Minutes for February 17, 2000

The meeting was called to order by President Erin Jo Rischette at 4:04 pm.

1.  Announcements
    A.  SPS scholarship deadline moved to March 15th. 1st place $4000, 2nd
        place $2000, and 10 $1000 scholarships.  Must be a junior in physics,
        EP or education with physics major.
    B.  SPS has been invited to judge the Holy Ghost Science Fair next          
        Tuesday.  We will be leaving around ten to 1 and return about 2:30 pm. 
        Meet in back of Otts.
    C.  The Sigma Pi Sigma reception and banquet will be March 23rd.  It
        is an honor to be in Sigma Pi Sigma, and there is very little time 
        involved. Invites to join have been sent out, please respond either
        way.

2.  Approval of Minutes from February 3rd. 
    4.C.ii. Purdue, not "Perdu."  Minutes were approved with correction.

3.  Treasurer's Report
    SPS is now in good standing.

4.  Committee Reports
    A.  Physics is Phar-Out
        i.  There was a show February 10th at St. Mary's.  It went well. Thank
            you to Lucas for helping.
        ii. We need a Community Service Representative.  This person would 
            write up a report of community service in SPS.
    B.  Colloquium
        The walking tour was last week. It was a good show, lots of
        interesting and fun stuff.  Photonics lab, lots of equipment that 
        was gotten at a very reasonable price.  UWP does alpha and beta 
        testing. We may do this tour once per semester.  Interested in 
        research opps?  Talk to Dr. Hamilton.  This could be an 
        opportunity to get the SPS undergraduate research award!  
    C.  Trip/Social
        We're going to Fermi Lab!  February 26th, next Saturday.  We'll be  
        getting a personal tour with some people that used to work there, so 
        this tour will be special! Talk to Prof. Wilson to sign up.  Meet 
        Saturday behind Otts at 7 am.
    D.  Bulletin Board
        Look for scholarship information!

5.  Physics is Phar-out Workshop
    Mark Bertolasi has been calling schools all afternoon.  We actually have one 
    response saying yes! Many schools seem enthusiastic.  

6.  Canoe Report
    Two canoe molds are made and ready to go!  Stripping going on this 
    weekend, Friday starting at 3 and Saturday 8 till ???

7.  Expo
    Expo is March 31st.  Last year's Expo was a lot of fun! Get involved this 
    year.  Thursday evening we're tearing apart the Physics lab and setting up 
    the "Physics Exploritorium!"  We need a committee to plan setup, staffing 
    and cleanup!

8.  T-Shirts
    SPS T-Shirts are available for $10!  Talk to Prof. Wilson if interested.
  
9.  Webpage
    The SPS Webpage needs some updating.  Geoff volunteered to work on it! 
    Thanks Geoff!

Mark Broker made a motion to adjourn at 4:44 pm.  The motion was seconded by
Mike.