Conference Call #2 Minutes

LB-YAO
Conference Call Minutes
Sunday, August 3, 2008
8:00 p.m. EST

Present: Muamba Kabongo, Felicia Kadima, Thierry Tubajika, Kono Kadima, Ndaya Kalubi

Topics of discussion were
• Membership Dues
• Fundraising

Discussion on Membership Dues
-Discuss importance of us getting more young adults committed. We discussed that members are committed when they invest financially. So our focus for the month of August will be to get the young adult group to pay their membership dues.
-Decided on a Goal to have all Chairpersons pay dues by August 31, this is 9 individuals paying $100 to $50 each, which will result in us having between $500 to $1,000 in membership fees from the young adults.
- We will also reach out to other young adults within our families to pay their membership dues even if its just $25 to start.

Discussion on Fundraising
- Goal for August is to get more young adults to submit their $25 towards the clinic fundraising
- Amex Fundraising project – Thierry discussed the Amex Fundraising project. Essentially, we need to submit a project and get people to log in and vote on it. There is about $1million plus that will be distributed to 25 projects that are selected.
- Thierry will submit the project once we complete our presentation
- Ndaya will work on creating a web-based slide show and narration
- Kono will work on the music behind the scenes
- Felicia will work on the narrative piece

We have a lot of work to do, so weekly communication is essential for us to stay connected since we are all spread out.

Next Conference Call Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:00 pm EST.
Future Discussions
1) Update on Amex fundraising project- how are we doing
2) Membership Dues
3) SELF Project
4) Finalizing the LB-Structure
5) Getting all Regional Chairs on board and on the same page
6) Other discussion topics