Meeting Notes for Jan 22

Events

1. An-Arbor Trip This Sunday:
   - We will be leaving at 10:00 AM from the Student Union Starbucks for An-Arbor, Michigan, to partake of the city's fine vegetarian and vegan cousin and shopping opportunities (Notably, we are thinking of going to either or both the People's Food Co-Op and Whole Foods for groceries, followed by lunch at The Jazzy Veggie).
   -We should be back in BG by 4:30 PM.

Business

1. Bake Sale:
   - We made ~ $38 at this week's bake sale, which we considered a successful event
   - Profits were tempered a little more because we had been in debt $9 because of a mistake about how much money was in our club account
2. Get Involved Fair
   -We had significantly fewer people interested at this week's Get Involved Fair, though this is probably largely a function of the fact that attendance was generally unusually low at the fair.
   - That said, we warmly welcome all to our meetings (Tuesdays at 9:00 PM in Olscamp 206).
3. Dining Advisory Board Meeting—many things were discussed at the last dining advisory board meeting; here are some of the highlights:
   - One of the focuses of the meeting was on The Sweet Shop. At the advisory board meeting, Holly noted that we would like to see more vegan sweets.
   - The university is considering new commuter meal plans.
4. Starting a Vegetarian/Vegan Food Co-Op on campus
   - Though it would obviously take a lot of work, Miriam's proposal of trying to start a vegetarian/vegan food co-op on campus was met with unanimous support.
   - As part of our initial planning, we are getting in contact with and researching schools that already have such food co-ops for inspiration and tips on how to get started.
5. Surveys
   - We would like to return the campus dining experience surveys at next week's meeting. If you are participating in the survey please remember to finish your visits before then.
6. Other ideas for the semester:
   - Though nothing concrete was decided, we briefly discussed what other events we might want to plan for this semester. Ideas included: another documentary screening, taking a cooking class together, Pay per view info videos/ other collaborative work with Mercy For Animals, pamphleting, and bringing in a guest speaker (likely a task to be approached in collaboration with other campus organizations).