Branford College Council
Meeting 3
Monday September 21, 2009
Independence Day
- Need people to come set up at 1pm
- Will start iDay at 3pm
- Captains, keep recruiting!
- Events
- T-shirt contest
- Costume contest
- Ultimate relay race – includes Dizzy Bat race, wheelbarrow race, three-legged race, and balloon pop
- Water pong
- Photo scavenger hunt
- Duck, Duck, Goose
- Saltine Eating Contest
- Limbo
- Twister
- Egg Drop
- Water balloon toss
- Defender Dome
- Ping pong
- Slip n slide relay
- Tug of War
- Barbecue will start at 5 or 5:30pm
- Possibly get a reggae band for the bbq
- GET PUMPED!
Committee Update – Branford Life
- Projects this semester
- Talking to Dining Hall Manager about refilling coffee and getting pretzels
- Getting out panini machine
- Adding loaves of bread for sandwiches
- Getting out a survey for all the foods in the dining hall
- Get anti-bacterial wipes in the gym
- Email Chair, runqi.song@yale.edu with comments or ideas
Committee Update – Community Service
- Committee meetings will move from Tuesday to Thursday
- Brainstorm ideas with committee members
- Projects this semester
- Apple picking, donate apples to homeless shelter
- Email Co-Chairs, Christopher.lee@yale.edu and Guillermo.peralta@yale.edu
Committee Update – Spirit
- Waiting for panlist to be created
- Will meet with the committee this week
- Email andy.shumaker@yale.edu with ideas or comments, or if you would like to join
YCC Updates
- Working on Iron Chef and Brinner (Breakfast at Dinner)
- This year’s Iron Chef will have college preliminary rounds
- Email jia.huang@yale.edu with ideas or comments
IMs
- IM Volleyball had a good showing, but we lost
- This week’s IMs:
- Tuesday 9/22
- 3.50 Men’s Soccer
- 5.00 Men’s and Coed Football
- 8.00 Coed Table Tennis
- Wednesday 9/23
- 3.50 Women’s Soccer
- 4.00 Coed Tennis
- 8.00 Coed Table Tennis
- Thursday 9/24
- 3.50 Coed volleyball
- Tuesday 9/22
Screw
- We checked with having it off-campus, but we are not allowed to.
- Screw will be on campus (Branford Dining Hall) on October 17, 2009
- Idea to make the Branford Dining Hall seem smaller or use the Common Room
- Screw Committee will form
- Tasks
- Decorations
- DJ
- Lighting
- Theme
- Ideas: Bubbles, Beach Party, I’m on a Boat, Paris, The Great Gatsby (need to integrate Courtyard and need a band), Industrial Construction, Paradise Lost, Discotheque, Oktoberfest, Rainbow, Lisa Frank, Fairytale, Quantum of Screw (James Bond), Toga Screw/Socrates/Greek, Healthcare… Swine Screw, anyone?
- Ask friends and suitemates!
- Email bcceboard@gmail.com with ideas!
Open Floor
- No comments tonight
Present: Christian Vazquez, Joyce Li, Alix Perry, Rachel Ruskin, Mike Boyce, Luke White, Francesco Ciabatti, Lisa Simon, Runqi Song, Chris Lee, Ann Chou, Marta-Hodgkins-Sumner, Jeff Rosen, Sabrina Karim, Ian Snow, Kristin Johnson
Absent: Andy Shumaker, Guillermo Peralta
Thanks for coming out tonight!
Feel free to contact the BCC eboard at bcceboard@gmail.com
with any comments, questions, or ideas.
See you at next week’s meeting on September 28!