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.

Morehouse Recruiter in Los Angeles until Nov. 10

We have Mr. John Hobbs, the Morehouse recruiter responsible for California in Los Angeles right now, and we want to make sure we get him in front of our best and brightest students. He has a dynamic presentation and we want these kids to hear it. Two things we want to do are

1. Give him the names and contact information of great candidates for the school. He would need Name, School, Phone Number, email and any other vital information. If you have neighbors or friends with young men in the 11th or 12th grade, or a young man of your own, help us spread the positive benefits of Morehouse to those students.

2. Volunteer to host a meeting at your home, office or church where students can join as a group, hear a presentation and interact with the recruiter. We really need to make this happen, and hopefully, this can be a yearly interaction. It would need to be on Nov 9 or 10, 2007, so please let me know ASAP.

Profile Layout

Here is a sample layout for the "Profiles" marketing piece. Maybe we can do 5 a month and add them to the blog. Please provide feedback.

MG

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

General Meeting This Friday

We will be having a general body meeting of the Greater Los Angeles Morehouse Alumni Association on this upcoming Friday at 7:30PM at the home of Dr. Johnathan Pryor. Please be there at 7:00. Food and beverages will be served. More beer is always welcome, however.

Amongst the very important topics to be discussed are:
1. Upcoming /Fund Raising Social Activities
Bachelor Auction
HBCU New years party
2. Sponsorship planning committee
3. Outreach for students
4. Membership Drive
5 Chapter elections ???? TBD. All offices are up for election.
6. Other chapter business.
Please make plans to join us.

As a side note, Dr. Jonathan Pryor, our host and a great friend of the Alumni Association will be deploying to Iraq on Nov 12. Please help us to wish him well. We will be hosting a casual event in his honor the week before his deployment.

Eric Rice
President

College Day this Thursday

Help is still needed with this event which will be hosted by our own Reginald Roberts. If you want to tell young people about what you do, and help shape their lives, please consider being a part of this career day.

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Our first function of the school year is here!
College Day
October 25, 2007 (Thursday) - 3:30 - 4:50 pm
Audubon Middle School is located at:
4120 11th Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(323) 290-6300

This will be a chance to talk to our kids about going to college. We want to give them a "Road Map" to success so they know what they need to do each step of the way to make it to college. Wear your School colors, college shirt or hat and come share with our kids! Your personal stories can help provide the motivation that many of these kids need. Seeing you and listening to your story makes the possibility of college real to the kids. Come join us and share your story with hopes that some of our kids will follow in your foot steps!

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