[Oabs] January Fund-raising Committee Report

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi, Emily and all,

This committee report is very extensive and full of information.
Thanks for sending it out.

I have emailed the design to Nicole at NBP, but have received an "Out
of office" reply.  I'll follow up tomorrow or Friday when she should
be back in just to make sure she still received the message.  I'll
also ask her if she is able to add in the url.  From what I can tell
by looking at the template, I think adding the web site at the bottom
of the back side would look really nice.  Something like, "To learn
more, visit OABS on the web at (insert url here)" would be really
good.

I'm all for Bit coin, and I'd be okay with March 6th as a new
fundraising time.  I'd also suggest the possibility of doing it a week
ahead of schedule after the membership meeting so that everyone will
already be there.  I do not think this month's membership call will
take long at all.

I know Target has a program where shoppers can donate to different
causes.  My elementary school did this, and it worked really well
along with Box tops (my family still donates a portion of our purchase
to them).  I'd have to catch up on the specifics of this program, but
it could be another option.

On 1/28/15, Emily Pennington via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, OABSters.
>
> Here - at long last - is the fund-raising committee report I've been
> working
> on for the last several days. I want to thank Elif for coming, and Kaiti
> for
> trying to join the call even though - for some odd reason - the conference
> line was not working for her. We also had a guest at the meeting in the
> form
> of my friend Shane from Kentucky, who provided some great suggestions, too.
>
> It was a small but productive meeting, and my hope is that attendance will
> be even better next time around and we will make even more headway on a
> successful year.
>
> I would love this report to spark some discussion on the list. What ideas
> do
> you love? What questions do you have? Better yet, do you have any other
> awesome fund-raising ideas you're dying to share? I want to hear it all -
> not to mention how happy I am when the list is buzzing with activity.
>
> One more thing: Our next meeting is supposed to be on Friday, February 27.
> However, one of the Christmas gifts I received is a trip to the symphony at
> Music Hall to watch a pianist whose name I'm not even going to try to spell
> here, and - you guessed it  -- it is on February 27. I want to know your
> thoughts on rescheduling the meeting. I'd be willing to hold it on
> Thursday,
> the 26th, at 7:30, but I know that wouldn't work for everyone. I'll be on
> spring break the following week, so we could have it any day then - even on
> the following Friday, which would be March 6. Let me know your thoughts,
> and
> I'll work with those to come up with an alternate date and time.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Emily
>
>


-- 
Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton 2016.
Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma