USM LifeGuard Corps

pizxebe · Senior Member

1st Stage

molt_ar3n · Veteran Member

erm...just a reminder...plan your budget properly...some1 or one of u committee need to control wat need to buy and wat we can get elsewhere....such as from sports Unit...just for ur info..i think u all also heard that as APEX uni...we got a lot of funding...including sports development...so...u all pandai-pandai approach sports unit officers to get partial or better still full subsidy....

officers u can contact includes: En. Mustapha and En Rahman

they are the one told me the possibility to get funding for all the sports club in USM whether or not the purpose is for competition (domestic and overseas) and also other activities such as for dinner.

Since its the anniversary.....why not make it big and interesting rite....and most importantly....at minimum or no cost or better still making profits....hehe

just 1 cent from me...will let u noe my idea from time to time....

junyuan · Senior Member

ya... for budget pro, mayb we can ask help from our accountant, i think he is willin to lend his hand. of cos as consultant la.

pizxebe · Senior Member

Oh nice, thanks for sharing, I will bring it to the meeting.

pizxebe · Senior Member

30^th Anniversary Celebration

1. PROJECT OVERVIEW

A reunion dinner will be held on Sunday, 30^th of August 2009 at Dewan Budaya Bouquet hall, USM. This function is to reunite all the ex-lifeguards of USM over 30 years of establishment. Throughout the year, anniversary sales will be done together with every activity as the long term fund raising project of the year. The most important impact we will get is exposing USM Lifeguard Corps to the public and promoting lifesaving and CPR courses.

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

USM Lifeguard Corps was founded at 1^st of September 1979. Over 30 years, USM Lifeguard Corps produces many experienced lifeguards all around the world. It is essential to reunite the alumni and have a proper record of the history of the corps.

Promoting life saving by flyers and posters is becoming more and more ineffective. 30^th anniversary celebration is a big impact and will be able to catch the public's attention of the existence and achievements of the corps.

3. PROJECT DETAIL
3.1. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

3.1.1.As a reunion of all the ex-lifeguards of USM over 30 years.

3.1.2.As a long-term fund raising project of the corps of the year.

3.1.3.As a publicity method to attract more people to take lifesaving courses.

3.1.4.As an opportunity to the public to understand more about USM Lifeguard Corps.

3.2. VIPS

3.2.1.Prof. Omar Osman, deputy Vice Chancellor.

3.2.2.En. Mohammad, head of Sports Unit.

3.2.3.En. Rahman.

3.2.4.Pool Attendants.

3.2.5.Examiners of lifesaving courses.

3.2.6.Ex-lifeguards.

3.3. ACTIVITIES

3.3.1.Lifesaving Exhibition

More information is exhibited during lifesaving exhibition, e.g. the history of the corps, the activities of the corps, the uses of lifesaving skills etc.

3.3.2.Anniversary Sales

Key chains and t-shirts are sold on the activities such as Aquatic Night, lifesaving exhibition, CPR activities etc.

3.3.3.Reunion Dinner

It is held on Sunday, 30^th of August 2009. The venue will be at Dewan Budaya Bouquet Hall, USM which can accommodate approximately 200 persons. Buffet food outside the campus is provided and entertainment is arranged.

3.4. STAFF/ADMINISTRATION

Staff/Administration	Responsibility
Project Director	Overseeing project development and operation Establishing and maintaining links with BHEPP and Sports Unit Office Keep track of budget
Secretary	Venue booking Preparing all documentaries (meeting minutes, invitation letters etc.)
Treasurer	Managing project account

4. AVAILABLE RESOURCES

4.1. Meeting venue Cubicle or Tutorial room

4.2. Dewan Budaya Bouquet Hall - Require project approval from BHEPP and booking from Dewan Budaya office

4.3. Manpower All USM lifeguard Corps members

5. NEEDED RESOURCES
5.1. PERSONNEL

5.1.1.Two masters of ceremony for Reunion dinner

5.2. FACILITIES

None - Provided by USM

5.3. EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES/COMMUNICATION

5.3.1.One projector

5.3.2.One banner

5.3.3.One table and two chairs Reception counter in reunion dinner

5.4. BUDGET

Income	RM	Expenses	RM
Ticket Sales	6500	Catering	4000
		Booklet	1000
		Souvenir	1000
		Others	500
Total	6500	Total	6500

6. APPENDIX
6.1. TIMELINE

Date	Work
December 2008 to January 2009	Approving project Booking of facilities Key chain production
February 2009 to March 2009	Sending invitation letters to alumni and VIPs Arranging performances for reunion dinner Finding sponsorship and donations
April to June 2009	Following up the work Preparing booklets and souvenirs Confirming the attendance
July 2009 to August 2009	Decorating dinner hall Finalizing the performances Printing booklets Completing all preparations

-- Edited by pizxebe at 00:37, 2009-02-04

-- Edited by pizxebe at 23:13, 2009-02-07

pizxebe · Senior Member

The above is the complete proposal for 30th Anniversary Celebration.

So currently while sending all the documents to be approved, we are designing the keychains and contacting the ex-lifeguards. We will try to construct the history of Lifeguard Corps by all means.

So seniors if you are free, please help us in some minor tasks. Mid-sem is a depressing period for everyone. I thank all the treasury department members for your hard work. ++++ oil!!
aww

pizxebe · Senior Member

Dear all,

I am glad to tell everyone that this proposal was approved, and now we are going to divide into departments and start working. The five main tasks are invitation, publicity/yearbook, keychain & catering, sponsorship and program & protocol.

I prefer to call them working groups rather than departments because I think this will add unnecessary pressure to everyone with those bombastic titles...

We are targeting 150 people and we will produce a yearbook as Kenneth suggested. We will either make it partial-subsidised or fully sponsored if possible, depends on our luck.. We will see if we can make a banner for our activities...

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or designs please feel free to tell us! We are not supermen or superwomen, and please correct us if before we do anything wrong...

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

evanquah · Senior Member

Great progress. Keep up the good work everyone

Airchek · Senior Member

Good Job, This proposal improved and better than last time, thanks for the hard works...
You must be sacrified alot for it... Keep it up, hope to see your improvement...hehe....

StarSlacker · Veteran Member

good job . . . beside that there also discussion going on in facebook that i would like u all to know .. hehehe.. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=14965540690&topic=8222 .. and at wall of event: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14965540690#/event.php?eid=65940592760

-- Edited by StarSlacker on Tuesday 17th of March 2009 04:25:18 PM

-- Edited by StarSlacker on Tuesday 17th of March 2009 04:27:00 PM

weiwei · Newbie

what help you all want from 'senior' ? =P

-- Edited by weiwei on Tuesday 17th of March 2009 07:10:55 PM

Airchek · Senior Member

haha...i thk most easiest de is spread around this among the seniors...

kyfoo · Newbie

What kind of booklet that cost RM1k ??
Color printed??

StarSlacker · Veteran Member

hey, mun pung jz msg me that dewan budaya 'bouquet' hall? is this mispelling? ? banquet or bouquet? spelling error..

devlonair · Senior Member

It should be Banquet.

Banquet = large makan place
Bouquet = used to describe bunches of flowers

elaine · Veteran Member

some of my opinion here^^
maybe some of my opinions here already discussed in the committees, any overlaps jus take it. plz dont shoot me back cz i will be demotivated to give opinion anymore >< haha..

1. ticket price - since this is a reunion night, i think it is not over to collect rm50 - rm100 from the participant for this night. for the success of an event, money is very important! somemore this is big event ever of lg corps. i dono abt other la, mb is a financial problem for them, but i will start save everyday 50 sen from now- march and til august i got : .50 x 30days x 5months = rm75..so stop ordering drinks in khaleel or istimewa or starbuck, save that for the night,hahaha...

i'm willing to do this just for the corps because i love this family=)
(saving is a very hard task for me.... >< )

2. key chain- small life buoy

(shuold be able to make one, cz i've ever seen small drum key chain from 24-drum, or kungfu night? pretty good sales, meaningful item as well)

3. souvenir - watch. i personally not prefer plastic watch la:p of cz we alws try to reduce cost, as long as the design is simple and nice, and it's meaningful and in proper box, i don't mind wearing a fake watch even not functioning. because it carries meaning that is more than that.

4. newsletter - lg acticities- fitness test, aqn, reunion dinner of cny and convo, interaction day etc~

5. booklet - make a small yellow pages, a complete directory of lg^^

include all participant's name, or even all lifeguard, if manage to. a right time to reunion, and get all contact back so that coming aqn sponsorship will have more resource for lucky draw :p

6. promotion - disclose and update the participants attending the night frequently.

from my observation, for example my management night this year, im not attending not because the activity is not good, instead, it shound be interesting. but im not attending bcz i dono who is attending, and my friend are tired asking everyone and they stil considering wan go onot...erm, stil dono how to solve this pro :p but i think lg bond are atrong, so jz disclose this problem to share and avoid perhaps...

7. table/seat - if can, try avoid same generation or certain group of friends sit in the same table or same row of seats.
interaction games is very important to make the night full of memories. try not to let the participant feel that couldn't sit with their close one is gonna be boring, activites on that days play important roles.

because i was sad when just recently i heard from one of our seniors that he/she felt the generation gaps =( we all know, including the seniors that they are mostly welcome to join back this family, but those activity are organized, take part and well known by current lifeguards, the active one are the current lg...little or even no interation with our old biscuits~ PLEASE don say ALL PARTICIPANTS SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO JOIN IN THE JUNIORS OR CURRENT LIFEGUARD, i'm sick of hearing we should do this we should do that. we are not computer software that we key in the right formula then the result will come out as we wish. sometimes is the condition and the atmosphere let us feel uncomfortable to mix in, individually. our role as current or fresh lifeguard are to solve this problem, not to pass the problem back to the person.....i hope those who read my long msg til this sentence know my meaning^^ consider their feelings, and give them a happy night, to get to know new friend in lg, to feel they are back to the corps again, to enjoy js lik the time they enjoy in lg activities last time during their age^^

8. slideshows - photos, videos during our annual lifeguard activities-interaction day, aquatic night, etc, memorable~

upload those old old photos found in lifeguard room, remember last time when we moved to new lifeguard room? a few of the seniors look like our current lifeguard,hehe. if i not mistaken i saw "ruo wen" and "jun yuan" and dono who dy, a few of them, funny ^^ ~ )

9. choral - don't forget to thank the ex-lg for cultivating our corps for 30 years.
mb make this event marks the end of the night. any nice songs to suggest? i personally like this song^^let the music heal your soul - n'sync & backstreet boys

waw...am i commenting too much? abt activities i not yet think of them cz im tired now.. :p

30th August oh~, good oso since 31th august is holiday, i guess seniors and alumni should be able to make it ^^

good luck~!! anything needs helps, if i manage to, i can help^^

-- Edited by elaine on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 11:08:15 PM

Airchek · Senior Member

Maybe the committee hav to check the time availability... it is puasa period...check properly with the authority ar...= )

Thanks for elaine's long comments, we need more to help out our juniors...

Other seniors? let do it together like elaine...

Eh, Elaine, if really got ppl shoot oso cant scare giv opinion de ma...aiyor! muz be tough le!

junyuan · Senior Member

elaine wrote:

some of my opinion here^^
maybe some of my opinions here already discussed in the committees, any overlaps jus take it. plz dont shoot me back cz i will be demotivated to give opinion anymore >< haha..

1. ticket price - since this is a reunion night, i think it is not over to collect rm50 - rm100 from the participant for this night. for the success of an event, money is very important! somemore this is big event ever of lg corps. i dono abt other la, mb is a financial problem for them, but i will start save everyday 50 sen from now- march and til august i got : .50 x 30days x 5months = rm75..so stop ordering drinks in khaleel or istimewa or starbuck, save that for the night,hahaha...

i'm willing to do this just for the corps because i love this family=)
(saving is a very hard task for me.... >< )

2. key chain- small life buoy

(shuold be able to make one, cz i've ever seen small drum key chain from 24-drum, or kungfu night? pretty good sales, meaningful item as well)

3. souvenir - watch. i personally not prefer plastic watch la:p of cz we alws try to reduce cost, as long as the design is simple and nice, and it's meaningful and in proper box, i don't mind wearing a fake watch even not functioning. because it carries meaning that is more than that.

4. newsletter - lg acticities- fitness test, aqn, reunion dinner of cny and convo, interaction day etc~

5. booklet - make a small yellow pages, a complete directory of lg^^

include all participant's name, or even all lifeguard, if manage to. a right time to reunion, and get all contact back so that coming aqn sponsorship will have more resource for lucky draw :p

6. promotion - disclose and update the participants attending the night frequently.

from my observation, for example my management night this year, im not attending not because the activity is not good, instead, it shound be interesting. but im not attending bcz i dono who is attending, and my friend are tired asking everyone and they stil considering wan go onot...erm, stil dono how to solve this pro :p but i think lg bond are atrong, so jz disclose this problem to share and avoid perhaps...

7. table/seat - if can, try avoid same generation or certain group of friends sit in the same table or same row of seats.
interaction games is very important to make the night full of memories. try not to let the participant feel that couldn't sit with their close one is gonna be boring, activites on that days play important roles.

because i was sad when just recently i heard from one of our seniors that he/she felt the generation gaps =( we all know, including the seniors that they are mostly welcome to join back this family, but those activity are organized, take part and well known by current lifeguards, the active one are the current lg...little or even no interation with our old biscuits~ PLEASE don say ALL PARTICIPANTS SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO JOIN IN THE JUNIORS OR CURRENT LIFEGUARD, i'm sick of hearing we should do this we should do that. we are not computer software that we key in the right formula then the result will come out as we wish. sometimes is the condition and the atmosphere let us feel uncomfortable to mix in, individually. our role as current or fresh lifeguard are to solve this problem, not to pass the problem back to the person.....i hope those who read my long msg til this sentence know my meaning^^ consider their feelings, and give them a happy night, to get to know new friend in lg, to feel they are back to the corps again, to enjoy js lik the time they enjoy in lg activities last time during their age^^

8. slideshows - photos, videos during our annual lifeguard activities-interaction day, aquatic night, etc, memorable~

upload those old old photos found in lifeguard room, remember last time when we moved to new lifeguard room? a few of the seniors look like our current lifeguard,hehe. if i not mistaken i saw "ruo wen" and "jun yuan" and dono who dy, a few of them, funny ^^ ~ )

9. choral - don't forget to thank the ex-lg for cultivating our corps for 30 years.
mb make this event marks the end of the night. any nice songs to suggest? i personally like this song^^let the music heal your soul - n'sync & backstreet boys

waw...am i commenting too much? abt activities i not yet think of them cz im tired now.. :p

30th August oh~, good oso since 31th august is holiday, i guess seniors and alumni should be able to make it ^^

good luck~!! anything needs helps, if i manage to, i can help^^

-- Edited by elaine on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 11:08:15 PM

how come i saw my name inside de?? hmmmm.... wat is the slide show thing tat elaine mention abt?? i dun really understand le.. n the example giving

elaine · Veteran Member

when we move to new life guard room, got old photos right?some of the photos of ex-lifeguard face look like our current life guard lol.got one look lik u leh, one more look lik ruo wen, really~ u go and check~hehe

not upload, i means scan into pc and make a slide show sth lik tat~

typing82 · Veteran Member

it would be great if you could make transfer arrangment for those who fly to penang. pick up and drop off sort of arrangement either to the event or airport and hotel. i would rather contribute more to the event rather than calling a cab.

THEBRICK · Senior Member

MUahahahaha, when in Penang, call my num. :) :P

pizxebe · Senior Member

typing82 wrote:

it would be great if you could make transfer arrangment for those who fly to penang. pick up and drop off sort of arrangement either to the event or airport and hotel. i would rather contribute more to the event rather than calling a cab.

can consider that......but the problem is we don't have enough manpower...

pizxebe · Senior Member

Sorry for inactive..have been busy with studies lately...
So for elaine's suggestions:
1. We have set the ticket price as RM40. However we have alternative other than buying tickets. You can donate or sponsor to the corps and join the reunion, in terms of cash of course. I don't think people will donate the amount less than the ticket price and come.....no offence ya. smile

2. Right now our default design for keychain is duty T, your suggestion is nice too, we will consider that.... If we have a loose budget we can make both..

3. Due to the budget problem, we cannot afford to have souvenirs for everyone, maybe we will use keychain as souvenir. It depends on our budget.

4. We are producing yearbook, so the newsletter and contacts will be inside.

5. Table/seat - that is not our main issue right now... but we will think about it.

6. slideshow, choral - sure!

elaine · Veteran Member

wow,good to hear that^^

elaine · Veteran Member

oh ya, last sunday CPR Instructors' course, i had chat with one of our ex LG also taking the course. Glad to hear that she is looking forward and gonna attent our 30th anniversary. her name is CHAN PAIK YEE, she is a teacher in a secondary school in Ipoh. Her contact is with KENNETH in her appilcation form of CPR Instructors' course, you might get the contact from kenneth might as well ask her to get ex-lg of her batch^^ i'm sure she is passionate to help on^^

pizxebe · Senior Member

Ok glad to hear that.....Thanks!

typing82 · Veteran Member

how would u charge if exLg wants to bring his/her family along? Or is the event specifically for exLG only?

elaine · Veteran Member

sorry~ is CHONG PAIK YEE :p

Raymond, gonna bring ur gf along?? >

pizxebe · Senior Member

typing82 wrote:

how would u charge if exLg wants to bring his/her family along? Or is the event specifically for exLG only?

Ticket price is the same for everyone. Bringing family along is better than we SS ourselves....
smile smile smile smile smile smile

typing82 · Veteran Member

elaine wrote:

sorry~ is CHONG PAIK YEE :p

Raymond, gonna bring ur gf along?? >

no i am not.

typing82 · Veteran Member

pizxebe wrote:

Ticket price is the same for everyone. Bringing family along is better than we SS ourselves....

Ok. Not I would expect though.

StarSlacker · Veteran Member

as we speakin, anyone noe how many people is confirmed coming?? in facebook, i c all those juniors is confirmed la bout 20 ppl, then i heard from CPR intructorship say got lots coming more.. so are we expectin min 100 ppl ??
then, dewan banquet tak cukup tempat? where we shuld organize the reunion dinner le? hmmz, if put back in pool lagi tak muat kan?? so got to find fews hotel lo??
so, let discuss more cause as I see no movement very long time liao. . hehe sorry guys if i got say something wrong here..
hmmz, as i know, all commitee members sure very busy coz got exam n assignment due date.. so gambateh n here i wish u all good luck in ur final la. . . dun pressurized urself too much if not, it will affect ur study..

evanquah · Senior Member

I agree with Zi Xiang on this. The first thing the committee has to settle is the list of people attneding the event. With that list, only then can you find a suitable venue that can fit everyone that will be attending. Actually, if the event comprises of only a dinner, than a hotel ballroom similar to that of Aquatic Nights will be suficient.

weechinteng · Senior Member

Encourage ex-LG to bring their family members as well. Make it like LG-open day or family day in-stead. Then can get more people from attending. Not forgotten, friends also are most welcome.

Therefore, they can update their latest status, discussing their children progress etc.

elcyyong · Senior Member

I think now is their study time lar... Let them finish one thing in one time first lor... Later mengamuk lor... Hahaha...

They already have the initiation... Let's guide them bit by bit... Good work!!! For all the commitee members..

StarSlacker · Veteran Member

so exam week over? start to work liao?? any update?? things such as night theme, location of reunion dinner, list of guests... well, take ur time but remember, time doesn't wait for people...

evanquah · Senior Member

Yup, how's the progress coming along?

THEBRICK · Senior Member

Er....think exam or whateva you called that ended like 1 month ago? Think everyone's sleeping on this and I think I'll be waiting for a typical Malaysian answer.

StarSlacker · Veteran Member

typical Malaysian answer: slight change in plan so we would delay the project for one two months..
real answer: nothing heck have been done and we going to cancel the damn project liao..

elcyyong · Senior Member

This is funny... Hahaha... Cancel saja lor... If no one really put the effort to organize it....