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Board Meeting Sleepover
Minutes from First Board Meeting of 2001-2002 Year
6/9/01 from 8:45 pm - about 12 am (w/ a few breaks to get more food)
Present
Sarah Dorner, president
Ben Geyer, exec/membership vp
Keyser Bezerra, programming vp
Ruth Bezerra, programming vp
Joanna Lubkin, sa/to vp
Sara Morin, rel/ed vp
Andy Dorner, communications vp
Ari Rosenblum, freshman representative
Problem Solving
-discussed qualities of a good leader
-discussed ways to communicate with BBYO
-discussed how to make a good phone call
Encampment
-Rabbi paying for ½ of early bird rate
-need to let us know by June 22
-hope to have good turn out from board and chapter
Membership
-layed out Ben's responsibilities
-brain stormed ways to reach out to new members
-brain stormed ways to keep old members
Programming
-layed out Keyser and Ruth's responsibilites
-brain stormed (listened to Keyser and Ruth's list)
program ideas
-brain stormed fund raising ideas
SA/TO
-layed out Joanna's responsibilities
-brain stormed ways to raise money for TO
-specifically disucussed ways to incorporate TO
into each event rather than hold separate event just to raise TO money
-raised $106 last year-sending money to Kesher
-set new TO goal at $200
-brain stormed ideas for a year long "drive"
-decided to open it up to TBA, not just USY members
-brain stormed year long Social Action project
-decided not to work with the elderly this year
-specifically discussed periodically visiting an
orphanage and "adopting" and orphan
-specifically discussed helping to make minyan
during the week
-specifically discussed visiting children at the
hospital
-Joanna is to research different organizations
over the summer
REL/ED
-brain stormed ways to incorporate prayers and
religious education into each event
-specifically discussed Tifilat Haderech and blessings
over foods
-specifically discussed having ruach sessions-need
to get B'chol Echad songbooks
-discussed annual USY Shabbat Service
-want to have it in early winter
-would like to have Kabbalat service on Friday
night
-discussed possibilites of having a dinner
-Sara is to speak with the Rabbi over the summer
to discuss some of this
Communications
-brain stormed ways to increase communication
-found out who is willing to make phone calls
-Andy is to set up list of who calls who over the
summer and check it with everybody
-made sure everyone had website address
Freshmen
-brain stormed ways to get freshman involved
-decided best solution was to "make" them go to
the first event
First Event
-Sat. night September 8th
-Pajama Dance Party Sleepover
-"kidnap" freshmen
-start sleep over with Havdalah
-have silly activity after Havdalah
-after Havdalah have pajama dance party
Second Event
-will either be 2nd or 3rd week in October
-have dinner meeting to discuss USY
- make SA/TO decisions as a group
-plan next events as a group
Application Form
-raising membership dues to $45 and include a T-shirt
-including space to put USYer's birthday
-adding space for USYer to write in event they
would like to have
* Meeting was unanimously ended because we were all tired
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