Friends of Mali

Board Meeting Minutes

Sunday, December 12, 2004

4:00 p.m., Est.

Teleconference

 

Present: Andrew, Jeff, Jumana, Marc, Mark

 

I. Member recruitment ideas

Ø     March volunteer activity

o       Casey Trees Endowment Fund http://www.caseytrees.org/

o       Marc is the point of contact for this event

Ø     Habib Koita & Bamada at Wolftrap: February 8, 2005, 8 p.m.

o       Tickets are $22

o       Angie Wilkins is spearheading an initiative to get discounted group tickets. At the moment, Wolftrap has agreed to waive the ticket fee for FOM members.

o       Group travel needs to be arranged

Ø     Nalgene bottles for the departing stage

o       Jumana will liaise with PCM

o       Marc will create labels displaying FOM website and stage COS date

§        Jumana still has several boxes of Nalgene bottles left

Ø     Marc will compile a list of new RPCVs in D.C. area

Ø     Double-check the listserv to ensure that members are receiving e-mails

 

II. Regional representatives

Ø     Request suggestions for representatives in NYC and San Francisco

§        Duties include: serve as FOM contact, coordinate 3-4 happy hours per year, liaise with D.C.; one year commitment

Ø     Expand regional representation if possible to Florida, Chicago, and Denver

Ø     Seattle, Portland, Boston, and Washington representatives are active

 

III. Website maintenance

Ø     Post FOM t-shirts for sale

Ø     Post request for newsletter editor

Ø     Request for new material on webpage (e.g., photos, articles, and links)

Ø     The website administrator’s username and admin password were discussed

Ø     Jeff will distribute statistics detailing website trends in November

 

IV. Additional points

Ø     General discussion about the goals and future role of FOM

Ø     Centralize information dissemination by using the website calendar and announcements board

Ø     Suggest that individuals mention FOM when donating to PC Partnership projects. (This will allow FOM to track the significance of its efforts.)

Ø     Should we continue using Ready-Call for FOM board meetings or use a web-based chat group?

Ø     Should we consider paying someone to put the newsletter together?

Ø     Next Meeting: January 16, 4:00 p.m.