From Dr. Bartley...

URP Graduate Students,

Dr. Bartley sends his thanks to you all for the tee-shirt and attending
the celebration at Lillian's last Friday.

Next SPA Meeting October 3

Reminder

Next SPA Meeting will be in ARCH 439 at 3:00 PM (Following Growth Management). New time and location by popular demand. See you there.

Come to Anastasia State Park

On October 13th, SPA goes to the beach.

This event will be our first service project for the year. We reach out to our environment in this project, noting the fragile nature of our state. We will meet at the Reitz Union Car Circle at 7:45 AM to ride together to St. Augustine for this. I know it's early, but its well worth your time to give a little service to the community, and enjoy the beautiful beach, and a SPA beach BBQ. If you want to meet SPA there, you can follow the attached directions below. We will be starting at 10 AM. Hope to see you there.


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T-Shirt Design Competition

Hey,

A T-Shirt Design Competition has been opened for the 2007-2008 year. Last year, our department developed our Student Planning Association T-shirt. This year, we would like to develop a tradition of developing a new T-shirt for the new year. Please submit designs to myself, in my mailbox, or boperez@dcp.ufl.edu. Submissions are accepted through September 14th, and the winning design is TBD at the SPA General Body meeting on September 18th. More details, send inquires again to my email. Winning Designer will receive a free T-shirt and lots of PRAISE and FAME.

Mellow Mushroom Mondays

Hey DURP'ers


As a opportunity to have fun all semester long, we are having Mellow Mushroom Mondays. This is Trivia Night at Mellow Mushrooms at 1209 W University Ave with telephone of (352) 367-0012.

Come on out for some drinks, kick back, and enjoy some awesome trivia. Put your thinking caps on, for SPA is going to turn tables when it comes to Trivia Madness.

This will be weekly on Mondays, starting September 17th, at 7:30 PM. Come out for some food, drink, or just for Trivia, which kicks off at 9 PM.

Beginning of the Year Social

Hey,

As a kick-off social, we will be having a Happy Hour at Lillian's on Thursday September 13th, at 6 PM. Lillian's is at 112 Se 1st St, Gainesville with Telephone of(352) 372-1010.

Get to meet your peers and faculty in a more relaxed and social setting.

Be there or be square.

SPA Meeting Notes from 4 September

NEXT SPA Meeting on September 18th at 12:30 PM in ARC 339

(Dean's Conf. Room)

SPA Meeting Minutes

September 4, 2007

I. Benito Call’s Meeting to Order:

Meeting was called to order at 12:35pm by the President Benito. Other Officers present were: Lauren, Alexandra, Allison, and Steve. After Benito introduced himself, SPA members and officers introduced themselves.

II. Message from the Treasurer:

Benito read a message from Marcus, the Treasurer stating that SPA funds totaled 611.00 and that he was pursuing SGA reimbursement for SPA members attending the FAPA Conference in Orlando September 5-8^th. He had also placed a request with ACC for partial reimbursement for conference fees and is waiting for approval. Upon reading Marcus’ message, Benito passed around a sheet of those who were on the list to attend the conference and asked for those going or not going to add or scratch out their names from the list as appropriate.

III. Update from the FAPA Representative—Lauren:

Lauren presented her update focusing on the upcoming FAPA conference which will begin on Wednesday Sept. 5^th. She organized the Student Reception on Thursday night which would be held in Town Tavern in Celebration. She encouraged SPA members attending the conference to drive to the reception, utilize the resume building workshop, and attend the Career Fair on Saturday Sept. 8^th. Other conference announcements included the UF Alumni Reception to be held at the Royal Plaza at 7:30 pm on Friday night and any questions regarding the conference should be directed to Benito or Lauren. She also announced that SPA needs a first year student to serve as Associate FAPA Representative.

IV. Update on the ACC:

As the ACC representatives were absent from the meeting, Benito announced the ACC Organization Fair was to be held in the Architecture Building atrium on Thursday, September 6^th from 5-7pm. SPA’s goal regarding involvement with the ACC is to reconnect with the organization and foster interdisciplinary involvement within the college.

V. Update from the GSC Representative—Alexandra:

Alexandra announced that SPA needed a first year student to serve as Alternate GSC Representative in the case that she cannot attend the monthly GSC meetings that are tentatively scheduled for the third Thursday of every month.

VI. Update from the Secretary—Allison

Allison announced that she was/will working in with Benito on SPA Blog and an on-line newsletter. The blog address was given to members as: ufurpspa.blogspot.com. She also announced that SPA will need a first year to serve as Reporting Secretary to record meeting minutes during SPA meetings.

VII. Update from the Social Chair—Steve

Steve and Benito announced that there were currently five SPA social events planned for the Fall Semester including: a Welcome Student Event at Lillian’s downtown on Thursday September 13^th at 6pm, Mellow Mushroom Mondays starting on September 17^th at 7:30 pm where SPA members can come and relax on trivia nights, a Winter Social event scheduled for the first weekend in December, a joint picnic with the local professional FAPA chapter at Lack Wauburg in early-mid November, and a Beach clean-up weekend still in the planning stages. Steve also announced SPA needed a first year student to serve as Associate Social Chair.

VIII. Greeting and Announcement from the Department Head—Dr. Peng:

Dr. Peng introduced himself to the students and encouraged them to attend the monthly faculty meetings the first of which is scheduled for September 14^th from 2-4pm. He stated his commitment to facilitating faculty-student interaction socially and academically and to support students in securing funds from university sources to attend conferences. He welcomed students to come by his office anytime.

IX. Other Announcements—T-Shirt Design/APA Conference

Benito announced that the Design Competition for the new SPA T-shirt deadline was September 14^th by 5pm. The design must include “University of Florida” and “Student Planning Association.” The winning design would receive a free T-shirt. Secondly, Benito announced the dates for the APA Conference in Las Vegas as April 27^th-May 3^rd.

X. SPA Goals/Member Ideas:

Benito stated the goal of SPA this year would be to increase student participation and representation as well as encourage cooperation with URP faculty, ACC/DCP, and the outside community. He opened up ideas for what SPA members not on the executive committee would like to see SPA do. Benito encouraged anyone with specific ideas to contact the appropriate representative on the executive committee or himself. Ideas included the following:

· Field trips to planning firms/planners/job shadowing

· Interdisciplinary Mixers

· Community Service Projects

· Increase communication to incoming students

XI. Website Update:

Benito updated SPA members on the progress of the SPA/URP website. A mock-up of the website was completed in the spring. The current goal is to have the updated website up and running by the end of the semester with a link to the SPA Blog.

XII. Current Open Positions on the Executive Board:

Benito summarized the list of open positions on the SPA Board and encouraged first-year students to express their interest to him or in reply to an email that would be sent out shortly regarding the subject. The open positions were:

· ACC Representative

· FAPA Representative

· Alternate GSC Representative

· Recording Secretary

· Webmaster

· Associate Social Chair

· Historian

XIII. Immediate Upcoming Events:

Benito announced that the ACC was attempting to create an organization “DCP Ambassadors” to increase interdisciplinary interaction within the college. A meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, September 5^th in the Architecture Building to create a team to work with the Dean on DCP issues. Benito also announced that there was an opening for a student to attend lunch with the Board of Trustees Thursday, September 6^th at 12pm along with two other student representatives.

XIV. Proposed Agenda for Next SPA Meeting:

The next SPA meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, September 18^th at

12:30 pm in Rm. 339 of the Architecture Building. The agenda would include the entries and voting of the proposed SPA T-shirt designs and an Executive Board Proposed Budget of SPA funds.

XV. There being no other news to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 pm.