This document summarizes the agenda and discussion topics for a general meeting of a Student Veteran Organization. The meeting will include welcoming attendees and addressing any issues, discussing old business like the transformation of the group and creation of branding materials, presenting a new t-shirt and challenge coin design to order, providing an update on an grant application, discussing upcoming social events, and setting new short-term and long-term goals for the group. The budget and potential funding sources are also reviewed briefly.

1. Student Veteran Organization
General Meeting: 1/28/2013

2. Agenda
• Welcome
• Old Business
• New Business
• Budget
• Discussion
• Adjournment

3. Welcome!
• Any problems with benefits?
• Any problems with classes?
• Any problems with Professors?
• Any problems in general?

4. Old Business
• Transformation of the Military Support Group
into the Student Veteran Organization
• Creation of the new logo, motto/values,
challenge coin, t-shirts.
• Continuing work on SVA Grant project: Business
Plan, Budget, and Elevator Pitch
• This grant could be up to $2000 for the
Organization

5. Challenge Coins

6. Challenge Coins cont.
• Ordering from militarychallengecoins.com
• Order will consist of 100 coins at $3.87 per
coin
• $125 mold fee which is a one time fee so
if/when we order more coins in the future
they will have the design on file
• Total Cost: $512 shipped

7. T-shirt Design

8. T-shirt Design cont…
• Ordering from X-treme Silkscreen in Lynn, MA
who is the approved vendor for SSU
• Order will be 50 Shirts: 5 small, 5 XL, 20 M, and
20 L. Ideas on sizes?
• $7.70 per shirt
• $75 screen print fee (Discounted)
• Total Cost: $460 for 50 shirts
• Free for members, say, $15 for non members?
• Easily used for fundraising

9. SVA Grant
• We are eligible for a grant if we complete the
following:
• Business Plan: We have a BASIC Business Plan
that is in the process of being re-done to make it
look more like this
http://nuweb9.neu.edu/svo/about/business-
plan/
• Budget Template: Complete
• Elevator Pitch: 5w’s…In Process
• The better everything is, the more $$$ we get

10. Upcoming Events
• Veterans Happy Hour at Tavern in the Square
at 7:00p.m.
• Down Range Firearms Training offering
Firearms Safety Course(s): Feb 16th?
• Sam Adams and Harpoon Brewery Tours and
lunch March 30th
• Ski/ Snowboard trip: need to plan
• Trip to Minute Man National Park: need to
plan

11. New Business: Short Term Goals
1. Written Proposal to University outlining Problems/Issues regarding
Student Veterans, Recommended solutions, and ways to
finance(implement) solutions.
2. This will be done once per semester (completed in April and again
in November)
3. Press the University on more details about Student Veteran Lounge
4. Platoon Sponsorship: care packages
5. Community Service Event
6. Graduation Dinner/ Hall of Fame Induction
7. Fundraising
8. Aggressive marketing campaign to create a “brand” for us and to
make our presence and mission known

12. New Business: Long Term Goals
1. Written Proposal of Comprehensive Student
Veteran Transition Plan
2. Student Veteran Lounge/ Resource Center
3. Peer Mentoring Program
4. 5K run, walk, and roll
5. Military Static Display
6. Fundraising

13. Budget
• We currently have $600 for the rest of the
semester. If we use that money, we can request
more from SGA for certain events.
• We are lucky enough to have the backing of Sam
and Ted’s Office for some but not all of our
expenses.
• We will develop and propose a more complex
budget for next year to support our initiatives,
programs, and events.
• Our events will require a significantly large initial
investment but will pay for themselves.

14. Discussion/Questions?