1. 50th Steering Committee
July 27, 2017

2. 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

3. Completed Events/Projects

4. Convocation

5. Founders’ Reception

6. Blackwood Gallery: How far a field?

7. Upcoming Events/Projects

8. SmartiGras
ART50
September 13
August 16

9. Canada’s Changing Arctic
Snider Lecture
Canada’s Changing Arctic
Margaret Trudeau
September 18
September 21

10. 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)

11. 50th Anniversary Gala

12. Venue
Preferred room rates for guests

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. Print Invitation

17. Gala Communications Plan
Objectives
Target audiences
Strategy
Tools & Tactics

18. Anniversary Funds

19. As the Celebration Fund is nearing completion,
To date, the Celebration Fund has allocated $87, of $150,000 for 50th events and projects. Of this amount, $56, 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

20. 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

21. 50th Swag

22. Welcome Back: Staff/Faculty

23. 50th Analytics

24. 50th Analytics
Instagram

25. Questions/Other Ideas