Donatian sent this short report:
Short report of the Network meeting of 29th March 2008
Venue: May Fair Hall
1. Start:
The meeting
started at 4:30 a.m. preceded by tea warm up and registration
Attendance:
* 26-people attended the meeting
* 19- groups attended : Iyana, Tupendane, Moms,
Vumwe,YLRF, Tawosu, woyona, MSWS, Pofideso, Siyope, Yopac, Chakyupau, Red
house, Socac, Tukolene, Nice, CWCA, Good Samaritan, Woilsu,
* 6 -Groups were absent:; Uzima, upendo, Chimaba, Sageta,
Poverty FG, and Twafaha
* The chairperson,
secretary and treasurer were all present and performed their duties well
Debriefing of the past meeting minutes: the minutes were
read by the secretary and the concerns raised were clarified.
2. Topic:
The topic
presented was on Entrepreneurship skills,
By Paul Masatu –Business Advisor
0784
775255
Email:
sambaa00@yahoo.co.uk or pmasatu@hotmail.com
Dar es
Salaam
Brainstorming:
Process of starting a business:
* Naming a business
* Legal structure of a business
-sole proprietorship
-partnership
-cooperation
* Licenses and permit
* Managing a business
3. Exchange visit reports: were shared to the groups in
the meeting and will be reported by the secretary, Steven Milambo
Concerns:
* Children to be given opportunity to participate in
exchange visits for meeting other children from other groups for
familiarisation
* Disbursement of other fund for network activities from Argentarius foundation (agreed to be
done on March 08)
* Network members who participated in the training
conducted by PACT (Violet, Jacka and Madega) you promised to pay for their
transport to the training
* The need of the Network to join other biger network,
TEN/MET: Tanzania Education Network/Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania, which is the
umbrella network that comprises national and international CSOs that deal with
education activities in Tanzania. I can facilitate their joining and the
criteria is paying annual subscriptions and attending network activities and
meetings
Short Excom Meeting:
After the network meeting I convened a short time meeting
for excom members to share and clarify certain issues which were urgent to
include:
* Preparation of the Network and Excom meeting time
table: this will help the groups to be aware of the dates of monthly meetings
and attend to it. The secretary, Milambo has agreed to prepare the two time
table by next week and post it in the Google mails for verification
* Communication: it is important that the officers should
communicate with the members (by text message) on the venue and meeting date
reminder ( Milambo will be working on it 3 days before the meeting date is due)
* Use of group mails: the officers should make use of the
group email and encourage the members to use it. Jacka should publish the
meeting time table in the group mail 3 days before the meeting date.
* Change of Venue: the officers should communicate to
verify the venue one week before and if there are changes they should
communicate with other members to get the appropriate venue located in the area
where all the members can easily access.
* Time of starting network meetings: the officers should
keep up with the meeting schedule and start the meeting timely. The members to
be encouraged to arrive at the meeting on time.
* Topic presentation and presenters: the chairperson
should set the list of topics and presenters and publish them in the group
mails for reference. The list will be printed and be given to all group members
for reference. Members should be asked to give their ideas on the Topics to be
presented this year.
Comments: every officer should play his part to ensure
the progress and sustainability of the network
General comments on the meeting from the members:
* The meeting venue was inappropriate, not well prepared,
not easily accessible, too noisy
* Good network, but we need to make efforts to improve it
* The meeting was well conducted
* Secretary should remind the members on the venue and
meeting date
* Meeting started late, members arrived late
* Food was good, but also need be improved
END:
The meeting ended at 11:00 p.m.
Prepared by
Donatian Marusu
Coordinator
