Old stuff to Archive:

 7pm meeting of COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE  on 

Origiinally planned to meet via GOOGLE MEET:  Sneha (chair), Maggie, co-chair, Cynthia, Darron,  Mimo, Kaila, Stacy, (Stephanie sends regrets) 

Monday, October 26 · 7:00 – 8:00pm

Time zone: America/New_York

Attended: Maggie Carpenter,  Stacy H., Kaila H, and guest Hank Dearden (Dartmouth Grad representing Forest Planet (as its Fouinder/ CEO) and  his partnering organization Tree Friends. Bethesda based.

Second Meeting this Term:   Meet others joining CCW's Community Service Committee! Focus on Environmental Clean-up options and more!

Context:      Last month we brainstormed goals, met new volunteers to the committee and considered our contacts and passions for special projects. We discussed the Cornell Cares event possibility for January at DC Central Kitchen.

Date of next meeting--mark your calendar and use the same MEETS link: Monday, Nov 30, 2026  (We chose "last Mondays" each month through June for our virtual meetings. 

When: 7-8 pm (not one minute longer, probably shorter)

Agenda: 

1. Introductions of any new committee members to share attendees' community service and volunteering experience reports.   

2. Formalized the goals and spearheaders for this year's committee based on our Committees Page and heard reports from CS members if they learned more since last meeting.  See 5.

3. Met Hank Dearden from ForestPlanet about the Nov. 14 Devining Project. Maggie will interact with VP PROGRAMMING to get that de-vining event onto the calendar immediately.  Maggie has an event-planning checklist that helps make thorough invitations to send to VP PROGRAMMING to post to CCW membership and onto our Calendar, but for a clean-up-meet-up we could merely post the event and tell them to directly register with the org.  Registering with CCW in addition puts into our CCW database the contact info and involvement of our members. Good data.

4. Report from the MCMarathon fundraising involvement of CCW's Running Group. Our CCW home page features the achievement. We raised over $4000 for Stop Soldier Suicide, with significant contributions by Cornellians. Visit our Running Page for details while that content is still live.

5. Report from Stacy's investigation of DC Food Bank for an event after January's Cornell Cares is successfully completed at DCCentral Kitchen which we've applied as a "savet the date" onto the CCW Calendar.  Stacy will follow up after reporting to us:  "I did some investigating about volunteering at the Capital Area Food Bank in DC, 4900 Puerto Rico Ave. NE.    Groups of up to 25 volunteers can sign up for a shift at the DC Warehouse.  On the weekends it looks like they have shifts at 9 am and 1 pm. I’d be happy to contact them to discuss dates if this is something we want to do.  --Stacy

6. Selected our January Cornell Cares Date:  Sat 9 afternoon as first choice. Sunday 10th as second... ? Sat 16? Sunday 10? Sunday 17 as back-ups but it is MLK weekend which would  be compromised by travellers out of town.  See Cornell's Calendar of Events to track what Sneha gets booked by mid-December when DCCK finalizes and confirms their calendar.

7. Overview of our resources pages such here to add org's.  We will add ForestPlanet and Tree Friends following the upcoming event.

8. Tabled:  Contextualize our Cornell Cares events and The Amazing Race here. Would our committee wish to provide support to one leg of our TAR if we will do it this coming Spring?

9. Maggie's welcoming new "Featured Cornellians" for Maggie's follow up.  Maggie is investigating 2 people.

Q & A had no questions and we confirmed the next meeting. 

Co-hosts:  Maggie '86 and Sneha MCS ' 25, 

Email your questions/ideas for follow-up to Sneha at communityservice@cornellclubdc.org. 

Interest Meeting  - 6:30 meeting of TECH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

9/23//2026         

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83224377304?pwd=oaAaruuDawjdGoHJCOtUUj52jlg5rg.1

Meeting chat link

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Meeting ID: 832 2437 7304

Passcode: 8yYq49

Agenda:

• Welcome and introductions!

• CCW membership requirement for access to Wild Apricot for trouble-shooting - status?

• Next meetings:  1)  i-Modules training opportunity this month sometime  _______________ TBD.  Shelter time for similar meetings:  Oct. 28, Nov. 17, Dec. 22.   

• Help recruit webmaster? Can you send this Job Description to any Cornellians you know with Tech Skills and an interest to Volunteer? It's great for one's resume, because we are one of the largest Alumni Clubs in the country, and being involved helps you meet local Cornellians!
  
  Job Description:  WEB ADMINISTRATOR JOB DESCRIPTION:

CCW seeks a Web Administrator to develop and oversee a tech committee that draws upon and develops the skills of present volunteers and future recruits. The primary focus is administering the Club's Google-based CRM (currently Wild Apricot). Administrator will review the 2026 audit of the Club's tech uses, then further define and assign roles that facilitate web-based communications.  Email your interest to president@cornellclubdc.org and copy CommunityService@cornellclubdc.org and Communications@cornellclubdc.org 

Skills desired: 

• • • • • • • • • Database management; concise, clear communication via e-mail. Positive team-building attitude to support CCW volunteers (most of whom have full-time jobs and tech expertise levels very widely. ) An ability to project future tech and communication needs. An appreciation and support of the role that CCW plays to develop a sense of community, fun, and learning among DMV alums. 

                • Support Board by maintaining clear documentation of functional areas to include assigning and tracking usernames and passwords and levels of administrative stewardship of our tech platforms. Conduct a membership wide vote each spring to approve a new Board of Directors. Support Treasurer's work with digital payables and receivables and  ensure timely payment for subscriptions and tech platform. Support Membership VP to ensure integrity and accuracy of membership database. Work with Communications team to update website pages.

Experience in any of the following platforms is useful, but training can also be arranged:  

• • • • • • • • • - Google Administrator functions 

                • - Wild Apricot

                • - Affinipay 

Time commitment: 

• • • • • • • • • Much of the CRM management can be self-paced, though the time commitment can be significant on occasional weeks. General monitoring of email for troubleshooting a couple of times a week continues year-round.

                • Whether you are an unpaid intern for the moment, or a volunteer, it is possible that this position will develop into a paid position-- a first ever in Cornell Club of Washington experience. Coming to Board Meetings, Second Tuesdays each month can establish your strong interest, but it is not vital.
                  
                  

• Tech Platforms any experience with any of the platforms that CCW uses?

• Any interest to help our Communications Director compose and send the quarterly newsletters with Ithaca's software "I-Modules?"  It's a duty for only 4 times a year. I've requested tutorials and the point-person at Tech at Cornell who would facilitate our learning.  What is availability for a lunchtime meeting these next ten days?

• Wild Apricot's role in CCW:        $6000 per year platform                  what it is                tutorials

Logistics for DCCK Staffing / Cornell Cares on January 24, 2026:

1) As of 11:30 am Sat. Jan 24, we have received no updates from DCCK, and that makes me confident that we are  good to go! We've called and inquired via email about their protocols for cancellation due to weather but have not heard back.  

2) Watch for emails from DCCK.  If you are walking from the metro, be sure to have good shoes (for an event when you'll be standing, and for a (potentially) snowy sidewalk trip back to the metro or your other transportation after we have done our service that ends at 4 pm.

3)  All of the following are verified to be registered with CCW:  Elysa, Peter, Alicia, Maggie, Liz, P, Bruce,  Rebekah, Kathryn, and John H..  Liz G., Richard and  Julia H,  Grace and Lauren. We welcome our waiting lister Alex / Alejandro if he wants to come as back-up! Something tells me DCCK will have some work for him to do!

 Weather forecast  is here.   

Our event's details as originally posted  and CCW's calendar listing.

Logistics for Dinner at Love, Makoto on January 22, 2026:

1) As of 1:30 pm on the day of the event, we see no reason to change plans. See you at 5:30!

2) If you need to cancel on the day of our event, please send a courtesy message only to the following address since a prior planner is having a full day of work-related communications and may not be able to address your email. New: You can send your questions or cancellation to Maggie instead at the following email address:

 Librarian MS @ gmail.  com .

2) We are a large group! Since the venue does not reserve tables, Maggie is getting there early and all participants can assist her to secure tables.

3 ) Participants:  Nan, Anthony, Angelica, Nikunj, Mark, Gary, Kathryn, Leona, Michael, Swati, Jae, Adriana, Kahlil, Jonathan, Jessica, Robyn, Doug, Damian, Angela, Sneha, William, Linda, Yi and Nakul.                   Host: Maggie       Co-host unable to attend:  Tomoko                        (Names in bold are CCW Board Members who will be so pleased to meet you, so introduce yourselves!

3) Ask Maggie about any of the following upcoming CCW events that are getting off the ground. We always welcome volunteers to help in the organizational stages, and it's fun!   Details linked from CCW home page.

• host our next Big Red Food Tour. Pick a restaurant, date, and develop the invitation with Maggie's support or Steve's (VP of Programming.)

• join a book discussion. Details and pre-registration are at the CCW home page

• form a 4-man squad to participate in the May 9 Amazing Race

• join the organizational committee to develop the scavenger hunt and other activities for the May 9 Amazing Race in Alexandria that CCW is developing

• complete the survey at CCW's home page to help us determine additional activities to plan.