January 2007 meeting schedule and locations

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

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

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

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

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