During our first meeting of Spring semester, Council members were asked about their goals for the Spring 2013 semester. I was so proud of all of the results; I can’t wait to discuss them and spend another semester with everyone! The results are as followed, with the frequency in parentheses:
1. 1.Council Bonding: Friendships and partnerships (28)
a. Have at least 2 social events
b. More joint volunteer projects, incl. specific collaboration ideas
c. Sit together at THON
2. 2. State Day of Service (15)
a. High impact publicity (e.g. flyer in each residence hall,
b. Form lasting, positive relationships with the community and establish SDoS as a highly recognized program among the student body
c. Have 500+ participants total
3. 3. Increase publicity of orgs and COL (10)
a. Reach out to Collegian and Onward State
b. Campus-wide Marketing campaign
4. 4. Use Fresh Start programs as gateways into COL orgs and keep track of the statistics of this progression (5)
5. 5. Revisit and Assess goals from each semester (3)
6. 6. Have each other and our orgs learn more about the other orgs on council to encourage more collaboration on (3)
7. 7. Make FNLO more educational (2)
8. 8. COL office space (2)
9. 9. Share more methods of best practice, incl. how to engage members, how to be a good leader (2)
1010. Charity Water: have each org host a fundraising event
11 11. Have a space like the volunteer.psu.edu site to post fundraising events in order to support our orgs