Monday, April 13, 2009

Meeting minutes 4/13

Scheduling

  • May 22, 11am: planning for next semester's events
  • Excel workshop not going to happen before the end of the semester; OIT doesn't hold them
  • Potential idea: excel "roundtable": several different "stations" that show a specific skill for 10 minutes etc.
  • Student speaker series:
  • didn't get off the ground soon enough to become institutionalized this semester
  • could possibly invite a 1st year if they're interested and have interesting experience

Fall

  • potential speakers:
  • Mt. Holyoke prof: MPP grad, was at the State Dept. at Bosnia desk when genocide was happening
  • Tom Webler of SERI in Greenfield, possible panel with experts in community development and environmental policy
  • be a good idea to do summer meeting about this; schedule on May 22
  • get Puja's speakers nailed down
  • have to take into account expense of honoraria, price of hotel and travel; one advantage of local speakers
  • Volunteering getting moved to fall planning mtg (5/22)

Tapestry:

  • Tapestry Health--volunteering to register people for MassHealth: Saturday 9-1, Wednesday 7-9
  • Afterward, hike
  • Tabling for Tapestry on the concourse: raising awareness about their funding cut;
  • Oxana will get materials, we will reserve a table--TWTh next week 11-2
  • Tues- Josh (11-1)
  • Wed- Puja and Tricia
  • Thurs- Anna, Megan (12:3o-2)
  • They would like a one-page, memo-style policy analysis about their funding

BBQ: Puja will make surveymonkey with following dates:

  • 14th after capstones
  • 15th 1-5
  • 16th 1-5

Fundraising: T-shirt logo

  • might need a run-off for front pocket design; back pocket was difinitive
  • Tricia will draw up an order form

Puja

  • speaker: Dr. Arnab Basu
  • tabled because he lives in Virginia, not Vermont
  • will set up a meeting with Lee about doing a publication
  • will collaborate with Qimti re: newsletter

Next steps:

  • Tricia: volunteering, fundraising (run-off, order form), hike
  • Anna: email about events for the rest of the semester, tabling, policy analysis interest
  • Puja: survey monkey for bbq

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