[fsf60k] Re: Words from Carol for meeting
- From: Carol Werblin <cwerblin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:21:36 +0000
Thanks, Mike
Subject: [fsf60k] Re: Words from Carol for meeting
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:48:27 -0400
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great meeting tonight and great note caroltalk soonmc
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On Sep 7, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Peter White wrote:Hello Again to All, I hope you
received notice about this month's meeting being tomorrow night, Sept. 8, at
7:30pm at Npt. HS. Also, below please find a message written by Carol Werblin
weeks ago. I was supposed to forward it to you earlier but with some personal
things and the storm, I did not. I hope you can look it over and it can be part
of our discussion tomorrow night. Be well. See you tomorrow. PW-----Original
Message-----
From: Carol Werblin [mailto:cwerblin@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:34 PM
To: peter white
Cc: Carol Werblin
Subject:
Okay Pete- I hope this is what you wanted- please send to Kate- I don't have
her email address. Let me know what you think.
Hi Everyone-
I was at last night's Friend's meeting and was asked to write up something to
let you all know what was discussed and my thoughts and frustrations. For all
of you who have ever headed up a meeting- you know the frustration that goes
along with a very small turnout. Last night there were your 2 directors, Peter
and Kate, and myself. It is very difficult to see any progress in a group
without it's members' support. Be that as it may, I at least had the
opportunity to express both my hopes for the club and my frustrations with the
club, as it was difficult to hold a regular meeting with no one there. We all
(the 3 of us) decided that it may be time to take a different direction with
Friends. I had asked Peter what his initial hope for the club was, and he
expressed to me that he wanted to give Northport alumni and parents of students
the opportunity to continue to work in Nicaragua and help the under-served
population. I am neither an alumni of Northport nor a parent in Northport. I
live in Centerport and hoped that by joining this group I would have the
opportunity to help people in a broader sense- in a way that would take me out
of my more local Huntington area. I saw this as the opportunity to do the good
that the Students do- both locally, nationally and internationally. I saw this
as my 'Old Person's Peace Corps'. Well- both Peter and I have faced
disappointment. His 200+ turnout at our first meeting at the Northport Library
has dwindled to ~10, and I have found myself doing not much more than voting on
the disbursements of funds. And so- where do we go from here? We will never
have the member support that Peter had hoped for- most of our younger members
live out of state and have moved on with their lives- jobs, families, and their
own philanthropic work.So- what are we left with- a small core of adults who
very greatly want to make a difference in our world. Peter has stressed the
importance of fundraising- as money is greatly needed to provide the kind of
help that we want to give. So- I am asking you to come to the next meeting with
your passions and hopes for the club. I had suggested coming up with 2 or 3
concrete ideas of where we want the money to go so that our fundraising efforts
have some direction and motivation. I had suggested that maybe we should find
a local, national and/or international cause--something that we can get
genuinely excited about. The club is not only about Peter's hopes for Nicaragua
(though I understand the need to have some focus there). It is also about our
hopes and visions for a better world. Peter would like to see the ball field
finished. We now want to know what your hopes and visions are. What gets you
excited, angry? What will make you want to be involved? Where do you see the
club going? What direction would like to see it take? Without your input-
Peter can continue to write his grants- and see his ball field come to be. He
doesn't really need us to make that happen. He is willing to guide and lead us-
but he needs to know where you would like to take the group.
Please come to the next meeting. We want to hear about your passions, hopes,
and goals for Friends.
-Carol
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