E-BOARD MEETINGS
Date: November 5, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW502
EBoard members present: Christine, Kevin Li (Chicago), Kevin Ouyang, Jessica, Emily Yoshioka, Ryan Lee, Christian, Nelson, Fue, Diane
Agenda
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW502
EBoard members present: Christine, Kevin Li (Chicago), Kevin Ouyang, Jessica, Emily Yoshioka, Ryan Lee, Christian, Nelson, Fue, Diane
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Tea Talk Topic - Racism from AAPI Family Members
- 11/9 5:30 BCSC Formal Lounge
- Document is up for Optional Readings / Discussion Points
- Kung Fu Tea doesn’t have extra containers
- Update(s) on SASA event?
- Emily Y. will provide updates
- In the hands of Heritage Series and Student Initiatives (Victoria Huynh, Sherry Zhang, Sheena Faisal, Linh Nguyen) to talk to SASA or reach out to someone
- History of Activism on Brown’s Campus Workshop
- Met Thursday, give an update
- Lyft fundraiser
- We receive $10 for anyone who signs with AASA with our gift code
- Are people interested in getting gear for AASA? We had hoodies last year. This can help with funding for that. We’re getting a new logo so this could be good.
- I am leaning yes on this. If no major objection I think we can go forward with it. Vote if necessary
- No risk to us since we don’t spend anything
- AASA Gear
- How much money do we need to raise
- Confirm Movie Night - Romeo Must Die
- Part of the AAMP program, not a series
- Also Saving Face or Grace Lee Boggs Documentary
- "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"
- Ali Wong: Baby Cobra on Netflix
- Ang Lee: Pushing Hands
- What the movie is about - if Emily Y. wants to speak on it?
- Working on Treasury Requests ATM
- Securing rights - Let Steven know which movie
- On the Topic of Mental Health
- Do we want to do a series next semester? Good to talk about it now since ideas are fresh on everyone’s mind. We’ll jot them down and revisit next semester
- By the way, a quick rundown of next semester. Looking busy:
- 4 Tea Talks
- ECAASU
- Asian Arts Fest
- Steven: Daniel Kim, Constance Wu
- Probably next year, so we will need to look at other people for this year
- Make sure we don't have to on the same day
- Mental Health Series
- Do we want to do one or two lessons
- Book for next year
- Open Mic Night (social event)
- Possibly Rupi Kaur as well
- We may not get to everything but it’s impressive how our empty schedule just filled itself up, and honestly a tribute to how active and interested everyone has been
- Reminder for upcoming Activities
- Tea Talk on upcoming Wednesday, 5:00 p.m., BCSC Formal Lounge
- Jenny Yang event on Thursday, 8:00 p.m., BERT Auditorium
- Social for EBoard towards end of the year
Date: October 29, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Sayles 005
EBoard members present: Steven, Kota (remote), Fue, Anne, Jessica, Christian, Emily Y., Jeremy, Kevin O., Kevin Li, Sindee, Claribel
Agenda
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Sayles 005
EBoard members present: Steven, Kota (remote), Fue, Anne, Jessica, Christian, Emily Y., Jeremy, Kevin O., Kevin Li, Sindee, Claribel
Agenda
- Introductions
- Favorite class at Brown
- Announcements
- Reminder: Google Drive document for topics has been made
- Page with Notes are up on Website
- http://brownaasa.weebly.com/notes.html
- Publicity Announcements?
- Need four people for posting on each of pages
- Kevin O. offered for 2020
- MailChimp
- Need four people for posting on each of pages
- Announcements for SASA Event
- SASA will be helping select speaker
- Organization will be done by AASI, AAHS
- Emily Y. will provide updates
- Updates on Movie Screening Night
- Emily Y. will get back to us on movie. Has been talking to AA/MP people about what might work. Need movie title before we can request supplemental funding
- Jenny Yang - two spots for workshop
- Slack me by Sunday midnight
- Tea Talk
- Thoughts on the last one / Boba
- We need to be better at facilitating
- Take Space, Make Space
- Need for people to feel comfortable disagreeing
- Steven + Anne will meet this week to talk about this
- We need to be better at facilitating
- Wed. Nov 9 or Fri. Nov 11
- Wed. can be used as advertisement for Jenny Yang Event
- 5:00 p.m.
- Topics?
- AAPI Mental Health
- Dealing with Racism with Asian Parents
- Elections Debrief
- Poll to be released on Sunday / Monday, end Wednesday
- Publicity starts Thursday
- Last Tea Talk
- TFA Nov. 30
- Steven will meet with Symone sometime this week
- Reaching out to other AAPI groups
- TFA Nov. 30
- Thoughts on the last one / Boba
- Freshman Workshop
- Goals:
- Accessibility
- Establishing a reputation (not East Asian Centered)
- Topic: History of Activism on Browns campus
- Title Needs Changing
- Steps to do this
- Reaching out to Jieyi
- Emily looking into Digital Archives for AASA
- Bob Lee
- Goals:
Date: October 22, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW501
EBoard members present: Jeremy, Steven, Fue, Kevin O., Diane, Emily Y., Claribel
Agenda
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW501
EBoard members present: Jeremy, Steven, Fue, Kevin O., Diane, Emily Y., Claribel
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Lunch Talk set for next Wednesday - cultural appropriation
- Document for ideas + readings online
- We’ll finalize readings by today, so that email can be sent out
- Readings will be posted, one per day, on Facebook page (shared with group?)
- Document for ideas + readings online
- Jenny Yang event will be on Nov. 10
- Mass majority of funding received
- Mass majority of funding received
- Google Drive document for topics has been made
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R5TWSjZnRDtOU-rdin87H0xgVBnNgtkCLPbdeoGGYLA/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R5TWSjZnRDtOU-rdin87H0xgVBnNgtkCLPbdeoGGYLA/edit
- Lunch Talk set for next Wednesday - cultural appropriation
- Following up on Open Forum Topics
- Put meeting notes on website
- Steven will contact Kevin Li, Vancouver version
- Steven will contact Kevin Li, Vancouver version
- Send out email and Facebook post notifying regarding this stuff
- Also please send in missing bios so our website looks competent
- Also please send in missing bios so our website looks competent
- Umbrella
- We cover topics under the AAPI umbrella
- But we are not an umbrella organization?
- Claribel looking at designing new logos
- Not umbrella, is the decision
- Claribel looking at designing new logos
- We cover topics under the AAPI umbrella
- Any publicity feedback?
- Combine page and group?
- “No” - Anne
- “No” - Anne
- We need a poster on each of the year pages (Class of ‘17, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20).
- Combine page and group?
- For our next Lunch talk, going ahead and setting a poll up
- That will happen after next week’s meeting
- That will happen after next week’s meeting
- Put meeting notes on website
- Rest of Semester planning
- Three more lunch talks
- Post poll, decide topics next week
- Post poll, decide topics next week
- Social Event / Freshman event / Movie Screening
- Think more about freshman workshop - what’s a suitable topic
- Movie Screening - Emily on
- Nov. 18 (Friday) night
- Try to get food from UFB this week
- Nov. 18 (Friday) night
- Think more about freshman workshop - what’s a suitable topic
- Bigger event - bringing in another speaker, ideally collab
- Emily reaching out to SASA
- Three more lunch talks
Date: October 15, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Faunce Memorial Meeting Room
EBoard members present: Steven, Kevin Li (Chicago), Emily, Kevin Ouyang, Diane, Claribel, Emily Y, Jessica, Anne, Christine, Nelson, Kota, Christian, Ryan
Agenda
Introductions
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Faunce Memorial Meeting Room
EBoard members present: Steven, Kevin Li (Chicago), Emily, Kevin Ouyang, Diane, Claribel, Emily Y, Jessica, Anne, Christine, Nelson, Kota, Christian, Ryan
Agenda
Introductions
- Announcements
- Anne: AAPI-identifying professor meet-and-greet 10/20 BCSC Formal Lounge 5:30~7:30pm
- Treasury Update - Boba Set, AAMP group outings fund unlikely
- Kota: We got full funding for the three remaining tea talks $156
- Outside Announcements
- AAMP Mentoring Program
- Photoshoot - pick a photo, include a description of yourself, send to Sindee
- BASE Meeting
- Open Mic Night - push it back
- Lunch Talk
- Any thoughts on previous / structure
- Guided (though not mandatory) Readings
- Prompt for next one: post in slack for new ideas
- Ex: AAPI in American TV shows, Mail order bride
- Next Lunch Talk: Cultural Appropriations in General
- Set Date and Time (Check room)
- Oct 26th @ 4:30-6:30pm BCSC (start @5pm). We have boba.
- Any thoughts on previous / structure
- Jenny Yang Event
- Treasury Meeting on Tuesday to help solicit Funding
- Publicity Help likely in the last week
- Jenny Yang - Wednesday November 9th
- 5-6pm open table discussion (20~25 students)
- Break
- 7-8pm performance (student perform in the first 20-30 min, followed by Jenny Yang for the rest)
- Freshman Rep Opportunity to Get Involved (mention at least once)
- Submit Budget proposal on Thursday
- How can we make AASA not just East Asian-centered.
- South Asian students might already have their own stuff going on. Tried to reach out before but the cultural rhetoric is different.
- Historically, AASA has been East Asian-centered. How can we fundamentally change what we are centered around
- Co-sponsor an event
- Include issues that are somewhat less relevant to just East Asian. Make it more relevant with all Asians including South Asians. Putting responsibility on us to reach out
- In the broader community, outside Brown, Asian American already is associated with East Asians. Do South Asian students consider themselves Asian-Americans. The answer may not be yes.
- EBoard representation - perhaps a liaison to South Asian students community
- Careful about tokenizing the only SA student on Eboard
- Afra Rahman
- Stay away from model minority because it focuses on people who are more upper middle class, light skin, etc
- Keep a Google Doc list of topics we need to be conscious about bringing up to promote inclusivity
- Reach out to students with mixed Asian American identity
- Think about organizations and the individuals who constitute, rather than just thinking about the name. Build personal relationships with individual people because they’re the ones who bring something up during the meetings. Organizations aren’t static.
- What is most important to other people especially what is going on now (such as immigration, Islamophobia, class status, skin color, etc). Not just focus on model minority
- Tea talks and sponsoring workshops on Islamophobia or other topics that are inclusive to more people. Conversations about media rep and mm, we can reframe it to make it more inclusive
- For example, mm stereotype hurts those who are mm, but other Asians who are not that “East Asian” or “smart” may be hurt more
- Recenter the conversation on people outside mm
- Non EA minorities in media rep eg
- We don’t need to expect SASA to want us to join them in activities, but we need to give them the option, and expect them to be open-minded too
- Start out with reaching to Freshman, dorm activities, mental health workshop
- Faculty involvement in events
Date: October 8, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW 501
EBoard members present: Steven, Fue, Christian, Emily Y., Kevin Li, Kevin O.
Agenda
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: JWW 501
EBoard members present: Steven, Fue, Christian, Emily Y., Kevin Li, Kevin O.
Agenda
- Introductions
- A chance to welcome all the newcomers (Kevin and Christian)!
- A chance to welcome all the newcomers (Kevin and Christian)!
- Announcements
- AAMP two events
- Faculty event for this October - date TBD
- Take mentees bowling - a fund for small groups
- Show sociopolitical significance
- Twenty groups - 40 mentors, 58 mentees
- Show sociopolitical significance
- Faculty event for this October - date TBD
- Treasury meeting on Wed.
- Outside Announcements
- Asian Arts Fest
- Planning on moving it to Early March
- Maybe up to December in future years - or earlier - but logistical complications thus exist
- Planning on moving it to Early March
- Photoshoot on Monday!
- AAMP two events
- Lunch Talks
- What did we think of the first one
- Things to change
- Switch the days occasionally (in case some people simply have a permanent conflict)
- Friday 3:30 - 5:30
- BCSC Formal Lounge
- Christian on it
- Christian on it
- Test Drive First Semester
- Possibly make a permanent schedule for second semester
- Possibly make a permanent schedule for second semester
- Switch the days occasionally (in case some people simply have a permanent conflict)
- Next topic
- AAPI in the Media
- Mail order bride
- Bruce Lee Movie
- Fox News
- Mulan
- Mail order bride
- Future Lunch Talk: How to deal with your racist parents
- AAPI in the Media
- UFB - talk with Peter on Tuesday on getting funding
- Talk about funding for lunch talks
- Funding for food for Open Mic Night
- Talk about funding for lunch talks
- What did we think of the first one
- Collaboration with BASE
- Meet with BASE - talk about collaboration, what they want
- Fue will be there
- Fue will be there
- Meet with BASE - talk about collaboration, what they want
- Open Forum Next Week (Open to GB)
- Inclusivity
- GB Involvement
- Social Events - y/n
- Google Doc will be posted if you want to add ideas
- Room
- Christian on it
- Christian on it
- Inclusivity
- AAPI Open Mic Night Collaboration
- Underground
- Christian on it
- Christian on it
- Emily will reach out to the different groups
- Poster for the Open Mic Night
- Underground
Date: September 22, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Smitty B G01
EBoard members present: Fue, Sindee, Steven, Kevin Li x2, Ryan, Emily, Anne
Agenda
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Smitty B G01
EBoard members present: Fue, Sindee, Steven, Kevin Li x2, Ryan, Emily, Anne
Agenda
- Announcements / Updates
- AAMP social / info meeting
- Mentors: 60
- Mentees: 45
- Mentors: 60
- Open Mic Night?
- Visions: No
- Visions: No
- King House - can provide funding for literary event
- Literary frat wants to cooperate with us
- Literary frat wants to cooperate with us
- AAMP social / info meeting
- Reflections on ...
- General Body Meeting
- Presentation kind of scared some of the freshman
- Sit through a lecture
- Make it more of a community-feel
- Sit through a lecture
- Content was good though - communicated who we are
- 8 freshman reps
- 8 freshman reps
- Keep in mind the audience was very East Asian - do we want to market out more out to other audiences in the future
- Define the term AAPI
- Presentation kind of scared some of the freshman
- Community Mixer
- We didn’t really cycle a lot
- Wasn’t what we intended… add more structure to the question thing.
- But a lot of good conversations… some people wanted to stay
- Moving forward, maybe we could seat some people at each table
- Turnout: 30 people or so
- We didn’t really cycle a lot
- *Overall feel is both events went well
- General Body Meeting
- On Elections
- Four freshman reps (tentative)
- We each submit our top five
- We tally up the scores, and then we can discuss if there’s anyone we feel particularly strongly about or whatnot
- Four freshman reps (tentative)
- AASA x KASA Voter Registration Drive
- Sign up by Saturday!
- Next Tuesday, 10:30 -3:30
- Table on Main Green
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/176iZje41II5TtsfSZ8mvqk6sDGLwibz31oT5KDwHvOU/edit?ts=57e43ce4#gid=0
- Sign up by Saturday!
- Lunch Talk - First one - next Friday lunch
- How do you define your AAPI identity?
- Do you want people to acknowledge you as American, Asian, or Asian-American?
- "I've kind of lived my life straddling the hyphen of being Mexican-American. I kind of just sit on that hyphen, you know – navigating loving enchiladas and apple pie, loving mariachi music and Britney Spears. But there are so many moments in my life that were memorable to that experience of being a hybrid, of being a hyphen."
- Sometimes, we wish that people didn’t see us for our color. Other times, being a person of color is, for many of us, an essential component of our identity.
- "I've kind of lived my life straddling the hyphen of being Mexican-American. I kind of just sit on that hyphen, you know – navigating loving enchiladas and apple pie, loving mariachi music and Britney Spears. But there are so many moments in my life that were memorable to that experience of being a hybrid, of being a hyphen."
- How do you define your AAPI identity?
- Future Events
- We’re a bit empty moving forward, so please be thinking of things you’d like to pursue
- We’re a bit empty moving forward, so please be thinking of things you’d like to pursue
Date: September 13, 2016
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: BCSC Asian Room
EBoard members present: Anne, Isaac, Lynn, Ryan, Nelson, Steven, Fue
Agenda
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: BCSC Asian Room
EBoard members present: Anne, Isaac, Lynn, Ryan, Nelson, Steven, Fue
Agenda
- Announcements:
- 129 Activities Fair Signups
- In updating the website, we’re thinking of doing a photoshoot and social afterwards.
- Any announcements from AAMP?
- Funding - ask for funding from departments, if we don’t have time for supplemental funding
- Ask for funding primarily through departments
- Funding - ask for funding from departments, if we don’t have time for supplemental funding
- 129 Activities Fair Signups
- Intro GB Meeting
- Publicity
- Email Sent out
- FB event made - please share such as post a photo
- Morning Mail to be submitted tomorrow
- Can we get someone to post in Freshman facebook group?
- Fue is on it
- Fue is on it
- Email Sent out
- Rough Content
- Short
- Short
- Publicity
- Community Mixer 9/17 5-6:30pm @ Pettiruti
- Setup
- We need 8 themes or ideas - Steven /Fue on it
- We need 8 themes or ideas - Steven /Fue on it
- Publicity
- Morning Mail - Steven
- Posters
- Email to GB - Steven
- Post on FB page
- Post on Brown Group Page
- Post on Brown Group Page
- Facebook Event - send the details to Kevin tonight
- Also - food ideas?
- Chips, nuts,
- Water
- Chips, nuts,
- Setting the stage - door staff?
- Announcement
- Introduce us
- Talk about AAMP
- Talk about AASA
- Transition into the mixer
- Introduce us
- Announcement
- Morning Mail - Steven
- Setup
- Future Events
- Thinking Open Mic Night weekend of 1st/ 2nd
- Depends on supplemental funding, depends on Visions.
- N.B. BTS Night Market 9/30. BCSC Block Party 9/24
- N.B. BTS Night Market 9/30. BCSC Block Party 9/24
- Emily - reach out to Visions
- If anyone has any ideas
- Submit for food budget supplemental funding
- Depends on supplemental funding, depends on Visions.
- Thinking first Lunch Talk will be next Friday
- Want to set a tone of inclusivity
- What does being Asian American mean to you?
- More ideas on the Drive
- What does being Asian American mean to you?
- Want to set a tone of inclusivity
- Thinking Open Mic Night weekend of 1st/ 2nd
- Hashing out the Semester
- Big note: Because we are reliant on supplemental funding, successful events (read: food) must be planned far in advance. So if anyone has any ideas they’d like to pursue or think AASA should pursue, definitely start thinking about it and share so we can get money early
- Events / collabs?
- Big note: Because we are reliant on supplemental funding, successful events (read: food) must be planned far in advance. So if anyone has any ideas they’d like to pursue or think AASA should pursue, definitely start thinking about it and share so we can get money early
- Other
- Solidifying permanent meeting time - when2meet - likely to be sent out this weekend
Date: September 6, 2016
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: JWW202
EBoard members present: Steven, Kevin Li (Chicago), Fue, Christine, Emily, Emily, Sindee, Isaac, Kota, Ryan, Anne
Agenda
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: JWW202
EBoard members present: Steven, Kevin Li (Chicago), Fue, Christine, Emily, Emily, Sindee, Isaac, Kota, Ryan, Anne
Agenda
- Introductions
- Welcome back!
- Activities Fair
- This Thursday
- Steven will send out sheet for sign-ups
- Prep - Poster, Laptop, Paper + Pen backup
- Shift One - 7:00 - 8:30
- More people needed for Shift One than Shift Two? No
- Shift Two - 8:30 - 10:00
- Need someone to take responsibility for take-down
- This Thursday
- Opening Year Activities
- We had four activities last year
- GB Intro Meeting: 9/15 8~9pm @ Wilson
- Does AAMP want a small segment to talk? YES
- Facebook - Kevin
- Morning Mail
- Send out email to student body
- Freshman Facebook Group - Fue has freshman friend
- AAMP meeting 9/27
- 29+ mentor applications
- 100 mentee interests
- Social Event for GB
- Community Mixer: 9/17 5-10pm @ Petteruti
- Stations with a theme/question on a piece of paper; people go to where they find interest
- Jenny - Contact About Poster (Steven)
- Posters next Tuesday and Wednesday
- Morning Mail
- Facebook Event
- Email to GB
- Open Mic night
- Problems getting performers? Fue: send an email out
- Last year - Date: 10/3 / Location: The Underground
- Lunch Talk about AAPI issues
- Things in the news
- Wriston Quad, Backup location
- Goal: Making it more clear how to get involved if you’re not on the EBoard
- Community Mixer: 9/17 5-10pm @ Petteruti
- Social Event for EBoard
- Sept. 22 - AAMP social event
- Passing on BTS Night Market (Decision: YES)
- Positions Available (email to GB)
- Publicity Chair
- Freshman Rep
- Freshman Rep
- More of a commitment to positions this year
- Hashing out the Semester - NOTE: Did not get to
- What events…
- Collabs?
- Balancing flexibility and non-idleness
- Next Meeting