Notes Sept 16, 2008

Thanks to those of you that came to the meeting tonight. Here's a recap of what we talked about.

Officer Positions Available

• Fundraising board will consist of 2 (?) members to rise money for activities during the year
• So far Chelsea Germano is one of these members

Publicity

• Venues for publicity this semester can include the Dec and the Cav Daily
• Saana will send out the Guluwalk information and logo so we can start to flyer and chalk soon

Sources of Money

• Appropriations for UNICEF
• OAA and AAS (academic organizations that give money to groups)

Guluwalk

• Saturday October 25th 2pm
• Tabling October 20th - 24th
• This is during family weekend so we will have to compete with the family activities, but it could help us in donations

Water Droplets

• Tabling October 27th - November 1st

Draft Letters

• Ashi will send out a draft letter sometime this week to take to businesses asking for money/goods for Guluwalk
• Elizabeth Tilton (Saana will contact her) can donate food
• Go to any businesses at home if you happen to be home one weekend
• 5 areas: Corner (Molly and Chelsea), Barracks (Rashmita and Mehak), Downtown (Ashi and Kim), Target/Whole Foods (Rachel), our own homes
• Remember it's tax-deductible!

Guluwalk

• We still need to find speakers - ask Invisible Children and Building for Tomorrow
• We're also looking for music groups to perform
• The Invisible Children might be coming through this area soon with the Lost Boys

Next Week's General Body Meeting

• Tuesday September 23rd 8pm Minor 130
• This will be an educational meeting
• We'll talk about Guluwalk, publicity for this semester, and the Nicaraguan Orphan Fund

Service Festival

• We're continuing to brainstorm ideas for a booth, but let us know if you have any