GlobeMed
of
UMKC
General Meeting Agenda
15 September 2004
Theater C, Medical School
I.
Welcome
a.
Grace welcomed new members
b.
Heather Cha distributed T-shirts and said we raised
$173.34
II.
Recapitulation of Recent Activities and Ongoing
Projects
a.
Haiti
i.
Supplies Drive & Packing Day—success
J
1.
Specifics (Robin)
1.
described what was in health kits going to Haiti
b.
Phebe Hospital in Liberia
i.
Grace discussed supplies that we have to give
ii.
Need to set up packing day and itemize
c.
Tropical Disease Center in Ho, Ghana, Volta Region
i.
National org building from scratch
ii.
We don’t have much input put can help monetarily
III.
Haiti Discussion with our faculty sponsor, Dr. Stan
Shaffer
a.
Be sure to check out
www.maisondenaissance.com
b.
Co-sponsor, grad of UMKC, neonatologist
c.
Talked to us about his trips to Haiti & welcomed help
from any students
IV.
New Projects
a.
Maison de Naissance, a birthing home in Haiti
i.
Grace encouraged everyone to look at website
ii.
Look for items on list
iii.
National has a baby scale that we will be shipping
b.
Grenada, a Caribbean island and Ivan victim
i.
Category 3-4 hurricane
ii.
Grace showed pictures of damage to Grenada
iii.
Hospital broken into by prisoners and civilians
iv.
Need sutures, antibiotics, meds for HTN, diabetes, etc.
V.
Treasury
a.
report from Monica
i.
Donations
1.
T-shirts
2.
INDUS
ii.
$2257.14
VI.
Fundraising
a.
Mocha Sales consistently (will replace our regular
Krispy Kreme events)
i.
next sale on Wednesday of Sept. 22 (7:45 A.M.-ish)
ii.
postponed until further notice
b.
UNO’s Night – Date setup
i.
10% of bill will go to Ghana
ii.
Thursday Oct 7 (time TBA)
iii.
All proceeds benefit the Tropical Disease Center in
Ghana
c.
Further points by Cary
i.
Meeting will be after Oct 4 for fundraising
VII.
Logistics
a.
Packing Day for Phebe Hospital shipment
i.
Tuesday, October 5 (time and place TBA)
ii.
Need faculty help
b.
Need boxes/packaging material
i.
Get boxes, tape, popcorn, bubble wrap, etc
ii.
Give to Robin
c.
Further points by Robin
VIII.
External Affairs and Internal Affairs
a.
Raising awareness
in general
i.
Coordinating efforts with outside community
organizations
ii.
Work with campus organizations/departments
iii.
Website
b.
Further points by Gopi and Neil
i.
Gopi and Neil said they will have meeting after Oct 4
for their respective committees
IX.
Reminders
a.
Your ideas for a project for our CSO are eagerly
welcome and feasible
b.
Personal donations
c.
See Ashley after this meeting in order to get onto our
e-mail roster.
X.
General Announcements and Closing Remarks
a.
Open
for anything you want to address that hasn’t already been
covered
i.
Grace
emphasized that you only get out of it what you put into it
ii.
Let
us know about your ideas
b.
Attendance issues
i.
Let
us know if you are too busy to participate, can come back
later
ii.
Send
Ashley an email if you would like to be taken off list
iii.
If
you miss so many meetings/events we will notify you by email
XI.
Directory and T-Shirt distribution.
