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Dear OASFAA Friends,
<p>Do you remember that awesome project last year called <i>Cash for College</i>?
You know, the one where many of your friends
<br>and colleagues volunteered their time (and money) to be involved in
a one hour OETA television program that helped
<br>Oklahoma families have a greater understanding about what paying for
college is all about? Sure, now you remember..... And
<br>don't you wish you could have done more to be part of such a great
project? I know I wish I had done more.... SO...
this
<br>year I have agreed to be the Chairman of the <i>Cash for College</i>
Project. And I need a WHOLE LOT of help!
<p>The <i>Cash for College</i> Program is a team effort between the membership
of OASFAA, the Oklahoma State Regents for
<br>Higher Education, the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program, and
the many student loan lenders and loan servicing
<br>partners that are such an important part of our profession.
<i>Cash for College</i> was a BIG project in it's first year, and we are
<br>going to make it an even BIGGER AND BETTER, project for this year.
So... it's time to start our work We now have the
<br>job of making sure that <i>Cash for College</i> is huge success.
<p>A preliminary planning meeting with OETA was held on April 18.
OETA is very excited about working with us to produce the
<br><i>Cash for College</i> Program again this year. At this planning
meeting, we decided to divide up the work of the<i> Cash for</i>
<br><i>College</i> project by developing the following committees:
<p>1. Phone Bank Committee
<br>2. Sponsorship Committee
<br>3. Promotions and Advertising Committee
<br>4. Program Format and Content Committee
<br>5. Refreshments and Celebration Committee
<p>(And we may develop additional committees if needed to make sure that
all the work of this project gets accomplished.)
<p>We are working with OETA to set an early February 2003 time slot for
this year's program. This means we have about 8
<br>months to get all of our work done, and I'm sure we'll need all 8 months!
<p>So.... I am personally asking for your help. Please look
through the list of committees above and consider which one you
<br>think you might like to be involved with. I promise we will try
to keep your time out of the office to a minimum. My goal is not
<br>to take up alot of your time, and require you to attend alot of meetings.
My goal is to let as many people have the chance to
<br>make a contribution to a project that I believe is the best financial
aid outreach effort that any of us will ever have the chance to
<br>be involved in.
<p>If you can't tell, I'm excited about the <i>Cash for Colleg</i>e Program,
and I hope you'll catch the excitement of this project too,
<br>and find a way to be involved this year.
<p>I would like to hear from you by Monday July 8 . You can reach me at
(918) 456-5511 ext. 3410, or by e-mail at medlinsa@nsuok.edu.
If I don't hear from you, you can expect a phone call from me......
<p>Thanks a million for thinking about it!
<p>Scott Medlin, Director
<br>Student Financial Services
<br>Northeastern State University</html>