[fsf60k] Lights! Camera! Director!
- From: richard wiltamuth <dwiltam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:41:50 -0500
***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for 60,000***
Dear Friends,
At last night?s meeting, Kate Shreck was unanimously voted into office as a
codirector of Friends. Our group now has three, the minimal requirement
under the bylaws. Kate has many years of experience with Friends and with
the Nicaragua group at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, having organized
trips and participated in fundraising. Of course, we can have more than
three directors, so others are welcome to offer their services.
In the interest of more uniform and organized handling of money, the group
agreed to begin sending money to Nicaragua by check instead of cash, except
in emergencies. By using banks on both ends of the transfers, a paper trail
will be created to make accounting easier and more transparent in case of an
audit. The expected creation of two chapters, both of which will handle
their own transactions, should simplify Friends? accounting. Since there is
a weeks-long lag in getting funds into and out of Nica banks, Friends will
try to anticipate needs and get checks there well ahead of time.
Mike Cipoletti is working to get a container of baseball equipment released
by customs in Nicaragua. The gear was donated last year by the Northport
Little League.
A question arose about who is in charge of the Chacraseca library project
since C.W. Post College apparently is no longer taking the lead due to
personnel changes. If it is to become a Friends project, a request will
need to be made so that the membership can vote on it. The current leaders,
Mike and Taylor Robbins, will be consulted.
The holiday postcard campaign has raised more than $4,000, with some of the
donors requesting specific use for their contribution such as buying food or
animals. Each donor will receive a thank-you acknowledgement, and those who
gave more than $100 with a specific request are to receive a thank-you from
Nicaragua stating that the donation has been put to the proper use.
Reporting on their latest trip to Nicaragua, Students advisers Rusty Gomes
and Lisa P. Flanagan said that the trip was a success. Rusty said that
cisterns to catch rainwater may be built at each new house at a cost of
about $250 each. Lisa described the committee that oversees the comedor school
breakfast program as dysfunctional, saying members are not meeting regularly
and have produced little in the way of hard data on who is getting fed and
how much. It was suggested that the nonprofit Association San Isidro, which
is doing a fine job of managing the home-construction program, might take
title to the land being used to raise crops and animals, instead of title
being held by individuals. George Pardo recommended that a professional
manager be put in charge.
Lastly, waiver forms were sent to Friends members in a group email. Only a
few have been signed and mailed to Pete White. Please send them in to ease
liability concerns.
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