Officer Meeting Minutes 9/24/13

• SAO raised the club dues to $10 --> pay dues and get a T-shirt for free at next general meeting
• Semesterly SAO meeting Wednesday 5:30-6:30, 7:00-8:00; Thursday evening
• Two officers: Katie and Mark
• Meeting with Doug delayed
• Volunteer forms for Chapter for next meeting
• Sign up members for volunteer database? -TBD after Mark talks with Doug
• Game Day Recycling - walk around tailgates handing out recycling bags, $7/hr/person and free T-shirt and snacks! --> sign-up at general meeting
• General Meeting Thursday 7 PM at Dooley Room
• Blood Drive: Oct 14 & 18 (day before USC game) for competition
• T-shirts
• Posters at general meeting
• What Red Cross worldwide did this past week/Quick questions about what Red Cross does
• Sign ups for veteran projects
• Adopt a soldier or general care packages? TBVoted
• Teach For America or Alliance for Catholic Education short presentation
• Bring change for dues
• Red Cross Club nationwide conference call Friday 3-4 p.m.
• USC Blood Drive Competition t-shirts coming soon

1st General Meeting! Minutes 9/12/13

• Introduction to the Club
• Mission
• Fundamental Principles 
• Red Cross @ Notre Dame
• Officer Introductions
• Dues: $5 to Treasurer, William Kim (wkim2@nd.edu)
• T-shirts for sale! $5

Officer meeting minutes 9/1/2013

1. Activities Night

Please wear the new club shirt if you're volunteering at the table.

Here's the link to the spreadsheet for signing people up.

Katy's picking up tablecloth and banners from chapter on Tuesday.

Setup from 6pm-7pm: Jaehyun (bringing laptop) and Katy

7pm-8pm shift: Daniel (bringing laptop) and Nestor

8pm-9pm shift: Michael Dinh (bringing laptop) and James

 

2. Meeting with Doug from Chapter

He'd like to talk with us about how we are going to be involved with the chapter this year (especially DAT, blood drives, international, volunteer opportunities). If we are able to get some more volunteer opportunities through the chapter, I think we'll be able to retain members better. Please make an effort to come to this meeting and vote at http://when2meet.com/?1068181-tqpa8.

 

3. 1st General Meeting Presentation

I'd like each of you to make a slide or two about your role as an officer and anything else you'd like to say. You should have received an email with the presentation.

4. Blood Drive Competition vs. USC

To collect more blood than USC Red Cross Club for a traveling trophy. Possibly a week before USC game? More details to follow.

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