1/22 KC ONE Campaign Meeting Information

Hello Everyone,

We will meet again this coming Monday, the 22nd as planned and then pick up again on the first Monday of February and continue forward with the 1st and 3rd Monday's of each month. The meeting on the 22nd will follow a slightly different format:

Monday, 7:00 PM @ Thyme Capsule Nutrition, 2627 Burlington, North Kansas City

Located just across the street from PetCo

For directions, call the store at 816-472-7035

We will view a video on AIDS, hunger, and child soldiers in Africa

Be prepared to watch and discuss with fellow ONE Campaign Members!

Have a great week,

Peter & Bill

KC ONE Campaign Coordinators

www.one.org

kc-one.blogspot.com

KC ONE 2007 Kick-Off Notes

Thank you to our new members who came to join us tonight for the 2007 kick off! We had some scheduling trouble with certain sporting events as well as the Governor's inaguration in Kansas tonight as well. That being said, we had a very productive and exciting kick off.

We are ready to start taking action! The areas of focus for us in town this year are going to be:

• Local Non-Profits
• Who is in town and interested in poverty reduction?
  
• Academic Institutions
• How do we start groups at the various Universities, what are their connections?
  
• Faith-Based Organizations
• Connecting the various churches and organizations already doing great work in town and overseas.
  
• Corporate Citizenship
  
• Most companies do something for social awareness, what and where?
  
• Social Awareness
  
• First Friday's, Art Fairs, great opportunities to be out showing films, participating interacting.

This is where you come in...are you an artist interested in having ONE at a show or sponsoring a show at First Friday's? Do you work for a major company in town that does work with poverty? What can you bring to the table to help?

Many came tonight motivated by New Year's resolutions, lets all start the year charged and ready to get involved, if it is even donating a little time or a friend who knows a friend who wants to become involved.

Our next meeting will be in 2 weeks, which we will then continue 1st and 3rd Monday of every week in February. Send us your ideas, your thoughts, your time or simply your passion to the cause all are helpful and needed.

Cheers,

Peter & Bill

KC ONE Campaign Coordinators

www.one.org

kc-one.blogspot.com

2007 Kick Off Meeting Update

As an update to the message sent last week, the meeting location for the meeting on the 8th will be the Central Library downtown (the Plaza Branch was booked) in Meeting Room 312. For more information on the Central Library please visit (http://www.kclibrary.org/about/locations.cfm?locID=2).

2007 Kick Off Meeting

Hello Everyone,

As 2007 is upon us and we get ready for this weekend's celebrations and perhaps broader resolutions and plans for the year it is also time that we begin to plan for the Kansas City ONE Campaign's 2007 goals.

First off, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Renee Ruiz the new Regional Field Organizer for Kansas City and the surrounding areas. She comes with years of experience that will be a very valuable asset for us and the Campaign at large. Welcome Renee!

We are planning on having our first meeting of the year on Monday, January 8th at a location and time to be determined soon, but wanted to get the message out to the group to block some time in the early evening off for that day. We are looking for a slightly larger, central location to hold the meeting because we are hoping to have a large turn out.

Myself and Bill will still be coordinating the specific events in Kansas City in 2007 but are looking for input and assistance from yourselves. Many of you have expressed interest in various aspects of what make up the ONE Campaign in a broader sense.

We are looking to invite several new leaders for Kansas City to help us investigate these areas in more detail and develop them in Kansas City. Some areas we are suggesting are, Faith Based Organizations, Corporate Involvement, Academic Programs, Legislative Initiatives, etc. Likewise, what character do we want to take in the new year? Are we going to table events, start mailing and calling campaigns to our elected officials, poster, or socialize more? Many decisions to be made.

We plan on continuing the bi-weekly meeting structure and potentially to add a monthly social event at a floating location throughout the broader metro area so Northlanders and Southlanders do not always have to hike into the metro on work nights.

Exciting changes on the way we want YOU to be involved in! We have well over 250 people in Kansas City that have joined the mailing list and signed the Declaration to Make Poverty History. Here is a chance to become more involved, we would love to have your voice as a leader, a voter, or even a person of interest that just attends meetings, all are welcome.

Happy New Year and look for a follow up in the coming days on logistics for the 8th.

Peter & Bill

KC ONE Campaign Coordinators

www.one.org

kc-one.blogspot.com