What is the purpose of GA Retreat?
To bring our APIDA student community together and facilitate community bonding.
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As fast as you can, write ALL of your board member's FULL names down on a piece of paper. The first team to get it all written down first AND correctly wins!
Kyle Hoang, Saisamyuktha Shankar
Nibraas Khan, Michelle Lu
Xuefeng Yang, Anh Lien
Dani Follett-Dion, Elliana Nordhaus
Eera Kale, Emma Strah, Jalisa Sang
Christy Nguyen, Manan Mrig
What are the 4 pillars of ASU?
Educational
Cultural
Social
Community
What does PSO stand for?
Partner Student Organization
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, ASU had to move Light Up the Night to an online format setting during the year 2020-2021. What was the name of the virtual format that ASU used last year?
Gather Town
What year did ASU change from "Asian-American Student Union" to "Asian American Student Union"? If both teams knows the answer, the point goes to whoever can explain the reason behind this name change.
Board 2020-2021
How many Co's and Trio's are there onboard? Name them all.
1) President and Secretary
2) Vice Presidents
3) Finance Team
4) Co-Events Coordinators
5) Advocacy Team
6) Public Relations Team
7) External Outreach Team
How many votes does it take to amend the Constitution?
2/3 Majority vote
Who currently has access to ASU's new storage room? Where is it? (General Area)
Kyle and Xuefeng. Our storage room is in Como - a 10-minute drive!
When was the last time ASU hosted a MAASU conference? (Semester and Year) and what was the theme of the conference?
Time: Fall 2020. Theme: Unwritten ;
Who started the ASU mural?
Tammy Pham (Multimedia Chair 2018-2019)
When requesting SSF funds, who do you go to?
BOTH Treasurer and Fundraising Director! Treasurer works directly with requesting SSF Funds, Fundraising Director picks up and solicits for more fundings wherever SSF can not provide!
Should the office of the President be vacant, according to the bylaws, what will happen?
The Internal Vice President and External Vice President will be come Co-Presidents
How many social media does ASU have? (Active AND Inactive) Name them all.
Snapchat
Tiktok
Youtube
Discord
What would an IN-PERSON Light Up the Night include? be as specific as possible! visualize the event!
1) Free food
2) Performances
3) Lot of tall, hanging Lanterns to Light up the night
4) All APIDA orgs get a table at the event in order to showcase their organization and what they are all about
Name all of the Presidents of ASU since the 2016-2017 board.
Alex Diep
Justin Thao
Nurul Quratulaini Abd Salim Nast
Karly Oak
Kevyn Le
Kyle Hoang
Please name all of ASU's Student Advisors for the board year 2021-2022. Name their former positions on ASU as well as their positions.
Jenny Tam (Former EVP 2018-2029)
Aileen Pham (Former IVP 2019-2020)
Kevyn Le (Former Activities Chair 2019-2020, Former President 2020-2021)
Richard Yin (Former Treasurer 2019-2020)
Dzao Vu (Former Co-Events Coordinator 2020-2021)
What positions on ASU board are considered as "E-Board" or "Executive Board"?
President, Secretary
Internal Vice President, External Vice President
Treasurer, Fundraising Director
Write down as many APIDA orgs at UMN-TC campus as you can within 1 minute. The team that is able to write more orgs down wins. (Not limited to whether they were a PSO last year or not)
TBD
During the last in-person Gala, what was the theme of the event?
Rooted
After the board year 2017-2018, ASU was in financial deficit. During the board year 2018-2019, a board member was able to help ASU get out of debt. Who was this board member? What was their position? And what did they do?
Liam Cher Vang - Fundraising Director 2018-2019. They put ASU into the stock market and pull ASU out when the stocks peaked.
There are 3 different people who are a part of the External Outreach Team Trio. EVP, ASU Ambassador, and Community Engagement Chair. Who does each of them reach out to?
EVP: Develop relationships with Non-Profits or Mutual Aids, works with MAASU, a non-profit.
ASU Ambassador: Maintain relationships with other Cultural Centers and MSA (UMN's student body government)
Community Engagement Chair: Maintain relationships with all of the APIDA orgs on campus!
IMPEACHMENT: Should a BM be accused of misconduct or wrongdoing, how much time do they have to present their case and defend themself? And how much vote does it take in order to remove a BM from office?
A BM gets 7 days to present a case to defend themselves. And it requires a 2/3 majority vote to remove a BM from office
Name all of the 9 Cultural Centers that occupy on the 2nd floor of Memorial Union.
BSU: Black Student Union
AMCC: Al-Madinah Cultural Center, Muslim-centered student group
Mi-Gente Latinx: Latine-centered student group
DSCC: Disabled Student Cultural Center
AISCC: American Indian Student Cultural Center
FSAC: Feminist Student Activist Collective
QSCC: Queer Student Cultural Center
MISA: Minnesota International Student Association
HMSA: Hmong Minnesota Student Association**