Minutes
UNA-USA YPIC Greater Chicago Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
311 S. Wacker, Chicago, Illinois
I. The following individuals were present at the meeting:
Juli Campagna
Louisa Vassileva Carney
Brian Duffy
Daoud Ghaussy
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel
Chikako Kurihara
II. Daoud introduced the UNA Chicago Chapter and briefly discussed its mission and officers. He also introduced the YPIC chair/co-chairs and invited everyone in the room to introduce themselves.
III. Louisa stated the YPIC mission/purpose and opened the floor for discussion about possible future events, programs and speakers that might be of interest to present and potential YPIC members.
IV. Brian shared his experience of participating in two conference calls with other YPIC chapters nationwide. He discussed what other chapters are doing in terms of programming and events, advertising these activities, attracting and maintaining membership, potential speaker resources, budgets/funding, etc. He also stated that UNA-USA has allocated a certain amount of funds to be distributed among the YPIC chapters around the nation, and urged us to put together an itemized budget for our chapter so that we can submit it to headquarters in order to receive some of these funds.
V. Daoud continued the discussion on ideas for future events and speakers for our chapter. Specifically, we discussed the following issues:
· U.N. fact sheet to be distributed at future events/meetings and posted on our webpage, which Juli graciously volunteered to produce
· Joining forces with Jackie Buckley, Chair of the Landmine Task Force, and her committee on a program focusing on Landmine Tour of Afghanistan partly using materials that Daoud will provide. Also, YPIC will discuss possible adoption of a landmine field in Afghanistan in cooperation with the Landmine Task Force.
· Instituting a monthly Ethnic Dinner Event focusing on a particular country
· Creating a database with present and potential members’ areas of expertise and interests so that they can be called upon or referred to for various programming initiatives
· Establishing contact information for individuals at the different schools in the city in order to develop a working relationship with them and their student bodies. Sarah has graciously volunteered to put together a list of area schools that we could target for future membership drives
· Creating an itemized budget for our chapter for programming, catering, advertising, etc. and submitting it to headquarters. Everyone is welcome to submit an itemized budget proposal with ideas for programming so that we can be considered for funding
· Establishing the following committees/chair positions:
a. Chicago UN Restaurant Rating Chair
b. Chicago UN Function Educational Chair
c. YPIC School Membership Chair
d. Chicago UN Country Resource Chair
VI. Next meeting was set for January 4, 2005, at 6:00 p.m. at the same location.
VII. The meeting was adjourned following a free discussion of current UN issues, treaties, US involvement in world affairs, etc.
