My Time With V.I.S.A.: Executive for Events, January 2008-December 2008, Part II
Part I: http://pumudu.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/exec-carrousel-iso/
As a non-funded organization, V.I.S.A. has always relied on fund raisers to subsidize the costs for events, and to reduce how much students have to pay for events. The main way V.I.S.A. raises funds have been through themed pub nights at the Thirsty Scholar Pub at the University of Windsor.
During my time as Executive for Events, I was involved with the planning of three pub nights. The first of these was the winter pub night for 2008. The V.I.S.A. team decided on a retro-themed pub night named “Shagadelic”. The tasks I did included the marketing and promotion of the event, creating promotional materials including posters, fliers and arrange for the painting of promotional banners, coordinating volunteers to promote the event and securing sponsorship for the event.
Winter pub nights are never as successful as ones in fall. Whether its the weather, or something else has never been quite determined. Even so, “Shagadelic” was about par in terms of fund raising for a winter pub night. The event was held on March 08th, 2008. “Shagadelic” was attended by approximately 125 people, and raised approximately $300.oo for V.I.S.A.
Painting banners for "Shagadelic"
Students at the Pub during "Shagadelic"
The next pub night was held on September 20, 2008. It was called “Inferno”, and promoted as the “hottest” party of fall. The tasks for this pub night were also the same as for “Shagadelic.” “Inferno” attracted approximately 150 students, and V.I.S.A. raised $350.00. The reason for the low attendance was the teachers strike at the University of Windsor, which began on the 17th of that month. Most students took this opportunity to leave Windsor, thus depriving us of a large market.
"Inferno" banner
Students at "Inferno"
The final pub night for 2008, was V.I.S.A.’s annual Halloween pub night: “Spooktacular”. “Spooktacular” was held on October 25, 2008. We managed to acquire Rogers Mobile as a sponsor for the event. This was the second year running when Rogers Mobile sponsored our Halloween pub night. Rogers Mobile sponsored the event through their fliers, banners and other promotional items.
For “Spooktacular”, I carried out the same tasks as the other pub nights. Though not as successful as the previous year, V.I.S.A. still managed to raise approximately $850.00 from the event. We also had over 300 students attending as well.
One of the banners for "Spooktacular"
Rogers Mobile sponsored V.I.S.A. for the event
Crowds at "Spooktacular", fall 2008
The Events team + Coordinator
