NOTES FROM THE FIRST GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
*There was approximately 50 people and our club advisor in attendance
*Pizza and homemade brownies were served – if you weren’t there you totally missed out!
*15 people signed up and paid dues for the semester already!
*Next meeting is:
*Gather at the Ground Round (@ The Hampton Inn on Mass Ave.) on Thursday, February 1 for some Grey’s Anatomy, Rotaractini’s and 25% off all food!
Jirair, Rotaract President, spoke a little about what Rotaract is and what the club accomplished last semester:
Rotaract is an international program of Rotary International for young professionals who want to make a difference. There are 7088 clubs in 150 countries worldwide.
Last semester we volunteered in the community by creating a World AIDS Day display, holding a Blood Drive, a Darfur town hall meeting, conducting a cheesecake fundraiser, toiletry drive, and much more.
Jirair spoke about the focus of BUSPH Rotaract:
~Service- thru local community service and international projects/fundraising
~Education- thru guest lectures and workshops for professional development
~Friendship- thru socials events in order to meet new people and make new friends
Jirair highlighted membership details:
~Membership consists of an application and $10.00/semester, which will provide you with
Three 90-minute professional development workshops
A worldwide network of endless opportunities
You can pay the $10.00 by check, pay pal over our website, and cash at your convenience
Jirair shared club resources and important save the dates:
~Our Website = http://people.bu.edu/rotaract/
~Our Blog (meeting minutes)= http://busph-rotaract.blogspot.com/
~Google group email list serve
~Facebook account!!! – THIS IS NEW THIS SEMESTER – Thanks Eva for getting us signed up!
~Club meetings from 5-6pm (every 3 weeks)
Plans for the semester were disclosed:
A. Service Events
~Nicole- Youth Volunteer Project-teaming up with Citizen School after school program to do a service project in Dorchester
~Nicole- Book Drive- collect books on the Main and Medical campus during the book buy back period at the end of the semester
~Katherine- Volunteering at Rosie's place once or twice a month
~Jamie- Cheesecake Fundraiser for an international cause (Easter)
~Jessica- Community Servings, Malaria Bed Net Fundraiser (March)
~Eva- Dunk-tank fundraiser: an afternoon of dunk tanks, food, and fun to raise money to help launch an oral health community clinic in Kashmir.
~Jirair-Alternative Spring Break Adventure: S. Alabama Cares (Mobile, AL), Habitat4 Humanity (Biloxi, MI), March 10-18, 8-12 people
~Darfur Action event- Fidelity divestment, Rally (March or April)
~Rebecca and Jirair- Global AIDS Week of Action: Activities and Visual Displays revolving around the following issues: Health Worker Shortage, HIV Prevention and Treatment for Injection Drug Users, HIV and Malaria, IMF and World Bank Trade Ceilings- end of February
B. Education
~Jamie- Monthly workshops - February - Top Negotiation Skills--what to do when you want to kill someone in the workplace--but can't. - March -- Networking like a Rock Star returns!
C. Social Event- Katherine
~Social events- 1 or 2 events per month for us to get together and hang out.
~Our first Social Event was Thursday, January 24, 2007 at The Ground Round and it was a great success – great turnout – see photos of tour first social of the semester on our website and Facebook account!
If you would like to be more involved in any of these above-mentioned activities, please email the CSOs directly and express your interest:
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Happenings of the BUSPH Rotaract Club
Minutes from the 1st Rotaract Board Meeting of the Spring 2007 semester, which took place on Sunday, January 21
All new board members were introduced – every board member’s position and responsibilities were explained to the group.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS:
Eva Koehler – Community Service Officer
Nicole Daley - Community Service Officer
Katherine Horan – Social Director
OTHER NEW LEADERS/ NEW POSITONS:
Katina Montez – Historian
Susan Bollinger – Webmaster
MEMBERSHIP: In order to be a member, one must be a graduate student enrolled at BU, one must complete a Rotarct application and pay dues of $10.00 (each semester that one belongs to the club).
As part of membership a Rotarctor is entitled to (3) - 90 minute workshops geared toward professional development. The board spoke about possible ideas for these workshops such as grant writing. Last semester these workshops were a huge success.
MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THE SPRING 2007 WERE DISCUSSED:
~To coordinate activities with other student groups on both campuses (establish connections between Dental, medical and GMS students)
~To further strengthen the bond between the Boston Rotary and BUSPH Rotarct (create opportunities for networking with Rotarians and other Rotarct groups)
~To establish new and more effective ways of communications (Facebook Account)
SOCIAL AND SERVICE GOALS FOR SPRING 2007 SEMESTER WERE DISCUSSED:
~To hold at least one Social/ Service Event per month
PLANS:
Nicole- Youth Volunteer Project-teaming up with Citizen School after school program to do a service project in Dorchester
Nicole- Book Drive- collect books on the Main and Medical campus during the book buy back period at the end of the semester
Katherine- Volunteering at Rosie's place once or twice a month
Jamie- Cheesecake Fundraiser for an international cause
Jessica- Community Servings, Malaria Bed Net Fundraiser
Eva- Dunk-tank fundraiser: an afternoon of dunk tanks, food, and fun to raise money to help launch an oral health community clinic in Kashmir.
Jirair-Alternative Spring Break Adventure : S. Alabama Cares (Mobile, AL), Habitat4 Humanity (Biloxi, MI), March 10-18, 8-12 people
Rebecca and Jirair- Global AIDS Week of Action: Activities and Visual Displays revolving around the following issues: Health Worker Shortage, HIV Prevention and Treatment for Injection Drug Users, HIV and Malaria, IMF and World Bank Trade Ceilings- end of February
~To hold at least one social event geared to friendship (including January)
1. A social event after community service event
2. Continue newly established relationship with Ground Round Bar
PLANS:
Katherine: 1 or 2 events per month for us to get together and hang out. Our first Social Event- tomorrow! Thursday, January 24, 2007
~To hold at least three education talks/lectures for the semester: (faculty member, guest lecture- open to the public), workshops (90 minutes)
PLANS:
Jamie- Monthly workshops - February - Top Negotiation Skills--what to do when you want to kill someone in the workplace--but can't. March -- Networking like a Rock Star returns!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
~General club meetings from 5-6:30 pm (every 3 weeks)
~Board meetings (two weeks after general, one week before next general)
~FIRST GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, January 24 from 5-6pm L211
IMPORTANT CLUB RESOURCES:
Our club's website: http://people.bu.edu/rotaract/index.html
> Our club's blog: http://busph-rotaract.blogspot.com/
> Boston Rotary Club: http://www.bostonrotary.org/
> Our District' site: http://www.rotary7930.org/
> Main Rotary Site: http://www.rotary.org/
All new board members were introduced – every board member’s position and responsibilities were explained to the group.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS:
Eva Koehler – Community Service Officer
Nicole Daley - Community Service Officer
Katherine Horan – Social Director
OTHER NEW LEADERS/ NEW POSITONS:
Katina Montez – Historian
Susan Bollinger – Webmaster
MEMBERSHIP: In order to be a member, one must be a graduate student enrolled at BU, one must complete a Rotarct application and pay dues of $10.00 (each semester that one belongs to the club).
As part of membership a Rotarctor is entitled to (3) - 90 minute workshops geared toward professional development. The board spoke about possible ideas for these workshops such as grant writing. Last semester these workshops were a huge success.
MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THE SPRING 2007 WERE DISCUSSED:
~To coordinate activities with other student groups on both campuses (establish connections between Dental, medical and GMS students)
~To further strengthen the bond between the Boston Rotary and BUSPH Rotarct (create opportunities for networking with Rotarians and other Rotarct groups)
~To establish new and more effective ways of communications (Facebook Account)
SOCIAL AND SERVICE GOALS FOR SPRING 2007 SEMESTER WERE DISCUSSED:
~To hold at least one Social/ Service Event per month
PLANS:
Nicole- Youth Volunteer Project-teaming up with Citizen School after school program to do a service project in Dorchester
Nicole- Book Drive- collect books on the Main and Medical campus during the book buy back period at the end of the semester
Katherine- Volunteering at Rosie's place once or twice a month
Jamie- Cheesecake Fundraiser for an international cause
Jessica- Community Servings, Malaria Bed Net Fundraiser
Eva- Dunk-tank fundraiser: an afternoon of dunk tanks, food, and fun to raise money to help launch an oral health community clinic in Kashmir.
Jirair-Alternative Spring Break Adventure : S. Alabama Cares (Mobile, AL), Habitat4 Humanity (Biloxi, MI), March 10-18, 8-12 people
Rebecca and Jirair- Global AIDS Week of Action: Activities and Visual Displays revolving around the following issues: Health Worker Shortage, HIV Prevention and Treatment for Injection Drug Users, HIV and Malaria, IMF and World Bank Trade Ceilings- end of February
~To hold at least one social event geared to friendship (including January)
1. A social event after community service event
2. Continue newly established relationship with Ground Round Bar
PLANS:
Katherine: 1 or 2 events per month for us to get together and hang out. Our first Social Event- tomorrow! Thursday, January 24, 2007
~To hold at least three education talks/lectures for the semester: (faculty member, guest lecture- open to the public), workshops (90 minutes)
PLANS:
Jamie- Monthly workshops - February - Top Negotiation Skills--what to do when you want to kill someone in the workplace--but can't. March -- Networking like a Rock Star returns!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
~General club meetings from 5-6:30 pm (every 3 weeks)
~Board meetings (two weeks after general, one week before next general)
~FIRST GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, January 24 from 5-6pm L211
IMPORTANT CLUB RESOURCES:
Our club's website: http://people.bu.edu/rotaract/index.html
> Our club's blog: http://busph-rotaract.blogspot.com/
> Boston Rotary Club: http://www.bostonrotary.org/
> Our District' site: http://www.rotary7930.org/
> Main Rotary Site: http://www.rotary.org/
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