Posted in cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Dillon, Dwayne, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Heidi Kim, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Naren, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, NY360.org, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, tagged Dillon, Dwayne, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Heidi Kim, Internships, IP, legal matters, Naren, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, NY360.org, press release, Pro-bono project, Todd Hambidge, Volunteers, website maintenance, Week in Review on July 23, 2012|
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
- Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) emailed regarding language concerning the Foundation’s IP
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about language concerning the Foundation’s IP
- Spoke with Dwayne (Founder of NY360.org) about the error messages appearing on the Foundation’s website
- Emailed Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern) and Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) to schedule progress meetings
- Emailed Dwayne urls of the pages of the Foundation’s website where the error messages are found
- Left voicemail for Heidi (NYLPI) to follow up my last two emails to her
- Began writing “Week in Review: June 4-10, 2012”
- Dillon replied with his availability for our progress meeting
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Heidi Kim, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Reference Center, Schools, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged Board, copyright, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Foundation Team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Heidi Kim, Internships, IP, Lillian, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Peace NGOs, Penn State University, press release, Pro-bono project, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Todd Hambidge, website maintenance, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency on July 11, 2012|
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
- Emailed Susan (Penn State University’s student Career Services) and Kirwin (Dewilka’s professor and coordinator of her internship for academic credit program) to verify Dewilka’s (former Peace NGO Research Intern) claims regarding academic tuition in her latest email
- Emailed Lillian and Steve (Board) about Dewilka
- Exchanged emails with Kirwin about Dewilka
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about his update on our IP protection
- Received notification from Jennifer (2012 Women PeaceMakers Program at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego) about the timeline for the selection process
- Emailed Heidi (NYLPI) about help with copyright application
- Skype with Steve and web host about Drupal user interface problems
- Found a work-around to the Drupal user-interface problem
- Updated our Team page
- Began writing “Week in Review: May 21-27, 2012”
Friday, June 1, 2012
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: May 21-27, 2012”
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Posted in Clemson University, Coventry University, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, employee handbooks, England, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Hostelling International, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Intern Sources, Interns, Internships.com, Leeds Metropolitan University, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace Conference, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, San Diego, Schools, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, US Department of Labor, Week in Review on May 17, 2012|
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
- Continued writing “Week in Review: April 2-8, 2012”
- Exchanged emails with Inna (Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) about unpaid interns for nonprofits and our appointment to discuss the Employee Handbook
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to schedule a phone chat about our IP
- Exchanged emails with Jonathan (graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University) about his application for internship
- Spoke with Todd about the HISD peace conference incident and our IP
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
- Received response from Anna (graduate from Clemson University) to our email about her internship application
- Exchanged emails with Inna (Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) about unpaid internships
- Exchanged emails with Steve (Board) about my conversation with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) concerning the HISD peace conference incident
- Spoke with Inna about unpaid internships at FGCNP
- Emailed Naren (graduate from Coventry University) to schedule a preliminary interview
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: April 2-8, 2012”
- Exchanged emails with Todd about our IP
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, employee handbooks, England, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Hostelling International, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Leeds Metropolitan University, Lillian, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace Conference, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, San Diego, Schools, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Web Development, Week in Review, tagged Board, employee handbooks, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Hostelling International, Inna Zaltsman, Internships, Internships.com, IP, Leeds Metropolitan University, Peace Conference, Penn State University, press release, Pro-bono project, San Diego, Stanford University, Steve, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, website maintenance, Week in Review on May 15, 2012|
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Sunday, April 08, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Steve (Board) about technical glitches on some pages of the FGCNP (FGC+P) website
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
- Dewilka (student at Penn State University) emailed the professional reference I requested for her internship application
- Received internship application from Jonathan (graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University)
Monday, April 09, 2012
- Replied to Dewilka (student at Penn State University), who emailed the professional reference I requested for her internship application
- Emailed follow-up question to Jonathan (graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University), who submitted an internship application
- Received voicemail from Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) in response to my message on Friday about the situation with Hostelling International San Diego Peace Building Conference and our IP
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka’s references to schedule interviews
- Received email from Stanford’s Career Development Center about our internships
- Emailed Inna (Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) to verify the DOL’s provision on unpaid interns for nonprofits and confirm our appointment to discuss the Employee Handbook
- Emailed Todd my feedback for our IP application edits and to schedule time to talk over the HISD peace conference incident
- Began writing “Week in Review: April 2-8, 2012”
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Posted in Andrea Carter, Columbia SIPA, Columbia University, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Hostelling International, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Mara Rogers, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace Conference, peaceful conflict resolution, Pro-bono project, San Diego, Schools, Sue Schaffner, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, Website, tagged Andrea Carter, Board, Columbia SIPA, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Hostelling International, Internships, Internships.com, IP, Mara Rogers, Peace Conference, Pro-bono project, San Diego, Steve, Sue Schaffner, Todd Hambidge, Volunteers, website on May 11, 2012|
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Friday, April 06, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Lindsey (student at Columbia SIPA) about volunteering for the Foundation
- Left message for Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the situation with Hostelling International San Diego Peace Building Conference and our trademark application
- Spoke with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the situation with Hostelling International San Diego Peace Building Conference and our trademark application
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
- Received reply from Sue (Executive Director at Hostelling International San Diego) about the receipt of my email from yesterday
- Received email from Sue, who told me that all FGCNP information had been removed from media associated with the conference
- Checked the Hostelling International San Diego’s website and found that the FGCNP logo is still part of the peace conference’s sponsor-logo collage
- Replied to Sue with an attachment of the web page on which the FGCNP logo appears, reiterated that we did not give Andrea Carter our permission to use FGCNP information in connection with the conference and our request to remove all FGCNP information from all media associated with the conference
- An hour later, Sue replied and I verified that the FGCNP logo was finally removed from the HISD website
- I wrote to Sue and thanked her for her involvement in removing all FGCNP information for all media associated with the HISD Peace Building Conference
- Spoke with Steve (Board) and told him of everything that had taken place regarding the conference
- Forwarded the email exchanges I had with HISD to Steve
Saturday, April 07, 2012
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
- Exchanged emails with Steve (Board) about technical glitches on some pages of the FGCNP (FGC+P) website
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Posted in Advisory Committee, Board, Budget, Cash flow, Coventry University, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Donate, England, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lagos, Month in Review, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Pomona College, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Schools, Seyi, Steve, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, tagged Advisory Committee, Board, Coventry University, Donate, Financial reporting, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, Internships.com, IP, Month in Review, Pomona College, press release, Pro-bono project, Seyi, Steve, Todd Hambidge, website maintenance, Week in Review on May 7, 2012|
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Monday, April 02, 2012
- Managed new subscriptions for FGCNP’s weekly and monthly newsletters
- Exchanged emails with Steve (Board) about his donation
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about about our IP
- Received volunteer application from Naren (graduate from Coventry University)
- Exchanged emails with Seyi (donor from Nigeria) about joining the FGCNP Advisory Committee
- Emailed Naren (graduate from Coventry University) about his CV and our virtual office policy
- Replied to Charles (student at Pomona College) acknowledging the withdrawal of his internship application
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Seyi (donor from Nigeria) about subscription to our monthly newsletter
- Exchanged emails with Naren (graduate from Coventry University) about his CV and our virtual office policy
- Emailed Steve (Board) about his latest donation and news about our IP
- Updated our Partner & Funders page
- Received internship applications from Internships.com
- Updated financials
- Began writing “Week in Review: March 26-April 1, 2012”
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Posted in 1023 form, 501(c)(3), Accounting, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, IRS, Jackie Feffer, Mara Rogers, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, tagged 1023 form, 501(c)(3), accountant, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Intellectual Property, Jackie Feffer, Mara Rogers, press release, Pro-bono project, Todd Hambidge, Week in Review on March 23, 2012|
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: February 6-12, 2012“
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Emailed Todd (attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about our trademark filing
- Exchanged emails with Jackie (attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the 1023
- Exchanged emails with Mara (attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about documents, pro-bono accountants and the 1023 filing
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Posted in Attorney General's Office, Baruch College, Board, Char410, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, equality, Foundation administration, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Month in Review, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Schools, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Week in Review, tagged Baruch College, Board, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, IP, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Month in Review, NYS Attorney General, Pro-bono project, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Week in Review on November 7, 2011|
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) to set up meeting for signing the NYS Attorney General charity filing
- Finished writing and published Week in Review: September 26-October 2
- Updated Foundation email signatures
- Called Lillian to determine where we will meet
- Met Lillian for her signature on the NYS Attorney General charity filing
- Attended the branding seminar at Baruch College
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) regarding next steps in the Foundation’s IP matters
- Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) emailed me about documents I need to sign
Friday, October 07, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to ask if the documents she wrote me about are important to the NYS Attorney General charity filing
- Exchanged emails with Inna (Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) about the sample employee handbooks she sent me
- Updated Week in Review: September 5-11
- Continued to write September’s Month in Review
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Posted in Attorney General's Office, Board, Buckminster Fuller Challenge, Budget, Char410, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Earl Zimmerman, Engagement Letter, England, equality, Foundation administration, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Grants, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, IP Transfer Agreement, Knowledge, Legal, Lillian, London Business School, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Non-Administered Arbitration Rules, NonprofitWebinars, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Schools, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Webinars, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, Wibiya, tagged Board, Buckminster Fuller Challenge, budget, Char410, Earl Zimmerman, Engagement Letter, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Funding, grants, HR, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, IP, legal matters, Lillian, London Business School, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Non-Administered Arbitration Rules, NonprofitWebinars, NYS Attorney General, Pro-bono project, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Webinars, website, website maintenance, Week in Review, wibiya on November 5, 2011|
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
- Lillian (Board) updated me about her schedule
- JenJoy emailed the Agenda for the Q&A Session of The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest emailed info about their upcoming workshop, Legal Issues for Nonprofits, in partnership with Community Resource Exchange
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) about meeting up to sign the NYS Attorney General charity filing
- Updated budget
- Attended NonprofitWebinars’ “Profit-Making Ventures for Non-Profits: Promise and Peril” and “What Is A Brand…And Why Does It Matter?” webinars
- Emailed Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to follow up on our exchange regarding next steps in the Foundation’s IP matters
- Read the Terms and Conditions and the Agenda for the Q&A Session of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge
- Replied to Samantha’s (student at London Business School) job application
- Began writing Week in Review: September 26-October 2
- Exchanged emails with Annelien (student at London Business School) regarding her inquiry about the Foundation’s Board position
- Read the Engagement Letter from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and exchanged emails with Inna and Earl (Attorneys) about questions I had regarding the document
- Began reading the Non-Administered Arbitration Rules Inna sent me from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
- Attended the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Q&A Session
- Emailed Lillian the document she would be signing for her review
- Edited the Wibiya toolbar
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Posted in best practices, Board, Board Consent, Budget, CharityFinders, cross-cultural collaboration, Diary, Donate, Earl Zimmerman, equality, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Get Involved, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Heidi Kim, HR, Idealist, Idealist Network, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Knowledge, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Martin Rosenfeld, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Nonprofit Technology Network, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Social Media Networks, Steve, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, universal human commonalities, Web Development, Webinars, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, tagged Board, Board Consent, budget, CharityFinders, Donate, Earl Zimmerman, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Heidi Kim, HR, Idealist, Idealist Network, Inna Zaltsman, Intellectual Property, IP, Lillian, Martin Rosenfeld, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, NonprofitWebinars, press release, Pro-bono project, Steve, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Todd Hambidge, Webinars, webite consultation, website maintenance, Week in Review on October 24, 2011|
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- Began to write the Week in Review for September 12-18
- Emailed Steve (Board) about the board consent documents I sent him and Lillian the week before
- Emailed Earl and Inna of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan and Heidi and Anjali from NYLPI about our meeting on the day before
- Emailed Earl and Inna the Foundation’s HR documents and asked about international HR policies
- Martin (Sr. Paralegal at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) emailed me the IP document filing receipt and letter from Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) regarding next steps
- Exchanged emails with Steve and Lillian (Board Directors) about questions they might have regarding the board consent documents I sent
- Read over the documents from Todd and Martin and emailed them with my feedback
- Exchanged emails with Lillian to set up time to meet and sign the board consent documents
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
- Exchanged emails with Lillian (Board) to set up appointment to meet and sign the board consent documents
- Finished writing and published the Week in Review for September 12-18
- Updated email accounts
- Attended NonprofitWebinar’s “Budgeting and Forecasting for Nonprofits” and “Effective Segmentation” webinars
- Edited the Donate page
- Attended Idealist’s Idealist Network unveiling
- Dan from CharityFinders emailed to reschedule our Website Consultation session
- Met with Steve (Board) and discussed questions he had regarding the board consent documents
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