Cornell Coaltion for the Homeless

Minutes - Sunday, April 29, 2001

I. Discussion of this year's sleepout
    A. Day of service
        1. Thanks to all the people who did preconstruction
        2. Thanks to Erin for organizing a group of people to paint at the Red Cross
    B. Improvements/Ideas for next year
        1. Work on faculty attendance
        2. More publicity and announcements
        3. Get speakers that people have heard of already to draw more people
        4. Put ad in the newspaper
        5. Continue/expand contacts with local agencies
        6. Move sleepout to fall and use as a kick off event
        7. Set up tables in front of Ho Plaza
        8. Have pins/ribbons as a sign for us
        9. In past years they have sold candles prior to the sleepout to encourage people to come to the candlelight vigil and bring the
        candle they bought
        10. Start planning EARLY
        11. Attend Ithaca College's sleepout in the fall
II. Who are we, Who do we want to be, Other thoughts on CCH
    A. How do you capture attention of those who show interest
        1. In regard to the movie, it would have been beneficial if people were informed of our event before going to the movie
        because it was unrealistic to think that people could sleepout without any prior knowledge of doing so
        2. Good to note however that we got many people from the movie to the vigil
        3. Bring in people closest to you, they'll come to support you
        4. Having more structure to the first meeting of the year
        5. Encourage people to go to Loaves and Fishes and interact/share a meal with the people there
    B. Niches that we fill
        1. Getting people into volunteer positions
        2. Planning events
    C. How can we improve
        1. Involve the homeless more
        2. CCH was founded with the idea that it was a coalition with the homeless
            a. We've been moving away from that
            b. Find a way to involve the homeless -- invite them to volunteer with us at on-site, food pantries, etc
            c. Create a fundraising/publicity chair position
III. Elections
    A. A message will be sent over the listserve that anyone interested in running should email Lauren (llf6) and say which
    position they're interested in and why
    B. Then Lauren will send out all the people interested in running over the listserve to notify others who is running
    C. We will vote at next week's meeting
    D. If anyone won't be able to attend the meeting but wants to vote, they can email their vote to David (db75)

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