Monday, September 27, 2021

Present: Irianna, Aaron, Ethan, Isa, Eva, Alycia, Penny, Vivian

Late: Daniel, Ashley

Absent:

Reminder: Action items are in RED

1. Kickoff Debrief 
• How was it?
• What went well? 
• What can we improve for next year?
2. Morning Prayer - Durga Puja, October 7, 2021 - see if this is possible
• Durga Puja: grand Hindu Festival celebrated mostly in India and Nepal
• celebrate good over email and a goddess 
• ends on October 15, 2021
• Ask people who said yes on the Google Form to do morning prayer
• send out an email (to those who are interested) tomorrow, September 28, 2021
• Reach out to Ms. Miguens - Eva or Viv
3. Events
• October 21, 2021 - End of Midterms week 
• Yoga session - (week of October 18) - confirm if you can make it next week's meeting
• Slides - history of yoga (originated in South Asia) - isa and penny will work/help on the slides
• Ask/email Mr. Brian to teach a class - reach out to him - Vivian
• Have as an open event? - yes!!
• November
• Diwali Celebration/Event - on November 4, 2021 - yes that date is reserved
• Rangoli patterns w/ ACTUAL PATTERNS
• Indira?? (did morning prayer last year) - Alycia will ask her 
• Past years:  Incorporated with kickoff + clay plot painting, Bollywood dancing
• Ideas?
• Identity formations - end of Nov, beginning of Dec.
• start!!
4. Alycia's Radio Show - Sincerely Asian
• about what life is like as Asian/Asian-American in the United States
• In Cantonese and English
• emphasize on ASC's Instagram
• IG Story - 2 people - Ashley - finish by this Friday, October 1
• Alternate poster/post with every episode (what the radio show is about and instructions on how to access) - Ethan
5. Pasko Updates 
• TFC reached out saying they want to help during Pasko! - bring it up next meeting (if we have to recruit people for performances)
6. Insta Collages of Kickoff - Ethan will post today 

Monday, September 20, 2021

Present: Irianna, Aaron, Ethan, Isa, Ashley, Eva, Alycia, Penny, Vivian, Daniel

Late:

Absent:

1. Prayer date - Mooncake Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival - yes 

• updates from Ms. Miguens about prayer on the 21st

2. ASC Kickoff 

• the slides look great!  good work everyone!

• thank you to everyone for putting up the posters around campus!

• google form

• 59 responses as of Sunday night (8 people did not answer the question)

• origami - 25 people

• calligraphy - 10 people

• fan painting - 6 people

• clay pot painting - 10

• rangoli patterns - 0

• adjust to a mandatory question - Daniel

• stations

• be sure to add script about history and background of the station you are working on to the document that was created

• origami - Ashley and Alycia

• what to make?

• a few live tutorials followed by printable guidelines or all live tutorials?

• paper cranes and jumpy frogs

• printed guidelines and live demos!

• calligraphy workshop (more traditional): Vivian and Isa

• what phrases or characters?

• learning how to hold a brush and where to apply pressure - trying to write diff characters

• traditional fan painting: Ethan and Aaron

• symbols of strength, beauty, and wisdom

• painting clay pots - Penny and Daniel

• refer to 2019 kickoff

• paint whatever you want on the pots - get/order more pots!

• print out rangoli patterns to color - Eva and Irianna

• https://www.cool2bkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Free-Rangoli-Coloring-Pages.jpg

• print out 15 sheets - Irianna (will pick out 3 or 4 designs and print it or Ms. Wong can)

• materials

• has everyone notified Ms. Wong about the materials that they need for their station?

• are we able to get paint brushes from Ms. Wolf? - Irianna

• set-up

• meet at commons during first period (1:45PM) on Thursday!

• projector and screen for presentation to large group

• use the podium and microphone

• group tables together for each station

• get table cloth since we are working with paint - Irianna/Penny will ask Ms. Wolf if she has some that we can use

• arrange a table for food

• give out name tags so people can get to know each other by name - Señor Orque has them (and sharpies)

• script (shared by Irianna) - by September 21 (at night) 

• Irianna and Aaron will be at the door (letting people know where each station is and getting people situated)

• music

• send Irianna songs to add - by Asian American artists

• where will music be played from?  do we need to get a speaker? - there's already a setup in the commons

• food

• what is the kitchen able to provide for us? - they are able to provide all of this!

• from previous meeting we wanted: lumpia, dim sum (bbq pork buns and shrimp shiu mai), jello cups, potstickers (vegetarian), and puto

• Has Eva gotten the jello cups yet?  Don't forget to send Ms. Wong the receipt for reimbursement - she's getting it soon!

• (if possible) Mooncakes? - Eva will see if she can bring some / Ms. Wong will ask kitchen ~ 4 boxes (add slides about what it means - East Asian emphasis) - Aaron will do these slides

• publicity

• IG story post on the Wednesday - Ethan

• SITV - Ashley and Alycia are doing it today ~ will air tomorrow: September 21

• send out another email (as a reminder) - to everyone - on Wednesday, September 22 in the afternoon

3. Pasko

• updates? - not quite yet

4. Keep an eye out for an email from Ms. Hernandez about the Affinity X-Periods (on Tuesday and Friday) - see which ones are mandatory 

Monday, September 13, 2021

 Present: Irianna, Aaron, Ethan, Isa, Ashley, Eva, Alycia, Penny, Vivian

Late: Daniel

Absent:

Reminder: Action items are in RED

1. Board intros
• Thank you Ethan for sending out the email!
• Have all of the IG Board intro posts been posted? - yes
2.  Prayer date - Mooncake Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival
• September 21, 2021
• Who would like to sign up? (2 people) - Penny, Eva and Vivian
• Eva and Viv will reach out to Ms. Migs!
• For future morning prayers: Ask other ASC members?
• add a question in the rsvp email - would you like to do morning prayer for one of the following dates...
3. ASC Kickoff
• Confirmed date & location: Thursday, September 23, 2021 in Carlin Commons @ 3:15pm-4:15pm
• Final Layout:
• Start with the large group (presentation with introductions of the board)
• Stations with several board members at each one (amount of board members will vary based on the form responses)
• Ice breaker questions within station groups - Alycia will lead it
• Tutorial w/ board members in respective stations - 5 minutes (give or take)
• Groups stay in stations while they work, listen to music, and eat!
• Slides: Aim to finish by Friday, September 17th
• Include board pic: Irianna will put it into the drive - done - add before we do board intros
• Stations: (each station can write out own script for a mini background about station - < 5 minutes?) 
• Origami: Ashley and Alycia
• Calligraphy Workshop (more traditional): Vivian and Isa
• Traditional Fan Painting: Ethan and Aaron
• Painting clay pots - Penny and Daniel
• Print out rangoli patterns to color - Eva and Irianna 
• https://www.cool2bkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Free-Rangoli-Coloring-Pages.jpg 
• Google form- Ethan and Daniel - use Daniel's
• Send out by Wednesday, September 15, 2021 so we know amount of materials needed
• add a deadline of when to fill out the form by
• add: if anyone has any allergies
• Materials (start ordering by September 17 and 18):
• Do we have extra clay pots from the past kickoff? - Ms. Wong will check her office and confirm
• Buy station materials by next week
• Ask Ms. Wolf for paint and brushes? - Irianna will ask Ms. Wolf today
• send Ms. Wong an email by Sunday, September 19, to ask/order any necessary materials
• Music:
• Playlist is on Slack - go check it out!
• give Irianna more songs to add!
• Food:
• food - request lumpia, dim sum (bbq pork buns and shrimp shiu mai), jello cups (Eva will buy it - SAVE THE RECEIPT), potstickers (vegetarian), puto
• drinks - ask for water and lemonade
• check with kitchen (bc it's more cost effective)
• Ms. Wong can ask
• Publicity:
• Thank you Ethan for making the poster!
• Irianna will email Ms. Finn for approval to put the posters around school
• Start putting up physical posters on Wednesday, September 15 after school
• Print around 15-20 posters 
• send the finalized poster to Señor Orque by tomorrow, September 14! so he can print them
• Who is free to help? (after 3:00pm) - Isa, Penny, Ashley, Vivian, Irianna 
• IG Post: Isa - Thursday, September 16, 2021 - post poster that Ethan made 
• SITV: Alycia and Ashley - Submit request for SITV on Tuesday, September 21
• Irianna will send the QR code that will be added to the ASC segment
4. Pasko updates

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

 Present: Irianna, Aaron, Ethan, Daniel, Isa, Ashley, Eva, Alycia, Vivian

Late:

Absent: Penny

Reminder: Action items are in RED

1. Board intros
• Has everyone submitted?
• Begin posting on the September 7th (one every day)
• Co-presidents
• Secretary.
• Historian/Publicists
• Ambassadors
• Moderators
2. Prayer Schedule - days we can commemorate
• December 10, 2021 (Pasko)
• February 1, 2022 (Lunar New Year)
• Month of May (AAPI Month)
• other dates: mooncake festival, Diwali, cemetery dates, collaboration on Filipino Heritage Month (October)
3. ASC Kickoff - September 24 (tentative) - diff date?? - September 23 (Thursday) - 3:15pm-4:15pm ~ faculty dining room
• Begin working on slides! - aim to finish by September 17, Friday.
• Introduction slide - Eva (4 diff slides - one per position)
• ASC mission statement - Vivian
• Upcoming events for the year - Vivian and Ashley
• Icebreaker - Alycia (>2)
• stations/main event - Isa
• include board pic
• Update from Ms. Wong on permission to have food? - utensils, lemonade, and water
• Layout
• Start with large group (presentation with introductions of board)
• Stations with several board members at each one
• open with icebreaker questions
• ideas
• origami? - Ashley 
• calligraphy workshop? - Vivian and Isa
• traditional fan painting?
• painting pots? 
• more ideas???
• stream movie, Shang-Chi? - probably not - too long
• music
• create Spotify playlist where we can collaborate and add songs?
• Irianna has a Spotify playlist - we can use it and add songs to it
• food - request - lumpia, barbecue pork bun, jello, potsticker 
• location
• commons?
• google form for sign ups - send it out (Ethan and Daniel) - Ms. Wong will confirm date first - send out the rsvp form at least one week in advance 
• add: which idea/activity would you be most interested in doing?
• to have a headcount!
• ms. wong will update the google sheets with all asian American students
• send the board intros to all asian American students 
• promotion:
• instagram posts (Isa), posters (Ethan), and sitv (Alycia and Ashley)!
• have google form to put on posters and on the screen for sitv
• run-through? - maybe at one of our weekly meetings - Monday, September 20
4. Pasko updates - pending