Oct. Meeting Minutes

There was no secretary present at last Friday's (10/26) meeting. By recollection, the items discussed were as follows–

Old Business: A check was issued to the national alumni association. Spelman has paid remaining balance from BTS cookout.
Financial Report: Financial secretary was not present, but a detailed report was distributed to the group. A suggestion was made that a simplified report should be prepared for future distributions. One that members could more easily decipher.
Elections: Donovan Samuels presented a list of nominees. Offices were not specified.
Events: The Bachelor Auction organizers were not present. No progress reported. The New Years HBCU party has been cancelled due to time limitations. The members agreed to move forward with planning an event in February to coincide with a possible visit by President Franklin. There is a possibility of retaining Magic Johnson for this event as well. Cecil Brim and an associate of Eric Rice are point persons. In December, there will be a recruitment fair that we should have a presence at.
Membership Committee: There was a membership meeting held at my apt. earlier in the month. Immediate goals include to reconcile the national and local mailing lists. Once compiled, we will be conducting a survey to gauge the local alumni population and form a basis for recruitment/reclamation. Also, we are working on a membership drive event to take place in Nov. or Dec.
Marketing Committee: A meeting was held this month and it the immediate goals include creation of a marketing package for assisting in attracting corporate sponsorship. A sample layout was distributed. An email template was introduced. Its purpose is to direct traffic to this blog and present a more professional image when we contact members. This blog was introduced. In discussion, security/privacy issues were mentioned esp. in regard to personal info appearing on the site. Also, it was decided that there needs to be a point person who is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with corporate donors.
Open floor, Questions etc.: I don't recall. Assistance?

Please assist in filling in omissions by posting missing information in the comments section below. I will update these minutes as needed.

Thanks,
Michael Glasco

note: We want to thank all that attended and welcome new alumni Troy Brown and Almuhtada Smith.

Alumni Membership survey

We have a survey setup to query members regarding their contact info and a few basic questions regarding their membership status. Please click link below and check it out. It has not been published and can be modified per your suggestions. Please provide feedback.

This format also lends itself very well to conducting elections as there are options for signing in, restricting retake and scoring responses to the survey. It can also be set to anonymous as it is now.

morehousela1.speedsurvey.com

Oct. Membership meeting notes

Our immediate goals include:

A reconciliation between our national and local mailing lists. Chris McGee
A survey of local members to verify contact info etc. Michael Glasco
Develop a membership drive event for the holidays. Perhaps a food drive sponsored by a local restaurant. Jason May

Membership Committee progress

Immediate Objectives:

Revise the Mailing List (acclamation of Contacts for possible members)
Coordinate contact list with National Association mailing list
Draft a survey to include interests and suggestions of current and prospective members
Membership Drive to include FEE and Incentives e.g. T-Shirts Calendar

GLAMAA support personell needed

Hi All,

I want to mention some GLAMAA support activities that have (historically) been performed by volunteers rather than officers. That is, the tasks were not specific to an existing office but were needed or desired. The volunteer approach was taken rather than expanding the duties of an office or creating a standing committee. The following list may not be complete, it is only what I recall.

sunshine: acknowledgement and expression to alumnus or family during crisis
web master: creation and maintenance of a web site
web services: filing for site name, site hosting, recurring fees
contact list maintenance: update and distribution of contact list
notices: distribution of info to alumni
mail: receipt of and distribution of USPS items
mail: maintenance of a postal address
email: maintenance of email system
phone messages: maintenance of phone message system
Tiger Tales newsletter: guest editor

In some organizations the mission, goals, and guidelines for the authority, limitations, and protocols are available either in writing or by understanding of the institution involved; for example, a lawyer belonging to a legal association probably doesn't need lots of framework when performing on an ad hoc committee. Not true for an organization like ours; the only common experience that can be assumed is that everyone attended the same undergraduate institution at some time.

As we embark upon rebuilding, rejuvenating, and cleaning house maybe we should work as a team with many star squads, rather than a team with many stars?

Best wishes,

Calvin

Membership Outreach

My Morehouse brethren,

The Greater Los Angeles Morehouse Alumni Association (GLAMAA) is holding a Membership Drive.

Now is a good time to become involved with you alma mater.

We are planning some affordable and lively events in the up and coming months and we want everyone to have the option of participating.

Please, help us increase our contact list by submitting your updated contact information e.g. name address telephone and email and the contact information of any alumni you know in the Greater Los Angels area.

I know that were all busy chasing that higher plain, but we can’t make this happen alone. Search your mental rolodex and email any contacts you have.

Thank you in advance,
Jason May class of 1992
4902 Valley Ridge Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 293-5670 hm
(323) 829 2883 cell

Membership/Reclamation comittee

This committee consists of Michael Glasco, Chris McGee, Jacques Sexton and Jason May . We had a survey that went out last year and we had some initial research conducted by Michael Glasco and Tommy Brewer to build on, but there is much work to do. Please get together amongst yourselves to plan to meet, to come up with suggestions, a format and a game plan. I would like to work with you, because I have some ideas. One of these is to send out self addressed, stamped envelopes to our members to solicit dues for this year. It might be the push they need. Also, at the same time I would like to link this group with some of the other activities we have underway. One of these is to as alumni if they would like to present our marketing materials to their job to solicit contributions for scholarships or functions. Another is to offer Alumni the opportunity to buy college and Alumni Association Paraphernalia with their returned information. Such as offering them a choice of t-shirts, window stickers, license plate holders, or other items that they can purchase as well as the dues. Lets get together soon.