Meeting Recap

I don't know if anyone was assigned to the blog for this past week, but I remember most of what we did, so I'll summarize for those who weren't there.

First, Mr. Cone discussed the need for student action in planning activities. After having to do pretty much all of the work for last week's pizza sale, he and Mrs. Donohue decided that they would not enter forms for any events unless the students had already planned and worked out details.

Next, we had updates on the current situation in Darfur. The Janjaweed has returned to it's scorched-earth bombing practices, displacing over 75,000 people since the start of the new year.  I will post the New York Times article later tonight.

Everyone should go on http://purpleforpeaceintl.bravehost.com/

On this site, you can sign a petition to the White House in order to pressure the Sudanese government into allowing UN Peacekeepers to take action in Darfur.

Mrs. Donohue also told us that there is a student group at Stony Brook that has just formed which plans on raising awareness and funds for the crisis, much like we do.  We discussed the possibility of collaborating some events together.

Finally, we broke into committees. The bake sale is planned for March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) as long as the date is approved by administration.  See Mrs. Donohue or Mr. Cone if you would like to sign up to sit at the tables or bake something to sell. That is our closest planned event, but a Dine-Around in May (I think- correct me if I'm wrong!) and a Scavenger Hunt are both in the works, along with the PIG-Hours movie showing, the Doors For Darfur activity, and more pizza/bake sales.  

If anyone has any more ideas for activities we can sponsor (and is willing to plan/organize the event- ideas without people willing to work on them are pointless), he or she can speak to Mrs. Donohue or Mr. Cone, or come to our meeting this coming Friday.