Conference Call February 8, 2009

Conference Call Minutes 02-08-2009

Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Call in #: 712-432-1601
Access Code: 307891

Attendees:
Tshilumba Kabongo
Muamba Kabongo
Tania Kasongo
Kono Kadima
Marco Nkashama

Topics discussed:

 LB YAO 2009 Agenda
 Our goal was to fulfill the pledge of raising $10K
 Muamba does not think that we have done that
 There are ideas but they have not been fulfilled
 Some ideas that came from that sentiment were:
 Focus on people who are here rather than those that are not
 Branch out to ALL
 Start out regionally and build a stronger network from there
 Action Steps:
 We all agreed that a realistic goal for February will be to raise $200; you can do this on your own or by soliciting to friends and businesses.
 Challenge yourself!
 We need to find a way to get everyone involved and excited about LB 365-366 days a year

 LB YAO Newsletter
 Deadlines and Ideas for the newsletter were discussed
 This newsletter will be sent to home addresses for more visibility and to try to recruit more LB members
 Below are the deadlines:
 Assignment Distribution: Monday, February 16, 2009
 Stories Due: Monday: March 16, 2009
 Editing, Layout, & Design: March 16-23, 2009
 Printing: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
 Distribution: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
 The following issue of the newsletter will be distributed during the conference the weekend of July 4, 2009



 Open Forum
 Tshilumba is currently working on an exciting fundraiser involving the school that he is at and it should have promising results
 Marco discussed a fundraiser that he attended in Dallas, TX held by some young college students that took a trip to Congo
 They stayed by the Kumba people and saw a lot of hardships, so they held an event to raise awareness and money for DRC
 For more info on this Google “Falling Whistle”
 The Chairman of LB sent an email of concern to everyone since there has been no activity; neither financially nor in communications
 We asked ourselves what can we do about it?
 Kono and Marco raised the point that it is difficult since we are all spread geographically
 This is another challenge for us and we need ideas on how to stay strong even though we are all far apart


Action Steps:
 Raise $200 for February
 Branch out to EVERYONE you know
 Find a way to keep in touch with your fellow LBers





Have a great week and remember:

WE RUN DRC!!!