Meeting Minutes 4/30/2013

Last meeting of the year!

Club shirt

• Talked to Jas at the Chapter: logo on the back needs to be updated
• To be continued in August
• $5 per shirt

Five Guys

• Check came in today: $45ish to us
• $200ish to Red Cross
• Next year: ask people to propose an event with the budget of $45

Meeting with Dr. Go

• He suggested that we try to create a signature event of the Red Cross Club
• Ideas?
• Dodgeball tournament? or any sports/team tournaments
• Attach it to a cause, maybe a different one each year
• Hot chocolate/lemonade stands? Since they're easy to set up and immediately according to need
• Pins

World Refugee Day with the Chapter this summer

• In downtown South Bend
• About two hours
• Mayor is speaking
• Three refugees and some volunteers telling their stories
• Plaque to commemorate
• Working with Refugee Coordinator at the Chapter
• Food vendors, belly dancers, live dancers
• Working on advertising to the community

Blood Drive yesterday

• Huge success
• Goal: 40something, Result: 77!
• Thanks to all those who helped out!

April care packages have been sent out. Last package for our person is June. 

Thank you to Cameron!

Officer Meeting with Dr. Go

• With stable membership, be more aggressive for membership growth next year
• Signature event to increase awareness throughout campus/community
• Etc.
• Five Guys night: collected about $292.73, about 25% comes to us, ~73 dollars
• Keep it for the Club
• Next year: ask members what event to plan with $75
• Chapter contact to be figured out with all the reorganization in the chapter: we need a chapter sponsorship to exist

• General meeting times next year? 
• Tuesday night around/after 8 p.m.
• SAO requests can be done over the summer
• World Refugee Day, June 12
• Blood drive on the 29th!
• Better advertising
• Posters, table tents
• How to get into Week@ND or computer cluster backgrounds?
• Facebook events
• On-the-day advertising
• Tap into Engineering Council database for volunteers
• April care packages to be sent out soon; leftover items to be sent out to a Support Our Troops-like organization
• Last general meeting next year

April 16 General Meeting Notes

• Five Guys Fundraiser tomorrow, all day! Just let them know you came with the Red Cross Club.
• Mark is going at 5 from main circle if you want to join
• No marketing on the street
• Blood Drive on Monday, April 22nd
• Distribute posters, Google doc to be sent out
• In light of the Boston Marathon disaster...
• Any ideas to help out?
• Redirecting the funds from Five Guys?
• St. Joseph Chapter will not be directly involved
• Buttons and hot chocolate like we did for Hurrican Sandy?
• T-shirts for next year
• Quotes on the back: "You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." -Winston Churchill
• Color: Red...
• Logo

Meeting Notes 04/02/2013

1. Firefighter lunch at the Notre Dame station, this Friday, April 5

• Want to participate? E-mail Steve
• Start cooking around 11:30, serving around 12:15

2. Danny: Veterans - looking into working with a new organization

3. Five Guys Fundraiser - Wednesday, April 17

• Get people to come - more people, more money!
• Feel free to make shameless plugs: at dorms, section meetings, etc.
• Posters to be sent out via e-mail: print them out and put them up to get the word out!
• All-day event
• Take shifts during evening hours to stand outside Five Guys and hand out fliers?
• At strategic points!!! 
• GoogleDoc to be sent out

4. CCC (Club Coordination Council) has an opening in the Social Services section: anyone want to apply?

5. Red Cross Chapter internships for the summer? To be investigated...

6. New officers

7. Budget allocation: any new events/projects to be listed? Talk to Daniel by midnight today