Today, I filled out the thesis judges scheduling report. I have the two confirmed judges already, and I've emailed two more people in hopes that at least one of them will be available that day in April to come to TAG and view my presentation. Neither of them has gotten back to me yet, though, and I made that note on the report.
Afterwards, I went through all my interview emails again and prepared for the three upcoming interviews I have this weekend. I'm still waiting on a response from two of them, though, so I don't know exactly at what time those interviews will be held. If they don't respond by tonight, I'll send each of them a short reminder email. They should get back to me, considering that the date in question is in two days...
I've also scheduled a conference call with my mentor and one of my judges for Sunday evening; on that call, we're going to talk about my thesis product and brainstorm alternate ideas. My mentor emailed me another suggestion that I really like - in fact, I like it better than the Spring Carnival idea. She suggested that we have a small-scale fundraiser by selling tickets to one of the Dallas Children's Theater's shows, and hosting a short Pratham reception afterwards. Apparently the DCT has worked with Pratham in the past with these and other types of events (her daughter actually had her arangetram there), so like with the Carnival, the infrastructure to help me organize the event would already be in place. And this DCT event can be organized independently of the Kids Club, which would really help me get started with it already instead of having to wait until they get their stuff together and hold their first meeting (which honestly may not even happen until March). Hopefully our discussion this weekend will give me a better idea of exactly how we could go about organizing this event.
Afterwards, I went through all my interview emails again and prepared for the three upcoming interviews I have this weekend. I'm still waiting on a response from two of them, though, so I don't know exactly at what time those interviews will be held. If they don't respond by tonight, I'll send each of them a short reminder email. They should get back to me, considering that the date in question is in two days...
I've also scheduled a conference call with my mentor and one of my judges for Sunday evening; on that call, we're going to talk about my thesis product and brainstorm alternate ideas. My mentor emailed me another suggestion that I really like - in fact, I like it better than the Spring Carnival idea. She suggested that we have a small-scale fundraiser by selling tickets to one of the Dallas Children's Theater's shows, and hosting a short Pratham reception afterwards. Apparently the DCT has worked with Pratham in the past with these and other types of events (her daughter actually had her arangetram there), so like with the Carnival, the infrastructure to help me organize the event would already be in place. And this DCT event can be organized independently of the Kids Club, which would really help me get started with it already instead of having to wait until they get their stuff together and hold their first meeting (which honestly may not even happen until March). Hopefully our discussion this weekend will give me a better idea of exactly how we could go about organizing this event.
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