Meeting Summary - April 24th

Welcome to all of the new members that joined us! As a result of Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day, many students felt motivated to take action and we certainly commend everyone for stepping up!

Here's what we discussed:
- We recapped the Scavenger Hunt. It was a fantastic event that was a lot of fun all-around. While participation was small, it was a great start and got the word out so when we do another one in the Fall people should be more interested in signing up. We did raise $90.

- We are cancelling the Dine-Around for this year. Even though it was a great success last year, it was a lot of work and we are pressed for time this year. We really only have one more meeting before May 29th, which was the scheduled date. We talked about perhaps doing this at a different time of the year, when there are no AP Exams looming, AP History Conference for us to plan, and so forth.

- We did want to try to do a bit more though between now and the end of the year. A member suggested holding a fund-raiser through a local restaurant, where a portion of the proceeds go to our cause. Danielle was going to try to to talk to Buona Sera and/or Roadside Grill to see if we could get a committment from either of those establishments.

- The other activity we would like to do before the end of the year is a movie showing. We had wanted to show a film for club members in the winter but early release due to snow messed that up. So, to educate club members as well as the school community, we would like to show a dvd on Friday, May 29th. Students in PIG classes could attend for extra credit. We would have students watch the movie and perhaps sign a petition or write a letter to their representative. We would coordinate a pizza sale at the same time. We need to fill out paperwork for the pizza sale and make flyers. Due to member suggestion, the dvd we would like to show is a PBS Frontline documentary called "On Our Watch."

- There will be no meetings May 8, 15, or 22nd due to AP review sessions and exams, and Memorial Day. So, we have this coming Friday and then the movie on May 29th. We also suggested wrapping up on Friday June 5th with a party and also recapping our year and our financial accounts.

IMPORTANT

TALK UP THE SCAVENGER HUNT - Get People to Register. Tell them to Smithtown West's homepage, click on "Vote" to sign up a team.

TUESDAY - The day we return from break - We NEED to meet after school. Please come!

Thanks.

Meeting Summary - March 20th

Today was a Scavenger Hunt focus day. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st. We discussed the online sign-up, and revised the rules. People were assigned different trivia sheets to work on, all of which should be dropped off in Ms. Donohue's room sometime next week, since we will not be meeting. The Scavenger Hunt is about a month away, so start to hype it up!

Our next meeting, on Friday, April 3rd, will focus more on the Dine Around, because the Scavenger Hunt seems to be going pretty smoothly.

Darfur Meeting Summary - March 13, 2009

Small turnout today...where's our 30 plus committee members? We miss you. Please come next week!

Here's what we discussed:
- news update about Omar al Bashir's arrest (see Ginny's previous post)
- Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day is set for April 16th. We will be showing the movie The Devil Came On Horseback again.
- We have THREE major events to focus on for the rest of the year. 1) Scavenger Hunt - set for April 21st. 2) Dine Around - set for May 29th. 3) Darfur Doors - to be up by April 16th.

We MUST get prepared for these events!

Good News!

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan based on his actions against the people of Darfur. Let us hope that he does not react violently before he is detained!

You can sign a petition to President Obama urging that he assigns someone to the Darfur crisis by following this link.

Bake Sales Next Week - We Need Help

We are unable to meet this Friday, so we called a brief meeting for today, Wednesday. Thanks to all who stopped by.

We are having a bake sale NEXT Thursday, February 13th. We need people to bake and to sign up to sell at the table. We need people periods 4-8. (Periods 4 and 8 right now we have no one slated to do..)

Also, we will continue the sale on Friday if we have enough leftovers. We will need people to sell on Friday too. Please post if you can commit to sell on any of these periods on either day.

Also, please bake stuff! You can drop your baked goods off in F206 on Thursday morning.

Lastly, we will need people to hang up flyers on Tuesday. Please come to F206 to get the flyers.

Thanks!

Meeting Overveiw for 1/9/09

• We were not able to do the DVD sale this week and have to cancel it.
• At next Friday's meeting, we will be watching the documentary Sand and Sorrow about the genocide in Darfur. Try to encourage new members to come and learn about our cause! Fliers will be going out at the beginning of the week- please stop by the room to get some to hang up.
• We decided to donate money raised from the comedy hypnosis show to STAND, an organization that provides alternatives for women who have to leave the camps in search of firewood, often being met with danger. Money goes to alternative-fuel stoves, hiring patrols, and paying for firewood.
• Our major upcoming fundraisers are the Scavenger Hunt and the Dine-Around. Does anyone have any additional ideas?
• We are trying to get the big display case near the library, and we already have a nice banner to hang in it, but we may have to take down our other display case in exchange.

See everyone next week!