FORIM Meeting Minutes — 20 March 1999

  1. Welcome
  2. Administrative Issues
    1. Bank Account
      1. Will get tax i.d. number soon
    2. Misc
      1. Terry will bring membership database to each meeting
  3. Old Business
    1. Fund Raiser
      1. Location – The Concordia on 21st and New Hampshire
      2. Time – May 8, 1999 from 7 PM – 11:30 AM
      3. Put deposit on room May 7th $250.00
      4. Invitations – printed postcards (Bridget)
      5. Raffle – books, t-shirts, CD, etc
      6. Personal sales okay
    2. Scholarships Working Group
      1. Work with a university as research assistants, act as facilitator between RIM and US schools
      2. Contact Samba Thiam with IMF, Demba Ba with World Bank, Bokar’s father for ideas
      3. Look for money in industry (SINEM, Coca Cola, RIM businesses, foreign companies working in the RIM)
      4. May begin on a small scale this year
    3. Development Working Group
      1. Project submitted by a Peace Corps volunteer, Moya – Scholarship for Female Elementary School Students
        1. Pros- FORIM gains visibility in RIM
        2. Thoughts – prefer matching grant from school, general FORIM support with many programmatic questions.
    4. Newsletter
      1. 31st March article deadline
      2. Send out in April
    5. Membership promotion
      1. Get info from Sadio on Tuscon-Nouakchott sister city situation (La Perle article idea)
      2. FORIM meet with ambassador (Lance)
    6. Web page
      1. www.forim.org
  4. New Business
    1. Comparison with other Friends organizaitions?
      1. We are middle range

Next Meeting: 10 April 1999 at Ghana Café