FORIM Meeting Minutes — 19 January 1999

1. Welcome
   1. Introductions
      1. Sidina Dedah, Joanne and Tom Drewry, Tracey Duffey, Kyung Endres, Bridget Fox, Lance Kinne, Allison Lee, Ahmed Ould Mohamed, Terry O'Leary, and Dawn Sealy.
   2. New Members
      1. 295 names on membership list
      2. Charles Stuart, professor at U of IL
      3. Keith Kearney, in DC area
      4. Ann Arbourist, in Paris
   3. Announcements, news from RIM
      1. Insecurity in RIM die to the possibility of arms being buried in the desert and due to US airstrikes (Iraq, Sudan?)
      2. Driver at RIM Embassy to US passed in car accident, Moktar Hemady
      3. Selling T-shirts for $10.00 at fund-raiser.
2. Administrative Issues
   1. Bank Account
      1. $2,897.02 in account
      2. Articles of Incorporation
      3. Need three people to notarize the articles, which have been prepared by Bridget
3. Old Business
   1. Project updates - Save Slave Campaign
      1. Needs open heart surgery for untreated strepp infection
      2. $703 collected by FORIM
4. Newsletter update
   1. Ready to move
5. New Business
   1. Election of officers
      1. Mara wants to be involved, with a title, discuss later
      2. President - Lance Kinne
      3. Vice President - Sidina Dedah
      4. Treasurer / Membership Coordinator - Terry O’Leary
      5. Secretary - Kyung Endres
      6. Newsletter editor - Bridget Fox
      7. Webmaster - Larry Sampas
   2. Fund-raiser dinner
      1. Form a committee- next meeting
      2. Set a date- next meeting
   3. Articles for next newsletter
      1. See Bridget with ideas
      2. Salama update
      3. Story - A Mauritanian’s first year in the US
      4. RPCVs mentoring families
      5. Cybertea
      6. The Kentucky community
      7. The Fisheries
   4. Peace Corps Day – March 2
      1. Little interest
      2. Darren’s parents volunteered him to go to his PC school.
   5. Ideas for FORIM
      1. Check on VAC to get information on news in the RIM/PCV projects
      2. Get names of new group, FORIM to staging
      3. Outreach to PCV families
      4. Get information on PCV needs
      5. Go to RIM as a group
      6. Point Afrique (France) has great airfare deals Paris-Atar