I'm engaged with social planning, and I will start the year strong by pre-registering all events during the summer and doing a lot of planning and organizing ahead of time. Check out this event planning document I made! I will also prepare a comprehensive event calendar so people can plan to attend accordingly. Listed below are events I want to add in to next year:
- Winter Ball: That's right, a Yule Ball. It would replace Thanksgiving potluck and be an opportunity for everyone to have cozy winter vibes during a dance. This would require a lot of planning during summer, but I am willing to put the work in to make this happen if you all agree that this is an event you want!
- Volunteering events: Each year, I bring together a group of friends to volunteer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Out of the Darkness Walk in Pasadena. I would like to make this a club associated event and be able to give EEPsters a meaningful volunteer opportunity! We could also look into hosting other volunteering events with other organizations !!
- Revamping Beach Day: Considering the current COVID-19 situation, I think it would be unwise to plan a Catalina trip this summer when things are uncertain right now. In place of Catalina, I am thinking of attending a beach cleanup and having a bonfire afterward with everyone (if we are allowed to have public gatherings by then of course)
- Discord movie/game nights: This happens on a smaller scale already, but now that we have an EEPC discord server, I would like to keep hosting events in it once quarantine is over. We would have a game night say every Saturday night and play different co-op games or watch movies together!
- Arts n Crafts: I think we should have more arts n crafts in EEP spaces for people to de-stress. This means getting a big vase for all our stars, supplying star paper, and looking into other arts n crafts you guys might enjoy that won’t be too messy. I think a painting or ceramics event would be fun as well!
- Hamster ball soccer: This is an event that we were planning to do this year but were unable to hold because of the coronavirus ;( It’s basically soccer, but everyone is wearing a zorb, which sounds wild.
- CAPS workshops: These events haven’t had great turnout despite having excellent information, and this may be a combination of wrong timing and lack of motivation to attend. It is in our best interest to put effort into making these workshops more successful, and I will put in work to boost attendance.