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October 13, 2008

Welcome & Introductions
- Lots of new potential members
- Please continue to announce meetings in your classes, around campus, etc. – help increase our membership!
- If you have not yet renewed your membership, please contact Jennifer Sperber-Sales at jsperber@rollins.edu
- Updates to the website are in progress
Fall campus involvement update
- Dance Marathon – Saturday, November 15th from 2pm – 2am
Spring campus involvement
- Networking Roundtable
- Starry, Starry Night
FPRA Notes
- Monthly Luncheons
- Roast and Toast

March 3, 2008

Attendees:

Marja Kolomyski
Nicole Webb
Ashley SoHaney

February 2008 Event Updates

· Sweater Drive in Honor of Mister Rogers

We collected more than 100 sweaters and donated them to the Orlando Rescue Mission.

· Public Talk: Hedda Sharapan and Joanne Rogers (February 27, 2008)

Kyle Menard, Ashlee SoHaney, and Jeni Hatter (Faculty Advisor) helped out at the Hedda Sharapan talk on February 27, 2008.
The sweaters that were collected during the Communiqué sweater drive were presented to a representative of the Orlando Rescue Mission. The representative was very appreciative of our donation and of our organization’s efforts.

Thank you Kyle, Ashley, and Jeni for helping to make this event a success!

Community Events (Spring 2008)

· Hamilton Holt School’s Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) 20^th Anniversary Celebration

In honor of this, New York Times journalist and best-selling author Frank Rich will hold a public talk at Rollins on Saturday, April 12^th at 7:30 p.m. in the Alfond Sports Center. Dean Carrier has asked us to help with this event.

− Jeni Hatter has a meeting scheduled on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 to obtain more details regarding this event. If they have enough MLS student volunteers they may not need Communiqué members to assist with this event. Jeni Hatter will provide us with an update within the next week.

· Help For The Homeless (Formerly known as the Ripple Effect) – (Date TBA). We plan to feed the homeless at least one Saturday morning in the spring. This organization was founded by a Rollins graduate.

§ The original contact person for the Ripple Effect is no longer involved, so we are in the process of obtaining a new point of contact. Since we are already in the month of March, the team agreed that it would be better for us to plan to feed the homeless on a Saturday morning during the month of April. More information will be forthcoming.

· Roast and Toast – (Thursday, March 20, 2008). This FPRA (Orlando Chapter) fund raising event consists of local business owners toasting an outstanding member of the local community to raise scholarship funds for the communication programs at Rollins College and the University of Central Florida. The person being honored at this year’s event is Toni Jennings, previous Lt. Governor of Florida, as well as a previous student of Rollins College.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Location: The Ballroom at Church Street

225 S. Garland Ave., Downtown Orlando

Time: 6:30 p.m. – Reception and Silent Auction

7:30 p.m. – Dinner and Roast

Note: Volunteers should arrive at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Parking is available under I-4, in the Sun Trust garage or in the CNL garage behind City Hall.

Current List of Volunteers:

1. Megan Carmichael

2. Tammy Hinckley

3. Marja Kolomyski

4. Nicole Webb

· Starry Starry Night Gala – (Friday, April 18, 2008). Annual event held at the Alfond Sports Center at Rollins College in which scholarship money for the Hamilton Holt School is raised through a silent and live auction.

Event Details:

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008

Location: Harold & Ted Alfond Sports Center

Rollins College Campus

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Note: Volunteers should arrive at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Current List of Volunteers:

1. Megan Carmichael

2. Tammy Hinckley

3. Marja Kolomyski

4. Ashley SoHaney

5. Nicole Webb

· FPRA Image Awards – (Thursday, April 24, 2008). This is an event for the local chapter of FPRA in which professionals are recognized for their achievements.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008

Location: The CityArts Factory

29 South Orange Ave.

Orlando, FL 32801

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Note: Volunteers should arrive at approximately 4:30 p.m.

We currently have no volunteers from Communiqué to help out at this year’s FPRA Image Awards. We Need Volunteers!
We will be submitting an entry for the “Baking for Breast Cancer” event that we held in October 2007. We donated the $1,000 that we raised from our bake sales to the Susan G. Komen foundation.

FPRA Luncheons:

· The luncheons are held once a month.

· The Office of Public Relations and The Hamilton Holt School will sponsor a total of two students to attend each month.

§ If you are interested in attending any of the luncheons, please contact Jeni Hatter at jhatter@rollins.edu or 407-646-1510.

§ The next luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 2008.

− At this time, the FPRA website has no details regarding this month’s luncheon topic or location.

The Next Meeting is Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – Please Mark Your Calendars!

HAVE A GREAT MONTH!!

Communiqué Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2008

Attendees:

Jeni Hatter (Faculty Advisor)	Megan Carmichael (Vice President)
Marja Kolomyski (President)	Tammy Hinckley (New Member)

Due to a conflict with the room (CSS 230) that was originally reserved for our meeting, our meeting was held in CSS 190. I would like to give a special thank you to Jeni Hatter for providing pizza at our meeting. We enjoyed it!

Welcome New Members

We welcomed Tammy Hinckley as a new member to Communiqué. Tammy works with Megan Carmichael at Fry | Hammond | Barr.

Community Events (Spring 2008)

· Sweater Drive in Honor of Mister Rogers (February)

Sweaters are being collected during the month of February in honor of Fred Rogers, who is the College’s most famous alumnus. The sweaters will be donated to the Orlando Rescue Mission. Collection box locations are as follows:

− Alfond Sports Center (Rollins)

− Rice Family Bookstore (Rollins)

− Cornell Campus Center (Rollins)

− Alumni House (Rollins)

− Winter Park Public Library (460 E. New England Ave.)

Update:

o Marja collected the donated sweaters from the collection boxes on Tuesday, February 12^th. We have collected quite a few sweaters even though the collection boxes have only been out for less than a week.

o A reporter from Channel 13 News came out to the Rollins College Campus Center on Wednesday, February 13^th to film a brief news story about the sweater drive. Marja Kolomyski, President of Communiqué, was interviewed as part of the story.

· Public Talk: Hedda Sharapan and Joanne Rogers (February 27, 2008)

The Rollins College Child Development Center will present “Won’t You Be My Neighbor: What We Can Continue To Learn From Fred Rogers.” Hedda Sharapan, associate producer with Family Communications, Inc., (producer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood), will use treasured video segments, behind-the-scenes stories, and even an outtake to share Fred Rogers’ views on how to be a caring neighbor. Joanne Rogers, wife of the late Fred Rogers, and Sharapan will sign books following the event. The talk will be held at the SunTrust Auditorium in the Crummer Graduate School of Business on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.

Volunteers:

The following members have agreed to help set up, greet people, etc.:

1. Kyle Menard

2. Jessica Barnett

3. Ashley SoHaney

Note: A separate email will be sent to these volunteers during the week of February 18^th providing them with additional details about the upcoming event.

· Hamilton Holt School’s MLS 20^th Anniversary Celebration

This semester, the Hamilton Holt School’s Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) program celebrates 20 years. In honor of that, New York Times journalist and best-selling author Frank Rich will hold a public talk at Rollins on Saturday, April 12^th at 7:30 p.m. in the Alfond Sports Center. Dean Carrier has asked us to help with this event.
- Flyers will be sent to UCF, VCC, and SCC.
- Further details will be provided as they become available.

· Ripple Effect – (Date TBA). We plan to feed the homeless at least one Saturday morning in the spring. This organization was founded by a former Rollins student.

Update:

§ Jeni Hatter is in the process of getting in touch with a member of the leadership team for the Ripple Effect to establish a date for us to feed the homeless this spring. Further details will be provided once we confirm a date.

Update:

§ The person being honored is Toni Jennings. In addition to being the previous Lt. Governor of Florida, Ms. Jennings is also a previous student of Rollins College.

§ We need as many members to volunteer to help out with this event as possible. Most of the volunteers will be helping out as ushers for the event.

Volunteers:

The following members have signed up to help out at this year’s Roast and Toast Event:

1. Megan Carmichael

2. Tammy Hinckley

3. Marja Kolomyski

We need more volunteers!

· Starry Starry Night – (April 18, 2008). Annual event held at the Alfond Sports Center at Rollins College in which scholarship money for the Hamilton Holt School is raised through a silent and live auction.

Update:

§ The following members have signed up to help out at this year’s Starry Starry Night:

1. Megan Carmichael

2. Tammy Hinckley

3. Marja Kolomyski

We need more volunteers!

§ More details will be provided in the coming weeks.

· FPRA Image Awards – (Thursday, April 24, 2008). This is an event for the local chapter of FPRA in which professionals are recognized for their achievements.

Update:

We will be submitting an entry for the “Baking for Breast Cancer” event that we held in October 2007. We donated the $1,000 that we raised from our bake sales to the Susan G. Komen foundation.

§ We need as many members to volunteer to help out with this event as possible.

Volunteers:

The following members have signed up to help out at this year’s FPRA Image Awards:

1. Marja Kolomyski

We need more volunteers!

** Important – Volunteers Needed For Spring 2008 Events **

It is very important that each Communiqué member volunteer for at least two of the spring events listed below:

FPRA’s “Roast and Toast” (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Hamilton Holt School’s “Starry Starry Night” (Friday, April 18, 2008)
FPRA’s “Image Awards” (Thursday, April 24, 2008)

Each year the Orlando Chapter of the FPRA raises scholarship funds for the communication programs at Rollins College and the University of Central Florida. The scholarship funds are split equally among the two colleges even though the Communiqué student chapter at Rollins College has a significantly smaller number of members than the Quotes student chapter at UCF. Because the Quotes student chapter has so many members, there are always a large number of volunteers present at each of the events. It is important for Communiqué to have a strong presence at the events, which is why we are asking that each of you help out with at least two of those listed above.

FPRA Luncheons:

· The Office of Public Relations and The Hamilton Holt School will sponsor a total of two students to attend each month.

§ If you are interested in attending any of the luncheons, please contact Jeni Hatter at jhatter@rollins.edu or 407-646-1510.

§ The next luncheon is scheduled for February 20, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. at the Citrus Club in Orlando.

The Next Meeting is Monday, March 3, 2008 – Please Mark Your Calendars!

HAVE A GREAT MONTH!!

Meetings

Our spring semester meetings will be held in CSS 226 (unless otherwise noted) at 5:30 p.m. Meeting dates are as follows:

* Tuesday, February 12
* Monday, March 3
* Tuesday, April 8

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