[Community] Meeting next week 12/16 - don't miss it!

[Chris Ritzo]

I did create the backpage:
http://community.project.chambana.net/

If anyone has issues joining it, please let me know.

Chris


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> Wednesday night, Beth and I met and we are thinking that the next community
> connections meeting should be focused on getting all our projects in one
> place, ideally the community connections backpage.  We have a lot of good
> opportunities coming up, and we want to get organized at our meeting next
> week.  Please, please join us Wednesday December 16th at 6pm!
>
> Here are our agenda items:
>
> *Community Backpage: *
> Chris, did you create one?  I can't seem to find it.  If you haven't, just
> let me know and I'll be happy to set one up.  If you have, can you send out
> the link?
>
> *Comprehensive list of Community Connections Projects:*
> We have almost 20 sturdents who will beworking with the community
> connections group next semester (more below).  We'd like to organize and
> prioritize our projects before they arrive!  Please bring any notes you have
> on community connections potential projects so that we can make a plan of
> action!
> *
> Current items include*:
> Making the lobby a more welcoming space
> Hosting skill shares
> Meeting with working groups to assess what they need from the IMC / what is
> their relationship with the IMC
> Meeting with community partners to see how they could utilize IMC resources
> Building internship opportunities at the IMC
> Building general awareness of the IMC as a community resource
> ...there's plenty more, but I just wanted to jog our collective memory.
>
> *
> LINC class:*
> LINC stands for Learning in the Community.  This is an interdisciplinary
> course based on service learning (begins Jan 19th and meets Tues/Thurs from
> 12:30 - 1:15).  We are invited to attend the first class.  Also, it's not
> just a profesor and some students - we have 2 managers who are grad students
> who elected to work with the IMC and oversee students on our project. They
> are: Emily Henkels and Martha Althea Webber.  Both are awesome!  They are
> familiar with the IMC and excited to work with us.  Then, we have a project
> advisor, Prof. Robert McGrath (bio here:
> http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/~mcgrath/remcgrath.pdf<http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/%7Emcgrath/remcgrath.pdf>).
>
>
> The students (we have about 20 working at the IMC) are expected to put in
> between 3-6 hours per week on the project.  What we need to do is present
> them with a challenge and they help us implement a solution.  I proposed the
> idea of having the students tour the IMC in the first week of the course and
> we will present 3 structured projects.  Then, students can opt to
> participate in the one that is most interesting to them.  The projects need
> to have a starting point and clear objective so that the students can have
> the experience of project implementation.
>
> I had a coupld ideas that would be potentially useful projects:
>
> 1.) Assistance in outreach / community connections work
> 2.) Planning and staffing the IMC Film Fest, IMC Fest and the spring
> Children's Art fair -or- plan a series of skill shares at the IMC
> 3.) Help construct the new library space
> 4.) Assist me with fundraising and/or grant writing
> 5.) If students have web-design skills, it would be great to get ther
> assistance on redesign of our website.
>
> Some of this may depend on the interests and skill of the students, which
> we don't know yet.  Certainly the project isn't written in stone and we
> should take advantage of students who might have particular talents, but I'd
> like to come up with a short, detailed list that I can share with the
> project managersand advisors during the holiday break so that they can start
> preparing for their section of the class.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Nicole
>
>
> --
> Nicole Pion
> Outreach and Development Adviser
> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
>
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