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Minutes: February 10,2009 Community Alcohol Coalition
Members Present: Jenny Haubenreiser, Glenn Puffer, Becky Franks, Ellie Staley, Marty Kent, Clare
Darrough
December minutes were approved by members present
Discussion Items
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Jenny introduced Clare Darrough – the newly appointed MSU student member. Several other
MSU students have shown an interest in being on the board – although there is only one slot
open for an MSU student. The group began a discussion about the possibility of changing the
bylaws to have more flexibility re: membership (e.g., allowing two MSU students in lieu of the
BHS student position). This will be discussed again at future meetings.
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Ellie announced that PLONK has new owners. She has been impressed with them thus far and
feels they may be good members to including on the CAC. She will talk to them about this when
she sees them next.
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Jenny brought in a copy of the CAC’s mission statement and went through the history, goals and
charge of the group. The members present do feel progress has been made, particularly in
relation to the original charge of the group, which was to work on 5 specific policies (keg
registration, social host policy, RBS for special events, a more comprehensive RBS policy and a
safe neighborhood ordinance). Ongoing goals for the CAC after the social host policy is finished
will need to be determined.
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Ellie mentioned that DBA is considering a larger-scale event downtown focusing on MSU,
particularly athletics & the alumni association. They would not be seeking an open container
waiver for this – the event would be more of a means to show appreciation and build a stronger
bridge between MSU & downtown.
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Marty elaborated on a recent Fairground event, which ended up included some serious cases of
underage drinking. Marty informed the group that while the Fairgrounds is owned by the
county, Bozeman Police are the ones who respond to problems there. Marty has been in contact
with the event planner and the Fairgrounds supervisor, both of whom seem to be concerned
about this as well. He will be meeting with these individuals later in the month to see how they
will prevent this type of incident from occurring again. CAC members were invited to attend the
meeting. Marty will report back to the group on any progress made during this meeting.
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Jenny asked Marty about the number of MIPs being given within the community. The campus
MIP program (which provides the mandatory programming for MSU students charged with an
MIP) has seen a decrease in numbers during the past 6 months or so. Marty will look up the
information for the next meeting.
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Jenny asked the group about changing the March meeting due to travel. She will follow up on
this once her travel plans have been finalized.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30. The next meeting will be on March 10th (unless changed) at 4 p.m.