[Imcamericorps] AmeriCorps Mtg 6/22/11

[Austin McCann]

AmeriCorps Mtg

6/22/11

On-time attendance: Isak, Krist, ZB, Leon, Sam, Austin, Carol
Late: Kristina
Absent: Brian

   - End of the year celebration for AmeriCorps members was moved to August
   5th -- 5:30-7:30pm
   - Closeout
      - AmeriCorps is a project with a “positive focus” in an impactful way
      but also has a bureaucratic structure that lots of us don’t care for
      - We have to look at the work we’ve done with some pride re: our own
      service & present a story about what the IMC is having on the community
      (even though we’re funded by AmeriCorps)
      - How do we take ownership over our own work, work which could not
      happen without us
      - What do you see as the “culture” of the IMC?
         - (It took us 2 years to get a printer) -- what are some behavioral
         changes necessary for us to become more viable?
      - What are some strategic things we can do to position ourselves in
      the community?
      - People still don’t know who we are
   - Next year
      - We’ve been cut down to 8 positions next year; everything we do must
      fall w/in a meager budget
         - We’ll make it work
      - As AmeriCorps members, we must be careful & cognizant -- our
      activities are important; we need to stay within the framework of “direct
      service”
      - If you consider your service as engaged to the public (not
      politicians), you’ll be safe; we have to be careful about the political
      content of our work
   - Open House for AmeriCorps members: July 8th in the Sun Room
      - Positions should be “done” by Friday
      - Folks can apply for jobs here then
   - National Conference re-cap
      - ZB was called out to present at the CNCS conference: it turned out
      to be a “full-fledged AmeriCorps event,” I got to represent the
IMC and UC;
      I was involved in different classes, learning about resources;
fantastic; I
      don’t have enough hard drive space for all the information
         - Next one will be in Chicago: you can go as an alum, get called
         out by your AmeriCorps director, and get called by the CNCS
office (as ZB
         was)
      - Isak’s training

   --
   Austin McCann, Development Adviser
   Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center <http://www.ucimc.org>
   austinmccann[at]ucimc[dot]org
   202 S. Broadway Ave. #100
   Urbana, IL 61801
   (217) 344-8820

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