtz

Lara Gibbons

Stephanie Walter

Mary Jane Sweetland

Michael Bruno

Zach Miskovic

James Stewart

Stanzi McGlynn

Tara Akstull

Gabe Colas