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County Council Meeting Notes
Officer's Meeting Notes from September:

**Carver Center Meeting Notes**

 * **Permission Slips** - Argued fact that members could not drive other members. The permission slips were changed to allow members to drive other members to meetings due to the fact that Freshmen and Sophomores did not have a way to drive themselves to meetings. Permission slips were altered to allow members to driving members with a legal license to meetings. Permission slips now ask for the names of the students and name of the student driving. This will be accompanied by the signature of the parents and school official. The approval by the higher ups before it is concrete, for now driving of students is allowed
 * **Constitution** - Devon is given with the responsibility to research for a copy of the Cecil County Constitution for County Council. If one can not be found...we will be schedule a date to compose one.
 * **School Sponsors** - no changes
 * **Dues** - Bo Manor finally paid. Treasure is not given the money. Treasure is in charge of where the money is being used. Distributing Secretary is to make sure that all schools have been paying their dues. He can assist the schools by explaining to the schools what the money is used for. Secretary will collect dues. The bus costs 600 dollars to go to lobby day. Every school is required to pay at least 400$ for expenses. Collection of dues must be paid well before lobby day. Permission to drive is prohibited. Convention payment exceeds budget. As a group must fundraise to facilitate going to convention. Second bus was costing 740$. Fundraising will be taken into account on a later date,
 * **Defining** - we must define who we are and what we are all about!
 * **Mission Statement** - We have no base, a base must be made on who we are what we are about what we want to do. A mission statement must be made in order to lay lines for us to go on. Mission statement incorporates ideas that are important in this organization. We must know what we are all about, we must go back and make sure we are keeping on these guidelines.

Regular Meeting Notes from September:

**Meeting Notes From Rising Sun HIgh School**

 * To start off the meeting everyone introduced themselves through an icebreaker
 * Each Officer in the County Council explained their responsibilities in the Council. ?A plan was introduced to email notes from the following meeting to every member in the council.( Save some trees along with money, In addition is more organized and efficient)
 * Parliamentary procedures were expressed.
 * Responsibilities of the schools that are hosting the meeting were expressed demonstrating the responsibility of the school including providing foods and site for the meeting with in the school.
 * The definition of a constitution was expressed. Every council member wrote ideas down on a post it note that contribute to the construction of the constitution, our secretary constructed a table with the ideas with in it.
 * Calender Meeting during the day or not?, junior lack the transportation to go.
 * **Curriculum Committee** - This group sits down with teachers and express their thoughts on the class planning used in the county and work to improve and amend them.
 * **Lobby Day** - Lobby Day was explained, and the fact that there was a lack of people taken to previous lobby day in contrast to the other counties. We plan on filling 2 buses full of council members.
 * If running for office next year make sure you are at all the meetings if you expect to be elected.
 * Officers were introduced and their roles with in the council were expressed.
 * **Fundraising Ideas** - Organize sports play day with each of the schools 4$ per ticket), kickball, dodgeball. ( Could be held at a football stadium, like U of D or Mil burn Orchards), Selling wrapping paper. Selling yankee candles. (50/50 Raffle), Big Field Day! Selling Bracelets), Keep it in the schools, Selling Bracelets with in the school. (Talk to schools about what would sell the best. take our time and figure out what would be the best idea., Receive sponsors for county council. Sell items at football games, for example selling spirits items.
 * **Fundraising Committee** - A person from each school- Kayla Young, Morgan Killough, Paige Roosa, Rachel, Anthony Squitieri
 * What went well with todays meeting- Done very at expressing ideas and getting ideas out there,
 * What we need to work on- Ideas are hung on to to long, time is limited, Improve parliamentary procedures, Following agenda in order. Members must speak loud enough for everyone to hear them.

Committee List
//One officer must be in each committee. Each Committee contains 4 members, each member will be in one committee.( note next meeting committee members will be decide//d)**
 * **Mission Statement Committee**
 * **Preamble Committee**
 * **Qualifications for Officers Committee** (Officers only)
 * **Qualifications for All Members Committee**
 * **Qualifications on Conducting Business / Amending the Constitution Committee**
 * **Organization Committee**
 * **Fundraising Committee** - A person from each school- __Kayleen Young, Morgan Killough, Paige Roosa, Rachel Eisel, Anthony Squitieri__
 * **Curriculum Committee** - __Juniors only__(All spots open)