the minutes!

We had Midnight Movies last night. 'Twas a relatively slow night as only about 200 people showed up for the movies, but that's just fine by us. Guess The Pacifier just didn't grab as many people as I thought it would.

We talked about Carnival as one big group, seeing as not many people were able to make it to the meeting. However, we did vote on a t-shirt design. They're going to be baby blue with (hopefully) orange ink. The front will have a graphic of Napoleon Dynamite's head. The back will say, "Only the best Carnival of my life... what do you think? Gosh."

For PR, flyers are going to go up with other tshirt ideas that didn't quite make the cut. We've got prizes already finished and ordered. The chapstick will most likely be out after we return from Spring Break. So we're on the ball there.

We've also got a confirmation from our band. Please do not tell anyone who our band is! We're going to send out an all-campus email when we have ticketing information from the Norton Center, so also don't tell anyone that it'll most definitely be free as well, since we don't know that yet either. They asked for $5000 more than we offered, so students may have to pay a minimal ticket price. They also are bringing their own opening act, which cost us another $250, but that's not a price we're too concerned about.

Here's the thing: We don't have any Centre bands signed up as of yet, and we have 2 booths. So if any of you know anyone who is in a band and would like to play at Carnival, please let them know that we're looking for people or email me, Ines, Nikki, or Sarah (Samuel) with their names. We want it to be big fun for everyone, with lots of excellent entertainment in the form of Centre bands (in addition to the foam dome and the extreme trampoline... and those other inflatables too). Secondly, if you're in any other organizations, encourage them to sign-up to have booths at Carnival. Again, big fun for everyone also means campus organization booths. Take home message: Big fun for everyone means a full Carnival with lots of stuff to do.

On a similar note, we still need lots of people to help out with inflatables. As part of the contract with the company that rents us the inflatables, we are obligated to have people run the inflatables. I know that's kind of a bummer when you're trying to have fun, but you have to remember, we are SAC, this is our biggest event, and in order for us to pull off something of this magnitude, we need all of our ever-loving SAC members to help out. Think about it this way, we've already planned the entire event. You know about how much money from our budget is going into it (over $25,000). It would be a waste of our time, effort, and money if we don't get it together and actually make it happen. That's all we're asking. Make it happen, folks. I'm attaching a sign-up sheet with people who have already signed up to help listed. If you can work a shift, please let Mira and/or Justin know. Also, we're going to be setting up starting at around 2, so if you can work earlier rather than later, we need all the help we can get.

Lastly, remember that elections are coming up (April 18th). Monica, Mira, Thom, and I will be graduating, and Mary Catherine and Marie will be going abroad. That means, there are 6 slots that are opening up on exec that would require able and willing bodies. A good way to become an able and willing body would be to pick up an inflatable shift or help with set-up and clean-up during Carnival *hint hint*. But the best way to become an able and willing body would be to get the nomination form from Mira and get it back to her by the 30th of March.