Ha upei, the Ahecha PY fundraising campaign is on! With nearly 500 USD in the bag, we are getting revved up to raise the rest of the plata.
Orlando, Jim and Jen sat down with Jason, who mentioned that in the case that we're falta reaching our goal of just under $5400 come December 1, he will help us try to tap into the Partnership general fund so that sí o sí, this project is going to happen. Here's how we've broken down the campaign strategy:
| Task | Who's responsible |
| Formal intro to institutional donors | Jim will email to CoCuMu group |
| Fliers posted around PCO | Adam |
| PCV/staff mailbox slips | Orlando will email to Chris |
| Copy and paste email to all PCV/staff list | Jen will email to Juany |
| Kuat full page ad/article | Adam (design), Allison (text) |
| Target donor networks | CoCuMu strategy |
| Friends of Paraguay | Jim will send them his prepared text and ask to be included in their next newsletter |
| US Regional RPCV groups | Let's all contact our local RPCV group – see example email |
| Community/local newspaper | Ditto above |
| Schools, service organizations (i.e. Rotary Club), religious institutions | We can send a message to key contacts and/or list-servs (emailing lists) – use Jim's prepared text as template/guide for more formal institutional communications |
CoCuMu/Ahecha PY logos – Adam shared his sketches and we picked out 1 fave each for CoCuMu (blowing a dandelion) and Ahecha PY (silhouette and shadow of kid taking photograph of Paraguay country borders with key words written in the middle (and the letters COCUMU spelled out word puzzle style in either bold or caps or both – i.e. rough concept below)
Creatividad
cOmpartir
doCumentar
aUto-estima
Mundo
katUpyry
Adam will email out the designs and then he, Allison and Jen will work on getting the bags printed around Oct 31 -Nov 9.
Bag fundraiser – Chris searched high (Arasy, home of the organic cotton PC polo shirts) and low (Mercado 4) to find tote bags ranging from 15.000 – 83.000 Gs. We can get the screen printing done at a Mercado 4 place that's done a lot of PC stuff for 3.500 Gs (1 color). But because we're out to make some plata, Allison will be buying 50 bags at approximately 5.000 Gs a pop. We will reimburse Allison (estimated 250.000 Gs) with the first bag sale profits and in the worst-case scenario commit to splitting losses so as not to screw over our no. 1 investor.
Treasurer – Now that we're talking Gs, Orlando won the election for treasurer by unanimous vote. O-yea!
Looking ahead –
We continued brainstorming on the camera kit resource manual and policy and procedures.
Allison is taking lead on getting materials translated into Castellano. We talked about including:
- project explanation that is community contact friendly
- how to use the camera – technical, artistic and complementary education aspects
- essential charlas and dinamicas for completing basic workshop
- how to organize the community exhibit
- nicaphoto activities
- games
Jim, Dan and Orlando will form the policy and procedures posse. Points discussed-
- check-out priority will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis, with the option to sign up in advance for coming months
- it will be best to reserve the cameras for Ahecha PY use and offer to help PCO buy camera through same discounted deal with Kodak
- We will need locked cabinet space in the ICT office or a locker to ensure camera kit security at the PCO
Jim will keep our connection with Oscar at Kodak fresh, Jen has to deliver our final exhibit pedido to the CCPA to reserve the dates of July 31-Aug 15.
So ends another CoCuMu convening. May all have left the establishment in creatively-juiced if not gelato-fed bliss.
FYI: Here is the link for the Johns Hopkins development photo contest, deadline November 16:
