Wow… what a long day!

Today was full of meetings and craziness. Rachel and Doug met with the SGA executives today, who filled them in on the appropriate details to better achieve our goal of passing a $5 student fee. This task wont be easy; before break President Smith asked Leave It Green to look into alternative funding options. After much discussion and today’s meeting with SGA, we feel sticking to the original plan is our best option. In order to add a new fee, we will have to get the approval from the board of trustees. We are very confident in this decision and willing to do whatever it takes to pass The Green Fund.

We have also confirmed our voting dates. Originally we thought the vote would be held with SGA elections, instead they will be held on April 7th – 9th. We have yet to decide if the vote will be held over the Internet or using traditional methods. Currently we are discussing this issue and will make the final decision Thursday at the SGA meeting.

While Rachel and Doug were meeting with SGA, Matt Bucceri and I met with a group of communication majors. The group will be designing and creating our donation brochure as a class project. We hope to send this out to SRU alumni, faculty, staff and Slippery Rock community members. These donations will be put into the foundation account which could potentially be used to fund research grants and student scholarships.

Tonight was our activist meeting, and I want to thank everyone who showed up. We were impressed with the turnout and made some good progress. There is obviously a strong team of motivated individuals ready to get the word out. We also got our Green Fund buttons in, which we will be giving away for free. If you did not make the meeting but want to get involved send Rachel or I an email.

Its crunch time, we are doing everything we can to get the word out on The Green Fund. Thursday, we and the SGA will be writing our language for the referendum. Friday we will be meeting with SGA President, Larry Brink, and President Smith. So keep checking back for updates.

Cheers to activism!