General Meeting

Meeting Agenda What is Lifeline? Introducing the Exec Committee Planned Events Member Feedback

What is Lifeline? Blood and Stem Cell Society Student-based group at UTM Started last year, Summer 2010 Dedicated to raising awareness about need for blood and stem cells Encouraging students and their families to become life-long donors Facilitating clinics, fundraising

FAQs Member expectations and commitments What do members do exactly? Why the $2 membership fee? – Larger scale events Member versus volunteer status – Benefits such as discounts, hour tracking, volunteer recognition and certification

FAQs Do I need to donate? Where will we get funding? What do fundraisers go towards? Is my info safe? Affiliations? How are execs elected? – Are there any positions left?

Exec Introductions Directors of Communications (DC) Campus Coordinators (CCO) Community Outreach Directors (COD) Volunteer Resources Coordinators (VRC) Treasurer (TRE) Web Administrator (WEB)

Directors of Communications Angela Wang & Cathy Terefenko We send you s and updates us if your contact info changes

Campus Coordinators Huma Inayat & Tamara Troup-Goldson We take care of event logistics Work with us to prepare for upcoming recipient presentation, clinics

Community Outreach Directors Shameel Khan & Sunny Aujla Highschool presentations Partnerships, connecting with other groups Let us know if your group (cultural, arts) might be interested in working with us

Volunteer Resources Coordinators Faizan Sohail & Shadia Zaman Hours and certification Intro to Doodle Volunteer training – new Get Swabbed protocol this year

Volunteer Resources Coordinators Important! – set-up, tear down crew – showing up for assigned timeslots – coming prepared

Treasurer Isra Khalil In charge of financials and t-shirt sales Last year, several small scale events – raised nearly $400 Let’s do larger-scale events this year – target: $1000

Web Administrator Sohail Dean Introduction to Website Facebook, Youtube, Portal, Twitter

Last Year's Events Pass It On Pop a Balloon Gaming Event (with EGO) Get Swabbed! It Could've Been You Samosa, Hot Chocolate and Waffle Sales Japan Relief Fundraisier Volunteer Appreciation

Last Year's Events

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Planned Events Until end of October Carnival Fundraiser Recipient Speech Blood Clinic and Get Swabbed

Carnival Fundraiser Over several days of October/November Fundraiser for CBS Carnival-style games – Pop a balloon – Ring toss – Spin-a-wheel/trivia Prizes!

Recipient Speech Date tentative Probably sometime between October Past blood and stem cell recipients come to campus to talk about their experiences CBS will also have a powerpoint presentation, Q&A session

Blood Clinic and Get Swabbed! Tuesday October 25th Blood Clinic: 10am-5pm Get Swabbed! : 10am-10pm On-campus blood donation, registering onto OneMatch stem cell network Was our biggest event last year Lots of volunteers needed!

Tasks: What will you be doing? Construction – Signboards – Target Meter – Display Boards – Banner

Tasks: Continued Event Promotion – Posters – Prelecture Announcements – Infobooths Volunteering – Directing students to event locations – Giving out pamphlets – “Get Swabbed!” stem cell registration

Member Feedback What are good dates for events/meetings? How to get members and campus aware of events? Good advertising techniques? What events would you like to see? Should we have fundraiser Oct or Nov? (consider midterms) Do you want regular updates on financials?

Contact Us Office: Room 241 Student Centre Hours: Mon-Fri, generally 11am-5pm President: Denise Tran