Saturday, January 23, 2010

URGI Minutes 1/19/10

HIGHLIGHTS

-NEXT MEETING/Weekly meetings for the semester: Mondays at 9pm in Wilson Commons 122
- Mini-elections will be held at next week’s meeting: bring a prepared speech if you are interested! (Awareness, Social & Fundraising and Banaa positions available)
- General Interest Meeting was held 01/22 in Ruth Merrill- covered topics of goals of group (awareness, advocacy, service), past events, future goals/events.

Goals for the Semester

-More awareness on campus
-Presentations to other groups and have presentations from other groups
-More speakers (discussions afterwards)
-Recruit more members
-Put up fact fliers throughout the semester
-Less tabling (not Douglass)
-More fundraising (paired with more awareness)
-More frequent newsletters
-Money for the club

Recommendations

-Monthly Themes
-Themes can include countries, regions, time periods, events
-Discussion Presentations
-Monthly newsletters – summarize the month
-Try for the 1st of the month
-“Crafty” Advocacy/ Volunteering
-Amnesty craft night
-Arts and crafts with refugees
-Documentaries in Gleason
-Mixers/ Museum of Play
-Mixers with emergency/ amnesty
-Museum of Play
-Mardi Gras Party

Comedian
-Cassie and Sunny!
-Thinking about next spring
-Talk to CAB – maybe co-sponsor?
-Fall is a good idea – start planning it this semester
-In between the lines show instead?

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