Advisor Newsletter June 2013

[Christina Hernandez]

MCGC Members, 

I hope your summers are going well and that you are able to have some fun. 

I believe that this will be my last email to the entire council as your advisor. But I felt that there are some important steps/pieces that cannot be forgotten...even though it's summer. Please make sure you read this and complete the steps...there are some deadlines this week.

I'm very excited at the conversations and steps that I have had with the new Executive Board...I have high hopes for next year and I truly do hope you do as well. I will be meeting with the Board one last time next week and I hope that it will prepare them to hit the ground running with the new Advisor. Sitting in the interviews this week, I  know all 3 will make wonderful Assistant Directors, my biggest concern in that room is who will serve you the best. Devan and I are working to be your advocate and to share our opinions on who would best serve you; please thank Devan when you get a chance for the time he has put into this long process. 

I encourage you to continue to push MCGC and your chapters to live your values and to keep pushing the boundary between what is acceptable and what is excelling. So many of you are doing great things, but if you stop and look, I think so many of you will find that you could go further than you could ever imagine. So, don't be afraid of a challenge...look where your chapter and the council can step it up and make 13-14 the best year that your chapter and council has ever seen and never thought possible!

So, thank you for working with me this past year...it definitely has been a pleasure and I definitely will miss each of you and the challenges and laughter you brought into my life. Thank you for making me feel at home in MCGC and at Cal. Just in case you need to reach me after June 27th, please feel free to contact me at cqher...@hotmail.com. 

Greek Facts

Insurance: A large number of organizations still have out of date CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE on file. If your certificate of insurance is not updated, you will NOT be able to participate in Greek Carnival. Please submit all current CERTIFICATES no later than June 21st.

Contact Info: Only 1 chapter has updated their chapter contact information, thank you Gamma Rho Lambda. All chapters need to complete the Chapter Contact form, no later than Friday at 9am. Grade reports will be ran this Friday and we will need updated, Nationals, Advisor and President information.

Fines: Some organizations still have outstanding fines. Fines are still being assessed over the summer. Please pay your fine ASAP to avoid additional fines and to participate in Greek Carnival. Fines can be paid at the LEAD Center (open 10am - 4pm, M-F), just make it attention to me.  

New Members: Not all chapters have updated their CalMuse with their new members. Please have all member updated, New, Alumni, Active; to reflect the most accurate and current grade report. We are NOT able to re-run reports once the system is calibrated, which will happen at 8am on Friday. 

Grade Reports: They are being run this Friday, please make sure all chapter information in CalMuse is up to date. 

Dates to Remember:

Greek Carnival: August 26th 

Risk Management Training: August 28th 

First Day of Classes: August 29th 

MCGC Showcase: September 4th 

Delegate Retreat: September 7th 

First Delegate Meeting: September 13th 

Required Workshop-Alcohol (75%): September 18th 

FYI:

Golf Tournament: 

Jeff was

 contacted by Cal Athletics to see if the CalGreeks Community and/or individual chapters are interested in volunteering at the “Big Golf Game,” a charity golf tournament for the Fam 1^st Family Foundation.  The golf tournament is being hosted by Marshawn Lynch (Seattle Seahawks, former Cal player) and Josh Johnson (Cincinnati Bengals).  The goal of the tournament is to raise money for a much needed youth center in Oakland.  It will be on Saturday June 29^th at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco and includes lunch, a putting contest, golf, crazy competition holes, a dinner, awards, auction items, custom signed golf shirts, autographs and pictures with some of your favorite NFL stars that will be in attendance. 

Volunteers are needed and this is where the CalGreeks community and your chapter can help.  We are recruiting between 35-40 volunteers. Some of the tasks we have currently are:

Set-up prior to event starting (9am)

•       Registration tables (gift bags/t-shirts)
  
•       Hole preparation
  
•       Organizing raffle items
  
•       Putting up signage

During event 

•      Participant sign in (11am)
•      Monitoring putting contest (11am)
•  
     Set up for awards and silent auction

Shifts are from 9am-1pm and from 12pm-4pm. 

If you and/or your chapter are interested in volunteering, please email Jeff at jeff....@berkeley.edu and let me know how many members from your chapter can volunteer and their names and email addresses. 

Christina Q. Hernandez

Coordinator, LEAD Center

ASUC Auxiliary

University of California, Berkeley

102 Hearst Gym, MC 4500

Berkeley, CA 94720-4500

Appointments: (510) 642-5171

Direct Line: (510) 642-8067

Fax: (510) 643-6796

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