50th Steering Committee July 27, 2017
AGENDA Events/Projects Gala 50th Anniversary Funds 50th Swag Analytics Thursday, July 27, 2017 Davis Building, Room 3129, 10am – 11:30am Events/Projects Gala 50th Anniversary Funds 50th Swag Analytics Questions/Other Ideas
Completed Events/Projects
Convocation
Founders’ Reception
Blackwood Gallery: How far a field?
Upcoming Events/Projects
SmartiGras ART50 September 13 August 16
Canada’s Changing Arctic Snider Lecture Canada’s Changing Arctic Margaret Trudeau September 18 September 21
Upcoming Events 3rd Annual Bank of Canada Conference on the Chinese Economy : September 29 Film Festival: Sept-November MMI 10th Anniversary: October 4 Poles apart? 50 years of magnetic resonance and life science: October 12 50th Anniversary Gala: October 20 MScSM, Bruce Lourie event: November 20 The Past, Present and Future of our Urban Environment: December (TBD)
50th Anniversary Gala
Venue Preferred room rates for guests
Draft program To be announced Master of Ceremonies Ms. Claire M.C. Kennedy Chair of the Governing Council Mr. Christopher Thompson President, U of T Mississauga Alumni Association The Honourable William G. Davis, PC, CC OOnt QC: Pending 18th Premier of Ontario Her Worship Bonnie Crombie: Pending Mayor, City of Mississauga Undergraduate and Graduate representatives *Two students share the podium for this section Professor Ulrich Krull Vice-President, U of T, and Principal, U of T Mississauga Entertainment: Pending *Chancellor Wilson and President Gertler are not able to attend as they are out of the province.
Ticket pricing and package deal EARLY BIRD TICKET PRICE, before September 15, 2017 - Individual ticket price $ 275 - Table of eight $ 2,200 REGULAR TICKET PRICE, after September 15, 2017 $ 325 $ 2,600 TABLE SPONSOR - Corporate sponsorship, which includes a benefits package $ 3,000
Table sponsor benefits Logo placement on the table ● Reservations for 8 to the Gala Verbal recognition on-stage during gala Mentioned on slide show advertisement at the gala Listed sponsor in gala program Recognition on website and in all printed and electronic materials Special recognition on social media
Print Invitation
Gala Communications Plan Objectives Target audiences Strategy Tools & Tactics
Anniversary Funds
As the Celebration Fund is nearing completion, To date, the Celebration Fund has allocated $87,595.28 of $150,000 for 50th events and projects. Of this amount, $56,968.85 has been allocated to events to which students are invited as guests or active participants. These events with a student component include: Student 50th Celebration (complete) Indigenous Inventions & Innovations (complete) Wendat Workshop (complete) Blackwood Gallery’s Parklands (complete) Ramadan Iftar (complete) CUE launch (upcoming) Poles Apart? (upcoming) Chinese Economy, Bank of Canada conference (upcoming) Photographer Laureate (ongoing) Canada’s Changing Arctic (upcoming) Bruce Lourie lecture: MScSM (upcoming) SmartiGras (upcoming) Art50 (upcoming) Global 50 (upcoming) As the Celebration Fund is nearing completion, we will be communicating a final Celebration Fund cut-off of September 15
Legacy Fund Student proposal approved: MScSM/ICUBE/Just Vertical Awarded $10,000 for one tower farmwall located in the Rotunda. Conner Tidd & Kevin Jakiela, two graduate students from the UTM Master of Science in Sustainability Management program, started an urban food social enterprise at the ICUBE that is focused on giving access to fresh sustainable food to urbanites. Conner and Kevin have submitted an additional proposal for an educational program around the farmwall, to be applied to their original award of $10,000 Legacy Funds: Next meeting is scheduled for August 2, to review 5 current proposals
50th Swag
Welcome Back: Staff/Faculty
50th Analytics
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