July 31st, 2006
Executive Board Meeting
Start time: 4:00 - End
Time: 5:30
Present: Ramy,
Zeshahn, Ayman, Hodhaifa,
Maher, Nousseiba, Oussama, Suhail,
Shan, Hany
Absent:
Rania
1.
Opening Du'a by Hany
2.
On Campus
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Have
the fall semester planned
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Community
Service
·
Next
CS – August 26 at MIA
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Sep
30 – it will be in Ramadan. Either
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November
24 – Whatever wasn’t done September 30 will be done this date
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Socials
·
September
14 – first social. It will be outside on the open field next to the CASL.
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Activities:
Dodge ball, volleyball, football and ultimate Frisbee.
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Feedback:
try to gear the social towards freshman and having people meet each other. Need
to work on more activities for the sisters. Try not to make the social too much
sports concentrated
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October
28
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Sister’s
Eid Party – details still need to be worked out
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Brothers
will go Paintball – try to get more people from campus
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November
9 – Eid Social
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Possibly
co-sponsored n the Field House
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Rent Inflatables – Bungee Run, Tug-of-War, obstacle course
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December
7
¨
In
Field House
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Broomball,
volleyball, dodge ball, Frisbee.
§
End
of December maybe an Islamic Retreat
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Try
to finalize the calendar
§
For
the upcoming Community Service try to get an answer soon
3.
Finance
§
The
mayor approved the discount request. Reserved the Hall for Unity in Diversity.
Cost $2,000. Need to give them a check. Need to provide our own electronics
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Picnic
Finances still not complete. Need to complete that before the start of the
semester.
4.
Education
§
Want
to have Halaqa Wednesdays from 4:30 – 6
§
Can’t
get Sulayman Nyang for
September 13
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Contacted
IAU – they will look into it and get back to us about speakers. We don’t want to overuse them. So have no more then 3 from IAU.
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Contacted
Ali Suleiman, Parvez Ahmed, Saeed
Khan, Br Ramzi and Imam Salieh.
§
Try
contacted these people – the guy from ISNA, Anwar
Khan (From Islamic Relief), Imam from
5.
Outreach
§
Islamic
Awareness Week
·
Emailed
MSA Nation to find out when the package will be complete – waiting for a reply.
·
Planning
the event for November
§
Jummah
– will start planning it this week. Will try to get no more then 3 speakers
from IAU. Will talk to Ayman about speakers.
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6.
Public Relations
§
Unity
in Diversity: Been working on a flier but waiting for a theme.
§
Survey
needs to go on the website soon, call Rania to get it up – survey asking the
everyone what they want (T-shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts or hats)
§
Maybe
have soccer jerseys made. Look into the prices for everything
7.
Unity in Diversity
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Objective
of Dinner
·
For
the sake of Allah
·
Feed
people during Ramadan
·
Interfaith,
diversity, Muslim Unity in Diversity.
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Publicity
§
Audience
– Muslims and Non-Muslims. Campus: Administration, Faculty, Staff, Deans, and
Students. Families.
·
For
each targeted audience, there is a different way to advertise
§
Sponsorship
– VERY IMPORTANT
·
They
aren’t donations they are sponsorships. We both are benefitting.
By sponsoring us their company is getting advertised
·
Sponsorship
should be completed 3- 4 weeks before the Dinner
·
Hodhaifa
is responsible for it all. Need to have it organized by Wednesday.
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Decide
where to go for sponsorship and who will do it.
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Themes:
·
Humanitarian Relief
·
Building
Bridges
·
Coexistence without Resistance
·
For
the people with the People
·
Breaking
Barriers
·
Power
of Cooperate
·
Unity
in Diversity: 2006
§
Last
year: had 2 platinum sponsorship, food didn’t really flow last year
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New/New Stuff |
Pro’s - last year |
Con’s – last year |
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Big entertainment |
Everything on time |
Food |
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Speakers in the back |
Walkie-talkie |
Walkie-talkie |
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Ford Security |
Audio Control |
Crowd
control |
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Kid’s Program |
Professionalism |
Security
|
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Better ice sculpture |
Food lines |
Audio |
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Angle tables – like WSU dinner |
Food stations |
Table
setup – in the hall |
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2 separate sculptures |
Table setup – the colors |
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Use press release |
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Big speakers |
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Dignitaries |
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Speakers:
Chancellor and 3 interfaith speakers
·
Comedian
as the moderator – like Islamic Relief Concert
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Talent
Show for entertainment
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For
the Jewish Faith have the Jewish Poet from the Poetry Slam as the possible
speaker
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Responsibilities
·
Hodhaifa
– have a list of sponsors by Wednesday. Both little and big companies. By
Monday have a list of the companies that each eboard
member need to contact.
·
Shan
– Start contacting the Press – Free Press. Also different news stations. Need
to write a press release
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Ayman
– find speakers. Make a list of names from each faith that could speak
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Maher
– responsible for entertainment. Look up the comedians
price.
8.
MISC
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Give
money from the concert to Ramy
·
Maher
and Hodhaifa gave money to Oussama the day of the
concert
·
9.
Closing Du'a by Oussama
Zeshahn Humayun