July Leadership Team Update
AKA The last update of the summer!
Hi Team!
Before you all head back to Atown in just three short weeks (YAY!!), we wanted to send you guys one last summer update to make sure everyone is on track and ready for a great school year! I have just a few updates for everyone and some important date reminders!
- The OAA has purchased drawstring bags with Bobcathon and SAB's name on them to hand out to freshman as they leave the convocation and head to the involvement fair! We will need help handing these bags out to students and would love all the help we can get! If you are available, please sign up on the google doc. This shouldn't take more than two hours of your time!
- We had mentioned before that we would be selling 50/50 raffle tickets at all home football games, however, it seems that athletics could not come to an agreement on a contract with the company they would be doing this with so we no longer have that opportunity. While this is unfortunate, we already have some great fundraiser planned for the year with many more to come!
- If you have already scheduled/are in the works of scheduling an event for the fall semester, please update the fall calendar by August 21st! You can find the calendar here! Any dancer meetings, fundraising events, recruitment events, etc. should be put on this calendar!
- Lastly, we have some important dates that will be taking place the first few weeks of classes that I wanted to make sure everyone had for when they start organizing their calendars for the year! Tuesday, August 29th will be our first weekly LT meeting at 8:30 in Baker 235 (I promise we will keep it short and sweet since it is the first week of classes). Also on August 29th, we have a BobcaThon Information meeting from 7-8pm in Bentley 124, and we will have one the follow week on September 6th (same time and location). This will be ran by Jessica but we encourage all LT members to be there for support and if potential dancers have questions! On September 9th we will be having our fall retreat for LT, more details to come on this! Finally, September 11th-16th is Dancer Recruitment Week, more details to come from Jessica!
Exec, the advisors and myself also wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work this summer! We know summer is a crazy time and always flies by, but we have been more than impressed with everyone's hard work and dedication to BobcaThon. We have said this probably a million times already, but we are so excited for this group and to see what we can all accomplish! As you guys start to arrive back to Athens know that I am usually working in the basement of KAC and you are more than welcome to come work there, get questions answered and even just to stop by and say hi! We can't wait to see you all soon, enjoy the last few weeks of summer!
External Team Updates
- You all have probably noticed, but our social media pages have been awesome this summer thanks to Mallory! As you look forward at your calendars and needs for social media, be sure to communicate these with Mallory so she can plan out social media post!
- Nikky P has created some awesome shirts for us (as you all saw) which will be ready before you guys are back on campus! He is also working on some materials for DRW, our online shop and other random giveaways!
- Jack and Haley have been working to make more connections with the House and the Families! Jack has been working on ways to get more BobcaThon related things in the house and Haley has been working getting connected with new families and thinking of ways to get them connected to students!
Planning Team Updates
- Even though we're 200 days away from day of, Megan and Emily have continued to plan out a lot for day of! They have some create ideas and plans that will make this the best DM yet!
- On September 6th, UPC will be holding Athens in an Hour, which Shawna is planning an activity for us to hold in one of their tents! This will be a great way for us to get some attention before our big recruitment push!
- Clay got some great responses to the summer sponsorship week and very excited to be planning the fall sponsorship week! Be sure to communicate your needs for sponsorship's for any events you might have coming up!
- As you start to make purchases for events and other things, make sure you talk to Cody! He has been working hard going over last years budget to make sure we spend our money correctly this year!
- Gabby is working on a new and very cool fundraiser for parents weekend that will bring us a lot of great attention!
Last but not Least, Internal Team Updates
- Jessica (&Ty) will be working our involvement fair table to get our name out to all incoming freshman! She also will have lots of updates about DRW at our first meeting for everyone!
- Amy and Paige have been working on ways to get more organizations involved! Amy is working on a great plan to get learning communities more involved and Paige is working to get more Greek Life involved with the help of ADPi!
- Participants will have way more opportunities to raise money with some great ideas from Abby!
- Morale Captains will be ready to start dancing when they get back on campus! Sadie has been communicated lots with them and getting things ready to start creating this years line dance!
Quick To-Do's
- Sign up to help pass out bags at freshman Convocation if you are able to make it
- Add any dates you have to the fall Calendar by August 21st
- Make sure you have all LT members contacts in your phone by the time school starts!
- Let Carol or your VP know if you have any questions or need help with anything at all!