Notes: 2/18/09

Updates:

Beth:

• Cathy Lee's Husband is on the board of global givings
• We could have a corporate partnership to create a site for giving
• Internship opportunities
• He will call the CFO and report back
• Meeting with Beth about this later this week or next week
• We could be a good pilot partner to get into the educational zone

Lynn:

• Donor List for the group to contact
• Alumns with some contact with MIIS
• Due Date - mid April
• Looking for vision
• Great group of students/alumni - will rock the project
• Give time or expertise?  Excellent idea but probably not in the initial phase

Feasible? 

Beth says yes.  It's worth the investment because it directly connects our donors to our mission. 

• Could also use this system as a micro lending type situation for summer internships - again probably not now.  We could have micro philanthropy to give a loan fund for students for their internships. 
• Indicators of success - cost/benefit analysis - how much of an investment are we will to give? 
• We have two alumni at Kiva - they should be contacted - maybe visit when we're in SF in April? 

Tech:

• Partnering could give us a huge advantage
• We could always pull something together with modest tools - blogs, widgets, ect.
• There is a giving by events module in i-modules

Action Items:

• Meet with Global Givings - Beth (she'll keep us posted)
  
• Contact someone with Kiva - After global Giving
  
• Check out the module on i module - fee? - Leah
  

Questions:

• Timing?
• Partial Funding?
• Time Limit?
• How do we report to donors?
• Expectations of recipiants
• Process for managing that contact between donor and recipiant

Next Meeting: March 4th - 2:30 pm in Advancement