E-Board Meeting 2005_10_07

MASA E-Board Meeting October 7th, 2005

Discussion
:
1) Mentorship Program
2) MSD Visit
3) International Fest
4) Kad Raya
5) Nusantara
6) MCT Community Fair
7) MASA Iftar
8) Archer Center Team Building
9) Raya Celebration
Time
:
4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Location
:
Union Phalanx Room
Attendees
:
David, Nik, Julie, Nadiah, Zuhdi, Affan, Badik, Ninie, Ijoy, Amin, Hisyam, Fariza, Nadia
Chair
:
Badik

1) MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

About
- All freshmen will be assigned a mentor from the committee.
- Mentors should keep in touch with their mentees
o Hisyam – Amin
o Ijoy – Zuhdi
o Nikki – Nik Nizal
o Fariza – Julie
o Nadia – David




2) MSD Visit

About
- Dr. Zahratul & Ustaz Zaki is coming on Sunday, October 30th, (the weekend before Hari Raya) for Iftar & Terawih
- Project Directors: Nik & Julie
- Transportation: Fadhli
- Food:
o Zuhdi & Nik will coordinate
o Buffet Catering from Shalimar ($399 for 200 people)
- The project committee will report updates on the next meeting





3) INTERNATIONAL FEST



Updates
- There are few teams available:
o decoration & posters
o public relations
o food sales
o performance
- Nik Nizal & Ijoy will be selling drinks on behalf of MASA
- Props are required for the performances; therefore we need a lead designer.





4) KAD RAYA

Updates and Coordination
- Badik, David & Nik will be printing the first batch of the cards after this meeting
- This fundraiser project has raised a net profit of $47.94 to date (107 cards)





5) NUSANTARA

About
- Fatah and Maz is announced as the Project Directors
- The project committee should prepare an estimated budget as soon as possible so that we could request for Union’s funding
- Project committee will report updates in two weeks from today





6) MCT COMMUNITY IFTAR

About
- The Muslim Community of Troy will hold an Iftar tomorrow at Hudson Valley Community College
- Ihsan will be helping to provide transportation to there



7) MASA IFTAR

About
- Estimated attendance: 100 people
- Project Directors: Zuhdi & Ijoy
- Funding:
o Zuhdi suggests that we collect donation from MASA members
o Some funds could possibly be transferred from MSD’s fund for the International Fest
- Instead of doing our own Iftar, we could also joint-venture with MSA for MSA Iftar




8) ARCHER CENTER TEAM BUILDING

About
- Archer Center’s Team building for MASA will be held on October 22nd
- Interested Topics:
o Team Dynamics
o Improve communication
o Effective leadership
o How to influence members to cooperate
o How to hold an effective meeting
o Public relations




9) RAYA CELEBREATION

About
- Date: October 12th / 19th (either one will do)
- We want members to organize the event to build leadership within the community.
- Therefore an email will be sent out to recruit members who are interested to hold a leadership role for the event.
- All replies has to be received by Wednesday; otherwise, we would elect (among officers) a sub-committee to run the event
- To ensure that there will be entertainment throughout the night, the committee has agreed to hold a competition with cash rewards in which participants will either present a live demonstration or submit artworks such as video clips




New / Rising Issues:
How to make non-Malaysians feel welcomed at MASA organized events
Nadiah will forward emails sent to the , David will reply emails
Nik suggests to make Nusantara as part of GoBeRed to get higher turnout
MASA’s next meeting will be at Amin Mahat’s apartment
Ijoy is next meeting’s chair