Saturday, November 8, 2008
A Proposal (for Real)
I'm sorry I beat around the bush in my last post; I've realized that I am actually having quite the time trying to decide what to do. I did not want to go the boring route, but I think I'll just write a letter and include an invitation (to a dinner/event/Mass with Newman) and address it to all of the [Catholic] faculty/staff.
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I think that's a fine idea, and I don't the letter has to be boring. Most faculty would be honored to get a personal invitation from a student to attend a usually-just-students event. So the challenge will be how to present yourself in the letter and what to say to the faculty to recognize their busy lives but still encourage them to come (why would they?).
How will you know which faculty/staff are Catholic? Maybe you should write a letter to those you know are, and write an advertisement for the campus paper for those who you don't know? Or is there something that more faculty read?
That was the big thing I was wondering: how will I know who's Catholic? And as of right now, I only know of one Catholic professor because he came to a dinner for Newman contributers a couple of weeks ago. So, I was thinking that I would just send this letter/invitation out to all the faculty/staff, and if they are not Catholic, they can disregard it if they like. Or maybe I should send out an e-mail first to all of the faculty and staff, and get feedback as to who is Catholic and would be interested in attending an event at Newman. I would plant an inviting seed in their minds first; it would be like a "save the date."
Maybe you should do some thinking/asking around about what would get faculty to actually respond (that's a hard task). An e-mail would be fine, but I imagine most faculty would just ignore it.
Well now I think I will also design a flyer to spark interest, with my contact information on it and put it up around campus, in addition to an e-mail, and then send out the letter/invite. Although, I would just put my first name on the flyer and I would only give out my VT e-mail address. Actually, I don't really know if the flyer is a good idea, but I'm just not quite sure how to approach the concept of asking faculty how they are most effectively reached. Or I could just assume that they pay attention to their e-mail.
I've decided that I think the e-mail isn't necessary, because I did a flyer. I hope that's okay.
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