[Community] LINC write-up

[Elizabeth Simpson]

Hi Folks, 

I'm sorry there's been a tirade of unavailability lately, but I can only be at the first half hour of CC tonight, as I'm scheduled to work (but forgot about it-oops). 

I think there will be less of a needs assessment training on its own and more of a planning session on what to do, how, and what the key values/guiding principles are. We can talk schedules tonight. 

I'll be there at 6!

-E
 





I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
-Harriet Tubman

  

--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: LINC write-up
To: "Elizabeth Simpson" <elizacorps at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Chris Ritzo" <critz1 at illinois.edu>, community at lists.chambana.net, "Emily Henkels" <ehenkel2 at illinois.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 5:10 PM

Hi everyone,


Beth, this is perfect and I used it today.  


Chris Ritzo and I got to meet our LINC class today - we've got about 15
students and they all toured the space today and seemed interested in
what the groups here do.  I gave a tour and then answered some really
good questions, despite being a bit quiet to start.  I'm looking
forward to working with them!  The students are supposed to put
a total of 9-10 hours a week into the project, thought this includes
class work and reading, so we can expect fewer hours than this at the
IMC-closer to 3 or 4, I'd think.





Our work now now is basically: 



1.) Do we have documents, web pages, or videos that the students should preview?

2.) Beth - what are the times that would work for you to do the needs assessment training? 
3.) Because they are such a big group, we're thinking that we would like to have them break into smaller groups to work more closely with IMC projects - for example, some of them are interested in art, grant writing, technology, etc.  We should break it down to 6-8 focus areas.  


Emily would like to attend our meeting tomorrow night, so I just wanted to send a reminder to the group that we'll be meeting tomorrow at 6pm at the IMC.  We can discuss these items at that time.

See you then!


Nicole


On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Elizabeth Simpson <elizacorps at yahoo.com> wrote:

Here is my edit:

Preface: The UCIMC is a non-profit organization made up of projects and programs called "Working Groups."  The working groups are made up of volunteers and community members. "Spokes" from these groups gather monthly in a "Spokes meeting" and fill the role that a Board usually fills in a non-profit. 



Problem: The IMC transitioned from a small organization to a large one in a short period of time. Since then (2006) there have been unresolved growing pains such that the working groups don't always have enough information
about each other or the organization as a whole, and the clarity about benefits, roles, and responsibilities that existed when the IMC was much smaller has been lacking now that there are so many more people and workgroups involved.. We would like to
develop a common understanding of how the IMC functions and provide infrastructure where it is lacking. 


Project: Perform a Needs and Resources Assessment of the IMC, from which guiding documents and materials can be created. Additionally, make concrete and available the understandings, expectations, and agreements between IMC workgroups, members, and visitors via signage and clear channels of communication. 



 
I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
-Harriet Tubman


  


From: Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com>
To: elizacorps at yahoo.com; Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>

Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 1:15:51 PM
Subject: LINC write-up


Thank you both for being so awesome.  And thanks, Beth, for providing us with pizza!  So, here is what I've written up for the LINC students who will be visiting on Tuesday 1/26:

Preface: The UCIMC is a non-profit made up of projects and programs called "Working Groups."  The working groups are made up of volunteers and community members who are not full-time employees of the UCIMC.  The UCIMC



Problem: The working groups don't always have enough information about the organization as a whole.  The IMC as a whole does not always know what kinds of support the working groups need.  We would like to develop documents and forms of communication that can help bridge these gaps.



Project: Perform a "Needs Assessment" similar to a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis through creating a survey, administering a survey, and developing recommendations as to what can be done to address concerns.




 
Feel free to edit away!

Nicole




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Nicole Pion
Outreach and Development Adviser
AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center






      


-- 
Nicole Pion
Outreach and Development Adviser
AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center




      
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