Officers Present:
Travis Odegard – Website Aministrator
Dason Kurkiewicz – Co-President
Tony Varey – Co-President
Megan Placko – Secretary

Eric Errthum – Advisor

Aaron Wangberg – Advisor

Meeting started at 5:04pm.  That’s right…we started the meeting 4 minutes late because Errthum and                   Wangberg were both late.

First on the agenda was to send around the sign in sheet.

If you are interested in taking part in either the MAANCS (November 15th) or Putnam contact Eric Errthum (December 6th) @ eerrthum@winona.edu

Problem solving seminar – still going on and anyone is welcome

Upcoming Seminars

• Geometrics – October 15 Wednesday (Stark 103)
• Newton’s clock: chaos in the solar system – October 16 10-11am (Stark 103)
• Pancake sorting prefix reversals and DNA arrangements – October 17 2-3pm (Stark 103)
• How mathematics becomes news – October 16 330-630 (Stark 103)

Important Upcoming Events:

• October 15th-17th Ivars Peterson

                                -Wednesday October 15th @ 9am there will be a meet and greet with him in the                                                                               conference room  (if you are in Math Ed, you might want to attend)

If you are interested in helping out with the Ivars Peterson visit, please contact Joyati Debnath @ jebnath@winona.edu

Jenna walked in late at 5:08

• November 15th from 4-8pm at the Holsinger Lodge: Math/Stat Club Alumni social

                                -Free food (burgers and hamburgers)

• Grad School Trip:  Tentatively set for November 10th UW Milwaukee Math/Stat Department
• Upcoming conferences: North-central section MAA conference @ Condordia Moorhead (Oct 17th-18th)

                                -Watch the movie “flatland”, ice cream social, and other fun events

                                -If interested contact Aaron Wangberg @ awangberg@winona.edu

• Pi Mu Epsilon conference @ St. Norbert’s

                                -Pizza social, math game show, talks aimed at undergrads, etc.

                                - If interested contact Aaron Wangberg @ awangberg@winona.edu

• Nebraska Women in Math Conference @ the university of Nebraska

                (sorry, only women allowed) 

                                -If interested contact Tisha Hooks @ thooks@winona.edu

Next topic talked about was T-Shirt ideas

Travis has t-shirt idea and we shot is down.  Sorry Trav.

Vote was taken and decided to get both “fleas” (fleeces) and t-shirts

If you have any t-shirt ideas, contact Dason.

Club activity options:

                apple picking and apple pie

                pumpkin picking and pumpkin pie

                hide and go seek (Lock in?)

Vote total: pumpkin and apple picking: 13

Pumpkin Picking will take place on Sunday, October 26 @2pm

Emails will be sent out with more information

November’s activity: LOCK IN  (Friday, November 21st)

Travis brought up the idea of Malone Appreciation Day

                (will happen sometime this semester)

Next Meeting will be on November 5 @5pm!!!!!!!!!!

Meeting ended at 5:35 pm