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UMB Alpha Lambda Delta Meeting #2 Wednesday, August 3, 2005 10:30am Honors Conference Room Members present: Michael Metzger, President; Eleanor Mooney, Vice President; Kate Danckert, Secretary; Jacqueline Kuks, Treasurer Minutes of last meeting approved by all Website www.geocites.com/umassbostonald -updated by Mike, with new intro page -now linked to national website www.nationalald.org -we are now qualified for contest for best site -photo of officers taken to post on site -revised officer introduction letter approved, to be posted and also sent put to all members by mail in the near future Concert Plans Date -concert date chosen to be Wednesday, May 10th -Joyce Morgan gave us the choice between Tuesday May 9th and Wednesday May 10th. Wednesday chosen because more students are on campus on MWF as opposed to TuTh -other concert will take place on the same day, pending other schools’ final exam schedules Involvement of other UMass Campuses -UMass Amherst and UMass Lowell both have ALD chapters -UMass Dartmouth does not have ALD chapter, but has large student body -concerns about size of UMass Lowell student body–smallest UMass Campus -UMass Worcester a medical school, probably not interested in becoming involved -proposal to contact UMass Dartmouth Honors Program to recruit volunteers, or see if they have a different honor society -posed question of whether the concert should be strictly an ALD affair, or universal UMass project -concerns that UMass Lowell does not have room to host concert because they are an urban campus -group decided it was best to involve only UMass Amherst ALD in addition to our chapter UMass Amherst and UMass Boston Plans -both concerts to be held on Wednesday May 10, 2006 -UMass Boston concert to take place in afternoon to attract daytime commuter students -target times either 12pm-5pm or 1pm-6pm -UMass Amherst meeting to take place in evening -target time 7pm-10pm or 8pm-11pm -our ALD officers can go to UMass Amherst concert after our afternoon concert Concert name and logo -as yet undecided -temporarily called “The One” concert by Mike in info packet, concerns about trademark on that title Letter drafts -Mike’s letter-should be attached to all outgoing letters ~concerns about tone being too harsh/commanding, too many statistics, not personal enough. Suggestion to add separate sheet with personal stories and photos. ~Mike’s goal was to use shock tactics to recruit support ~Jacqueline will help Mike reedit his letter, and new draft will be sent to all officers for final proofread ~ALD letterhead liked by all, to be used on all outgoing letters. Mike will send it to everyone in time for next meeting. -Eleanor’s letter-should be sent to politicians and potential sponsors ~very informative, professional letter -Kate’s letters-to be sent to UMass Amherst ALD and celebrity guests ~UMass letter approved by all ~celebrity letter to be kept short, use of flattery ~header on letters liked by all, to be used on all outgoing letters: UMass Boston Alpha Lambda Delta ALD Freshman Honor Society University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125-3392 umassbostonald@yahoo.com -Joyce Morgan to be used as a contact on the letters, Kate is going to email her to ask permission to do so. -Eleanor proposed we provide return envelopes with our letters to encourage responses Celebrity appearances and Bands -Jacqueline proposed local band Apollo Sunshine. She knows they do free/charity concerts -search for student bands on campus -in celebrity letters, ask for either an appearance or a video-taped message to play at the concert Next meeting: Wednesday, August 17th 10:30am, Honors Conference Room (CC/1/1300 street) Topics to be discussed -letters are going to be sent. Finalized drafts with letterhead at the top will be printed in Honors Computer Lounge, so drafts should be accessible by computer. ~each person should have addresses for each party they are sending letters to -induction ceremony speakers, target 3 speakers (two for backup) ~Seiji Ozawa (former Pops conductor) still top choice, but Mike knows a UMB graduate who is a good speaker and will speak for free -sponsorship price to be set -plan first general meeting -establish communication plan for all members (mail or email), need to contact Layeforest Donald Return To Calendar |