Goals for committees

Summary:

Just a quick list of your goals for your committees. They don't have to be complete goals or concrete goals. Brainstorming and feedback is highly encouraged.

Goals for committees

bry0000000 18 Dec 2008 05:46

Here is where we're going to post our (preliminary) goals for our committees. This is so that you will have a very basic roadmap of where you want to take your committee, and it will give me an idea of what you think your committee should be doing. This will also help you become familiar with the wiki page.

I'll start. My goals for IWN (I'm still working on these) are as follows.

1. Have a quick and catchy theme, name or (image)brand for IWN2009 so that when everyone sees the theme, name or (image)brand, they'll instantly recognize IWN2009 and what we're about.

2. Have a steady stream of audience members attending I-week events.

3. Have a healthy mix of community members and students attending I-night 2009.
3a. Sell out tickets to I-night 2009.

4. Have all our committee members out of the kitchen for the show on Sunday night.

5. Healthy collaboration between PR and Decoration/Design committee (this has never been a problem in the past, but it's especially imperative this year because Design and PR are so intertwined).

6. Collaboration and relationship building with all other International Student Groups on campus.

This is just a quick list. Everyone is free to offer feedback and critique my goals. Committee heads should respond with a preliminary and quick list of goals. Committee members are encouraged to read these goals and offer feedback.

BTW, you guys are all awesome.

Re: Goals for committees

Feruzka88 21 Dec 2008 21:55

Hey Brian,

Thanks for sharing with your goals and giving us some ideas.
Do you know what the I-Week themes were in the past? I know the Palette one, but that's all I know.

Re: Goals for committees

bry0000000 22 Dec 2008 08:43

Here are some previous IWN themes:

Last year: Palette - 6 Billion Brushstrokes, One Portrait
Two Years ago: Puzzle Pieces - Each Piece fits
Three Years Ago: Aperture- Widening Cultural Perspectives
Four Years Ago: 360 Degrees - I forgot the catch line

Some of the common themes for I-Week have centered around activity types or regions of the world. For example, one year we had a day devoted to each continent (except for Antarctica, and I think we left out Australia), and another year we had a day devoted to food, a day devoted to dance, a day devoted to crafts.. you get the idea.

Last year's I-Week committee tried to do a conceptual week where they devoted each day to an aspect of creating a portrait. One day was devoted to color, another was devoted to gathering materials, ect. But, this wasn't terribly effective, and last year's I-Week committee decided to give up on it half way through.

You can stick to the tried-and-true methods above, or you can go your own direction. That's a decision you and Chrystal will have to make. Either way, I'll be there to help identify any pitfalls and difficulties you may encounter.

Re: Goals for committees

ho_ 22 Dec 2008 05:35

Have people eat our food… Haha.

No, but really. This one is Food focused.

1. There has to be a way to crack down and perfect the way we figure out recipes. Last year they did an amazing job, but there was still error. Why this scares me was my first year in IWN we had so much unused ingredients and proportions of food were off and blah blah blah.
2. Collecting recipes. That is a given. We need more. Do we stick with the basics like curry and rice (everyone loves curry and rice..) Or do we go big and find more traditional dishes?
3. I don't have a 3 right now… just thought a list should have at last 3.

Yay to Bryan. So far so good. :D

Re: Goals for committees

(account deleted) 22 Dec 2008 08:59

WRT perfecting recipes…we could have a public tasting of recipes and a voting scheme.

I think Bryan suggested this, but say we have a target of 10 dishes…we ask for 20 or so, and then pick the best 10.

If we did a public tasting, depending on when we did the tasting, it would double as publicity event. To coordinate this, however, we'll need to know how far in advance we need to price check and begin acquiring ingredients.

Re: Goals for committees

(account deleted) 22 Dec 2008 08:57

For the Food committee, thus far:

Echoing Bryan's sentiment, try to have everyone out of the kitchen at least for an hour or so. Clean up will need to start at 8 PM every night, so the whole show will most likely not be an option.

Streamline the recipes but maintain a mix of different types of cooking. While 20 or more recipes would be amazing, and the committee last year DID pull off 17 or so, I am thinking 10 is a good number.

Increase the number of dishes provided by restaurants around Eugene, cutting down on cooking time. This would allow us to have more total dishes.

Find a new venue for serving the food, or improve the flow and structure of the Fishbowl. Expecting 600 people to line up orderly on their own is…quite a request.

Re: Goals for committees

ho_ 12 Jan 2009 17:11

Goals for Food the ^{itty bitty but too awesome} Committee can be found here.

http://iwn2009.wikidot.com/food