This week, as team-leaders of our event team. Aidan & I went to meet with Margaret Tierney from Console Galway this week. Our meeting was mainly to give Margaret details of our event and after a long conversation with Margaret we found out more about the charity and what they do. She is a lovely who enjoys and committed to what she is doing. She told us a few cases she is currently following and one is involved with a girl Nicki who used to work in the Ardilaun Hotel where I used to go very often and where I met her through repeat visits to the hotel. I was moved by Margaret's work and that the charity is doing so much for the community and receiving lack of support for HSE and the government. (Console Galway only received €2800 funding from HSE in 2012) After our meeting with Margaret , it really motivated us to host a successful event and raise some money for a great charity. Even though, our main aim is to host a successful event not raising money for charity but Aidan & I felt that we could succeed if we plan the event well , put in the effort and work into it.
We are required to come up with fundraising ideas to raise seed capital for our Mob Masquerade Ball . We came up with few ideas such as Table Quiz, Pool competition and Car wash. We agreed on Pool competition and Car Wash to go forward first. And table quiz will happen after the Pool Competition and Car Wash.
We are having troubles with motivating the Marketing Team to provide us Posters, leaflets and logos. The team tried to come up with some poster ideas but they are not up to standard. I find it hard to motivate the some of the members from the Marketing Team as they don't seem to enjoy what they are doing as much as the Operations team. I personally make an attempt on a simple leaflet through Microsoft Word the day before meeting with Console and the leaflet only took 30 minutes to complete. We're all Year 3 students and by now you would think they could use simple software such Microsoft Word & Powerpoint after all the modules in computing we have done such as CIS, BIS and E-Commerce. It is quite obvious who put in the work and who don't.
I contacted a friend of mine studying Digital Media in GMIT in the hope that he could help us with our Event Poster. He made few attempts at the poster but the group didn't seem to like them .
We also went for a site inspection at Karma this Wednesday with the team. Aidan showed us around the venue and we discussed what we can do on the night with the tables,pillars, photo areas, cocktail/ champagne receptions and poker.
The Team discussing the decorations & lighting.
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| The Team outside of Karma Nightclub. |
Posters in the venue. *Emphasis on Standard posters.
This week I will be responsible for ordering masquerade masks , hats and some decorations on a Chinese manufacturer which is a lot cheaper than to purchase in Ireland. I need to order 175 masks and 120 hats for the event.
I am also organizing a full squad signed Manchester United Signed Jersey as a Spot Prize for our Raffle for the event.
