Hey folks, Hope you all had a good summer. It should be an exciting year for OU Habitat. We are set to begin fundraising for the first OU house, which is slated to start next year. That means in the meantime we need to raise $25,000! It will be a challenge but if everyone helps pitch in we can do it. Our first fundraising event is planned for the first home football game on Sept 5th. We are going to sell t-shirts, hats, and 2x4's (really) to the football-goers. We will need your help-- if you're interested please email me at [log in to unmask] (Don't respond to this list--everyone will get it). On the topic of fundraising, if you're in a student group looking for a project we are looking for partners for the OU house. Your group just has to raise some money for the house, and then you can all come out and work on it. There will be a new volunteer orientation night on Sept 1st which you are all welcome to attend. I'm not quite sure where it's going to be, but probably in a church near campus. We'll keep you informed. If you want to learn more about Habitat or have friends who want to be involved, this is for you. Lastly Norman Habitat is just starting their next house. You are all welcome at the building site-- just be aware that if a whole bunch of people show up on one day their may not be enough work for everyone. The house is on Himes and Stubbman, 3 blocks south of Robinson St, 1 block from the railroad tracks. I think they will be building next Saturday. Mike Schneider ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:07:18 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: "Ross.A.Nelson-1" <[log in to unmask]> Organization: The University of Oklahoma Subject: Flyers again... Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, everybody. I hope your summers went well, and you're ready to get into the swing of things again. The semester has begun for Habitat. We've got some exciting prospects for fundraising this year, and we've also been promised a house of our very own from the Norman affiliate. So, this year is shaping up to be pretty busy. We'll need all of you to make it work. The first thing that we need help with will be this Sunday, Aug 30, 3pm at the Dale Hall Breezeway. We are going to post flyers for Habitat around campus, so the more of you who can help, the better. Please email me ([log in to unmask]) if you plan on showing up, but don't hesitate in coming even if you couldn't send me something back. Thanks, guys. See you Sunday. Ross Nelson Vice-President ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 03:38:22 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Ross Nelson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: More fliers! Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey. I'm gonna bother you guys once more with another round of flier postings. Wednesday evening (Sept 2nd) at 9:00, we're going to meet once more at the Dale Hall Breezeway (between Dale Hall and Dale Tower for those of you who don't know) to put up more fliers. Bring staplers and masking tape if you have them, and we'll let the students here know when our next meeting is going to be. This time I'd like it if you'd email me back even if you don't plan on helping with fliers. This goes out to 70+ people, and last time not one person emailed me back. Is anybody listening? Anyway, see you Wednesday. Ross Nelson ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 02:38:27 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: "Ross.A.Nelson-1" <[log in to unmask]> Organization: The University of Oklahoma Subject: Habitat for Humanity Update Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey everyone, My name is Holli Myers, and I'm the new Fundraising Chair for Habitat. We've come up with several great ideas to raise money for Habitat, and we need lots of help so we can have a successful year. First, the Norman Chapter has given us the opportunity to build our own house this year, but we have to raise $25,000 in order to do that. It may seem like a lot, but it won't be difficult if we have enough people helping out. Keep in mind that not all of the activities that we do will require a lot of time, and not everyone has to help at every activity. However, if you do sign up to participate, please do your very best to follow through. I will be giving you plenty of notice so that shouldn't be a major problem. I know everyone's schedule is very hectic, so I will be planning out the fundraising activities for the year within the next week or so. I will send out the specific dates as soon as possible so everyone can mark it on their calendars. If a date conflicts with enough people, we can change it. I want to make it easy for those who want to participate. I am forming my fundraising committee, and I would like about 10 people. We will be having meetings about 2 times a month, and dates and times can be very flexible considering the small amount of people. The committee will be in charge of organizing all of the fundraising activities. If anyone is interested, email ([log in to unmask]) or call me (579-4092) if you have any questions. Thanks, Holli Myers ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 02:38:25 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Habitat Volunteer Meeting Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, We will be having a volunteer meeting this Wedensday for anybody interested in working with Habitat this semester. We will explain what goes on during building days and sign people up for specific days, we will discuss fundraising for the OU House, and we will talk about the spring break trip. The meeting will be located in the Cate Center conference room (next door to the conveniece store) on Wednesday, August 9 from 7-8 PM. Please bring a friend! Mike Schneider ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:05:49 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Habitat work days Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, We're going to be having two work days next month for OU students which you're all invited to attend. The first on will be Oct 10, and the next one Oct 17. We can bring around 15 people more or less each day. I don't know what we will be working on, but it will be just whatever stage the house is at at that point. If you'd like to come to one or both days, send me an email and let me know which day you'd like. We will start at 8:30 in the morning and work until 3:00 or so. Of course, you aren't required to stay the entire time. They will be serving lunch for us at about 11:30. The work site is located on Himes and Stubbman, 3 blocks south of Robinson and 1 block east of the railroad tracks. You don't need to bring any tools or anything, just wear comfortable clothes that you can get dirty. I can arrange transportation if you need it. It should be lots of fun--- I hope to see you all there! Mike Schneider ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:17:10 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Holli Myers <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Habitat meeting Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone, We are planning a meeting for all Habitat for Humanity members on October 6th at 8:00pm in Dale Hall Rm. 116. We need everyone to be there if at all possible. We are going to go over fundraising plans, t-shirt design, upcoming build dates and more! Anyone who is intererested, member or not, is more than welcome, so invite your friends. We will send out a reminder email, but we just wanted to give you some notice. Please let us know if you are interested if you can't attend the meeting. Thanks, Holli Myers ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 21:23:38 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Ross Nelson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Habitat Fundraising Meeting Comments: To: Habitat Members <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Howdy, Sorry to do this to you on such short notice, but for those of you who were planning on attending the meeting scheduled for tomorrow, don't go. We're going to have to postpone it for a little while. I'll let you know when we will reschedule it, and then we can talk about our fundraising plans. As always, if you have any questions, just drop me a line, and I'll be glad to answer them. Thanks, Ross Nelson ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:18:07 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Workday this Saturday Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there, This message is just to reconfirm to people who have already signed up that we will be having a workday this Saturday (Oct 17). It appears likely that we are going to have a big crowd (25-30 people), so if you are for some reason unable to make it, don't worry. We will be putting the shingles on the roof, so it will be a bit crowded up there. If you only want to work in the morning or in the afternoon, that will be fine too. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks mike schneider ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:45:06 -0500 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: More on the workday Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After further consultation, it appears that the house is not quite ready for roofing yet. Rather we will be putting on the decking on part of the roof and doing some other stuff to get the roof ready. We may also be putting sheetrock in the other house. mike ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:54:22 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Workday this saturday Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, The building manager from Norman asked me to find about 7-10 people to help do some roofing this Sat (Oct 31st). If you would like to come please send me an email and I'll put you on the list. I think this mailing list has about 100 people on it so please be understanding if you don't get to go. If there are too many people at the work site then there are just a bunch of people standing around. The house is located at Himes and Stubbman, 3 blocks south of Robinson and one block east of the railroad tracks. We will be starting around 8AM. Thanks Mike Schneider ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:04:47 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Habitat workday this Saturday Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In case you missed the first announcement (there are several new people on this list) we will be having a work day this Saturday, October 31st. We need about 7-10 people to help with the roof. So far only about 4 people have told me they wanted to go, in contrast with the excessivly large pool of labor at our last workday. So, we still need some help. As always, it is hard to predict how many people will respond so please be understanding if there are too many. The house is located at Himes and Stubbman, 3 blocks south of Robinson and one block east of the railroad tracks. We will be starting around 8AM. thanks Mike Schneider ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:03:45 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Workday canceled Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As you may have noticed, it's been raining a lot. Consequently we won't be working tommorrow. Presumably we will do the roofing next week but I don't have any details. By the way, if you're tired of getting this mail you can send an email to: [log in to unmask] with the message remove habitat-l and it will remove you from this list. Mike ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:14:34 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Voluteer Orientation meeting Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Norman Habitat for Humanity will be having a volunteer orientation meeting on Thursday, November 5 at McFarlin Memorial Church (419 S. University). The meeting will be from 6:00 - 6:45PM. This is a good opportunity for any one who wants to get more involved. They will be discussing how Habitat works and what is done in Norman, as well as things volunteers can do help. We are going to hang flyers sometime next week to advertise the meeting. It's a pretty big job, so we need some help. If you can help, let me know. Speaking of which, we could really use a dedicated volunteer coordinator to handle things like this and getting people organized for work days. If you'd like to that, let me know as well. Thanks, Mike ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 04:59:22 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Bradey McDeid <[log in to unmask]> Subject: collegiate challenge. Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone. I, Bradey must find twelve people to go with us for the Collegiate Challenge trip this spring break to El Paso. Since it is for habitat for humanity the OU Habitat email list seemed like a good place to start looking for people. The trip will cost about $60, which includes transportation, lodging, and some food. As I said we will be traveling to El Paso and working on a house sponsored by the Habitat affiliate there. There will be time for enjoying ourselves as well. If you 're interested please email me. Thanx, Bradey. ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:00:35 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Bradey McDeid <[log in to unmask]> Subject: collegiate challenge flyers Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In regards to getting more students interested in the Collegiate Challenge trip I will be putting up flyers wednesday evening, but I need help. Please e-mail me if you can help. Thank you, bradey. ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:17:24 -0600 Reply-To: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> Sender: HABITAT-L <[log in to unmask]> From: Mike Schneider <[log in to unmask]> Subject: OU HFH announcements Comments: To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there, I'm writing this message to all of you to keep everyone informed about our plans for next semester. The two big things going on are house construction and Collegiate Challenge. As you have hopefully found out by now, OU Habitat will be building it's first house next semester! This is a very exciting project for us. OU HFH is responsible for raising the funds and supplying the labor. We will be holding a ground-breaking ceremony soon after school starts in January. We would like everyone to come and help celebrate! Construction will begin in mid-February and end in mid-May (hopefully). There will be a total of 16 working days, approximately 8 or 10 of which will require volunteers (the other days are done by contractors). We will be scheduling student groups and individuals to come work. Ross Nelson ([log in to unmask]) will be in charge of scheduling student groups. If you have a group that is interested in helping please contact him. Rita Patel ([log in to unmask]) will be organizing individual volunteers. We will also need help in supplying lunch each work day, and we are looking for people to be site hosts. The site hosts will meet the volunteers in the morning, give them a name tag, talk a little about safety, etc etc. If you are interested in taking on either one of these jobs, please contact Rita. (By the way, you don't need any experience to be a site host.) Our other activity next semester will be Collegiate Challenge. This is a really cool opportunity for anyone who wants to get more involved with Habitat. During spring break, we will be traveling with 12 people to El Paso, TX (which, by the way, is right on the US-Mexico border, so you will have the opportunity to visit Mexico as well). The cost is about $60, and it's a whole lot of fun. Contact Bradey McDied ([log in to unmask]) if you'd like more info or to sign up. Mike Schneider President, OU HFH