Brouillette Post #5

I am happy to report this week that my project is finally moving along. I was able to download a trial version of Adobe InDesign 5.5 to hold me over until I can buy it. I spent the last couple of night redoing my entire magazine in version 5.5.

I am still in need of a couple more ads. I have gotten promises of ads from about six organizations yet I have no received the ads. I will be contacting these companies to make sure I get their ads. I will also be soliciting new companies to make sure I can keep with my 60:40 ratio of content versus advertisements.

Kerr Update 6

I have some exciting news about the fundraising event. We have now picked a date, for the first fundraiser, (November 11th). It will be grate to be able to measure our success as a group so I can know if I was able to stick to my goals. Also, I am looking into creating a display board, demonstrating info on the shelter. It can be posted up whenever we go into the local bar for the event. I am excited about the event and hopefully we are able to make some money. The only issue we have now is getting the word out to campus and community members. We plan on handing out business cards, provided by the bar to get the word out to the public.

Williams 6

I have basically completed my project. Today I had the session with the officers of the club to give them the manual and answer any questions they had. Afterwards, they took the same quiz that they took at the beginning of the semester.

It looks like I have met all but one of my objectives: there were 75% of officers in attendance, each officer present got a copy of the manual and 2 out of the 3 officers present increased their score by 2 questions or more. The only objective that was not met yet was increasing membership for next semester by 50%, but I have no way of measuring that now.

Sarah Smith - Week 5

I've come to a bit of a stand still in my project. I've finished all the content and edited things thoroughly, but am still making some last minute changes.

I need to conduct a survey to measure my objectives of if this magazine actually helps. Since I can't send out my file, I'll need to make a way to do this while people look at the magazine on my computer.

I'm also waiting for a meeting with Dr. Sipes to get her feedback before I send this out for publication. If I had more time, I'd wait to do the survey afterward, but I won't have enough time, so I'll have to arrange another route.

Everything looks to be pretty good. I just need to do a few proposal changes and conduct the survey. Other than that, everything is complete!

Shimandle Week 6

The meetings I set up with each officer were more successful than I anticipated! I was able to run ideas by them and get their feedback and input as far as what they would like to see included in the transition/training manuals. I am currently in the process of finishing up the meetings, which will be completed tomorrow.

Once I finish meeting with the remaining officers, I am going to establish set positions for next year's executive board and create detailed position descriptions. In order to make a finalized packet/binder for each officer, I am going to create one for my position first. This way I can answer all my own questions and set a guideline for all the other officer binders.

As far as the amount of time available to complete the project, I may be cutting it close. In order to avoid any deadline failures, I am going to finalize the master binder, which will go to the club president, before I create each separate binder. That way I have all the necessary information in one place; the only thing I will need to do is to make copies of each section.

I was hoping to be a little further along by now, but if I stick to my new timeline I should have no problems completing everything.

Ponterio- week 5

Last week I helped the family with Farm Day. My FAQ sheets were set out and handed to guests. The general consensus was that they were helpful to the public. I also did a general talk on alpaca in a question and answer session. Doing this helped me to get a better grasp on what to include in my outreach presentations. I also helped to sell alpaca fiber products and hearing the questions people brought into the shop helped me further to understand what people need to know for my product information sheet. In interacting with the public I gained invaluable insight into what needs to be expanded upon. It also helped show me what the public wants and needs to know so that I do not include too much.

Stein-Week 5

The Slate is very excited and on board with my articles. I set up a timeline with them as to when the student spotlights will be featured in The Slate. They have the first article and will release it next week and the next two articles are finished as well, but I am waiting to send them to Danielle until next week so I can give her some time. I was in contact with people from The Slate last week and they think my project proposal looks great. As far as my video packages, they said that I may have to wait to have them put on the website because they are doing some work with it. That doesn't concern me too much, because I am hopeful the Comm/Journ department has many places that these packages could be used for. I cannot believe the deadline is approaching so fast. A little stressed, but still hopeful.