Scribe Notes 12/19/07

Announcements:

• Blog: We now have a blog. Maddy and Brandon have created it for us. The link is http://sofsav.blogspot.com/. Blogs are open to everyone for posting. Please contact Maddy or Brandon about more info. Also we shall keep basic notes on it and any new general updates.
• People have not been coming lately. Is there anyway to fix this problem? One way to fix this is to keep talking to people about this. Also we can make posters to help get the word out.
• We also have an email address: officialsav@gmail.com
Main points:
• We can post up proposals on the blog and have people vote on it informally. This would act as a test run for proposals.
• First: Make a survey to find out how many high schoolers do not have the amount of community service. Second: See what they would like to do Third: Make it clear that is is important. Fourth: After we have the numbers we can help create events that will give people service hours. Five: make clear the idea that it is 60 hours all across their stay at this high school.

The NEW SAV!

Into our second month, the SAV has made some new changes to their meeting and voting protocols in order to be more efficient in bringing the changes you want!

Decision Making - whenever a new issue is brought up, it must go through a small working committee, who will work out all the details and draft a proposal. The proposal will be voted on by the entire SAV, then taken to administration for implementation

Voting Roles - Along with elected officials, people who have attended at least 5 SAV meetings will gain the right to vote. Of the total members, 2/3 (19 out of 28) have to be in attendance. Finally 2/3 of the committee most vote in favor of a proposal for it to pass

New Roles - members of SAV are no taking on new roles to further advance SAV's progress. These include:

• Communications Chair - Sending out weekly updates to SAV members, keeping everyone connected (held by 12th grade member Phil Ensler)
• Technology Chair - Establish SAV website and blog, maintain notes, vote results, announcements (held by 11th grade members Maddy Hambleton and Brandon Lewis)
• Records Chair - keeps track of all records (held by 12th grader Nephtaly Rivera)
• Social Chair - plans events to get SAV members better acquainted (held by John, Katherine, Aarie, Kira, Isabella)

These changes will surely make the SAV process better than ever!

Want to see for yourself? Visit a meeting on Wednesday @ 12:10!

SAV Meeting 12/12/07

Agenda:

New SAV Protocol

In this week's meeting, the small meeting held after school on Monday the 10th was brought forward to SAV. Included topics were the new voting procedures, decision making and official roles held by elected officials. SAV members voted on the new procedures, and both new points were approved unanimously.

Welcome!

Welcome to the School of the Future SAV Blog!

Here, you'll find all of the updates, info, and plans that the Student Action Voice Committee is cooking up!

Please feel free to leave any comments about what YOU think would help our school!

NOTE: SAV members who would like to post in the blog should contact Maddy or Brandon for the password!