Starting off our Wednesday evening meeting on the 12th was a discussion on our current project, Peru. The skype call with Anna, who’s currently in Peru, was rescheduled to Friday the 14th at 1pm. We gathered some questions that we could send to her beforehand so that she’ll be able to answer them in a little more detail. Hopefully chatting with her will fill in some questions and give us a few answers to help keep us on track.
The possibility of receiving credit for traveling to Peru was also thrown around at the meeting. There is a chance that through Green Empowerment we may be able to get an internship which could get credit through study abroad. We’ll be asking Anna a few questions on this topic as it seems like a great opportunity.
Addressing funding, the group decided that a goal of two bake sales before the end of the term would be a great goal. Garrett volunteered to chair the financial section of ODA and will be looking into getting a bake sale setup outside of the Duck Shop (hopefully during book buy back, where there’ll be lots of students with money). Sandra also said she would try to sift through some grants and try to locate a couple that we could get on soon. Another good topic that was brought up was that when fundraising around campus we should be more specific as to where each donor’s money is going. For example, instead of doing a bake sale for ODA, we’ll be holding a bake sale for a solar panel that will power the water system. We felt this would give them more confidence in their donation as well as feeling a little more connected to the project.
The website is soon to be updated (Dan is fixing it up as I type) and hopefully it will be a little more user friendly after we change some things.
It should also be noted that a retreat has been planned! It is tentatively scheduled for all of Sunday, Nov. 23rd, most likely in and around the EMU. Hopefully all of our members will be able to attend as it’ll be a great opportunity for some progress as well as a chance to learn about each other!
Our next meeting will be at 5 pm next Wednesday at the fishbowl, hopefully we’ll see everyone there!
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