JETAA USA Earthquake Fund

Outline

• Historical Timeline• Committee Members• Amounts Raised• On-the-Ground Assessment• Next Steps

Fund Timeline3/11/11

• EQ, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster strike Japan

• Chapters begin talks of fundraising

March 2011

• JETAANY creates relief fund, decides with CRs to make it a National Fund for all US Chapters

April 2011

• Chapters vote that funds should go toward a Community Project, with a focus on children's education

May 2011

• Fund committee established

• More time needed

June 2011

• Jim Gannon on the ground in Japan assessing needs and options

July 2011

• Nat'l Conference:• Report out from

Committee on progress of fund.

• Jim to give overview of situation in Japan

Committee Members

• Matt Cook – Incoming AJET President• Jim Gannon – Executive Director of JCIE USA• Ryan Hart – PNW JETAA Former President; Former CR and

JETAAi Vice Chair• Steven Horowitz – Founder of JETWit; JETAANY Former

Newsletter Editor• Michelle Spezzacatena – JETAADC Former President• Shannan Spisak – JETAANY Former President; Former CR• Megan Miller Yoo – CR; JETAANY Former President

Amounts RaisedChapter JETAA USA FUND OTHER FUNDS Chapter TotalJETAA DC (US1) $1,017 $1,017JETAANY (US2) $11,155 $11,155JETAASE (US4) $13,069 $13,069JETAA NOLA (US5) $160,000 $160,000JETAA FL (US6) $19,897 $19,897JETAA Chicago (US7) $7,780 $7,780JETAA Heartland (US8) $34,000 $34,000Texoma JETAA (US9) $2,200 $2,200RMJETAA (US10) $2,289 $2,289PNWJETAA (US11) $41,170 $41,170JETAA Portland (US12) $450 $450JETAANC (US13) $8,027 $9,000 $17,027JETAASC (US14) $40 $68 $108JETAA Hawaii (US15) $4,880 $4,880JETAA Minnesota (US18) $3,666 $3,666JETAA Music City (US19) $54,665+ $54,665+TOTAL $62,875 $339,399+ $402,274+

Next Steps• Further Fund Collection

– Fund is still open might need to transfer for state tax purposes– Second wave of fundraising to be invoked when project(s) announced– Chapters are also encouraged to continue fundraising with local

partners Be sure to notify CRs of continued efforts!

• Importance of Project Selection– Fund Committee to lead discussion and assessment– Chapter buy-in is essential

• Importance of Demonstrating Value of JETAA– Significance of our efforts should be communicated

On-the-Ground Assessment

• Jim Gannon Report