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General Meeting. Meeting Agenda. What is Lifeline? Introducing the Exec Committee Planned Events Member Feedback. What is Lifeline?. Blood and Stem Cell Society Student-based group at UTM Started last year, Summer 2010 Dedicated to raising awareness about need for blood and stem cells
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Meeting Agenda • What is Lifeline? • Introducing the Exec Committee • Planned Events • Member Feedback
What is Lifeline? • Blood and Stem Cell Society • Student-based group at UTM • Started last year, Summer 2010 • Dedicated to raising awareness about need for blood and stem cells • Encouraging students and their families to become life-long donors • Facilitating clinics, fundraising
FAQs • Member expectations and commitments • What do members do exactly? • Why the $2 membership fee? • Larger scale events • Member versus volunteer status • Benefits such as discounts, hour tracking, volunteer recognition and certification
FAQs • Do I need to donate? • Where will we get funding? • What do fundraisers go towards? • Is my info safe? • Affiliations? • How are execs elected? • Are there any positions left?
Exec Introductions • Directors of Communications (DC) • Campus Coordinators (CCO) • Community Outreach Directors (COD) • Volunteer Resources Coordinators (VRC) • Treasurer (TRE) • Web Administrator (WEB)
Directors of Communications • Angela Wang & Cathy Terefenko • cbsco.utm.dc@gmail.com • We send you emails and updates • Email us if your contact info changes
Campus Coordinators • Huma Inayat & Tamara Troup-Goldson • cbsco.utm.cco@gmail.com • We take care of event logistics • Work with us to prepare for upcoming recipient presentation, clinics
Community Outreach Directors • Shameel Khan & Sunny Aujla • cbsco.utm.cod@gmail.com • Highschool presentations • Partnerships, connecting with other groups • Let us know if your group (cultural, arts) might be interested in working with us
Volunteer Resources Coordinators • Faizan Sohail & Shadia Zaman • cbsco.utm.vrc@gmail.com • Hours and certification • Intro to Doodle • Volunteer training • new Get Swabbed protocol this year
Volunteer Resources Coordinators • Important! • set-up, tear down crew • showing up for assigned timeslots • coming prepared
Treasurer • Isra Khalil • cbsco.utm.tre@gmail.com • In charge of financials and t-shirt sales • Last year, several small scale events • raised nearly $400 • Let’s do larger-scale events this year • target: $1000
Web Administrator • Sohail Dean • cbsco.utm.web@gmail.com • Introduction to Website • Facebook, Youtube, Portal, Twitter
Last Year's Events • Pass It On • Pop a Balloon • Gaming Event (with EGO) • Get Swabbed! • It Could've Been You • Samosa, Hot Chocolate and Waffle Sales • Japan Relief Fundraisier • Volunteer Appreciation
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Planned Events • Until end of October • Carnival Fundraiser • Recipient Speech • Blood Clinic and Get Swabbed
Carnival Fundraiser • Over several days of October/November • Fundraiser for CBS • Carnival-style games • Pop a balloon • Ring toss • Spin-a-wheel/trivia • Prizes!
Recipient Speech • Date tentative • Probably sometime between October 17-21 • Past blood and stem cell recipients come to campus to talk about their experiences • CBS will also have a powerpoint presentation, Q&A session
Blood Clinic and Get Swabbed! • Tuesday October 25th • Blood Clinic: 10am-5pm • Get Swabbed! : 10am-10pm • On-campus blood donation, registering onto OneMatch stem cell network • Was our biggest event last year • Lots of volunteers needed!
Tasks: What will you be doing? • Construction • Signboards • Target Meter • Display Boards • Banner
Tasks: Continued • Event Promotion • Posters • Prelecture Announcements • Infobooths • Volunteering • Directing students to event locations • Giving out pamphlets • “Get Swabbed!” stem cell registration
Member Feedback • What are good dates for events/meetings? • How to get members and campus aware of events? Good advertising techniques? • What events would you like to see? • Should we have fundraiser Oct or Nov? (consider midterms) • Do you want regular updates on financials?
Contact Us • Office: Room 241 Student Centre • Hours: Mon-Fri, generally 11am-5pm • President: Denise Tran • cbsco.utm.cc@gmail.com