PSC - Comments, Meetings & Notes

November meeting

2008-10-28T17:05:00.000+09:00

PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting

Saturday, Nov 8, 12:30 – 2:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Conact skillsbuild@gmail.com to confirm participation

Requests for support - Nov 3

2007-10-16T08:39:00.000+09:00

Two organizations have sent us request for support applications for the proceeds from the Nov 3 Juan Cole talk.
The applicants are:
Peace Kids Soccer
Peace Boat

What you can do now:
Review the outlines below, make as many comments as you like and
cast your vote for one group and/or project =>

We will review votes and comments on Oct 19 ... reply before 12noon on Friday Oct 19.
( Tokyo time of course!)

Peace Kids Soccer request:

funds to help defray the costs of their next Palestinian-Isreali youth dialog program.

(RFS is in Japanese only - if you want a translation contact skillsbuild@gmail.com.)

http://peace-kids-soccer.com

Peace Boat sent us request for the possible support of three different projects:

#1 Cultural Exchange between Palestinians and Japanese participants,
#2 Exchange Program for Israeli and Palestinian youth,
#3 Medical supplies for Iraq
(RFS is in English only- - if you want a translation contact skillsbuild@gmail.com.)
www.peaceboat.org

Sept meeting

2007-09-11T15:59:00.000+09:00

PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting

Saturday, Sept 15, 10:30 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Agenda items

Sept Skills Build Forum - final PR, preparation

Day of volunteer orientation

Conact skillsbuild@gmail.com to confirm participation

August meeting information

2007-08-20T19:34:00.001+09:00

PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting

Saturday, August 25, 10:30 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Agenda items –

Sept Skills Build Forum - contents, PR, preparation and volunteer needs
Conact skillsbuild@gmail.com to confirm participation

July PSC meeting agenda

2007-07-22T18:40:00.000+09:00

Sunday, July 29 10:00 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop in akihabara - showa exit

Agenda items –

Fall events
Sept panel, workshops,
action event
Tokyo Community News
Database

June Action Team meeting

2007-06-09T14:48:00.000+09:00

Action Team Volunteer meeting

Saturday, June 23

10:30 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Agenda items –

PR and final preparations for June 29 Film
Outreach for July workshops
Summer action event
Fall events - Sept panel, workshops, action event

PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting

2007-05-11T18:54:00.000+09:00

Saturday, May 26, 10:30 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Main agenda items – PR and final preparations for June 3 Forum
Contact japanias@hotmail.com for details on how you can get involved
in upcoming PSC projects!

Spring 2007 meetings

2007-04-22T15:56:00.000+09:00

Saturday, April 21, 10-12noon
PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting
Location: Tully’s, Yoyogi north exist
Visit http://psc-action-team.blogspot.com/ for more details.

Saturday, May 25, 10:30 – 12:00
PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting
Location: Tully’s, Yoyogi north exist
Visit http://psc-action-team.blogspot.com/ for more details.

Saturday, June 30, 10:30 – 12:00
PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting
Location: Tully’s, Yoyogi north exist
Visit http://psc-action-team.blogspot.com/ for more details.

PSC Action Team and Skills Build Focus group meetings

2007-02-22T16:01:00.000+09:00

PSC Action Team Meeting
Saturday, February 24, 2007 10 am - 12 noon
Tully’s Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=246

Join us for the first action team meeting of the year. We will be making detailed plans for the action team events on the yearly calendar. This year we will develop 2 to 3 panel discussions as well as have several action days including a beach clean up and an event based on the theme of hunger. This is a great chance to get involved with PSC. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, please contact Marcie at mfinck@kta.att.ne.jp

Skills Build focus group - Nonprofit NGO leaders lunch
Friday March 2 12:30-2:00pm
at Fujimama's in Harajuku
map and access info: http://www.fujimamas.com/contact-map.html
theme #1: skill needs and volunteer availability
Cost - pay as you go,
RSVP - Please contact rose.ito@gmail.com by March 1 to join us.

Overview - A time to share ideas and know how and talk about problems we commonly face. I would also like to run some project or workshop ides by you and i would love for you to do the same. Topics i have had in mind include pr, volunteer needs info sharing, fundraising events etc...We would like to come up with a topics list at the first gathering.
Note - This month will be over lunch but next month we will do it in the evening. We will hold them at different times (early evening over coffee/drinks or over lunch) so that different people can join.

PSC 2007 events schedule

2007-02-22T15:59:00.000+09:00

March
- team meetings
Feb. 24 - action team
March 2 -skills build focus group
- core group meeting date TBA
- action event? i.e. join another group's event?
(US student volunteer starts internship March 23)

April
- skills build workshops series #1
- April 3,7,10,14, 17, 21, 24 (5 or 6 of these) themes - pr (?), advocacy (SJR), vol mgt (SJR), education for social justice (MARCIE), community organizing (SJR), fundraising (?)
- team meetings
focus group - april 2
- core group meeting

May
- panel #1 – theme women and children
- team meetings
- core group meeting

June
- skills build workshops series #2
- themes - presentation skills (dawn?), letter writing (SJR), creating a corporate council for nonprofit NGO support (SJR) educating on human rights issues (?), fundraising (SJR) youth and social change ?? (Ari – psc intern)
- team meetings
- core group meeting

July
- action event #2 theme – sea/environment – beach clean up?
- team meetings
- core group meeting

August
No event
Core group meeting and Preparation

mid-late September
- panel #2 – theme – TBD (disaster prevention and relief?)
- team meetings
- core group meeting
(US student volunteer returns to the US)

mid-October to mid November
- skills build workshops series #3
Outreach(?), fair trade (SJR), Fundraising (?), Advocacy (SJR), 2? (?)

- team meetings
- core group meeting

late November/early December
- Action event – theme: hunger or poverty
- team meetings
- core group meeting

January 2007 meeting schedule and locations

2007-01-12T19:15:00.000+09:00

Please join one of our 3 meetings this month! We'll discuss goals and plans. After brainstorming project ideas for 2007 we'll talk about how everyone can get involved in PSC.

The following positions are open: materials development, volunteer day planning, PR for events, database development, outreach, community news research and translation, new website development. We are also in need of some office supplies such as a small desk and some computer related items. Please contact rose.ito@gmail.com and join PSC meetings in January 2007 to find out how you can get involved!

Monday, January 15, 7:30-9:00 pm
PSC event planning meeting #1
Location: PSC office, Okachimachi Ueno area
1-20-6 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm

Sunday, January 21 6:00-7:30 pm

PSC event planning meeting #2
Location: Cafe pause in Ikebukuro
http://www.geocities.jp/cafe_pause_ikebukuro/
There is also a more detailed map here: http://bento.com/rev/2506.html

Saturday, January 27 - 10:30-12:00 noon
PSC event planning meeting #3
Location: Koots Tea Shop, Harajuku/Omotesando area
Map and access info: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
Contact rose.ito for meeting details or visit http://people-for-social-change.blogspot.com/

Basic agenda
1. Introductions - getting to know everyone
2 PSC intro
3. PSC 2007 planning ideas
4. Teams and volunter needs
5. Next steps

Core committee followup meeting:
Friday Feb 2 7:30 - 9:30 (at the office in Ueno)
the planning committee will put together notes from all three meetings and come up with a concrete 2007 schedule and plan.

PSC 2007 directions

2006-12-18T14:13:00.000+09:00

On December 7, 2006 the PSC planning group members met to discuss the 2007 direction for PSC. It was a time for reflection on the projects and progress we made in the past year and a chance to look to the future.

We spent a long time evaluating our strengths, weaknesses,opportunities and threats (SWOT) to help us map out a path for 2007. Our strengths lie in the content of the workshops, the welcoming andaffordable environment of our activities, and the diversity we enjoy inour networking, participants and volunteers. Our weaknesses include aneed for sharing the workload and risk taking, further organizationwithin the group. We would like to be able to pay the experiencedworkshop and organizational leaders that help make our programs asuccess. PSC has a great opportunity in the fact that there have beenmore than 175 people, from more than 10 countries, who have attendedour events and many of those who are interested in doing somethingfurther if we can find a way to channel that energy. The threat lies inasking the people who do provide so much for us now to continue to doit for free and risk burn out.

These discussions and evaluations led us to find a natural separation developing between the panels and the workshops. The targets, skills and time investment for each part of the project weredifferent. We determined it would be more effective to create twoteams, under the same organization, to create separate goals andprogramming for each group. The workshops would continue to be gearedfor participants currently working or aiming to work in nonprofit NGOs while separate programs, including panels and action days, would beaimed at a broad spectrum of individuals who want to be involved incommunity work. Both areas of activity would also be limited to half-day events and both groups aim to further develop professional formats.

The yet to be named teams, tentatively called the "SkillsBuilding" group and the "Community Action" group both need to develop teams of people to make these plans become reality in 2007. We need volunteers with skills in research, writing grant applications,sponsorship and network development, PR and outreach, event information gathering, websitemanagement, database updating, materials creation, translation andevent preparation and planning. Please join us and help further developthe 2007 schedule of events focused on our goals. If you are interested, please contact us at rose.ito@gmail.com,

We will hold 3 more meetings in January to assess interest, skills and availability and then get the ball rolling for the year.
January 15 (Mon) 7:30-9:00 pm
January 21 (Sun) 6:00-7:30 pm
January 27 (Sat) 10:30-12:00 noon
Please attend which ever one(s) fit your schedule. Locations will be determined in early January and will be posted here and sent to the PSC mailing lists.

We look forward to working with you and meeting our goals ofdeveloping skills for nonprofit workers and individual networking,education and action events.

Best wishes for a wonderful year end holiday!

The PSC Skills Build Team

Nov 27 meeting

2006-11-22T16:17:00.000+09:00

Monday, Nov 27, 8:30 - 10:30
PSC Planning Meeting & Dec 2 volunteer orientation

Location: Shinjuku area

please confirm participation: rose.ito@gmail.com
Will send you the meeting location details upon confirmation of participation.

Main topics:
Dec 2 Forum final preparation
Notes for 2007
* Everyone is asked to conplete PR, flier distribution and reminder emails by this meeting.

Next meeting Tuesday Nov 21 9:30 pm

2006-09-11T14:09:00.000+09:00

Monday Nov 6, 7:30 - 9:30pm
PSC general meeting followed by Planning Meeting
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
please confirm participation: rose.ito@gmail.com
Main topics: Nov GI-VEBAC & Dec 2 Forum PR

Tuesday November 21, 9:30 - 10:30pm
PSC Planning Meeting:
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
please confirm participation: rose.ito@gmail.com
Main topics: Dec GI-VEBAC and Dec 2 Forum
* Everyone is asked to confirm with Sarajean that they have finished detailed PR by this meeting.
Before Tuesday - please send Sarajean an update if you cna not join the meeting:
PR: please let me know to what degree you have completed phase
two or PR (sending out detailed information to all)
Who needs fliers and postcards?
Day of volunteers - Ryo and Stacey
we need one person to do translation for one of the panelists

Sept 1 Meeting cancelled - to be held Sept 5

2006-09-03T18:43:00.000+09:00

Meeting agenda
part 1 - 15-20 min

general/intro meeting

part 2 - planning meeting
agenda items:
1. Ueno NGO Matsuri - Sept 10
- schedule & contents
- ideas for the NGO English workshop

- prep

- signs

2. Forum 7
- speakers
- PR
- day of assistance

3. GI-VEBAC! project
- updates

August 18 meeting info

2006-08-16T08:12:00.000+09:00

Next PSC General meeting followed by Planning Meeting
Friday, August 18 7:30 - 9:30
Location: PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com

Agenda items:
NGO matsuri - Sept 9
Forum 7 - Sept 23
- speakers
- PR
GI-VEBAC! project

Notes from Aug 10 meeting

2006-08-16T08:06:00.000+09:00

Thursday, Aug 10, 8:00-9:30pm
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area
Attendees: Dawn, Asuka, Rebecca and Sarajean
Regrets: Pania, Ryo, Damion

1. Admin
A. regular meeting schedule
* Open meeting followed by planning - - Ueno office
7:30 - 8:00 intro to PSC, 8:00-9:30 planning meeting
Sept 1, Oct 6 (Nov and Dec TBA)
* Planning/working meeting - core members only
7:30-9:30 - Harajuku - Sept 14, Oct 19, Nov 16)

Next meeting: Aug 18 open planning 7:30 - 9:30 Ueno
7:30 - 8:00 intro to PSC, 8:00-9:30 planning meeting

B. Membership
Need to review more issues.

2. Database
Progress: taking more time than we thought
Should be mostly done by 8/10 meeting
- then we divide it up for PR

Next steps:
Dawn will work on her list
SJR will continue editing
If anyone has time still need help with input – one E and one J listing

3. Website
in the process of revising all pages
comments welcome
would like to add a few more pages:
other info in japanese
members blog page – can have up to 10 people

4. Forum 7
Contents
Panel: have contacted 15 groups so far, 8 no's many no answers
Asuka: Africa Rikai forum
SJR : AFJ, AAR and follow-up with a few others
Dawn: TAAA and S African embassy
See about people who have worked in Africa as well – not just current NGO staff
Workshops: confirmed (vol mgt and fundraising, PR and outreach)

PR
Fliers – Miki designed the new version, looks good!
need to adjust colors so pc and flier are similar
PCs: designs reviewed will adjust
will be printed by the 8/18 meeting

PR schedule
Now until next meeting Aug 18:
SJR: mailing lists and websites
Asuka: Japanese media
Dawn: FEW listing

sponsorship ideas: no time

5. GIVEBAC project
update: contacted several groups - august is hard
Sept: second harvest food distribution,
dates: Sept 9, time and location tba, aiming for the afternoon
NEW INFO – need to change date 2hj double booked!
max 10 people
* point person – Dawn

Oct: Run for the Cure
* need a point person: TBD

6. NGO matsuri - Sept 10
what PSC wants to do (activities and space decoration)
possible ideas/need to confirm space usage.
l have 2 or 3 30 min session on NGO English
11:30 –12, 2:30 –3:00 and 4:30-5:00
on 8/18 can decide who and what

* for the 100 yen sale - books and CDs (left from the swap + others?)
l table:
materials: upcoming forum fliers, pc’s
sign up sheets: forum, givebac

program info: SJR to send logo, intro and schedule

* possible shifts
9:30 - 2:00 – pania, maybe rebecca
1:30 - 6:00 – dawn,

7. Other issues
PSC on the road – no progress, SJR to contact gnisha
Anti-discrimination advocacy work - PSC will be part of the Anti-discrimination NGO network

August 10 Planning Meeting

2006-08-07T13:25:00.000+09:00

Join the next event planning meeting

Thursday, Aug 10, 8:00-9:30pm
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
(About 5 min walk from the kumin kaikan)
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
Contact rose.ito@gmail.com to confirm your participation.

Agenda items:
1. Admin
A. meetings
meetings - regular time and place from Sept.
* Open meeting followed by planning - first Friday of the month - Ueno office
7:30 - 8:00 intro to PSC, 8:00-9:30 planning meeting
(Sept 1, Oct 6, Nov TBA due to holiday)
* Planning meeting for the core group only
7:30-9:30 - third Thursday of the month - Harajuku cafe
(Sept 14, Oct 19, Nov 16)

B. Membership
Investing in a system
objectives
costs and benefits
financial issues
point person

2. Forum 7
Panel: no speakers yet, need help getting speakers!!!!
Workshops: 2 confirmed, one more almost confirmed
PR schedule
Media: now and Sept.
Online: now
Personal networks: now and reminders
Database: week of Aug 13, week of Sept 3
reminders: Sept 15-17

3. Database
Progress: taking more time than we thought
Next steps: start contacting for the forum

4.Website
in the process of revising all pages
need help with TCN page and J contents

5. GIVEBAC project
updates
objectives
costs and benefits
Sept: second harvest, (sept 2 or 9)
* need a point person
Oct: Run for the Cure
* need a point person

6. NGO matsuri - Sept 10
updates from the last NGO group meeting
objectives
costs and benefits
what PSC wants to do (activities and space decoration)
program info
schedule (proposed shifts: 9:30 - 2:00 & 1:30 - 6:00)
prep

7. Next meeting: Aug 18 open planning 7:30 - 9:30 Ueno

**** Confirmation of who is doing what next

July 20 PSC meeting agenda

2006-07-19T21:18:00.000+09:00

Join us in planning for the fall forums and new projects.

Thursday, July 20, 8:00-9:30pm
Location: Caffe Lavazza, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori, near Jonathans
(About 5 min. walk from the kumin kaikan)
Tel: 03-3400-2878
6-3-7 Jingumae Shibuya-ku

All interested in joining are requested to contact psc@skillsbuild.org
or just show up!

Agenda:
1. Intro (10 min.)

2. Recap forum 6 (10 min.)
Comments, Surveys

3. Forum 7 updates (10-20 min.)
Sept 23 , theme NGOs working in Africa
subthemes health, hunger, poverty and development)

4. PR and the database

Database revision and additions progress

Forum 7 PR (email, web and media) & sponsorship requests: July 24 – Aug 1

5. New projects ideas. (20-30 min.)

6. NGO Matsuri in Ueno (5-15 min)
Sept 10 needs: logo, materials, speakers for events, volunteers

7. Next steps (10-15 min.)
Meeting schedule for next 2 months:

To do for forum 7

To do for PR

To do for sponsorship

To do for new program design

To do for membership development

Planning Meeting on July 8

2006-07-19T21:14:00.000+09:00

Meeting summary:

1. Next Forums - dates and themes
Forum 7 Sept 23, theme: NGOs working in Africa
subthemes: health, hunger, poverty and development
Forum 8 Dec 2, theme: NGOs working on rights issues
subthemes: women’s children’s, LGBTI, migrants’, workers’ rights

NEXT steps
database - updates and revision
by July 21 gather info from everyone and
then SJR will compile
PR schedule:
Initial PR (email, web and media) & sponsorship requests: July 24 – Aug 3
Main PR (email, web and media) – Sept 1 - 7 Final push (email) - one week before event

3. New projects ideas.
needs more discussion

4. Next meetings
July 20 and August 10
from 8pm in Harajuku

Join the next PSC meeting

- we will discuss plans for the fall and new projects.

Saturday, July 8, 4:30-6:30pm
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori, near Kookai
(About 5 min walk from the kumin kaikan)
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php

All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com
or just show up!

Agenda:
1. Intro to PSC & meeting goals (10-15 min.)

2. Recap forum 6 (10-20 min.)
Comments, Surveys

3. Forum 7 and 8 dates and themes (20-30 min.)
Sept 23 or 30, theme Africa
NGOs working on health, hunger, poverty and development)
Nov 25 or Dec 2, theme: rights
NGOs working on women’s children’s, LGBTI, migrants’, workers’ rights

July and Aug

Logistics
Website
Office wish list
PR and sponsorship

Database revision and additions – by July 21

Initial PR (email, web and media) & sponsorship requests: July 24 – Aug 3
Main PR (email, web and media) – Sept 1 - 7
Final push (email) - one week before event

4. Membership FY and fees. (10-15 min.)

Individual
Organization
Corporate

5. New projects ideas. (20-30 min.)
A. Migrant workers project development
B. Advocacy training
C. Partnership projects: with ACE, IMADR, JOICFP youth group
D. Fundraising: Give 2 Asia projects
E. Get involved - Volunteer events for action in the community. (GiveBac)
F Skills Build forums go on the Road
G. Prep series for people going to the next World Social Forum

6. NGO Matsuri in Ueno (5-15 min)
Sept 9 or 10 - needs logo, materials, volunteers

7. Next steps, to be achieved by the next meeting. (10-15 min.)
Meeting schedule for next 2 months:

To do for forum 7
To do for PR
To do for sponsorship
To do for new program design
To do for membership development