[Imc-outreach] Outreach Meeting Notes 7/7/04

[faith swords]

while i think it's really good to encourage people to do their own
fundraising, i think that suggesting garage sales or bake sales is NOT the
way to go. it usually doesn't bring in very much money and takes a lot of
time and energy.

however, several people (specifically wendy edwards who works with the
wireless project and carol mckusick) have expressed interest in bake sales
and garage sale-type projects, so maybe we could follow up with that.

it seems to me that *our* energies will be much more useful doing more
co-ordination-y type things than putting on bake sales.

but that's just me. personally, i dislike selling things to people unless
they REALLY need them, and no one REALLY needs cookies all that badly :).

jane, if you want to do a phone campaign, i can get you phone numbers, or
you can just sit here in front of quickbooks and get the numbers yourself
(or print them out), whichever you prefer. as for a mailing, i think
finance could probably allocate SOME money to do that, but not the $80 or
so it will cost to do an entire mailing. or maybe they will. we can ask
:).

alright, i'm REALLY going home now to a) have dinner and b) go to sleep.

good night all,

--faith

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Jane Andrew wrote:

> Just some brainstorming...
>
> We could do a postcard or telephone campaign (or both)
> to let members know just how bad the situation is.  I
> think someone mentioned that a lot of people just
> don't know that a problem exists.
>
> Also, we could switch the order of donation choices on
> the website.  I see that the capital campaign is at
> the top... you have to scroll all the way down to see
> that "sustaining funder" is even an option.  Maybe
> that should be the first thing you see on that page.
> I'm not sure how many online donations we actually
> get, but it's probably worth changing.
>
> I would be willing to talk to a few working groups
> about fundraising and recruiting, and I'm sure other
> people from Outreach would be willing to help too.
>
> We could even encourage people to do their own
> personal fundraising... having garage sales, etc.
>
> That's all for now,
>
> Jane
>
>
>
>
> --- faith swords <faith at ucimc.org> wrote:
> > hey everyone,
> >
> > i was busy with reconciling accounts (which needs to
> > be done straight
> > through otherwise it gets really ugly) so i couldn't
> > come to the meeting,
> > but i did listen in, and we talked about general
> > fundraising stuff at the
> > finance meeting too.
> >
> > i did want to say a few things about memberships in
> > general at the meeting
> > and i'm sorry that things took too long for me to
> > come over and talk with
> > y'all.
> >
> > it's good to have annual members (those of us who
> > pay a particular amount
> > per year, say $25 or $50), but what we really need
> > right now are
> > SUSTAINING funders, who pay a particular amount on a
> > monthly basis. i can
> > only think of 4 regular sustaining funders at this
> > point -- folks who
> > contribute between $10-50 a month, every month.
> > those people are the ones
> > who are bringing in, say, the money that pays our
> > phone bill and
> > utilities. there aren't enough of them to make any
> > kind of difference
> > other than that.
> >
> > we talked at finance about how working groups should
> > encourage their
> > members to recruit and funraise themselves. also, to
> > lead by example by
> > becoming one of those sustaining funders. i know no
> > one wants to pay $25 a
> > month, but at this point, that kind of thing REALLY
> > needs to happen,
> > otherwise we're not going to be able to pay the
> > rent.
> >
> > i think getting the general and staffing
> > orientations is really important,
> > but this needs to go along with it. we need to be
> > encouraging people to
> > become sustaining funders, rather than annual
> > members.
> >
> > the general attitude about fundraising is that it's
> > important, but it's
> > important for OTHER people to do it. no one seems to
> > want to step up to
> > the plate.
> >
> > anyway, that's just my pessimistic take on things
> > tonight, after looking
> > through the accounts to see where we're at.
> >
> > feel free to give feedback or brainstorm, but i
> > thought you guys would
> > probably be one of the better places to bring this
> > up.
> >
> > g'night,
> >
> > --faith
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Drew Tarico wrote:
> >
> > > Outreach Meeting Notes 7/7/04
> > >
> > > attending: ellen, jane, meghan, drew (notes)
> > >
> > > NEW CONTACTS:
> > > shows: Arun and Zoe S.
> > > ragg: Zoe S.
> > >
> > > PR for orientation:
> > > Jane will be seeing that Meghan's article gets in
> > the Hub
> > > and she has volunteered to flyer with Meghan
> > > Meghan needs to be contacted about organizations
> > she's talked to.
> > > Drew will talk to the buzz about writing an
> > article or just highlighting
> > > the calendar
> > > Meghan and Jane will go to various organizations
> > on FRIDAY AT 1pm
> > >
> > > We talk about general PR strategies, and
> > attendance of past orientations.
> > > 4 IMC people may be less intimidating and enough
> > to cover all the bases,
> > > we may want to split up the times with different
> > folks
> > >
> > > We need more documentation (from zach?) We've only
> > got a response from
> > > Mike L about it.
> > > We'll meet on SATURDAY AT 6:30pm here at the IMC
> > to discuss the need for
> > > docs and go over whatever we can get before then.
> > >
> > > There will be food at the orientation, we'll
> > coordinate this next week.
> > >
> > > Ellen brings an outline for the staff orientation
> > to take place on monday
> > > the 19th
> > > EXPECTATIONS
> > > Must be a Member
> > > need to come to their shifts
> > > must attend staff training
> > > may want to institute staff meetings- should
> > attend these
> > > must have basic knowledge of the IMC
> > > must be committed to keeping the IMC a "safe"
> > space
> > > signature of every staffer on some document of
> > commitment
> > > DUTIES
> > > primary duty is to the space not personal work -
> > ie staffers should be in
> > > the front room
> > > Turn Lights on
> > > Straightening things up / pick up things
> > > Check voice mail
> > > Answer questions
> > > check the mail - bring it in, file it in
> > appropriate mailbox etc
> > > Check if the plants need watering
> > > Opening and closing checklist - clean the display
> > case glass
> > > WORK ORGANIZATION
> > > We'll have a staff meeting to discuss how this
> > will break down
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