Conf. Call Notes (8.21.08)
Bryce Carter
Hello from VAPS Recruitment!
Here is an overall summary from the other night’s conference call.
NOTE: Based upon your feedback, our weekly conference calls will be Sunday at 9PM starting a week from today.
Members Present:
Mary – James
Madison University
Bryce- Virginia Tech
Elena- Virginia Tech
Dirk- Mary Washington
James – University of Virginia Tech
Tom Owens – CCAN
Phil – William and Mary
Nina – George Mason University
General Updates:
William and Mary (Recruitment Goal: 100)
- Are prepping an e-mail to send out over a listserv to 500-600 people and pass it along to other listervs
- Plugging into environmental orientation program and getting with other environmental groups
Virginia Tech (Recruitment Goal: 200)
- Working on contact list to help prioritize
- Working with “Coalition for Campus Sustainability” (15+ student organizations) to develop recruitment team
Mary Washington (Recruitment Goal: 100)
- Has made facebook page for everyone that went last year; about 100 people invited
- Seeking funding since more environmental
efforts are being done on campus; residence life has contacted them to see
what sort of activities they can collaborate with and recruitment is a
good example
University of Virginia (Recruitment Goal: 100)
- Have sent facebook messages to people involved with environmental groups
- Last year school funded expenses for Power Shift; will seek out similar funding again
- Will target first year students and groups / environmental organizations on campus
- Talked with regional coordinator for Americans for Informed Democracy and will help network with them
James Madison University (Recruitment Goal: 100)
- Will be incorporating Power Vote and Virginia Power Shift into recruitment will table for Power Vote and discuss VA Power Shift if attentive
- Contacted Earth Club and will have table at student organizational night
- Will possibly table at Blue Ridge Community College
University of Virginia (Recruitment Goal: 100)
- Have sent facebook messages to people involved with environmental groups
- Last year school funded expenses for Power Shift; will seek out similar funding again
- Will target first year students and groups / environmental organizations on campus
- Talked with regional coordinator for Americans for Informed Democracy and will help network with them
George Mason University (Recruitment Goal: 50)
- Will be working with GMU’s Sustainability Coordinator and event planner to promote VAPS and fundraise
- Will be working with district events
Open Discussion
- For non-students use Power Vote on the streets to get people to hear about VAPS
- Housing Board will be up in the coming weeks
- Remind people to stay with friends in area
- When recruiting, aim for ‘youth’ (ideally but not strictly 16-23 year olds)
- Utilize recruitment cards / Power Vote cards: get contact information and a sense of who is really interested in PV / VAPS and discuss the other to get people plugged in
- When fundraising emphasize to department heads and professors that you all will be representing your school and that students can do presentations / reports / other items in return instead of just ‘asking for money’
Commitments for Outreach for Next Call
Recruitment coordinators will attempt to outreach to
neighboring schools to work on the network and to get recruitment coordinators
at those schools. WE WANT EVERY SCHOOL AT VAPS!!!
· Virginia Tech
o Radford
o Ferrum College
· William and Mary (Tidewater Recruitment District)
o Christopher Newport
o Hampton University
o Old Dominion
o Norfolk State
o Virginia Wesleyan
· James Madison & University of Virginia (potential district could be setup)
o Eastern Mennonite
o Bridgewater College
o Blue Ridge Community College
o Mary Baldwin College
· George Mason, NVCC, & Mary Washington (Northern Virginia Recruitment District)
o Germanna Community College
o Shenandoah University
o Christendom College
o Marymount University
Check out the network map http://www.vapowershift.org/network.php and see if there are any schools on there or any other that you know of nearby that you can outreach to.
Nina from GMU will be facilitating the call on Sunday at 9:00pm: if you have any agenda items / ideas you’ll like to discuss please contact her at pfeffer...@gmail.com
Feel free to contact me with any questions about any of this. Have fun getting back to school! You all rock!
Bryce Carter
Central Planner &
Recruitment Coordinator, VA Power Shift 08
Vice President, Environmental Coalition
Undergraduate, Virginia Tech
Bry...@vt.edu
703.434.9852