October 20, 2025

No meeting held October 13, 2025 

1. Call to Order 

2. Roll Call 

   1. Present: Lauren S, Ciara, Ella, John, Rich, Samme, Ethan, Jancyn, Keana, Nyaoga, Anna, Saylor, Benji, Sadie, Shaniah  

   2. Absent: Margi, Alicia, Haylie  

3. Approval of the Agenda 

   1. Motion:  

   2. Second:  

   3. All in Favor:  

   4. All Oppose:  

   5. Abstain:  

4. Approval of the Minutes 

   1. Motion:  

   2. Second:  

   3. All in Favor:  

   4. All Oppose:  

   5. Abstain:  

   6. En mass 

      1. Samme 

      2. Anna 

      3. All in favor: 13 
          

5. Open Forum 

6. Guest Speaker 

   1. No speaker today 

7. Reports 

   1. SBA President: 

      1. Attendance at Undergrad Pre-Professional Mixer,  Nov 6th 5-7pm 

         1. Volunteers to attend: 

            1. Rich 

            2. Lauren  

            3. Ella  

            4. Sadie 

            5. Nyaoga 

            6. Benji 

   2. Vice President of Internal Affairs:  

      1. Merch store... 

         1. Pay Pal still suspended, so we cannot accept online transactions 

         2. Accepting cash in store transaction  

         3. Restock: 

            1. No point if we can't get Pay Pal to work 

   3. Vice President of Finance:  

   4. Vice President of Communications: 

   5. Vice President of Student Organizations:  

      1. Trunk or Treat 

         1. Friday, October 31, 2025 at 4:00 pm in the Law School 1st floor hallway 

         2. Law students and faculty are invited to bring their families to receive candy from the law school student organizations  

         3. Volunteers: 

            1. Keana 

            2. Sadie 

            3. Lauren 

            4. Ciara  

         4. Purchase candy – tabled for next week 

   6. Chief of Staff  

      1. Budget allocation for Strength for Service  

         1. 35-40 people signed up 

      2. Total – 231.90 

         1. Army – 31.99 

         2. Navy – 21.99 

         3. Marine Corps – 28.99 

         4. Air Force – 21.99 

         5. American – 49.97 

         6. Space Force – 21.99 

         7. Coast Guard – 21.99 

         8. POW/MIA - 32.99  

      3. Notes: 

         1. These are technically permanent assets so we need to discuss what funds to use to purchase these flags  

         2. Idea: get some of the flags donated: 

            1. Army and American flags from the branches on campus  

            2. Reach out to recruiting offices 

            3. 1Ls will assist with prices  

      4. Motion for Tentative Approval of the amount needed for flags. If cannot find donations, then buy on Halloweens 

         1. Motion: Ella 

         2. Second: Keana  

         3. All in Favor: 12 

         4. All Oppose: 1 

            1. Benji opposes: find a way to get the flags for free 

         5. Abstain: 0 

8. Committee Chairs 

   1. Barristers' Ball:  

   2. Events:  

      1. November 

         1. Not going to host one. 

      2. December FAC 

         1. Wants input on which day to host the FAC --> Thursday December 11 or Friday the 12, depending on make-up exams and people flying back home for the holidays/break 

            1. Thursday decided to be the best option 

            2. Thursday After Class, December 11 

         2. Location: Blackstone Social  

      3. Professional Mixer – Med School and Law Students 

         1. Let the med school students plan it all and invite us 

         2. we will not spend money on an event like this after planning the event ourself just for the med and dental schools to cancel on us 4 days before. (for Fall semester, spring semester is a fresh start) 

         3. 2-3 member can try to make this happen next semester 

   3. Fundraising:  

   4. Merchandise: 

   5. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: 

   6. Cura Personalis:  

9. Old Business 

10. New Business 

    1. Food Drive – 1L reps 

       1. November 10 start 

       2. Donations due November 20 

       3. Specific charity not determined yet, might be multiple charities 

       4. 1Ls created flyers for each section  

       5. 2 boxes: 

          1. 1L A vs 1L B 

          2. 2L and 3L reps need to encourage their classes to participate  

    2. There is an interest in having non-alcoholic FAC's such as Bingo or activity based  

    3. Iowa Bar Association wants to do Bingo November 14, they would fund the prizes, bring all the materials, there is a large interest in this  

    4. Saturday after class for the final FAC of the year in December 2025 --> big darty field day, beer Olympics, soda for non-alcoholic 

       1. Maybe on softball filed, or a big open field  

11. Advisor’s Report 

12. For the Good of the Order 

13. Adjournment 

    1. Keana motions  

    2. Samme seconds