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Present at Meeting:

• Paul Dietzel
• Melissa Woolridge
• Stephen Martinez
• Patrick Polk
• Amanda McGowen

The meeting began at 7:00 pm at CC’s on Burbank.

New Business:

Paul brought up holding a tailgate with candidates, perhaps Bobby Jindal, at one of the big football games. The Virginia Tech and Florida games were decided on as the most likely games for a tailgate.

We also discussed having a College Republican pub crawl in either October or early November. Melissa will get in touch with someone at Abita to find out how they held their pub crawl.

Paul also brought up the idea of holding our soirée in December this year, instead of in the spring. It will likely cost around $1500.

Melissa reported what she found out from the owner at Fred’s, and we will try to plan a back to school party at Fred’s or another bar in Tigerland on Thurs. September 20 or Thurs. September 27.

Someone will try to find out the times for the fraternity/sorority meetings so that we can visit the Greek houses next week.

The meeting was adjourned with another meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 5 at 5:00 pm at LSU.

Telephone Conference Meeting Minutes

Present on conference call:

• Paul Dietzel, President
• Melissa Woolridge,1st Pice President
• Stephen Martinez, 2nd Vice President
• Patrick Polk, Treasurer
• Amanda McGowen, Secretary
• Smoot Carter
• RJ Percival

Call to Order:

The conference call began at 9:00 pm.

New Business:

Paul proposed changing club dues from $5/year to $5/semester for regular members. The motion was seconded by Smoot and the vote passed unanimously.

A motion was also proposed to change dues for premium members to $15/semester, which also includes a club t-shirt. The motion was seconded by Stephen and the vote passed unanimously.

A vote was held in favor of sending out the design concept for the club t-shirt after a meeting with the t-shirt company.

Fall Semester Ideas:

Possible back to school events were discussed such as a Fred’s Stomp Back to School Bash with the College Republicans. Melissa will speak with the owner, but there are complications due to the over 21 requirement. Bogie’s and Walk On’s were also mentioned as possible venues.

Paul will make the calendar on the website accessible to the officers to add any important political events or LSU events that would have an effect on College Republicans. The address will be calendar.lsucr.com.

The Student Organization Fair will be held September 6 in Free Speech Alley. Paul will go by the CSLI office in Johnston Hall to pay/reserve a table.

Paul asked all officers to email class schedules to him to know when each person will be available.

We will hold table sits in Free Speech Alley next week. As of now, the days will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Because of the construction at the union, Paul brought up the idea of having our meetings in a different location on campus. Meeting rooms in the PMAC and Lod Cook are possibilities, but we will have to find out if there is a cost to use those rooms.

Paul also brought up the idea of changing the regular Wednesday night meeting to other nights like Mondays and Tuesdays, and also adding in a few daytime meetings or rallies.

Adjournment:

The meeting concluded around 9:45 pm. Another meeting was scheduled for this Sunday, August 26, at 7:00 pm at the CC’s on Burbank near Walk On’s.

Today we released a new website for Fall 2007.  Please email webmaster@lsucr.com with comments and complaints about the new design.

Insurance Commissioner candidate James David Cain spoke to the College Republicans a few weeks before the September election.