Thursday, August 19, 2010

Minutes for Meeting #1

Members present:
1. Indra Adam
2. Joshua Ng
3. Kim Fay
4. Madeline Ong
5. Michelle Aw
6. Aileen Lin
7. Wen Yang
8. Owen Yeo
 
Time started/ended: 1945hrs/2030hrs
 
1.1 Agenda of Meeting 1
To decide on the CSP project proposal
1.2 Discussion of Meeting 1
Kim:
-Suggested organizing a session to teach primary school kids certain values through conducting activities/lessons for them
-Did a similar project with Singapore Children Society
Wen Yang:
-Suggested doing a tie-up with primary school libraries to link them up with local orphanages to donate their old books for the underprivileged children
-Pointed out that the sustainability criteria can be met if these libraries could do a yearly donation drive to donate their used books to these organizations
Aileen:
-Suggested doing a similar project with Kim, but with a different beneficiary – Childcare centers
Michelle:
-Suggested helping kids in an orphanage, organize an arts competition, teach them values
Adam:
-Thought of the same ideas as suggested by everyone else
Joshua:
-Suggested organizing a 1 day event to help the elderly at old folks’ home to change their lightbulbs
-Pointed out on how the sustainability criteria can be met:
>Provides a good CSR and publicity opportunity for the sponsor and if successfully implemented, would encourage them to initiate more of such events
>Trigger an awareness campaign to encourage more of such projects to be started especially as the ageing population problem in Singapore worsens and more non-profit elderly homes spring up
Owen:
-Shared his experience on how to make a project sustainable
-Suggested getting a professional expert to provide some accreditations if the group intends to conduct a course
Group:
-Overall consensus: Work on a more detailed proposal on 3 ideas suggested by Kim, Wen Yang and Joshua.
-Set the regular meeting sessions for LTB on Monday, after class.
1.3 Tasks To Be Completed

Task to be completed: detailed project proposal on the 3 main ideas
Members involved: Kim, Wen Yang, Joshua
Deadline of completion: 19th August, 2359hrs
1.4 Next Meeting
The next meeting will be set at 23rd August, Monday at 1600hrs.
Prepared by: Joshua Ng

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