Wednesday evening gave the group an opportunity to get a jump on some goals that needed to be accomplished by the end of the term. It was my first time with the ODA crew which that night included Adrien, Dan, and new member Nikki (who seemed well equipped for PR duties).
To start off the night Dan addressed the community surveys that have been sent off Anna in Peru. These surveys which contain a range of questions from, “How accessible is your drinking water?”, to “What is the condition of your land?” will then be given to members of the San Pablo community. Hopefully we will better be able to understand this community, their social interaction and how to best implement this project. Right now we’re waiting to here back so that we can compile some data.
A large part of the meeting was devoted to funding questions. Campus fundraisers seem like the most reasonable to accomplish before the term is over (seeing as how we’re already 6 weeks in..yikes!) so we discussed our options. Alex Goodell showed up to talk about a combined fundraiser with his group, Students for Global Health, but it seems like we’ll have to wait on SGH’s people power until next term since they’re busy with their own project at the moment. Daniel had suggested that we hold a party at the Campbell Club Co-op, but apparently its been booked with parties for a while. So as of now, the most legitimate (and feasible) fundraiser looks like a bake sale. Perferably we could do this at one (or many) of these parties at the Campbell Club because both Dan and Alex mentioned we could make a few hundred dollars in one night. It’s not bad for selling brownies and I think this would be a great start to get the fundraising-ball going. Next week we’ll meet back up with some concrete ideas for other types of fundraisers to be working on for the future.
The adviser questions still seem to be lurking. The problem with having a board of advisers is that we must have several faculty or community members who are willing to make a sacrifice and donate their time to this group. Most of the faculty that we want are already too busy with their own lives to help another out another cause. We decided that it may help to take a more specific approach when addressing potential advisers because it will lay out our expectations of them as well as what they can expect from us. That way we can find people who are not only willing to make this time commitment but who are also knowledgeable in the areas we’re seeking assistance.
As some have mentioned, the website needs updating and will hopefully be adjusted soon. We plan on reviewing the site soon and looking for areas that can be improved. Dan, Nikki and I are possibly meeting this weekend for a powwow to discuss some changes to the site. We hope that we can make it easier for people to find information regarding our current project by including a YouTube video which explains it in detail and in a medium thats a little more interesting than text.
And it looks like Dan was right on with the 1 hour 20 minute meeting time, and we’ll do it next week hopefully bringing some great fundraising ideas with us.
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