August 7th, 2006

Executive Board Meeting

Start: 3:40 pm – End: 5:04 pm

 

Present: Ramy, Zeshahn, Hany, Nousseiba, Hodhaifa, Ayman, Maher, Shan, Rania

Absent:

 

1.      Opening Du'a by Nousseiba

 

2.      Unity in Diversity

§         68 Days left

§         We are behind, so we hare going to have a meeting twice a week. Regular time and a phone conference. We need everyone to be constantly updating and doing their work.

§         Breakdown for estimated Budget

                  Food                                  $3,500

                  Rent                                   $1,500

                  Lighting                              $300

                  Decoration                         $400

                  Ice Sculpture                     $200

                  Speakers                            $150

                  Stage                                 $200

                  Entertainment                   $500

                  Host                                   $2,000

                  MIS                                    $1,000

                  Total Estimated Cost          $9,750

 

§         Sponsorship – what we are hoping for – would be great if it went higher

·         Platinum ($1,500)

·         Gold ($1,000): Usually don’t get this level so we need to work on it

·         Silver ($500)

·         Bronze ($250)

·         Potential Businesses to get Sponsorship from:

¨        Islamic Relief

¨        LIFE

¨        Greenfield

¨        ISNA

¨        Ford

¨        GM

¨        Chrysler

¨        ACCESS

¨        MAS

¨        CAIR

¨        YMA

¨        MSA National

¨        Pepsi

¨        Home Depot

¨        Wireless Dealers

¨        NCCJ

¨        Taj Mahal

¨        Pluralism Project

¨        YMA

¨        American Arab Chamber of Commerce

¨        MCA

¨        Sinbad’s Café

¨        Basha Diagnostics

¨        Masri Clinic

¨        Dearborn Medical Clinic

¨        Masri Sweets

¨        Greenland Market

¨        La Shish

¨        Jerusalem Market

¨        Tawwah

¨        Yasmeen Bakery

¨        Golden Bakery

¨        Shatila

¨        Gelato

¨        Bellacino

¨        Famous Hamburger

¨        Cedar Fruit Market

¨        Mirage (Haircut Place)

¨        Fluid Vision

 

·         It takes 3-4 tries before people agree with the sponsorship

·         Sponsorships need to be done by September 4th

·         Sponsorship Responsibilities

¨        Maher: GM, American Arab Chambers of Commerce, Famous Hamburgers, Fluid Vision

¨        Ayman: Ford, Dearborn Medical Clinic, Shatila

¨        Rania: Chrysler, Basha Diagnostics, Masri Clinic

¨        Nousseiba: Access, CAIR, Golden

¨        Shan: Pepsi (CVS), La Shish, Greenland Market

¨        Zeshahn: ISNA, Pluralism Project, Taj Mahal, Tawwah

¨        Ramy: Islamic Relief, Greenfield Café, MSA National, Sinbad’s, Lowe’s

¨        Hodhaifa: LIFE, Greenfield Café, MAS, YMA, Jerusalem Market, Mirage

¨        Hany: Home Depot, Cedarland, MCA, NCCJ

¨        Backup: Bellacino, Cedar Fruit Market, Gelato, Wireless Dealers, Yasmeen

 

3.      Community Service

§         MYA have two weekends:

·         Aug 19, 20: indoor work

·         Aug 26, 27: outdoor work – will do this on August 26 at 12 pm. Want as many people as we can get

 

4.      Finance

§         Pledges: 3 got back to him

§         Make a planned budget for this upcoming year

 

5.      Public Relations

§         Making jerseys would be too costly

 

6.      IT

§         Put the survey up on the website about shirts – long sleeve, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other

 

7.      Outreach

§         No response yet from MSA National about Islamic Awareness Week

 

8.      Education

·         September Halaqa – Imam Salie, Sheik Abdul Warith

·         October 11th – Br. Ramzi

·         November 22nd – Dr Radwan

·         Will e-mail Dawud Walid

 

9.      Closing Du'a by Rania

10.   

Zeshahn Humayun