CORSO Meeting
March 11th, 2008
Minutes

Attending: Adama Wiltshire, Sharlene Holly, Matt Kennedy, Kathryn Benesh, Christian Brockman, Jay Kim, Tal Kopan

I. RC Party Discussion
1. Need to get free stuff to give away - t-shirts, cups, pens, etc
-get it organized & ordered over spring break; forms in to ORCSA next week
-should try to get more useful freebies - bottle-opener keychains?
-need to give out t-shirts beforehand as advertising
2. Emailing RSOs - few responses yet
-list of performers for the event - cultural RSOs, acapella groups, etc
3. Other activities
-caricatures (FOTA?)
4. Other items to address
-list of businesses, organizations willing to fund/work with RSOs
-try for at least 20 names
-Dakota has some information already, needs help organizing
-volunteers to help set up before the event
5. Publicity
-print flyers in Reynolds Club - large, letter-size, quarter-sheets
-table tents, chalking, emails, Facebook ads
6. Budget: $3000
-what name to apply for funding under?
-$1500 on Chipotle
-maybe it would be better to have a variety spread
-would need to advertise clearly the presence of decent food
-sampling from local restaurants, food companies
7. Scheduling / facilities
-could only get Hutch at 8pm, need more time for set-up
-Friday night might be better - or other spaces?
-facilities concerns about root beer kegs

II. Beats and Pieces
1. Purpose is outreach to children on the South Side
-creating a step team, holding steel drum classes
-brings the community together, gives kids something positive to do
2. Focus is on art, but we will be bringing our skills to the community
-short term plan is to get workshops, classes started
3. Questions
-Do you have connections to an outside service organization?
-yes: partnerships with schools, March of the Dimes, others
-Where are you going to have the museum?
-would like to eventually have a dedicated space; for now talking to UCSC about using their facilities
-Where are you thinking of getting funds from?
-grants, Uncommon Fund, donations
-Note: you could talk to FOTA, DuSable, Woodlawn Initiative
4. Discussion
-sounds like a great idea, maybe a little too ambitious/broad in scope?
-we shouldn’t punish them for aiming high, there aren’t any other complaints
5. Motion to approve: (4-0,0) PASSED