Yale Students for UNICEF Minutes

September 7, 2008

Morse Fellows Lounge, 11:30 am

 

I.               Pia Britto – new adviser, Dr. Nora Groce leaving to be chair at University College London

a.     Stephanie will contact Pia to set up meeting time

b.     Dr. Groce is a contact if you go to London

II.             Activities Bazaar – Monday Sept 15, 7-9 pm

a.     ideas so we stand out – Raffi life-size poster, the box, new poster, cookies, candies, pins

b.     send pictures to Stephanie

c.     another meeting to prepare poster next weekend

III.           Activities for the year

a.     Alice –Headstart

b.     Sameer – international projects

c.     Ideas? See below

IV.          If you have any money from benefit last semester– give to Jess Catlin

V.            Meeting time?

a.     Monday at 9? Trumbull seminar room.

VI.          Nourish International – partners with local organizations to build sustainable projects, anyone interested in starting something, let Stephanie know

VII.        Partners in Health – FACEAIDS, sends money to PIH and matches donations through private donors, we could sell pins and bookmarks made by people with AIDS

VIII.      Ideas

a.     MasterÕs tea – surgeon general interested in childrenÕs health, other people in government, JessÕs adviser (starting childrenÕs TV show to help kids show emotions)

b.     Event to draw in freshmen

                                               i.     Meeting going through process to get masterÕs tea, buffet dinner

c.     Global health speakers – connections with global health class speakers (Stephanie), adviser to YPHC

d.     Trick-or-treat

e.     Handout on internships working with children – membersÕ past experiences

                                               i.     Jess – worked in SaloveyÕs lab in making schools more emotionally literate

f.      Local service projects

                                               i.     ChildrenÕs museum

                                             ii.     No Place like Home

                                            iii.     Sameer – mayorÕs office childrenÕs initiatives

g.     Guinness World Record event–

                                               i.     Card playing, Biggest pizza, Paper airplane, Frisbee, Cranes

IX.          Funding

a.     U.S. fund for UNICEF – will send us a getting started kit

b.     If we use UNICEF name, have to give proceeds to them

c.     WeÕre ok if we raise money for e.g. Amaan Imaan

d.     Steph will send in contract with U.S. Fund